"The time of our shipment, the route of the merchant ship, and the connector arranged in Lushun, all of these are strictly confidential, except for a few people who know the shipment plan, everyone else is given temporary notice, and our merchant ships are in batches, if no one betrays them, why is it so coincidental that when all our goods are all docked, there will be soldiers from Nanying to search and detain them immediately"

Xiao Siqi paced back and forth, carefully deducing that whenever she fell into thought, she would be very young and bite her fists, seemingly naïve, but only those who really knew her knew that she was the most terrifying at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Yishan is a smart person, only after Xiao Siqi opened it, he figured out the joints, Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, was controlled by the governor of Denglai, Wang Tingtry, and Wang Tingtry has always been suitable for Mao Wenlong, the two have a close relationship in private, Mao Wenlong also went to Dengzhou to meet Wang Tingtry before landing on Shuangdao.

If someone really gets the news of the change in Dongjiang Town in advance, and then gets the assistance of someone within the Xiao family, they can take the opportunity to detain the Xiao family's goods, because as soon as Mao Wenlong dies, Dongjiang Town will be very flustered in a short period of time, and no one will pay attention to this matter, and Mao Wenlong was executed by Yuan Chonghuan on the charge of 'twelve beheadings', then Wang Ting, who has a close relationship with Mao Wenlong, will be implicated, and even if this relationship is not investigated, Dongjiang Town is controlled by the governor of Denglai, if the Ming court acquiesces in Mao Wenlong's crime, Wang Tingxuan will definitely not escape the responsibility of negligence, the loss of official hat is small, and the disaster of imprisonment is inevitable.

What's more, the Xiao family still doesn't dare to make a statement, because after all, it is a smuggling trade, and the loss of goods is small, if it is charged with collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, it is possible to raid the family and exterminate the family, of course, no one will pierce this layer of paper, if you want to investigate the responsibility of smuggling, the Ming Dynasty nine-sided generals and provincial officials are afraid that few are clean.

Sure enough, it was one ring after another, if it wasn't carefully planned by someone, how could there be so many coincidences.

Xiao Yishan, who wanted to understand the joints inside, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, what he was afraid of was not that this batch of goods could not be found to come back, although fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver was a lot of money, and even accounted for one-third of the Xiao family's northern trade profits, but the Xiao family's great business was big, and it would not hurt the muscles and bones, at most, the capital chain would be in a temporary predicament.

What he is worried about is Xiao Siqi's safety, someone is going to do something to Xiao Siqi! Xiao Yishan, who knew the complicated inside story of the Xiao family, thought of this possibility.

Xiao Tinghe, the head of the previous generation of the Xiao family, had four sons, the eldest son Xiao Xuanli was born to the concubine Xiao Wu, the second son Xiao Xuanren was born to the Xiao Xu family in the main room, that is, Xiao Siqi's father, the third son and the fourth son were born to the concubine Xiao Wei, the family has always been passed down to the family, so Xiao Siqi's father Xiao Xuanren inherited the position of the head of the Xiao family, but died of illness four years ago, because Xiao Siqi is the only daughter, according to the family rules, Xiao Siqi was not allowed to take over the position of the head of the family, and finally Xiao Siqi's uncle Xiao Xuanli took over, But the ownership of the Xiao family's business name has been disputed, you must know that the Xiao family is in charge of the family power, but the financial power has always been in the hands of the Xiao family's business owner, generally speaking, the head of the family is also the big shopkeeper of the business, but this is only for the head of the family, Xiao Xuanli is a concubine, and taking over the position of the head of the family has made the old man in the second and third rooms dissatisfied, so the two rooms and three rooms joined forces to compete for the financial power of the big shopkeeper of the business, and the long house did not follow, and finally in desperation was proposed by Xiao Siqi's third uncle, the Xiao family business name was temporarily taken over by Xiao Siqi in the name of the second shopkeeper, and after he got married, he would make a decision, so the big shopkeeper is not set up for the time being.

Originally, the matter settled down like this, but a few months later, there was a dispute within the Xiao family's house, and the head of the family, Xiao Xuanli, thought that Xiao Siqi was young and the female generation was not suitable to show up, so he suggested that the Xiao family's business should be taken over by him and Xiao Siqi's fourth uncle Xiao Xuanzhi, so it blatantly set up Xiao Siqi, Xiao Siqi did not want the long house to split, nor did he want the foundation laid by his ancestors and father to disappear into internal friction, and handed over all the main business routes of the Xiao family to Xiao Xuanli and Xiao Xuanzhi, and went to open up the northern business routes alone.

The family is the most ruthless, and Xiao Yishan, who grew up in the Xiao family, understands it very well in his heart.

The detention of this batch of goods caused the northern trade in Xiao Siqi's charge to suffer losses, and then reduced Xiao Siqi's influence, reminiscent of the recent rumors spread by people in Suzhou Province that were unfavorable to Xiao Siqi, and the old man of the Xiao family recently frequently persuaded Xiao Siqi to choose Xu in front of Xiao Siqi's mother...... If all this is a conspiracy, then some people in the Xiao family are ready to do something to Xiao Siqi!

"Siqi, I will immediately arrange for a merchant ship to send you back to Wujiang", Xiao Yishan said with a serious face, he never wanted Xiao Siqi to be out of danger, but if all the inferences were correct, Lushun must have been in danger, and then thinking of the rumors that Xiao Siqi's father was poisoned and died, Xiao Yishan shuddered.

"No, if this is a conspiracy, no matter where I go, it is dangerous, I came to Lushun just to show them that I, Xiao Siqi, will not retreat again and again", what Xiao Yishan could think of, she could naturally think of it, and she thought of it earlier than Xiao Yishan, so she came to Lushun City alone, and also vetoed Xiao Yishan's proposal to ask Dengzhou to give support, because Wang Ting, the governor of Denglai, tried to protect himself when the mud bodhisattva crossed the river, and he would not care about the life or death of a small person in her eyes.

"Even if we lose this trade route, we can start again, but if you have a ...... with three long and two short", Xiao Yishan didn't know how to persuade this woman who grew up like a sister, she knew how strong and stubborn her heart was under the seemingly weak appearance of a woman.

A woman who would rather never marry than give up the family inheritance.

"Yishan, this is a chess game, it seems dangerous, but it is not an opportunity", Xiao Siqi is more calm than Xiao Yishan, if it weren't for the fact that he is too young and beautiful, no one would have thought that this woman who is in charge of the Xiao family's northern commerce and trade is just twenty years old this year.

Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, looking at her age-appropriate calmness and the imperceptible tiredness hidden under the calmness, Xiao Yishan suddenly felt a little distressed.

"Sometimes, I think marrying someone who can love you all your life and live a plain but warm, carefree and carefree life is the best destination for you"

"Sometimes, there is no choice", Xiao Siqi was not sad because of Xiao Yishan's feelings, but just smiled. "My destination has been left in the dark ancestral hall of Wujiang's hometown three years ago", Xiao Siqi just smiled, but that smile was like a thorn of a rose, which people didn't dare to touch.

Xiao Yishan knows that it is useless to say anything, from childhood to adulthood, no matter what kind of disputes and opinions conflict, he must lose in the end, in addition to accommodation and pampering, it is more because she is hidden under the feelings of a girl, with a stubborn and extremely firm heart, it is this kind of heart that has made her step by step in the environment where her father died, her mother's weak personality, and the ill-intentioned family elders.

Xiao Siqi straightened her hair ornaments and clothes, and put on her own curtains again, just like the general who went out to arrange his armor and battle robes, as if the short moment of rest and conversation just now made her regain her strength and courage.

"Where are you going?"

"Nancheng Guerrilla Mansion!"

Xiao Yishan's heart tightened inexplicably, but he quickly smiled gently, just like watching her take a nap on the wooden couch just now, and the smile made people trust and warm.

"I'll go with you"

Xiao Siqi also smiled and nodded.

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When he was very young, a little girl often sneaked out of the courtyard of the deep house with the maid and grandmother on her back, but every time she was discovered by a little boy who was two or three years older than him.

The little boy asked in a panic every time: Where are you going?

The little girl had a smiling face carved in pink and pouted with a pink mouth and said: I want you to take care of it!

The little boy thought that he really couldn't control it, so he scratched his head in embarrassment and asked tentatively: Then, why don't I go with you!

The little girl immediately showed a happy expression, jumped up and ran over and took the little boy's hand and said, "Na, don't tell the adults in the family, otherwise I won't take you to play in the future."

The little boy smirked and nodded.

Who's going to tell the adults, I'm happy with you, the little boy thought to himself.

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