Turning east of the Guangzhao Guild Hall, there is a crowd of vendors setting up stalls, shouting and bargaining, noisy and lively.

Ye Zhao and Grandma Jin Er walked together, almost inconsistently, Ye Zhao covered half of his face with a fan, and Grandma Jin Er pulled out a handkerchief to gently cover Qiong's nose and cherry lips, this street smelled strange, and I don't know if it was because these black and short local traders did not bathe all year round.

"Returned." Ye Zhao turned around and wanted to leave. Grandma Jin Er naturally only looked at his horse's head, but when she turned around, she saw a swarthy child squatting against the wall, looking at herself pitifully, with a tattered linen cloth on the ground, and some handmade knitted products, which should be his stall.

Jin Er's grandmother has no reason in her heart, she has never been a bodhisattva, sometimes her mind is poisonous, but she can't see the pitiful appearance of children, and it is also in Guangzhou, but whenever she meets a little beggar and a little play, she will always give a reward.

Touched out a string of copper coins and handed it to the child, Jiner's grandmother picked up a straw rooster from the linen, to say that this kind of child's immature toys are not worth a copper plate, but Jiner's grandmother smiled and held it in the snow-white hand, as if she liked it.

Ye Zhao smiled and shook the folding fan, and said in his heart, Is it too much for me to bully her? To say that this woman also has her amiability and cuteness, it is not just the rumored face and ruthlessness.

Xiao Tong took the copper coin, was stunned, and immediately knelt down to kowtow to Grandma Jiner, and muttered in his mouth, thinking that he was thanking. Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he took out a small blue cloth bag the size of a palm from his arms, handed it to Grandma Jiner with both hands, and said something in a hurry.

Grandma Jinji waved her little hand and said, "Don't do it!" ”

Xiao Tong pointed to the copper coin that Jiner's grandmother had just given him with one hand, gestured again and again, and handed over the blue cloth bag with the other hand, obviously saying that this thing doesn't need money, give it away for free.

Grandma Jin Er chuckled: "This child, although he is a barbarian, he also knows how to repay his kindness." ”

Ye Zhao was curious, and took the blue cloth bag with his hand, Xiao Tong didn't want to give it to him, but he grabbed it in his hand, opened it and looked, but it was a snuff box wrapped in blue porcelain on a white background, wiped as clean as water, and looked at the craftsmanship was of the highest quality, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Second lady, you have to reward people a few more pennies, otherwise you will take advantage of others." ”

Jin Er's grandmother saw him snatching the blue cloth bag with the child, and she was helpless, this wicked person can really do anything, although I know that you won't mean other people's children, but why do you always give people a feeling of domineering and bullying?

But seeing the wicked man holding a snuff box in his hand, Jiner's grandmother was suddenly stunned, and said urgently: "Here, show me." In a hurry, he couldn't care about any etiquette, so he reached out and grabbed the snuff bottle, looked up and down, and then looked at the bottom of the snuff bottle, and couldn't help but scream.

The bottom of the pot is engraved with the word "Rong", isn't it my brother's favorite snuff bottle?

"This is my brother's!" Grandma Jin Er said, turned around and pointed to the snuffbox and asked the child anxiously: "Where did you get this thing?" ”

Xiao Tong looked dazed.

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, it was really bright, and there was a clue inadvertently, which can be regarded as a good reward for the kindness of the second grandmother of Jin.

He saw that Grandma Jiner was asking in a gesture, and the child responded with wide-eyed eyes for unknown reasons, knowing that Grandma Jin'er cared about it. Then he threw down a few pieces of broken silver and gestured to the child, "You, follow me!" He pointed to the Guangzhao Hall not far away and said, "Go there!" ”

"Come!" Ye Zhao stuffed the broken silver into the child's hand, and helped the child clean up the linen pieces, the child didn't understand what Ye Zhao said, but he thought that Ye Zhao had bought all the things and asked him to send them to the Guangzhao Hall, so he was busy kowtowing to Ye Zhao again, and then he rolled up the linen pieces very quickly, put them on his back, and said a few words in a muttering voice, looking very good, and he actually walked to the Guangzhao Hall first.

In the Guangzhao Guild Hall, Boss Du saw Ye Gongzi and the second lady turn around again, and brought a little barbarian behind him, and he hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "What are you two?" ”

Ye Zhao pointed at Xiao Tong with a smile and said, "Ask him a few words, and ask Brother Du to help translate." ”

Grandma Jin Er showed the blue and white porcelain snuff box and said, "This is my brother's snuff bottle, I don't know how to put it on this child." ”

Boss Du's face was solemn and he nodded slightly.

The Guangzhao Hall is full of pale red carved windows, colored paper and foreign glass, and the bustling flow of people outside is in full view.

Sitting at the pear flower table by the window, Ye Zhao just tasted tea slowly, and the question was asked by Jiner's grandmother, and Boss Du was translating beside him.

But when he came up and touched the nail, when asked about the origin of the snuffbox, the little boy just shook his head vigorously, but his eyes could not hide his panic and fear.

Grandma Jin Er frowned, and said coldly: "Tell him, if you don't tell the truth, send him to the official mansion!" Don't talk about it, beat it to death with a stick! ”

Ye Zhao's heart flashed, it was the first time he saw her incarnate as a tigress, her pretty face was cold, her phoenix eyes were threatening, and her vicious posture had a different style, maybe because she was not afraid of her at all from her heart, but she felt that she was quite cute now.

But Boss Du heard it in his ears, but it was a dignified, and then he told Xiao Tong word for word, Xiao Tong's face changed greatly, he slipped off the stool, knelt down and kowtowed to the second grandmother, cried, and said something.

"He begged the second lady to spare him, and if he reported to the official, he would definitely die."

The little boy cried and said a few words again, Boss Du's face changed, and his brows furrowed, "He said, he said that the snuffbox was from your **, and begged the second grandmother not to send him to see the official, otherwise your ** will beat him to death." ”

You**? Ye Zhao had just heard Boss Du mention this name, it should be the leader of the local guards, it seems to be a notorious guy, and the snuffbox was stolen from him? Could it be that Rong Chunlin's boatload of people and goods was really destroyed and destroyed after being looted by Vietnamese soldiers?

Boss Du said with a worried face: "Second lady, this is not easy to do, this Ru ** is the commander of the Hong Kong Health Office, that is, the local parent official, if the disappearance of the eldest prince is related to him, it will be bad, even if we sue the mansion, we are outsiders after all, then the Guangnan Mansion will definitely protect him." ”

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "Brother Du, maybe invite him to come to the Guangzhao Guild Hall?" ”

"This, I can't avoid it." Boss Du's face was embarrassed, not to mention that he could see that Grandma Jin Er and this Ye Gongzi had guards to follow, and they didn't think it at first, but just now the two of them came in, and the few men in green robes also came in, although they sat across the table, but it must be the two of them who followed him personally.

Do you want to tie up your ** here? Boss Du knows the surname of Jiner's grandmother, but I'm afraid that he can really do it, and Ye Gongzi doesn't seem to be a fuel-efficient lamp. But they can pat their sleeves and leave whatever they want, and go back to the warship to have their own sailors to shelter, what about themselves? The Vietnamese barbarians will only vent all their grievances on their heads.

"Brother Du, don't worry, I'll just ask him a few words." Ye Zhao said, and took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, there were ten or two hundred taels, and it seemed that the silver tickets were several thousand taels, all of which were Zhuang tickets of the Guangfu Hengchang, which were also popular in Vietnam.

Boss Du gasped, this person is really rich.

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Brother Du, it is said that money can make ghosts grind, what is the difference between this Vietnamese ghost?" The silver asked him a few words, was it enough? He handed Boss Du a 100 taels of silver tickets and said, "This 100 taels is enough to ask you to command the transfer hall, right?" ”

"Enough, enough!" When it came to this, Boss Du knew that he would offend people if he didn't go, so he got up and said with a smile: "I'll go now." Glancing at the second grandmother, he hesitated and said, "It's best, it's best for the second lady to avoid it in the inner hall, so as not to cause trouble." "You ** thief is not a thing, when you see the second lady who is ashamed of the flowers, it is inevitable to laugh and entangle, I am afraid that the evil surname will come up, and it will be bad if you start to rob people. It is common for the robbers and women to go back and spoil them, and he has rarely seen the Chinese family, and if the second lady's beautiful stunner is seen by him, it is strange that he is not moved.

As for himself, he often reads the books of sages and sages, and sits at the same table with the second lady, but he can't help but feel red and panting.

Jin Er's grandmother said with a smile in her phoenix eyes: "I listen to Brother Du." ”

Boss Du's heart skipped a beat, and he hurried out.

Ye Zhao beckoned, and the guards hurriedly walked over, listened to Ye Zhao's words in his ear, and took the order.

…… Ru**'s body shape is very different from the Vietnamese people Ye Zhao saw, he is a big fat man who is white and fat, he seems to be tired and panting after walking two steps, holding a linen cotton robe, just like a bloated snowman with a small head and a big belly, how funny and funny it is.

He is a native of Hoi An, has lived in the Chinese area for many years, not only can speak Chinese, but also know Chinese characters, but as an official, he has intensified his hatred of the Chinese.

He is also very harsh when he exploits Chinese businessmen, but on the surface, he is a group of harmony, and he just connives, and the guards are poor and wantonly extorts Chinese businessmen, but after a long time, how can Chinese businessmen not know that he is a smiling tiger? Everyone hates him so much that they itch their teeth, but they can't do anything about him.

When you heard Boss Du say that there were Chinese businessmen who wanted to get acquainted with him and asked him to talk to the Guangzhao Hall, he was furious at that time, and he was about to have a seizure, but he saw the hundred taels of silver tickets handed over by Boss Du, and then he turned his anger into joy, knowing that he had come to the wronged head, and the shot was a hundred taels of silver, so he could definitely knock on thousands of 20,000 taels, if he didn't let him go bankrupt, he could still call you **?

At that moment, he led a few soldiers to rush straight to the Guangzhao Hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, his eyes were bright, but he saw a very beautiful young woman sitting on the window table with willows curling, fragrant skin like snow, and the country and the city.

Your eyes straightened at once, and you couldn't take your eyes off it.

Entering the hall with his front and back feet, Boss Du secretly complained in his heart, and said in his heart, Second Lady, Second Lady, why don't you listen to me?

You ** had already forgotten the business of coming to the hall, and his greedy eyes swirled on Grandma Jiner's delicate body, and people also walked over, swaggering and sitting at the table opposite Grandma Jiner, grinning with yellow teeth and silver and asking: "Little lady, aren't you a local?" ”

Boss Du hurriedly came to Ru **'s side, introduced Ye Zhao to Ru **, and said with a smile: "My lord, this is what I told you about Ye Gongzi." ”

Ru** didn't raise his eyes, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pushed Boss Du away, and said impatiently: "Get out." Staring at Jiner's grandmother's pretty face like a fly, he smiled and said, "Little lady's surname?" ”

Grandma Jiner took out the snuffbox and put it on the table, looking at Grandma Jiner's snow-white delicate little hands, you ** This heart is itchy, I really want to pull it over and sniff and lick it.

"Do you know this snuffbox?" Grandma Jin Er asked crisply.

Ru ** followed the direction pointed by the finger of the Kou Dan, and finally fell on the snuff bottle, and then he was slightly stunned, reached out and took a few looks, and frowned: "This is what the official lost, how can it be in your hands!" Come on! Take it home and ask questions! He was about to find some excuse to get close to this beautiful girl, but he happened to have an excuse.

Boss Du was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded beside him: "My lord, my lord, I just bought this snuff bottle, and it has nothing to do with the second lady, but it really has nothing to do with her." "At the critical moment, it is also righteous.

"Get out!" Ru ** gave Boss Du a mouthful, he had a lot of strength, and he took a few steps from Boss Du, and a wisp of blood slowly flowed out of his nose.

"My lord, is this snuffbox really yours? Isn't that a lie? Ye Zhao interjected with a smile.

Only then did you look at Ye Zhao, just now I was in a trance, as if Lao Du had said, it was this young man who sent a hundred taels of silver to get to know him, and this man and woman seemed to be husband and wife? Your ** heart is even more itchy, today is really a gain of both people and money, looking at the arrogant appearance of the little girl, I don't know how windy the bed is.

"Take them all!" Ru** pointed at Ye Zhao and Jiner's grandmother and shouted.

Those few soldiers immediately rushed up, Boss Du wiped his nosebleed to persuade, and the Chinese businessmen sitting at the four tables saw that it was not good, and they also came to dissuade them, the young couple didn't know how to be powerful, but most of them knew that you ** was a person, if he took him back to the house like this, wouldn't he be ruined by him in vain? It's all Chinese, right under their noses, and no one can bear it.

Ru**'s eyes gradually shot a fierce light, and he snorted coldly: "Who dares to resist the arrest, give me a fight!" ”

Immediately, there were sounds of hands and screams all around, but the soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and several fierce men in green robes stood proudly, and the merchants were timid after all, and when they saw the move, they were so frightened that they withdrew far away.

"You big dogs!" Ru ** stretched out his hand and pulled out his waist knife, and with a "bang", his official hat disappeared, his hair bun was scattered, and he fell all over his face with a "snap".

A blue-robed guard still smoked a revolver in his hand.

"Bold Brute Pig! The grandfather of the Great Qing Kingdom is here, and he dares to face each other fiercely! Is it a capital offense?! A personal guard had already stopped in front of Ye Zhao, scolding and scolding.

You ** was stunned, looking incredulous.

"Get on your knees!" A guard walked over early, reached out and grabbed his waist knife, and kicked him in the crook of his knee, and your ** fat body was kicked to his knees, and the ground of the hall seemed to tremble.

Boss Du and other businessmen are also stupid, this beautiful young man is Grandpa Guo? But I can't imagine it.

Ye Zhao smiled and took the snuffbox given by the guard, and asked Ru**: "Tell me, how did you get this snuffbox?" ”

But you suddenly raised your head and said loudly: "I am not an official under your rule, and you have no right to judge me!" I am the magistrate of this Tuodan City! As the prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, you used torture to interrogate the officials of the Great Yue in my Vietnam privately, lawlessness, bullying our country too much, my emperor set up swords and soldiers, and then the soldiers will end up in trouble, you Great Qing Kingdom don't regret it! Obviously, he didn't know much about the external situation, let alone the name of this grandfather, but only that he was the envoy of the leading water army to reconcile with Vietnam.

Ye Zhao smiled: "What a big Yue, what an emperor, come, slap your mouth!" The guard next to him didn't know where to get the wood chips, and he slapped Ru **'s mouth fiercely, and within a few strokes, his mouth and nose were bloody, and his lips were red and swollen.

"Listen to your words, you have been in Vietnam for a long time, and if you want to say that the war is in trouble, it is because of you, and the disaster comes from the mouth!" Ye Zhao's tone was light.

You ** was stunned, although he was used to the names of Da Yue and the emperor, but he said this openly in front of the Chinese envoys, which really gave people the truth.

"Let me ask you again, where did this snuffbox come from?" Ye Zhao raised his snuffbox again.

Your little eyes are rolling, and you don't know what you're thinking.

Ye Zhao smiled again, this ** is really the kind of person who doesn't know the size of the world but thinks he is smart.

"Palm!" Ye Zhao waved his hand, and the wood chips quickly pulled up again, and the crisp sound of "popping" echoed in the silent Guangzhao Guild Hall.

"Report! All 157 Yueyi in the Tuowan Guard Station were captured! A guard hurried in to give a message.

At this time, the merchants in the guild hall found that in front of the guild hall, there were rows of armored soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition, and the bayonets were shining coldly, which made people shudder. In the hall, it seemed that there was also a sense of slaughter.

Ru** is like falling into an ice cave, Ben is still waiting for someone to save himself, and suddenly finds that he has really become the meat on the ground, he collapsed like mud at once, suddenly kowtowed, and said in his mouth: "Grandpa spare your life, spare your life." Although his mouth was bloody and his speech was slurred, he could still be understood.

"Say it." Ye Zhao said lightly.

"Yes, yes, this snuff bottle was scavenged from Wuxi Village, who is the owner? The little ones don't know. ”

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, looked back at Boss Du, Boss Du hurriedly walked a few steps, leaned over and explained in a whisper: "Grandpa, Wuxi Village is in the northeast, it is a fishing village for more than 30 miles, but it is surrounded by mountains and dense forests. ”

Ye Zhao nodded and waved his hand.

The guards immediately waved the wooden plank again, the sawdust splashed, the wooden plank was gradually sucked, and your **'s mouth was even more miserable, and the bloodshot hula was almost insincere.

Some of the merchants applauded loudly in their hearts, and some of them couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so they turned their heads, and although they were happy in their hearts, this miserable situation was terrible after all. Grandma Jiner has long been on her side and sipping tea.

Ye Zhao's slender and delicate hand was raised gently, and the guards stopped, threw away the wooden board in their hands, and replaced it with a new one.

"Tell me, where did it come from?" Ye Zhao pulled a long voice and asked slowly.

A few of your ** teeth have been knocked out, your face is full of snot, blood and tears, and you are talking vaguely, but no one can understand what he is saying.

A personal guard sent a pen and paper, Ru ** hurriedly wrote, and the personal guard sent it to Ye Zhao again.

It's still three words, Wuxi Village.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, only then was he convinced that what he said was true.

(To be continued)