The people of Jiangzhou City feel very uneasy recently.

First of all, Fuyuanji's money was cheated, and then it was rumored that the eldest lady of the Ji family was robbed, and now the whole city is being searched by officers and soldiers, making people panic, as if something big is going to happen.

Ji Yanning, who was being looked for by everyone, was taken by Jinhe to a quiet small house behind Baiwei Tower.

Ji Yanning suddenly remembered that when Rong Che gave her the imperial carp jade pendant, he had said that if she was in difficulty, she could take the imperial carp jade pendant to Baiwei Building to find the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper would help her.

This Baiwei Building is an industry under the name of King Xuan.

"Miss Ji, what's going on?" Jinhe asked, "Why are you hiding from the officers and soldiers?"

Ji Yanning said: "This matter is a long story. The person who arrested me was Yan Xiaoming, who was a spy of the Yan Kingdom and wanted to use the money I got from Baochang Ji to provide Yan Bing's grain and grass. ”

Jinhe frowned, this matter seemed to be more serious than he had imagined.

The prefect of a state turned out to be a spy of an enemy country, and he did such a thing in order to collect money.

Jiangzhou Mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the people of Chang'an can't manage it at all, unless they go to the governor of Jiangnan.

"I can't get out of Jiangzhou, Yan Xiaoming will definitely guard the city gate to prevent me and the people of Baochang Ji from entering and leaving. If you can, you can ask the governor of Jiangnan to bring troops over to capture Yan Xiaoming. ”

Speaking of this, Ji Yanning paused, and was somewhat unbearable in her heart, Yan Xiaoming was the only younger brother of Senior Brother Yan Quan, and Senior Brother Yan Quan was the benefactor of her family, if she personally sent Yan Xiaoming to prison, her heart would be a little sour.

She was sorry for Senior Brother Yan Quan, but she had to do it now.

She couldn't watch Yan Quan go wrong like this again.

Do you want to pay the whole country for revenge? The people and soldiers of the Great Wei are all innocent, so why should they be wrong?

Jinhe bowed: "I know, Yan Xiaoming will keep an eye on the people of Baochang Ji, but he shouldn't think of being wary of us." Tomorrow morning I will set out to find the governor of Jiangnan, but it will take three or four days to go back and forth. ”

"Enough. Ji Yanning said.

Jinhe said: "Okay, just do what Miss Ji said." ”

Ji Yanning said again: "Can you help me deliver a letter to one of my maids?"

The pearl should still be in the Saijia now, Yan Xiaoming is now looking at the Ji family and the people of Baochang Ji, and he should not think of going to stare at the pearl all the time.

She needs to pass the news to Yuan Wu and Wu Geng, so that they can delay and delay Jinhe's time.

Jinhe nodded and said: "The connections in Baiwei Building are okay, it is not difficult to pass on a letter, if you are in need, just tell the shopkeeper to do it, as long as you show up, no one will know that you are here." ”

Ji Yanning bowed his head, and then wrote a letter to Pearl.

She only wrote that she was safe now and didn't need to worry, and then briefly explained the relationship between Yan Xiaoming and that Zhao Gongzi and their conspiracy, and asked them to pretend to cooperate with Yan Xiaoming's request.

After writing the letter and handing it to Jinhe, Ji Yanning was still a little worried.

All this was too unexpected.

Originally, I thought it was just Fuyuan Ji wanting to annex Baochang Ji, but I didn't expect so many troublesome things to be involved in the middle.

She even met Senior Brother Yan Quan's younger brother, and she sighed lightly, feeling a little headache.

She raised her hand and touched her forehead, and let out a soft "hiss", realizing that after she took the gauze apart, the wound on her forehead had cracked open again, and blood was already oozing out.

Ji Yanning asked people to send some medicines, and he simply treated the wound, and suddenly thought of that Zhao Gongzi.

Until now, she didn't know his true identity, thinking that he was from Yan Kingdom, she inexplicably felt that he and Beigong Chen had some imagination, especially those eyes.

Beigong Chen...... Ji Yanning lowered her eyes, this person was a very distant memory for her, and she didn't know how he was doing now.

However, with his patience and intelligence, after returning to Yan Kingdom, he should be able to mix with a rich and noble prince.

In order to take revenge, she has been paying attention to the changes in the Great Wei Dynasty, but she didn't inquire about the affairs of Yan Kingdom, and naturally she didn't know how Beigong Chen was doing, but they were all royal people, if he couldn't keep that side of the wealth, maybe he might have died early.

At noon on the second day, Pearl hurried back to the Kifu.

After waiting for half an hour, I saw Yuan Wu's figure.

"Brother Yuan. Pearl saw Yuan Wu walk into the courtyard, and she immediately stepped forward.

Yuan Wu looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"

Pearl looked at the people around and whispered to Yuan Wu, "The eldest lady has news." ”

Yuan Wu's originally indifferent face finally had a slight change in expression.

Pearl handed the letter in his sleeve to Yuan Wu and said, "Someone sent me a letter this morning, asking me to pass it on to you or Steward Wu. ”

Yuan Wu took the letter in Pearl's hand, opened it and saw that it was Ji Yanning's most commonly used handwriting.

He hurriedly scanned the letter, and finally reassured.

Although Ji Yanning didn't say where she was now, she thought that since she could let people send the letter out, there shouldn't be any danger.

"Don't talk about it to others. Yuan Wu said to Pearl.

Pearl nodded, in fact, she didn't even tell her father, she came to Ji Mansion directly after receiving the letter, since she knew that the eldest lady was missing, she was worried, and naturally she would not do anything to make the young lady dangerous.

Yuan Wu looked at the letter in his hand, then tore it to pieces and threw it into the lake on the side.

He got up and went to find Wu Geng.

Yan Xiaoming and Beigong Han, who were in Yan Mansion, received news that Wu Geng was closing part of the shop of Baochang Ji first, and was checking the account books, and it seemed that he was indeed going to hand over 50,000 taels of gold.

Even if Po Cheong Kee has so much money, it seems to be a bit difficult to raise it for a while, and it will take a while.

Wu Geng also went to Yan Xiaoming to find a way to see if he could first prepare to intercept those who were about to escape with their money between land and water.

It seems that he is indeed willing to hand over the ransom for Ji Yanning.

"What! Wu Geng really wants to pay 50,000 taels of gold to those people!" Li's eyes widened, and listening to the words from her grandmother, she only felt a throbbing pain in her heart.

Fifty thousand taels of gold, she couldn't spend so much money in her life, so she gave it out at once, how could she not be in pain!

Ji Weisheng also felt very distressed, but unfortunately now Baochang Ji couldn't take his turn to speak.

"What kind of evil is this!" Li sighed, covering his aching chest, but he was a little powerless.

Ji Lan, who was on the side, said: "It's not my mother's money, my mother is so distressed! ”

Li glared at her: "That's also the Ji family's money, how can you not feel distressed!"

Ji Lan pouted, she didn't like her mother's self-deception at all.

That was Ji Yanning's money, even if Ji Yanning was rich enough to rival the country, it was impossible to give them three rooms.

Ji Weisheng opened his mouth and said, "Can the other stewards and shopkeepers of Baochang Ji agree?"

If Ji Yanning is here now, as long as she speaks, it is her business how the people in Baochang Ji spend it, but now that Ji Yanning is not here, only Wu Geng is in charge, and it is impossible for the other people in charge and the shopkeeper to agree to take money to ransom Ji Yanning.

After all, many people rely on the job of Bao Chang Kee to support themselves and their families.

The grandmother who passed the word said: "Isn't it, I did hear that there was opposition, but they were all suppressed by Steward Wu." Steward Wu said to the outside world that the eldest lady had returned, so that the major stewards could rest assured, but in fact, it was to let the maid Ziyu beside the eldest lady pretend to be the eldest lady while checking the accounts privately. ”

Ji Lan frowned: "She is a maid, what qualifications does she have to pretend to be the eldest lady of the Ji family?"

Ji Yanning is gone, she has become the real eldest lady of the Ji family, why does even a maid have to climb on her head.

Mama was stunned by her question, thought about it, and said, "Xu is Steward Wu thinks that the eldest lady will come back sooner or later, and it doesn't hurt to let Ziyu pretend to be for a few days." ”

Ji Lan's gaze sank.

Hearing Mama say this, Li Shi resigned himself to his fate and said: "That's it, the matter has come to this, we can't do anything, just leave it to fate, don't spread it around." ”

The people in the room all nodded their heads.

Ji Lan and Ji Xiaoyun walked out of the Li family's courtyard, and the two of them walked back towards their own courtyard.

Just as he separated from Ji Xiaoyun, Ji Lan paused and walked towards Ji Yanning's courtyard.

Even if Ji Yanning was not there, her yard was still in order.

Seeing her coming, the mother-in-law at the door stopped her: "Third Miss, is there something wrong?"

Ji Lan's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "Is Steward Wu here?"

The mother-in-law said: "No, probably in the front yard." ”

Ji Lan nodded, and then walked in the direction of the front yard, but he didn't expect to meet Wu Geng on the way.

"Steward Wu. Ji Lan stepped forward and greeted.

Wu Geng bowed his head: "Did the third young lady have anything before?"

Ji Lan sneered, lowered his eyes and said: "I have also heard about the eldest sister, I am very worried about her, and I also hope that Steward Wu can redeem the eldest sister as soon as possible, as long as the person is fine." ”

Wu Geng glanced at Ji Lan and said, "I know, the third lady doesn't have to worry about this." ”

"Will the other stewards and shopkeepers agree to Steward Wu doing this?" Ji Lan still looked worried, and she asked, "I have to reassure them." ”

Steward Wu's eyes moved slightly, and he asked, "What does the third lady want to say?"

Ji Lan said: "I heard that Steward Wu asked Ziyu to pretend to be a big sister, I think it may not be appropriate, after all, Ziyu and the big sister are very different, and they will always be recognized." ”

Steward Wu pondered for a while, he glanced at Ji Lan, the age difference between Ji Yanning and Ji Yanning was not too big, and it seemed that he was more suitable to pretend to be Ji Yanning than Ziyu.

He asked, "Does the third lady want to recommend herself?"

Ji Lan said: "I also want to do something for the big sister, as long as I can raise the money earlier, the big sister will be less dangerous." ”

Steward Wu's eyes looked at Ji Lan, and he nodded: "Then I'll ask the third lady, if she agrees, I naturally have no opinion." ”

Ji Lan lowered his eyes, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.