Although the prefect of Jiangzhou has changed, the head catchers and fast catchers in the yamen are still the same group of people as they were at the beginning.

Wu Zhutou received the news that Bai Heshi and Wu Geng's people had a conflict at the dock, so he took someone to come over to take a look, originally he thought that Wu Geng would suffer again, and came over to help him stabilize the situation, but he didn't expect that what he saw after coming here would be such a scene.

"Wu Zhutou! Arrest them all!" Bai Heshi, who was beaten to the ground and almost dying, saw Wu Zhutou and them, and as if he saw hope, he used his last strength to shout at the officers and soldiers: "The people of Baochangji are too deceitful, we must teach them a lesson!"

Wu Zhutou looked in his direction, only to find that the person who was beaten and lying on the ground with a blue nose and swollen face was actually Bai Heshi.

The Bai family's guards hurriedly stepped forward to help Bai Heshi up, but as soon as he touched his body, he screamed in pain.

Ji Yanning glanced at Bai Heshi and said, "Who deceived people too much? Obviously, it was you who made trouble with Baochangji, and it was you who made the first move." Do you want to pretend to be a grandson if you can't beat it now?"

"You!" Bai Heshi didn't expect this little girl to be very old, and her mouth was unforgiving, he said angrily, "It's clear that your Baochang Ji stole our Fuyuan Ji's things, if you don't have a weak heart, why don't you dare to open the box for us to check?"

"Joke, do you really have your goods when you say they have them in it?" Ji Yanning said, "What kind of silk is your Fuyuan Ji? Do you still need to be remembered by others? Could it be that we still want to use your silk as a rag!"

Jiangnan is rich in silk and satin, but in this part of Jiangzhou, the good silk embroidery is almost monopolized by Baochang Ji, and the silk of other merchants is indeed not as good as Baochang Ji.

Hearing Ji Yanning's words, Bai Heshi was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Wu Zhutou listened to their words, and probably knew what happened, Bai Heshi found trouble with Baochangji again, but this time he didn't take advantage of anything as he wanted, but was taught a lesson by Baochangji's people.

Ji Yanning no longer paid attention to the people of the Bai family, turned his head to Wu Geng and said, "Uncle Wu, first settle the injured people, and then send out the goods on the ship, don't delay the delivery trip." ”

Wu Geng came back to his senses, where could he still think of these goods at this time, the eldest lady spoke, and he arranged it.

The steward in charge of the ship's cargo was hit with a stick, and his body hurt very much, but when he saw Bai Heshi's embarrassed appearance, he was very relieved, and he felt that his body was not so painful.

Ji Yanning said to Wu Zhutou: "Please also ask Wu Zhutou to be a witness to this matter, if they make trouble in the yamen at that time, I hope to say a fair word for our Baochang Ji." ”

Wu Zhutou nodded, anyone could see that Bai Heshi was deliberately making trouble in this matter.

It's just that he was still a little worried: "Miss Ji, be careful." ”

After all, the current Jiangzhou prefect is no longer Cen Qingshan.

Ji Yanning said: "Thank you Wu Zhutou for reminding me." ”

Wu Zhutou glanced at the people at the scene, almost all the people brought by Bai Heshi were injured to varying degrees, but there were some things that he couldn't control too much, so he returned the same way with his unpleasant subordinates.

Bai He Lime left the dock with his own people, looking at Ji Yanning's eyes full of unwillingness and resentment.

Wu Geng and the steward placed all the goods on the ship in less than half an hour, and directly let them send the ship, and were about to go back with Ji Yanning, but a person rushed forward and knelt in front of them.

"Steward Wu, eldest lady! I have no choice but to do it! I beg you to forgive me!" he kowtowed to Wu Geng and Ji Yanning and cried.

Ji Yanning frowned and looked at Wu Geng with some puzzlement.

Before Wu Geng could speak, the steward on the side had already raised his foot and kicked him to the ground: "Do you still have the face to beg for forgiveness?

The guy crawled back on his knees again: "Steward Wu, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong." But I really had no choice, they threatened me to do it, I didn't dare not do it, I really want to stay in Baochang Kee to work, please give me a chance!"

Wu Geng's eyes sank, he treats people well on weekdays, so he mistakenly thinks that he is a bully?

"Take it off. Ji Yanning said coldly to the person next to him, "We don't dare to use such a person." ”

The others stepped forward to set the guy up and were about to drag him out.

The guy struggled to look at Ji Yanning, and cried: "Miss, you are good, I still have old people and children to support at home, I can't live without this job!"

The treatment of Bao Cheong Kee has always been good, but if you lose this job, it will be difficult to find other jobs.

Ji Yanning took two steps forward, walked in front of him, and said to him with a sneer: "They threaten you, it's not a reason for you to hurt others. If Steward Wu had half a mistake just now, do you think you would still be able to save this life? I won't be able to spare you the first one!"

The guy looked at Ji Yanning in a daze, and after listening to her words, his heart couldn't help but tremble, he was stunned.

The others looked at the guy with disdain.

Wu Geng looked at Ji Yanning standing in front of him, and felt warm in his heart, the eldest lady has grown a lot in the past year.

When they returned to the gate of the Ji Mansion, the Li clan had already hurriedly stepped forward.

"Yan Ning, the third aunt has already ordered that the main courtyard and the original courtyard where you live have been cleaned and tidyed up, do you want to live in the new courtyard of the main courtyard, or the courtyard of the original big house?"

In the morning, Ji Yanning cleaned up Ji Yuansheng and left, and the Li family took back the power of this Ji Mansion, and rearranged this Ji Mansion inside and out, especially related to Ji Yanning, and ordered people to have special ideas.

Ji Yanning is a dead and living Hades to her, and she must be served well.

"Don't bother, just the original yard. Ji Yanning said.

Li Shi said again: "The third aunt doesn't seem to have brought a maid with you when you come back this time, let some clever girls send you to the yard later, and you can pick a few people who are willing to stay." ”

Ji Yanning said: "I can use the second-class maid in the original courtyard, Ziyu and Pearl will arrive tomorrow, and there is no need to choose others." ”

"How can only two maids be enough?" asked Li with concern.

Ji Yanning glanced at Li's inquiring look, saw through her thoughts, but didn't hide it from her, and said, "I won't stay long, two maids are enough." ”

When the Li family heard the news that Ji Yanning did not plan to stay for a long time, his smile deepened.

Ji Yanning asked, "What about Ji Yuansheng and You Shi?"

Li said: "Don't worry, I locked them in the firewood room, and they will definitely not be able to escape!"

Seeing that Ji Yanning didn't even need the title of second uncle, the Li family knew that she didn't have any blood affection for Ji Yuansheng, so she sighed in her heart, and warned herself that she must not be so stupid to go against Ji Yanning.

Ji Yanning returned to his courtyard after setting up all the guards under him.

She rushed all night, and then rushed back to Jiangzhou City, dealing with Ji Yuansheng and Bai Heshi, she was also a little tired now, but she still asked Wu Geng to tell her all the things that had happened in the past few days.

Bai Heshi made up his mind to annex Baochang Ji, and used money to dredge Yan Xiaoming, the prefect of Jiangzhou, and let him turn a blind eye, most of them were biased towards Fuyuan Ji, so that Baochang Ji repeatedly fell behind, and only two months of account books, Baochang Ji was hit and lost nearly one percent of his income.

Ji Yanning felt a little strange, Baochangji and Fuyuanji have always been well water and river water, even when Ji Tingsheng just died, Bai Heshi didn't have the mind to deal with Baochangji, why did he suddenly attack so quickly?

Before leaving Chang'an, Ji Yanning had already left a letter to Guo Qichun, asking him to "take care of" Fuyuanji, thinking that it should not take long, with the intervention of the Transshipment Division, Fuyuanji's goods are afraid that they will not be shipped out of Jiangzhou.

"Uncle Wu, have you noticed any strange people coming and going with Bai Heshi recently?" asked Ji Yanning.

Wu Geng frowned slightly, and when Ji Yanning reminded him like this, he thought of one thing: "There is a mysterious guest in Baifu recently, I heard that the surname is Zhao, Bai Heshi has always called him Zhao Gongzi, I don't know where it came from, but Bai Heshi's attitude towards him is quite respectful." The eldest lady is suspicious, all this is instigated by someone behind Bai Heshi's back?"

Ji Yanning nodded and said, "But it's just a suspicion, Bai Heshi has been in business for many years and is extremely cunning, so it's not an exaggeration to have such ambitions." ”

Wu Geng said: "Fuyuan Ji is the ancestral property of the Bai family, Bai Heshi is a little worse than his old man back then, and he is not a character." I think the eldest lady's suspicion is not unreasonable. ”

Ji Yanning asked, "Have you seen the one surnamed Zhao?"

"Today, he seems to be following Bai Heshi. Wu Geng said, "It doesn't look like a native of Jiangzhou." ”

After listening to Wu Geng's words, Ji Yanning's mind came to mind the tall man in a dark green robe he saw on the dock just now.

The man seemed familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen it.

She pondered for a while, but she didn't come up with a reason, so she told Wu Geng about the person's dress and general appearance today, and asked him if he was the Zhao Gongzi in Bai Heshi's mouth.

Wu Geng nodded: "That's him." I've met him a few times, and Bai Heshi seems to have a lot of trust in him. ”

"I see, I'll send someone to keep an eye on me. Ji Yanning said to Wu Geng, "Uncle Wu has worked hard, go back and rest, I will find a way to deal with the affairs of the Bai family." ”

Wu Geng bowed, he was really tired, he hadn't stopped these days, and now that the eldest lady is back, many things are finally shared by someone for him.