For a month, Luo Xicheng learned about the situation of inspecting shops along the way through Qi Ming's letter. The closer you get to southern Xinjiang, the more serious the phenomenon of shops making false accounts. However, for Qi Ming and Meng Li, it is a trivial matter whether the shop does fake accounts or not, their original secret identities have been gradually exposed during the secret visits along the way, and at this moment in southern Xinjiang, there are more people who know their identities.

A few days ago, on the border of southern Xinjiang, there was already a shopkeeper with Mr. Bookkeeper and Xiao Er to greet him. Seeing that he was about to enter the southern border today, Qi Ming said to Meng Li, who was passing by his side, as he walked:

"Guess if anyone is coming to pick us up today."

Meng Li has been with Luo Xicheng for a long time, and there are not a few people in the world he has seen, he sneered and said:

"Afraid that no one will come? These people don't come because they have ghosts in their hearts, and since they have received the news, they naturally come to greet them generously to show their innocence. ”

"This southern Xinjiang is a place that is good at using Gu poison, let's pay attention to our diet and daily life." Qi Ming reminded Meng Lidao.

"No wonder you quietly prepare so much dry food yourself." Meng Li said with a smile.

"I came here once when I set up a shop here, but at that time we didn't have to be today, let's be careful, I still have to go back to see my daughter-in-law, aren't you also looking forward to going back to see your Cuilan girl as soon as possible!" Qi Ming was still serious for a second, and this second he instantly made fun of Meng leaving.

"You, except for being a little bit of duty in front of the master, are like this everywhere. So what am I kidding, I'm still alone now, you drag your family with you, you better be careful! ”

Qi Ming and Meng Li were joking for a while, and after a while, they entered the southern frontier. As soon as he entered the city, Meng Li was surprised by what he saw. The city was not small, but it was not as prosperous as he imagined. Meng Li looked at Qi Ming and said in surprise:

"That's how you were when you first came here? Or is it because of the recent rebellion? ”

"It's only been the last two years of An's birthday that has made this scene here, and it may have been worse before. Southern Xinjiang is surrounded by high mountains, and it is difficult for business travelers to come here to develop the economy. Qi Ming replied.

"Then why did the lord come? Just for the spy of those people in the court? If I had known this was the case, I shouldn't have been sick in the first place, and I should have come with you and my lord. If I come, I will definitely give advice to the master, and I can't set up a business or shop here. Meng Li said depressedly.

"The old man was cold-hearted, and he traveled here that year, and he said that what was lacking here was goods from the outside world, and it happened that we had our own caravan, so he said that he would establish a business here. The court knew that the lord was going to establish a business here, and if he found the lord and wanted to put someone in, do you say that the lord can refuse, and it is already very good not to be involved. Qi Ming lowered his voice, and only Meng Li, who was nearby, could hear what he said.

"It looks like it's going to be a tough end to this business." Meng Li sighed.

"The master didn't plan to end it, he just wanted to figure out the situation first. There is no decision on this matter yet. Don't worry about it there. Our Luo Mansion has more than this business, even if it is just open and losing money, it is no problem to support it with other businesses. Qi Ming replied.

"You can raise it smoothly, so why do you need to check the accounts?" Meng Li asked again.

"Didn't you say that, I just wanted to figure out what was going on. You followed the master and me to check the accounts all day, and you didn't understand it at all? Qi Ming looked at the sometimes shrewd and silly Meng Li in front of him, and a wave of anger surged in his head, wanting to knock him on the head.

The two were talking, and a thin little man came up on the opposite side, this man was about forty, and when he saw Qi Ming, he took the initiative to salute and say hello:

"Hello Qi Daguan, yesterday I received a letter from the shopkeeper of the previous station, saying that the two of you may come to me today, I rushed out to greet you, but I didn't expect you two to come earlier than I expected, and I missed the welcome."

"Meng Li, this is our big treasurer here, Aye Ze." Qi Ming nodded and smiled at Aye Ze, and said seriously to Meng Li.

Meng Li saw the thin man he saw in front of him, and felt that the gap between him and all the big shopkeepers in Luo's Mansion was too big, those shopkeepers were filled with oil and water, all of them had fat heads and big ears, and the shopkeeper in front of him was petite and thin, but his eyes flashed shrewdness and ability.

After Qi Ming introduced Ayese, he turned to Ayese Ze and said:

"Aye Ze shopkeeper, this is Meng Li, this time I was ordered by the master to go to southern Xinjiang along the way to check the accounts, and I caused trouble to the shopkeepers."

"Where and where, you are distinguished guests, I am looking forward to Master Luo coming, Master Luo can't come, I am also very happy that you come on his behalf, we haven't seen each other for several years, and it is also an opportunity to get together, isn't it?" Ayesek said with a smile.

"It's true that we're together, it's real to be together!" Qi Ming patted Ayeze's shoulder and laughed loudly, and then he lowered his voice and said in Ayeze's ear, "Master's arrangement, I don't dare to disobey, in fact, who doesn't want to accompany his wife and children at home, this trip is a month, hey...... When I get back, I'm afraid I'll have to go west to check the accounts, hey...... I've been bothering you for the past few days! ”

"Where is the Qi official family, we are all doing things for Master Luo, and I will naturally cooperate with the Qi official family and this Meng Gongzi. I have already asked someone to prepare a feast, and the two of you have also seen the situation in the southern frontier, and I hope you will not dislike my preparation is shabby! Ayeze said politely.

Qi Ming and Meng Li came to Aye Ze's house under the leadership of Aye Ze. If you don't know the current situation in southern Xinjiang, you must think that Ayeze is deliberately embarrassing them, because the courtyard where Ayeze lives is only one-tenth the size of Luo's mansion, although there is a small courtyard at the entrance, but as soon as you enter the door, you can see the main hall. There weren't many people in Ayeze's mansion, only a maid-like girl setting up wine and food.

A woman dressed as a woman in southern Xinjiang hurriedly stepped forward to greet Ayese Ze with Qi Ming and Meng Li coming in, and the woman strode forward and greeted:

"Rui, you're back! Qi Daguan's family, I haven't seen you for many years, you are still the same, welcome, come into the house and sit, I have prepared a family banquet, and I hope that the two distinguished guests will not mind the crude tea and rice. ”

"Qi Daguan's family, Meng Gongzi, this is a cheap one. Min, this one who came with the Qi official family is Meng Gongzi. Ayeze introduced.

Qi Ming and Meng Li sat down in the main hall under the guidance of Mrs. Ayese, Qi Ming and Meng Li sat down and carefully looked at the dishes on this table, it was indeed a very simple meal as Ayeze and his wife said. Qi Ming and Meng Li looked at each other silently, and both of them wondered in their hearts. Coming to southern Xinjiang a few days ago, I found out that the closer to southern Xinjiang, the bigger the account errors and omissions, and the more difficult the life of their shopkeepers became. None of this is like the life of a normal shopkeeper who embezzles money.

Qi Ming could see that the people of southern Xinjiang were not going to attack them, so the two of them finished the meal with confidence and boldness. After the meal, Madame Ayeser led the two to the room where they were resting. Qi Ming and Meng Li told Mrs. Ayeser that they had been on the road for a day and needed to rest, so Mrs. Ayeser asked her little maid to bring Qi Ming and Meng Li hot water for bathing.

Qi Ming and Aye Ze pretended to rest in the house after taking a bath and changing clothes, but in fact, the two secretly analyzed the phenomenon they saw along the way.

"Do you also think that the phenomenon we have seen along the way is very strange, these shopkeepers have a large amount of deficit in their accounts, but their lives are ordinary." Meng Li was the first to speak.

"Well, there's something weird. But we haven't figured out the situation yet, so it's hard to make a conclusion for them. It is possible that they have noticed our whereabouts and deliberately put on such a posture to deceive us, or it is possible that they have another purpose in accumulating wealth. Qi Ming analyzed.

"Another purpose?" Meng Li asked.

"Now that southern Xinjiang is going to rebel, what is the most lacking?" Qi Ming asked Meng Li rhetorically.

"Oh......" Meng Li suddenly realized, "They want to collect money for the rebellion in southern Xinjiang in order to build weapons." After speaking, Meng Li couldn't help but shudder, "Then, wouldn't we be in danger?" ”

"We'd better hope otherwise, if that's the case, we only have one way." Qi Ming's words were deep.

"How?" Meng Li hurriedly asked as if he had grasped a glimmer of life.

"Run, run overnight." Qi Ming looked at Meng Li and said seriously.

Meng Li looked at Qi Ming's serious nonsense, and almost didn't punch him. Meng Li said angrily:

"Brother Qi, can you not do this? Can we run away like this? Aren't we here to solve the problem? Can you give a meaningful answer? ”

"Do you think we can solve the rebellion in southern Xinjiang?" Qi Ming asked rhetorically again.

Meng Li thought about it carefully, even if their master had the ability, he couldn't put down the rebellion, not to mention the two of them, Qi Ming said that escaping overnight was the only thing they could do.

That night, after the lights were turned off outside, Qi Ming changed into night clothes and secretly went out to inquire about the news, while Meng Li was in the house just in case. Qi Ming's light skills are not under Luo Xicheng, and there are no superfluous subordinates in this courtyard, so the risk of him being discovered is greatly reduced.

Qi Ming came to the outside of a hidden house in the inner courtyard, and saw that there was a dim candlelight in the house, so he stepped forward to probe the reality inside the house by sticking to the wall. Qi Ming gently poked through the window paper, secretly looked inside, and saw that there were five people in the house, two were the shopkeepers they had seen on the border of southern Xinjiang, one was Ayese, and the other two were the two shopkeepers in the southern Xinjiang except for Ayeze. They had gathered in this remote hut late at night, and they must have been discussing something that should not be heard by him and Meng Li during the day.

Thinking so, Qi Ming put his ear to the outer wall and listened to the conversation inside. Qi Ming listened hard to what they were saying, but unexpectedly they were communicating in the southern Xinjiang language, and Qi Ming couldn't understand it, so Qi Ming could only use his eyes to observe their movements and demeanor again to guess what they were discussing.

Qi Ming's eyes stared at the inside of the room, and the five people in the room all had sad faces, and the four people sitting below never left Aye Ze's eyes, they sometimes used their hands to make a posture of killing, and sometimes used their hands to make a gesture of entrapment, in short, Qi Ming guessed that they were constantly discussing how to deal with the two of them. Suddenly, not knowing what Ayese Ze said, the other four nodded in agreement. Qi Ming understood, they had discussed and came up with a countermeasure.

The four of them said goodbye, and then walked outside the house. Qi Ming was afraid of being discovered, so he immediately pressed his body against the wall and quickly moved a few steps towards the darkness. Seeing the four of them walking out of the courtyard, Ayese Ze also extinguished the candle and returned to the house, Qi Ming hurried. Cautiously returned to Meng Li's room.

Meng Li had been lying on the bed facing the door and pretending to be asleep, when he saw a black shadow approaching, he didn't dare to make a sound in his dream, so he quietly reached under the pillow and held the dagger tightly, waiting for the black shadow to approach. The black shadow walked to the side of the bed and gradually approached, and Meng Li swung his dagger vigorously and stabbed at the black shadow. The black shadow grabbed Meng Li's hand with a move and whispered:

"You're crazy, even I don't recognize you."

When Meng Li heard that it was Qi Ming's voice, he quickly stopped and said:

"We are in this kind of place, how dare I believe that it must be you, in case it is a person from southern Xinjiang who is very similar to you! Of course I have to guard against it. Your martial arts are better than mine, and if you were you, you would be able to catch my moves. I'm not afraid. Tell me, what did you find? ”

"It can be said that nothing has been detected, or it can be said that some have been detected." Qi Ming replied.

"Can you please stop this, get to the point, don't always make me guess. Why don't you do this in front of the master, you always embarrass me in front of me. Meng Lidao.

"That's because the master is wise, are you...... So you have to ask. Qi Ming lowered his voice and said.

"Don't make a fuss, tell me quickly, what have you found out?" Meng Li was a little impatient.

"I saw a few shopkeepers come to Ayeze's house late at night, and they keep speaking southern Xinjiang, I don't know what they mean. But from their looks and movements, I could guess that they were discussing what to do with the two of us. Qi Ming replied seriously.

"And what are they going to do to us?" Meng Li asked.

"I don't know." Qi Ming still replied seriously.

"What?" Meng Li wondered, but he didn't dare to shout in a loud voice.

"I said it all, they are communicating in the southern Xinjiang language, I don't understand, I can only guess what they are going to do, as for the way, I can't guess." Qi Ming replied.

"So what do we do now?" Meng Li began to discuss the next step with Qi Ming.

"I think we should escape from Ayese Mansion first, and then find a place to live and then slowly investigate. This southern Xinjiang is preparing to rebel, and the government is unreliable, so we have to rely on ourselves. Qi Ming suggested.

"Well, I agree." Meng Li nodded.

"Can you come up with some ideas, you agree with what I say all the way." Qi Ming said.

"Let's go, I've secretly taken your luggage to my side, just in case, let's escape." I don't know if they'll come in a while, so it's better for us to go first. Meng Li went to get the baggage while pulling up Qi Ming and walking towards the door.

Qi Ming quietly opened the door, secretly climbed over the courtyard wall, and disappeared into Ayese's mansion.

Here, the more Aye Ze thought about it, the more he felt that the night was long and dreamy, so he got up from the bed again, got dressed and went to Qi Ming's room. Ayese Ze raised his hand and gently slammed the door, but as soon as he slammed the door, the door was gently pushed out of a crack by his fingers. Ayeze felt that something was wrong, and immediately pushed open the door, and he rushed in to see that there was no one on the bed, and he was dumbfounded all of a sudden. Aye Ze immediately ran back to the room to wake up his wife, instructed his wife's maids to report to the shopkeeper's mansions in southern Xinjiang, and asked his followers to look for Qi Ming and Meng Li.