Xiao Tianjian believes that at the beginning of last year, he had reconciled with An Long's family, and now that his son has been recognized by him, he is optimistic about his future and money, and he should not do this just to be angry with him. Could it be that he is at odds with Yunlong? But even if this is the case, there is no reason for the Xiao family firm to suffer such a big loss, after all, it will be the property of their brothers sooner or later.

On the other hand, he couldn't understand why An Long was friendly with the people of the Heda family. In the year when he was injured and recuperated, the Heddah family fell into the well with Mattis and several other aristocratic families, plotting to rob his family property, and after he recovered from his injury, he took revenge, and a boy from the Hedda family spoke arrogantly, and he broke two legs, and now he is still crippled. The current head of the Head family is the elder brother of this stinky boy. And Emon, who caused An Long to almost suffer a loss but then died in an unknown way, is also their cousin, and the person surnamed Heda will never have good intentions towards An Long, why does An Long not understand this, and still have to deal with the son of the Heda family?

Xiao Tianjian couldn't figure out An Long's thoughts after thinking about it, and he was anxious to ask his son, but he was reluctant to give up the clues that he had finally found. Raising his eyes to look at the two stewards, he was even more depressed. He also thought that if he couldn't get out for a while, he could let someone from the trading house send the child to Ito and hand it over to her father, but now that the contradiction between the two sides is not small, he can't say such a thing anymore. These two subordinates are obviously fifty or sixty years old, why are their hearts so small? Even if a father offends them, what does it have to do with children? Do you need to stare at people like this?

At this time, Minna had already changed into clean clothes and came out, and her little face and hands were cleanly washed. A local cook brought the broth and bread, and Minna looked at the fresh bread that had just come out of the oven and still exuded the smell of fresh wheat and baking, and her index fingers moved, and she stared at her grandfather with big eyes, just waiting for him to say a word.

But Grandpa just stood still, and the two housekeepers also lowered their heads slightly and did not speak, but their four eyes drifted towards her from time to time, and the younger one still had some unkind meaning in his eyes. Minna intuitively felt that the other party hated and even resented herself, and couldn't help but be a little confused.

I'm obviously very well-behaved and obedient, why does that person hate me? I didn't know him before.

Xiao Tianjian also noticed the eyes of the deputy steward, coughed unhappily, and frowned: "Come with me, I have something to say to you." Then he motioned to his granddaughter: "You eat first, I'll be back soon." Then he turned and went out to another room, and the two stewards hurried to follow.

Minna knew that her grandfather always had "serious things" to talk to, and she was not awkward, and ate her bread in a big gulp.

In the room over there, Xiao Tianjian was already blaming the deputy steward: "No matter what An Long does, it has nothing to do with the child, what do you mean by this attitude?" ”

The deputy steward bowed his head and whispered an apology. Seeing this, the steward hurriedly said: "He also has a hard time in this matter. Both of our sons were apprentices in other branches, and when Master Anlong and the knights came to search, they were all beaten, and my boy was only wounded, but his only son had a broken hand. Although it was not Young Master An Long who asked someone to beat him, their family would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. But rest assured, Lord Earl, we will not be disrespectful to the little lady. ”

Xiao Tianjian's anger disappeared after hearing this, and he was a little embarrassed by the deputy steward: "So that's the case." What about the child's injuries? Be sure to hire the best doctor, buy whatever medicine you want, and I will cover all the costs. When the child recovers, I will definitely ask someone to arrange a good errand for him. After a pause, he added, "On Anlong's side, I will go and scold him and ask him to apologize to you." ”

The deputy steward bowed his head and said, "The child is no longer in serious trouble, Ito's head office has paid for the medical expenses, and now he is recuperating at home." The managers have discussed, and in the second half of the year, they will send him to the shipping company, and the earl does not need to worry, thank you for your concern. ”

Xiao Tianjian was relieved: "It's okay, just tell me if you have something, you old employees will never suffer." He didn't want to go around the matter any longer, so he told them about the target. The two stewards also quickly followed the topic, but although they were familiar with Nomonka, not everyone knew them, so they could only promise to send someone to find them as soon as possible.

When Minna saw her grandfather appear at the dinner table, she was already full, and she was staring at the two rows of wine jars placed on the wall, and when she saw her grandfather enter the door, she asked, "Grandpa, the people here don't seem to like me very much, why?" ”

Xiao Tianjian didn't know what to say for a while, so he didn't tell the child about this complicated matter, so he smiled and said, "How come?" Minna must have read it wrong. Then he quickly changed the subject: "What were you just looking at?" ”

Minna was not satisfied with his answer, looked at him suspiciously, and said, "I'm looking at the wine jar, they say that these are the wines made from the snow-capped mountains, the kind I have heard of in the small village, there are a lot of them here." ”

Xiao Tianjian saw that there were a lot of them, not only were there thirty or forty altars in the restaurant, but even the corridors in the corridor were full. After eating, they went to the empty room in the backyard to rest, and saw that there were dozens of altars in the yard. After asking, I learned that this kind of ice and fire wine has been very popular in Weisha recently, so many merchants have bought a large number of them and sold them to Weisha. It took a lot of effort from the Xiao family firm to get so much wine, and it would be shipped away in two days.

The grandfather and grandson lived in the trading house for two days, although they were well fed and dressed, but the people sent by the steward were unable to find the trace of the target. Xiao Tianjian was a little anxious, worried that the man would leave, that day in the hotel, he and his accomplices had mentioned that they would continue to run around.

Thinking of the hotel, he suddenly remembered that after the target entered the hotel that day, the clerk guarding the door did not follow, but let the other party go to the private room by himself. Will the people at the hotel know who that person is?

Thinking of it, Xiao Tianjian didn't want to wait for the people sent by the firm to come back, so he immediately changed into the Nuojia civilian clothes prepared for him by the people in the branch, and was about to go out as an ordinary person, but was intercepted by the little granddaughter at the door.

Minna wants to go out with her grandfather, and she has been bored in the house for the past two days, and her mood has deteriorated. The people in the branch always looked at her secretly, but they whispered behind her back, and some people's eyes made her feel very uncomfortable. Although she is a child, she can also sense that her grandfather's words that day are not true, she is not welcome here, and she doesn't want to stay for a long time, just because her grandfather wants to stay, so she didn't make trouble, and now he is actually going out, of course she refuses to let go: "The people here don't like me, grandpa take me out with me." ”

Xiao Tianjian had a headache, it was too inconvenient to take the child, and he was trying to find someone to take care of her, but he found that the staff of the branch were peeking at Minna, and he didn't know what he was talking about in private.

The investigation went well at the hotel, and the money-hungry clerk readily confessed what he knew, lured by another small bag of gold coins. The target person is a regular customer here, and he comes once or twice a month, and each time he asks for a private room. The clerk only knew that the person was a butler, but it was not clear which nobleman's housekeeper it was, but the owner of their hotel was familiar with that person and should know. Unfortunately, the hotel owner had just left Nomonka a few days ago and would not be back until two months later.

After Xiao Tianjian left the hotel with his granddaughter in his arms, Qi Qi sighed, and Minna asked worriedly, "Grandpa, what should we do now?" "She doesn't want to stay here for two months.

Xiao Tianjian thought for a while and sighed: "Forget it, let's see how the business bank investigates, if you really can't find out, you can only wait." Seeing his granddaughter's pursed mouth, he couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, if you have to wait so long, of course I will send you back to Qitun first, and then come back to check, anyway, the hotel owner's affairs can be handed over to the people of the business bank." ”

Minna was a little happy, although the investigation couldn't find any results, which made people a little frustrated, but it was the fastest thing to live to be able to return to her family, she was busy and said: "Then grandpa will tell me after he finds out the mastermind." Suddenly, she felt that there was something wrong with this: "Grandpa, didn't you say that you want to accompany us to find our parents and live with us?" ”

Xiao Tianjian was speechless for a while: "Uh...... This one...... Wait until I get to the bottom of things......"

At this time, a bell suddenly sounded from a distance, interrupting Xiao Tianjian's words, Minna was busy looking left and right to find the source of the bell, and soon found that it was from the bell in the palace in the middle of the mountain.

The bell rang one after another, and the people on the street quieted down, stopped their movements, stopped doing business, stopped trading, the children stopped laughing and running, and the rich, richly dressed woman who was originally riding a horse and passed by slowly, also controlled the horse and jumped off the ground to listen to the bell.

Minna was shocked by this never-before-seen scene, and her heart was furious, so she had to whisper in her grandfather's ear and ask, "What's the matter?" What kind of bell is that? Xiao Tianjian shook his head in confusion. Although Minna's voice was small, in this silent environment, it was not unheard, and a Nojia man standing next to him deliberately turned his head to look at them.

The bell continued to ring slowly, each one through the city, and when the twelfth stopped, the people suddenly stirred, but quickly pressed down, waiting for something with bated breath.

Then a drum sounded from the direction of the royal palace on the hill, and then calm returned. The people in the streets suddenly burst into tears, at first just one or two people, and gradually, half the streets wept, and the crowd began to move towards the palace, as did several other streets.

Minna was hugged tightly by her grandfather, almost hit by the running people, and stared blankly at the crowd around her, not knowing what was happening. Xiao Tianjian was also a little inexplicable, but the sound of bells and drums from the direction of the palace, could it be that something happened there?

The answer was soon revealed. Several men who looked like petty officials appeared to maintain order, and announced the exact news: King Murdoch I of Nogar had died.

Xiao Tianjian had heard of this king for a long time, he was a relatively rare moderate monarch in the history of this country, but he did not have any outstanding achievements in governing the country, and he was often constrained by other royal families. The only thing that can be praised is his love for the people, so he is very loved in the country. However, he is not in good health, he has been sick for several years, and I heard at the beginning of last year that he may not be able to survive for long, and it is not easy to survive until now.

Xiao Tianjian didn't think that the death of this king would have any impact on him, at most, after the new king took office, the trading house had to go everywhere, but what happened next made him change his mind.

Several horsemen, dressed in full armor and riding horses, rushed from the direction of the palace and scattered into the streets, loudly announcing the latest order: "The palace urgently orders that foreigners who do not have a residence permit shall be expelled from the country immediately, and those who violate it will be immediately beheaded." The palace urgently ordered that foreigners who did not have a residence permit should be expelled from the country immediately, and violators should be immediately ......"

The cavalry hurried by, announcing the latest expulsion order, and the people on the street were stunned for a moment, but soon came to their senses, and immediately a vegetable seller turned around the competitor at the vegetable stall next door: "You are a Weisha, you don't have a residence permit, come with me to meet the patrol!" The others reacted, and they all found out the foreigners they knew, shouting that they would call the soldiers to arrest them, and some of the foreigners shouted that they had residence permits, and the scene suddenly became a mess. Soldiers arrived quickly and tied up those who could not produce their residence permits and took them away.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Tianjian hurriedly retreated to the corner of the street with his granddaughter in his arms, intending to dodge, but he didn't expect the Nuojia man standing next to them just now to shout at the soldier and point at Xiao Tianjian: "Old man, there are also foreigners here, and there is a small one!" ”

Minna yells in hatred, "You scoundrel"! Xiao Tianjian was already galloping, and he ran five zhang away in a few steps, and then scurried left and right in the streets and alleys, avoiding the Nuojia soldiers who were catching up. However, he was not familiar with the city, and there were many pedestrians on the road, so he accidentally fled into a dead alley, and when he heard the pursuers getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but secretly cry out in his heart that he was unlucky.

Minna was also anxious, looked left and right, and only said "We jumped over the wall ......", before the words fell, Xiao Tianjian had already taken her to climb the wall and jumped into the yard of a family, which made the family scream. The soldiers who followed immediately got the news and gave hot pursuit.

Xiao Tianjian ran out of the range of the house, and wandered through the alley for a while, only to find that he was almost back near the branch, and he was still familiar with the terrain here, so he hid in a vacant house, and waited for the soldiers to run over, before he and his granddaughter breathed a sigh of relief.

He was worried about the people in the branch, who also did not have a residence permit, and wondered if it would be okay. Seeing that no one noticed him outside, he whispered to his granddaughter not to make a sound, and quietly sneaked back to the street near the branch.

As soon as they turned into the street, they found a large group of people gathered in front of the branch, the steward, the clerk, and several guards, and two officers with dozens of Noga soldiers were about to escort them away. In the surrounding shops, there were many people in a similar situation, and there were at least two or three hundred Noga soldiers on the entire street.

Xiao Tianjian quickly hid in an alley and looked at it, and Minna also stretched her neck to see what was going on.

It seems that because of the fame of the Xiao family's firm, the two stewards were allowed to bring two changes of clothes, but they had to be searched. However, all the goods in the branch were "confiscated". The deputy steward said unwillingly: "This is the goods we spent money to buy, why can't we take them away?" I can't even bring my own luggage, and I take the money, which is clearly a robbery! ”

An officer smiled maliciously: "Whether it is the goods or your things, they are all obtained from our country, and they should naturally belong to us, it is polite to let you go, no matter how much you talk, beware of your little life!" ”

"You dare?! We're not cats or dogs! The deputy steward shouted in disbelief, but the steward felt that there was something wrong with the looks of the officers and soldiers, and hurriedly stopped him.

The owner of another shop was also kicked out of the store at this time, crying out: "Robber! Bandit! My whole net worth is here, and you want to snatch it? I'm fighting with you! With that, he rushed forward and grabbed one of the soldiers' clothes, and prevented the other soldiers from removing the money he had hidden in the shop.

The officer who was talking to the manager of the Xiao family's branch frowned, walked over and drew his waist knife, and with a flash of silver light, it was inserted back into the sheath, leaving a sentence: "It's noisy." Then he turned and walked back.

The merchant, on the other hand, stood still for a moment, and then suddenly, his head rolled down, and he spun around the ground a few times, and his body was covered with blood.

Everyone present was stunned, and Minna, who was hiding in the alley and peeking, screamed in fright when she saw such a bloody dead person for the first time. Xiao Tianjian hurriedly covered her mouth, but it was already a little late.

The officer who had just killed someone turned his head to look at the alley where they were hiding.

(PK's results are really miserable, who will vote for me more...... ）