Lingwu Kansai City.

It's still that ready-to-wear shop, and the little cute girl Xu Xiaoya is not cute at all at the moment.

She clasped her hands and paced back and forth outside the store with an anxious expression.

"Squeak!"

It was just dawn, and the man yawned and pushed the door open from the store.

Hearing the movement behind her, Xu Xiaoya's eyes lit up, and she turned to the guy and asked urgently: "Ahri, is your shopkeeper there?" ”

"Who?" The guy Ahri was taken aback, looked at it, and saw that it was Xu Xiaoya, so he exhaled and said, "Miss Xu, what are you doing early in the morning?" ”

"Alas, I'm in a hurry to find Zhu Si."

"Don't worry, don't worry! What do you want to do with my shopkeeper? ”

At this time, it was already in chaos, and she said without hesitation: "I want to ask him, does Yun Jinxiu still accept it?" ”

"This ......" Ahri said with some embarrassment: "The girl's cloud brocade is expensive, and the small one is afraid that she can't be the master, or I'll ask if the shopkeeper comes later?" ”

Hearing what he said, he knew that Zhu Si was not in the store, Xu Xiaoya looked lost, and said absentmindedly: "Oh, that's troublesome Brother Ahri." ”

Looking at Xu Xiaoya, who was lost and walking away, the guy Ahri muttered suspiciously. "What's wrong with her? You still call me Ahri, aren't they usually called Little Ahri, Little Tanuki? ”

……

The early morning in April in the north is still relatively cold, especially the Lingwu Pass near Mobei, which is even more cold and biting.

Xu Xiaoya, who was not dressed very thickly, had tears in her eyes and dragged her thin body on the way home.

A major change occurred in her family yesterday, and her father was arrested by Jinyiwei for selling white salt in bulk.

Not only was the silver spirit yuan obtained from the sale of white salt confiscated, but his father would also face severe punishment under the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

At present, the men in the family are all outside the gate, and the mother at home has no opinions, so the heavy responsibility of finding the operation of the relationship naturally falls on her shoulders.

"Alas......"

Xu Xiaoya sighed, she was busy all day yesterday, but she found some connections, but she needed a lot of money to operate.

And her family really can't take out the silver spirit yuan at present, so she remembered that Zhu Silai, the clothing shop that bought Yun Jinxiu before.

She originally wanted to advance the silver spirit yuan for emergency, and then slowly prick some cloud brocade in the future.

It's just that she just learned that Zhu Si was not in the store, which suddenly made her heart feel sad, and if she didn't raise some money, her father couldn't save her.

Although she is indifferent, she also knows that the Jinyi Guard's edict is not for people, and if she stays longer, she will suffer more crimes.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiaoya became extremely low, it was the first time she was so embarrassed to grow so big, and she really wanted to cry loudly at this time.

A quarter of an hour later, she came to the outside of the Xu family's small courtyard.

Seeing that her mother Xu was looking anxiously, she hurriedly walked up to meet her.

"Mother! How did you get out? It's cold outside, let's go inside! ”

"Silly girl!" Xu Shi took her by the hand and said worriedly: "You are weak, don't go out early in the morning in the future." ”

"Mother, I ......"

Xu Shi smiled, nodded her little head, and said dotingly: "I still have some dowry jewelry for my mother, and I will sell it later." ”

“……”

"It was originally left for you as a dowry, but now ......"

"Mother!"

Seeing that she was a little shy, Xu smiled without saying a word, and led her into the small courtyard.

……

At noon, Zhu Sicheng clothing workshop.

The guy Ahri was listlessly carrying a feather duster, thinking about Xu Xiaoya's behavior in the morning.

"Alas......" he gently dusted off the dust from his sample clothes and muttered sympathetically. How cute the girl used to be, I don't know what difficulties I encountered. ”

"Who's in trouble?"

Zhu Si, who happened to enter the store at this time, heard this and asked suspiciously.

"Yikes! King... Fourth Master, why are you here? ”

"Heh, can't you come to the emotional master?"

"It's not! No! Ahri hurriedly shook his head, and then explained: "Someone came looking for you early in the morning, and the slave thought you had gone there and pushed it." ”

"Who?"

Zhu Di glanced at him, brushed his hair in a bun and asked casually.

The chamberlain Ahri had the heart to help Xu Xiaoya, so he said vividly: "It's the Xiaoya girl who sells cloud splendor, she seems to be in trouble, don't you see her lonely appearance, it's really ......."

"Come on, what's the?" Hearing that Xu Xiaoya was looking for him, Zhu Di frowned and asked, "Did you say anything?" ”

"Slaves don't know!"

"Waste! Why don't you ask clearly? ”

"Master... Master, slave ......"

"Alright, find someone to inquire." Zhu Di glared at him very dissatisfied, and waved his hand to interrupt.

An hour later, Ahri returned to the store sweating profusely, and looked around to find that Zhu Di was not in the front hall.

He stared at the secret door of the closet, his face hesitant.

"Alas! Bo Yi. He stomped his foot and decisively pushed open the secret door.

Walking through the darkness, Ahri soon came to the outside of the dark hall.

"Stop!"

Seeing that he had come here boldly, one of the guards pulled out the spirit knife and shouted coldly.

Ahri looked at the pale white light of the spirit knife in the guard's hand and swallowed in fear.

"Trouble the lord to say, the slave has something important to report."

"Retreat!" Unmoved, the guard let out a hoarse chill and said, "Otherwise, you will die!" ”

"Who's making a fuss?"

Zhu Di was discussing things with Yao Guangxiao, and when he heard the movement outside, he shouted angrily.

"The king... Rajah! It's a slave! ”

"Roll in and say."

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Ahri shrunk his neck and walked in tremblingly.

"The slave and maid have seen the prince and Master Yao."

"Hehe, you little raccoon, you're not a little daring!" The bald monk Yao Guangxiao said with a smile.

"Yao... Master Yao, don't scare the slave maid, the slave maid is timid. Seeing the monk laughing, Ahri's heart trembled, and he said with a sad face.

Outsiders don't know Yao Guangxiao's horror, but Ahri, who is Zhu Di's personal attendant, knows.

This monk has never been smiling, but when he laughs, then it proves that someone is going to be unlucky.

"Monk, don't scare him." Zhu Di smiled and said to Yao Guangxiao.

Seeing that Ahri was as timid as a mouse, he pulled his face and scolded: "Waste, if you have something, hurry up." ”

Ahri peeked at the monk and saw that he was closing his eyes and turning the rosary, and his heart was a little more relieved.

He bowed to Zhu Di and said, "The slave has made it clear that something happened to Miss Xiaoya's family."

Her father was reported for selling salt and is now being held in prison. ”

"When did Jin Yiwei take care of the salt matter?" Zhu Di asked a little puzzled.

"Your Highness! The tribute salt sold by the old man Xu was purer than that in the palace, and the price was less than half of the tribute salt. ”

"Huh! It's new. Zhu Di smiled, and then said: "It's a bit exaggerated to say more than Gongyan, right?" However, this is the first time I have seen salt sales at a loss. ”

"Huh!"

Seeing Zhu Di laughing, Ahri had no choice but to laugh along.

"It's not a big deal, you take this king's seal letter to Jinyiwei and let them release people."

"Your Highness, slow down!"

At this time, Yao Guangxiao opened his eyes, stopped turning the rosary, looked at Ahri and asked, "You carefully talk about the so-called tribute salt." ”

Just as he was about to hand over the letter, Zhu Di heard the monk's words, his movements suddenly froze, and he looked at the monk in confusion.

Yao Guangxiao did not react, but stared at Ahri deadly.

Shocked by the solemn atmosphere, Ahri took out a small package of paper and said nervously, "Slave... The slave maid got some, and it was said that the salt was called white salt. ”

Then he told Xu Anyang in detail about the white salt he got and sold it in a small area.

Yao Guangxiao interrupted him from time to time and asked the key points, but Ahri shook his head and said he didn't know.

After Ahri finished speaking, Yao Guangxiao frowned tightly, and after a while, beckoned Ahri to hand over the white salt.

Seeing this, Ahri stepped forward and hurriedly handed him the salt packet.

After taking the small paper bag, Yao Guangxiao opened it and immediately pinched it and put it in his mouth.

In the middle of his breath, his eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted in disbelief, "This can't be! How can there be such pure salt in the world? ”