Early in the morning, the inn prepared a simple breakfast.

Bai Song went to the next door and knocked on the door first, and then returned to his house and served three bowls of porridge.

After a while, Niu Da came with the maid.

When the maid saw it, she saluted Bai Song: "The slave has seen Young Master Bai, thank you for Young Master Bai's life-saving grace." ”

"I didn't do anything, the person who saved you was Niu Chongtian, I want to thank you and thank him."

"I thanked Brother Niu last night."

This is so reminiscent of what people say, and I don't know how to say thank you.

Bai Song snickered, but saw that the two of them didn't react much, so he asked him to sit down and eat.

"How can a slave sit with Young Master Bai?"

"You are a maid of the Zheng family, not a maid of my family, besides, now you are not a member of the Zheng family. How can I not sit together? ”

Niu Da also persuaded on the side: "Sit down, my young master is not so particular." ”

After some shirk, the maid finally sat down and ate seriously with a bowl of porridge.

Bai Song asked casually, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the young master, the slave maid is called Caihe."

"How's the injury?"

"Brother Niu used Gongzi's recipe for the slave maid last night, and I feel much better when I wake up today."

"Hold your head up and take a look."

Bai Song was very meticulous, looked at the strangulation marks on Caihe's neck, and nodded.

"The injury still has to be recuperated, and it will take a few more days of rest to change and recover."

"Well, thank you, Young Master Bai."

"Listen to Niu Chongtian, you are now homeless, do you want to go anywhere?"

In a word, Caihe put down the dishes and chopsticks in silence.

Without waiting for Caihe to speak, Niu Da hurriedly interjected: "Young Master Bai, if I don't let her stay by your side, it's okay to clean the house for the young master every day." ”

Bai Song looked at Niu Da in surprise, this Niu Da treated this maid very unusually, didn't he have a heart for others?

But there is also a lady in this house, who took people away by herself, and when she went back, she asked Niu Da to come back with another woman, wouldn't the one in the house hate herself to death?

Thinking about it, Bai Song shook his head again, and said in his heart why did he worry about other people's affairs?

Don't talk about Niu Da, I don't know if I can resist the temptation when I see a beautiful woman, I think about what is going on in someone's house, it's better to think about how I can't defend myself like a jade, and how to explain to Xiang'er when I go back.

There was a hint of eagerness hidden in Niu Da's eyes, and seeing that Bai Song didn't say anything for a long time, he looked a little anxious: "What?" What's wrong? ”

Caihe frowned slightly, looking at Brother Niu who had saved him, and he was also sweating for him.

How can anyone talk to his master like this?

placed in Zheng's house, because of this, a good fight is indispensable.

Bai Song finally responded, and said in a suppressed voice: "I'm afraid there is something really wrong with this matter." ”

Caihe's mood was instantly depressed, she didn't even want her mother's house now, if she didn't have someone to rely on, she didn't know how to live, maybe she would encounter last night's incident.

Niu Da was anxious: "Young Master Bai, why is this?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm free to worry." Bai Song slowly explained, "The two of us are alone outside, and we have no one to rely on. It's not inconvenient for this lotus girl to stay, but we can't leave people until we find out why the lotus girl was assassinated. ”

"Assassination?" Niu Da's brows furrowed instantly, and he thought for a while, "Young Master Bai is worried about what happened last night?" That's just a useless thief, and I drove him away, but dare to come again? ”

"Thieves? That's not a thief. Someone must be eyeing this lotus girl, otherwise how could she not be interested in money and color, but she was so ruthless? How could a maid of the Zheng family be treated like this? Miss Caihe, I think your status in the Zheng family is extraordinary, right? ”

Niu Da was also a little puzzled when he heard this, and also looked at Caihe.

Bai Song was very serious, carefully watching Caihe's emotional changes.

Bai Song decided that there must be something wrong with this maid.

Caihe was stunned, and only said: "The slave doesn't know who the thief was last night, let alone when it appeared." At that time, the slave and maid only felt drowsy, and when they were half asleep, they were suddenly grabbed by the hair, and dragged them all the way to the river, and then they put their hands on my neck, and when they saw that I was struggling badly, they went to find a big tree, and tied the slave and the maid with a rope, and tied the slave and the maid to the tree. The slave maid thought that she was dead in such an unknown way, so Brother Niu rushed over. ”

"You really don't know who killed you?"

Caihe said truthfully: "The slave and maid thought about it all night, but I really couldn't think of anyone who had such a big grudge. ”

Caihe's expression is very normal, when he should be confused, when he should be afraid, when he should be afraid, when he should be entangled, when he should be entangled.

There is not the slightest hint of falsification.

Bai Song gradually became strange, and asked again: "Could it be the Zheng family?" ”

Cai He shook his head repeatedly: "No...... The master drove the slave and maid out of the house because the slave and maid were not clean hands and feet, and according to the rules of the Zheng family, the slave and maid had nothing to complain about. ”

"Why was he kicked out of the Zheng family?"

Caihe's brows furrowed slightly, and it was a little difficult to speak.

Niu Da hurriedly said: "The young master will say whatever he asks you, stay and have a place to return, it is better than floating outside." ”

Cai He gritted his teeth and said, "It was the slave who stole the Zheng family's things to help her mother's family, and the housekeeper knew about it. ”

"What's that?"

"A packet of salt."

"Just a packet of salt?"

"Hmmm! I heard my mother's family say that the family had not eaten salt for a long time, and the young brother suffered from hypochondriasis. The slave and maid are also desperate, so they ...... That's why I made this decision. ”

"Jixian County is short of salt?"

"Not really, it's just that the slave maid feels that salt in the county is expensive, and it is better to buy a bag of salt for a hundred yuan, so it is better to exchange it for a bag of rice. In the long run, the root of the disease will be lost. ”

"If there is no shortage of salt, why not buy it with money? It's more expensive, but it's also to protect the child. Could it be that there is no money left at home? ”

"The family doesn't have a lot of money left, and they can't afford to buy a bag of salt. It's just that the mother took the money to buy it, and the salt merchant didn't sell it, and I don't know why. For this reason, the mother found the slave maid and asked the slave maid to think of ideas through the Zheng family. The slave didn't care much, and she didn't want to steal the salt of the master's family at the beginning, so she used the money she usually saved to buy it in the name of the Zheng family, and the salt merchant would not not sell it.

But I didn't expect that the slave maid bought it in the name of the Zheng family, and the salt merchant still didn't sell it. The slave thought it was a shortage of salt in the county, but as soon as she left the salt shop, a cart of salt was transferred. The slave and maid really had no choice, thinking that the master's house had a lot of salt, and a small bag would not be found if she went out. Who would have thought that such bad luck would be caught by the housekeeper before he could get out of the house. ”

"Take the money and don't sell it? What is the rationale for this? Bai Song felt that something was wrong.

Caihe lowered his head: "That's all the slave knows, because she stole the salt from the master's house, she was kicked out." It was also the slave and maid who had bad intentions, and no one else was to blame. The master's family used to be kind to slaves and maids, and they couldn't afford to force slaves and maids to death because of a bag of salt. As for my mother's family, when they saw that the slave and maid had provoked the Zheng family, they naturally didn't dare to ask for me. ”

Bai Song frowned, thinking about the whole thing.

Niu Da asked: "Young Master Bai, maybe he was a thief last night, did you think too much?" ”

Bai Song shook his head, still thinking.

After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't have the slightest clue: "Let's let her stay first, but remember not to go out and show your face, so as not to cause trouble." ”

Niu Da and Caihe were both happy, and Caihe had to kneel and kowtow.

"Okay, there's no need to do this, I still have an appointment with someone today, so I'll go out first."

After speaking, Bai Song went out as usual, and asked the shopkeeper at the counter downstairs: "Shopkeeper, where can I buy salt?" ”

"Heh, what does Childe do when he buys salt? Do you think the food in the shop is not delicious enough? ”

"When you travel, you always have a bag of salt on your body."

"I see, the nearby salt buyers are at the end of this street, and there are shops set up by the government."

Bai Song nodded and went directly to the salt shop.

Bai Song wants to see, how can there be a strange thing of giving money and not selling salt?

In less than ten minutes all the way, Bai Song arrived in front of the salt shop.

The shop was very small and there were no people.

This salt is indeed more expensive, and the poor people's homes generally think the same as Caihe's mother's family, instead of buying a bag of salt, it is better to exchange it for a bag of rice.

Moreover, salt in these years is not necessarily delicious when added to meals, so the ancients were not enthusiastic about buying salt.

Some people who understand know that salt is a necessity, and if you don't eat it for a long time, you will get sick, so you buy it in small quantities.

Some people don't buy it at all.

It's understandable that the salt shop is cold.

Bai Song stood at the door and shouted, "Is anyone there?" ”

After a while, an official came out yawning: "What? ”

"Buy salt."

The official was a little impatient when he heard this, frowning and looking Bai Song up and down, looking reluctant when business came.

"Not for sale?" Bai Song asked.

"Sell! Of course sell! How much? ”

"How do you sell it?"

"A pack of 100 wen."

"Three packs."

The other party spread his hands: "Give money." ”

Bai Song was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that although this official errand is impatient, salt can still be bought, how is this a matter of a while?

Bai Song was a little confused, and handed over the three strings of money he had prepared, and the other party decisively handed Bai Song three cloth bags, and recorded them in the account book.

Bai Song weighed it, and this bag of salt was less than half a catty.

According to the price of a pack of 100 yuan, it is far more expensive than raw chickens and ducks.

"So little?"

"Where are you?" The official asked rhetorically.

"I came from Shu, and the salt in Shu is two catties for one hundred." Bai Song casually recklessly said.

"Then you go to Shuzhong to buy it. Jixian County is at this price, do you love it? ”

Saying this, the official errand handed the money to Bai Song even more excessively.

Bai Song was even more stupid: "What do you mean?" ”

"Aren't you too expensive? I will give you back the money, and you will give me the salt. ”

What kind of routine is this?

All the businesses that have been done, and those who regret it?

It stands to reason that even if this salt is the business of the imperial court, shouldn't the trader try his best to promote the business?

Why does that official look disgusted?

Bai Song didn't go to get the copper coin, and hurriedly left with three bags of salt.

I thought about it for a long time, and I felt that things were strange, but I couldn't say anything strange.

I can't understand why I can buy salt, but Caihe can't buy it at home.

"Little friend, you're here!"

The voice of the Zheng family master interrupted Bai Song's thoughts.

Bai Song looked at it, and it turned out that he was about to return to the inn unconsciously, and he was now under the banyan tree yesterday.

It's still early today, and a group of young boys are gathered around the old lady's chess game.

At this time, a person left the front of the seat, saluted respectfully, and said: "The skill is not as good as the person, and he is willing to bow to the wind." ”