But Jiang Li never fell asleep, tossing and turning for a long time, listening to Luo Kui's low and even breathing, until she had fallen asleep. He turned over and sat up, crept to the edge of the bed, sighed faintly, one step away from Yangzhou, one step away from Luokui, and the day he recovered from his injury, it was parting.

Jiang Li's heart suddenly ached, and then he pulled the corner of his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly, what about parting, as long as he wants to see him, who can stop him.

The morning light gradually rose, setting a faint edge on the dark and gloomy sky, and the cold and steep sunlight gently sprinkled towards Yangzhou City.

At the canal wharf of Yangzhou City, cargo ships with extremely deep draft are connected end to end, rippling with the waves.

The wharf was noisy, and today was the day when the largest salt merchant in the city, the Duanmu Merchant Company, unloaded its goods, and all the men of the trough gang were dispatched, all of them bent up, piled up sackcloth and salt bags on their shoulders, and carried them to the carriage of the trading house.

Not far away stood a man in brocade clothes, not very old, but his chin had a long hair, the long hair was black and shiny, very well maintained, swaying slightly in the wind, and beside him stood a man who looked like a housekeeper, holding the account book in one hand and holding the jade pipe Zihao in the other, and he drew something on the account book while talking.

This brocade man is the fourth generation of the Duanmu family head Duanmu Guangping, who was originally sitting in the clan all the year round, and did not have to bow down to everything, but now Wantong is in Jingzhou to inspect the mining industry, upside down, I heard that he will rush to Yangzhou to inspect the salt industry in the near future, the salt industry is related to the rise and fall of the Duanmu family, forcing him to have a twelve-point spirit, personally rushed to the dock, until he saw the last bag of salt was carried into the carriage without panic, he dusted off the salt grains accidentally stained on his sleeves, and cruined around the dock without anger: " Let's go, let's go home. ”

There was already a carriage of rosewood stone and blue curtains waiting on the dock, and when I saw Duanmu Guangping walking steadily, the tuft of long hair on his chin did not even shake during the movement. One of the servants reached out to open the curtain, while the other knelt on the ground, acting as a footstool.

Duanmu Guangping held the hands of his left and right entourage, stepped on the back of the little guy, and got into the car.

The two heavy gates of Yangzhou City creak and slowly open, and this city is not only soaked in rouge gouache and gentle, but also prosperous and prosperous with the flow of the canal. As soon as the gates opened, the people gathered outside the city craned their necks and looked inside the city from the outside.

At the city gate, there were four small officials with knives, who were quite lax in inspecting the people entering the city, and when they encountered those carrying burdens and pushing carts, they only opened them and glanced at them hastily, and waved their hands impatiently.

Junfu's carriage also appeared behind the people who entered the city, along the way, Jun Qianzi was afraid that the bandits would appear again, so he strictly ordered the convoy to stop, and the three-day journey was forced to become two days, and finally arrived outside Yangzhou today.

Jiang Li rode a horse, his tall body was particularly conspicuous among the crowd, leading two family guards, following the convoy, the road was calm, and no half of the thieves came to seek death, it was really unexpected for him, he originally wanted to have one or two blind bumps up, so that he could fight, and spit out the sulking in his heart.

Jun Weirui opened the curtain of the car and took a look, only to see that the inspection team was extremely long, moving slowly, hurriedly jumped out of the car, walked to Jiang Li's side, and said softly: "Li Gongzi, I have arrived outside Yangzhou City, I don't think there will be any more mistakes, Li Gongzi might as well go to the car to rest for a while and drink a cup of tea." ”

Jiang Li stared for a moment, galloping all the way, he had always had the heart to fall into the sun, how was his body, but because of the words that he blurted out that night, he was a little embarrassed, and he didn't dare to look at it from time to time, and now he had this opportunity, so he nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Saying that, he turned over and dismounted, followed Jun Weirui into the car, and saw Luo Kui's miserable white face, lazily leaning on a corner of the car, seeing Jiang Li come in, she only barely opened her eyes and looked, then turned her head again and closed her eyes.

Jiang Li wiped her forehead worriedly, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so she said, "Miss Jun, what is wrong with her." ”

Jun Weirui said lightly: "It's just that I'm too tired, it's okay, Li Gongzi, just drink a cup of tea." As she spoke, she handed over a rose-glazed Shih Tzu cup.

Jiang Li thanked him, took the cup and was about to moisten his throat, but he heard a noise outside the car, and when he opened the curtain, it was an old man holding a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl tightly, and was stopped by the little official.

Although the girl's skin was dark and rough, she had a natural beauty, like a hibiscus washed by clear water, and a beauty who was good at dressing up with grease and powder, and she hid timidly behind the old man, not daring to raise her eyes to look at the little official.

The little official looked tired, pushed the old man, stared at the girl with straight eyes, and said: "Old man, what are you doing when you enter Yangzhou City empty-handed, buy, what do you buy, sell, what do you have to sell." ”

The old man's face was full of wrinkles, and the gray jacket on his body was covered with thin ash, obviously he had rushed all the way over, and every wrinkle in his wrinkles was accompanied by laughing lines, and he said tremblingly: "Old decay, old decay came to the city to find a good family for my daughter." “

"Find a good family. The little official suddenly came to his senses, stretched out his hand and wiped a handful on the girl's face, the slippery and greasy was really useful, he smiled, and said: "What good people can there be in the city, except to be a concubine or a concubine, it is better to follow me." ”

The girl shook her head in a winch, hid in the old man and said, "No, no." ”

The old man hurriedly smiled and said: "The official family misunderstood, the old man, the old man sent his daughter into the house to be a girl, and when she is old enough, she will take her back to Xu Hao." ”

The little official did not relentlessly stop the two, and said with a sad smile: "Why bother so much, promise me, this girl has a good life." ”

"Uncle, this girl is worth a lot, it's better to sell it to be a girl in the lower mansion, and then redeem it when she is old enough. The old man was about to open his mouth, and a deep voice came from behind him, and when he turned around, he saw a middle-aged man standing in the morning light, full of luxury.

The little official was about to open his mouth to scold, but when he saw Jun Qianzi's appearance, he hurriedly lost a smile and said: "It turned out to be Master Jun, this is the purchase of medicinal materials back, all the way to the boat and car, hurry, enter the city quickly, there is no need to check." ”

Jun Qianzi also smiled kindly: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's hard to thank you for coming and going in the wind and rain like this." He waved his hand, and an attendant handed four letters of silver to each of them.

The little official surnamed Xie nodded the amount of silver, glanced at the other three, and smiled more and more: "Master Jun is always so polite, hurry, enter the city quickly." ”

Seeing this, the other three hurriedly shouted at the people in line to disperse, flashing a way, allowing the convoy of the Junfu to pass first.

Jun Qianzi did not signal the convoy to move forward, only turned his head to look at the old man, and said with a smile: "Old man, are you willing to buy the girl into Jun's mansion." ”

The old man suddenly nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, yes, I inquired when I came, Junfu is a big family in Yangzhou City, and he has always been generous to his subordinates, and he is the most kind, old, old, and willing." ”

Jun Qianzi said with a smile: "That's very good, old man, then let's go into the city together, and then sign the deed to get the silver after entering the mansion." ”

The old man was anxious to get rid of the entanglement of the little official surnamed Xie, and the other was that he felt that Junfu was indeed a good family, so he even let the girl kneel down and kowtow, and said, "Everything is under the orders of Master Jun." Ya'er, you will be a member of the Junfu from now on. ”

Hearing this, the girl hurriedly said, "I've seen the master." ”

The convoy began to slowly enter the city, Jiang Li put down the curtain, turned his head and smiled at Jun Weirui: "Your father bought you a girl, and she looks very clever." ”

Along the way, Jiang Li rarely took the initiative to talk to Jun Weirui, and when she heard this, she suddenly smiled brightly, and the somewhat dim car suddenly brightened a little: "Yes, then I have a companion." She moved her eyes to look at Luo Kui, paused, and said softly: "What about the water girl, why didn't she come out with a girl, could it be the same as me, she met a bandit on the road, and the girl died loyally protecting the master." ”

Although Luo Kui was groggy, but the situation outside was still in her ears, she thought of Lilac, she had been gone for so many days, how worried and anxious she should be, and then thought of Jingmo Qulian, she had been gone for so many days, I was afraid, I was afraid that they would all have to be secretly knotted, she sneered coldly in her heart, if this is really the case, it would be good, she would save herself a lot of effort, and naturally someone would cook for her.

Jiang Li thought that she was really sleeping deeply, so she took off her cloak and put it on her body, and said with a half-truthful smile: "Girl, if she has money to buy a girl, why not follow me to sleep outside." ”

I didn't find a chance to ask Jiang Li about her origin along the way, but this time I finally found an opportunity, Jun Weirui raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Yes, the water girl said that she and Li Gongzi are old acquaintances, and I don't know where the two are from." ”

Jiang Li paused and said, "Yes, from Qingzhou." ”

Luo Kui suddenly scolded stupidly in the bottom of his heart, where do you say that people are not good, Jingzhou people, Yongzhou people, where are they not good, why do you have to say Qingzhou people, sooner or later, you have to ask this spring orchid leaf to find out their origin.

Jun Weirui continued to chuckle and asked, "Oh, Qingzhou, it's far enough, what are Li Gongzi and the water girl out to do?" ”

"This. Jiang Li choked up for a while, what did he do, naturally he caught the little demon girl and returned to the heavens, naturally he forced him to ask about the whereabouts of the little demon girl Su Lingquan, but how did he go around and around, not only did he not ask about Su Lingquan's whereabouts, but he was getting closer and closer to Qingzhou, he took a lot of effort to take the little demon girl to a trip to Sanzhou, he suddenly felt that he was a little stupid, and forgot how to answer Jun Weirui for a while.

Without waiting for Jun Weirui to ask, Luo Kui closed her eyes slightly, and said lightly: "The family affairs in the clan are not enough for outsiders, please forgive Miss Jun." ”

Jun Weirui froze suddenly, and her face was extremely ugly.

Jiang Li laughed in her heart, the little demon girl is really a little demon girl, she can kill and scold, and she is even better at choking.