Because of the production of private salt and the proximity of Shatuo country, Anham County has many merchants. Jinzhou is the seat of the county government, and although its prosperity is not comparable to the capital, it is also incomparable to the general state and county government. The streets are neatly arranged, the restaurants and teahouses are lined up, and the vendors and pawns are gathered, and it is also a place where the news of the rivers and lakes is scattered.

The official market in the city opened at three o'clock, and merchants from all walks of life bought and sold all kinds of goods here. Mei Siyuan went around the salt market, and the texture and price of the salt goods were no problem, so he went out early and went to the Minfang. The official city is guarded by officials and is in good order. The private shops are sold by small vendors themselves, often fighting for a good position, and even causing deaths. Mei Siyuan walked from the vegetable mill to the rice mill, then to the oil mill, and finally stopped at the salt mill.

"Seller, how much silver is a tael of this powdered salt?" Mei Siyuan used the bamboo slices in the salt bag to pluck the salt grains inside and looked at it carefully, and asked the man in charge on the side.

The man in charge of the hall looked shrewd, and the thief replied: "Guest officer, one or two powders of salt sell for one hundred and forty yuan, and if you sell it by catty, you can be counted as cheaper, eight dollars of silver." This powder salt is scarce, it is available today, but tomorrow is uncertain. ”

Mei Siyuan frowned and said: "Doesn't the unified purchase law clearly stipulate that a pound of powder salt is sold for 1,750 wen, and one tael of silver is 2,500 wen, and if you sell 8,000 silver, it is 2,000 wen, which is 250 wen higher than the unified purchase law!" He pointed to the salt bag and asked, "And your powder and salt are mixed with some sand chips, and the texture is not good, why is it so expensive?"

The man in charge shook his head and sighed: "Alas, what is the use of the unified purchasing law? We have to buy this salt from the official market for 1,850 yuan, and if we really want to sell it according to the unified purchasing law, we will not lose money or starve to death?"

"Is there such a thing?" asked Mei Siyuan. He is the head of Dahua's salt administration, if the price of salt can't be controlled, how can he talk about salt control? Just as he was about to ask again, an old woman walked in at the entrance of the shop.

"Go, go, go!" The man in charge waved his sleeves and hurried, "You can't afford it, what do you do!"

The old woman, dressed in rags, with two sunken eye sockets, and so thin that she was not human, knelt on the ground and cried: "You have a good heart, and you can do well! My grandson has not eaten salt for several months, and his feet are rotten, and if he does not eat salt, I am afraid that he will not be able to live! I beg you! Give me a little salt!"

"Go away, I'm still trading! I sell this salt, and if you take the money, I'll sell it to you at once." You don't have any money in your hand, and I can't give it to you what you say!" the man in charge twitched the corner of his eye, gritted his teeth.

Mei Siyuan watched from the side, and saw that there were tears in the man's eyes. I couldn't help but think, "I can't think of this man as bad-hearted." I'm afraid that it's really difficult to make a living, and there are old and young people at home, so it's hard to support the left and right. ”

"Old man, don't go. Mei Siyuan stepped forward, grabbed her sleeve with one hand, and took out an ingot of official silver from her waist pocket with the other, and said to the man in charge: "Seller, you give me half a catty of powder and salt, I have a tael of silver ingots here, and the rest of the silver coins can be exchanged into copper yuan!"

The man in charge took the silver ingot, couldn't help but smile, a few tears happened to be squeezed out of his eyes, and he hurriedly turned around and answered the sentence "Dele!", and he was busy for a while.

"Auntie, this is the salt that this gentleman bought for you, you can take it well, don't touch the water!" The man in charge handed the salt bag to the old woman in one hand, and when the old woman took the salt bag, he held three strings of copper circles with both hands, and said Mei Siyuan: "This is the copper round for you, a total of 1,500 Wen, and the guest officer counts it." ”

Mei Siyuan took the three strings of copper circles, sent them to the old woman, and said softly: "These silver coins, you can buy some good food for your grandson, so that he can get better as soon as possible! I also have a child, I want to be as old as your grandson." ”

The old woman took the copper circle tremblingly and looked straight at Mei Siyuan, her face trembled, the corners of her mouth trembled lightly, but she didn't cry, as if she wanted to remember his appearance deeply. I saw her suddenly kneel down and cry...

"Young master, this Mei Siyuan is really a good official!" Dozens of feet away, Mu Huan, who had seen the whole reason, muttered, "Why is he a big Chinese!"

The white-clothed man next to him was silent, and turned around and walked behind Mu Wei. Mu Yu came back to his senses and saw that the four of them had gone far away, so he hurriedly followed.

They had arrived four days earlier, and when they found Mei Siyuan, they happened to see him feeding a blind beggar on the side of the road. Everyone had killed him and went back to Yinyang City earlier to settle the matter, but they couldn't do anything.

"Duanmu Jing, Duanmu Chong, you guys do it, I'm a little uncomfortable today. ”

"Mu Wei, you come to trick me again, if you want to do it, let's do it together!"

... ...

In the end, the few people discussed and decided, followed Mei Siyuan first, and when he didn't do good deeds one day, the three of them killed him together. However, after following for four days, Mei Siyuan made their killing intent subside again and again.

"Alas, this Lord Mei, rests for less than three hours a day, there is no flaw for public and private purposes, although I Duanmu Rong kills people like hemp, but I am reluctant to kill him!" The youngest black-faced man sighed, "If it weren't for the grievances of the family and the country, I Duanmu Rong really admired such a man, and I was really willing to make friends." ”

"Who said it wasn't!" Mu Wei continued, "In big words, this Mei Siyuan is really the one who has the most appetite for me, I, Mu Shu, have been with him for four days, and I really don't want to kill him!"

The five of them stood by a small secluded lake. The man in white looked hesitant, obviously, after what he had seen in the past few days, he didn't want to kill Mei Siyuan. I saw that he suddenly pulled out a soft sword from his waist pocket and rushed towards the lake. For a while, the light and shadow of the lake swayed, brilliant as a flower. I saw him stepping on the surface of the lake without getting his shoes wet, and a soft sword in his hand suddenly looked like a spiritual snake, suddenly like a ribbon, or soft or spiritual, and made a quick and decisive move, and the sword move was dangerous and charming, like a dream.

When he turned over from the lake and jumped to the side of the four people, it was already difficult to sweat, but he replied coldly: "I can not kill him, but he will also die!" returned the sword to his waist and said slowly, "Zhu Xiaochen and his party should come here tomorrow to make peace with us." He doesn't know anything about Mei Siyuan, so he always has to do it!" Mu Yu and Duanmu Jing were stunned in their hearts, and finally nodded. Before the interests of the family and the country, the life and death of the individual are still disregarded, let alone others?

The sun is rising, and it is a beautiful scenery of early summer morning.

"Pour your heart, why are you unhappy again?" Yi Buyi asked, turning his head.

"Where's it?, what are you talking about?" Yi said weakly, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night, and I'm a little tired." After driving Yi Buyi away in the inn last night, Yi leaned carefully to the door of the B room, but he didn't dare to knock on it, hesitated, and returned to the room. After doing this a few times, I didn't apologize, and I didn't sleep well. I wanted to get up early today, and I could find an opportunity to apologize, but I saw that they had already left, and there was still no trace of them.

"Yes, he said it, hurry. Yi Qian thought quietly.