Xiong Wei and Xia Yun evaded the prefect's tracking, Xia Yun changed into men's clothes and came to the gate of Yihong Courtyard.

Xia Yun was just about to go in, Xiong Wei pulled Xia Yun and said, "Yun'er, this kind of place, you don't want to go in." I'll go in and find Master, and then we'll change places. ”

Xia Yun turned her head to look at Xiong Wei, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, her eyes looked at Xiong Wei with contempt, she took out a silver fan from her arms, opened it with a "swish", and walked forward in a dashing manner. After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Where are you standing, let's go!"

"Oh!" Xiong Wei was stunned for a moment, and thought: He really deserves to be the famous Young Master Yun in the Beijing Division, and this posture is very lively like a rich son from the Beijing Division.

Xiong Wei strode forward and followed.

"Ouch! where did this God of Wealth come from? As soon as the bustard saw Xia Yun like that, he knew that he was the son of a rich family, and he smiled happily into a circle.

Xia Yun closed the silver fan, took out a silver ingot from his arms, held it in his hand, and said, "I want to find the jade in the stone." ”

"Ouch, son, there are a lot of girls in our Yihong Courtyard, why do you want to find Shi Zhongyu! I'll call you a few more water-colored ones to ensure that you are satisfied." The old bustard said as she used her scarf to take advantage of Xia Yun's sleeve, and her eyes were staring at the silver ingot in Xia Yun's hand and not moving.

Xia Yun glanced at the old bustard out of the corner of her eye, with a hint of fierceness in her eyes, and said, "I want the jade in the stone!"

The old bustard only said weakly: "Miss Shi, I have been wrapped up by a guest recently, and I don't see a guest." ”

"I have to see it, you can do it!" Xia Yun did not show weakness, and as she spoke, the golden needle flew out from between her fingers and hit the pillar next to her. He shook the silver in his hand again, "You don't have a grudge against the silver, do you?"

"Go, please Miss Shi!" said the old bustard, trembling.

After a while, the little girl came to Xia Yun and said, "Childe, Miss Shi is invited!"

"Hmph" Xia Yun opened the silver fan again, and followed the little guy to walk forward generously. By the way, he threw the silver in his hand back, and the thug beside the bustard hurriedly reached out to catch it and respectfully delivered it to the bustard's hand.

Xiong Wei followed behind and shook his head gently, and sighed in his heart: "This guy, it's really big to put up a score!"

Xia Yun pushed open the door of Shi Zhongyu's room, and Shi Zhongyu sat alone at the table, drinking tea gently.

Xia Yun said in a playful tone, "You are the jade in the stone?"

Shi Zhongyu didn't look up and continued to drink her tea.

Xia Yun threw a silver ingot to the little guy, and the little guy was so happy that he walked away.

As soon as Xiong Wei and Xia Yun walked in the door, Shui Hibiscus slapped Xia Yun from behind the door, and Xia Yun dodged in time.

Xiong Wei was just closing the door, and Shui Hibiscus's palm was coldly attacking Xiong Wei's back. Xiong Wei hurriedly turned around and grabbed Shui Hibiscus's hand.

Ouyang Ying came out of the house, pounced on Xia Yun's body at once, and said, "Sister Yun, you are finally here." ”

"Yes, we finally got rid of the tracking, and as soon as we came in, we were slapped inexplicably, what kind of posture is this?"

Water Hibiscus clapped her hands and said, "This is to test your reaction." ”

"Master, why is it just you. Xiong Wei glanced around the room and didn't see Xiaoyaozi.

"Hehe!" Xiong Wei looked in the direction where the voice came from, there was a guqin in the bead curtain on the side of the room, and Xiaoyaozi opened the bead curtain and walked out of it.

"Just now, I heard a commotion outside, why are you making such a big fuss?" said Xiaoyaozi as he walked over to the table, "Come! ”

As he spoke, several people sat around the table.

"Child, why don't you come quietly, and make such a fuss outside, I'm afraid there will be another incident. ”

"Master, this is not my fault. He said and looked at Xia Yun, "It's our famous Young Master Yun who is making trouble." ”

After Xiong Wei finished speaking, he smiled at Xia Yun again and said, "Although, this is a bit abrupt. However, I believe Yun'er has her reasons. ”

When Xia Yun heard his words, she was obviously defending herself, and suddenly a warm current surged into her heart.

"Master, you don't know. I do this with only good and no harm. Xia Yun said confidently.

Xia Yun stated her reasons as she spoke.

They are not familiar with the entire Yihong Courtyard, and they don't know where Xiaoyaozi is. I can only find the jade in the stone. Since the jade in the stone is the top brand, it is impossible to see it without making a fuss. Even if they wanted to infiltrate in disguise, they hadn't seen Shi Zhongyu himself, and there was no way to find it.

Moreover, since they could find the inn where they stayed before they came, they disappeared near Yihongyuan, but they would definitely come to the vicinity of Yihongyuan to check it soon. It's better to make a big fuss like this.

The prefect followed Xiong Wei for a day today, and Xia Yun also observed the prefect for a day, and the prefect always asked Xiong Wei what he liked.

Do what you like, this is already an old routine in officialdom, so tell the prefect Xiong Wei directly that he likes to visit the kiln. Since you want to set the prefect, it's not good to not give him some information, it's too calm.

Xiaoyaozi nodded silently listening to Xia Yun's words, feeling that this witch was not simple. In fact, a woman who walks the rivers and lakes will be simple.

"There's a downside, we can't be here for too long. Next time I'm going to come in from a hidden place. Otherwise, we always go in and out of Yihong Courtyard, which is really a problem. Xiong Wei added Xia Yun's words.

Shui Hibiscus said, and said very confidently: "This is not difficult. There is a secret passage in this house, so you can just go out of the secret passage. ”

"Oh? It's a secret passage again. Why is there a secret passage everywhere?" Xiong Wei's curiosity came again.

"You don't know this, it's something we have to have in this business. Especially my life experience with Miss Shi. Water Hibiscus said and sighed.

"Shi girl?" Xiong said, looking at Shi Zhongyu.

"By the way, I haven't officially introduced you yet. Shui Hibiscus walked to Shi Zhongyu's side and took her hand, "She is Shi Zhongyu that I have played with since I was a child, Shi Zhongyu is just her stage name, her real name is ......"

"Alas, don't mention the past. Shi Zhongyu interrupted Shui Furong's words, stood up and saluted everyone, "The little woman Shi Zhongyu saluted everyone, I heard Yu'er say that everyone is from the rivers and lakes, so it is better to treat this place as their home." ”

"Fish?" Xiong Wei was curious when he heard this name, and laughed, "This name is good, I will call you Xiaoyuer in the future." ”

"Alright, alright. Stop it. As soon as the fuss starts, it will be endless. Xiaoyaozi suddenly said very seriously, "Let's talk about your situation today. ”

"Okay!" Xiong immediately put away his playful smile and told everything about the day seriously.

Xiaoyaozi frowned after hearing this, and said: "There is a big difference between the prefect and the prefect, and his performance in the prefect's yamen is very different. I guess they don't want to clash with us head-on. ”

"Master, there is nothing unusual about this, this is a method that officialdom uses. He will not move until he has figured out the details of us. Shui Hibiscus continued.

"You said that those well-known characters on the rivers and lakes, how many kinds of hidden weapons, and what kind of martial arts this person uses, I can see at a glance. As for these intrigues in the officialdom, I can't see it. Xiaoyaozi picked up the teacup and sighed.

"Master, in fact, this matter is not difficult to analyze. Shui Hibiscus continued, "I don't know if he is moving behind his back. However, judging from what Xiong said, this prefect must want to fully understand what Xiong likes and then do what he likes. ”

"So, we can't let him see our minds clearly. "Xia Yun has been in the palace for so long, and what she is best at is hiding her heart.

However, the most difficult thing now is that Xiong Wei can't hide his heart. He's always so straightforward, even if he knows he shouldn't, he can't control himself. Originally, I wanted to create a false impression for the prefect to think that Xiong Wei was also the kind of person who liked to eat and drink. Now look, no. Xia Yun's face showed a trace of worry, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

When Xiong Wei heard Xia Yun's words, he scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "This...... I try, I try. ”

He put away his smile again, and continued with a solemn expression: "However, I don't think we can hide it, so let's not forcibly hide it, we can change the way." Don't start directly from the prefect, check his clues from places related to him. And the salt tax, since there is so much tax evasion, it can't be just a problem with the prefect. ”

"This is also, the solution is always figured out!" Xia Yun added.

"Master, after you went to check, what was the effect? Especially those who sell illicit salt, what the hell is going on. ”

Xia Yun listened to Xiong Wei's words, and then she reacted. On their way here today, they didn't even see a single smuggler of salt. It is estimated that the prefect made a move.

"I'm going to ask Miss Shi to tell me about this. Xiaoyaozi looked at Shi Zhongyu.

Miss Shi smiled slightly and said, "How can the little girl be so good, everyone actually takes such a fancy to me." I'll just tell you everything I know. ”

On the ground of Yangzhou, the salt tax is a piece of fat, as long as there is a chance to touch him, he will touch it, even if he can only smell his meat, he must be contaminated.

Every time a salt farmer picks salt from the salt pans to Yangzhou, it must first be handed over to the salt merchants, and then the salt merchants will set the price. However, this price is not up to the salt merchants.

As we all know, most of the salt is sent out from the Jianghuai area. The salt merchants were all under the guise of transporting official salt, but in fact most of it was private salt.

Yangzhou is a place that extends in all directions, and salt has to be shipped out, and layers of government have to buy it. The first layer is the prefect, then there is the river defense, and then there is the salt gang.

The prefect colluded with the prefects of various places to raise the price of salt, and the river defense turned a blind eye when transporting it, ostensibly transporting official salt, but in fact, all the salt under the ships was smuggling.

Although Xiong Wei knew that officials and officials protected each other, he never thought that there was such a big net for transactions between the government and the government.

"My God, there is such a big formation, no wonder, the annual salt tax is only so little. It turned out that they were all eaten by these people. By the way, girl, what did you just say about the Salt Gang? Xiong asked Shi Zhongyu curiously.

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