Prince, kneel down quickly, the lady can't run away

Chapter 271 Sir, murder

No wonder Jin Xiu was so depressed for a long time when she came back. So that's why! She was raised until she was old enough to see a man. When she came back, she was almost broken, like a porcelain doll.

But he couldn't tell Gu Xiao that Jiu'er had the ability to protect himself, but Gu Xiao said it well, one misstep can lead to eternal regret, and the most fearful thing is to be afraid of a prophecy.

But he and Jiu'er have clear division of labor. It seems that Gu Xiao still believes more in what he sees with his own eyes.

"The county lady is much happier with you than in Xiaoxiang. If Lord Su came back just to hear this, then I have finished what I have to say."

"Lord Su has many reasons to distrust me, but he didn't have to bring me back. I've said that I will support anything that benefits the country and the people. I know how to talk to the emperor. From what you said and what I saw with my own eyes, I still only trust myself!!!"

There is nothing to talk about. We can't say they are different. We can only say that everyone has secrets in their hearts. Gu Xiao visited the county government office and went to the dungeon to see the two guys who smuggled salt. He went up and cut the tendons of both of them.

Su Jinyu did not follow and quickly changed the memorial. According to what he had said to Jiuer, the credit was divided into two halves, or even three parts, with the heavier part being given to Jiuer. He did not know whether this was right or wrong.

Jiu'er spoke in a very tough manner at first, but later spoke in a soft and cute manner, using both hard and soft tactics to force Su Jinyu into no choice but to agree. They were all for the General's Mansion, but he could not have any great contributions, which was what Emperor Yuan did not want to see!

Jiang Chen rushed in, without any manners at all, "Sir, someone has been killed!"

Su Jinyu put down the brush in her hand and looked at him calmly, "Let the governor vent his anger. He knows the importance of it."

"But sir, he cut the tendons of the hands and feet of two people." Jiang Chen had seen a lot of things, but he just sat in front of the two people, holding a knife, gently scraping the skin, and then cutting it. It was still chilling. He was like admiring some kind of work of art.

"If I didn't have so much on my shoulders, I would also want to do this, selling smuggled salt. Do you know the consequences?"

"I know that this will disrupt the court's salt industry management and control, and the court's tax revenue and supply will also be deeply affected. In order to maintain the stability of the national treasury and the order of the world..."

"So some people sell private salt to make money. This is definitely not a simple sale of private salt. Ordinary people don't have the courage to do that. If they do this, the person behind it must be a powerful person."

"So why do you think they are powerful, wealthy and influential, but still want to do something as deadly as this?" Su Jinyu's words hit home. Yes, why do those who are powerful, wealthy and influential want to sell contraband salt to make money?

This is indeed the fastest way to make money, but it is also the most dangerous. Once caught, you will be beheaded. There has been no exception throughout history!

There is only one possibility. What they are planning is too big and the cost is too high. If they can't make up for it, they can only do this to make money. Jiang Chen was so scared by his own thoughts that he broke into a cold sweat.

"Sir! Do you think there is a salt mine here?" Jiang Chen held the pattern on the scabbard with both hands and did not dare to look up.

Su Jinyu has always had suspicions, but it is hard to say until she finds out. Today Jiang Chen said this, and he was so shy...

"Jiang Chen, just say whatever you want to say. I won't blame you for hiding it." Su Jinyu picked up the pen and started writing again.

Jiang Chen just stood there. The two of them persisted for a moment.

He knelt down with a thud. After all, Jiang Chen's willpower was not enough.

Su Jinyu slowly put down the pen in his hand again. This time he really finished writing. He picked up the folded paper and blew away the ink.

"Sir, actually... I'm not sure if that's right, but when I was a kid, I went to our famous ghost forest. It was very easy for locals to get lost there, and it was considered a restricted area."

“Have you ever seen a salt mine?”

"no"

"Then describe what it looks like." Su Jinyu put away the letter and looked at him.

"It looked like white frost, in lumps. There were also some large particles. I put them in my mouth and tasted them, and they were very salty. I was too young at the time and didn't know what they were, so I just threw them away and walked away. On the way home, I caught a rabbit but forgot to tell my family."

"I never ate that kind of coarse salt again until I grew up and my family became wealthy. A few days ago, I went to an old man's house to help him find their missing son. His house was bare, and the old couple insisted on making something to eat for us at the stove. I hurried to the kitchen and saw the old man making a fire and the old lady cooking. The son who was found had been bitten by a poisonous snake and had been bandaged. The daughter-in-law was picking vegetables. Although the family was poor, they looked very happy."

The old lady took out the salt shaker and said apologetically, "Brother, we don't have anything good to offer you at home. Even this salt is coarse salt. I hope you can bear with me."

"Then I saw the big grains, and I grabbed a few and put them in my mouth. Strangely enough, all my childhood memories came flooding back."

"The aunties looked at me and put the salt in my mouth. They quickly put it in my mouth and scooped a spoonful of water for me to rinse my mouth. They kept saying, 'You young officials have never sung such a song about salt. It's so salty. Silly boy, that's not a sugar pill. That's coarse salt.'"

"It's exactly the same as what I tasted in the Ghost Forest. My Lord, I am more than 50% sure that the place exists in the Ghost Forest. There was no Ghost Forest before, but the leaves were so lush that people could not tell north from south. Later, it gradually evolved into a haunted place. Many people even discovered ghosts, came back and became unconscious, and finally died strangely. I think this must be a trick that someone came up with to prevent outsiders from coming in!" Jiang Chen said in one breath.

"Your guess is correct. If there really is a salt mine there, they wouldn't care even if it turned into a purgatory. This may be why they don't develop Ganzhou County but so few merchants have left!" Su Jinyu tidied up the table, and Qingli came in with the medicine. She looked at Jiang Chen.

"You get up first. I've made note of this matter. You go down first!"

Jiang Chen stood up and walked out

"Drink this medicine." Qingli still had a faint sense of alienation, as if nothing happened last night!

It's just his own chaos.

"Qingli, what I said last night was sincere." Su Jinyu picked up the bowl and drank it in one breath.

"Master Su, I've told you that I don't need to be responsible. Please don't make such jokes again. There are always troubles around widows. Master, your legs are no longer in good condition and there is nothing you need Qingli to help with." Qingli cleaned up the dishes

"Are you ready to leave?"

"Sir, are you joking? Qingli came here for business and came to see the county lady. Now that the business is done, Qingli will not disturb you any more." Qingli said and left.

Su Jinyu was left alone, sitting at the desk in a daze. He seemed to have figured something out. He smiled bitterly and called Ah San to push him to the dungeon to take a look!