Yu Dechen wore a floral jacket, a floral cloth on his head, and makeup on his face, making him look like a tall woman.

Today he also met the private salt dealer he met three days ago, who actually wanted to molest him.

This made Yu Dechen feel ridiculous and angry, so he strangled the other party to death.

But after that, the search became more and more strict, and idiot Liu sent dozens of people to come, blocking many roads in the county.

Although the bleeding on Yu Dechen's body stopped, he was afraid that it had hurt his heart and would not heal in the short term. As he walked, he felt extremely tired and had nowhere to go. Finally, he sat down on a stone bench at the entrance of a small courtyard and closed his eyes.

Upper eyes.

There were soft footsteps, but he was too tired to care.

Someone tapped him on the shoulder, and he thought to himself that he would just let idiot Liu catch him...

I opened my eyes and saw an old woman holding a bowl of gruel in her hands.

"Little girl, do you want to eat?"

Yu Dechen felt that he had seen the other person before, but couldn't remember where he had met him.

He thought for a while, took the porridge and drank it.

"Are you here as a refugee?" the old woman asked.

Yu Dechen nodded.

The old woman asked again: "Where are your family members?"

Yu Dechen shook his head.

"He was also killed by Meng Tatar?" The old woman sighed: "The same goes for the old woman. She only had a son who went to the battlefield a few years ago and never came back..."

Yu Dechen didn't nod or shake his head. He sat there and listened to her talk, how her family members were all gone, and how the last time the Mongolian army attacked the city, they threw kerosene into the city and burned down half of her house.

He followed the old woman's finger and saw that the shed in the yard was still dark.

"The county asked people to repair it, but the old woman lived alone and was not in a hurry to repair it. They started repairing it from there... There were three good officials in the county, and the children of the county magistrate's family were the best. That day

Came to the old woman’s house to put out the fire…”

Nagging, nagging, Yu Dechen is also patient and can keep his temper and listen.

This is similar to practicing Taoism.

Finally, the old woman thought he was mute and a poor woman in trouble with no family, so she took him home to live.

At night, the old woman did not light a candle. Lying in the darkness with his hands on his hands, Yu Dechen suddenly thought that his parents were indeed from Jiangling Prefecture, but they were kidnapped to the north very early.

He has been a Mongolian since he was a child, and he has never thought that there is anything abominable about Mongolians. The life on Zhongnan Mountain is peaceful, and he has never thought about this... But this night, when he closed his eyes, he suddenly saw the helpless old woman in front of the sea of ​​fire.

A scene of mourning.

The next day, Yu Deshen came with him. While the old woman was going out, he secretly shaved off the beard at the corners of his mouth and put it on with rouge.

It is naturally extremely aggrieved to think that a Taoist with a celestial spirit would do such a thing.

After finally applying rouge, he turned around and suddenly saw a big-faced girl staring at him with her hands behind her back.

Yu Dechen was frightened...

"Sister, I seem to have seen you somewhere?" Jiang Di said.

She looked at the strange tall woman in front of her for a while, but didn't wait for her answer.

"Little lady, why are you here in person?" At this moment, the old woman came back from outside carrying a basket.

Jiang Di said: "Let's see Grandma Ruan again. My family said the eggs last time were very delicious, better than those bought elsewhere. I want to buy some from Grandma Ruan."

"The county magistrate likes to eat it? The old woman is so happy... I still have a few pills at home, so I'll go get them for my little lady."

Jiang Di smiled, did not answer, and asked: "By the way, who is this sister?"

"Little lady, don't blame her for not speaking. She is mute and a poor person. Her family was lost in the war..."

When they said this, the dog barked again outside the door, barking non-stop.

A rough voice said loudly: "This stupid dog keeps barking everywhere it goes. It's of no use at all."

Jiang Di walked out of the courtyard and saw Liu Jinsuo, so he said hello.

"Brother Liu, are you still searching for assassins?"

"Isn't that right? We are here all day long. Sister, please stop running around. It's so dangerous."

"Don't worry, I have someone to protect me." Jiang Di patted the sword on his waist and said, "I also have weapons."

Liu Jinsuo chuckled, thinking that if the eldest sister of the Jiang family continued to wander around outside all day long, she would lose the dignity of everyone's lady, and she would really not be able to get married in the future.

At this time, his dog barked a few more times and ran away after a female dog.

"Hurry! Get it back for me. This dog will cause trouble if you can't find it with assassins..."

In the early morning of the same day, Yan Yunyun knelt down in front of Li Xia and said, "Thank you for taking me in."

Li Xia didn't wake her up right away, but there was still some contemplation in his eyes.

Yan Yunyun just knelt like that. Before, she would have raised her head and acted pitiful, but now she seemed much calmer.

"Get up." Li Xia said, "Don't kneel down again."

"Yes, Alang."

"Why are you calling me like that?"

Yan Yunyun said: "I follow my adoptive father's name."

"I want you to help me manage my private salt business, can you do it?"

"I dare not say that it will definitely work." Yan Yunyun lowered his head, subconsciously turned his face sideways, and faced Li Xia with his intact face, and said: "What I can do is, never betray Alang, and never be greedy for a penny from Alang.

money."

Li Xia glanced at Han Chengxu and said, "Mr. Han praised you in front of me and said you were very scheming. Tell me what you think."

"Yes, I think... the way Alang and his adoptive father met was too polite. If you want to take money and kill someone, you shouldn't be so polite."

"How to say?"

"Alang's idea is to cooperate with Wu Tong for a period of time and then replace Wu Tong and sell private salt alone. But I think it should be more despicable. First, he deceives Wu Tong into Qingfu to sell salt. Alang immediately turns his back and lets Wu Tong do it on his own.

Go fight with the salt merchants like the Lu family and the Yin family, and when they both lose, Alang will get rid of them all. Then Alang can just start from the official salt business and slowly sell private salt."

When Yan Yunyun said this, he was facing Li Xia.

Half of her face was burned into disfigurement, which made her feel a little scary.

"The death of Wu Tong's people this time is an opportunity. Alang can verbally promise Wu Tong to help him settle things, but he just won't take action. Then provoke him to conflict with the Lu family and the Yin family. This will help him see clearly his strength and what's behind him.

of power.

When the matter gets serious, Alang can get rid of them and then say that he will investigate the illegal salt. Compared with actually cooperating with Wu Tong for a period of time, this will not be true to the truth and may even be successful.

By then, there will be no more salt merchants in Qingfu and Junlian. As for who will sell official salt and who will sell private salt in the future, I will do it. What does it have to do with Alang? With me doing dirty things for Alang, these dirty things

There is no need to touch Shui Alang personally..."

Li Xia completely understood what Yan Yunyun meant.

To put it simply, Li Xia's original plan was to first learn how to sell private salt with Wu Tong, and then get rid of Wu Tong.

What Yan Yunyun meant was to directly let the official salt seller fight Wu Tong and get rid of both sides together. There was no need to learn anything. After getting rid of them all, he could start with the simpler official salt and still be able to master the salt industry in this area.

And there is no need to bribe the government servants and take care of Wu Tong’s troubles...

Han Chengxu smiled bitterly.

This was the reason why he introduced Yan Yunyun to Li Xia. This woman was not very smart and could not compare to him and Han Qian's knowledge, but she was more vicious when it came to scheming people.

She must have a lot of short-sightedness, but with them controlling the overall situation, she can use her viciousness just right.

Li Xia nodded and agreed with Yan Yunyun's method.

"How exactly do you want to do that?"

Yan Yunyun said: "Alang needs to tell Wu Tong that I have full authority to deal with them... Because Wu Tong is afraid of Alang, and if you tell me about it, he will despise me as a woman. When his salt spreads, then

Let’s instigate him and the salt merchants again.”

…

Li Xia asked again: "What do you want?"

"I can be as loyal to Alang as my adopted father and adopted brother. How Alang treats them will be the same way he treats me in the future, okay?"

"good."

Yan Yunyun lowered his head again, as if crying.

Crying that she has made a living by beauty all her life, but now she has to rely on brains and loyalty to survive...

At noon that day, Du Zhixin wanted to see Li Xia again, but was told that Li Xia had gone to Fujiang Yingpan, and Han Chengxu and Yan Yunyun met Du Zhixin in the teahouse.

"Does Shopkeeper Du think my Alang is idle? He was the hero who killed the Mongolian general. You want him to personally handle the case of a young boy who was killed?"
To be continued...