Three days later, the person in charge of the election of imperial merchants from Kyoto came to Jiangnan.
Xie Xun did not go to see them. Now that Xiao's Chamber of Commerce has a criminal record, there is no opponent of Du's Chamber of Commerce in Jiangnan.
Qin Rushuang counted the days, it was time for them to return to Kyoto.
I mentioned the matter of returning to Kyoto to Xie Xun, but Xie Xun seemed not in a hurry.
"The quota for imperial merchants will be available tomorrow. There is no rush. Since I agreed to grandpa, let's wait until the quota is available before we leave."
Mr. Du, who was coming for a walk, happened to pass by. When he heard this, he immediately snorted, "Is this considered the prince's contribution? This is because I, the Du Chamber of Commerce, have excellent qualifications!"
Hearing what Mr. Du said, Xie Xun was not annoyed and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, grandpa is still great! But I can be said to have helped Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce eliminate a big cancer. I don't know if grandpa has passed the test."
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Mr. Du snorted again and reluctantly said: "You can barely pass the test! But as promised, my old man will be watching you at any time. If you dare to treat Shuang'er badly, I will let Shuang'er do it immediately."
My son returns to the south of the Yangtze River to take over the Chamber of Commerce, and he is pregnant with a princess, whoever wants to be her can be her!"
Xie Xun said humbly: "I understand, grandpa, I will definitely behave well."
Mr. Du followed his beard and said, "That's pretty much it."
The three of them chatted for a while and had dinner peacefully. They were already happily preparing to tidy up and return to Kyoto in two days with Boss Xiao, who refused to plead guilty.
Unexpectedly, at night, the Yamen servant came to Du Mansion in a hurry.
"Your Majesty! It's not good! Boss Xiao and his housekeeper committed suicide out of fear of crime!"
When Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun rushed to the cell, the scene had not been cleared yet.
Qin Rushuang glanced at the two people's dead bodies and sneered: "You really don't take the prince seriously, even the scene of fooling people is so crude!"
It turned out that Boss Xiao and the housekeeper in the cell actually "hanged themselves" in the cell.
Let’s not talk about where the ropes came from in a good cell. Let’s just say that the beam in the dungeon is much higher than the height of the two of them. There is only licorice in the cell and there are no tables and chairs. How can you hang yourself on the ground?!
The word "murder" was thrown directly into Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun's faces!
Qin Rushuang was so angry that she laughed, Prime Minister Xiao really didn't take people seriously!
Xie Xun ordered people to untie the bodies of the two men. Qin Rushuang carefully inspected the necks of the two men. It was clear that the strangulation marks were parallel to the necks, rather than from the front of the neck to behind the ears like someone who committed suicide by hanging.
It was obvious that he strangled the person first and then hung him from the rafter.
The two of them were speculating about what might kill Boss Xiao, when the yamen officer brought another news.
"Find...find the person who killed Boss Xiao!" The officer ran out of breath.
Qin Rushuang was stunned: "Someone surrendered?"
The yamen servant waved his hand and said hurriedly: "Go back to the prince and princess, someone left this at the yamen door."
Qin Rushuang opened the things in the yamen's hands and found a letter and a list.
The person in the letter claimed to be a knight-errant, and was dissatisfied that Boss Xiao had committed many evil deeds and was unwilling to admit his guilt, so he killed him out of chivalry. He also traveled to many places and helped the prince and princess find the person who had assisted Boss Xiao in abducting workers in various places.
Accomplices, as long as these people are caught, there will be evidence for all of Boss Xiao's numerous crimes over the years.
After Qin Rushuang read it, she felt that the person behind it was really perfunctory.
It had only been a few days since this incident happened. How could a ranger come out of nowhere and collect so many lists so quickly?
"What do you think, Your Majesty? What do the people behind this mean?"
The letter and the list were delivered wrapped in a silk handkerchief. There were dark flowers on the silk handkerchief, and the pattern of auspicious clouds could be vaguely seen.
Xie Xun stroked the handkerchief for a while and then said: "I remember that Prime Minister Xiao's wife was born in Jiangnan. One time she came to the palace for a banquet and took out an identical handkerchief."
Qin Rushuang was shocked: "Then Prime Minister Xiao has acquiesced that he is the person behind it?"
Xie Xun shook his head: "Just a handkerchief can't prove anything. What he means is... surrender."
Qin Rushuang was stunned for a moment and then understood: "What the prince means is that Prime Minister Xiao sent this list to allow the prince to investigate the matter. I'm afraid that if the prince proposes to amend the law here in the future, Prime Minister Xiao will also support it. I just want you to
Don’t you want to delve deeper into the relationship between Boss Xiao and him?”
Xie Xun nodded: "Probably so."
Qin Rushuang also understood that even if they knew that Boss Xiao acted with the tacit approval of the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Xiao was so cunning and cunning that there was no way he could leave any clue. If he did this, he would just be suing for peace.
In the end, even if they investigated the matter deeply, they could not do anything to Prime Minister Xiao.
But despite saying this, Qin Rushuang felt more aggrieved than ever before.
It's really frustrating that Prime Minister Xiao can't be helped even though the facts are right in front of him.
Seeing him like this, Xie Xun comforted him and said: "How can the prime minister of a country be moved just by talking? There are too many involved... But don't worry, these matters in the DPRK should be taken slowly. When the water comes,
Qing has no fish, but he won't be allowed to be arrogant for too long."
Qin Rushuang nodded: "What will the prince do next?"
"Just leave the rest of the matter to the people below to investigate. Since Prime Minister Xiao has expressed his good intentions, let's take advantage of this matter and stir up the laws in this area first, and then we'll talk about everything back to Kyoto."
Qin Rushuang nodded, that was all she could do.
Boss Xiao's matter was settled, follow-up matters were arranged, and Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun finally embarked on their journey back to Beijing.
On the day he left, Mr. Du was reluctant to leave.
"You said you've only been here a few days, why are you leaving again?"
Mr. Du glared at Xie Xun: "My ancestors were right. The water thrown out by the married granddaughter made grandpa old..."
Naturally, Qin Rushuang was very reluctant to leave Mr. Du, so she could only promise again and again that she would definitely come back when she had free time.
Several people said goodbye at the pier and were about to board the boat when a breathless voice came from behind.
"Little miss! Stay!"
Qin Rushuang turned around and saw that it was Uncle Lin.
Uncle Lin is the manager Lin who was killed by Aunt Liu and Qin Fanghao in his previous life.
Now that Qin Rushuang has been reborn, he took care of Aunt Liu and the Liu family father and son. Uncle Lin is also alive and looking very energetic.
"Last time, thanks to the little miss's reminder, the old slave took away the nails around me. He ordered me to go back to Jiangnan before I could see my wife. Now that you are here, I took the caravan for another business trip. Fortunately, I caught up.
Already."
Qin Rushuang hurriedly went over to help Uncle Lin, "Uncle Lin, please slow down. We will have many opportunities to meet you in the future. When you no longer want to do business, come to Kyoto and I will provide for you in your old age!"
Uncle Lin laughed loudly: "I will stay with you for a few more years with my old bones!"
After saying a few more words and finally having to set off, Qin Rushuang reluctantly got on the boat.
Because she was seasick, Mr. Du prepared seasickness medicine in advance.
After the boat sailed, Qin Rushuang didn't feel uncomfortable anymore. She leaned on the deck and stared at her grandfather and Uncle Lin on the shore gradually turning into black dots the size of soybeans. She was in a daze.
When her body felt warm, it turned out that Xie Xun had put a coat on her.
"The wind is strong."
"Yeah." Qin Rushuang gathered her coat, and the reluctance in her heart dissipated a lot.
After she was reborn, she worked hard and finally avoided many tragedies in her previous life, which was considered worthwhile.
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A few days later, Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun returned to the familiar Kyoto.
