"Shi Ye, why do I remember that this is not the way to go to Hongdu Mansion?"
As soon as they left the city, they ran directly to the east to the lake. Qiao Yuyan often followed her uncle and grandmother to Hongdu Mansion in the past. She was no stranger to the road there and obviously did not take this road.
"It's too late to take the main road. The master has already sent Cheng Feng to pick us up. If we are late, I'm afraid people over there will be worried. This road was built recently. It can go to Hongdu in more than half an hour faster."
Hearing what she said, Qiao Yuyan felt relieved, and then thought of the current situation in the south, wondering how Wen Tingyuan was doing recently.
And the Jiangzhou prefect whom I saw in Jiangzhou Prefecture this time...
According to what Wen Tingyuan told her before, and what her grandmother said to her, there are basically no people from the two imperial courts in the entire southern government. At most, they have a neutral attitude and are down-to-earth in their own affairs.
Do your own thing in your position.
So, why did Shao Benshan treat him like that?
If he was already the seventh prince, he shouldn't be so polite when seeing him.
If you are from the imperial court...
Thinking of this, Qiao Yuyan shook her head, how could such a person be from the imperial court in such a place.
She thought of Yingniang again.
It is impossible for the Xu family to bully such a small family workshop. The Xu family does not look down on such a business at all. What's more, the Xu family's silk weaving business has already been established in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. It is just a sporadic operation in Jiangzhou Prefecture.
Just a workshop.
That means there are people under the Xu family who are using the name of the Xu family to bully ordinary people.
Could it be that my uncle and the others have such weak control over the family's industry now?
Qiao Yuyan shook her head again. This was impossible. Even judging from the current situation of the Xu family, she knew that the Xu family was not as declining as she had expected.
What the hell is going on here...
She originally thought that if she could solve Ying Niang's case, she might be able to solve the mystery of the current predicament of the big merchants in the entire South. For Wen Tingyuan, it might have an unexpected effect.
Unexpectedly, Yingniang disappeared suddenly, otherwise it might be more convenient based on the fate of meeting her by chance.
I was thinking about something and I felt particularly awake while sitting in the carriage. I couldn't fall asleep.
And she seemed to be prone to horse carriage sickness all her life. With her eyes open, the road felt even longer.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before I started to feel a little nauseous and wanted to vomit. After enduring it for a while, I still couldn't hold it back, and my mouth started to gush with sour water.
Xing'er on the side immediately noticed it and knocked on the door: "I'm collecting leaves. My wife doesn't feel well. Please stop for a moment."
Qiao Yuyan couldn't help it and wanted to go down and vomit for a while.
Unexpectedly, the carriage did not stop. Xing'er thought Shiye didn't hear it, so she knocked on the door again and said it again.
This time Shiye answered, "Madam, please bear with me a little longer. This place is not very safe. Wait until the slave finds a place with more people before stopping."
Myolie could only turn to Qiao Yuyan helplessly, "Madam, you heard me! Otherwise, just spit it in the spittoon first, and let's open the car windows to let the smell out, so it won't be so uncomfortable."
After she finished speaking, she noticed that the expression on Qiao Yuyan's face became particularly serious.
"Madam, how do you..."
Myolie was startled. Before she could finish her words, Qiao Yuyan covered her mouth. She opened her eyes and looked at Qiao Yuyan in front of her, her eyes full of doubts.
"Shh!" Yuan Bao on the side immediately raised a finger to his lips, with the same serious and nervous expression.
Xing'er nodded gently, and then Qiao Yuyan let her go.
Then he saw Yuan Bao pulling out a hairpin from his head, and was about to reach out to lift the car curtain when he was stopped by Qiao Yuyan.
Xing'er's heart was beating hard. She didn't know what happened, but looking at their looks, she knew that the current matter was definitely not simple.
"I'll do it." Qiao Yuyan just mouthed without making a sound, and then took the hairpin from Yuan Bao's hand.
Myolie clenched the cushion she was sitting on with both hands, then watched Qiao Yuyan carefully lift a corner of the curtain, and then quickly pierced the hairpin in her hand directly into the back of the neck of Shi Ye who was driving the car ahead.
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If she hadn't quickly covered her mouth with both hands, she almost couldn't hold back her exclamations.
Seeing that the tip of the hairpin landed on the back of Shi Ye's neck, but before it could penetrate, Shi Ye in front reacted, flew forward, kicked the hairpin out, and then grabbed Qiao Yuyan.
He got up, threw him under the carriage, and flew down himself.
The carriage that lost control was pulled by the frightened horses and ran wildly. Myolie, Yuanbao and Yuanxiao suddenly shouted in panic, but they were carried away by the carriage.
Xing'er quickly turned to the rear window, but the carriage moved too fast, and there was obviously no order, so they were tossed around in the carriage, unable to find the window of the carriage.
At this time, Qiao Yuyan was thrown away by Shi Ye and flew several feet away. She felt as if all the bones in her body were about to fall apart.
I tried to get up several times but failed to find the strength and fell back down again.
After a while, she finally caught her breath, held her hands on the ground, and slowly climbed up. Then she saw Shi Ye standing not far away, staring at her fiercely.
"How did you find out?"
"Why do you look like Shi Ye?"
The two people's questions were asked almost at the same time, and then neither party answered, but remained silent.
This place is right on the edge of the lake. There is no sun in the sky at this time. The wind from the lake blows over and lifts Qiao Yuyan's scattered hair.
"You want to catch me?"
"Otherwise?" Shiye smiled coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his smile, "If you know what's going on, just follow me obediently. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Qiao Yuyan patted the ashes on her body, endured the pain from all over her body, and sneered, "Since you want to catch me, it means that I am very useful to you, so you probably don't just want to bring a corpse back!"
"
The man narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of danger in his eyes, "Are you threatening me?"
Qiao Yuyan moved her hands and feet again to make sure that no bones were broken, and she breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right!"
"you……"
"Don't compete with me on speed," Qiao Yuyan said calmly, "I've known for a long time that this trip to the south is not going to be easy, so I've prepared poison a long time ago. Guess, it's me who takes the poison faster, or you who rush