The jade pendant is very small, and the silk ribbon binding the jade pendant is dark yellow whisker silk.
Seeing clearly the knot pattern on it and the carvings on the jade, Xia Zhaoyi's voice turned cold and cold, and said: "The jade of the people of Beiyuan."
"Um."
Shengsheng jade is a tradition in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. If a boy loses his father while still in his mother's womb, then when he is born, other elders in the family must present him with a piece of raw jade, as his father is protecting the unborn child.
If there are no other elders in the family, then ask a respected old man in the area to send it to you.
This birth jade is only for male babies, not female babies.
It is also reserved for rich families, as poor people cannot afford jade.
Xia Zhaoyi said: "It seems that this kind of raw jade will not be easily picked off. Even if he climbs the Ten Thousand Mountains, travels to Hejing and disguises himself as a Hejing person, he will be reluctant to take it off."
Shen Lie said: "That's not necessarily true. The owner of this raw jade is not inside the city, but outside the city."
"Are you going to put it on after you leave the city?"
"died."
Xia Zhaoyi thought for a moment and said, "Is he from Kangshan Noodle House?"
"He was from Anrentang Pharmacy, and he was also one of the nineteen dead. He was the only one with the characteristics of Bei Yuan."
Xia Zhaoyi was stunned: "You didn't come back all night, so you went out of the city to kill them."
"Um."
Xia Zhaoyi looked back at the raw jade in his hand, then looked up at him: "Shen Lie, thank you."
Shen Lie looked into her eyes: "Why are you thanking me?"
"On behalf of my sister and all the soldiers who died fighting outside the northern border, thank you."
Shen Lie stopped and said seriously: "Ah Li, I can't thank you enough. How can I let these Beiyuan people come and go in our land like his family?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled slightly and handed the jade back to him.
It happened to be Mao hour when we returned to Dengqian Teahouse and Jinxing Restaurant.
Shen Lie sent Xia Zhaoyi upstairs this time.
Hearing the news of their return, Zhan Ning and Shi Guoxin both came.
Seeing that half of Shen Lie's body was wet, they said they were going to boil water with the servants and waited for the ginseng tea to arrive before leaving.
Xia Zhaoyi took a dry towel and handed it to Shen Lie. He compared the lower bodies of the two people and found that almost half of Shen Lie's body was wet from the rain.
Xia Zhaoyi said: "Don't let me recover and you fall down."
Shen Lie said: "You are not okay."
"...You're not okay."
Shen Lie paused and looked into her eyes.
Xia Zhaoyi would never evade or lose when it came to looking at each other, and she looked back at him without blinking.
However, she suddenly felt guilty, and as she watched, she felt her heartbeat begin to beat wildly in her chest.
Perhaps, this is not called guilty...
She seemed to be able to clearly capture every beat, like a wild horse riding a thousand miles, like a silver vase being broken, an ice jade mirror breaking, like blue flames burning the sky, a sea of lanterns filling the sky, pearls and stars shining brightly on the moon.
Special light.
Xia Zhaoyi coughed lightly: "What's wrong?"
After speaking, I found that although Shen Lie's black eyes were serious and focused, as deep as the deep sea, his cheeks and ears were a little unusually red.
And his skin is white and clean, and it will be obvious when he turns red.
As he watched, Xia Zhaoyi's memory suddenly drifted to a far away place.
The dream she couldn't remember before, and she didn't want to think about it, but some feelings always appeared from time to time, as if it was starting to haunt her again...
Shen Lie smiled softly and said, "It's nothing."
He lowered his head and wiped it again.
"I'm not a nagging person," Xia Zhaoyi said, "but don't turn a deaf ear to my words, and don't get sick."
Shen Lie raised his eyes to look at her and said seriously: "Okay."
Xia Zhaoyi changed the subject: "Do you have anything else to do tomorrow?"
Shen Lie said: "Well, what about you."
Xia Zhaoyi said truthfully: "I didn't think about it at the moment."
He wanted to go visit Bi Mansion, but also wanted to continue investigating Shu Yuezhen, as well as the chamber of commerce in Mingtai County and Xizhou Mansion. Butler Zeng said that either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, people sent from there would enter the city.
The door was open, and the maids stood at the door and said, "Master, the hot water is in the bathroom next door. It's ready."
"Thank you." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Zhan Ning's voice also sounded: "Second Miss, I'm here."
Then I saw him walking quickly carrying two bowls of hot ginseng tea.
Xia Zhaoyi went up to take the tray and said, "It's too late at night and it disturbs your rest. Go back to your room quickly."
"Not surprised," Zhan Ning said with concern, "Second Miss, where did you go when you went out today, and what did you gain?"
"We have gained a lot. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
After saying that, Xia Zhaoyi looked at Shen Lie: "After drinking the ginseng soup, you can go back and rest. I have to take a bath."
Shen Lie nodded: "Yeah."
When Xia Zhaoyi returned to the room in her pajamas after taking a shower, Shen Lie was no longer there.
Xia Zhaoyi did not go to bed immediately. Instead, she wiped her half-dried hair, walked behind the bookcase, sat down, and read the note left on the table: "Have a quick rest and recover as soon as possible."
Xia Zhaoyi picked it up with her slender fingers, her eyes fell on his handsome and powerful words, and she gradually became distracted.
After noticing a faint smile on her lips, she lightly frowned and put the note down.
The reason why she asked Shen Lie what she was going to do tomorrow was actually because she wanted to drag him to accompany her.
It wasn't that she encountered a problem that couldn't be solved, but that she found that she really liked the feeling of "working" with him.
"Eunuch Xia, Guard Shen." Xia Zhaoyi said softly and smiled lightly.
Early the next morning, Xia Zhaoyi, who had not slept for long, was awakened by the sound of exclamations from the neighboring street.
She opened the door and went out, just as Shi Guoxin came down from upstairs. Xia Zhaoyi asked him if he knew what happened. Shi Guoxin said: "The shop is being copied! I don't know whose shop it is. As soon as it dawned this morning, people were copying the shop everywhere."
"
Xia Zhaoyi said: "Everywhere?"
"Well, there are at least six places, and several of them are the properties of Lu Mingfeng's family."
Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly: "It sounds like his family will be affected by him."
Shi Guoxin sneered: "His family members are not good people either. Since they have benefited from his blood and benefited from the tragic death of others, they should also share in the compensation for his sins."
Xia Zhaoyi said: "You said just now that you don't know whose shop it is, so it seems that besides Lu Mingfeng, there are other people whose shops are also being raided?"
"Well, an oil shop was raided on Nanxie Street not far from us. The name is hard to pronounce, it's called Silu Oil Shop."
"Silu Oil Shop," Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "Li Hao and Li Zedong must have succeeded."
"Second Miss, do you know the origin of this shop?"
Xia Zhaoyi nodded, it was one of Shu Yuezhen's shops.
At the same time, Yang Guanxian stepped into the Hejing city gate with his hands behind his back.
Behind him were two followers he had hired not long ago, two strong thugs, and the secret guard Shen Lie had left to protect him, Huo Qi.
