In the silent night, there was only the sound of wind, and the small fire was swaying. The two people beside the fire watched quietly until the flames were completely extinguished and only a ball of black ashes remained before leaving quietly.
After King Yong and his wife left, Xian'er, who was hiding in the dark, immediately arrived at the location where the two were just now, and then another man in black also appeared.
"Junior sister, what are they burning?"
"Beautiful box."
"Jade box? What brocade box?"
"There were two brocade boxes given by Xia Shang to King Yong, and they were all burned."
"You mean...if it contains rare treasures, why should they be burned? Could it be that the contents have been taken away?"
Xian'er frowned and shook her head: "Impossible. King Yong's actions were very cautious before. They were definitely not two empty boxes."
"Xia Shang and King Yong had a grudge. The two brocade boxes not only resolved the grudge between the two, but also made King Yong give Xia Shang another ten thousand gold. After that, he refused to see guests and stayed in the attic for a full half day.
The first thing I did after coming out was to burn the treasure given by Xia Shang? This... this doesn’t make sense at all!"
"etc!"
Xian'er gave a low shout, as if she had discovered something, and squatted down to find a piece of dark green rag from the ashes, only the size of a thumb, which was obviously an unburned remnant.
"Dark green cloth, those two brocade boxes are not green. It must be the contents inside. What does the dark green cloth mean?"
"Junior sister, there are words on that cloth!"
The man next to her reminded her that Xian'er had indeed seen an inconspicuous "李" character outlined in gold on one side of Sui Bu!
"The character '李' is..."
"Lijia Cloth Village!"
…
At the fourth watch of the same day, an unexpected guest came to the house of the shopkeeper of the Yangzhou branch of Lijia Clothing Store.
In the room, the potbellied middle-aged man was still chatting with his newly married concubine. They were all talking softly, with a soft and charming look, and her slender makeup was full of fragrance.
Shopkeeper Zhong was just getting ready when the door to his room was suddenly pushed open!
"Bang!"
"ah!"
When you hear the sound, you know someone is breaking in.
The naked concubine screamed and got into the quilt.
Shopkeeper Zhong was still calm and shouted: "Who is it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sword light flashed across his eyes, and an inch of his goatee was picked off.
When he saw the woman in black appearing in front of him like a ghost, he immediately learned his lesson.
"Hero Heroine, spare your life! Heroine Heroine, tell me what you want, and Zhong will definitely give it to you, as long as Heroine Heroine doesn't use the knife."
"If you want to survive, answer my questions honestly."
"Xia Xia, please tell me, Zhong must know everything and tell me everything."
"Cut the nonsense. Look at this."
As he spoke, a piece of rag the size of a thumb fell in front of Shopkeeper Zhong.
Shopkeeper Zhong held the broken step in his hands tremblingly, like a pilgrim. But after seeing it clearly, he was a little confused: "Woman, what is the meaning of this broken step?"
"Look clearly, is this from your Li family cloth shop?"
"This...this is indeed the third-grade cotton cloth made by my Li family cloth shop."
"Can you tell what kind of product this cloth is made from?"
"Nvxia, this is the most commonly used piece of cloth in our Li family cloth shop. There are at least a hundred kinds of things made from it. It's really hard to tell what kind of things it is made from just this small piece of information."
“What is the best and most precious piece of clothing made from it?”
"The best and most precious... this... Heroine, this fabric is not a good one, and the items made from it will not cost more than five taels of silver at most. It is really rare to find something precious!"
"The clothes made from this item cannot exceed five taels of silver at most?!"
…
"Kneel down!"
In the dimly lit thatched cottage, in front of a rotten old wooden table, Qin Qin Huairou folded his hands on his chest, his eyes were cold, and a domineering aura from the inside out approached Xia Shang's side.
Of course, "kneel down" was not meant for Xia Shang, but for the little girl next to Xia Shang.
Yazhi's petiteness and graceful tallness formed a sharp contrast, as if a helpless oriole was being looked down condescendingly by a peacock with its tail spread, and her words were filled with irrefutable firmness.
Yazhi's current status can be said to be Xia Shang's maid or Xia Shang's concubine. No matter which status she has, she cannot compare with Qin Huairou, the head wife.
If it were any other woman standing in Yazhi's position, she would have knelt down obediently and accepted the judgment of her master or sister.
But Yazhi is different. She grew up in a wealthy family. Later, she was sold to a brothel because of her family's loneliness. She was raised as a housewife and supported as a lady. She has never been bullied since she was a child.
, and he is a stubborn person at heart who can only accept the weak and not the strong.
You ask me to kneel down, but I won’t!
Although Yazhi's voice was small, her momentum was not weak. She asked, "Why do you want me to kneel down? I didn't make a mistake!"
"You still dare to talk back?!" Qin Huairou's eyes stern, "You don't distinguish between superior and inferior, and it's not called a mistake? That day you let Xia Shang sleep on the ground and you slept on the bed. You were so audacious. I won't follow the family law.
You just broke the rules!"
"You have no distinction between superiority and inferiority! The young master is your husband-in-law. You don't call me husband, but call him by his first name. You are very courageous."
"I……"
"What are you? This is a fact. Everyone heard it just now. You just called the young master by his first name!"
Yazhi was also clever. She held on to Qin Huairou's sore spot and refused to let go. After speaking, she even made a face at Qin Huairou.
In terms of careful thinking, Qin Huairou is definitely not as good as Yazhi. Moreover, she has never heard of the second wife who is so blatantly opposed to the main wife, not to mention that she has no official title! She is so arrogant now, if she really enters the Xia family in the future
Still not shaking things up?
Thinking of this, Qin Huairou turned red with anger and slapped the table:
"What a sharp-tongued woman! Xiaoyue, give me a slap!"
Xiaoyue couldn't stand it for a long time, and immediately went up as soon as she heard the order.
Despite Xiaoyue's young age, her aura was quite ferocious. She stared with bright eyes and slapped her hands, but she didn't expect that Yazhi would dare to resist, so she grabbed Xiaoyue's arm with considerable strength.
It pinched Xiaoyue until it hurt.
"Madam! She...she..."
"presumptuous!"
"Snapped!"
This time Qin Huairou took matters into her own hands.
Qin Huairou wanted to fight, but not only Yazhi didn't react, but even Xia Shang didn't react. When he came to his senses, there was a red mark on Yazhi's little face.
This time Yazhi couldn't help it anymore and covered her face with tears falling out.
"I will teach you some lessons today, and I will also let you know who is the Xia family's official wife and who is your master."
"Yazhi has only one master, the young master! Wuwu..." The more Yazhi spoke, the more aggrieved she became. She grabbed Xia Shang's trousers and knelt in front of Xia Shang. "Yazhi can only kneel to the young master if he wants to. You just beat me."
Even if you die, I will not kneel to you. Young Master, you must uphold justice for Yazhi."
"Xia... Mr. Xia, I want to reorganize the family tradition! Now the Xia family is on the verge of trouble. If you want to revitalize the family, you have to run the family strictly. This woman has been charming Mr. Xia with her gentle and charming attitude all day long. If I don't
Not asking is my fault. Even though my husband feels sorry for me, I still want to slap her!"
"Master..."
"Ms. sir..."
The two women started fighting each other as soon as they entered the room. Xia Shang was completely confused.
What kind of thing is this?
I still want to make a lot of money, be a high official, and marry many, many women. But now we only have two women. Our family is penniless, powerless, and why is there internal strife?
Now both women are looking at me longingly and want to judge, how can this be done? (To be continued)