SFS Chapter 217: Spices Become Private Salt
Chapter 217: Spices Become Private Salt
With a "bang", the lid of the wooden box fell to the ground, stirring up dust.
The little girl stuck out her tongue and made "Puh, Puh, Puh" sounds a few times, then stood on tiptoe to look into the wooden box.
Xie Yunshan was close to it, and the aroma coming from the wooden box was so stimulating that his tears and nose were running, and he almost couldn't breathe.
He picked up Jiang An who was still unaware and suddenly stepped back, "Quick! Cover me up!"
It’s so stinking!
Jiang Si put down the sorted account books and closed the lid of the wooden box deftly.
General Xie, who had come back to life, felt as if he had been marinated...
He sniffed the little girl in his hand and carried her away with disgust.
Jiang An: Eh?
Xie Yunshan: "What's wrong with this Zhongshun Marquis? Why did he put so many spices in the dark room?"
This thing is aged. Once you open the lid, the fragrance that has been suppressed for years comes out. It's simply fatal!
Jiang Si handed him an account book, "The Marquis' Mansion did a spice business with the Qi family three years ago..."
Xie Yunshan: "Qi Family? The Qi in Qi Shanyuan?"
He took the account book and looked at the little girl who was also holding an account book.
It seems that this trip tonight is for that boy...
He lowered his head and flipped through a few pages, and soon discovered the problems in the account book.
"This account book says that all the spices were sold out at extremely high prices. So what's going on with these spices in the dark room now?"
Xie Yunshan frowned, "Three years ago, the South was hit by a disaster and the people didn't even have food to eat. Who would buy spices..."
Jiang Si: "It's private salt."
What was sold was not spices, but contraband salt.
General Xie raised his eyebrows, "The Marquis' Mansion and the Qi Family are smuggling salt?"
This is a capital crime...
"Yuanyuan's family doesn't know about it."
The little girl puffed her cheeks and defended Qi Shanyuan word by word.
She shook the small box in her hand and said, "Inside this is the contract signed between the Hou Mansion and the Qi Family..."
"It is clearly written in the contract that the Qi family will pay, and the Hou Mansion will be responsible for the transportation of these Hu people's spices. The two families will cooperate to resell the spices."
"The Qi family only paid for the spices and did not handle the transportation of the spices."
Xie Yunshan felt a lump in his throat and poked the little girl's forehead, "I just said one thing, why are you protecting him like this!"
He took the dirty little box from Jiang An and wiped her hands with his sleeves.
General Xie lowered his eyes while doing things, very seriously, and said to the little girl: "You know the Qi family is innocent, but the laws of Nanshang will not show mercy."
The Qi family paid the money, although they were kept in the dark. But who knows whether this money was used by the Marquis' Mansion to sell illegal salt?
"If the truth comes out one day, the Qi family will still be charged with the crime of smuggling salt."
He could now probably guess that Jiang An wanted to find out the truth about the murders that happened to everyone in the Qi Mansion.
But she also had to understand that once this matter was revealed, the Qi family and Qi Shanyuan would also have to bear something.
The son of a criminal cannot take the imperial examination in Nanshang...
The little girl's eyes widened, and she was furious. "Yuanyuan's family was killed by them, and they have to bear the blame together. This is not fair!"
"what…"
Xie Yunshan bent his finger and tapped her forehead, smiling lovingly, "You'll understand when you grow up..."
Jiang An can talk about fairness because she has Jiang Jichen, the National Protection Army, and even Xie Yunshan behind her, but Qi Shanyuan cannot talk about fairness unless he becomes above millions of people one day.
Jiang An snorted and didn't care about his weird words.
She only knew that she had to help Yuanyuan get revenge. The Marquis' Mansion had killed everyone in the Qi Mansion for their own selfish desires, and they should pay the price for it!
The little girl waved her hand and said, "Move! Move everything away!"
Dozens of account books were packed into two large packages and one small package.
Jiang An carried the account book on his back and did not forget to stuff a few gold pieces into his arms.
Her eyes sparkled, and she grabbed one with one hand and stuffed it into Jiang Si and Xie Yunshan's pockets, "You'd be in trouble if you don't take it!"
"take!"
Anyway, she has plenty of strength~
Two adults and one child came out of the dark room, cleaned up all traces in the study, and were about to leave.
Jiang Si walked in front with a tinder in his hand, but he pulled his hand back the moment it touched the door.
He put away the tinderbox and quickly returned to his master, "Someone is coming..."
Xie Yunshan looked around and found that there was no place in the study where anyone could hide.
He grabbed Jiang An who was about to hide under the table and whispered, "Go through the window."
The little girl was being carried, thrashing her arms and legs weakly, her voice lowered, "Mr. Xie, let me go!"
Jiang Si turned around, frowned, and stretched out his hand to Xie Yunshan, "Master, give it back to me."
Xie Yunshan: …
"Give, give, give!"
Jiang An, who returned to the arms of his good guard, held his engorged head, gave Xie Yunshan a look and then lay still, acting like a pendant.
Just after they walked away, the door of the study was opened by the butler.
He held a lamp in his hand to illuminate the furnishings inside, then turned sideways and said respectfully to the Marquis: "My Lord, there is no one in the study..."
Marquis Zhongshun took a look inside and then nodded, "Let's go back."
It wasn't that he suddenly got excited tonight. Coming to the study to check before going to bed every day has become his habit over the years. Perhaps he has done too many bad things, and he always feels a little uneasy...
"Yes."
At this time, Jiang An and his companions, who had stolen something, had already walked along the corridor to the backyard, and further ahead was the back door of the Marquis' Mansion.
Xie Yunshan: "This is it, climb over the wall and get out."
After saying that, he stepped on the wall, flew into the air in a few steps, and stood on the wall.
Jiang Si was about to move, but was stopped by his master who was nestling in his arms.
The little girl's eyes sparkled in the darkness, and she pointed to the back door not far away, "Someone is having a tryst~"
Xie Yunshan on the wall was unsteady, he glared at her and said angrily: "Where did you learn this?"
What is a tryst or not?
Let him see who it is...
General Xie approached the wall, and there was no sound under his feet. He followed the two people who were pulling and tugging away, and climbed onto a nearby roof.
Jiang Si was used to being a secret guard, and only followed orders from his master. This unexpected incident was a variable for him, so he did not follow up immediately.
Jiang An looked anxious, wishing he could grow wings and fly over. He patted the guard's shoulder with his fat hand, "Hurry up~"
"You won't be able to watch it for a while!"
Jiang Si: ...
"Yes."
A moment later, three people were lying in a row on the eaves...
Xie Yunshan: "Little kid, why are you joining in the fun?"
Jiang An: “Just watch!”
Jiang Si: ...
I saw two people still pulling and tugging. From the figure of the one pulling the person, I could vaguely tell that it was a woman. The man following her was wearing a plain white robe and dressed like a scholar.
Behind the rockery, the wife of the Marquis put down her cloak and looked at the person in front of her with a wary face, "What are you doing here? I told you not to come to me again!"
The man looked nonchalant, not taking her words to heart at all, and continued to talk to himself, "Your son and daughter are both in jail, and you don't care. Of course, as a father, I have to come to you!"