After the prince enters the play

Chapter 102: Chapter 102: The Prince's Routine
"Your Highness, what do you mean is that Duke Qin's government will use Sister Yun to blackmail Duke Qi's rescue?" Su Xinyi asked.

The crown prince smiled but didn't say anything. It was inconvenient for him to speak when it involved the family affairs of Duke Qin's mansion and Duke Qi's mansion.

Su Xinyi understood.

How daring Marud is, his private treasury was not set up outside the city, but in a remote place in the southern city.

Most of the people living in Nancheng are ordinary people from poor families, and the city here is also very dilapidated, with narrow and many streets, and even more mixed people.

Those who can go in and out of this kind of place are all for their livelihood, so how can they have the room to care about what other people do.

Marud's private warehouse was located behind the most remote alley, and a row of wooden row houses that looked very dilapidated was built. In fact, the private warehouse was dug out under the wooden houses.

Su Xinyi was also very amazed at this layout. In order not to attract attention, they all changed their outfits before entering Nancheng.

The crown prince changed into a shabby-looking long gown, and Su Xinyi changed into a beggar's clothes for the convenience of inspection, messed up her hair, her cheeks were darkened, and she walked with a hunched back, as if she was hungry. Beggars for days.

Prince:  …

Su Yi followed behind the prince, looking at his younger sister as if he was a different person in the blink of an eye, how sad it is to look at, pretending like this, could it be that the younger sister was really hungry and became a beggar before?
Wu Shun originally lived in Nancheng, so he was familiar with this place, so he followed Yang Jin and offered to show him the way.

The group of them quickly touched around the private warehouse. Su Xinyi looked at the row of wooden houses and sighed: "Sure enough, I have an idea. If I didn't know the truth, who would have thought that such a dilapidated house had a warehouse built under it."

Moreover, digging a large and stable warehouse did not happen overnight. They searched the surrounding residents, and no one heard that the wooden house had been turned over in the past ten years, which means that the private warehouse must be at least ten years old. Say.

This question is even more interesting. If this private storage has existed for such a long time, how long has it been since reselling private salt?

The gathering of five people is really conspicuous, the prince asked people to disperse, and walked with Su Xinyi, "Let's go over there to find out."

Su Xinyi nodded immediately, "What does Your Highness want to inquire about?"

Yan Junchu looked at Su Xinyi, "Since I'm on business abroad, don't call me His Highness to avoid revealing my identity."

Su Xinyi said: "Then what should I call you?"

Anyway, she dare not call her name, how disrespectful.

Yan Junchu looked at Su Xinyi, "You can call me Shiyuan, this is my word."

The corners of Su Xinyi's mouth twitched. It's better to call the prince by his first name. Only people who are very close can call each other by name.

Looking at Su Xinyi's tangled face, Yan Junchu lowered his eyes slightly, "It's just a name, it's just for convenience, Miss Six don't take it to heart."

Su Xinyi thought that it was indeed an expedient measure, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then Xin Yi will offend you."

"Then what should I call you? It doesn't seem appropriate to call you Miss Six." Yan Junchu asked with a smile.

Su Xinyi was startled when he heard the words, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I don't have words either. When I was at home, my mother gave me a nickname A Yuan. Your Highness, please call me A Yuan."

Su Xinyi didn't think too much about it. The prince said her own name, and she couldn't just fool around with it. This is so disrespectful to His Highness. After thinking about it, there is only this nickname.

"A Yuan?" Yan Junchu repeated it lightly. The word Yuan has a gentle and kind meaning, but Su Xinyi's temperament is completely opposite to it.

interesting.

Su Xinyi always thought the prince was smiling weirdly, what's so funny?

The two walked to a house with an open door. Through the door, they could see the messy scene in the yard. The ropes in the yard were covered with washed clothes. These clothes were whitish in color and patched layer upon layer. I know that life is hard.

"Is anyone there? Ask for a drink." Su Xinyi stepped forward and knocked on the door. She knocked lightly on the old door, and leaned against the wall, making a creaking sound.

"Who is it?" A loud female voice sounded, followed by a thin woman with a yellow complexion, staring at them suspiciously.

"Sister-in-law, my brother and I are really thirsty and want to ask for a bowl of water. Please do me a favor." Su Xinyi stepped forward and said pitifully.

"There's no hot water, but there's enough cold water, so come in if you're not afraid."

The woman looked fierce, but unexpectedly she was easy to talk to. Su Xinyi hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law is really a kind-hearted person, how can I let you spend firewood to boil water for us, cold water is enough."

Yan Junchu hadn't recovered from that brother, when he saw that Su Xinyi had followed the woman into the door very familiarly, and started to talk to others very sweetly.

This Su Xinyi promised well, but turned around and would rather call him brother than call him by his name, really... Stubborn.

Su Xinyi didn't dare to give the prince cold water, what if he drank it badly?She deliberately placed the broken porcelain bowl containing cold water far away from her, while she drank a bowl of cold water while talking to the woman.

"Sister-in-law, although you live in a narrow place, you keep it very clean. You can see that you are a hardworking person. Why don't you see the children in the family? If there are two monkeys in our hometown, the house will be in a mess."

Listening to Su Xinyi's words, Yan Junchu noticed that she was observing very carefully. The clothes of the children, one big and one small, were drying on the drying rack. They belonged to the two children at first glance, but they were drying in the corner, so you can't find them if you don't pay attention.

The expression on the woman's face softened a lot when she heard this, "I've been out in the wild, and I can't stay at home. A child of this age is running all over the street."

"That's right, the two children of my former neighbor are also like this. They can't stay at home, and they always like to go over the wall to make trouble at my house. Sometimes the herbs I dig up the mountain are overturned by them, and they are very skinny."

"When the child was young, people hated dogs, and it will be fine when they are older." The woman smiled rarely, "Where are you from, little brother, it sounds like your accent doesn't sound like it's from the capital?"

"Sister-in-law's ears are really good. We came here as a refugee, and our hometown is hundreds of miles away from here." Su Xinyi said with a sigh, "I thought that I would be able to make a living with some bricklayer's craftsmanship anyway, how can I make a living?" Knowing that there is no shortage of this in the capital, this is not the case, and I will be hungry and full."

When the woman heard this, she said: "What do you want to do in Nancheng? There are poor people here. If you have nothing to do, whoever pays for the house repairs. If you go to Xicheng, where there are many rich people, as long as you can make a living with good craftsmanship It's okay to eat."

"Thank you sister-in-law, I'll look for it tomorrow." Su Xinyi said gratefully, "On the way I came here just now, I saw a row of wooden houses over there, which looked uninhabited and quite dilapidated. Yes, I thought I could easily find some work to do."

Hearing Su Xinyi's words, the woman's face changed, "Little brother, don't go, the house over there is very evil, and the owner of the house is naughty, and beats everyone when he sees him. After a long time, everyone I don't want to get in the way."

Su Xinyi's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "What's the matter? Then I didn't look like someone was there when I came. I saw the doors and windows were closed, and I thought there was no one." He patted his chest as he spoke, "Fortunately I didn't knock on the door, otherwise I would be beaten if I couldn't ask for water, there would be no reason for me."

"That's not true. The old man who lives there doesn't go out during the day and wanders around at night. Anyone who bumps into it will be shocked by him." The woman complained when she mentioned this. They were not far from there. My own children have also been scared several times.

"Isn't there a curfew tonight?"

"In a place like ours, where there are officers and soldiers patrolling, it doesn't work here."

"Then you have to take good care of the child. Was the owner like this before? Or is he like this now?"

"It's hard to say. He's been like this since I got married. He's crazy. I've heard my mother-in-law say it for many years."

"That's poor, doesn't he have a family? It would be better if there are family members. I see that there are many houses over there, and it looks like a place where a large family lives. How can our hometown have such a big place? A place where people build three rooms is spacious."

"It was said that we were one family before, but later they had to split up because of some trouble, and a good family broke up." The woman lowered her voice when she said this, "I heard it was because the old man's daughter-in-law was not with his brother. It’s not clear, it’s also because of this that I was stimulated, and then I went crazy.”

"What about his wife?"

"He was beaten away, and a child was also taken away."

"What about his brother? Even if the family is separated, they all live in this area, so they won't be far away."

"Originally, they lived in the front and back streets. Later, after the old man's daughter-in-law couldn't bear the beating and took the child away, the old man's brother disappeared after a while. Everyone was saying that the old man's brother went to find the old man's wife."

Su Xinyi: ...

She and the prince exchanged glances. It seemed that in order to cover up the storage of private salt, she intentionally made up such a rumor, which not only made people around her afraid to go to that house at night, but also made everyone feel reasonable, which was quite bothersome.

After hearing the news she wanted, Su Xinyi hurriedly got up to leave, and the woman even stuffed them with cornbread.

Holding the two cornbreads and going out, Su Xinyi couldn't laugh or cry, Yan Junchu stared at the cornbreads for a long time, reached out and took one, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

The entrance is sharp, the taste is rough, and there is not much taste of grain, all of which are the astringency of wild vegetables.

Yan Junchu looked at this piece of land intently. Everyone said that the people under the emperor's feet were rich, but in this capital, there were still people eating this kind of food.

Su Xinyi was taken aback by the prince's actions. Seeing the prince eating a whole wowotou slowly, she didn't know what to say.

At this moment, the prince asked: "A Yuan, did you eat this kind of food when you were in the countryside?"

"Eat, every family in the countryside has limited land, and they have to pay the land tax, and they can't eat all the leftover grain. They have to take some of it out to exchange for copper money for household use. If they don't have land themselves, they have to rent other people's land for cultivation. Then there will be even less grain at hand. Those who can eat pure grain all at once have dug up wild vegetables to make vegetable dumplings and eat them together.”

"Have you eaten this before?"

"When I was young, I ate a lot. At that time, when I was young, my mother had to worry about me not being able to go up the mountain all the time. Later, when I grew up, I followed my mother into the mountain. When I learned Kung Fu, our family will no longer Eat this kind of thing. There are many treasures in the mountains, there are medicinal materials, prey, and wild fruits, all of which can be exchanged for money."

"You... really suffered." Yan Junchu had a hard time imagining Su Xinyi's life like this before, and she couldn't see any suffering from her.

"It's not bitter, that's how people in the country live. Then I don't have to go to the field. The girls in our village have to go to the field when the farming season is busy. Compared with me, it's much easier." Su Xinyi smiled. With success in kung fu, you can hunt more prey every time you go into the mountains, and life at home will be better."

"Does your family have no land?" Yan Junchu asked again.

"No." Su Xinyi said lightly, "My family does not belong to the local people, but moved there as a refugee. How can I have my own land. My mother can't plow the land with a child, and she just buys food. Later in the After living in the village for a long time, the relationship with the village gradually improved."

People in the countryside live together in villages, and the people in the village are related to each other, so they are very exclusive.

Yan Junchu could think of how difficult the life of Su Xinyi's mother and daughter was. He looked at her, "Since your mother knows your father's identity, why didn't you come to him?"

Su Xinyi didn't expect the prince to ask such a question, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"I'm taking the liberty." Yan Junchu looked at Su Xinyi's expression and said, it would be impolite for outsiders to inquire about matters that are too private.

"It's nothing. In fact, my mother doesn't like my father, and my father doesn't like my mother. My father was recuperating at my mother's house back then. He didn't want to be plotted against by the neighbors. It was just an accident to have me. She doesn't like restraint. I'm used to being at ease, how could I live a regular life in the palace." Su Xinyi couldn't help but smile when she thought of her mother.

Looking at her smile at the beginning, Yan Jun felt that the relationship between her and her birth mother must be very good, so even if she knew her identity, even if her birth mother took her to endure hardships in the countryside for so many years and refused to let her return to the Duke's mansion, she There is no meaning of resentment.

While talking, he returned to the row of wooden houses, and the two of them stood in the distance looking at the row of houses. Su Xinyi didn't want to mention the past, so he asked, "How long is your Highness going to wait?"

"A letter from Futai Casino, the people here should take some action when they get the news, it will only be a few days." Yan Junchu said.

Su Xinyi was thoughtful, thought for a while and then asked: "If people get all the stolen goods, is your Highness going to do it?"

The man who moved his finger was against the Duke of Qin's mansion.

In her previous life, nothing happened to Duke Qin's mansion before she died, but at that time she had never heard of the prince's case of Yan Yin, so Ma Rude would not be involved.

Unexpectedly, in this life, since he intervened to save Wushun, the development of things changed completely.

"It's better sooner than later." The prince nodded.

"I see." Su Xinyi had to go back and tell the family that it's best for the eldest sister to take Yun to hide for a while during this period, otherwise Shi Zhongqian came to the house in the name of visiting her daughter, and they wouldn't be able to chase her away.

Not long after, Yang Jin and the others also came back to meet up. Everyone exchanged information and found that the things they inquired were similar. Yang Jin took Wu Shun and Su Yi to stay and wait, and the crown prince and Su Xinyi left first.

Back all the way from Nancheng, Su Xinyi dressed as a beggar and went back to the mansion.

Everyone in the house looked at her in the wrong way, so what's the matter?
Su Xinyi really couldn't quibble anymore, racked his brains and thought for a while, and then said: "I just went to help eldest brother investigate the case."

The eldest lady was annoyed when she heard this, "What's the matter with this bastard, what kind of case did you investigate to make you do this, it's too disgraceful, let his father deal with him when he comes back."

Su Xinyi: ...

Fourth Mrs. Su hurriedly said: "The two children have business to do, so they dress up like this for the convenience of investigating the case. Don't be angry, sister-in-law. I will take Xin Yi back to change clothes first, and I will talk about it later when I have something to say."

Fourth Mrs. Su went back to the yard and asked someone to bring hot water. She stared at Su Xinyi and washed it twice before letting her out.

"You're a girl, you can't care about your appearance like this in the future. Knowing that you want to help your elder brother, you can find another way, so you don't have to be a little beggar." The fourth lady felt really distressed.

"Mom, I just changed my clothes and didn't suffer." Su Xinyi said hastily.

Fourth Madam Su has a look of trust, but there is suspicion in her eyes. Ever since she came back from Primary Six, why has Su Yi followed suit so wildly?

How steady this kid was before.

Su Xinyi still had business in mind, so she said to her mother, "Mother, there is one more thing that you need to tell your auntie."

"What's the matter? Ouch, something happened to your elder brother, right?" Mrs. Su asked worriedly.

"No." Su Xinyi hurriedly said the matter briefly, "In short, it's best to let the eldest sister take sister Yun out for a while."

The fourth lady's complexion changed, "This is not a small matter, why is the Duke of Qin's mansion so troubled, is it possible that the Duke's mansion can't be kept if it is a good one?"

Su Xinyi said: "I don't know the specifics. His Royal Highness reminded me that I guess it must have something to do with Ma Rude, but I don't know how deeply it is involved."

The fourth lady couldn't sit still anymore, "You have something to eat and rest first, I'll go see your grandmother and eldest aunt. For such a big matter, your uncle has to make up his mind."

Su Xinyi watched her mother leave in a hurry. She was really hungry, and she didn't eat anything during the journey.

Mammy She brought the two girls to deliver the food. Seeing Mammy She was there, Su Xinyi couldn't let herself go, and sat there to eat well.

Before the meal was finished, Su Jingmo ran over, looked at Su Xinyi and asked, "Xiao Liu, is the matter of eldest sister true?"

Su Xinyi swallowed the last sip of soup, dragged Su Jingmo to the living room to sit down, and then said, "Fourth sister, you are well informed."

"I happened to be playing with sister Yun at my aunt's side, and I was shocked when I got the news. I'm not feeling right, so I hurried to ask you." Su Jingmo didn't think it was true, the Duke of Qin's mansion was also the ancestor People who have made great achievements will disappear if they really say they are gone, which is scary.

"I still don't know how deep the involvement is, just in case, I can't say for sure." Su Xinyi said hastily.

Su Jingmo was not much comforted when he heard the words, and said with a pale face: "Isn't it just selling a few Yanyin, is it that powerful?"

"Several salt quotations are nothing, but what if there are many, many?" Su Xinyi said, "Salt is an inseparable thing for the common people, and three meals a day are indispensable. Once the salt quotations are gathered in the hands of several big salt merchants , driving up the price of salt, the common people can’t afford it anymore. Salt is not like meat, you can live without it, people will have no strength if you lack salt, and you have to eat it no matter how expensive it is, can this be a good thing?”

Su Jingmo, a young lady who was raised in a deep boudoir, didn't know about these people's livelihood matters. Hearing what Su Xinyi said, he realized how terrible things were.

"This is a bit scary." Su Jingmo said.

Su Xinyi nodded, "That's exactly what happened, that's why His Royal Highness has been investigating this matter. In short, Fourth Sister, don't worry, as long as Eldest Sister and Sister Yun are not in the mansion, then Shi Zhongqian can't do anything even if he makes a fuss. After this paragraph Time will be fine."

Su Jingmo said: "It's like this. Sister Yun is still so young. The eldest sister can only go to Zhuangzi to hide with the child. There is no mansion in Zhuangzi to live in comfortably. Qin Guogong's mansion is really hateful. Doing this kind of mourning It's a good thing, I dare to earn this kind of money."

Su Jingmo also knew that it was useless to tell Xiao Liu these things, so he got up and said, "I'll go and prepare some food for the eldest sister, their mother and daughter."

Su Xinyi watched Su Jingmo leave in a hurry, and suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

When it was evening, the old man asked someone to come and call her, and asked about today's affairs.

The old man and Mrs. Tai had different points of inquiry. Su Xinyi was much more cautious when talking to his grandfather for future plans, and explained clearly what happened this time, including the matter between Tian Zao and Bao Datong.

The old man looked at Su Xinyi, "It's not a big deal to send a few people to the army, but you have to know whether these two people can be trusted. Once they go out, if they are in your name or your father's name, Duke Qi If you do ten bad things in the name of the government, you will be implicated.”

"Grandfather, don't worry, they are still young, and they will have to stay in the mansion for at least a year or two. This time is a good time to see their temperament." Su Xinyi said.

The old man nodded in satisfaction when he heard Su Xinyi's words. The fact that he could think so much shows that he didn't agree immediately at the time.

"Your eldest brother mentioned something about Wushun, what are your plans?"

Su Xinyi smiled and said: "Wu Shun is currently working in the East Palace, and His Highness the Crown Prince borrowed it to investigate the Yanyin case. When the people come back after using up, the granddaughter plans to let the eldest brother take Wu Shun, Wu Shun Shunyi has a good skill, and being by the side of big brother can be regarded as a help."

The old man looked at his granddaughter, and suddenly asked: "This time, you push your elder brother forward step by step, what are you thinking?"

Su Xinyi was startled, and subconsciously stood up, "Grandfather, I don't mean anything else. I just think that the eldest brother is too loyal, and honest people will suffer a lot. As far as we are in the countryside, you have to be smart enough to choose a Lizheng. It's time."

After Su Xinyi finished speaking, she saw her grandfather drooping his eyes and remained silent, her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that what she did was too obvious, so her grandfather became suspicious?
The old man raised his head and looked at Xin Yi, his cloudy eyes were shining brightly at this moment, and he said after a while, "Su Jiajun, do you know?"

Su Xinyi looked bewildered, Su Jiajun?
She had never heard of it.

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