too affectionate

Chapter 114

"Maybe it's your own good health, sir, that's why you carried it over."

Wanyan smiled slightly, trying to speak as calmly as possible.

If adults know that the bracelet he gave is useless, they will be very disappointed.

Wanyan thought about it, and lied without thinking.

Heng Li nodded, but her eyes fell on Wanyan's arm. When she saw that the sheep's blood jade bracelet was still there, the suspicion in her heart was slightly reduced.

After the Hengli recovered for a while, the two got up again, walked up with difficulty along the direction of the falling water, walked an unknown number of roads, and drove through many rock walls before finally returning to the ground and seeing the sun again.

It was already late at night on the third day, and the two had been struggling underground for two full days.

After returning to the post station, Lan Yu and Luan Feng had been waiting anxiously, and sent people to look for them several times.

Lan Yu fearfully reprimanded Wanyan for not notifying her in advance when she went out, so that she could take care of her, while busy preparing Wanyan for a change of clothes and supper.

Wearing soft and clean clothes and eating a sumptuous meal, Heng Li sat peacefully across the table.

All of this is so gentle that Wanyan's heart that has been hanging for a few days suddenly calms down.

Looking back on everything that happened in the past few days, it was as unreal as a dream.

a nightmare.

After eating and returning to the bedroom, Wanyan saw the clothes still on the table at a glance.

The night gown that accompanied her for three days and two nights was already tattered and turned into a pile of waste cloth, and was completely soaked in the blood of hundreds of people.

"I'll take it and throw it away." Seeing this, Lan Yu, who was walking behind, was afraid that Wanyan would recall bad memories, so she immediately stepped forward to pick up the clothes, and turned to throw them away.

"Sister Lanyu, don't throw it away." Wanyan called to Lanyu, her voice full of exhaustion.

"It's covered in blood. It's unlucky to throw it away. I'll burn it."

After saying that, Wanyan picked up her clothes and went to the next door to burn Heng Li's clothes as well.

Perhaps Heng Li was afraid that Wanyan would set fire to the inn directly, and followed her to the backyard.

Wanyan threw the clothes into the brazier and opened the fire folder.

The flame instantly lit up the dark autumn night, like a group of elves dancing on the clothes.

However, this flame is not red, but yellow.After burning for a while, the yellow color slowly faded and the original red flame was restored.

"Huang Yan!?" Wanyan exclaimed, pointing at the brazier, and immediately turned to look at Heng Li.

"Salt!?" Wanyan and Heng Li looked at each other and said in unison.

"Hahahaha that's great! We didn't go in vain! The hardships are not in vain! That's great!!"

Wanyan was so excited that she jumped three feet high, not caring that it was midnight at this time, she couldn't help raising her arms and shouting, she just felt that the grievances of the past few days were swept away.

"Shut up!" "What are you yelling at at night!" "Is the woman crazy?!"

As soon as Wanyan finished speaking, many windows were thrown open, followed by a lot of abuse.

Wanyan knew she was impolite, she quickly covered her impulsive mouth, and apologized by turning around in circles.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, keep sleeping and keep sleeping!"

When the windows were closed angrily, Wanyan's excitement was still palpable, and she jumped up and down while grabbing Heng Li's arm.

"That makes sense! The reason why Kui Jianning was able to start his fortune so quickly is probably because he sold salt privately and made huge profits.

The caves in Kuifu are used to store salt, so when they want to set fire to destroy the evidence, the high temperature evaporates the salt, attaching the salt to our clothes, and a yellow flame will appear when the clothes are burned.

This is too smooth! "

Heng Li didn't answer, looking at her arm that was about to be dislocated with helplessness in her eyes.

Seeing this, Wanyan quickly let go of her hand, and patted Heng Li's sleeve flatteringly.

"Don't be too happy, this is just our preliminary conjecture. If you want to get evidence, it may be more difficult than reaching the sky."

Heng Li said calmly, not at all excited about the discovery.

Wanyan's excited heart immediately cooled down.

Yeah... don't they know less?But how many can really be presented to the court with conclusive evidence.

"Yes, we need too much evidence." Wanyan nodded, her excitement was gone, replaced by a serious face.

"Shuzhou is located in the interior of the mainland, and the Lingjiang River that crosses the border does not produce salt, so the salt must have been transported from the south.

First of all, we need to find the place where Kui Jianning produces illegal salt. "

"Inappropriate." Heng Li shook his head to express his disagreement.

"The table salt used today is either Lianghuai salt or Guangdong salt, but the salt production in these two places is inspected by the imperial court patrolling the salt censor. It is easy to get a few hundred stones, but if It is unlikely that it will be stolen and raised for a long time.

But apart from these two natural salt fields, there is no suitable salt-producing land in Tianquan, so I suspect that the salt may have been transported from the vassal state.

If this is the case, if we really go to the vassal states to investigate, it will be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. "

"Yeah, my lord, what you said is reasonable." Wanyan stretched out her thumb in admiration, and was immediately persuaded to give up her point of view, "Then what do you think my lord should do?"

"There is a saying in the "Salt Transportation Law" of Tianquan Kingdom: the amount of salt used in various places should be divided into three categories according to the distance of the land and the number of household registrations. The merchant transported the salt to the land, and some local merchants were responsible for reselling it.

Therefore, from the thirteen provinces in the capital of the Tianquan Kingdom, down to the prefectures, Zhili prefectures, and prefectures under the jurisdiction of the provinces, and even to the counties, the Xuanfu Division, the Appease Division, and the Chief Law Office, the amount of salt in each place is the same. There are clearly defined quantities. "

At this point, Heng Li's analysis came to an abrupt end, waiting for Wanyan to understand.

"Oh oh oh! I understand!" Wanyan instantly understood what Heng Li meant, and she took the conversation, her little feet throbbing with excitement.

"My lord means that as long as we first find out whether the amount of salt circulating in Shuzhou is in compliance with the laws and regulations, and then follow the traces of excess salt, we can pull out the source of this private salt interest chain, which is the production of salt. Salt land!"

"Correct answer." Heng Li nodded.

With the goal and direction in place, Wanyan felt that her thinking was much clearer, and her mood became more relaxed.

This nightmarish journey seems to be fruitless, but in fact it is very rewarding.

Seeing Wanyan who was rubbing her hands together, her injuries were not healed, Heng Li said flatly, "Let's start the investigation tomorrow."

Standing in the middle of the night with his hands behind his back, his face was much more haggard than the moonlight.

"Have a good rest tonight."

It was only now that Wanyan remembered that in just three days, Heng Li had passed through ghost gates many times.

Every time is for her.

Wanyan's heart was sweet and sour all of a sudden, like a freshly grown green fruit in early autumn.

All the gratitude and prayers, powerlessness and despair in these three days came to my lips, but I couldn't utter a single word.

"Have a good rest, my lord,"

Finally, she said softly, with a soft and tired smile.

(End of this chapter)