Confused country poison concubine

Chapter 170 The truth (2)
Qiu Yebai looked down at him, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and his voice was cold: "Let go!"

The old partridge immediately withdrew his hands, kowtowed a few times at Qiu Yebai's feet, and said in a trembling voice: "Young master, you can just ask, the old partridge will definitely have a lot to say!"

Seeing that her method was effective, Qiu Yebai exchanged a look with Zhou Yu, and then Zhou Yu stepped forward and lifted the old partridge to the chair.

Qiu Yebai also sat back on the chair, and said calmly: "Finally, who is Shu Jin? Did you do the Huainan case? What is the reason for the robbery? Is it really for money?"

The old partridge originally wanted to grind it out slowly, but when he heard that the other party's every question was right to the point, he knew that Qiu Yebai must have come prepared, he smiled wryly in his heart, and suddenly wanted to give up all his stubborn resistance. thought.

He raised his eyes and stared at Qiu Yebai: "Fourth Young Master Ye, who are you, Lin Piao's boss, no, if Lin Piao knew the inside story of this matter, he would definitely not tolerate it." Shall we live a little longer?"

Qiu Yebai looked at his plump face and his pair of small eyes that suddenly shone brightly, and slightly curled the corners of his lower lips: "I thought you were cowardly and incompetent, but I lost my mind when I didn't want to."

She paused, and continued: "You are right, I am interrogating you this time, not as a Jianghu person, but sitting here as an imperial court official. It is the total of the four ranks!"

The old partridge looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, he never thought that Lin Piao's guest would be someone from the imperial court!

Colluding with imperial court eagles and dogs is a taboo in martial arts!
but……

But suddenly he lowered his head and hugged his head with a pair of fat hands, trembling all over his body, he whispered: "I knew, I knew this day would come... Hehe, Shu Jin... Shu Jin is a scourge!"

Afterwards, he wiped his face, and said slowly and dispiritedly: "Caomin has met the lord, since the lord already knows that Shu Jin is not easy, then Caomin will start with him. It is true that I did not pick up Shu Jin, but him. We found us, and that day we went to pick up the goods—that is, what your government calls a ship robbery. Just as we started, we were surrounded by him and his people. We thought it was people from the government at first, and we were so frightened that our legs went limp. , I found out later that Shu Jin just wanted to use us."

"In that case, why didn't you report to Lin Piao?" Qiu Ye asked with raised eyebrows.

He paused and sighed: "It's not that we didn't think about resisting at the beginning, but although he has no power to restrain a chicken, the people around him are all masters. He killed my second-in-command dog egg and promised us money." Caibo, we have never seen so much gold and silver in our life, so we compromised."

But after Shu Jin entered Qiongqi Village, she didn't immediately ask the old partridge to do something. Instead, she was busy expanding her territory, recruiting troops, and even helped the old partridge do a few beautiful things. 'good stuff'.

So the old partridge was slowly fascinated by the prosperity of the water village in front of him, and after enjoying the beauties' delicacies and gold and silver, he even became brothers with Shu Jin because of his ability.

"Have you really never doubted his purpose? I don't think so, have you?" Qiu Yebai said with a half-smile.

The old partridge laughed dryly and rubbed his face: "No, I'm not without doubts, there is no pie in this world, but I can't stop my brothers from trusting him, everyone is afraid of poverty, Those of you who never worry about food will never fucking understand, you don’t understand the kind of thing that kills people for a bowl of rice..."

When he said this, an uncontrollable resentment and sarcasm appeared on his face, but as soon as he met Akiba Baisen's cold eyes like a knife, he instantly wilted again.

"Later, Shu Jin said that day that he was interested in a big business, and the Li family would send a batch of money to Shanghai, so we can do a big deal!"

The old partridge sighed: "Your Excellency is right, I have long suspected that he intends to use the name of the village to do some dangerous things, so I have been paying attention to every target he wants to attack. The target is the tribute ship of the Mei family, I will not let him act at all."

"Oh, it's up to you?" Qiu Yebai raised the corners of her lips mockingly.

The old partridge laughed "hehe" a few times, but looked a little proud: "Although most people in the village listen to Shu Jin, many of the old people have received my favor, even if it is In terms of favors, they will listen to me, not to mention that everyone in Huainan Waterway knows that the Mei family's boats cannot be moved. Mr. Murong told me that in person, who would dare to disobey the secret order of Mr. Piaozi? "

After finishing speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and was immediately discouraged: "I was guarding against Shu Jin, and Shu Jin was also guarding against me, the people in our village, so he said it was the Li family's boat, and I sent out My confidant, what I heard was indeed the Li family's ship, but I don't know why it suddenly became the Mei family's ship. This is why we directly killed the people on the ship and robbed the ship. I know that Rimei's ship will also go north to transport the money!"

Qiu Yebai raised her eyebrows and asked, "Oh, what a coincidence?"

The old partridge shook his head and smiled wryly: "I don't know if it's really a coincidence, but after we dragged the boat back, we discovered a big secret...a big secret that could lead to death, so I also suspect this time The robbery really wasn't a coincidence."

Qiu Yebai knew that the key to this matter was coming, she immediately asked: "Oh, what did you find?"

The old partridge hesitated for a long time, and looked at Qiu Yebai again. This time, he tried his best to straighten his fat body, and kowtowed three standard heads to Qiu Yebai: "Please, sir, after you know it, you can really keep it." The lives of my family, as for my humble life, if the adults want me to testify, or die, that's fine!"

Qiu Yebai looked at the desolation in his eyes. At this moment, such a cowardly and cunning person finally thought of his wife and children, which moved her a little. In the end, she nodded and said in a deep voice: " OK, I promise you."

The old partridge burst into laughter immediately, and immediately said: "Thank you, my lord, Caomin saw the salt in the Mei family's boat!"

Salt!
When Qiu Yebai heard the words, his eyes widened instantly, and his heart skipped a beat!
She thought that she might see gold, silver, treasures, or even weapons, but she never thought that she would see—salt? !
Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Liang Dynasty, once said - "The foundation of the five flavors is indispensable for this."

We are talking about table salt. Since ancient times, both salt and iron have been kept in the hands of the imperial court. "Salt" is regardless of high or low, and people must eat it, while "iron" means "soldiers", and iron is indispensable for casting weapons!
(End of this chapter)