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Chapter 808 Marriage
Cheng Tu chatted happily with Chen Xin along the way. Chen Xin didn't deliberately flatter him, but every word he said was in his heart, which made him extremely comfortable, but he was relieved, his group The subordinates are not comfortable.

Taking advantage of Cheng Tu's small solution, they surrounded Chen Xin, looked him up and down, and said, "I heard that you are a student, and you want to go to Beijing for the exam?"

Chen Xin saw that they didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and these people crossed their arms and said, "Then what are you doing in Chenzhou?"

Chen Xin said indifferently: "To go to the capital, one must first take the waterway in Chenzhou to Jingzhou, and then take the official road to the capital."

Seeing Chen Xin's indifferent appearance, those people felt a little uncomfortable, and warned him: "Get out of here as soon as you enter the city, and don't let us know that you are still in the city."

Chen Xin listened with a smile: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you all. I'm going to stay overnight in Chenzhou today, but I don't live in Chenzhou city. Why do you care so much? It's something shameful. I can't tell other people to come here. Have you been to Chenzhou?"

"Who has something to hide."

One impulsively wanted to take out the dagger in his sleeve, but was stopped by Cheng Tu who was driven back, and shouted at several people: "What are you doing!"

Another person whispered to Cheng Tu that Chen Xin was going to stay in Chenzhou for one night. Cheng Tu's eyebrows were filled with doubts. People rushing for the exam usually hope to get to Chenzhou quickly. Why do you want to stay overnight.Moreover, Chen Xin looked like a poor scholar, not someone who spent money to stay in a hotel to enjoy the scenery.

Cheng Tu smiled dryly at Chen Xin and said, "Is my brother also planning to experience the customs of Chenzhou?"

Chen Xin shook his head: "I just made an appointment with my friends to meet up in Chenzhou to rush for the exam together."

Not long ago, Liu Yusheng went to his uncle's house in Linzhou to celebrate his birthday, and today he rushed to Chenzhou City to meet Chen Xin.

Cheng Tu nodded: "That's right, there will inevitably be emergencies when one is out alone, and it's safer for two people to go on the road."

Chen Xin just smiled and didn't say much. Cheng Tu looked at him without any suspicion, so he gave the people behind him a warning and told them not to be troublesome.

When he arrived at the city gate of Chenzhou, Chen Xin packed up his things, thanked Cheng Tu, and asked Cheng Tu and the others to check the city gate first.

At this time, the few people behind were already sweating, and they seemed a little guilty, Chen Xin just pretended not to see it.

Cheng Tu looked at ease, and he asked the officers and soldiers at the city gate to inspect the goods with a smile. The officers and soldiers lifted their wooden boards, took a look inside, frowned and said, "You shrimp and crabs are going to die in the water. Can it be sold?"

Cheng Tu glanced at the shrimps and crabs in the water in astonishment, and immediately cried out, "It's all because of my slow pace. What's the matter now, how can I hand it over to the shopkeeper."

The officers and soldiers saw that he was crying pitifully, with a lifeless look on their faces, and wanted to wave their hands to let them pass, but Chen Xin saw that he let him pass so easily, so he stretched out his foot and tripped the passers-by on the other side.The man thought he had kicked something, and subconsciously threw his hands at their cargo.

Cheng Tu's heart tightened, and he quickly grabbed his belongings. The man's arm slammed into the lower layer of the cargo, and the crisp "clang" sound attracted the attention of the guards.

He brushed the man aside, knocked on the bottom of the cargo, pointed at Cheng Tu and said, "What's in it!"

"My lord, it's nothing."

"Open!"

The leader of the officers and soldiers shouted loudly, and other officers and soldiers surrounded them with long knives. Cheng Tu had no choice but to find someone to remove the first layer of the box for shrimps and crabs. There was indeed a hidden compartment underneath.

"My lord, they are all rotten fish and rotten shrimps. Some of them are already rotten, but I am not willing to throw them away."

The officers and soldiers poked down with their long knives and saw that there were some dead fish, nothing unusual, so they withdrew their weapons.Although it is winter, the rate of corruption is not slow, and the stench is straight into people's noses.

"It's so stinky, don't throw it away, come on, hurry up, it stinks up here."

"Okay."

Cheng Tu and the others put the box back again. Seeing that the officers and soldiers didn't notice anything unusual, Chen Xin pondered for a moment before realizing that they probably used all the salt on the fish and threw it in the shape of salted fish. To the bottom, and then boil the brine and dry it into salt.

This method has been used before, and the imperial court issued a special ban and strict investigation, but obviously these officers and soldiers didn't take it to heart, and just let it go hastily.

After entering the city, Cheng Tu and others hurriedly parted ways with Chen Xin. Chen Xin walked to another road in front of them, but then walked around behind them and followed them secretly.

He didn't expose them at the time, but also wanted to see where they were going to sell the salt.

He followed cautiously, keeping a distance until they went around a small alley and entered the back door of a family.

Shady business, of course, can not walk in the sun.

Chen Xin went around to the front and saw that on the plaque of the house, the first word was "Ge".

Just as Chen Xin wanted to ask someone to inquire, he was patted on the shoulder. He turned around and saw a man in official uniform, with a square face and firm features.

The man revealed his token: "Tiha should be far away."

Chen Xin squinted his eyes, and was taken to a remote place by Ying Yuan. He asked Chen Dao: "What is your relationship with those people just now?"

"Just met on the road."

"Then do you know what kind of caravan they are?"

Hearing his accent, Chen Xin didn't look like someone from Chenzhou, so he turned his mind and asked, "Is Tijutsu here to investigate illegal salt?"

Ying Yuan was stunned, and then looked at Chen Xin vigilantly: "How do you know?"

"If it's an ordinary caravan, why would the Tijutsu from other state capitals follow? The Tijutsu must know that they are private salt dealers."

"Then you are with them?"

Ying Yuan had already made the move to arrest him, but Chen Xin said: "I met them on the road and accidentally saw a small amount of salt stains on their car. I just figured it out. They should have used a lot of salt. Pickled salted fish and sneaked in by fooling around."

Seeing Chen Xin's thorough explanation, Ying Yuan let go of his doubts: "I was investigated by the Water Transportation Department. They used to sell illegal salt in other states, but they didn't catch any evidence. The Water Transportation Department received a few days ago. According to the informant, they are going to attack again, I have been following them for a long time, so I followed them."

Chen Xin couldn't help looking behind Ying Yuan: "There is only one person, Tiji."

Ying Yuan pursed his lips, held back when he wanted to say something, nodded and said: "Yes, I am enough."

In fact, because there was no definite evidence, the higher-ups refused to send people down, because he had arrested them once, and although there was no evidence to release them, it did not hinder the higher-ups' trust in him.

Ying Yuan looked at Chen Xin's appearance, and he was not accomplice to the private salt dealer, so he said to him: "You go first, I will stay here and arrest them."

Seeing him alone, Chen Xin guessed in his heart that it would be too much for him, but Liu Yusheng was about to arrive in Chenzhou, so he had to find the inn he mentioned and meet him.

Chen Xin nodded, obeying Ying Yuan's intention.

He went to the inn that Liu Yusheng had mentioned, and had just booked a room when he saw two familiar people coming down the stairs. He was shocked for a moment, and he didn't even hear the shopkeeper's money back for him.

Li Xiruo looked at Chen Xin pretending to be taken aback and said, "Why is Mr. Chen here?"

Chen Xin looked at Li Xiruo and Li Tian, ​​quickly collected the money from the shopkeeper, calmed down his panic and said, "I'm here to wait for Brother Liu to take the exam together."

Li Xiruo nodded, and Chen Xin looked up at her: "What about you?"

Pei County is far away from here. The two brothers and sisters live in the mountains and forests, how could they come to Chenzhou.

Li Tian said from behind: "Our uncle used to be a good cook in the county town, and later went to the capital to work as a cook with a high-ranking official. We are going to visit him this time. Anyway, it's winter, and the prey is not very common. Out."

Chen Xin was a little surprised: "So, you are going to the capital too."

Li Tian nodded: "The few of us can go to Beijing together."

Chen Xin turned from stunned to expressionless, he only felt embarrassed when he thought of the past.He hadn't seen Li Xiruo for a long time, and he thought that time would heal all the clear memories, but after so long, when Li Xiruo stood in front of him, some things couldn't stop reappearing in his head.It has been disturbing his already unstable emotions, making it impossible for him to face her uprightly.

He didn't even force himself to think about why Li Xiruo deliberately stayed in Chenzhou when he went to the capital, and happened to be in the same inn as him, which was a strange coincidence.Since it was an answer he would never get, he didn't allow himself to pursue it.

He lowered his head and said coldly to Li Xiruo and the two: "I'll go up first."

Li Xiruo turned her head to look at Chen Xin's back, and felt something was wrong. It's only half a year since we saw each other, why is he so unfamiliar? She asked Li Tiandao: "It seems that he doesn't like our coming."

This was the first time that Chen Xin showed obvious indifference to her, like a stranger who didn't know each other. If it was Chen Xin before, it would be a wish if he could have them by his side.

"He is about to go to Beijing to take the exam, and there is a red sleeve like you beside him, what's the matter, he must think that we follow him and stop him from looking for a noble girl."

Li Xiruo nodded knowingly: "It is possible according to Chen Xin's temperament, but I am only in Chenzhou now, so I don't have to pretend that I don't know him so early. I have helped him so many times before, and I didn't read a little Kindness."

Facing Chen Xin's temper, Li Tian made a conclusion: "It's your kindness that matters, or his career. Once he can win the favor of those noble ladies, he will have no worries about his future."

Li Xiruo said with a smile: "But his destined marriage depends on me to help him match it up. He still can't escape from my network of kindness."

(End of this chapter)