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In the Xiang Manor, the girl who had changed her dress and was about to go out sneakily again, met Xiang Bo as soon as she walked to the living room.

There was also a man wearing a thick linen cloth dress with Xiang Bo. He was over thirty years old, with a burly figure, big waist, thick eyebrows, big eyes and a beard. Although he looked like a farmer, he felt a sense of heroism in his expression.

"Dad, Uncle Zhongli!" The girl quickly saluted her blessed person.

"Jing'er, where are you sneaking and going?" Xiang Bo asked with a slightly unhappy expression.

The girl stuck out her tongue and lowered her head and said, "My daughter just heard that a servant said that water from the lake is auspicious, so she wants to go to Wuhu Garden to take a look!"

"Wuhu Garden... is not allowed to go. In recent days, no one is allowed to leave the house, let alone cause trouble, and go back to the backyard!"

"Oh~" The girl was reluctant but did not dare to refute, for fear that her father would know that she had already secretly met Mr. Xu just now, so she turned around and walked towards the backyard.

"Brother Zhongli, please~"

"Brother Xiang, I will go to Guanzhong in person about the matter of Qinghehou..."

Xiang Bo and the burly man walked into the living room while talking.

"Qinghe Marquis?!"

The girl who walked out seven or eight feet away and hid into the woods trail suddenly stopped, couldn't help but mutter it in a low voice, then turned around and returned secretly, looking at the closed living room door, hesitated for a moment, and tiptoed to hide in the window under the shade of the tree and listened with his ears.

"Brother Xiang guessed that Mr. Xu was the Marquis of Qinghe. Although he couldn't believe it, he could still go to Guanzhong to find the Ji brothers..." A low and thick man's voice came from the room.

Just like this, the girl hiding outside the window and listening suddenly turned pale.

"Brother Zhongli is familiar with Kunzhong of Ji family. Regardless of whether Mr. Xu is a Marquis of Qinghe or not, it is a chance for me to wait. As long as the Marquis of Qinghe dies, the world of Qin will be in chaos. At that time, our Xiang family can start an army in Wu..." This was Xiang Bo's voice.

The girl's face became paler and she covered her mouth nervously and continued to listen.

"Brother Xiang, don't worry, Qin destroyed the six kingdoms for no reason, and he valued Li Si's harsh taxes and laws to enslave the people of the world. All the six kings and grandsons were imprisoned in Xianyang. The descendants of the royal family in Chu, such as Qu Jingzhaodou, were all robbed to Xianyang and lived a miserable life. The revenge of destroying Chu will not be repaid for a day, and the people of Chu will not be slackened for a day. Although Zhonglimei is just a man, he also has the intention to destroy Qin and restore Chu, and is willing to do his best to restore Xiang Gong's great cause of Chu..."

"Why should Brother Zhongli belittle himself? My Xiang family is determined to restore my great Chu. As long as the matter is successful, Brother Zhongli will definitely be the result of being a marquis. He will be highly valued by the King of Chu in the future. If you assassinate the Marquis of Qinghe, please give me all the requests of Brother Zhongli. My Xiang family is in Jiangdong. As long as the Marquis of Qinghe dies, the great things will be accomplished..."

"Don't worry, Brother Xiang, but this matter must be kept confidential..."

Although the voices of the conversation in the room were not particularly clear, the girl also roughly understood what the two discussed. She hid outside the window and listened for a while and did not dare to stay for a long time. She tiptoed out of the living room with her skirt. After leaving more than ten feet, she took a deep breath and ran along the path.

On the edge of the pond in the front yard, a burly boy was still sitting in a daze under the shade of the tree.

As footsteps came, I soon saw a girl coming in a hurry with a gauze skirt, pale face and looking back and looking back.

"Why is your face so ugly? Have you ever seen that Young Master Xu?" The young man turned around and asked listlessly as he looked at the girl's face.

"Brother, do you recognize Qinghe Hou?" The girl squatted down like a frightened little rabbit and grabbed the boy's arm tightly and asked nervously.

The boy was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I have never been to Xianyang, how can I know Qinghe Hou!"

"Then... do you know the Ji brothers in Guanzhong?" The girl's face became even more anxious.

"Guanzhong? Ji brothers..." The boy looked at the pond and nodded in thought: "Although I have never been to Guanzhong, the Ji brothers must be Ji Bu and Ji Xin!"

"Who are these Ji brothers?" The girl's nervous fingers were trembling slightly.

The boy inexplicably touched the girl's forehead and said, "You don't care much about these heroes on weekdays, why are you so nervous today? Could it be that you just met on the street?"

"No!" The girl found that she might have been too nervous and excited, so she slowly let go of her hand and sat down with her gauze skirt, calmed down and said, "I just heard someone mentioned these two people on the street just now, and I was just curious!"

"The Ji brothers are famous heroes all over the world. It is rumored that Ren Xia is very righteous. Not only is he famous in Guanzhong, but he also admires all the world's heroes. It is rumored that if you get a gold daughter, you are not as good as Ji Buyinuo. I also want to see it, but unfortunately I am now being confined by my uncle..." The young man sighed quietly after explaining.

"Brother, I...I want to go back to my face. Do you want to be with me..." the girl hesitated and whispered.

After waiting for a long time, I didn't hear the boy talking. The girl stood up and shook her gauze skirt and said, "Brother, the First Emperor toured the southeast. Wuzhong must be on guard. The second uncle confines you at home. Dad doesn't let me go out. I'm going to ask Dad to let me go back to Xiaoxiang for a while tomorrow. It's boring to stay in Wuzhong. It's better to go back with me. There are many sisters in the Xiaxiang clan, which is better than being locked up at home all day long!"

"It's so hard to play with the lower face!" The boy lay down to the ground in depression.

"Whatever you want, I'll leave!" The girl stopped stopping, turned around and left with her skirt.

"Why does this girl suddenly want to go back?" The boy turned his head and muttered at the girl's back, then sighed, "It's true that Wu Zhong can't stay anymore, okay, I'll go find my second uncle now!"

The boy stood up, and he was too lazy to tidy up the grass stems and leaves on his body, so he swayed and left the pond.

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"Song's Salt Village."

At sunset, the weather was already very cool. Chen Xu, as usual, wore a straw hat, a pair of straw sandals, and ate a handful of water chestnuts. He looked up at the shops on the street. Then he walked straight in. Behind him were a few guards who were wearing coarse linen clothes, but they looked like ordinary people.

The room was filled with a salty and bitter taste, which was very pungent.

Chen Xu glanced at the coarse salt in the large frames of small frames placed in the salt farm, walked to a large bamboo basket, grabbed it and took a look, then dipped it in some fingers and licked it with his tongue, and immediately frowned and vomited.

"Is this gentleman going to buy salt?" A young man came forward diligently.

"Your salt farm only has sea salt?" Chen Xu asked grinned.

The bamboo basket is filled with sea salt, and the messy colors are not the snow-white salt grains he eats on weekdays, and it is even more incomparable to the fine salt sold in supermarkets in later generations.

Wuzhong is close to the East China Sea, and naturally the most sea salts are made by salt farmers on the beach directly drying the sea water. They have neither been refined nor purified. In addition to the necessary sodium chloride in the human body, there are also active metal salts such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, etc. Because of the mixed ingredients, not only the particles are coarse, but also the composition of metal salts is slightly different in seasons, so the colors are different. The taste is naturally not simply salty, and it has bitter taste, so the taste is naturally very bad, bitter and astringent. Sniffing a bite of salt is actually similar to choking on a bite of sea water.

Hearing that Chen Xu had a foreign accent, the young man quickly smiled and said, "Although my Song Salt Village is not the largest salt merchant in Wuzhong, it is not only the sea salt in the East China Sea, but also the rock salt in Jiangxi and the well salt in Bashu, but it is a little more expensive!"

"How much does it cost to get a dou of various salts?" Chen Xu asked.

"Eight coins per dou of sea salt, fifteen coins per dou of rock salt, the most expensive salt, it costs thirty coins..." The young man quickly answered.

"Well, the price is not outrageous. My family is also doing business and is planning to open a salt farm in Wancheng. I heard that Donghai salt is cheap, so I passed by Wuzhong and came in to take a look. If the price is right, I can get more back to sell it. I wonder if your salt farm manager is there?" Chen Xu nodded slightly and asked.

"I'm here, wait a moment, I'll call the manager!"

When the young man heard that a big customer came to the door, he quickly ran through a small door and ran to the backyard. After a while, a young man in a long gown strode out. However, when he saw Chen Xu, he immediately stopped and asked the back to bow and salute and said, "Since this young man wants to buy a lot of salt, please follow me to the back hall to discuss in detail!"

"Yeah!" Chen Xu nodded, followed the young man into the backyard with a guard, and then entered a room. The young man turned around and closed the door before kneeling on the ground to worship Chen Xu.

"Shang Qi didn't know that the Marquis was here, so please forgive me!"

"No need to be polite, get up!" Chen Xu nodded and sat down on the chair. Shang Qi also got up and patted the dust on his clothes and sat down with him. Then he said carefully, "Without the Marquis summoned, Qi did not dare to disturb Wuhu Garden!"

"You are doing a good job. Don't disclose your identities for the time being. The Japanese Marquis is about to leave Wuzhong. You will continue to secretly monitor and observe the actions of Xiang and the Little Ba Wang. Once you have any bad actions, you can report to the county magistrate Jiang. At the same time, you must also write a letter to Xianyang for me to know!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, Qi will definitely monitor Xiang's actions to not disappoint Mr. Marquis!" Shang Qi nodded quickly and answered.

"I have another thing I want to ask you today. Today, the little lady who was accompanying me to the lake to approach me is from the Xiang clan?" Chen Xu asked about the origin of the girl.

"The Marquis's wise eyes are like a torch. The little lady is indeed a member of the Xiang clan, named Xiang Jing, and is the daughter of Xiang Bo, the third uncle of the little overlord!"

"Sure!" Chen Xu nodded and asked about Xiang Jing. He also had a little general understanding of the girl. Then he looked at Shang Qi and said, "Xiang's family is not only a common family. Not only is it deep in Wuzhong and Chu, but it also has a bad intention. You can contact Xiang Jing, but don't have his heart, otherwise there will be disaster in extermination!"

"Ah?!" Shang Qi was immediately scared and pale. After a moment of silence, he quickly waved his hand and shook his head. "Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, Shang Qi was not distracted by this woman. When he approached her, he just gave her some money and jewelry to find out about Xiang's news!"

"That's great. I am far away in Xianyang on weekdays, and I cannot understand the matters in Wuzhong in time. Therefore, don't ruin my affairs because of women!" Chen Xu warned with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, Qi's life is given by Mr. Marquis, and he will definitely serve the marquis. If this woman threatens the Marquis, I can lure him out and kill him..."

"I'm just reminding you, don't be so nervous. If you have too much entanglement with Xiang, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you if you get stuck at that time. You have to take care of yourself. If you have any urgent matters after I leave, you can go to Lord Jiang for help. As for the money you spend in inquiring about the news, I will compensate you at that time!"

"I dare not, Mr. Song has already said that all the money in Wuzhong's salt village is at my will. Now I have only spent tens of thousands of dollars in succession. The marquis doesn't need to care!" Shang Qi shook his head quickly.

"Then let's make such arrangements, there is no need to send me off. I am leaving!"
Chapter completed!