"What happened today was actually caused by me, Miss Jiang." Although Su Zhirou's voice sounded like a mosquito, Zhao Nianze, who was holding his sleeve by her, obviously still heard Su Zhirou's defense.
For a moment, Zhao Nianze, who was arguing endlessly with Su Zhirou, just stopped as if someone was pressing his acupoint.
Then he thought about it and grabbed Su Zhirou's blood-stained sleeve and said, "Then what's wrong with your sleeve?"
Su Zhirou timidly said, "Miss Jiang's maid was injured while protecting me. I was bandaging her just now."
Suddenly, Zhao Nianze's face turned red, but he couldn't say a word.
It was rare for Jiang Nianjiao to see her cousin depressed, so she naturally just said, "Why doesn't my cousin say anything now?"
Zhao Nianze was aroused by Jiang Nianjiao's words, and he subconsciously wanted to refute, but when he thought about it, he was the one who was in the wrong today, so his face turned a little brighter, and then he coughed lightly on his lips and said, "I misunderstood you today, I'm sorry."
Jiang Nianjiao is also a person who gives up when she sees good things. "Okay, so many years have passed and I'm used to it. Besides, I'm not the one protecting Medical Officer Su. If you really want to thank me, why don't you send Luo Hua to a nearby place for me?" How about going to the hospital?"
Zhao Nianze nodded when he heard this, "That's natural."
Seeing that things were going well, Jiang Nianjiao continued, "Then I'll leave it to you."
After finishing speaking, Jiang Nianjiao was ready to take Cui Qiao to visit the Ye family's property.
However, she had just turned around when the Jinwu Guards on tall horses blocked her way. Jiang Nianjiao looked back at Zhao Nianze in confusion and said, "Cousin, why did you let them block my way?"
Zhao Nianze had already pulled Su Zhirou to get on his horse. When he heard Jiang Nianjiao's words, he only whispered, "Of course I will send you back together."
Hearing this, Jiang Nianjiao only asked tentatively, "Is this what Zhao Yanzhen meant?"
"That's what Third Brother meant. The situation in the west of the city is now chaotic and the epidemic is raging. He is also worried about you." Zhao Nianze said in a low voice.
Zhao Nianze originally thought that Jiang Nianjiao must be very difficult to convince. After all, her temperament never looked back until she hit the wall.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Nianjiao just cooperated and said, "I know, but I don't want to ride on the same horse as them."
Zhao Nianze heard this and said, "Then what do you want?"
Jiang Nianjiao blinked and said, "Of course I want to ride with my cousin, just like we did when we were kids."
Hearing this, Zhao Nianze glanced at Su Zhirou with obvious concern.
Su Zhirou's expression was normal and she didn't mean to be jealous. She just asked curiously, "When did you ride on the same horse?"
Jiang Nianjiao said affectionately, "When I was in Yuxiu Palace, I saw brother Nianze riding a horse, so I wanted to learn riding with him. As a result, my horse went crazy and drove me into the railing. At that critical moment, Nianze Brother Ze galloped over at that time and directly grabbed the reins of my horse, and then he directly hugged my waist..."
Hearing Jiang Nianjiao's words getting more and more outrageous, Zhao Nianze's face darkened. He quickly interrupted the other party's words and said, "If you can't speak, don't talk nonsense. Ah Jin, please send Miss Jiang back to the Jiang Mansion for me."
Putting these words aside, in order to prevent Jiang Nianjiao from telling more messy old things, Zhao Nianze almost pulled the reins and galloped away at the lead.
However, Jiang Nianjiao seemed to think that this stimulation was not enough, so she only said loudly, "Miss Zhirou, I'll see you at my house. I have more interesting old stories about my cousin and I to tell you."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Nianze immediately drove his horse faster.
After driving away Zhao Nianze, Jiang Nianjiao no longer had any worries.
She only looked at the Kingo Guard who was driven behind and said, "I won't ride with anyone other than my cousin. If you really want to send me back, just find a carriage for me. Don't worry, I'm here. Wait for you."
Jiang Nianjiao showed no intention of resisting returning home, so Jin Wuwei didn't think much about it. He just followed Jiang Nianjiao's wishes and rode out to find the carriage driver.
Unfortunately, as soon as he left, Jiang Nianjiao pulled Cui Qiao with her hind legs and left the place in a hurry.
Relying on Cui Qiao's familiarity with this area, Jiang Nianjiao and Cui Qiao left the suburbs of the city by taking a detour.
The two of them turned around the winding alleys and finally stopped at an inlet port.
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At this water bay port, only many men wearing short jackets were seen carrying various goods packed in burlap from the big ships.
The Huai'an Ye family has a huge business in the west area of the city, so this only canal port seems to have become the Ye family's exclusive place.
The men brought over from Huai'an by the Ye family are all very strong and strong, and there is almost no evidence of silverfish infection.
It was obviously very difficult to find the man who identified the deceased among this group of people.
And as soon as they approached the port, a fierce-looking man with a short whip chased them away.
Naturally, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't force her way in. After all, there was too much noise today. If they attracted the attention of those assassins again, they didn't dare to ensure that they would be safe this time.
Fortunately, when goods are being transported at Ye's port, no idlers are allowed to approach.
However, such a port still has its own ecosystem.
There are no fewer people selling all kinds of food nearby than in Lijiaofang in the west of the city.
Since there is such an existence here, there must be a transaction.
Jiang Nianjiao thought about it, then changed into civilian clothes first, and then deliberately changed her appearance until she was no different from a village girl.
She had just arrived at the port again. There were all kinds of food for sale at the port. After a rough survey, she settled on one of the little girls selling tea eggs.
The reason for choosing this little girl is not her, but that this little girl came here with a basket. It is also very convenient to carry around.
After asking the little girl about the price, I just bought her basket of tea eggs and the basket together.
Jiang Nianjiao and Cuiqiao also squatted here in a decent manner.
The two of them squatted like this for a while, and at noon, some of the dock workers came over, while others stayed at the port to eat the meals prepared by their wives.
Jiang Nianjiao and Cuiqiao looked at the crowds coming and going, but they couldn't see the little brother who identified the deceased today.
Could it be that that little brother is also a person who brings his own food?
Thinking of this, Jiang Nianjiao naturally walked directly to the pier.
There were indeed some hawkers walking to the docks in this area to do business. It was dinner time, but no one stopped them. @
Moreover, these workers and vendors were obviously from Huai'an. They spoke Huai'an's hometown dialect, but Jiang Nianjiao was confused.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao and Cui Qiao decided to try not to speak.
Unfortunately, their appearance still attracted the attention of several workers, who only talked to them in Huai'an dialect.
Jiang Nianjiao didn't understand a word, but when she saw them waving to her, Jiang Nianjiao walked over, and then saw her lift the curtain covering her basket. Expose the tea eggs inside.
When these people chattered to her, she pointed to her throat and waved her hands to them, as if she was born mute.
Seeing her like this, the others no longer wanted to make fun of her.
After all, this little girl can't speak, so some of them would buy one or two tea eggs out of pity.
In this way, by pretending to be pitiful, Jiang Nianjiao's tea egg business was actually pretty good, but Jiang Nianjiao was not in the tea egg business.
Seeing that the basket of tea eggs was almost sold out, but the young man today was still missing, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but feel secretly anxious.
At this moment, the originally bustling port suddenly fell silent.
Then a group of workers suddenly stood up.
Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but turn around and look around. Only then did she realize that it was the second young master of the Ye family who was coming.
These workers only greeted Ye Huaizhi in unison. Ye Huaizhi came alone. One of the foremans saw him coming and took the initiative to greet him.
The foreman only said something flattering, and Ye Huaizhi replied with a few words of approval. Unfortunately, they were still speaking in Huai'an dialect, and Jiang Nianjiao didn't understand a word of it.
But the little brother couldn't be found. Maybe it would be possible to follow Ye Huaizhi. So when he saw Ye Huaizhi and the foreman disappearing in a cabin, Jiang Nianjiao just silently wrote him down.
The cabin they entered.
However, the foreman was cautious. When entering the cabin, he only asked two strong men to guard the place.
Jiang Nianjiao fished in troubled waters and was able to get close to the cabin when no one was paying attention. However, when they arrived at the cabin, they could not enter directly. Almost anyone who came close would wave to them to stay away.
It seems a little weirder this way.
Fortunately, Cui Qiao was good at kung fu. She only led Jiang Nianjiao around a corner, and then sneaked into a window of the cabin. Unexpectedly, the window opening was actually covered with boards. Fortunately, Cuiqiao was clever and very good at dismantling it. When she took out a piece that was large enough for a person to pass through, she pulled Jiang Nianjiao over and sneaked into the window. Inside.
Unexpectedly, the room was almost dark and nothing could be seen. Jiang Nianjiao and Cuiqiao could only smell the smell of sulfur and nitric acid in the room.
And looking at those square objects, they do look like fireworks. Huai'an is very famous for fireworks. Now that Tiancheng Festival is approaching, Beijing will naturally hold a big banquet. How can it be rare at such a banquet? The existence of fireworks.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao did not take this matter to heart.
Fortunately, the cabin was full of fireworks, and Jiang Nianjiao and Cui Qiao were able to hide in a corner with these fireworks.
The sound of someone whimpering and struggling could be heard in the cabin, and the sound of heavy objects being knocked down could also be heard.
It sounded like someone was tied up in the cabin.
When Jiang Nianjiao got used to the darkness of the cabin, she slightly moved some debris away, leaving only a gap to look towards the center of the cabin.
At the same time, a dim light also lit up in the cabin.
Jiang Nianjiao happened to be able to see Second Young Master Ye and several men dressed in black robes in the same cabin.
