Chapter 9: Trafficker

Yanzhou Prefecture was promoted when His Majesty the Taizu Emperor was on the throne, leading the 23 counties of Jining, Dongping, Cao, and Yizhou, which is considered to be one of the more counties under its jurisdiction.
However, Xi Fuwei chose to flee here instead of Jinan Prefecture, where Siyamen, the chief ambassador of Shandong, was based. It was not because of this, but because the Grand Canal passed through Shandong's important place, except for Dongchang Prefecture, which was Yanzhou Prefecture.
Although the Xi family's tragedy began with Xi Fucui's untimely death, it was Yingtianfu's decision to dredge the river that directly caused the destruction of the family.
When Xi Fuwei decided to take her nephew to escape overnight, she subconsciously chose Yanzhou.
Now that the city is in sight, and no trace of the chasing soldiers has been found for the time being, the emotions of being forced down before can't help but surging.
"The Wen family has deep roots in Dongchang Mansion. It is a family that has stood firm in the last years of the previous dynasty. It was the imperial court ordering official who took office in Dongchang Mansion and was kind to them!" He pinched his palms hard and forced himself to calm down. After coming down, Xi Fuwei secretly calculated, "In contrast, my Xi family has nothing worthy of attention, not to mention that there is no evidence now, it is iron proof, I am afraid it is useless!"
As for meeting Master Qingtian, helping to seek justice at all costs and gains or losses... This kind of thing, ordinary people may hope, such as Xi Fuwei who grew up in a gentry family and has been a family, it is nothing short of a fantasy. .
After all, for thousands of years, how many of these upright officials have come out?
If the Xi family had such good luck, would they have fallen to where they are now?
"For today's plan... we can only start with the dredging meeting and the river crossing, and taking chestnuts from the fire, then there is the possibility of revenge!" Xi Fuwei thought for a long time, sighed, and said in her heart, "It's just me. The purpose is achieved, it's nothing to break the bones. But Jiaer..."
His eyes fell on Xi Jiao who was across the table.
Their aunt and nephew had already entered the city at this moment. After Xi Fuwei said goodbye to her companions in a few words, she immediately fulfilled her promise and took him to find an ordinary but fairly clean restaurant, and ordered two homemade dishes and a small bucket. rice.
Xi Jiao was hungry on the way. After the food came, seeing his aunt nodded, he couldn't wait to eat.
The child is still young, and he has been here for a while, but he still doesn't understand what happened.
Seeing the sweetness of his food, Xi Fuwei's brows furrowed slightly, and she muttered, "You can't drag Jiao'er into the water! He is the only blood in the Xi family, if there is a long and two short... What's the point of getting a big hatred?"
It's just that although she didn't forget to bring some softness before she left, it was very important for her aunt and nephew to arrive at Yanzhou Mansion without any danger. She had plenty of money. Xi Jiao was only six years old and no one would take care of it.
If you ask someone to take care of it, this place is unfamiliar. If you don't trust someone, who knows what Xi Jiao will end up?
Give it to a childless family for adoption...People have no children, and I definitely hope that the adopted child will kiss them. This Xi Fuwei does not care, but 80% of the people have to let Xi correct the surname and inherit the family name for their family!
This Xi Fuwei can't accept it!
She is just such a nephew, the Xi family is just such a male heir, and the surname is changed. Who is the ancestor of the Xi family to worship? !
I was having a headache, so Xi Jiao asked timidly: "Uncle, I'm finished eating, don't you want to eat?"
Because she was disguised as a man, Xi Fuwei sternly told him to call herself "Uncle".
"...I'm not hungry." Xi Fuwei interrupted her thoughts, looked at her nephew who was obviously dull after eating and drinking, and sighed secretly, "Are you tired? Let's find an inn first."
Xi Jiao knew nothing about the future, and nodded ignorantly.
The aunts and nephews went out of the restaurant after paying the bills and asked about the inn with good reputation and good quality and low price in the city... In fact, according to their daily living in Xifu, they must go straight to the best inn in Yanzhou, Xi Fuwei is now The money on hand is also enough, but even if she is dressed as a teenager, she takes a young boy out. In the end, she must be eye-catching and she must be low-key.
After walking for a while, I finally found a suitable inn, the distance is not too far, so Xi Fuwei planned to take Xi Jiao to walk slowly, Quandang digestion.
Who knows that on the way, I turned around a high wall, and faced a woman with a high belly, looking at the woman who was about to give birth, Jingchai's sarong, several patches on the skirt, and a piece in her hand. In some eras, the bamboo basket was covered with an old cloth, which looked very bitter.
She was walking hurriedly with her head down, and when she was only one step away from Xi Fuwei, she suddenly slipped her feet, "Oh", and after a staggering, although she was dangerously standing firmly, she scattered the basket. The inside was mostly half of the basket. The oranges suddenly rolled everywhere.
"Brother, can you please help me?" The woman hurried to pick it up when she saw it, but she was about to bend down, but was blocked by her belly. She suddenly looked embarrassed. She looked back and forth and saw this. The road was relatively remote. Only Xi’s aunts and nephews cast sincere eyes with Xi Fuwei,
The concubine’s maiden father was sick, and he finally got the mother-in-law’s permission to go back to visit, but he also told him to go back quickly! This orange is her natal family. I know that my concubine is sour during pregnancy, and I specially bought it. If I can't go back on time at this moment, I'm afraid the mother-in-law will know about it, she must beat her concubine!"
Xi Fuwei was a little embarrassed when she saw that she wanted to bend down but couldn't bend down. Hearing this, she said readily: "Help me, please wait, madam!"
He stepped forward to help pick up the oranges from the ground, and carefully wiped off the dust with his sleeves and put them in the basket.
Originally, she had been leading Xi Jiao, but Xi Jiao had been displaced during this period of time, and she had not played properly. At this moment, she took this orange picking as a game and made her let go. To pick up.
Xi Fuwei looked around and saw a high wall next to it. There was a clear clearing on the side. There were no people in the front and back, but there were only three people. The pregnant woman looked like it was hard to walk, and there was really nothing to worry about. Yes, just nodded: "You remember to clean it after picking it up, and then put it in the basket!"
The woman was busy in thanking her. She seemed to feel a little embarrassed. She took the initiative to talk about the situation at home, probably because her mother-in-law is very powerful and her husband is incompetent. She was bullied at her husband’s house and she was helpless to marry. This is such a misfortune, if it weren't for the two Xi Fuwei, I'm afraid that after returning home, I can't escape with the scolding.
I don't know if she is usually too miserable, and she can immediately dig her heart and lungs when she meets a stranger. When it comes to sadness, she shed tears and weeping silently.
This made Xi Fuwei quite speechless, but the same woman, who had just been scammed by her fiance's family, had some sympathy for this woman's experience, and she couldn't help but give some comfort.
So I was distracted. After a while, the oranges were picked up, and the woman thanked her in gratitude. After taking the basket and leaving, Xi Fuwei suddenly realized one thing: Where is Xi Jiao? !
Although Xi Jiao is the only bloodline of the grandchildren of the Xi family, because his biological mother is just a common room, Xi Fucui is usually busy with schoolwork. He can't be said to be deliberately indifferent to this son, and he really doesn't have much time to pay attention to him. He is valued, so he is always obedient and even a little timid.
Even though I was arguing to help pick up oranges, I would never go to other places without saying a word!
Looking around at this moment, but there was no sign of her nephew, Xi Fuwei couldn't help being shocked, and grabbed the woman's arm: "Madam, where is my nephew?!"
"Your nephew? What is your nephew?" She originally thought that although Xi Jiao was not someone who would run away rashly, but something unexpected happened, in case Xi Jiao wanted to defecate, or if the child was passed by cats, birds, or something. Attracting, it is possible to walk away without knowing it. Maybe this woman patronizes and chats with herself and tells her that she didn't pay attention. However, as a local, she is naturally familiar with the surrounding terrain, so she might be able to show her the way or something.
Who knows, when the woman heard the words, she said with a look of surprise, "The blue sky and the sun, don't make such jokes! Didn't you come here alone?"
Xi Fuwei's eyes widened suddenly, couldn't believe what she actually said? !
But the woman was even more shameless: She opened Xi Fuwei's hand and sneered: "Should make up this shadowless lie to take advantage of my old lady! If you do anything more, watch out for the old lady to talk to you. Officer, punish you for molesting a good wife!"
If Xi Fuwei still doesn't understand that she has been scammed by now, then she has been in charge of the Xi family for many years!
She was so angry that she laughed: "Our uncle and nephew saw that you were about to give birth and were inconvenient, so he took the initiative to help. Who would want you to avenge revenge..."
Before she finished speaking, she grabbed the woman's arm again, but this time it was not as gentle as before!
Xi Fuwei broke her arm neatly, raised her hand and drew an ear scraper to her face, and said with a cold voice, "Honestly hand over my nephew, I can spare you! Otherwise... I teach You have regretted offending me all your life!!!"
The woman looked at the sharply broken bone on her elbow and screamed in pain, but she stubbornly said: "Little girl! Don't scare my old lady! The old lady just saw you disguised as a man from a distance! The little girl who was about to get married took a five or six-year-old child everywhere. She had no elders, no brothers, and no servants. The accent was still not local. It can be said that something happened in the family and she ran over to join her and did not vote. It's done! You are so helpless, making things so big, you may even lose yourself! Those who are acquainted will just be shot and scattered, otherwise..."
Xi Fuwei was anxious. She was not the kind of rich girl who was raised in a deep boudoir and had no knowledge. She knew that many kidnappers got their children in the past, and it was nothing more than to sell them to childless families as sons, but more often they would beat their children. Broken hands and feet, made into a disabled appearance, thrown out to beg!
Such people are cruel and cruel, judging from the woman's reaction, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp!
Maybe Xi Jiao has already been...
Thinking of this, she started more viciously, pulling the woman's hair and slamming it against the wall next to her. The woman who hit her forehead was bloodied with gold stars, and she gritted her teeth and said: "One Take two shots? A cheap maid! In my hands, dare to speak up! If you don't hand over my nephew, I will scratch your face, then interrupt your hands and feet, and make you a human! Sprinkle honey on the wound, attracting the bite of all insects... And look at those accomplices, will they care about you?!"
That woman has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and there are countless people who have been pitted, and it is not that she will be cruel if she finds that something is wrong, but at Xi Fuwei's age, there are not many who are so cruel. My son was dizzy and couldn't laugh, but he still refused to give up: "You are from a foreign country, and there is no basis for it. Why should we say that we have taken your nephew? Who knows if you think your nephew is? Cumbersome, after throwing him away, planting us?! Since I dared to say to drag you to see the officials, it is naturally because there are our people in the government! Now you are treating me like this, turn around and walk around the yamen, kill the mighty stick and call You know it looks good!"
"My brother is the Juren of the New Zhongfu Examination, you dare to move his only heir, and see what the official said after the investigation!!!" Xi Fuwei was anxious and gave her a few more cruel shots, just this The woman was not so powerful, she was stunned to hold back, let alone begging for mercy, she didn't even scream!
Xi Fuwei didn't dare to kill her seriously. After all, as the woman said, this place was unfamiliar to her place of life. Without the clue of the woman, she was going to look for Xi Jiao alone, it was a needle in a haystack!
As for looking for the government...not to mention the woman's vowed appearance, maybe she really has some heels in the government; it is said that Xi Fuwei and Xi Jiao's nephew are now coming to Yanzhou in a different way. Lu Yin has done anything. Although the silver is bought, although the seller swears, it may not withstand scrutiny!
What's more, although the main power of Wenjia is not in Yanzhou Prefecture, it is a first-class family in Dongchang Prefecture. Who knows if there are a few old acquaintances here that will leak the wind?
So Xi Fuwei didn't dare to go to the government without a last resort!
I was in a hurry, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind me, followed by a familiar voice, with a southern accent, calmly said: "Miss Xi, are you looking for Ling nephew?"