Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Jiang Yin's decisive refusal was within Li Ji's expectations. But he still felt bad, and he hoped that Jiang Yin could rely on him.

Jiang Yin didn't care what he thought and continued, "Do you know the inspector in the posthouse? Is the person you are chasing related to him?"

She had too many questions to ask, but Li Ji did not answer all her questions at once.

"It's not good for you to know too much." Li Ji sighed and continued, "However, since you want to know so much, I can tell you. But I don't want to involve you, so just forget it after you hear it."

Jiang Yin is just the daughter of a merchant, and now she is an orphan. It will not be good for her to be involved in the affairs of the court.

Jiang Yin quickly raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm just listening and trying to understand."

She just wanted to know what the current situation was and what Li Ji's progress was.

Li Ji put on his clothes, sat on the chair leisurely, and said softly: "Mengshan tea has begun to be sent to Tubo in exchange for war horses. You know, there is a long way to go for porters to carry the tea.

But a few porters were dishonest and secretly sold the tea they carried to others. I arrested the porters and chased the people who bought the tea illegally all the way here."

He suddenly thought of something and said with a complicated expression, "Come to think of it, I was able to catch the cheating husband thanks to the letter you asked Aunt Feng to bring to me. How did you know about this?"

Predicting the future? That is impossible. Perhaps, this has happened before.

Li Ji had already found an excuse for Jiang Yin in his mind.

"Do you believe me when I say it's my intuition?" Jiang Yin laughed and said, "I was just kidding. This kind of situation has happened before. So, I thought of reminding you, but I didn't expect you to actually discover it."

She changed the subject and said, "Actually, I'm very curious, what is your relationship with Aunt Feng?"

This question had been in her mind for a long time. She didn't know how to ask her aunt, and her aunt had no intention of explaining it to her, so the question was left unresolved.

I thought I wouldn't get an answer from Li Ji this time, but unexpectedly, Li Ji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why do you think I call her aunt?"

And why is he so close to my aunt? It must be someone who is close to her.

Jiang Yin was slightly shocked and took a breath, "You, you, you mean she is your aunt? Your relative? But your aunt's surname is Feng, and yours is Li!"

The term "aunt" refers to the elder sister or younger sister on the father's side. If she is really a biological aunt, then how can this surname be explained?

She stared at Li Ji, trying to see from his eyes whether he was lying.

Li Ji was a little confused by her look, but he explained seriously: "Yes, dear. As for the question of surname, let's not discuss it."

This matter is difficult to explain. Let's wait for Aunt to explain it to Jiang Yin herself if she is willing to talk.

Hearing this, Jiang Yin staggered and took a few steps back.

Her face turned pale and she gritted her teeth to confirm: "A blood-related one?"

"Of course." Li Ji nodded affirmatively.

Now, he also realized that something was wrong with Jiang Yin.

He stood up and walked to Jiang Yin, frowning slightly and asked, "Why, what's the problem?"

He couldn't understand why Jiang Yin reacted so strongly. Did she think her aunt had deceived her, or did she think he had deceived her?

But they had their reasons for not mentioning this matter. Besides, knowing too much would not be good for Jiang Yin.

Jiang Yin took two steps back and looked up, "So, your multiple rescues on the way from Chengdu to Yazhou were not a coincidence, but were entrusted by my aunt?"

Li Ji pursed his lips and nodded, "Yes, my aunt did ask me to look after you. But now it's different. Even without my aunt's request, I will still look after you."

He admitted that if it weren't for his aunt's instructions, he wouldn't have meddled in other people's business, wouldn't have taken extra care of Jiang Yin, and certainly wouldn't have run out in the middle of the night to rescue people and clean up the mess.

But he didn't know when it started to change, and he was protecting Jiang Yin according to his own heart.

Jiang Yin smiled sadly and said dumbly: "I know."

After she finished speaking, she turned back to the bed and started to cry uncontrollably.

It turned out that my aunt and Li Ji were actually relatives. In my previous life, Li Ji accepted me because of my aunt. He saved my life because of my aunt.

In my previous life, I broke my aunt's heart, but she still wanted to save her life...

Everything that happened in the previous life has been explained. Li Ji only stayed with me for the sake of his aunt.

She laughed at herself, all the affection and love were nothing but her own wishful thinking.

I think, if she hadn't burned herself to death in her previous life, Li Ji would still keep her in the backyard and ensure that she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.

Fortunately, she is back. She doesn't want to be the canary, she just wants to lead the Jiang family to survive in this chaotic world!

"What's wrong with you?" Li Ji noticed Jiang Yin's emotional fluctuations and held her arm, anxiously asking, "But what did I say wrong?"

"No." Jiang Yin waved his hand to pull his arm out, took a deep breath, turned his head and looked at him, "It's late, Mr. Li, please go back, I need to rest."

She needed some quiet time and didn't want to see Li Ji.

Li Ji wanted to say something, but was blinded by the tears on Jiang Yin's face.

He knew Jiang Yin didn't want to say it, so he just nodded in frustration and said, "Then take care of yourself, Miss Jiang. I'll come see you tomorrow."

He looked at Jiang Yin deeply, then turned and walked towards the window.

However, before opening the window, he couldn't help but look back and explain himself: "I didn't lie to you just now. I wanted to protect you. I think I like you a little. But you don't have to worry. I respect your choice."

The expression on Li Ji's face softened, and he immediately opened the window and jumped out, leaving Jiang Yin standing blankly by the bed.

Hearing the noise from the inner room, Xiao Luo ran in and saw Jiang Yin with tears in her eyes.

She said with a worried look on her face: "What's wrong, madam? Did Mr. Li bully you?"

She stamped her feet, regretting that she had listened to them and gone out to guard the door.

If she had known earlier, she should have stayed by her wife's side all the time.

Jiang Yin came back to his senses, raised his hand to cover his violently beating heart, and then said in a somewhat stiff tone: "I'm fine, I just heard something sad."

She sat on the bed stiffly, then lay down stiffly and pulled up the quilt, winking at Xiao Luo and said, "I'm going to sleep. You've been tossing and turning for so long, you should go to bed too."

After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and thought, not looking at Xiao Luo again.

Xiao Luo felt helpless when seeing this. After making sure that his wife was fine, he could only go to the outer room first.

As for Jiang Yin, he opened his eyes immediately after Xiao Luo left.

Just now, Li Ji said that he liked her?

Until his death in his previous life, Li Ji never said that he loved her.

But in this life, he actually said that he liked her.

What does he mean? Does he want her to be a concubine without any status?