Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Zui Chunfeng is selecting the most beautiful lady tonight. Jiang Yin wants to support Ru Niangzi. She will go to Zui Chunfeng no matter what.

She was going to Zui Chunfeng, so naturally she wouldn't stay in the house.

If Li Ji were to come to the mansion in person, it would still be like last night, with only Wang Heng and Butler Zhao present.

"Still going?" Li Ji was slightly stunned, then looked at Jiang Yin and said expressionlessly, "Young Miss Jiang is really enjoying herself so much that she doesn't want to leave. Do you want to stay in Zui Chun Feng forever?"

He thought Jiang Yin just wanted to have fun and stayed overnight at Zui Chun Feng because he was interested. He didn't expect that he would go there again tonight.

What kind of girl is there that attracts her to go there again and again? Or is it that besides the girl, there is also Xiao Wan?

He narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Jiang Yin with an ambiguous expression.

Li Ji's words and expression made Jiang Yin somewhat embarrassed.

Jiang Yin coughed lightly and explained, "Tonight, Zui Chunfeng will select the most beautiful lady. I promised Madam Ru that I would go and support her. I can't break my promise. If Mr. Li is interested, you can go and take a look."

She had never heard that Li Ji was going to a brothel in her previous life, and she thought that he would not go there in this life either.

She added, "I'm not at home tonight, so the assassins will come in vain. There's no need to bother Mr. Li to come in person."

Her words were somewhat ungrateful, but she didn't think she had the nerve to ask Li Ji to come to her house in person to guard it.

However, Li Ji opened his lips and said, "Okay."

Jiang Yin smiled and said, "That's good. I feel bad that Mr. Li has come here in person."

Li Ji glanced at her and said, "I said I'd like to go to Zui Chunfeng with you tonight, and I'll pick you up later."

"Hmm, ah?" Jiang Yin looked surprised, but Li Ji just said something and walked out.

She thought Li Ji was right, that he would not come to the house in person tonight, but unexpectedly he said that they should go to Zui Chunfeng together?

But she didn't say she wanted to go with him!

Xiao Luo, who had just served the breakfast, asked, "Madam, Mr. Li is not staying for dinner?"

She was also thinking of accommodating Mr. Li and bringing breakfast directly to the lobby.

Jiang Yin's mouth twitched slightly: "No, he wants to go with us to get drunk in the spring breeze tonight."

She didn't know what was wrong with Li Ji. Not only did he want to go to the brothel, but he also wanted to go with her.

She went there tonight, in addition to selecting the oiran, she also had to meet Boss Wu. With Li Ji around, it was not so convenient to do things.

"Ah?" Xiao Luo opened her mouth wide and asked, "So should we take him with us?"

Jiang Yin turned his head and said expressionlessly: "Do we have the right to refuse?"

Although she cooperated with Li Ji, he was the Inspector General.

The Inspector made the decision and came to pick her up in person. How could she, a small merchant girl, refuse?

Jiang Yin felt somewhat helpless and could only turn his grief and anger into appetite, eating a hearty breakfast.

After finishing her breakfast, she turned around and went directly to Manager Cao.

When Manager Cao brought him back yesterday, he was covered in wounds. She couldn't ask anything in a hurry, so she could only come today.

After resting for a night, Manager Cao looked noticeably more rosy-looking.

Seeing Jiang Yin coming in, he quickly stood up and saluted.

Jiang Yin raised his hand to stop him, saying, "Manager Cao, there's no need to be so polite. Just lie down and relax."

Having said that, Manager Cao didn't feel comfortable lying in front of the young lady, so he stood up and half leaned against the head of the bed.

"Thank you for remembering me, young lady." Manager Cao said with emotion, "If it weren't for your help, I would not have survived until today."

In other words, even if he could survive to this day, he would have lost half his life.

Jiang Yin felt a little guilty, but remained calm and said, "Manager Cao is Jiang's man, so Jiang has the obligation to rescue you. It's just that your disappearance was so strange that we couldn't find out who did it for a while, so it took some time."

This was her way of explaining why she went to rescue Manager Cao after he had been missing for so long.

Manager Cao smiled bitterly and said, "It's all my fault for not being able to judge people and trusting others easily. How can I blame the young lady?"

He was ready to die, and if the young lady's people hadn't come to rescue him, he would not have survived.

Jiang Yin looked slightly serious and asked, "What on earth is going on?"

Manager Cao is an old man of the Jiang family. He has always been cautious in doing things. She doesn't believe that he will be easily fooled. There must be something behind this.

As expected, Manager Cao smiled bitterly and said, "There is a problem with our Jiang family's tea plantation. I think the young lady already knew about it. Previously, the head of the Hu family came to me and said that he wanted to buy all the Mengshan tea in stock in the teahouse at a high price, but I refused.

Later, he came to me and told me that their tree doctor knew what caused the problem of the tea mountain. He also invited me to his house for a chat and said he would help.

Jiang Yin's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in a cryptic way: "So, you believed him and were put under house arrest when you went there?"

There's no such thing as a quick buck without a benefit. How could someone like Hu Quan take the initiative to help her, Jiang's?

If it takes the initiative, it must be like a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken, with no good intentions.

Facing Jiang Yin's gloomy eyes, Manager Cao felt a little embarrassed.

He said embarrassedly, "My wife and my husband are in trouble, and Jiang's Tea Farm has run into such a big problem. I thought I couldn't let go of the opportunity, so I went."

He was desperate and met Hu Quan even though he knew he had bad intentions.

Jiang Yin sighed and said, "Where did you meet, what did you talk about, and how did you get placed under house arrest?"

She was helpless and didn't know what to say. After all, Manager Cao was doing this for Jiang's sake.

However, this incident also taught them a lesson.

Manager Cao did not hide anything, but told Jiang Yin the whole story.

It turned out that Hu Quan had previously asked him to meet at the Hu Mansion next door for a talk.

During the negotiation, Hu Quan not only proposed again that Manager Cao sell the Mengshan tea in stock to him, but also proposed that Manager Cao help him seize the Jiang family's Liangfeng tea mountain.

How could Manager Cao agree to this? He immediately got angry and wanted to leave.

The result was predictable; he was stopped and placed under house arrest.

After that, Hu Quan sent people to persuade him every day, hoping to get more information about Jiang's family from him. However, Cao Guanshi still refused.

Until yesterday, Hu Quan directly attacked Cao Guanshi. After that, Li Ji's men rushed in and rescued Cao Guanshi.

As for the fact that Manager Cao went to Hu's house and didn't come out, this matter is easy to resolve.

Hu Quan directly asked the people in his own mansion to change into Manager Cao's clothes, and then left the mansion and went to Jiang's teahouse as usual.

After hearing everything, Jiang Yin asked some other questions. Then he left and told Manager Cao to take a good rest and not to worry about anything else.

Back at the main courtyard, Xiao Luo couldn't help but ask, "Madam, do you think what Manager Cao said is credible?"

She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Jiang Yin tilted his head and asked, "Do you think this incident is too simple?"