Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

People are not killed for their own sake.

Even though he knew that Li Ji might have been prepared for this, Jiang Yin still couldn't help but think of the worst outcome.

After all, she is not alone, she has the entire Jiang family behind her.

If the loss of the tribute tea implicates the Jiang family, she will definitely find a way to exonerate herself in order to protect the Jiang family.

Hearing this, Jiang Erniang heaved a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Jiang Yin would act on impulse and not shirk responsibility.

She didn't want Jiang Yin to become a coward, but she just couldn't take the responsibility for something that could cost her life.

Even if the sky falls, there will be someone tall enough to hold it up. With the Tea and Horse Bureau in front to take care of it, how can a little girl like Jiang Yin be allowed to come?

Mrs. Feng was silent for a moment and said, "I'm going to the Tea and Horse Department to check and get some information. You guys go back first."

She couldn't just sit there and wait for death. She had to get the news in time to feel at ease.

If it weren't for what Jiang Yin said just now, she would probably have gone directly to the crime scene to look for someone.

Jiang Yin frowned slightly and said disapprovingly, "Aunt, I think it's safer for you to stay here. Don't worry, since Mr. Li said so, he must have made arrangements."

She hesitated for a moment, then pulled Aunt Feng aside and whispered, "I know Aunt Feng is worried about him, but for now we should just listen to him and stay put. Otherwise, it might cause trouble for him and be counterproductive."

Compared with Li Ji and Aunt Feng, of course Aunt Feng is more important.

Besides, this was the path Li Ji had chosen himself. No matter how dangerous it was, he couldn't blame anyone else.

Hearing Jiang Yin's ambiguous words, Madam Feng's face froze slightly, and she asked with a complicated expression, "Do you know who I'm worried about?"

She had never thought of exposing her past and her relationship with Li Ji. But now it seems that Jiang Yin had guessed something.

It seems that Ayin has made a lot of progress and is no longer comparable to the past.

She thought Jiang Yin would get to the bottom of the matter, but she didn't expect him to.

Jiang Yin smiled faintly and said, "I know, but if aunt doesn't want to mention it, I won't ask. No matter what, aunt is aunt."

In her eyes, Aunt Feng is both a teacher and a mother. No matter what the relationship between Aunt Feng and Li Ji is, it cannot affect their relationship.

"Good child." Mrs. Feng patted her hands and said with relief, "Auntie does recognize Li Ji, but I can't say much about my relationship with him right now. When the time is right, I will tell you in detail.

Now that he is in danger, I cannot sit idly by. Don't worry, Yin, I will not go to the city, but stay at the Tea and Horse Department."

She was a little flustered and indeed worried.

Seeing that Aunt Feng was still unwilling to stay at home and wait for news, Jiang Yin felt helpless.

Finally, he was defeated by Aunt Feng's eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I will accompany Aunt to the Tea and Horse Department to wait for news."

She was actually a little worried about Gongcha, and thought that going to the Tea and Horse Market to wait would not be considered going out.

Mrs. Feng was about to refuse, but Jiang Yin turned around and walked towards Jiang Er Niang who was waiting on the side.

"Second Madam, I'll trouble you and Madam to guard the tea plantation first." Jiang Yin pursed her lips and said, "My aunt and I will go to the Tea and Horse Department to find out the situation first. If there is any change, we can be prepared."

She sighed in her heart, thinking that the trip to Huangshan would probably be delayed for a few more days.

"Then you should be careful." Jiang Erniang held her hand and couldn't help but said worriedly, "If anything happens, you must put your own safety first, understand?"

She was worried that Jiang Yin was young and would disregard his own safety for something that was not true.

In her eyes, Jiang Yin is more important than Jiang family now.

After watching Jiang Yin and Madam Feng leave, Jiang Erniang hurried back to the old house to ask Xie Daoyun for help.

Jiang Yin, together with Madam Feng, hurried to the Tea and Horse Service under the escort of Wang Heng and Yan Ge'er.

This time she didn't bring Xiao Luo with her. She just let Xiao Luo stay in the old house and sent her any news in time.

However, after arriving at the Tea and Horse Agency, she found that Yan Li was not there. He said he had gone to the scene of the incident.

Madam Feng stamped her feet and said, "How foolish! How could he go there in person!"

As the tea supervisor of the Tea and Horse Department, he had no military power. What he should do now is to ask the prefect for help and ask the prefect to send troops for support, instead of taking the risk of going to the scene alone.

Jiang Yin held Mrs. Feng's hand and comforted her, "Aunt, I know where the prefectural government is. Let's go there to ask for help."

The prefect has military power, so it would be quicker and more effective to let the prefect handle the task of suppressing the rebels.

However, Aunt Feng, who was very anxious just now, shook her head and refused, "For such a big matter, the prefect should have sent troops to support them. There is no need for us to make another trip."

As the governor of a state, he should know about the affairs in the state, especially the rebels.

If he needs them to report the news to him, then his position as prefect is probably over.

She looked towards the city, sighed and said, "Forget it, it's getting late, the tea supervisor is not here, we can't stay in the Tea and Horse Department for long, let's go back and wait for news."

As she spoke, she walked towards the carriage, unable to hide her worry and loneliness in her eyes.

Jiang Yin felt a little restless in the carriage. She had never seen Aunt Feng like this before.

I think Li Ji should be a very important person to Aunt Feng. In fact, his position far exceeds hers in Aunt Feng's eyes.

She really wanted to ask Aunt Feng about the truth of some things, but it was inappropriate to ask these questions under the current circumstances.

She could only keep these questions in her heart for the time being and plan to deal with them after the matter was settled.

The Tea and Horse Market is not far from the old house, but you still have to go through the mountain road. The further you go inside, the deeper you go into the mountains.

The carriage was driving on the quiet mountain road. Halfway through the journey, Jiang Yin's heart suddenly began to panic.

She lifted the curtain and looked out, then quickly sat up straight, held Aunt Feng's hand tightly, and said through gritted teeth: "Aunt, be careful, I'm afraid someone will try to stop us."

Her intuition was always correct, and she was sure that someone was watching her carriage in the dark.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, there was movement outside the carriage.

Several people were on full alert, even Wang Heng and Yan Ge'er had already clenched their swords, ready to take action at any time.

In such a tense situation, Mrs. Feng finally came to terms with her worry about Li Ji.

There was a trace of regret in her eyes. She shouldn't have put Jiang Yin in danger because of her selfishness.

Jiang Yin patted her hands, indicating that she was fine and there was no need to worry.

At the same time, there was an unusual movement outside the car.

"Stop!" the man outside the car shouted in a fierce voice, "Jiang Yin, get out here!"

Hearing the voice outside the car, Jiang Yin frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the person coming was Zhang Yuanzhi.

At this point, why didn't Zhang Yuanzhi give up? He actually ran in the dark to intercept her carriage halfway.