The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

"I have a relative who works for the Nie family. Originally, the Nie family wasn't that wealthy. They stumbled upon a business opportunity in the mountains, but they didn't dare to do the deal themselves. So, they took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and roped in a high-ranking official to join them. That's how the Nie family came to be."

"I see. No wonder you just said that the scholar's career was aborted. That high-ranking official is now one with the Nie family. If he offends the Nie family, wouldn't he also offend that high-ranking official? With that high-ranking official holding him back, it's probably going to be difficult for him to turn things around."

"That's right." The woman nodded in agreement.

"But you didn't tell me what profitable business the Nie family discovered?"

"This..." The woman looked embarrassed and was a little afraid to speak.

Someone seemed to guess what she was afraid of and hurriedly whispered to comfort her, "Don't worry, I swear I won't tell anyone else."

"I swear too!"

"I swear too!"

……

Several others also raised their hands and swore to the sky.

Suddenly, one person noticed that there was another person in the carriage who had not raised his hand, so he pointed at that person and said, "Why don't you swear?"

The person being asked was none other than Qiao Xi.

Hearing this, Qiao Xi's mouth twitched, as if swearing was so worthless.

However, in order to know more about the Nie family and to help Xu Yi, Qiao Xi had no choice but to slowly raise her hand and swear along under the gaze of everyone.

Seeing that everyone had sworn, the woman dared to speak in a low voice.

"I heard from my relative that the Nie family seemed to have discovered a mine, but he didn't tell me what kind of mine it was. He only said that the mine was very valuable."

This news surprised Qiao Xi.

She originally thought that the Nie family was just doing business, but if it was a mine, it would be really impressive.

But according to her memory, in Tianle Country, it seemed that any discovery of minerals had to be reported to the authorities, who would decide whether to mine them, or be responsible for mining.

Did the Nie family get permission from above?

But if they had obtained permission from above, why would the Nie family conceal it so strictly? And the woman just now said that someone might die.

Qiao Xi deduced from this that the Nie family was mining illegally.

In this way, she has grasped the Nie family's handle, and this handle can determine the life and death of the Nie family.

But she had to first find out where the mine was and what kind of mine it was.

When I meet Xu Yi later, I can ask him if he knows.

As for the oath, she just raised her hand and didn't say anything, so she was naturally not afraid of being punished by God.

The other people in the car probably also thought about the seriousness of the matter. After their curiosity was satisfied, they didn't dare to ask any more questions. Two of them even looked very unhappy, probably regretting knowing the answer.

……

"Okay, we've arrived at Lingxiao City. Everyone can get off the bus now."

Qiao Xi was thinking about something and didn't know what others were thinking. Ever since the woman told Nie's secret, the carriage had been very quiet.

It was not until the carriage suddenly stopped and everyone heard the coachman outside say that they had arrived at Lingxiao City that they all breathed a sigh of relief and got off the carriage again, talking and laughing.

Qiao Xi was the last to go.

After the carriage left and there were no one around, she hurriedly whispered to the system to start navigation to find Xu Yi.

Fortunately, there is a navigation system, otherwise in such a huge Lingxiao City, Qiao Xi wouldn’t even know where to go.

She followed the navigation instructions, walked through one street after another, passed through one alley after another, and finally stopped outside a courtyard.

There was no sign of whose house it was on the courtyard gate, and it was tightly closed. She couldn't just barge in and say she was looking for Xu Yi.

When Xu Yi asks her how she found him, how will she explain it?

So Qiao Xi kept wandering outside the courtyard gate, trying to find a suitable reason to knock on the door again.

"Girl, you've been walking back and forth here for a few times. Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Suddenly a voice made Qiao Xi stop in her tracks.

She turned to look for the source of the sound and saw an old man in a long gown, with gray hair and a small goatee, standing there with a smile on his face.

Qiao Xi wanted to say it was okay and send the old man away, but suddenly her eyes lit up and she came up with a plan.

He smiled faintly, nodded and greeted the old man, and asked politely, "Uncle, do you know whose house this is?"

The old man looked in the direction of her finger, thought for a moment, and then slowly said, "Oh, this is Han Yun'an's house. What's the matter, young lady? Are you here to look for Han Yun'an?"

Han Yunan?

Xu Yi is his good friend, and since they are at his house, there should be no danger.

Since there was no danger, she didn't have to risk Xu Yi's suspicion by going in to find him.

After finally getting into the city, she went to sell the ginseng first.

So Qiao Xi told the old man that she had found the wrong place, then thanked him and turned on the navigation to the nearest pharmacy.

She first went into a drugstore and asked a young clerk about the price of wild ginseng, then she went to another drugstore and asked the young clerk the same question.

After asking four shops in a row, he calculated the approximate price of wild ginseng and the demand for wild ginseng in the city's pharmacies.

This wild ginseng is very precious because no one in this world can grow ginseng.

In addition, wild ginseng generally grows in deep mountains, and in the deep mountains here there are often wild beasts such as jackals, tigers and leopards that hurt or even eat people, so there are basically no people who go up the mountains to dig wild ginseng.

Therefore, the price of this wild ginseng is a little higher than what Sister Liu Lan said, but not much more.

So Qiao Xi chose a pharmacy that she thought offered a reasonable price and sold the wild ginseng.

Afraid that carrying so much silver would attract thieves, Qiao Xi did not ask for the silver. Instead, she asked the store owner to put the small silver bills in her arms, where almost no one would find them.

The next step is to find Xu Yi.

She thought about it again and again and felt that she could not go directly to Han Yunan's house to find Xu Yi, so she turned around and went to Shangqing Academy.

This way, it would make sense that if she didn't find Xu Yi in the academy, she could take the opportunity to look for Han Yun'an.

Having made up her mind, Qiao Xi turned and went to Shangqing Academy.

When they arrived at Shangqing Academy, this time without Han Yun'an to lead the way, the gatekeeper refused to let her in.

Although she didn't really want to go in.

Helpless, Qiao Xi had to pretend to be anxious and ask the child whether Xu Yi had been there.

But before the child could answer, she heard an extremely annoying voice coming from behind her.

Although she had only heard this voice a few times, she had a very "deep" impression of that person.

"Hey, isn't this Xu Yi's sister-in-law? Why are you here? Are you looking for a student from our academy?"

Qiao Qian turned around and looked at Yu Hongtao, who had come up behind her at some point. She smiled coldly and said indifferently, "Besides my Xu Yi, I only know Han Yun'an."

Hearing this, Yu Hongtao raised his eyebrows, his eyes filled with disdain: "Oh, I see. But I don't know when my sister-in-law became so familiar with Han Yun'an that she could come directly to him?"