Top white, rich and beautiful, the princess is reborn and the revenge story

Meng Jiu went downstairs and saw that the three men were still eating, so he quietly turned around and went to the backyard.

Their donkey was led to the stable to be fed with hay. Meng Jiu walked over slowly, watching the donkey eat while looking around.

This is the backyard of the inn. Against the wall is the horse stable, a thatched shed with a circle of stone troughs underneath where a group of donkeys and horses are grazing.

There are carriages parked opposite the stable, some with covers and some without. Occasionally, one or two people watch over the carriages to prevent others from stealing property.

Meng Jiu pretended to glance over unconsciously and saw two four-wheeled vehicles. Each vehicle was about eight feet long and five feet wide. It was very conspicuous among the other vehicles because it was so big.

An ordinary carriage is only five or six feet long, but this one is half that long.

Even more eye-catching were the boxes above. The tan boxes were stacked side by side, with eight on one car and sixteen in total across the two cars.

The people staying in this inn are all traveling merchants, and Meng Jiu didn't care. He guessed that the goods belonged to someone else.

While she was thinking about it, a man came out from behind the car, took a Hu bed and placed it next to the handlebars. He sat down and looked around vigilantly.

Meng Jiu turned around immediately. This man was dressed the same as the three men drinking in the main room, but his appearance was different, which meant that he was eyeing the goods.

Meng Jiu touched the donkey's head, and the donkey closed its eyes obediently, moved closer to Meng Jiu's hand, and let her touch it again. Meng Jiu simply borrowed the donkey and stayed here for a while.

How heavy can pepper, also known as Sichuan pepper, weigh?

If it is green pepper, it will have some moisture and some weight, but the dried pepper is very light and a burlap bag can hold a lot of it.

By the way, pepper must be packed in a cloth bag to ensure ventilation and prevent it from getting damp and growing mold.

But these people selling pepper use bulky boxes, which seems wrong no matter how you look at it.

Thinking of this, Meng Jiu lowered her head and walked towards her carriage. When the man saw Meng Jiu coming, he immediately straightened up and stared at her vigilantly.

Oh, a woman wearing coarse clothes and a headscarf. The man felt relieved and did not take Meng Jiu seriously.

However, he still stared at Meng Jiu's face, wanting to see her appearance clearly. After seeing the two wrinkles at the corners of Meng Jiu's mouth, he lost interest again. Old woman.

From beginning to end, Meng Jiu did not look up, because Zhao Yuanqing said that her eyes were too bright. When she was slightly stressed, her eyes would become extremely sharp, with a hint of murderous intent. It was obvious that she was a martial arts expert, so, unless necessary, she should not look at others.

At this time, Meng Jiu thought of Xu and sneered in his heart. No wonder the princess asked Xu to go and find out the news. It would definitely not work if he went alone.

While thinking, Meng Jiu walked to their car frame, pretending to get something, but actually staring at the wheels of the two cars.

The backyard was not paved with cobblestones, but was entirely ground, so Meng Jiu could see the tire tracks of the two cars at a glance. They were very complete and clear, much clearer than the tire tracks next to them, which had almost no tracks at all.

Meng Jiu quickly came to the conclusion that the things on the car must be very heavy, otherwise such clear ruts would not have been left.

Meng Jiu has very good eyesight. She used to be a soldier, and the most important thing is a pair of eyes with good eyesight. She can see the enemy's eyelashes from ten meters away.

Something on the axle attracted Meng Jiu's attention. There was a pattern engraved on the cross section of the axle, which looked like the Tai Chi diagram of the Daqing Dynasty, but there were two Tai Chi Yin and Yang fish on the Tai Chi diagram, rotating left or right.

However, this pattern is three yin and yang fish, rotating counterclockwise.

Meng Jiu secretly thought that the carving craftsmanship of this master was so poor that he could even carve the Tai Chi diagram wrong.

She hesitated for a long time, and the man stood up impatiently and looked at Meng Jiu.

Meng Jiu took out a small bag from the car enclosure, patted it, put it on his back, turned around and left.

The man's eyes followed her.

After a while, the three men finished their meal and came over. "Gong Er, we're done eating. It's your turn to eat."

"A woman just came over, and there's something wrong."

"What's wrong?"

The man told the story, and the other three men waved their hands. "Nothing. We saw it in the main room just now. There were four women together. Two of them were very beautiful, and one even tried to flirt with us. Hahaha."

The men laughed obscenely.

If Zhao Yuanqing and the others were here, they would find that what these people spoke was not the elegant language of Chang'an, nor the dialect of other places, but a foreign language.

"What are you going to do?"

"Four women, don't miss out. We can have some fun with them and then sell them. Those four women are pretty and will definitely fetch a good price."

"Okay, let's talk about it tonight."

A man shook his head. "No, it's too noisy at night. The women are screaming and it's annoying. Look at me."

He took out a dagger and said, "Just cut off their axles and let them break down on the way. There will definitely be fewer people there by then."

"Good idea, or you are bad enough."

The man crawled under the car and dug hard in the middle of the axles of Zhao Yuanqing's and his car with a dagger, leaving a big gap with only a thin layer of glue attached.

The same method was used on the other car. It was guaranteed that after Zhao Yuanqing and his companions had traveled for dozens of miles, the wheel tracks would be broken.

All they have to do is follow behind and wait to pick up the ready-made ones.

Afterwards, one man went to eat, and the remaining three stayed by the car, not leaving for a moment.

Meng Jiu went back and told what he had seen.

"The ruts are deep, which means the car is loaded with something heavy. What's that?"

Xu said, "What else could it be? Silver, or maybe copper coins. The ruts from Sun Ping's copper mine are an inch deep."

Zhao Yuanqing glanced at her and said, "Walls have ears. Don't talk about Longyou Dao casually. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, your life will be in danger."

Xu shut up.

Wen Qian said, "It definitely isn't pepper. Could it be spices? Some spices are rough minerals and are very heavy."

"That's possible, but there's no need to hide the ore, and people won't steal it. They're calling it pepper, so there must be something fishy going on."

Meng Jiu said, "Maybe it's silver, but sixteen boxes, how much would that cost? Where did they come from, and where are they going? Wouldn't it be better to change it into silver notes and put them in your pocket?"

Zhao Yuanqing said, "There's another possibility, that there's not something inside, but a person."

"people?"

"Yes, someone of important status, or someone very valuable. By the way, Meng Jiu, can you see any air holes around the box?"

"Uh... that box was making a noise, I didn't notice it."

Putting this question aside for the moment, Meng Jiu talked about the pattern again and drew it on paper.

In the middle of a circle are three yin and yang fish. The head of one fish holds the tail of the previous one, and the fish are connected head to tail.

Zhao Yuanqing didn't recognize it, nor did Meng Jiu, but Wen Qian felt it was somewhat familiar. She took it and examined it carefully for a while, then said, "I've seen this before. It's something from the Japanese."

"Japanese people? From the Japanese country?"

"Yes, when we were in the northwest, spies from various countries would occasionally go to the Northwest Army to spy on military intelligence. One time, they caught a Japanese soldier, and on his underwear, there was something like this embroidered.

I heard from the military clerk that this is a Japanese pattern, which was modified based on the Ba pattern of our Daqing Kingdom. We have two Tai Chi fish, and they have three, like the one in the picture, rotating to the left, so it is called the Three-Headed Zuo Ba.

Meng Jiu said, "The carriage is engraved with this Ba pattern, and it looks wide and large, so it's most likely custom-made.

These people are sneaking around, pretending to be from the Western Regions, and telling lies to come to Daqing. They definitely have bad intentions. Fourth sister, what should we do?"

Zhao Yuanqing stipulated that when they were on the road, they should call her "Fourth Sister" and never "Princess".

"Since there are suspicions, there must be something wrong. We'll find out by arresting and questioning them. All schemes are invincible only by speed. Let's take action today."

"Yes."