After traveling through time, she still led the villagers to make money as a county magistrate

"By the way, did you ask that woman why she regretted the engagement?"

"I didn't ask. It's been so long, and you're still brooding over it. It makes me seem narrow-minded. I'm just a woman. There are thousands of women in the world. Can't I find the one I like?"

"It's okay if you think it through."

Since no one else cares, there is nothing Gu Niannian can do to persuade them.

"Oh right. How many similar cases have there been this morning? Do you know?"

"Can you help me find the case files and see if there are any commonalities?"

"Does your Excellency suspect Chief He?"

It would be a lie to say that he had no doubts. He Feng was not Pan An. At a time when women were subject to strict rules and regulations, people came to force marriage one after another.

Combined with the many doubts she had found before, she was determined to peel away the fog and see the light of day.

Her purpose of arriving so late was to conceal her whereabouts and see what the case files had in common.

Originally, she just wanted to search alone, but God sent her a helper.

Then she won’t use it for nothing.

The case files were not difficult to find. They were all marked with dates and names written on the covers. In about a quarter of an hour, Gu Niannian came out with three volumes and Zhou Mi came out with two volumes.

The two met, and Zhou Mi was about to leave after handing the case file to Gu Niannian when Gu Niannian inexplicably called out to him, "Want to take a look together?"

Zhou Mi scratched his head, and said, "Since I was a child, my father would make me dizzy whenever he asked me to write. I am afraid that if he asked me to read, I would be more harmful than helpful."

Gu Niannian didn't know why she felt that Zhou Mi could help. As the saying goes: two cobblers are better than one, right? Two people are always better than one. She said righteously, "Do you know how to read the storybook?"

"If you know how to watch it, you can watch it all night long if you see something exciting," Zhou Mi nodded.

Gu Niannian knew that there was no boy or girl of this age who didn’t like reading storybooks. Girls liked romance, and boys liked martial arts fighting. No matter what it was, it was all a story.

"Then treat this case file as a storybook. Let's discuss and analyze the plot together and see if our analysis is correct, how about that?" Gu Niannian said, pointing to the case file on the desk.

Zhou Mi frowned, looking as if this was okay.

"No matter whether it looks good or not, just take a look first!" Gu Niannian saw him frowning and coaxed him.

"Okay!" Zhou Mi agreed reluctantly.

Gu Niannian opened the file and found that the plot was completely different from what happened today, almost the same.

She took another scroll, which was the same except that the woman was different.

Gu Niannian was about to reach out to take another file, but found nothing. She looked up and saw Zhou Mi's pupils suddenly dilated as he looked at the case file.

It was obvious at a glance that something suspicious had been discovered. "What's wrong? Did you discover something?" Gu Niannian asked

Zhou Mi reached out to signal Gu Niannian to be quiet, and said, "Sir, could you please give me the two volumes you just read so I can take a look at them again?"

When Gu Niannian saw that there was progress in the case, she hurriedly handed over the case file. Although she was anxious, she waited quietly for her to finish reading it.

Zhou Mi read quickly and finished in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

Gu Niannian handed over a cup of tea and asked, "How is it? Any doubts?"

“It really does”

"If you have something, then tell me! You are keeping me in suspense here." Gu Niannian pretended to be angry.

"Oh, it seems that these women are all engaged to the Zhou family! Including my two cousins." Zhou Mi did not beat around the bush and stated the doubts he had found.

"Your cousin? The two sons of the Zhou family?"

Zhou Mi nodded, "Exactly."

He Feng is really very powerful. The woman that the Zhou family, a well-known and wealthy family, wants to see must be a lady from a wealthy family. He can actually trick people into waiting for her for two years, and finally even come to the yamen to force a marriage on the spot.

"Are your two cousins ​​married now?"

"I haven't officially married a wife yet, but I do have several concubines. They aren't really concubines, but just some pretty maids. Since they haven't married a wife yet, they haven't been promoted to concubines. They just live like this without any official status, and they have children."

Gu Niannian was not surprised by this phenomenon. What wealthy families cared about most was continuing the family line, and not having a wife did not mean that they could not have children.

"Is the woman today also related to the Zhou family?" Gu Niannian suddenly remembered and asked.

Zhou Mi thought for a while and shook his head. "I'm not sure either. The Zhou family has a large population. In addition to legitimate sons, there are also illegitimate sons. What's more, there are side branches like me. This was two years ago. I really can't remember."

"How come you remember these two of your cousins ​​so clearly?"

"Well, that's the future head of the Zhou family. Plus, these two were supposed to be my sisters-in-law. I saw them once. I was only fifteen then. It was the first time I saw such a beautiful woman. It's hard for me not to remember it."

"These two are the women my cousin has always wanted to marry. Even when it came time to propose, it didn't work out. Tell me, isn't it heartbreaking?"

"Your cousin didn't get married, why are you so sad?" Gu Niannian joked

Zhou Mi's face flushed red as he scratched his head, "I feel bad for my cousin."

"I think you should really ask the woman you're dating why she changed her mind," Gu Niannian suddenly said.

Zhou Mi's face froze, and he said solemnly, "It's time to ask..."

Gu Niannian knew that women's sixth sense was correct. With Zhou Mi's help today, she could get twice the result with half the effort. The case had made new progress. If she were left alone, she would probably not find anything until dawn, and would have to show up with dark circles under her eyes the next day.

"By the way, I heard that the Zhou family is running for the title of Royal Merchant recently. Did you know?" Gu Niannian felt relieved when the case progressed. She asked casually.

"Well, I did hear a few things. They've spent a lot of money, prepared the silk, and found the people they need. They look like they have a plan in mind."

Hearing this, Gu Niannian felt relieved. "When will the list of imperial merchants be released?"

When the officials of the Great Sheng Dynasty want to run for the Imperial Merchant, they will definitely choose more than one person. Silk is a kind of fabric, and the one who is chosen will be the one who provides fabric specifically to the people in the palace. Making money is one aspect, and the reputation will also be spread. As mentioned before, the most important thing for a businessman is reputation.

It’s similar to the current bidding process.

Among the four classes of people in ancient times, scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants were ranked last and also had the hardest time.

"By the way, how old are your two cousins ​​this year?"

Gu Niannian asked while sorting out the files.

Seeing no reply from the other party for a long time, he looked up, but Zhou Mi was looking straight at him with a look of suspicion, "Sir, why do you always ask me about the Zhou family? How old are my two cousins? This kind of question should not be asked by an adult!"

"This is not related to the case, so I'm asking you this question. Otherwise, as a man, how can I be a matchmaker for them?" Gu Niannian wiped the sweat off his forehead in his heart, thinking that it was a good thing that he reacted quickly.