get married first, fall in love later

Now that the matter has been exposed, Qian Xiaobao naturally doesn't want to continue to hide it from Ouyang Xi, but it's rare for a person who doesn't do anything serious to have such a thoughtful moment. , but Qian Xiaobao was a little impressed.She put down her folding fan, looked at Ouyang Xi and said, "Since that's the case, I still want to ask my lady, why do you think I did this?"

Ouyang Xi thought about it carefully, and said: "Judging from Qing Xiao's performance during breakfast, she should be very concerned about this ancestral jade pendant, and you tried every means to prevent her from taking back the purse in exchange for the jade pendant, don't tell me?" Do you want to blackmail her with the jade pendant?"

Qian Xiaobao smiled "puchi" when he heard the words: "Threat? It's true, but it's not entirely true."

"What's wrong?"

"It's true to use Yupei as a pledge, but it's a bit exaggerated to say that it's a threat. It's more appropriate to say that she is here for help."

"Help? Ask her?" Ouyang Xi was puzzled: "She is a girl, what can she do for us?"

Qian Xiaobao said: "She is not a girl from an ordinary family, but a young lady who dominates Jiang Shamen in Jiangzhou. As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a snake, not to mention that we are not even a strong dragon. This Jiangzhou city will naturally be bound up in doing things. But if she, a local snake, helps, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?"

Ouyang Xi opened her mouth wide in surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect Qing Xiao to have a lot of background. Tsk tsk, why do I meet anyone in this age who is either rich or expensive?"

Hearing this, Qian Xiaobao glanced at her lightly: "It must be because the lady met her husband as soon as she came, so she has good luck."

Is it good luck to always meet people who are either rich or expensive?Why don't you say that your lord emperor wanted to cut off my head because of you?Besides, when Miss Ben came here, the first person she met was obviously the tiger next door, when did it become you?

Tucao is back to Tucao, but the business must not be forgotten, Ouyang Xi deliberately ignored Qian Xiaobao's brazen words, and asked directly: "Then what do you want Qing Xiao to help?"

Qian Xiaobao said: "Madam, do you still remember the manor that you saw at the boundary of the original Fushou Village?"

"Of course I remember. It's hard to remember such a big house." Ouyang Xi recalled the luxurious mansion with high walls and red tiles, and his heart brightened: "Could it be that you want Qing Xiao to help you find out who the house is? House's?"

Qian Xiaobao shook his head lightly: "This little matter is not troublesome to Ah Si. He had found out yesterday that the house belonged to the magistrate's family in Jiangzhou City. I just heard that there is a man behind the newly appointed magistrate. A great backer, so we have no way of knowing a lot of news related to him."

"So, you want Qing Xiao to help you find out the magistrate?"

Qian Xiaobao nodded lightly: "Not only did Wang Zhifu ignore Wang's law, but he built such a large-scale courtyard elsewhere without permission, and blatantly occupied more than half of Wang Hu's village's land. This is true. It's so strange. Moreover," she continued after a pause, "according to the news from Ah Si's investigation, the tax increase was only in Fushou Village, and Jiangzhou City, as well as several nearby villages, were all affected. I have never heard of it, which is also very strange.”

"It only increased the taxes of Fushou Village? Could it be that it was used in the name of occupying other people's land to build a house?"

Qian Xiaobao nodded: "My wife's thoughts coincide with my husband's. I don't know if my wife still remembers what Wang Hu said on the mountain that day. Did they drive out of the village together?"

"Remember. So taxation is just a cover, and land domination is the ultimate goal?"

"Well, it should be good to think about it."

Ouyang Xi suddenly became incredulous: "Is there any law to burn down other people's houses and occupy other people's fields just to build a house for themselves?"

Qian Xiaobao said: "That's why it is said that the backer behind the prefect Wang is really strong, so he can hide it from the court and everyone, and even the common people look up and admire him as an upright official!"

Ouyang Xi felt resentful in his heart, and unconsciously raised his voice and said: "Such a person who is not as good as a beast can still be praised by the people, is there any reason? No, we must investigate the ugly things he did, and then make them public. Let everyone see his true colors clearly, and let this person get the punishment he deserves!"

Qian Xiaobao nodded: "The top priority is to use Qing Xiao to help us find out the background of the prefect Wang, find evidence of his invasion of the land, and find out some missing women and children including Wang Hu's wife. Where exactly is it, and whether it is also related to this magistrate."

Ouyang Xi nodded fiercely: "Don't worry, I will cooperate with you."

Qian Xiaobao smiled gratifiedly when he heard the words: "My lady cooperated very well today."

"It's good to know, treat me better in the future, I will be very useful." After leaving these words, Ouyang Xi raised her chin arrogantly, headed up and chested out, and walked towards the bathroom.

Qian Xiaobao listened carefully outside, and when the sound of splashing water came from the bathing room, he put down his teacup and gently greeted Qian Si to come in.

"Master." Qian Si first bowed to Qian Xiaobao and saluted, and then said: "The matter has been settled."

Qian Xiaobao nodded and asked, "Where is the little thief?"

"Don't worry, young master, it has been properly placed in a different courtyard on the outskirts of the city, and our people are dedicated to guarding it around the clock. No one will find it."

Hearing this, Qian Xiaobao thought for a while, and said, "On the way back today, I deliberately raised some questions to guide Jiang Qingxiao. She should have already begun to suspect that the information she got was wrong. She will send someone to investigate tomorrow. At that time, follow the clues you deliberately left behind, and we will definitely determine that the thief escaped with silver as we wish."

"Yes."

"Are the people who follow the orders reliable? There are many capable people and strangers in Jiang Shamen. If they find some clues and carefully explore the truth, then it will be against us."

"Don't worry, young master." Qian Si lowered his head slightly and replied, "I personally arrested that little thief and escorted him to another courtyard. The guards are all my confidantes stationed in Jiangzhou City. There will definitely be no mistakes."

"that's fine."

Qian Siwei bowed his head and stood quietly, seeing that Qian Xiaobao hadn't given other orders for a long time, he said again: "One more thing, the young master asked me to check the tax situation of the surrounding villages and towns in the past two years, and I already have news. Indeed, as you expected, two years ago, except for Fushou Village, all the villages and towns around Jiangzhou City did not have increased taxes. Moreover, no one knew what happened in Fushou Village two years ago, only that the village seemed to be It just disappeared overnight."

"Understood." Qian Xiaobao nodded lightly: "It's getting late, you can go back to your room and rest."

Qian Si nodded and retreated, Qian Xiaobao raised his head thoughtfully, his eyes fell into the courtyard through the window, he felt a little surprised: What a big backer must be behind the prefect of Jiangzhou to make him so Unscrupulous killing and seizing land, is it really as Huai Jun said, all because of the filthy wind in the court and the emperor ignoring state affairs, so that even a majestic state capital can brazenly commit crimes?

While she was in a trance, Ouyang Xi came out after taking a bath. She glanced at Qian Xiaobao who was in a daze, and said hello: "I'm done washing, it's your turn. Call someone to change the water yourself." Without waiting for a response, he turned around and went upstairs.

Qian Xiaobao called someone to come in for new hot water. After taking a comfortable bath, he came out, but when he went upstairs, he found that the door of the master bedroom was closed tightly. He pushed forward and it didn't move at all. He must have slept inside. Lock.

Qian Xiaobao smiled helplessly, and was about to pat on the door to call Ouyang Xi to come to open the door, but inadvertently lowered his head and found a small note stuck between the two doors.With some doubts, she took it out and held it in front of her eyes. What was crookedly lying on it was Ouyang Xi's horrible font, and those spider-like words were organized into the following sentence: Want to come in?No way, separated!There is also a pig's head vividly drawn behind the words, which looks silly and cheerful, but it is much more pleasing to the eye than the words.

Qian Xiaobao resolutely raised his hand to knock on the door, but on second thought, with Ouyang Xi's habit of falling asleep as soon as he touches the pillow, he is afraid that he is already asleep at this time, and knocking on the door at this time must disturb her good sleep , Forget it, let's make do with it tonight, and explain to her when I wake up tomorrow.Thinking of this, he had no choice but to turn around unwillingly and go back to the room where he slept last night, and continued to stay in the empty room alone.

I don't know if it's because the night is too lonely for a person, and even the sleep is not as deep as usual, or there are things in my heart, so I don't sleep well enough.Not long after the cock crowed, Qian Xiaobao opened his eyes.First, he stared at the curtain on the top of the bed for a while, then stretched his hands and feet lightly, and then habitually turned his head to look to the side, but he couldn't see Ouyang Xi, and then remembered the fact that he was forcibly "separated".

Qian Xiaobao quickly turned over and got out of bed, and after arranging his hair briefly, he got dressed and turned around to leave the room.Originally, I was thinking about waking up earlier today, so I could go to wake up Ouyang Xi, and then solve the problem of separation, but I didn’t know that the door of the opposite room was opened as soon as I went out, and I was still lying on the bed in my original plan The person who was sleeping soundly has long since disappeared.

Qian Xiaobao shook his head helplessly, went downstairs to freshen up, and went to the private room on the second floor of the restaurant.As he was walking on the stairs, he could hear Ouyang Xi's cheerful laughter coming from the private room, and of course, Jiang Qingxiao's clear and melodious voice was indispensable.

I was talking and laughing with this woman again early in the morning. Is it really so fate that we can run into each other when we go out, or did we deliberately run to the door to find her?Qian Xiaobao felt a strange feeling in her heart. For some reason, seeing Ouyang Xi being so enthusiastic and caring towards another woman, she always felt a little sour in her heart.