There was no telling how much cargo was loaded on the cargo ship, and the shirtless men were loading it down one truck after another.

Jiang Yuanyi squatted for a long time with Xiao Tuo, and found a route with the most traffic. Jiang Yuanyi pointed there and said, "Let's follow and see."

Xiao Tuo nodded in agreement.

The two of them came out from the corner, walked to the side, and followed one person from a distance. The wooden wheels made a gurgling sound on the floor, and extended into the darkness in the silent night.

The road ahead was narrow, and we would be discovered if we followed.

Xiao Tuo jumped to the corner of the wall, stretched out his hand and pulled Jiang Yuanyi up.

Jiang Yuanyi squatted on the top of the wall, and the two hid in the shadows under the tree canopy. Successive teams pushed the goods to the end of the alley, turned into a dark path, and when they came out again, the cart was empty.

Xiao Tuo had roughly seen the location of the inventory, so he jumped off the wall, stretched out his hands, and opened them wide towards Jiang Yuanyi.

He raised his head with a smile on his face. His narrow eyes curved into a crescent shape.

It was as if she had returned to the first time she met Xiao Tuo in her previous life, and he was smiling like this. His eyebrows were slightly raised, with nonchalance between his brows, and his eyes were crooked.

Jiang Yuanyi's heartbeat quickened a little, and her slender white fingertips unconsciously dug into the gray and black dirty wall. She was stunned on the wall for a long time, and when she heard him urging her gently, she came to her senses and jumped into his arms.

Xiao Tuo hugged her tightly, Jiang Yuanyi hugged his shoulders and rubbed his cheek affectionately. Xiao Tuo gently put her on the ground, then squatted down and said: "I'll carry you."

Jiang Yuanyi climbed up happily, pointed to the sky that was gradually breaking, and suddenly said: "Let's go see the sunrise." They

already knew where they stored the goods, so in order not to make a fuss, it was best to avoid it at this time.

But in fact, none of this mattered.

He also wanted to go with her to see the sunrise.

Xiao Tuo lifted her up, walked around them, and walked along the damp path. There was a four-story wine house on the other side of the river, with flying eaves. At this time, the sky was dim and blurred, and the wine house looked a bit magnificent.

Xiao Tuo led Jiang Yuanyi up and held out his hand to her:

"Give me your hand."

Jiang Yuanyi was not afraid of heights, but with Xiao Tuo beside her, she unconsciously showed a panicked look. She put her hand into Xiao Tuo's hand, and he led her a little bit towards the roof.

His palm was broad and warm, and he held Jiang Yuanyi's soft and small hand tightly. The two of them stepped lightly on the green tiles and walked up step by step.

The air was fresh and cold, and the wind was a little stronger. Jiang Yuanyi hooked the hair beside her cheeks behind her ears and sat down next to Xiao Tuo.

The river water was like a flowing ribbon, and the rising sun cast a gradual and surging orange-red color on the river water. It stretched out in patches, reflecting the green grass and green mountains on the side.

Jiang Yuanyi was fascinated by the scene unconsciously. She pointed downwards and said, "We didn't go to Yucheng last time. Let's go this time. When we go to Jinzhou to visit my sister, we will go down this river and reach Yucheng."

Xiao Tuo nodded.

She was immersed in the vague and gradually warm light of the early morning. A thin layer of glory was cast on her soft cheeks. Under her dense long eyelashes, her eyes were looking forward with a smile.

Xiao Tuo stared at her unconsciously for a long time, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as she raised her mouth.

The people around him were unusually silent. Jiang Yuanyi turned around and saw Xiao Tuo staring at her with burning eyes.

She was about to say something when her jaw was gently pinched by slightly hot and rough fingertips, and she was pulled forward. Jiang Yuanyi reflexively put one hand on his chest and the other hand on his clothes at the back of his waist.

The dense and hot kisses extended along the earlobe to the corner of his mouth and neck.

Jiang Yuanyi's fair skin was flushed with sensitiveness. In the gradually bright warm light, she saw the clouds gradually dispersing in the sky, the light blue underneath, and the look on Xiao Tuo's face when he was excited...

...

The waiter of the restaurant had already stood up and started wiping here and there. The ferry had returned to peace. The cargo ship went up along the river and should be parked at the nearby ferry.

Xiao Tuo brought Jiang Yuanyi down from the fourth floor. The two of them jumped down from the wall flexibly, found a bun shop and drank some porridge.

No one knew where the group of people had hidden in the morning. The alley was quiet and the wheel marks left at night had long been cleaned up.

Xiao Tuo and Jiang Yuanyi walked into the alley. At the end was a hillside with a yard on it and two paths on each side.

Xiao Tuo turned left and walked in, only to find that he had turned into a deep alley again. The buildings on both sides were made of gray stone bricks. The light was dim, the alley was deep, and there were three forks.

Xiao Tuo squatted down and looked carefully at the marks on the ground.

They had been pushing the cart over it for a long time, so it was unlikely that they could completely cover up the marks.

Xiao Tuo pointed to the middle one: "Here."

The two walked deeper into the alley and turned a corner. They saw an inconspicuous old wooden door with a bamboo forest on the side. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary farmyard.

Jiang Yuanyi asked in a low voice: "Is it here?"

Xiao Tuo pointed to the ground: "Look at the ground." The stone bricks on this piece of ground were obviously more worn than other places.

It looks ordinary from the outside, but who knows how many secret and crazy disasters hidden in the dark are hidden inside.

Xiao Tuo took Jiang Yuanyi around to the back. Sure enough, this yard looked inconspicuous and small, but it was actually very large.

The two climbed over the wall and saw that there were many people coming and going inside. They were the ones who were at the ferry in the early morning.

It was early in the morning, just after dinner, and most people were gathered in the front yard, squatting casually along the steps, holding a ceramic bowl in their right hands, pinching a steamed bun in their left hands, and taking a big bite.

There was an archway leading from the front yard to the back yard, and there were several people guarding the door.

The two jumped out and ran back a few steps. When they reached the archway, the outer wall had been much higher. Xiao Tuo took a step back. He climbed up first and looked around.

There was a lot of space inside the archway, and dozens of carts were neatly arranged outside several large houses. There was a huge lock on the door.

There was no guard inside the archway.

Xiao Tuo jumped onto the wall, and Jiang Yuanyi used the force to jump up and landed lightly beside Xiao Tuo. The two looked at each other and jumped down while holding onto the wall.

Several guards stood crookedly outside the archway, one of them ran to get his meal, and the rest waited anxiously.

The two walked to the blind spot of their vision. Jiang Yuanyi took off the hairpin on her head, put her ear to the lock, and fiddled with it a few times.

"Click--" a soft sound.

Suddenly, someone grabbed their waists. The two walked a few steps to the side and hid behind the pillars. The guard at the door stuck his head out and looked around. The yard was silent, with only the wind blowing the leaves.

"Come on, come on!"

"I'm so hungry!"

Several people took the steamed buns and started to eat them in big mouthfuls.

"That old man Li is greedy again. I wonder how much of the money given by the superiors he has embezzled."

"This steamed bun was chewier before, but now it melts in your mouth after one bite."

Jiang Yuanyi breathed a sigh of relief and raised her head slightly to look at Xiao Tuo.

Xiao Tuo gently let her go, and the two walked to the door, took out the lock, and then hung it on it. After entering, they gently closed the door.

This is a large warehouse, with hundreds of sacks of things stacked neatly. There are tall wooden strips underneath to prevent moisture.

Jiang Yuanyi walked forward, picked up the hairpin and gently poked a hole. There was some white fine powder on the hairpin, and Jiang Yuanyi licked it with the tip of her tongue.

Her eyes changed slightly, and she nodded to Xiao Tuo. Xiao Tuo took the wooden hairpin from her hand and tasted it.

"You are really reckless."

He wiped the hairpin clean, then inserted it into Jiang Yuanyi's head. When he was sure that there was no damage left, the two of them quietly left the warehouse, locked it again, and then climbed over the high wall.

Jiang Yuanyi was still a little surprised when his guess came true.

In his previous life, Chu Huan would occasionally leave the capital, and he would be gone for about half a month. But no one knew what he was doing.

In this life, Jiang Yuanyi knew.

Xiao Tuo took Jiang Yuanyi out of the complicated alleys.

Jiang Yuanyi said softly, "It's salt, and the quality is not bad."

Xiao Tuo nodded, "Let's go back to the inn first."

"Okay."

When passing by a jewelry shop on the street, Xiao Tuo paused and said, "Let's go in and buy a small gift for my niece."

The shop had all kinds of gold, silver and jade. Xiao Tuo finally chose the jade bracelet over the silver lock.

The letter said that it was a girl, so jade would be more suitable. Besides, the longevity lock was already prepared by his parents and sister.

When the two returned to the inn, Xiao Kangyuan and Xiao Shi had already gotten up and were sitting in the lobby drinking porridge. The maids came down with things, bowed to the two, and took out the necessary luggage from the carriage.

"Father, mother."

Xiao smiled and said, "Where have you been?"

Xiao Tuo led Jiang Yuanyi to sit down and said in a relaxed tone, "I went out for a walk... Mother, Yi'er and I saw a temple with a lot of incense nearby, and we thought of going there to pray for my sister. The monk said that it takes 15 days of chanting every day to see the miraculous effect, so I thought, you go to Pingzhi Mountain first, Yi'er and I will pray for my sister and the newborn baby, and then we will go."

It takes about seven days to travel between Pingzhi Mountain and Luzhou Ferry. After these seven days, I don't know when there will be the next handle.

Jiang Yuanyi also nodded in the strange eyes of the two.

Xiao Kangyuan wondered, "When did you become so sensible?"

Xiao Tuo said calmly, "Are you unhappy that your son is sensible?"

Xiao Kangyuan stroked his beard, exchanged a glance with Mrs. Xiao, and nodded, "That's good. We'll go first. It won't be too late for you to come later."

Xiao Tuo took out a high-quality jade bracelet he bought from a jade shop on the street and handed it to his mother, "A gift for the little girl."

Mrs. Xiao took it and said with a smile, "You've become much more thoughtful and sensible."

After breakfast, the two sent their parents to the ferry and then returned to the inn.

Jiang Yuanyi looked at Xiao Tuo: "What are you going to do?"

Xiao Tuo stared and said: "They must have colluded with local officials. It is impossible to report to the authorities. We can only make the matter so big that the local county magistrate can no longer cover it up, and the central government will directly send people to investigate."

Jiang Yuanyi smiled and leaned over: "Do you think so?"

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