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The woman said, "I heard that Patriarch Xie and Madam Xie escaped early and have not been apprehended yet."
The aunt said, "There's no need to worry about that. Once Lord Wu recovers from his injuries, where can Patriarch Xie and Madam Xie escape to?"
Hearing this, Sister Gui came over curiously and asked, "Are you talking about the newly appointed prefect?"
The woman and the aunt turned their heads and said, "Yes, you are not from our Liangzhou city, right? You seem to be unaware of this."
Sister Gui nodded and said cheerfully, "I'm from Qinghe County, but my late husband was from Liangzhou City. After his death, I returned to my parents' home. I heard that the prefect's wife was a daughter of the Ji family?"
The woman and the aunt nodded. "It's Ji. The new cloth shop on the street is owned by the madam. The master is a good master, and the madam is also good. The clothes in the cloth shop are good and cheap. You can go and have a look."
Sister Gui: "Then I have to go and take a look! The Ji family are all kind people! The second master of the Ji family is General Dingyuan, and my son serves under General Dingyuan!"
General Dingyuan was a brave and skilled warrior. He had been stationed in the border states to protect Dayu in recent years.
Even the people of Liangzhou had heard of this name.
A few people got together and started chatting. They hit it off instantly. After worshipping the God of Land, they went to the cloth shop together to help Sister Gui pick out clothes.
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The backyard of the government office.
Wanxiang hurried into the bedroom and reported, "Third Miss, a carrier pigeon has arrived from Qingzhou saying that the darts we were transporting to Shangjing City were robbed outside Qingzhou City again."
Ji Yunxi's brows were cold: "This is the fifth time."
Wanxiang said, "Yes." She took out a letter from her sleeve, "This is a letter from the Yiyang Escort Agency."
Ji Yunxi reached out to take it. She looked down at it and didn't open it for a moment.
She probably guessed what was inside.
"Go call Steward Yuan and Baofu."
"yes."
Only after watching Wanxiang leave did Ji Yunxi open the letter.
This letter was written personally by the head of Yiyang Escort Agency.
Dear Third Lady:
The escort was robbed five times, and the Yiyang Escort Agency is to blame. The corresponding compensation will be paid within ten days. However, the Yiyang Escort Agency is truly under-equipped and may not be able to take on the Ji family's escort missions in the future. I hope the Third Miss will forgive me and find another capable person.
Ji Yunxi read the letter back and forth twice and put it back.
Coincidentally, Manager Yuan and Baofu also arrived.
Ji Yunxi first asked Manager Yuan, "Did you find out who I asked you to find out about the person who stole my Ji family's escort?"
Steward Yuan bowed and said, "I found out. He is a disciple of the Beishan Sword Sect."
Mrs. Xie’s brother is one of the elders of the Beishan Sword Sect.
Ji Yunxi chuckled: "So it's the Xie family."
During this period, there were often people attempting to assassinate people in the backyard of the government office, and those who came were all disciples of the Beishan Sword School.
It just so happened that Wu Weian had been recuperating at home, and it seemed unacceptable that he had been away for such a long time. Ji Yunxi took advantage of the situation and simply let Wu Weian get injured again, and by the way, raided the Xie family to put an end to it once and for all.
Unexpectedly, since Mr. Xie and Mrs. Xie ran away.
Ji Yunxi used people from the Liangzhou government office to deal with the Xie couple. She didn't use any of her own people.
The constables in this government office are really too incompetent.
The Xie couple who had escaped actually turned around and robbed her darts.
Ji Yunxi originally thought that the person who would make trouble at the Yi Yang Escort Agency would be the emperor, but she never expected that in the end it was the Xie family who made the first move.
Fortunately, she was prepared.
Ji Yunxi asked Baofu, "Have you made all the arrangements at the escort agency?"
Baofu nodded. "Miss, everything has been arranged. People from several escort agencies arrived yesterday. But..." Baofu looked unhappy and said with a disgusted tone, "I just came from the escort agency. The neighbors next door came to me. They said that the people from the escort agency were not sleeping in the middle of the night, howling and screaming, disturbing the people! I told the people from the escort agency today, but they didn't take it seriously at all! Miss, I was just looking for you. Please go over and take a look!"
Upon hearing this, Manager Yuan coughed and lowered his head.
Ji Yunxi glanced at him and said to Baofu, "I understand. Go make the arrangements and we'll set off in half an hour."
Baofu agreed and turned to leave with Manager Yuan.
Baofu went to the stable first, and happened to see the maid feeding the horses.
She ordered, "Xiaoying, Madam is going out, go and prepare the carriage."
Xiaoying hurriedly said, "Hey."
Then Baofu walked straight to the kitchen.
Since Poison Lady is not here, Ji Yunxi's cook is now preparing meals in the kitchen.
When the cook saw Baofu coming in, she hurriedly asked, "Miss Baofu, why did you come here in person? What's the matter at this time?"
Baofu put his hands in his pockets and said, "Prepare some cakes and tea."
Cook: "Hey, but the young lady needs it?"
Baofu narrowed his eyes slightly: "No, it's for my uncle."
The cook was stunned for a moment and looked at Baofu: "For my son-in-law?!"
All the maids in the mansion knew that Baofu disliked her son-in-law.
Baofu never personally said that he wanted to prepare pastries for his son-in-law.
The cook went to prepare food while saying, "Miss Baofu, do you think your son-in-law is pretty good now?"
Baofu pursed his lips and gave a perfunctory "hmm".
Baofu saw everything his brother-in-law did in Liangzhou.
Baofu also admitted that his son-in-law might indeed be a good official.
But Baofu still felt as always that her son-in-law was not worthy of her young lady.
The cook said, "The son-in-law is really good. If he hadn't blocked that sword for the young lady, he wouldn't have been going back and forth to recover from his injuries for so long."
Baofu snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the uncle, no one would hurt the young lady."
The cook choked.
Baofu reached out, took the pastries from the cook's hand and left.
The reason why she personally delivered cakes to her brother-in-law was that Baofu felt something was wrong.
She thought her brother-in-law was pretending to be sick.
Every time Baofu went to the side room to deliver something, her son-in-law would lie with his back to her, motionless, seemingly unconscious.
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