Chapter 412 This matter is the rudeness of this subordinate

How did it become three pounds?

"I didn't say you were blind!" Jiujiu said, "These three boxes are not filled with salt. Under the salt are stones and soil."

"Stones? Soil?" The Dali Temple Minister was stunned for a moment, then asked someone to put the salt they saw into cloth bags and check what was under the box to see if it was the stone or soil the princess mentioned.

After removing the thin layer of salt, we saw that there were indeed stones and some soil hidden under the salt.

"How could this be possible?" Lu Xixi couldn't accept it. He lost his temper and said rashly, "It's obviously salt! It's salt!"

【Why is he so sure? 】

[Could these three boxes of salt be related to him? ]

Jiujiu noticed Luxixi and gave her a meaningful look.

Nan Yuanxiang's gaze also fell on Lu Xixi and did not move for a long time.

Luxixi felt a chill down her spine and a tingling sensation in her heart when the two men looked at her.

He was wrong. He shouldn't have yelled like that.

Now, based on just one sentence from him, the princess began to suspect him.

This princess is so scary.

The Dali Temple Minister asked: "Princess, what are you doing by putting stones and soil in the box and putting a layer of salt on top?"

Nan Yuanxiang said: "On the way, the caravan used stones to set up pots and cook! Salt is a condiment, so naturally we should bring more."

"But within a reasonable amount, it is not against the law."

This explanation is reasonable.

only--

"Can't you pick up the stones on the road? Do you have to put them in a box and carry them with you? Aren't you tired of traveling all the way?" the Dali Temple Minister questioned.

“This…” Nan Yuanxiang smiled bitterly and touched his head, saying, “You have to ask the merchants from the Western Regions about this. I didn’t bring the goods. I just happened to know this when I was checking the goods. I don’t know what they think.”

"Two managers, isn't that what you agree with?" Jiujiu and Nan Yuanxiang cooperated very well. She turned around and asked Luhaer and Luxixi.

Luhar nodded and looked at Luxixi predictably.

Luxixi also nodded.

At this point, the three boxes of salt were gone and turned into those things. It didn't make much difference whether he recognized them or not.

But he just couldn’t understand why the salt suddenly disappeared?

Who on earth discovered the swap?

Now, they couldn't harm Nan Yuanxiang, and their goal couldn't be achieved.

How should I explain this to the mysterious man in red?

Luxixi is worried.

There is no doubt about the Dali Temple Minister.

Jiujiu looked at Lu Xixi for a few times and asked the Dali Temple Minister, "Dali Temple Minister, the person who told you that the goods we traded contained smuggled salt should be Lu Xixi, right?"

There was a certainty in his voice.

Luxixi's heart clenched. He was afraid that he could not escape this disaster.

The Dali Temple Minister said nothing and agreed.

"I advise you to investigate this Lu Xixi carefully," Jiujiu reminded, "Find out why he is so sure that there is smuggled salt in the goods he traded? And why is he targeting us so much?"

The Dali Temple Minister nodded and said, "The princess is right in reminding me. I will definitely investigate it thoroughly."

"I was rude in this matter and misunderstood Miss Nan as selling illegal salt. I almost implicated the princess. I apologize."

The Dali Temple Minister nodded sincerely to apologize, with a very humble attitude.

Jiujiu said: "Don't blame those who don't know. It's okay."

"Then I will take my leave."

The Dali Temple Minister took a look at Lu Xixi, then walked back with his men, ready to investigate Lu Xixi thoroughly.

But just as he took a few steps back, a few more people stopped him. Although these people were dressed in rags and were dirty, one could vaguely tell where they came from.

Judging from their clothes, they should be from Mucheng, a city on the border between Western Chu and the Western Regions.

"What are you doing? Why are you stopping me?" asked the Dali Temple Minister.

"Reporting to the Lord, our Lord of Mucheng was suddenly murdered, and the body was hidden in the batch of goods traded between the Western Regions merchant and Miss Nan. Moreover, the death of our Lord is closely related to them. Please be careful and make a decision for our Lord."

"Please."

Several people knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged for mercy loudly.

The Dali Temple Minister closed his eyes helplessly and complained in his heart: "We just searched that batch of goods, and now we have to go back and search again?"

"Today, I did nothing but search for goods."

"The key is that we didn't find anything just now."

"What can't you find now?"

"Will this matter be investigated?"

The Dali Temple Minister was a little hesitant, but the crime of hiding a corpse was no small crime, and the deceased was the Lord of Mucheng. The Lord of Mucheng had guarded the border city for many years and had made great contributions. He could not ignore it, and the court would not ignore it either.

The Dali Temple Minister exhaled and asked the people in front of him, "Are you sure that your city lord's body is in that batch of goods?"

"Sure." Several people nodded.

The Dali Temple official said truthfully: "But I just searched their batch of goods, and there are no bodies?"

"That's because you didn't search the secret compartment in the box, sir."

"There is a box with a secret compartment underneath that is just big enough for one person. Our city lord is inside. We have been checking for a long time and are sure that there is nothing wrong."

"Alright! This is a matter of life and death, so I'll trust you this time. Let's go and search."

The Dali Temple Minister returned and continued to search the goods.

At this moment, he said with certainty that there were dead bodies hidden in this batch of goods.

Jiujiu and Nan Yuanxiang were not frightened, but the merchants from the Western Regions were frightened. Corpses? Where did the corpses come from?

"How could there be a body inside the cargo?"

"We don't have any bodies hidden."

Ruhar argued.

The Dali Temple official said, "Just because you didn't hide it doesn't mean Miss Nan didn't hide it either. If she killed someone, she might have hidden the body in there under the pretext of doing business, and was going to take it back to dispose of it."

Nan Yuanxiang: “…”

Wow, I really admire the thinking of the Dali Temple Chief.

She also wanted to thank him once again. If it weren't for Jiujiu, she would not have been able to escape the imprisonment this time, no matter whether it was the smuggled salt incident or the corpse incident.

Woo woo woo…

What a hard life!

I've been unlucky lately. I'll have to burn incense and pray to Buddha when I get back.

"Minister of the Dali Temple, since you say so, let's check it again!" Jiujiu said, "It's useless to talk nonsense, why don't you check it yourself and make a decision after the investigation."

"good."

The Dali Temple Minister ordered people to check the goods again, especially the box with a secret compartment that the man from Mucheng mentioned.

A whole box of goods was emptied out for inspection, and the bottom was turned upside down, but nothing was found.

"There is no body."

"Definitely not."

The Dali Temple Minister said to Mucheng and others.

"How could there not be anything? It's impossible." Several people shook their heads, unable to believe it.

At this moment, the younger brother of the Lord of Mucheng was hiding in the crowd, watching and waiting, waiting for his brother's body to be found, and then Nan Yuanxiang to be thrown into prison, so that he could repay his benefactor for saving his life.