I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 175 Waiting

"Miss Shen knows." Xu Xiucai shook his head and left leisurely to go to the yamen.

"Hey...what's this riddle?" Although Mrs. Zhu was puzzled, she would not chase her husband and ask in front of outsiders.

She looked at Shen Xiaoye's thoughtful expression and said, "Since it's inconvenient for you to go out, leave these tasks to me.

The dried fruit shop has just had its walls painted, so it needs to air out for a few days before we can put anything in it.”

"I can't let you get tired. How about this? Please find a familiar garment shop for me to make the fabric." Shen Xiaoye remembered that someone from the Yang family worked as an official in Daxing County, and Xu Xiucai must have heard something.

Although the public security under the emperor's feet was not bad, it would be better if she was dealt with within the rules, but if some so-called underworld methods were used, she would be unable to defend herself.

It seems that she needs to ask the little black cat to help scout the area so that she can have a clear idea of ​​the situation.

"Well, I'll help you deliver it to the clothing store near the Drum Tower." Mrs. Zhu pointed at the cloth with her and said, "By the way, I see your cloth is cheap and easy to sell, have you ever considered opening a shop?

As the housing prices in Beijing are getting higher and higher, it would be a good idea to buy a shop and use it myself or rent it out in the future."

"We don't need it for now. The cost is too high." The key point is that Shen Xiaoye's business is unstable.

She chatted with Mrs. Zhu for a while and then said goodbye and went home. At this time, Xuan Shen was already waiting for her.

He said, "Miss Shen, I have seen Manager Zhu. He said that he will bring the deed to the government office at 3 pm to hand it over to us."

"Should I go to Shuntian Prefecture or Daxing to process the title deed for this alley?" Shen Xiaoye suddenly thought.

Xuan Shen said: "The city is under the jurisdiction of the Shuntian Prefecture, and the areas outside the city are under the jurisdiction of the two county offices in the east and west."

After a pause, he continued, "Miss Shen, it would be better if you don't go to the various workshops near the city wall to sell cloth in the next few days.

Just now I saw that in the west city, the government troops were arresting people on a large scale, and several Khans who were transporting coal were arrested.

Later, some tall and strong porters were also captured.”

"I know." Shen Xiaoye nodded and told him to go have breakfast. She brought some hot goat milk to the little black cat who had just woken up, and said, "I'll find you another chance to go out and play."

"Okay, okay." The little black cat was happy to run out.

It ran all over Lingchunfang that day and actually saw two suspicious people. The first was a peddler who often wandered around the entrance of the alley, and he didn't seem to care that no one was buying anything.

Another thing is that every half an hour, a young boy would come out of the side alley, look at the door here and then leave.

Moreover, when Shen Xiaoye was walking through the alley to Shuntian Mansion to hand over the house deed, he met this young boy.

Later, after Xiao Xuanmao told Shen Xiaoye that there was something fishy about this man, he chased the peddler to the end and found that this man was even more alert than Feng Jiu, and he went into a tavern and never came out again.

At night, it came back and said to Shen Xiaoye: "Something must be wrong there, the tavern he entered might have a secret passage.

Unfortunately, I waited at the door for too long, and when I found out that he didn't come out, I couldn't find him anymore. Was he spying on you?"

"I don't know. It depends on whether he comes tomorrow." Shen Xiaoye thought about it carefully. The son-in-law of the Yang family should not go to such great lengths to let someone monitor her like this. The boy might be a member of the Yang family.

So, the peddler could be a member of Feng Jiu's gang? They arrested him yesterday, and today they came looking for him. How could this gang react so quickly?

If the intelligence response capability was really so fast, the Northern Tartars would not have been driven back to the grasslands.

If we think about it this way, the answer to the person who is monitoring us is obvious.

Shen Xiaoye was not too worried, mainly because this place was too close to the government office. A few hundred meters to the right in the same alley was the imperial car factory.

So after practicing boxing the next morning, she carried the little black cat past the car cleaning factory and headed towards the bustling Drum Tower. But halfway through, she saw the peddler from yesterday selling things to people a few steps ahead, so she suddenly turned back.

Xuan Shen, who followed her, was puzzled: "Miss Shen, did you forget to take something?"

"No, I suddenly remembered that it would not be appropriate to go directly to the Imperial City to deliver the contract to Mr. Lu.

It would be better if you deliver it alone." Shen Xiaoye handed him the small box in her bag, which contained the house deed and the remaining banknotes.

Xuan Shen said, "I'll go there after I send the girl home. We can still reach the Imperial City by taking the Jiejia Hutong branch lane."

In fact, the shortest route to the east of the imperial city where the eldest young master is on duty is through the branch alley.

He didn't understand why Miss Shen wanted to take such a long detour.

"Yeah." Shen Xiaoye did not refuse, and walked back home cooperatively, but she let the little black cat out to observe the peddler.

While she was waiting for the result, her uncle Shen Changshou had already arrived in Linghe County.

They left home very early yesterday, but unfortunately they met another team of cavalry heading for the capital outside Tongzhou City. As a result, they were delayed and had to stay overnight in an inn until the next morning.

Shen Changshou and Yuan said, "Do you and your daughter want to find an inn to eat something?"

"If you're not hungry, why don't you go directly to the county government office?

When the time comes, take a look from a distance first." Yuan knew that he had good intentions in letting them wash up, so she hugged her two daughters, hoping to see him soon.

Shen Changshou didn't force it, but when he passed by Chen Ji Meat Pie Shop, he still got off the car and bought a few meat pie. Fortunately, there were not many people queuing at noon.

The old woman who was looking after the children in the car was very grateful. She had never thought that there was such a simple job. She was provided with food and accommodation and did not have to do anything else but take care of the two children.

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." The two girls followed their mother in thanking him before taking a bite of the pancake.

Shen Changshou looked at their thin appearance with pity in his eyes. At the same time, he thought of his son and his pregnant wife, so he simply asked the boss for ten more cakes.

The boss just waved his hand and said, "The remaining pies are for Mr. Pan from Wubenzhai. He loves to eat my meat pies."

"Twenty?" Shen Changshou saw how many there were. Mr. Pan's family was small, so could they finish them?

As soon as the boss nodded, he waved behind him: "Ten-inch boy, it's ready for you."

"Thank you, Boss Chen." Shi Cun walked in quickly and saw Shen Changshou was there too: "Brother Shen, how are you?"

"Okay, well, is my brother Geng doing well in his studies recently?" Shen Changshou was going to buy some other food and send it to him later.

Shi Cun took the wrapped meat pie and was about to say "Okay" when another woman came running over with a child in her arms and said, "Boss, two meat pie's, please."

"Sold out." Boss Chen sells a limited quantity every day.

The three or four-year-old boy in the woman's arms cried out, "Mom, Rourou."

"Don't cry, uncle will give you two." Shicun couldn't bear to see the child crying, so he took out two and gave them to him.

However, when he handed it to her halfway, the woman rejected it and said, "No need."

She turned around and left with the child in her arms, just passing by Yuan and others in the car.

Yi Jiaer followed the child's gaze and saw that the child was crying in grievance. She said, "Why don't you want it? Just give me money!"

Just as he finished speaking, he felt a heat on his arm, and then a meat pie fell from above his head.