A few days ago.

Jiazuo, following Xiao Yujing's order, secretly came to Ding Laosi's home.

After revealing her identity to Madam Ding, Madam Ding asked about her husband.

"Don't worry, Madam Ding. Old Fourth Ding is being taken care of now and is very safe." Jia Zuo said.

Knowing that her husband was not dead and had delivered the "Petition of the People" to the emperor, Madam Ding could not help crying.

After crying for a while, Mrs. Ding gradually calmed down.

Seeing that she had recovered, Jia Zuo began to ask.

"Madam Ding, do you know where the people who were killed are buried?"

Mrs. Ding shook her head.

"After the conflict that day, we were all detained in the salt field for three days and three nights."

"They didn't give them any food or water, and they were left in the hot sun all day. Many elderly people couldn't stand it and fainted."

"On the fourth day, Wei Kangyuan saw that we were exhausted and thought it was about time, so he said he would let us out."

"But there is one condition, which is that we keep this matter to ourselves. If anyone tells anyone, he will bury the entire county with them."

"As for those who have died, no one knows where they are hidden."

Jiazu frowned.

With so many people dying at once, it should be very difficult to deal with the bodies.

But he secretly checked all places in Yangping County and found no signs of groundbreaking.

Except for one place - the salt field.

The saltworks was heavily guarded, and he was almost discovered several times he went there.

"Ms. Ding, is there any way to bring me into the salt field?" Jiazuo asked.

Madam Ding thought about it.

"The salt workers were making too much noise recently, so the salt field will probably be short-handed. I think they'll be hiring again soon. I'll take you there then."

Jia Zuo nodded.

That's all.

Therefore, after the county government issued an order to recruit workers, Madam Ding sent Jiazuo over.

Jiazuo raised his head and looked at the officers and soldiers sharply with his eagle eyes under his hat.

The soldier was startled and then became angry and embarrassed.

"What are you looking at? Be careful or I'll dig your eyes out." The soldier said viciously.

Upon seeing this, Madam Ding hurried forward to smooth things over.

"Sir, calm down. This is my cousin's brother, who fled from the north. I am a rough man who doesn't know how to behave and made you angry. Please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart."

The soldier's eyes fell on Madam Ding's face.

"It's you, Madam Ding. Is this your cousin?" He pointed at her nails.

"Yes, yes. I couldn't survive the famine in my hometown, so I came here to beg for food." Madam Ding said with a smile.

The officer looked Madam Ding up and down and humiliated her, "What's the matter? Your husband ran away, but you found a mistress so quickly?"

Madam Ding paused and her face turned pale.

Jia Zuo's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Okay, for Madam Ding's sake, give him a bite to eat."

As the soldier spoke, he reached out and touched Madam Ding's waist.

Before she even touched her clothes, a hand reached out from the side and grabbed her wrist tightly.

The officers and soldiers struggled hard to break free, but still could not move.

"You!" The soldier looked at Jia Zuo angrily.

"You don't want your life!"

Madam Ding quickly turned around and tried hard to pry Jiazuo's hands apart.

"Don't cause trouble..." Madam Ding whispered.

Jia Zuo stared fiercely at the officers and soldiers.

The soldier rubbed his wrist which was clenched so hard, avoided Jia Zuo's sight, and said impatiently: "Alright, alright, go in quickly!"

"Come in." Madam Ding pushed Jiazuo.

Just as Jiazuo was about to go inside, he was stopped by the soldier again.

"Wait a minute!"

The soldier met Jia Zuo's eyes and couldn't help but tremble.

"The name hasn't been registered yet."

Jia Zuo said coldly: "Li Er."

After saying that, he walked towards the salt field without looking back.

-

Coastal ferry.

Jiang Ci Jin was watching the workers transporting a batch of porcelain.

He has already made contact with overseas merchants. As long as this batch of porcelain meets their requirements, the two sides will cooperate for a long time, and the Xie family's industry will then be further developed.

Porcelain is fragile, so the workers carried the boxes carefully.

Suddenly, one of the workers staggered and fell to the ground.

As soon as he let go, one side of the box slid to the ground.

"Wow!"

There was a clear sound of porcelain breaking.

"pock!"

The worker who was carrying the box with him quickly put the box down and ran over to help him.

Jiang Ci Jin heard the sound and ran over quickly.

Several workers surrounded Wang Mazi lying on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Ci Jin asked.

Hearing Jiang Ci Jin's voice, Wang Mazi forced himself to open his eyes.

"I'm fine, Mr. Luo, I just caught a cold... I'll be fine after a rest..." Wang Mazi said weakly.

Jiang Ci Jin reached out and touched his forehead, and his hand felt hot.

"Send him to the clinic quickly." Jiang Ci Jin said to the worker beside him.

"Master Luo, the box..." Wang Mazi looked at the ground.

"Don't worry about the box or not for now, curing the disease is the most important thing."

Jiang Ci Jin quickly asked someone to carry him to the clinic.

After the two left, Jiang Ci Jin looked at the wooden box on the ground.

He walked forward and pried open the wooden box with tools.

Sure enough, a large piece of the porcelain inside was broken.

Jiang Ci Jin picked and chose to see if there were any complete ones.

Suddenly, he found something like a sack sticking out from under the porcelain.

Jiang Ci Jin quickly pushed the broken porcelain away.

The sack at the bottom of the wooden box was completely exposed.

Jiang Ci Jin took out a small knife and cut the sack open, revealing the granular crystals inside.

He grabbed a handful, put it on the tip of his pen and smelled it.

The faint smell of sea water stimulates the nasal cavity.

Jiang Ci Jin sneered in his heart.

It finally appeared.

He looked at the other workers loading the goods.

"Everyone, open and check all the boxes delivered today to see if there is any damage or abnormality." Jiang Ci Jin ordered.

The workers pried open the boxes one by one and inspected the porcelain inside.

Half an hour later, the manager came over to reply.

"In reply to Master Luo, there is nothing wrong with the porcelain in these boxes. They are intact."

"Are there any other items placed in it?" Jiang Ci Jin asked.

"No." said the manager.

Jiang Ci Jin nodded.

It seems that they really moved the wrong goods.

These wooden boxes are used uniformly at the dock and they all look the same, so it is indeed difficult to distinguish them if they are mixed together.

"Bring this wooden box to my place, and bring another box of porcelain from the warehouse to make up for it."

"Yes." The manager responded.

The wooden box was delivered to Jiang Ci Jin's residence.

Jiang Ci Jin opened the wooden box and picked up a piece of broken porcelain inside.

This style is definitely not from their store.

"Fuping, go check who this porcelain is from."

Jiang Ci Jin wrapped up a piece of broken porcelain and handed it to Fu Ping.

Not long after, Fuping came hurriedly.

"Master, we found it."

"These porcelains were delivered by the Black Hawk Gang today."

It turned out to be the Black Hawk Gang.

Jiang Ci Jin pondered.

It seems that this is the gang that my younger sister mentioned, and that later killed him.

Black Hawk Gang...

It turned out to be Fu Jichu, Master Fu II...

At the same time, Xie Mansion.

Burch came to Xiao Yujing's room.

"Your Highness, I found it."

"That day, people from Yangping County pretended to be merchants and guards of the salt fields."

"They are all members of the Black Hawk Gang."

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