I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 167 Rubia

Shen Xiaoye looked at the two men. They looked the kind that would be hard to find in a crowd. They were not very old and were both wearing cloth clothes. Even their shoes were worn out.

She clasped her fists towards the two men and said, "I am the niece of the Shen family. May I ask your names, brothers?"

The two men returned the greeting, and one of them said, "I am Sun Mi, this is Bian Xian.

Miss Shen, please get in the car and take a seat. My brothers and I will drive the car."

After a brief acquaintance, Shen Xiaoye said goodbye to her uncle and Lu Guan, "Uncle, will you be home in the next few days?"

"No, I'll be busy in the second half of the month. Spring plowing at home is about to start, so you need to take care of it more." Shen Changsui did not specify the specific time for his rest. He explained a few words to Sun and Bian and started the work without any further delay.

Lu Guan instructed her, “Before you leave this time, send a message to Xuan Shen and ask him to pay the cook and Mr. Bai’s wages by the end of the month, and then invite them to work when there is an opportunity in the future.

He will move over to look after the house temporarily."

"Guardian Chen is not going?" Shen Xiaoye pondered for a moment and then asked, "Are the wages of the cook and Mr. Bai very expensive?"

"Brother Chen has gone to deliver a letter to Uncle.

As for the wages, Mr. Bai’s is not expensive, only five cents a month.

But the cooks were paid by the day, and the craftsmen were paid 40 coins a day. These dozens of coins were enough for Xuan Shen to eat on the street every day. "Although Lu Guan had some money before the New Year, he spent a lot of money on gifts for his uncle and two brothers.

"I know that Mr. Bai is a useful person, so let him be a companion to Xuan Shen!" After saying that, he clasped his fists in gratitude to Shen Xiaoye. After all, the person guarding the house was introduced by Xuan Shen. If Lu Guan chased him away, it would make his servant lose face.

He and Shen Changsui urged the horses, and the little leopard cried and tried to break free, but it had been tied up with a piece of cloth at some point and could not get out. It could only lean under Shen Changsui's arm to ask Shen Xiaoye for help.

However, it only received a waving motion. Shen Xiaoye watched the two men ride away on horseback, wondering why his uncle had specifically mentioned spring ploughing just now. He also knew that the family's fields had been rented out.

Before she could sort out her thoughts, Sun Mi invited her to get in the car again and asked, "Miss, which gate do we go back to Beijing from?"

There are nine gates in the capital city, and there are two on the left and right of the north gate.

"Go to Ximen Coal Market." Shen Xiaoye would not forget that Feng Jiu was escorting the coal, and the camel caravan could not have delivered goods to only one company.

Under her command, the carriage returned quickly, and they talked to each other, talking about Fengjiu's general characteristics.

As for the little black cat, it did catch up to the Meishikou, and with its agility it never let the camel caravan out of its sight.

But halfway through the pursuit, Feng Jiu took the initiative to leave the camel caravan at the most crowded intersection and turned into the alley. He was particularly scheming and kept moving around in various alleys.

Sometimes, when they walked to an alley, they would suddenly turn around and walk back.

If Shen Xiaoye chased him himself, even if he wouldn't be confused by his constantly changing alleys, he would still be caught by his counter-tracking.

Unfortunately, Feng Jiu didn't know that the one following him was not a person, but a small black cat that was not affected by the wires and could most of the time run along the roofs and walls.

However, the kitten was also annoyed by the pursuit, not knowing where the man was going. It had no way of informing Shen Xiaoye now, and could only grab a few pieces of madder roots from its collar at every corner to point her in the right direction.

Not to mention, although Shen Xiaoye was sitting in the car, there was no carriage on the mule cart this time, so her vision was not obstructed. Soon after getting off the bridge, she heard someone from the laundry department say, "Who threw the things at the intersection without any eyes."

Fortunately, the car was driving slowly as it had just got off the bridge. Shen Xiaoye saw that the man was holding madder in his hand.

Something flashed through her mind, but she didn't immediately form any associations.

So she completely missed the little black cat's hint at the first moment.

However, when the car arrived at the coal market, Sun Mi was left outside to guard the place. She and Bian Xian went straight in, and among the several camel caravans unloading the goods, they could not find Feng Jiu.

"Miss Shen, I'll go find the camel caravan he's in and ask around," Bian Xian suggested.

Shen Xiaoye hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you not use your official identity?"

"No." Bian Xian nodded and quickly found the leader of the camel caravan. He didn't know how he communicated, but he pointed in the direction of Shen Xiaoye, and then he and the leader kept walking past the unloading team members.

After a moment, he came back and said, "Leaving halfway."

"Let's go first." Shen Xiaoye frowned. She had been standing here for a long time without seeing the little black cat appear, and she was mentally prepared.

The two returned to the car, and Bian Xian whispered, "I asked the team leader to introduce a few people to me on the pretext that my girl's family is looking for a drum stone.

After I stuffed the silver into his pocket, he told me the origins of these people. I suggested changing the feng shui by using the drum stone, but he said it was not suitable and I had to look for more.

Then he said there was another person coming from the northeast, who had taken a leave of absence because he felt unwell today, and went to the laundry department to seek medical treatment halfway.

"I understand." Shen Xiaoye clapped his hands lightly: "Let's go to the place where he left the team. We have to be quick."

Sun Mi, the driver, asked, "Miss, does he look sick?

Will he use an excuse to not go to the clinic at all? If so, we need to divide our forces."

“I was far away, so I couldn’t see his face clearly, but his steps were strong and he didn’t seem to be ill.

Let's get to the place first, is there a shortcut other than the main street? "Shen Xiaoye was not familiar with the roads here.

Sun Mi and Bian Xian said at the same time: "Yes."

Immediately, the mule cart turned into an alley, and soon turned into another alley, and soon came to another block, then crossed another alley, turned into two diagonal alleys, and finally arrived.

Bian Xian didn't keep an eye on her, so Shen Xiaoye jumped off the carriage and ran to another place where Qiancao was before.

Of course, she couldn't find the grass that was picked up at this moment, so she had to say to Bian Xian who was chasing after her: "Brother Bian, please ask the staff at the laundry department where they have seen madder grass nearby."

"?" Bian Xian was confused, "People? Or medicine?"

Sun Mi, who was driving the car behind, said, "But someone picked up the madder when we passed by last time."

"It's that medicine. It's in my cat's little hanging sachet." Fortunately, the little black cat is vain. In order to compete for favor with the little leopard, it often wears the little sachet that grandma sewed with scraps of cloth.

Bian Xian and Sun Mi looked at each other. Could it be that the Shen family's cat had become a spirit that would actually leave tracking marks for its owner?

However, there are rumors in the camp that Master Shen was found by the big leopard he kept at home.

After the two of them thought about it on their own, one of them went to inquire while the other followed Shen Xiaoye along the alley to look for it.

Fortunately, the little black cat never keeps things in one place, so Shen Xiaoye still saw a small piece of madder at the corner of a hukou.

She didn't need to look closely because there were no markings on the medicine, but she just had to follow it.

She said, "I'll go first, please wait for Brother Bian."

"No, he will catch up." Sun Mi would not let her act alone.