Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 148

Xue Jiu and his group searched the bookstore inside and out but couldn't find anyone. However, they found a stick in the bookstore near the guest room they had just visited.

At first he didn't understand the meaning of the stick, but when he stretched out his hand to knock on the window diagonally opposite, he found that it was still a little short of the target.

He just picked up the stick and was about to poke open the door of the window opposite, when suddenly he paused and looked at the stick thoughtfully.

He found that with the length of his arms, he could just reach the window diagonally opposite. He was a man and his arms were slightly longer, so he could not only reach it but also had extra space.

He estimated that if it was a woman, she would not be able to poke the window open with the stick, but the stick could knock against the window sash.

He seemed to be able to imagine the situation at that time and couldn't help but admire Ye Xi.

When Xue Jiu came out, he found Ye Xin standing at the door of the bookstore waiting for him, looking a little nervous.

Xue Jiu then understood that Ye Xi must have come back, as they had just met.

"Mr. Ye, let me take you back home." Xue Jiu said.

"...No, let's get back to the topic. What is Master Xue doing? Are you spying on me?"

When Ye Xin saw that Xue Jiu did not bring anyone out, he knew that Ye Xi must have escaped. He came to his senses and thought that it was time for him to take action.

"No, it's just that things have been a little uneasy lately, so my lord asked me to protect Master Ye." Xue Jiu said calmly.

Ye Xin found that no matter whether it was the officials or their subordinates, they were all too shameless when it came to lying. He was speechless and left angrily.

What Xue Jiu said just now was just polite words. He would not send Ye Xin back, but he winked at one of his subordinates, and the subordinate quietly followed him.

As soon as Xue Jiu returned to his place of residence, he immediately wrote a letter to explain his discovery today and asked someone to send the letter and the stick back to Suzhou City.

It only takes one and a half days to travel from Hangzhou City to Suzhou City by express horse. On the third day, Wei Jue received Xue Jiu's letter.

After reading the letter, Wei Jue took the stick and looked at it again and again. He didn't expect that Ye Xi was much smarter than he thought. Let alone admiration for her, he even admired her a little.

He increasingly felt that it was not without reason that he was attracted to this woman, as she could always give him many surprises.

However, when he thought about her previous behavior and the purpose of her return to Hangzhou this time, he began to feel unhappy again.

He captured Pei Zhu more than two months ago and spread the news.

But no matter how long he waited, no one showed up. He suspected that the person might have met with disaster, but he quickly denied this idea.

He thought the news must not have spread far enough, so he spread it further.

After he captured Pei Zhu, he had interrogated him severely, but Pei Zhu's statement remained unchanged. He said that he was given a blank certificate and a pass, so he had no idea where Ye Xi would go.

The shopkeeper is only responsible for delivering the items and has no idea what is inside.

Ye Xi was also very careful. She actually left by herself and didn't contact anyone around her.

Knowing that the people had returned to Hangzhou City, he could no longer wait quietly in Suzhou City, so he immediately took his people and rode on horseback to Hangzhou City.

After Ye Xi returned to the inn, she digested the information provided by Ye Xin. It was indeed the worst case scenario. She had never dared to think about what to do if this was the case.

She thought about it all night and thought of many ways, but none of them could solve the current dilemma.

She was so anxious that she started sobbing in the room...