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“What a strange thing?!”
“Did you hear that just on the edge of town, a house under the name of Prince Xinguo has suddenly disappeared!”
“Shhh… I heard that it was a house where Prince hid a beautiful woman in a golden room. The whole set of furniture decorating the house was carefully selected by the Prince, then the beauty was settled.”
“…Overnight, all the furniture was still there, but the beauty and the house was gone! They lined up two “wells” in the courtyard and demolished everything cleanly inside and outside!”
“There is such a strange thing in the world! The beauty ran away and the whole house was demolished. What kind of hatred was this?!”
“Arrest documents have been sent to various counties and towns. Prince Xinguo has offered a big reward for the secret capture of the fugitive, and he has strictly ordered that the person must be captured.”
“…I have an acquaintance in the county government office. My brother said he saw the portrait, and it’s a little lady…”
While the restaurant guest was bragging, a rosy white wrist suddenly appeared in their field of vision. The words they said unconsciously stopped.
There were many boating activities in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The river crisscrosses the land, covering the land of many prefectures and counties, as densely intertwined as fishing nets.
Many restaurants and tea shops were built near the river. Guests could lean on the railings and watch the boats in the river pass by in an endless stream.
A row of big merchant ships leisurely flowed down the river.
The flags on the bows were fluttering, and dozens of merchant ships lined up, neatly revealing the large and eye-catching “Ye” on the ship.
The big water waves reflected on the largest merchant ship in the center. In the sparkling light, the bamboo green curtain was lifted from the inside, revealing a tender white wrist in the sun, waving to the shore.
“Here, send a pack of fresh and crispy water chestnuts.”
The girl selling water chestnuts on the shore trotted after the merchant ship, grabbed a pack of water chestnuts and threw it on the ship. The girl yelled, “Thank you for your patronage, ten cents!”
Taa, a small package of copper coins along with the purse was thrown back to the shore, “Take it.”
The girl happily smiled, holding the purse, she thanked, “Thank you Madam Ye for the money!”
The merchant ships went down the river, there were as many as forty ships in the group, all flying the “Ye” flag.
With such an impressive fleet of boats, every pedestrian and merchant passing by the Yangtze river had to stop and take a second look.
“Ye family caravan.”
Several merchants who were drinking and chatting in a restaurant by the river had already forgotten what they were just talking about.
They changed the topic and continued to talk about “Ye” in front of them.
“A new business family name has emerged in the country in the past two years. Brother, have you ever heard that the business leader of the Ye family is a beautiful young lady…”
The young lady who is the head of the Ye family has a thunderous reputation.
“What kind of big item is being transported on this trip? Looking at the weight of those ships, they are almost submerged to the waterline.”
“The Ye family is in the cloth business. What else can be transported, the ship is full of silk!”
Ye Fu Liu, the young lady in charge of the Ye family who had been talked about a lot, was sitting in the cabin, leaning on the table, eating the newly bought water chestnuts with great interest.
The long, snow-white fingers flexibly peeled off a pile in a moment. Just in a few minutes, a large pile of hard shells piled up in front of them.
After Ye Fu Liu had eaten enough, she remembered the visitor sitting opposite and pushed the remaining water chestnuts forward.
“The weather is getting hot. Master Shen can also eat some water chestnuts to cool down the heat.”
The visitor sitting opposite Ye Fu Liu was a gentle and fair man. He spoke in a gentle manner, and looked very good-tempered.
He took the water chestnut and peeled it open. Instead of eating it himself, he put the white water chestnut meat into the small porcelain plate present in front of Ye Fu Liu.
“A gentleman doesn’t take away someone’s love. Miss Ye, eat slowly. After you have finished eating, we can talk about it.”
What to talk about?! Talking about business, of course.
Sitting opposite Ye Fu Liu today was none other than Shen Li, the leader of the Shen family caravan.