Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 175 Extra

It was winter again, and news came from the capital that Ru Niangzi had gotten her revenge as she wished, but she still died in a fire.

With a "bang", the teacup in Jiang Yin's hand shattered to the ground.

She stood up quickly, choking a little, "What did you say?"

Xiao Luo gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, held Jiang Yin's hand tightly and said, "My lady, Ru is gone."

"She's gone. How could she just leave like that?" Jiang Yin couldn't hold back her tears. "We clearly exchanged letters a few days ago. She said she was coming back."

Over the years, she and Ru Niangzi have been in frequent correspondence, and Ru Niangzi has finally achieved her wish and become a courtesan. She is talented and still sells her art instead of her body.

When she went to Tokyo, Ru Niangzi would sneak out to see her.

Ru Niangzi also said that after she finished her business, she would be willing to live with Boss Wu even as a concubine.

After all, Boss Wu has been with her in Tokyo all these years, and he only goes out of town for one or two months a year.

Although Boss Wu's behavior was unfair to his wife and children, he was sincere to his wife Ru.

Jiang Yin did not comment on Boss Wu's behavior. But she knew that if her wife followed Boss Wu in the future, she would not be wronged.

Good days are about to come, how can Mrs. Ru just die like this?

"Is the news true?" She confirmed with Xiao Luo in a trembling voice.

Xiao Luo said, "It's true, madam. If you set the fire yourself, the news will spread all over the capital."

Jiang Yin couldn't stop the tears from her eyes, and she still couldn't believe that this was real.

She asked Li Ji to look after Ru Niangzi, and also asked her fourth uncle, who was working far away in Huizhou, to ask his classmates who were working in Beijing to look after Ru Niangzi.

Under such circumstances, why didn't Ru Niangzi change her fate?

But whether she believes it or not, the fact is the fact.

Jiang Yin was very sad and found a corner in the mansion to burn paper for Ru Niangzi.

Ru Niangzi's death made her sad for two months, and she was not very happy even during the Spring Festival.

Xiao Luo couldn't bear to watch this, so she took her to the Jinjiang River to release lanterns during the Lantern Festival.

"What should I write, ma'am?" Xiao Luo handed her a pen and said with a smile, "I heard that the wishes written on the Kongming lantern can come true."

She sighed in her heart, Ru Niangzi was one of her few friends. Her death was a great blow to her.

Perhaps it was because I was thinking of my deceased mistress and son-in-law, which is why I still think of Ru Niang from time to time after so long.

"Really?" Jiang Yin curled his lips slightly and said softly, "Then I must write well."

She didn't write anything else, just wrote "We will meet again year after year".

She hopes to meet the people she wants to meet every year and that the people she cares about can be safe and happy.

She and Xiao Luo released the Kongming lantern together, and immediately closed their eyes and made another wish.

"Madam, madam, look who's here." Xiao Luo's excited voice sounded in her ears, and she suddenly thought that her wish had come true.

In fact, it really came true.

Jiang Yin covered his lips and looked at the person in front of him in disbelief. It turned out to be Niangzi who had already died.

Standing behind Ru Niangzi were Li Ji and Boss Wu.

"Look at you, why are you crying?" Ru Niangzi came forward and hugged her, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. "Why, don't you recognize me? I said I would come back, and I came back as soon as my injury healed."

"You didn't even send a message back." Jiang Yin raised his hand to hit her twice, but in the end he stroked her instead, "I thought you were dead."

Ru Niangzi said: "He was dead, but you brought him back to life."

It turned out that when the fire just started, she was secretly rescued by Li Ji's men and replaced with a corpse of similar size.

But she was injured after all, and it took her so long to recover.

Now she has changed her appearance and become Boss Wu's concubine, Aunt Wu.

There is no one like you in this world.

Jiang Yin was very happy for her. After some greetings, he learned that Mrs. Ru was still weak, so he urged Boss Wu to take everyone to rest.

Li Ji insisted on sending Jiang Yin back home. Xiao Luo tactfully followed Wang Hengzhu and did not disturb them.

Jiang Yin said gratefully, "Thank you for what happened to my lady."

She sighed in her heart. Unconsciously, she owed Li Ji a lot in this life, and it was impossible to calculate it no matter how hard she tried.

"I said, there is no need to thank each other." Li Ji said gently, "The emperor wants to grant me the throne, I asked him to let me enter Shu, he agreed, and the imperial edict will be issued soon.

The Shu Palace is not far from your residence, you can come and visit when you have time."

Since he already understood his feelings, he would never give up easily.

Fortunately, Shu is a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, and it is also an important location for tea-horse trade. With him here, the government can feel more at ease.

Jiang Yin was surprised and said, "You don't have to do this."

How could she deserve Li Ji to do so much for her?

"You're worth it." Li Ji paused and said seriously, "If you change your mind in the future, you can tell me anytime."

He can wait until the day Jiang Yin accepts him.

Jiang Yin pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment and looked up and said: "I don't know what I really feel, but I don't mind being with you."

The past has gone with the wind. If she could spend her whole life with Li Ji, she thought she would be willing to do so.

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, then his pupils shrank slightly, and he said in disbelief: "You, you said you are willing to be with me?"

Jiang Yin nodded, and said with a smile: "Yes, I am willing."

"That's great, Ayin, Ayin." Li Ji immediately picked up Jiang Yin excitedly and turned him around a few times.

He then hurriedly wrote a letter to the capital, asking the emperor to grant him a marriage.

He also promised that Jiang Yin would decide what surname the child would take.

The two of them understood each other's feelings, and on the earliest auspicious day, Jiang Yin married Li Ji in a grand ceremony and became the Princess of Shu.

From then on, the two worked hand in hand to open up the Ancient Tea-Horse Road, expand the tea-horse trade, and bring prosperity to Shu.

Mengshan tea has also spread to various places...

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Li Ji had a dream. In the dream, he was with Jiang Yin in Chengdu Prefecture.

In the dream, Jiang Yin devoted all her heart to him, as if he was everything to her.

He also liked Jiang Yin in his dream, but the Jiang Yin there was weak, simple, and naive.

He didn't want her to be exposed to the messy outside world, so he didn't tell her many things and only told her that he was involved in everything.

At that time, the Jiang family was occupied by Zhang Yuanzhi, who openly provided assistance to the rebels.

In the end, he not only arrested other families in Mengshan, but also arrested people from the Jiang and Zhang families.

The emperor intended to bring the Five Peaks of Mount Mengshan under the unified management of the imperial court, so he did not hesitate to hand over all the evidence to the emperor.

Several families were sentenced to death and exile. He used his own merits to plead with Xie Daoyun, asking the government to spare the Jiang family who had been kept in the dark.

The emperor agreed, but he wanted to find out other people involved, so he asked him to prepare and arrest anyone who tried to rob the execution ground.

To this end, he stayed up for several nights to complete the deployment, and on the day of execution, he captured the remaining fish that had escaped the net.

However, just when he happily went back to tell Jiang Yin the good news and discuss their wedding date, Jiang Yin burned herself to death in the backyard.

He threw himself into the sea of ​​fire like a madman but failed to save the person. Later he heard that Xiao Luo was dead and her body was thrown into Jiang Yin's yard.

At that time he was still making arrangements in the palace and did not receive the news.

He felt extremely regretful and heartbroken, regretting that he had not talked more to Jiang Yin to let her know his feelings and what he was doing.

When he dreamed of this, Li Ji was awakened.

He was pale and covered in cold sweat.

Only when he felt the presence beside him did he hug the person tightly in his arms with red eyes.

Fortunately, fortunately it was just a dream...