This Cheng Louer is really amazing. When she is charming, she is extremely charming. When she is innocent, I feel pity for her. She is truly a natural beauty and a natural actor.

Zhu Song looked at his expression and couldn't tell whether she was lying. Either she really didn't do it, or this person's moral conduct was much higher than Zhu Song's.

"How old is Mrs. Shen this year?"

"This concubine is twenty-seven this year."

Zhu Song stood up and helped Cheng Lou'er up. He took a closer look at the details of her face and found that this woman's skin was so good that she didn't even have a single wrinkle.

You must know that the face of a woman in ancient times does not last as long as the face of a modern woman, especially after giving birth to a child. Ancient people got married early, so most of their faces were wrinkled by the time they were thirty.

Cheng Lou'er's face is not comparable to Jin'er's face, but it is comparable to his own princess and concubine Zhao.

Han Princess Feng Miaoqin is one year younger than Zhu Song, she is twenty-one this year, and Zhao Qin is three years younger than Zhu Song, and she is only nineteen this year. They both eat and sleep well here, and do not have to do menial work. , no need to do rough work, the skin is naturally well maintained.

Regardless of age or experience, Cheng Lou'er's skin shouldn't be so young. Could it be that what Shen Zhengcong said is right, but does this kind of thing really have such an effect when eaten by a woman?

"You are already thirty-nine years old. When ordinary women reach your age, they will have some wrinkles on their faces, but you don't have any. Shen Zhengcong said that your face is so good because of those things you eat. of."

Only then did Cheng Louer understand why Zhu Song looked at his face so carefully.

"Your Highness, please don't be deceived by Shen Zhengcong. Women only start to grow old after they have their own children, especially women from ordinary families. They have to do farm work every day and are exposed to the wind and sun. You naturally age faster."

"But I have never given birth to a child, I have been raised in a brothel since I was a child, and I have never experienced wind and rain, let alone this concubine..."

Cheng Louer choked and said as if he remembered something bad.

"This concubine has been fed a medicine since she was a child. After drinking this medicine, she will not have children, let alone... menstruation... so..."

Zhu Song was surprised. It turned out that this was the fundamental reason why Cheng Louer's skin was so well maintained.

The status of women in ancient times was inherently low, especially the women in brothels who were simply not looked upon as human beings. Cheng Louer's identity made it difficult for people to imagine how she grew up.

What shocked Zhu Song even more was that it turned out that the brothel would feed the girls in the brothel this kind of medicine. If they don't menstruate, they won't delay making money. If they don't get pregnant, they won't give birth to children, and they won't delay making money. It's simply It's terrible.

Seeing Cheng Louer's sad look, how could Zhu Song have the heart to continue interrogating her?

"That's all, I have misunderstood you, and I am here to apologize to you."

"How can a lowly concubine with a rich body like His Highness be worthy of His Highness's apology?"

Zhu Song laughed.

"What can't you afford to apologize for? I have made a mistake and I deserve an apology. Since you have not been involved in the hundreds of missing children, I have nothing to worry about. But now there is still a problem. Where is Shen Zhengcong's salt hidden? I sent people to dig the ground three feet and couldn't find it."

Cheng Lou'er looked at Zhu Song and said: "Your Highness, of course you won't find it if you dig three feet into the ground, because the private salt itself is hidden under the water. The largest water in Hangzhou is the West Lake!"

"West Lake?"

Zhu Song was shocked, how could this be possible? With the current level of productivity and technology, it is impossible to make a container that can be completely sealed and water-proof. If the salt is sprinkled into the water, the water will still be salty?

Zhu Song immediately shook his head: "How is this possible? No matter what kind of container is placed in the water, water will still enter."

Cheng Lou'er explained to Zhu Song: "Your Highness, use a cloth soaked in tung oil repeatedly to make a bag, put the salt in it, and then put it into a stone box. Apply beeswax to the gaps in the stone box to completely cover the gaps. There will be no water ingress.”

After hearing this, Zhu Song really sighed that the ancients were so clever that they could think of such a method.

"So that's it, you really have to live and learn. Then Mrs. Shen... Oh no, Miss Cheng, can you go to the West Lake with me to salvage all the illegal salt from the water in the West Lake? After all, the West Lake is very big. Miss Cheng You should know more or less where the stolen salt was thrown."

"As long as the illegal salt is salvaged and I can fulfill the emperor's instructions, the girl will naturally be free!"

Cheng Lou'er nodded: "I am willing to help His Highness obtain private salt!"

Under the leadership of Cheng Lou'er, Zhu Song gathered thousands of people and began to salvage in the West Lake. Jin Yiwei, who was good at water, tied a rope around his waist and dived to the bottom of the lake in one breath. He hugged the stone box when he saw it. If you pull the rope hard, the people on the boat or on the shore will pull hard on the rope.

When the first stone box was brought up, Jin Yiwei carefully scraped off the beeswax on it with a knife, and then opened it to see a special bag soaked in tung oil dozens of times.

When you open the bag, you will find salt inside. Although it is not the best, it is better than most salts on the market.

"Shen Zhengcong is really good at research. I never expected that he would actually hide these salts in the stone river and throw them into the water. No wonder I can't find them no matter how hard I look for them!"

Cheng Lou'er directed the Jin Yiwei to salvage. She had a very good memory. Every time she hid salt, Shen Zhengcong would take her with him. The specific location of the salt sinking to the bottom of the water was in the minds of Shen Zhengcong and Cheng Lou'er. It's written down inside.

The stone boxes were found one by one, and the salt in the box was taken out bag by bag. Someone began to count and move it to the carriage. If these salts were sold by sea, the millions of taels would definitely not be a dream.

The purpose of Zhu Song's visit this time was to find out the salt tax and hand it over to the court. This was the original purpose and the most important thing to do. Now that the case investigation is almost complete, the salt has also been found, although the money has not been given. He took it out, but there were still those adults and Shen Zheng, so it would be easy to take out some more money from the richest businessman in Hangzhou.

It took a whole night to pay for salt, and Cheng Lou'er also worked on the boat all night. Her boat was in the middle of the West Lake. She pointed out that where the Jinyiwei and the official officers who were recruited were good at water, she would suddenly plunge into the water. in.
Chapter completed!