Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1675 Suzhou Storm

The journey to Huizhou was thousands of miles long, and Xie Fu traveled day and night. A human could endure it, but Feiyun, the divine horse with amazing endurance, could not bear it.

After two days and three nights, they finally arrived at Huizhou City on the morning of the fourth day. They bought some steamed buns and ate them while leading their horse through the busy streets. The hustle and bustle as usual made Xie Fu's uneasy heart feel a little more at ease, as if nothing big had happened yet.

When they were one street away from Linghui Garden, Xie Fu suddenly saw yamen runners in official uniform blocking the road. He had a bad feeling and walked over immediately.

But he was stopped by a yamen runner: "What are you doing? Didn't you see the road is blocked?"

"Brother, what happened?"

The yamen runner immediately looked at the dusty Xie Fu with suspicion: "Are you a foreigner? What are you doing here?"

Xie Fu was anxious and wanted to quickly understand the situation in Linghui Garden, so he simply said, "I am a distant relative of the Gu family, and I came to Linghui Garden to visit relatives."

"Two nights ago, a fire broke out in Linghui Garden, burning down the entire Linghui Garden."

Xie Fu's face changed: "Where is that person? Are there any casualties?"

The yamen runner's face darkened. "The entire Linghui Garden was burned down, and the fire has not been completely extinguished until today. How could there be no casualties? Many people died."

"What about Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu?"

The bailiff asked, "Are you a relative of Mr. Gu?"

Xie Fu nodded: "Yes, may I ask if Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu are safe and sound?"

"The government is carrying out the bodies while putting out the fire. Many of the bodies have been burned beyond recognition. The identities of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu have not yet been confirmed from the bodies."

Xie Fu calmed down. He dared to set fire to Linghui Garden, the richest man in Huizhou, committing a heinous crime. Even the governor of a state would not have the courage to do so. Who else could it be except the emperor?

If it was the emperor who committed the murder, then his purpose was not to seek revenge, but to intimidate him, and at the same time use his father-in-law Gu Quan and mother-in-law Lu Yehua to threaten him. In this way, the two of them are not in danger of life at the moment.

Thinking of this, Xie Fu's fear calmed down a little. It was a pity that all the living creatures in Linghui Garden died an untimely death.

The yamen runner said, "Wait here for a moment. I will go and report to the governor."

The government has been in a state of panic these past two days. After all, the Huizhou Gu family is a branch of the Suzhou Gu family. If they fail to solve the case, they will inevitably be derelict in their duties and lose their jobs.

The governor of Huizhou came hurriedly with the yamen runners. With such a big incident happening in his jurisdiction, he would definitely lose his job. He was also very clear that the mastermind behind such a thing must be at least a wealthy and famous family, which was beyond the ability of him as the governor of Zhongzhou. Now he had no choice but to do more in the hope of reducing the anger of the Suzhou Gu family and saving his life.

The bailiff brought the governor of Huizhou to the palace, but there was no sign of Xie Fu.

The governor of Huizhou asked, "Where are the people?"

The bailiff replied, "Sir, he was here just now, how come he disappeared now?"

A constable asked, "Sir, could it be someone sent by the Gu family from Suzhou?"

The governor of Huizhou said, "It's only been two days since this happened. It's at least eight hundred miles from here to Suzhou. Even if the Gu family in Suzhou has heard about it, they can't get here so quickly. The Gu family in Huizhou is also a wealthy family. I think they must be relatives who happened to come to visit."

"Sir, almost all the people in Linghui Garden died overnight, and no one escaped from the sea of ​​fire. This is a bit tricky."

"Song Shenfu, don't rush to investigate this case. Right now, the priority is to deal with the aftermath."

"Sir, how can we not investigate such a serious matter?"

"I'm not saying we won't investigate, but with your ability, you won't be able to find out anything. Wait for the Six Gates to come and throw this hot potato to the Six Gates. The Suzhou Gu family will not let this matter go and will definitely investigate it thoroughly. Then we will just follow their lead."

"Sir, what if even the Suzhou Gu family can't handle the manipulator behind this?"

"Then we can only leave it to fate."

Although Xie Fu knew who the mastermind was, he couldn't make a wasted trip, so he found a place to tie Feiyun up and sneaked into Linghui Garden to investigate.

The once glorious Linghui Garden has been reduced to ruins. There are still open flames in some places and heat waves in the air, which shows how big the fire was. It has been raging since the moment it started.

Almost all the yamen runners and soldiers in the city were in Linghui Garden. A small number of people were still putting out the open fire, detectives in official uniforms were surveying everywhere, and most of the personnel were busy searching for the burnt bodies beyond recognition in the ruins and moving them to an open place.

Xie Fu saw many corpses of children among them, and felt very upset. This was the home of the Immortal Court, and now...

Xianting married me, and I had been with her for so many days, but I brought such a disaster upon her and her family. I felt extremely guilty and angry.

  Qin Xiaofu, you forced me to do this. This is an irreconcilable hatred, and I will not be merciful if I don't take revenge!

What Xie Fu was most worried about was the safety of Gu Quan and Lu Yehua. He avoided the eyes and ears of the officers and soldiers and inspected several bodies. Without exception, they all had injuries in vital parts of the bodies. It was obvious that they died first and then were burned beyond recognition by the fire.

Lu Yehua's cultivation is not low, but even with her in charge of Linghui Garden, she was still unable to prevent the tragedy from happening. This shows that the enemies are very powerful, and there are more than one, even Zhenwu Xuantian himself.

Those who were supposed to be killed must have died, and those who were alive must have been taken away.

In this case, searching for survivors is completely meaningless.

Qin Xiaofu didn't even let Lu Yehua go, so of course he wouldn't let his family go either. There were two options before him.

One way is to go through Suzhou. Suzhou is his base camp, where the three wealthy and famous families of Gu, Lu and Zhang are in charge, as well as his adoptive father Gu Xuan, the number one martial artist in Suzhou. To be safe, when he left Chang'an, he had already instructed Xiaoyun to take good care of the Tan Tai Mansion.

In Yangzhou, he had already instructed his cousin to take his grandfather to Tan Tai Mansion for temporary residence, and let the rest of their families go home for vacation, and the homeless followed his grandfather to Tan Tai Mansion.

Another way is to chase them to Chang'an. It is thousands of miles from Huizhou to Chang'an. Even if they left two days ago, if I ride Feiyun, I may be able to catch up with them halfway and rescue Gu Quan and Lu Yehua.

On the Suzhou side, there are Gu Xuan, Xiaoyun, Su Zaomou and Hongye. Even if Qin Xiaofu went there in person, he would not get any benefit. His going there would only be icing on the cake, but he would miss the opportunity to rescue his father-in-law and mother-in-law halfway.

Thinking of this, Xie Fu had already made up his mind, and immediately left Linghui Garden, riding on Feiyun and setting off again. ...

In Suzhou, the two military competitions have come to an end. The two personal guards of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won the first and second place respectively. This was also expected. After all, these two personal guards of the Crown Prince are the elite among the elites, and they are also the best in Chang'an. Their combat qualities are not comparable to those of ordinary local troops. The fact that these two personal guards won with absolute advantage also proves this point.

Unexpectedly, a grain transport team from Muzhou won the third place. The grain transport officer's name was Hu Diquan and he was not good-looking.

This grain transport team was laughed at and looked down upon in the beginning, but they were respected and admired in the end. It seems that this world has always respected the strong, while the weak are only despised and looked down upon.

This grain transporting army was personally received by Lu Tao, who praised them, invited them into Lu's residence and hosted a banquet for them.

It can be said that this grain transport unit is the most glorious of the two armies, even more glorious than the prince’s two personal guards.

Xie Fu organized the two military competitions in order to win over the hearts of the people, consolidate the power of the Jiedushi, and select talents. Lu Tao was entrusted by Xie Fu to preside over the military competition, and naturally he would help Xie Fu retain talents.

The fourth place winner was a soldier carefully selected from the army by Zhang Shiyi, the commander of Changzhou. In comparison, Zhang Shiyi was a little unhappy about getting fourth place. After all, in order to stand out in this military competition, he had been leading the army in exercises at the Rudong Garden training ground these days, and his sparring partners were the world-famous Gu family tiger guards.

Unexpectedly, the third place was snatched away by a little-known grain transport soldier. Of course, he was very unhappy. He had always disliked Hu Diquan, a small grain transport officer. Who knew that this small grain transport officer was not afraid of him at all, and was a thorn in his side. The two armies with different functions had many conflicts on and off the field.

Fortunately, Xie Fu had already promised to reward him privately, which made Zhang Shiyi feel much more balanced.

Xie Fu, the governor of Huainan, kept his word and gave out rewards such as armor, weapons, war horses, and silver according to the ranking.

The most eye-catching prizes are the king of armor - Ming Guang Armor, and the runner-up among armors - Chi Lian Armor.

Going to the battlefield is a life-threatening matter. If you have a pair of armor that is impervious to swords, guns, and arrows, your chances of survival are infinite.

This military competition ended happily for everyone, as elite armies from all over the country claimed that since they were wearing the Jiedushi's clothes, they were the Jiedushi's soldiers.

The Jiedushi were the highest military and political leaders of the two regions, and they were also the soldiers of the Jiedushi. Saying this was a kind of inner recognition. After all, they benefited from others and their hearts were inclined towards them.

If there was anyone who was unhappy, it was Tan Tai He Qing who had just given birth to a child. Where did all these armors, weapons, war horses and other equipment come from? Of course they were bought.

Not only did he empty her family's assets, but she also left herself with a huge debt.

Fortunately, she had a talent for business. She opened a silver box in the name of the Tan Tai family. With the title of the governor's wife, the wealthy and famous families in the two regions also gave her face. They deposited a large amount of silver on the opening day. The wealthy businessmen in the two regions also followed suit. After all, they worked for the governor and made a living, so how could they lose face for him? Even if they had no extra silver, they would borrow some and deposit it in the Tan Tai family's silver box.

Private lending has always existed among the people, and the most troublesome thing is disputes. Now that there is such a well-known company, some wealthy families with silver deposits have also introduced money to deposit in their safes.

Therefore, Tan Tai He Qing was able to raise huge wealth in a short period of time and cope with the astronomical figure for purchasing military equipment.

There is borrowing and there is lending. As time goes by, the silver gap will finally be made up, and the Tan Tai family's cloth business will not go bankrupt due to lack of silver turnover.

From the day that Tan Tai He Qing created the Silver Cabinet, she also helped Xie Fu to build a huge community of interests in the two paths. This is much more powerful than buying people's hearts. After all, they are in the same boat and they all prosper together if one suffers.

It was not in vain that Xie Fu married such a capable wife.

But this capable wife has recently had a bad temper. She would fly into a rage and scold the servants at any time. The servants in the mansion were so scared that as soon as they heard Tan Tai He Qing calling them, they knew that they would be in trouble today.

People privately said that the young lady's temperament had changed drastically since she gave birth to the young master, and she was no longer as reasonable as before.

  How could Tan Tai He Qing not have a bad temper and a drastic change in his personality?

She helped Xie Fu with a big belly and did a lot of work. When the child was born, her husband was not around. Now the child is one month old, and she hasn't even seen her husband, let alone the child.

The anger in my heart is growing every day. I can no longer suppress it. What should I do? Naturally, I have to find someone to vent my anger on.

The ones who were scolded the worst were Xia'er and Xiaoqiu. They served Tan Tai Heqing and were scolded several times every day.

It would have been fine if Gu Xianting was around. Even if Tan Tai Heqing was angry with Xie Fu, he would never lose his temper with Gu Xianting. With Gu Xianting around, Tan Tai Heqing would be more calm.

Just some time ago, there was a flood in Mingzhou. As the wife of the governor, Gu Xianting took on her husband's duties and went to Mingzhou in person to raise funds for disaster relief.

This woman had once been trapped in a disaster area in Wuxi and had a narrow escape from death. She experienced firsthand the suffering of the victims. It can be said that her life was saved by the victims. She is still grateful and regards the victims as her own family, sharing their sorrow and pain.

As dusk approached, Tan Tai He Qing scolded Xia Er and Xiao Qiu for no reason.

When she walked downstairs and out the door, Xiao Qiu's eyes reddened from the grievances of the past few days and she shed tears: "Why doesn't this damn guy come back yet?"

The damned one was of course referring to Xie Fu. Except for Tan Tai He Qing, Xiao Qiu was disrespectful to everyone. Later, Xie Fu became very different, and Xiao Qiu became much more restrained towards Xie Fu.

Xia Er hurriedly said, "Xiao Qiu, why are you talking nonsense? He is the master now. Even if he is not the master, he is the governor of Huainan Road, a second-rank official."

Xiao Qiu said stubbornly, "What's wrong with him? He didn't even come back when the young lady gave birth. Doesn't he deserve to die? So what if he's a second-rank official? Even if he's the emperor, I will still scold him. He's ruining our lives."

Xia Er was gentle and flexible, and said with a smile: "If you dare to say that in front of him, I will obey you."

Xiao Qiu straightened her chest and said, "Why not? I'll kill him!"

Xia Er smiled: "Then let's make a bet!"

Xiaoqiu remembered the last time she was punished by Xie Fu, and immediately became timid and did not dare to make this bet with Xia'er.

At this moment, Butler Kong walked into the inner house. This was a privilege granted by Tan Tai He Qing to the only man in the mansion who could enter the inner house, except Xie Fu.

Seeing the two girls, Butler Kong asked, "Xia'er, Xiaoqiu, where are the young ladies?"

Xia Er responded: "It's upstairs."

Butler Kong was about to go into the pavilion with a sound of "oh", but Xiao Qiu stopped him with a sound of "butler Kong, the young lady is losing her temper. If you have nothing else to do, I advise you not to go and get into trouble, or else your old bones might fall apart from her scolding."