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In this place, Zhuozhou Inspector led people to surround the Chen Mansion and the shop on Chen Jiaming's face. In the other place, He Lingjiang and Pei You pried out some information from the remaining survivors, and then proceeded to arrange the suppression.

It's a pity that although they acted as carefully as possible, they successfully captured the Qinghe Garden and the Chen family.

However, the interrogation would take time after all, and Xuanwu's hidden forces in Zhuozhou would be keen to detect something was wrong, and when the people they sent arrived, it was inevitable that some places had been emptied.

But fortunately, the most important stronghold forces and key figures in Zhuozhou were taken down, and they were nothing more than small people at the bottom of the shrine, leaving it to Zhuozhou to investigate slowly.

But in just a few days, the conversations of the people in Zhuozhou changed.

"Have you heard? The owner of the Qinghe Garden, our rich family from Zhuozhou, the Chen family, is actually a shrine..."

"How come? Isn't the Chen family a well-known benevolent family in our Zhuozhou? Whenever there is a disaster or a hard winter, they will donate porridge and donate clothes. Why are they involved with the Jingu?"

"You don't know..." The man shook his head, "A few days ago, there was a lot of fighting in the Qinghe Garden. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, my brother-in-law was working in the state government office. Clean up the Qinghe Garden, the smell of blood... the garden is full of swords and arrows..."

"I heard that he wanted to besiege and kill Prince Zhenbei and Mrs. He Qi who sneaked into the garden to investigate secretly, but they led people to kill him instead..."

"Ah!" The person who heard it was shocked, "Are you going to besiege and kill the prince of Zhenbei to congratulate Lady Seven?"

Among the thirteen prefectures in the Northland, Zhuozhou is right behind Dingzhou at the border of the Great Zhou and Beidi, and is relatively close to the border of Beidi. For so many years, thanks to the protection of the Beidi Army at the front, it was able to avoid the worry of Beidi's invasion.

Otherwise, if Dingzhou is unstable, Zhuozhou who is following behind will also feel bad...

Pei You, the heir of the King of the North, is there any commoner who doesn't know about the thirteen prefectures in the North?
He went to the battlefield at the age of 14, with great achievements in battle and unparalleled swordsmanship. He once beheaded a general of Beidi with a single sword in the midst of thousands of troops.

As for Mrs. He Qi, her deeds in Yaozhou have spread throughout Dazhou, even though Zhuozhou is located in the north, people have heard of her deeds.

Now, these two people sneaked into the Qinghe Garden to investigate secretly, but were surrounded and killed by the Patriarch of the Chen family, is that okay?
How can someone who can fight with Pei Shizi and Mrs. He Qi, and send such a master, be an ordinary rich man?
What's more, I heard that in the past few days, the state government has sent more people to work with these two people, and found many remnants of shrines in various places, all of which are related to this Qinghe Garden and the Chen family.

For a while, the people talked about it.

After all, the Chen family has been rooted in Zhuozhou for 30 to [-] years. Who would have imagined that such a family that has integrated into the local area is actually just wearing the guise of rich businessmen, and the members inside are not family members but church members?
Not to mention the local people, even the governor of Zhuozhou, the parent official, never thought of it...

He is now talking to Pei You with a bitter face: "The matter of the Chen family is due to the under-observation of the lower officials. But I really didn't know that the entire Chen family is actually a thief from the palace, otherwise, it would give me a hundred courage , I dare not accept the belongings handed over by the Chen family..."

He bowed his hands towards Pei You and He Lingjiang: "I hope you two can hold your hands high and say something nice for me in front of the saint..."

He was really afraid that the sage would cut off their entire family in a fit of anger.

Pei You and He Lingjiang looked at each other, but they didn't speak, but they had other thoughts in their hearts.

The governor of the Great Zhou Dynasty takes the exam every four years, and he cannot be transferred to office unless he is over four years old.The governor of Zhuozhou in front of him has been in office for three years. If there are no mistakes, he can move out of Zhuozhou after a year and go elsewhere.

It's a pity that in the last year, something went wrong.

The Zhenbei Army guards the thirteen states in the North, among which Dingzhou, Huaizhou, and Cangzhou occupy the largest area. Blessed, but the Zhenbei Palace does not have the right to govern it, and the taxation, personnel, and political leaders of each state must report to the imperial court.

However, since ancient times, being in charge of military power and having a king with a different surname is a prominent position, and it is even more dangerous. Even if the Zhenbei Palace has no intention of taking power, it has to guard against the day when the court will kill the rabbit and kill the dog and hide the bird. Keep yourself back.

After so many years, the Zhenbei Army naturally has its own manpower in important positions among the ten states.

Pei You received news from his subordinates yesterday that Zhuozhou Inspector Liu Yu has been in office for three years. His administration is simple and clear, and the people live in peace. Few people admire and praise him, so he can be regarded as a good official.

The only thing is that he is a bit greedy by nature.

He could barely hold himself back, but when he pushes out the executive order, he will inevitably encounter resistance. At this time, rich businessmen like the Chen family come forward and say that the original plan is to relieve the governor's worries, and they can contribute money and efforts to help the state government build water conservancy projects. He built roads and bridges, and at the same time secretly gave him property, saying that he wanted to ask for a small matter.

That trivial matter, indeed, seems trivial, but it is just a convenience for business, and it does not harm the interests of the court and the people.

How could he stand it?

Didn't they just half push and half accept it?

But he also understands the principle of cannibalism and short-handedness. He can do things with money, and he can raise his hand for small conveniences.

How can you imagine that such a trivial matter will become a major event now?
The governor of Zhuozhou wanted to cry but had no tears: "My son, Mrs. He Qi, I really don't know the reason why it has something to do with the shrine. I really just gave him some small business conveniences before, and I didn't dare to do other things. ..."

He was worried in his heart, because he was afraid that he would be involved in the smuggling of ironware. If he helped Jingu invisibly, even if he didn't know the reason, he would be accused of adultery with Beidi.

Whether he was involved or not, Pei You would naturally find out if he checked.

In the past three years, Liu Zen has had business with the Chen family five times, all of which are related to procurement and sales, and it is generally the same as what he explained.

The privately sold ironware was transported from Linchuan to Fanyang County in Zhuozhou. Because of Yang's operation, Xuanwu did not find Zhuozhou governor, so he asked him to do it secretly.

Also because of this, Zhuozhou Inspector has nothing to do with the private sale of ironware.

He should be glad.

Fortunately, in the name of the Chen family, Xuanwu's business in Zhuozhou is indeed just a businessman's business. Apart from wanting to earn more money, he should not touch anything. He just wants to be clean and stay here for a long time. .

But even so, whether or not the imperial court investigates him, how to investigate him, depends entirely on how Pei You and He Lingjiang explain.