Poor family rebirth girl

Chapter 8 Night Tour
Shen Huai followed Su Ya around half of Huai'an City, and the girl wandered around the various houses like she was going to a market.

When the light is on in the study, she will listen to the study, and when the light is on in the bedroom, she will listen to the bedroom.

There were a few bedrooms that happened to be working, and there were unusual movements. She seemed to be ashamed, and shrank her neck guiltily and ran away.

With this shamelessness, you still want to listen to the corner?

Shen Huai has been in a bad mood since he was injured, how can he be in a good mood after being plotted against?However, he only discovered the clue halfway, and was anxious to seek medical treatment, so he had no choice but to hold back his anger.It was after entering Huai'an City and seeing the scene of Su Ya's torture under the bridge that he felt a little happy.

Although Zhang Shenmu's poison detection conclusion was in his expectation, but after Shen Huai thought about it later, the reason why he was able to accept it so calmly might also have something to do with his distraction at that time.

Su Ya knows martial arts, and goes in and out of Zhou's residence, which is really full of loopholes.If it weren't for the sake of her poor background, it would have been impossible for him to allow such unstable factors to stay around.But I didn't expect this girl to have a habit of visiting various mansions at night - judging by her familiarity, it's hard to say it's a first-time offender.

Recently being guarded by two attendants like a piece of fragile jade, Shen Huai's own condition is also poor, tonight I walked around in the snow with Su Ya, I was a little tired, but I felt refreshed.

It's just that this girl is too good at running. After all, Shen Huai was poisoned and felt weak after following, but Su Ya noticed it and was almost blocked by her in the alley of a certain house.

He quickly passed through the moon door and hid in an empty room.

Su Ya sensed that someone was following her, but she couldn't see who it was, and couldn't help feeling a sense of horror like "mantis catching cicadas, and oriole behind".

In the past two years, she has been very cautious in visiting various mansions. With her understanding of the layout and personnel of each mansion, she has never been found. Tonight, she was followed by someone, and the other party did not tell her whereabouts. I don't know what plan she has. ?
Su Ya felt guilty and didn't dare to investigate further, let alone act recklessly in other people's houses, so she ran away quickly.

Shen Huai waited for her to go far away, and then prepared to leave. Before leaving, he glanced back and found that this room was a study room, and the two piles of documents on the desk seemed to be related to the government.

With a thought in his mind, he simply flipped through them in the light of the snowy night, and found that they were all about water transport and government affairs, not only about Beijing-Hangzhou water transport, but also letters from Guangxi to Huai'an via Guangdong and Guangxi.

A recent letter mentioned: The chieftain rebellion in Yong'an, Guangxi, was finally suppressed at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month after several months. General Zhenxi Zhao Qing's report has been handed over to the Ministry of War. There must be a lot of rewards. The military salaries of the border guards may have to be given priority.But now that the imperial court's finances are empty, the money will probably have to be transferred from Nanzhili, and the recipient is asked to pay attention to matters related to military pay.

It turned out that this was the private residence of Liu Yun, the chief criminal officer.

The official position of principal is quite common, and it is available in every department and department. It is the sixth rank, two levels lower than the magistrate.

What is not common is that the chief criminal officer stationed in Huai'an is a wonderful job, and is directly dispatched by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. All cases related to water transportation are handled by the chief criminal officer, and he is only subject to the management and restraint of Caodu in the local area. Other departments include The Huai'an government office has no right to intervene.

Since the canal, water transport has been the gold flowing on the canal.Most of the palace consumption, the salaries of officials, the payment of military salaries, and the adjustment of people's food, etc., are transported by water.

Such an important position makes the water transport independent of the various ministries and departments, and controls soldiers, horses, food, money, materials, and labor to form a self-contained system. In charge of local administration.

With great power, the problem of corruption is difficult to control. Numerous institutions have been supported under the water transport, and the interest exchanges between officials and businessmen are hard to say in detail. Just look at the prosperity and luxury of Huai'an Mansion, which is the command center of water transport. You can get a glimpse of it.

Therefore, in order to prevent corruption, the officials sent by the six ministries to Huai'an to assist in water transportation are generally rotated every year, and sometimes every three years.

Right now, the criminal chief sent by the Ministry of Criminal Justice to assist in the work of water transportation must have been in office for less than three years, but he already has such a large private house, and he must not be able to clean it much.

However, Guangxi has nothing to do with water transportation. This Liu Yun is in charge of the water transportation case, but why does he care about Guangxi?
Shen Huai frowned involuntarily, and then looked down.

The letter went on to say: The process of quelling the chaos was difficult. General Zhao Qing couldn't bear the pressure from the court, so he went forward and was captured by a mistake. Fortunately, he was rescued by a passing boy... Shen Huai couldn't help snorting two words from his nose when he read this. Dao Qi, while waiting to read it again, there was a light outside, and someone's voice gradually approached, he quickly restored the book case to its original state, and found a place to hide.

Two people came, and they still lowered their voices after entering the door. According to the voice, the person in his 40s with a serious face and a sinking mouth was the chief criminal officer Liu Yun.

Liu Yun handed the letter that Shen Huai had read just now to another person, and after reading it again, both of them frowned in unison.

"...My lord wants me to come over overnight and tell you to prepare quickly." The other man lowered his voice and said to Liu Yun.

"How to prepare? General Zhao Qing has gone too far in this matter... Now that the application papers have all been handed in to Beijing, he just remembered to make up for the omissions. How confused!" Liu Yun took the letter back and folded it back into the envelope, with a gloomy expression on his face. , "Master Xu, you know, that poison doctor Liu Sandian, although he has been to Huai'an, it has been several years and there has been no trace for a long time. How can we contain it?"

"It's more difficult, so what can we do? After all, Zhao Qing is related to the Lord by marriage, and we are all hurt, and the Lord is with us... In short, now we are just doubting the identity of that person. We just need to get Liu Control it at three o'clock, no matter who that person is, he will die."

"Here! If that person is really Shen Huai, if we kill him, we will murder the imperial court official, and that will be a serious crime of beheading! The queen mother will not spare us."

Liu Yun paced back and forth in the open space of the room with his hands behind his back, his face becoming more and more ugly.

"It's just a young Hanlin, who got the fifth rank by chance. The emperor just cherishes his talents, so he is self-willed. But he doesn't stay in Beijing well, he insists on running around. As the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Rebellious and frivolous, even if you die outside, who can you depend on?"

That Mr. Xu was about fifty years old, with a white face and three white eyes. From time to time, he stared at Liu Yun, speaking slowly and provocatively, "You don't have to worry too much, he is just a cousin recognized by the Queen Mother halfway, How much affection can the Empress Dowager have for him at a distance of three thousand miles?"

Seeing that Liu Yun didn't respond, he was not in a hurry, he folded the letter slowly and put it back, his face was gentle, "Besides, even if the queen mother is to be held accountable, wouldn't there still be Concubine Wan Gui? Shen Huai rejected the concubine's natal marriage It means that the imperial concubine had nothing to do with him back then, she must have felt aggrieved, and we are also venting my anger for the imperial concubine... In short, as long as we don't leave any evidence, what kind of disturbance can a dead person cause?"

"Master Xu, is this a good deal?" Liu Yun stopped beside Master Xu, "After all, General Zhenxi Zhao Qing and Sir are only related by marriage, why should Sir take this risk for him..."

"Heh, you must know that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. In this world, is there anything that adults cannot grasp? There is no risk!"

Master Xu shook his head and sighed after finishing speaking, then smiled and patted Liu Yun's arm, "Master Liu, you have to worry about your own future first, as your term in Huai'an is about to expire for three years, there are many masters from the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the two capitals." , you are not going to move up again? Is it possible that you still want to go back to Qingshui Yamen in Nanjing to retire?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yun was really startled, swallowed the words in his mouth, cupped his hands and said: "I still need a good word from Mr. Xu."

The two of them chatted for a few more words, it was nothing more than the Spring Festival rest arrangement, but they didn't talk more about this topic.

After the two left, Shen Huai came out from behind the curtain with a very cold expression on his face.

He did not expect that there is still a person in Huai'an Mansion who can cover the sky with one hand, and just because he is related to Zhao Qing by marriage, he will kill a person without anyone noticing, even if it is the second place in the Jinke, the grandson of the queen mother, and the fifth rank. The official of the imperial court!
Is it stupid, or is it really possible to cover the sky with one hand and be unscrupulous?
Shen Huai narrowed his eyelids slightly, and in the night, the bloodlust flashed in his eyes.

It is true that kindness is as heavy as hatred.Speaking of which, not only did he have no personal grievances with that Zhenxi General Zhao Qing, on the contrary, he also had the grace of saving Zhao Qing's life.

(End of this chapter)