Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 65 Dark Clouds
The king of Poyang paused suddenly when he was flipping through the documents, raised his head, and stared at the steward.

"Then Zhu Xiuyuan... is looking through the old accounts kept by Cang Cao?"

"Reporting to the prince, it is true."

King Poyang put down the document, twirling his goatee and thinking for a long time, his brows gradually tightened.

"What do you think?"

"My lord, I... I thought this was just Zhu Xiuyuan's unintentional move." The housekeeper said after thinking for a while.

"Oh, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, please think about it. Zhu Xiuyuan first served as Sicang and joined the military. When the new officer takes office, he will definitely try his best to find out everything about Cangcao."

"In addition to Cangcao's daily affairs, there may also be old cases that have survived over the years. Zhu Xiuyuan will find out one by one and deal with it, so as not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor Sicang when he joined the military."

"Well, that makes sense." King Poyang nodded slightly, "The governor of Jiang, who has controlled Cangcao for many years, must have done many illegal things, buried in those old documents... Do you think Zhu Xiuyuan's move was directed at him? Jiangzhou Governor went there?"

"My lord, I think this is possible. However, Zhu Xiuyuan is very young. He is no more than eighteen years old... He cannot initiate this matter on his own initiative. I'm afraid it was Dong Cheng's instruction!"

"Forget it, let's see Zhu Xiuyuan's next move. Please continue to pay attention to this matter."

"Yes, my lord."

"By the way, Jiangzhou Inspector, Chang Shi, Sima, etc., have there been any changes recently?"

"Reporting to the lord, the governor of Jiangzhou still said that he was not sick, and the chief minister and Sima still restrained their edge. Recently, the most active official in the state government is Dong Cheng..."

"By the way, Your Majesty, according to reports from spies, late yesterday night, the governor of Jiangzhou secretly left the house and went to a house in the east of the city. He did not return until dawn."

"Oh?" King Poyang became interested and asked, "Tell me in detail."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Jiangzhou Governor's whereabouts are very closely monitored, and our spies dare not get too close, lest they alert the enemy..."

"So why the governor of Jiangzhou went to his private residence late at night? The spies did not find out."

"After daybreak, a carriage drove out of the private house. The spy felt something strange and followed it all the way."

"The carriage drove into a barren mountain a few miles south of the city. In a deserted place, the driver dug a large pit. Then he took out three long objects from the carriage, wrapped them in straw mats, and threw them into the pit. Buried."

"Throwing corpses into the wilderness?"

"Reporting to the prince, that's exactly what happened. After the carriage drove away, the spies dug a big hole and took out the objects wrapped in three straw mats. It turned out to be three female fruit corpses. Judging from their figures and appearance, they should be from Yangzhou. Come on a thin horse."

King Poyang pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Send someone to sneak into that private house and investigate every inch of the land for me."

"Yes, my lord!"

"Money, fame, wealth, and beauty have always been interdependent... I believe that that private residence is not simple, and should not only contain beauties."

"Your Majesty is wise, I will go down and make arrangements right now."

……

Five days in a row passed.

In the past five days, the situation in Jiangzhou has remained calm as before.

Under pressure, the governor of Jiangzhou held court "dragging his sick body" to hear two major cases. Then there was no movement, and he continued to claim that he was ill at home and continued to be his "hands-off shopkeeper".

Jiang Governor Shi and Sima have also been hiding. Although they come to the state government office every day, they keep a low profile.

Daily affairs were left to his deputies to handle, and they did not take the initiative to stir up trouble. It seemed that there were no longer such figures as Chang Shi and Sima in the entire state government.

On the surface, everything was calm.

In fact, there is already an undercurrent surging behind the scenes!

Some veterans in the yamen spend most of their time in the yamen. It can be said that they are "well-informed". They have already developed a pair of noses comparable to those of cats and dogs, and their sense of smell is extremely sensitive.

They had vaguely smelled something amiss.

The turbulent undercurrent hidden in the calm sea is like the dark clouds in the sky, hanging over everyone's head, making people unable to breathe smoothly... These old fritters naturally become cautious and mysterious, making those "smells" uncomfortable. No matter how sensitive a person is, he also saw some clues and became vigilant.

For a time, people in the entire state government were panicked and inexplicably depressed, as if a disaster was imminent.

In fact, veterans compare "the turbulent undercurrent hidden under the calm waves" to "lowering dark clouds." This metaphor is not made up out of thin air.

Because in the past few days, the sky in Jiangzhou has always been gloomy, and there is indeed a large dark cloud covering it.

As autumn gets darker, the dark clouds turn into rain when they encounter the cold, causing it to rain lightly these days.

Although the rain was light, it never stopped.

The weather is getting colder and there is light rain, which can easily lead to wind chill.

The playful Dong Shuzhen fell into the trap one day after playing the game of "treading water" and suffered from wind and cold.

As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and Dong Shuzhen became bedridden overnight.

……

This morning.

After Zhu Xiuyuan changed clothes and washed up, he went to the west courtyard to have breakfast. When he came back, he was holding a food box in his hand.

He carried the food box and went straight into Dong Shuzhen's boudoir.

"Lady, I brought breakfast, you can eat it while it's hot."

"Oh, my husband is here!"

Dong Shuzhen's suppressed exclamation came from the bed tent, followed by a slight sound of "lying down" and "covering the quilt".

Ancient beds are very different from modern beds. One of the distinctive features is that they are hidden deep enough.

In fact, it can be regarded as a small room, and adding some brocade tents, curtains, etc. will make it even more private.

If a person opens the door and enters, his line of sight will be blocked and he will not be able to see inside the bed tent.

You need to get close to the "small room" of the bed to get a glimpse of the scene inside.

Therefore, when Zhu Xiuyuan opened the door and walked in with a food box, he only heard Dong Shuzhen's suppressed exclamation and the slight sound of lying down and covering herself with quilt, but could not see her person or movements.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead darkened, and the corners of his eyes twitched faintly.

Just based on Dong Shuzhen's exclamation, Zhu Xiuyuan has roughly restored everything that happened in the bed tent:
A young girl suffered from a cold and needed to rest in bed, but she didn't want to lie down, but sat on the bed to play and chat.

Suddenly the "supervisor" came. The sick girl was afraid of being punished, so she lay down in a panic and pulled the quilt to cover her...

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head and walked in.

In the past, Zhu Xiuyuan still wanted to avoid certain things, and he didn't want to enter Dong Shuzhen's boudoir.

But now that my wife is sick, she can no longer care about so many things!

Approaching the bed, Zhu Xiuyuan took a closer look.

I saw Dong Shuzhen lying on her back, with a big pillow under her head, and another big empty pillow beside her...

The body is covered with an embroidered silk brocade quilt——

Yi Ma Pingchuan's small figure can be seen at a glance...

She only showed one head and turned her face sideways. When she saw Zhu Xiuyuan come in, her big black and white eyes flashed with a joyful and flattering expression, and there was a sweet smile at the corner of her mouth.

This expression seems to be saying: "Husband, I am very good. I have been lying on the bed without moving, without covering myself with quilt, and I have not sat up to cause trouble!"

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