As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 386 No matter how old you are, you are still a younger sister
A sullen look flashed through Shalan's eyes, but she didn't respond quickly.

The steward next to him yelled, "If you don't thank the young lady for your kindness quickly, you are not being disrespectful!"

Seeing that Shalan still pursed her lips and said nothing, the steward took out the whip from his waist and was about to whip it out.

Xie Zhaozhao stopped him calmly: "Don't do anything. I just asked casually. It doesn't matter whether she answers or not."

After saying that, Xie Zhaozhao turned and left.

After arriving at a place further away, Xie Zhaozhao said calmly: "This Shalan does not look like an ordinary foreign woman, and she was captured by the second brother from the area between Danzhou and Yaocheng... which makes people curious."

After thinking about it for a while, Xie Zhaozhao returned to Xie Changqing's place.

At this time, Brother Xie Changqing was still discussing the battleship with the ordnance officials.

Supervising the construction of warships requires the approval of the imperial court and the allocation of silver and manpower. Xie Changqing has decided to submit the ship sketch to the imperial court and ask the Ministry of War for approval of the silver.

Xie Zhaozhao waited patiently in the hospital.

She waited until the ordnance officer left before going in.

As soon as he met Xie Changqing, Xie Zhaozhao got straight to the point, "Second brother, that matter about Sha Lan——"

Xie Changqing frowned: "Did you see her again? Why did you run there and not be obedient at all?"

Xie Zhaozhao chuckled and said: "Look at the tone of the second brother. He still treats me as a three-year-old child. I am already an adult. To be precise, I am an old girl."

"..." Xie Changqing pursed his lips, "You are my sister no matter how old you are."

Xie Zhaozhao's smile deepened, "Second brother, do you still remember how old I am? I will be 23 years old this year. Women usually get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen. At my current age, it is no problem to have many children."

"Only my second brother still treats me as a child, thinking that I can't see this and I can't know that."

Xie Changqing was silent for a while, then turned around and said, "Okay, what's wrong with Shalan?"

"I heard that she was captured by my second brother in the area between Yaocheng and Danzhou? Does my second brother know her details?"

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Boring." Xie Zhaozhao said: "There is no news from Danzhou now. I have no clue about the soldiers. I happened to see her and felt that she did not look like an ordinary foreign woman, so I was curious."

Xie Changqing was silent for a moment before saying: "She is a member of the Yu tribe. The Yu tribe harassed the border of Danzhou more than half a year ago and was suppressed by troops sent by the Sima of Danzhou."

"After that, those Yu people became official slaves."

"The purchaser went and bought some women to use as a camp..." Xie Changqing suddenly paused at this point, and after a moment he said: "She is the official slave that was bought."

"But he was very restless. He instigated the official slaves to rebel against the court, injured the guards and even ran away."

"I happened to be leading soldiers' daily training nearby during those days. She was caught when I hit her."

Xie Zhaozhao whispered: "So this is how I made my second brother a prisoner. Then she has no special identity and is just an ordinary Yu clan member?"

"It's probably...different from ordinary Yu people." Xie Changqing recalled for a moment and said: "I heard her talking to those official slaves in Yu language. It seemed that those people respected her very much."

"But I can't tell anything."

So he put her in the camp for people to keep an eye on at all times. As for serving him...

At a young age, he has been staying with the big men in the military camp, and it is inevitable that he will sometimes feel angry and uncomfortable all over his body.

Once it was cloudy and rainy for two days, but the weather was hot and muggy, which made me feel irritable.

When he came back from a visit to the beach, he happened to see the woman sitting in the square sewing, with wet hair and wet eyes, and suddenly he felt that way.

After that, he called her every now and then.

But of course he wouldn't tell his sister these things.

Xie Changqing asked: "Do you think she may have something to do with the soldiers and the Qi family? Isn't it a bit like being a soldier?"

"I'm just asking casually. If it's relevant, I have to wait for the people sent by the second brother to come back and see the specific situation." The two brothers then talked about the situation in the camp.

Xie Zhaozhao asked Xie Changzhi in detail.

Xie Changqing also noticed it, paused and said: "Chang Zhi has less contact with the two people in the house, and... he has spent more time with his father and our brothers since he was a child, maybe not necessarily..."

At this point, Xie Changqing pursed his lips and remained silent.

But Xie Zhaozhao understood the unfinished meaning.

Xie Zhaozhao smiled and said, "Yes, I know."

Two more days passed like this, and the people sent by Xie Changqing to Danzhou came back and said that everything was normal there and there was nothing wrong.

This news was expected by Xie Zhaozhao.

The soldiers' affairs are very hidden. If it was really easy to trace, then it wouldn't be so laborious to investigate in Qizhou.

However, Xuan Jing returned with some useful information.

In the barracks, Xuan Jing said solemnly: "It is said that after the warship arrived at Black Dragon Pond, all the soldiers on board were in chaos, but Xie Changzhi, who had been presiding over the overall situation on the deck, was not there for a while."

"for how long?"

"About two hours later, Xie Changzhi came back inexplicably, and he never said where he went during those two hours."

Xie Zhaozhao frowned: "Black Dragon Pond is surrounded by water?"

"There are two very small islands. It is said that they are full of poison and full of snakes and insects. Very few people go there."

Xie Zhaozhao curled his lips, "The more it is a place where no one can go, the more strange it will be. You can do a lot of things and say a lot in two hours."

"Then... according to Miss, what should we do now?" Xuan Jing looked complicated.

They are not going to Black Dragon Pond and go to those two islands to search for clues, right?
It is not an exaggeration to say that there is no return to Black Dragon Pond. It is too risky to go there to search for clues.

Xie Zhaozhao thought for a moment and said: "You keep an eye on Xie Changzhi personally, and we will wait for the opportunity."

"Yes!"

Hongxia came in from outside at this time, "Miss, that woman is here."

"Which girl?"

"That Sha Lan, that -" Hongxia pointed towards the square and said with difficulty: "That camp prostitute."

"Oh." Xie Zhaozhao said, "Please call her in."

Hongxia stepped back for a moment, then brought Shalan in.

Shalan was wearing ill-fitting coarse cloth clothes, and her hair was wrapped in a coarse cloth headscarf. Only half of her face was exposed. She stood in front of Xie Zhaozhao without bowing and just stared at her: "You said you wanted me to come to your place and do your bidding. , what will you order me to do?"

"Serving tea and water can all be done by raising your hand." Xie Zhaozhao smiled subtly: "But judging from your appearance, you have never served tea or water to anyone before."

Shallan said, "I can learn."

"Okay." Xie Zhaozhao nodded and let Hongxia take her away.

Hong Xiu hesitated and said: "Miss, Hongxia and I can do things like serving tea and water. She, she is a camp prostitute, and her identity is unknown and she is a foreigner. If she has ulterior motives——"

"I think she's a little suspicious, so I keep her by my side to keep an eye on her. As for the camp prostitute you mentioned..." Xie Zhaozhao sat upright and said slowly: "No one is born to be a camp prostitute, and no one really wants to be one." Camp whore.”

"If the whole clan hadn't been wiped out and had no other choice, they wouldn't have been in this situation. Don't talk about this identity at any time."

Hongxiu looked ashamed and said quickly: "I understand."

(End of this chapter)