Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 316 Catch This Big Fish!

Baili Junyi's scrutiny of the officials present became more and more careful, and the suspicion in his heart became stronger the more he looked at it. There must be something in Zhoucheng that they don't know, and it is definitely not normal here!
The officials present wanted to flatter him, so Baili Junyi let them please him. At the end of the banquet, he praised Zhou Da a lot, as if he had forgotten the episode in the middle of the banquet.

After getting into the carriage, the slightly drunken smell on Baili Junyi's face dissipated completely.Shen Ninghua glanced at him with a smile: "You pretended well, those officials were all fooled by you."

Baili Junyi smiled, but his tone was extremely cold: "This week, there is a strange atmosphere everywhere in the city. We will live here for a while, maybe we can catch a big fish."

"How about that Miss Zhou family?"

"Miss Zhou? Who? Zhou Jingshu? What's wrong with her? Do you think there's something wrong with her?"

Baili Junyi didn't understand the meaning of Shen Ninghua's words. He thought she was suspicious of Zhou Jingshu, so he followed her tone and thought carefully: "Zhou Jingshu, there is indeed something wrong. She kept staring at me carefully at the banquet, as if What are you thinking, Ninghua, do you think that Zhou Jingshu is a smoke bomb thrown by the Zhou family?"

Shen Ninghua choked up, rolled her eyes quietly in her heart, and responded perfunctorily: "Maybe."

"Well, it seems that we should pay special attention to it. Ninghua, Qingque has cultivated a lot of people. If you find a suitable one to stare at that Zhou Jingshu, maybe she will be a good breakthrough."

"...Okay." Shen Ninghua nodded. She really didn't expect this person to be so slow. Thinking about it, she suddenly became a little dazed, as if Baili Junyi had always turned a blind eye to other women's advances. The former maid Sangzhi, And Concubine Li's niece Lin Feiying...

Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing, such a man is probably hard to find in the world.

Back at the mansion, Ye Yi had already returned: "Master, the servant followed those officers and soldiers and sent the injured people to the hospital for treatment. After the people bandaged their wounds, they left without saying a word."

"Huh? But sent someone to follow them? Where do they live?"

"The subordinate has already sent someone to follow, but there is no news yet."

Baili Junyi nodded: "Well, send our people out to investigate Zhoucheng carefully. I always feel that this place is unusual."

"Yes."

At this time, in Qilin Garden, the people in the main hall where the banquet was held had almost left.Only Zhou Da and Zhou Ziqing were left sitting.

When Zhou Ziqing ordered someone to send Zhou Jingshu away, Zhou Da hurriedly walked up to Zhou Ziqing and knelt down on the ground with a plop: "This official is not doing his job well today, and he has to work for the master to speak out. He really deserves death."

The smile on Zhou Ziqing's face disappeared, and he stared at Zhou Da coldly with downcast eyes: "Master Zhou, have you forgotten what I said?"

Zhou Da's back broke out in a layer of cold sweat: "The Patriarch's words are always in my heart, how dare I forget them?"

"Then did I say that since a few days ago, you are the highest official of Zhou City, and I'm just an ordinary Zhou family Patriarch?"

"Yes, yes, it's hard for the lower officials to adapt for a while..."

Zhou Ziqing got up and looked at him condescendingly: "Master Zhou, why did your legs go limp and fell down? Caomin helped you up." Then, he bent down and helped Zhou Ziqing up.

The sweat on Zhou Da's forehead became even more severe, and he felt the pain in his arm touched by Zhou Ziqing as if it was burning.

"Patriarch, do you think what happened today has attracted the attention of King Yi County? Do you want to find a way to deal with those common people?"

Zhou Ziqing glanced at him coldly, and his tone was like a cold wind passing through: "Yi County King has asked his subordinates to follow those people to seek medical treatment from doctors, and now you have dealt with them, didn't you tell Yi County King that there is a problem? "

"The lower official saw that Prince Yi was extremely happy at the banquet. He seemed to have forgotten about it. As the prince of the county, he sent his subordinates to follow him. How many people do you take to heart?"

"Unbelievably stupid!" Zhou Ziqing's expression turned ugly, "If this Baili Junyi is like other princes and county kings, then he must be intriguing and fighting for power in the capital now, instead of appearing in Zhoucheng! I said a long time ago that this Baili Junyi is not ordinary, and Shen Ninghua who is beside him is not easy to get along with, so you have to put up 12 points of energy to deal with it, you take my words as deaf ears, don't you?"

"No, no, how dare I be an official, I'm confused, it's just those untouchables..."

"They themselves want to force their way out regardless of life and death. Don't they have family members? I don't believe that their family members are also not afraid of life and death."

Zhou Da's eyes turned: "Yes, yes, what the Patriarch said is right, I will do it right away."

Zhou Ziqing's face darkened: "What are you going to do, arrest their family members?"

"Ah... isn't it?" Zhou Da shrank his body, with a look of confusion on his face.

"How much noise do you want to make by arresting people? Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter, I will let people settle it, go back quickly."

"Yes, it's time for the master."

After leaving the hall, Zhou Da wiped the cold sweat off his brow, checked left and right to see if there was anyone, and then strode away from Qilin Garden.

Zhou Ziqing tidied up his clothes and left without slowing down.After he left, another quarter of an hour passed before a figure came out from behind the hidden rockery, and they all disappeared.

In Baihuayuan, Shen Ninghua coaxed the two children to play, and Qing Que walked in quickly from the door: "Miss, the last ones to leave were Zhou Ziqing and Zhou Da, as you expected, they talked alone in the hall. About fifteen minutes later, when he left, Zhou Da's face was ugly and he was still wiping off his cold sweat."

Shen Ninghua nodded, and put the rolled cloth tiger back into Xiao Bao's hands: "Well, I see. You ask people to find a way to get close to Zhou Jingshu, start with her, and see if there is anything unusual about the Zhou family."

"Yes, ma'am."

The next day, Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua arranged their hands out densely, covering the entire city of Zhou like a net. Various news came back continuously and gathered in the hands of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua.

Baili Junyi's face was calm, but boundless anger was brewing in his heart. It was really unexpected that the complexity of a small Zhoucheng was comparable to that of Kyoto.

The Zhou family is like an old tree, its luxuriant roots are deeply rooted in the city of Zhou, and it is tightly covered by its faults. This place is self-contained, and the Zhou family is like the emperor of the earth, and even secretly controls the officials The selection, no wonder there are weirdness everywhere.

If you say quiet street, no one dares to come out, and if you say it is closed, no one dares to make a sound. The Zhou family keeps the entire Zhou city at the edge of the control of Da'an Kingdom. If it is an ordinary small city, the Zhou family will not be able to make a big difference.On the contrary, the location here is extremely important, and it is even said to be a bridge between Da'an and Da Viet!

Shen Ninghua brought him a cup of tea: "I'm so angry that I'm hurting my body, we just came here, we just need to find a way to solve the problem here, what are you doing so angry?"

Baili Junyi threw the paper full of news into the brazier beside him: "I'm just afraid, if we hadn't come here, then one day, the Da'an and Da Yue countries will use force, and the grain and grass will be transported through Zhoucheng. If it explodes, I don’t know what the consequences will be.”

"Who would have thought that a family could control an important city."

There is a map next to Baili Junyi, which is the geographical location map of Da'an Kingdom. He pointed out a straight line from Zhoucheng to the center of Da'an Kingdom: "Yes, it's okay if the Zhou family is safe, but if they have ulterior motives, Then the Great Viet Kingdom will be able to approach the hinterland of our country after passing through Zhoucheng, and by that time the people will be devastated."

Shen Ninghua looked at the map, frowned slightly, and pointed to the marks on the map: "These nearby cities belong to the Dayue Kingdom?"

"These cities originally belonged to the country of Dayue, but didn't they become the dowry for Bu Tinghe later..." Baili Junyi suddenly stopped, looked at the locations of the six cities on the map, and then contacted Zhou Cheng When he got up, his face became more and more serious, "What's wrong with these cities..."

He felt a flash of light flashing through his mind quickly, but when he wanted to think carefully, it disappeared without a trace, and it was difficult to grasp it accurately.

Shen Ninghua stared at the map for a long while, and then tentatively spoke after a while: "Maybe these cities have stationed troops?"

"It has been handed over to our country, and people have been sent to receive it. It is impossible for the Da'an country to station troops. Moreover, these cities are too far away from the Da Viet country. Our two countries have been safe and sound, because of these places where the two countries meet It is too poor, except for some bandits, it is difficult to support the food and equipment of the army, so..."

"What if we help Dai Viet develop these places?"

"What... what?"

Shen Ninghua looked at the map, her expression became colder and colder: "I remember that after taking over these cities, the emperor was always very happy. After knowing that this place is very poor, he specially allocated money to come here, and even supported the surrounding cities to communicate with these places. I think it should be It’s about getting out of poverty soon.”

"It should be impossible." Baili Junyi said this, with a strong tone of uncertainty, "If you say it, then what is the intention of the Great Viet Kingdom?"

Under the candlelight, Shen Ninghua's face became more hazy and beautiful: "This is what we will investigate next. If we think too much, then naturally nothing will happen. If things really change, then we will investigate soon. It’s really the right time to come out.”

This matter was like a big stone, weighing on their hearts all the time. After about five or six days, the net laid in Zhoucheng became more and more tight. The two of them mobilized all their contacts and finally found a clue.

On this day, they didn't alarm anyone, they changed into ordinary clothes, and after careful camouflage, Baili Junyi led Shen Ninghua out of the gate of Zhoucheng, and rode away towards the mountains and forests in the northwest direction.

To the north of Zhoucheng is the mountain forest, which stretches for hundreds of miles. It is late autumn at this time, and the number seems a bit bleak. In addition, the weather in the northwest is too dry, and the eyes are full of withered yellow color.

After walking for about five or six miles, the faces of the two became more and more serious. Almost all the surrounding trees had been stripped of bark, with yellow and white trunks exposed. From time to time, people could be found lying between the trees, emaciated Such as firewood, black and blue.

(End of this chapter)