Drunk Bamboo

"The newly raised silver has been shipped out of Zhongdu for eight days. It should be arriving in Jiangbei County soon, right?"

After having breakfast at Bailianxuan, Lao Liu followed Xie Yuzhu back to Changfengyuan.

At this time every day, Lao Liu would report the news of Changfeng Tower to her. If it was an emergency, Lao Liu would send it over immediately.

Xie Yuzhu took Lao Liu into the study and asked him to sit down and talk.

"We will arrive at Jiangbei County tomorrow. The prince has already received the notice and will go to pick him up tomorrow morning." Lao Liu reported truthfully. The news coming from Loushan is urgent and is of concern to everyone in the palace.

Although Nanny Bai is in poor health, she needs to know news about the prince every day to feel at ease.

Xie Yuzhu told Lao Liu to report to her first and then talk to the nanny.

She was also worried about the nanny's age, so if it was any bad news, she would not tell her for the time being to avoid any harm to her health.

All household chores in the mansion were handed over to Baiguo and Yunling, and she was mainly responsible for helping the prince maintain his connection and reputation with the outside world.

Unconsciously, Xie Yuzhu seemed to have made the acquaintance of some officials in Zhongdu.

Yongxing Marquis's Mansion, the Minister of Revenue. The Marquis's son Gu Suiyi became her personal spy, and the Minister of Revenue was grateful to her. She clearly didn't want to be involved in the court, but she stepped into the center of the vortex invisibly.

For Hua Qinfeng and the palace, she had to do this.

Lao Liu paused and said:

"Last night, Lord Han sent another letter to the Jiangbei County Government."

"Two more letters?"

Following her instructions, Lao Liu found Han Jian's last letter and opened it to check. In addition to the letter to the prince, there was also a private letter hidden underneath.

Just as Xie Yuzhu thought, he was hiding a legitimate business, but was actually plotting something private.

Lao Liu nodded, his expression serious: "Yes, as the princess said, we intercepted the letter at the post station. When we opened it, we found that there were two letters in the envelope, one was a normal office letter, and the other was for a person named Wang Qingming."

There was no smile on Lao Liu's face. If it weren't for the princess's reminder or suggestion, he wouldn't have discovered these things.

In the past, I always thought that Changfeng Tower was very powerful, so powerful that it knew everything. As long as they wanted to investigate, they could find out clearly, and what they found would not be wrong, let alone omissions.

But after the prince left Zhongdu, the princess asked him questions seriously, but Changfeng Tower could not give an answer to every question she asked.

Now Lao Liu is also reflecting deeply on whether the Changfeng Tower was not managed well in the past, and he himself was even worse at running it. If the princess took over the Changfeng Tower, would she be able to better play the role of the Changfeng Tower and help the prince and the palace?

Xie Yuzhu pondered for a while and said, "This time I will write about Wang Qingming as well."

It’s always this Wang Qingming. It’s obvious that this person is very important and must know a lot of inside information.

We must capture Wang Qingming alive, and we will be able to get a lot of information out of him.

Lao Liu said truthfully, "Yes. Wang Qingming is the county magistrate of Jiangbei County and has been in Jiangbei County for more than ten years. The letter mentioned the route and number of people involved in the transportation of the official silver, and also said that this time, Lord Zhongdu was secretly assisting."

Xie Yuzhu looked up at Lao Liu: "Although he didn't say rob the silver directly, it's clear between the lines that he wants to rob the silver this time. And there are big shots in Zhongdu to help?"

This is also what Lao Liu noticed.

"The letter did not mention this great man any more, but, perhaps..."

Lao Liu glanced at Xie Yuzhu and said nothing more.

Xie Yuzhu took over the conversation: "King Wen?"

Lao Liu lowered his eyes, as a sign of agreement.

Hua Qinfeng is afraid that he can no longer fantasize about the brotherhood and blood relationship that he has always longed for.

If Prince Wen Hua Qinming did this, he would be using the silver robbery case to cut off the money for the Jiangbei County dam project, which might implicate the prince.

But to involve innocent people in order to seriously injure the prince is unkind, unjust, heartless, and shameless.

How can such a person be worthy of being Hua Qinfeng's brother?

How can he be worthy of Hua Qinfeng's trust?

Lao Liu explained, "In fact, there is a kitchen helper in Prince Wen's Mansion who is a member of the Changfeng Tower Liu Gang. The prince does not allow us to place people in Prince Wen's Mansion, so that person also entered Prince Wen's Mansion by mistake, just to seek a living. But after listening to what the princess said that day, I was also very worried, so I went to ask that person."

"The night Lord Han went to Taohua Tower, King Wen did leave the palace. King Wen rarely goes out at night. He usually handles official business or reads in the study. But that night he said that his concubine wanted to eat Xu's yogurt, so he went out of the palace to buy it for her. That's why he was not in the palace."

The more detailed the investigation, the more the facts point to King Wen.

Xie Yuzhu said calmly: "What a coincidence, isn't it?"

Lao Liu nodded again: "For the sake of the prince, we must be careful about everything."

So when the princess mentioned Prince Wen, although he had doubts in his heart and knew what the prince was thinking, he still listened to the princess and conducted an investigation in private.

Clearly, the princess seemed to have said everything right.

Xie Yuzhu sighed softly: "In Zhongdu, how many people are there who can even call Han Jian "sir"?"

Thinking of the fresh and elegant imperial concubine who eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures, and Hua Qinming who has a face like Wei Jie and a temperament like a banished immortal, with power and wealth in hand and the emperor's favor and mercy, what else could there be to be dissatisfied about?

I shook my head, really unable to understand.

Xie Yuzhu came back to his senses and said sternly, "Don't place more people in Prince Wen's mansion. Too many people is not important. As long as you can stay in Prince Wen's mansion for a long time and safely, one person is enough. Don't add unnecessary details and alert the enemy."

Lao Liu responded, "I understand."

I sighed in my heart: The princess is very far-sighted. After the prince returns home, we can discuss asking the princess to help him take over Changfeng Tower.

"Since the prince and Lord Zhang know that Wang Qingming intends to rob the silver, they must have made some preparations. At least now they know who the enemy is. But don't relax. Find out who else is helping Wang Qingming, starting with the people in the escort team."

Xie Yuzhu was still worried. What kind of help was the big shot mentioned in the letter?

Are there any cards that have not been revealed?

I don’t know how powerful it is. Can Hua Qinfeng stop it?

It is better to be cautious and do more research.

Maybe we can find more clues and help Hua Qinfeng more, which is also good.

Xie Yuzhu pondered secretly.

"Yes."

Xie Yuzhu thought of Ginkgo and asked, "Is there any movement in the Han Mansion recently?"

Lao Liu was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and replied: "Everything is normal."

"Everything is normal? Ginkgo from Taohua Tower was taken back to Han Jian's mansion. With such a stunning beauty in the mansion, his wife didn't make a fuss? This is abnormal."

Xie Yuzhu seemed to be asking and answering his own questions.

Lao Liu thought that she would not ask about the Han Mansion for no reason, and she must have discovered or thought of something, but Lao Liu did not understand what she said. What does this have to do with ginkgo?

Is there something wrong with the girl in Taohua Tower?

Was the previous information wrong?

Xie Yuzhu then asked, "Do you still have the information about the girl who investigated Taohualou before?"

Lao Liu raised his eyes and said, "They are all stored in Changfeng Pavilion."

Xie Yuzhu waved her hand: "Okay, I'll go to Changfeng Pavilion to take a look, you go and do your work. I'll call you if there's anything else."

Is there really something wrong with Ginkgo?!

Lao Liu lowered his head, looking guilty. This was all because of what Changfeng Tower had done wrong before.

He retreated respectfully: "Yes, I will arrange it right away."