The poor champion of the rich lady of the county

"Princess, are you alright?" Zhao Yu'er dragged her body out after the house was finished, and Qin and Hua went up to help her to rest.

"I'm fine. By the way, is Zhao Qi back?"

"General Li Mu came back with her and was injured a little bit. Zhao Shu is taking care of her. It's fine."

"Well, what happened to the book club when I was not here?"

Zhao Hua and Zhao Qin looked at each other and told the truth.

"Two days ago, the horse mansion in the neighboring county was being repaired. At night, water suddenly leaked out, and the fire spread to the bookstore. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time, and there were no major losses or casualties. His Majesty looked at it and said that it was too late, so the wedding date was postponed by one month. moon."

If it was just an ordinary fire, Zhao Yu'er would not be in such a hurry to come back, she knew this in her heart.

"Well, what else?"

"Princess, we suspect that this trip is man-made, and the purpose is to sneak into the bookstore to steal something."

Zhao Yu'er frowned slightly after hearing this, hoping it wasn't something important.

"Did you check what was missing?"

Zhao Hua hesitated and replied,

"It was checked by His Majesty himself, we dare not intervene."

Zhao Yu'er nodded, got up and went to the palace.Qin and Hua stopped her, nervous and distressed,

"Princess, you have been on the road all night, and you have been attacked again, so let's take a rest first."

She waved her hand, saying it was okay.

"Qin, take good care of Xiaobai. Hua, follow me to the palace."

When Zhao Yuer went out, she saw Zhao Wu standing at the door waiting.

"Princess, please get in the carriage, Your Majesty ordered me to pick you up."

"Ah."

inner hall.

Zhao Qilin stood with his hands behind his back, his face solemn.

"See brother."

Seeing Zhao Yu'er finally, the emperor was relieved.

"Yu'er, you are here, are you injured?"

"Brother Xie Huang is concerned, I'm fine, it's just that Xiaobai is still in a coma to save me."

When Zhao Yu'er thought of Fu Xiaobai who was injured and lying on the bed, her heart felt like being grabbed.

Zhao Qilin sighed, worried that they might encounter an ambush on the way, so he sent Li Mu and his guards to protect them, but he was a step late.

"Let's talk about the business first, you should already know about the flood in the county horse mansion."

"Well, I heard that important items may be lost in the bookstore, so I came to see Brother Huang urgently."

"That's right, that's why I urgently called you back to Beijing."

Zhao Qilin paused for a moment, then continued,

"Do you still remember that Chen Cha of the Ministry of Rites presented an account book in order to show his loyalty to the royal family, which recorded the transactions between Lin Xiang and some officials. And just the day before the Junma Mansion left the water, he was killed died at home."

Zhao Yuer was a little shocked after hearing this. At that time, the account book was only used as evidence to picket Prime Minister Lin's henchmen. Because many officials were involved, some of them were forced to do so. Once they were investigated, it would only make the DPRK and China more turbulent.Therefore, the emperor does not intend to disclose this list, but just keeps it as a backup, and the princess will keep it on his behalf.

Just wondering why such an account book would cause such a big commotion, Zhao Yuer speculated that it would not be Lin Xiang who made the move this time, but who else could be besides him?

"Who did it? Do you have any clues?"

"It's not clear yet. When Zhao Wu rushed to Chen Cha's house, he was dead. But he left a word Dong on the ground. I suspect it may have something to do with Donghai Kingdom."

"The East China Sea? It has been more than ten years since they signed an armistice agreement with our dynasty. Speaking of which, Prime Minister Lin's eldest son is still serving as a hostage in the East China Sea."

Zhao Yu'er fell into deep thought. This matter suddenly involved the East China Sea Kingdom. I'm afraid it's not that simple.

"Yu'er doesn't know that in recent years, Donghai has made small moves when we are heading towards the border. According to reports from spies, the struggle between the two factions in Donghai has gradually intensified. Inevitable."

Zhao Qilin has been thinking about this issue for the past few days. This time is a critical period for regime reform in the South China Sea. The situation between North Korea and China has not yet fully stabilized. If it is affected by the war in the East China Sea, the South China Sea will be in danger.

After listening to the emperor's words, Zhao Yu'er carefully recalled that she had flipped through the photo album, and there were some strange names in it, which did not match the officials of the court.She also kept an eye on it at the time, copied the list again, and put it away.Looking at it this way, I'm afraid Lin Xiang and the Donghai people also colluded.

"So, Prime Minister Lin is afraid that the evidence of the transaction with Donghai State is hidden in this account book."

Zhao Qilin nodded, just as he had guessed.

"Li Mu came to report before that the man in black who was assassinated this time survived, and his accent doesn't look like a native of the South China Sea."

"Is it Donghai?"

Zhao Yu'er quickly realized that after the matter of the autumn test was settled, Prime Minister Lin would not have the need to kill Fu Xiaobai.But this time, the man in black didn't have a target. Judging from his moves, he took them all away and left no one alive.

"That's right. Chen Cha was killed, and the county horse mansion was flooded. At first, I felt that these two things were not related. It wasn't until I thought of the clues left by Chen Cha and the lost photo album that I realized it instantly. That's exactly what happened. "Yu'er, you also read that account book back then, and it was very likely that you would be in danger, so Li Mu, who was on duty outside the city gate, quickly supported you."

The emperor's reaction was quick, and he immediately linked the two things together.Zhao Yu'er stood up and saluted, expressing her gratitude.

"Thank you, brother, for saving me."

Zhao Qilin waved his hand and continued.

"It's just that the account book has been stolen, Chen Cha has been killed, who is on that list, and what conspiracy Lin Xiang and Donghai Kingdom are planning, but I have no way of knowing."

Zhao Qilin sighed, now that the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, if Donghai Kingdom and Lin Xiangruo make some moves, they will be too hard to guard against.

"The list is still there." Zhao Yuer said, seeing the emperor looking at her in disbelief, Zhao Yuer explained,

"When I saw the names of non-dynasty officials appear in the list, I carefully copied another copy and kept it. I thought it might be useful to us."

Zhao Qilin's Long Yan is joyful, as if there is no way out after the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and there is another village under the dark willows and flowers.

"Great! Yu'er! Let's go, I'll go get the list with you now."

Zhao Yu'er bowed slightly, expressing that she didn't dare to do it.The two went to Baiyu Publishing House together.