Shengshichun

Chapter 297 The evil ways of the dog thief

Guo Song, the prince's side, has been secretly watched, trying to collect the movements of the East Palace as much as possible without exposing his traces.

The days became slow.

So Fu Zhen has also adapted to Liang Xuan who sticks to her like candy.

When the sun set in the west, the heat was no longer so intense. She took her naughty children fishing by the lake. Zhang Cheng and Yang Tong trotted up to them regardless of scaring away their fish:
"Young Madam! Jiang Lin is back!"

Fu Zhen's eyes widened when he heard the name, then he threw away the fishing rod and immediately ran out the door.

Liang Xuan just happened to catch a fat carp. For a moment, she didn't know whether to catch the fish or to catch it first. In the end, she threw away the fishing rod and let the boy catch the fish, but she still caught up!

Jiang Lin and the other two people were tired from the journey and were so tired from traveling for days that their eye sockets were sunken.

After seeing Fuzhen, they bowed down first. Fu Zhen held them up and had them brought tea and snacks. He asked them to eat and drink enough to calm down before asking:
"Is there any harvest?"

Jiang Lin nodded and took out all the things he brought back: "The harvest is not small, but the young lady still needs to listen to the details of my subordinates."

"you say!"

Fu Zhen then picked up the carved bronze medal.

Before Jiang Lin opened her mouth, she was already surprised when she saw the carvings on the sign...

"Young Madam must have recognized her." Jiang Lin looked at her deeply.

"This is the same as the carving on my handle!" Fu Zhen raised his head, "Where does this come from? How did you get it?"

Jiang Lin took a deep breath: "Young Madam, please wait for me to find out the details of the future. I got this brand from the person named Zhou Yi who Young Madam asked me to look for..."

Liang Xuan followed to the door of the courtyard. Before the guards guarding the door could give way, Yang Tong rushed out of the courtyard:
"Come quickly! Go and deliver a message to General Liang. Madam, please ask him to come over immediately to speak!"

Liang Xuan was extremely curious when she saw them in such a fussy mood. She chased them all the way out, but no one was seen, so she came back and saw that the courtyard door slammed shut again!

He quickly knocked on the door and called his fifth aunt. The door opened, and Zhang Cheng and Yang Tong walked out together. They held him on both sides and went to Mrs. Pei's yard...

Liang Zhi arrived at Pei's house, and Fu Zhen was just here to listen to Jiang Lin's explanation of the whole story. When he saw Liang Zhi, he also placed the sign in front of him:
"Do you recognize this?"

After Liang Zhi read it, he immediately recognized it: "The pattern on this is exactly the same as the pattern on the dagger in Baiyu Hutong!"

When he said this, he was immediately shocked: "Dayue Yiwangfu! Is the Xu family related to Yiwangfu?"

Pei Zhan used the pattern on the dagger to get the origin of the dagger from Taifu Gu. It came from the Yiwang Mansion in Dayue Kingdom, which was destroyed due to the struggle for imperial power!

The sign Zhou Yi is holding now has the same pattern as the dagger, but it has everything it should have, and everything that needs to be marked is marked. Can it be said that it doesn't come from the same place?
However, Zhou Yi is Xu Yin's man, how can he have things from Prince Yi's Mansion?

Since he has it, will Xu Yin have it?

In other words, does Xu Yin know all this?
"The edge of this bronze medal is polished very brightly, and it can be seen that it has been rubbed frequently. Judging from the small holes on the bottom where a necklace is hung, this should be a brand used to give orders or verify identity.

"This man surnamed Zhou appeared strangely in a small town in the northwest. He also said that he and Xu Yin met by accident. But a few years later, Xu Yin became the official, but he was directly assigned to Tanzhou to replace him. Take care of the ancestral home!
"The person named Xu is so suspicious. Since he is used so highly, he must be Xu Yin's confidant!
"No matter what the identity of the person named Xu is, first of all, he must know this brand!
"And nine times out of ten, this sign is used to communicate between the two places or to send out missions!"

Liang Zhi quickly expressed his guess.

Fu Zhen agreed with every word he said, but the surge in her chest made her unable to say the right words for a while.

The first time she saw this sign, she was confused. She would never forget the circumstances under which she was killed by Xu Yin. It was when he asked for the dagger that he killed her. Silenced!
Before that night, Xu Yin pestered him and asked him for the knife, but Liang Ning refused to give it to him. In the end, he stopped asking and killed him directly.

If this sign in Zhou Yi's hand is used to direct the people below to do things, it can only mean that Zhou Yi and Xu Yin are related to Prince Yi's Mansion of Dayue Kingdom.

Since it is related, that is to say, when Xu Yin asked her for the knife, he already knew what the knife looked like and its origin.

Then he stopped asking and killed him decisively. Was it because he knew Liang Ning wouldn't take it out so he didn't waste his efforts? Or was it because he knew that the knife wouldn't actually hurt him in many ways?

There were so many secrets about Xu Yin. Fu Zhen had imagined many possibilities, but never thought that he, who was born in Tanzhou, about a thousand miles away, would be related to a foreign country!

"Wasn't Prince Yi's Mansion destroyed long before we established the Great Zhou Dynasty? Why are there still people in our Central Plains?"

The guard who returned from Tanzhou with Jiang Lin raised questions. "Dayue, the king of the subjugated country, is not a soft-hearted person. When Prince Yi's Mansion competed with him for the imperial power, after he succeeded, he surrounded Prince Yi's Mansion and killed him for three days and three nights.

"Prince Yi's mother clan came to the rescue with troops and horses, but they were all blocked from the city gate by his heavy troops."

Fu Zhen looked at each other, Liang Zhi, and Jiang Lin, nodded and said, "It has been twenty-four or five years since the destruction of Prince Yi's Mansion or before the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This matter indeed needs to be further investigated. Check properly."

At this point, she said to Jiang Lin: "By the way, you said that the person who helped you get out of trouble in the end was a servant in Xu's house. Why did he help you?"

"My subordinates can't think of the reason even after racking their brains. The man has never spoken a word to us, and has never had any interactions with us. Naturally, it is impossible for my subordinates to have seen him.

"When we contacted Zhou Yi, we didn't reveal any flaws. Even Zhou Yi didn't doubt our origins. I believe he would never be able to tell that we are from the Palace of the Protector General."

Jiang Lin and the others' eyes were full of doubts. Looking back on the scene before leaving, they still find it incredible.

If the servant of the Xu family hadn't appeared in time that night, even if these things were delivered to Fu Zhen, they would have suffered losses.

"It's such a coincidence that it was also burned by fire?"

Fu Zhen murmured this.

Jiang Lindao: "Who else has been burned by fire?"

Fu Zhen took a deep breath: "I'm just sighing, not necessarily who I'm talking about."

After she finished, she raised her eyes and said, "You have had a hard journey, go back and have a good rest. Maybe the general will come back at night and ask you for questions."

The three of them thanked each other, and Liang Zhi immediately went around and sat down next to Fu Zhen: "Auntie, what do you think of this matter? How can someone named Xu be related to the royal family of Dayue Kingdom?"

Fu Zhen stared straight ahead with deep eyes: "I don't know how to answer you, but with this sign obtained from the Xu family, some things can make sense."

Liang Zhi paused for a moment: "What about?" Fu Zhen breathed: "For example, he clearly said that he was from Tanzhou, but he appeared on the northwest battlefield thousands of miles away from Tanzhou.

"Another example is that he speaks Tanzhou dialect and seems to be a genuine southerner, but in just three days, he found Hu Ji from outside the customs as his master and learned to play the flute.

"These can all show that he has connections with foreign races."

Liang Zhi couldn't help but nodded in agreement: "That's right, no matter how similar he pretended to be in the past, there will still be some flaws. It seems that the person named Xu is not only related to Prince Yi's Mansion, but also probably has a lot to do with Prince Yi's Mansion.

"Otherwise he is so young, why would there be so many killers around him? Are there so many people doing things for him?
"But I still don't understand. If he is an important person in Prince Yi's palace, why does he have a father whose ancestral home is in the south?"

"If they use it to communicate secretly, or if the sign they use to issue orders is the Yiwangfu brand, then there is certainly something suspicious about his life experience."

"But you said he can speak Tanzhou dialect," Liang Zhi said. "If he is not from Tanzhou and does not have a Tanzhou father, how can he speak the local dialect? The key is, why is it Tanzhou?"

This question made Fu Zhen frown even more tightly.

Every question Liang Zhi asked is worthy of further investigation.

She had been with Xu Yin for so many years, and Xu Yin spoke very authentic Tanzhou dialect. There is no doubt that many Tanzhou soldiers in the military camp at that time can prove it.

So if he has not lived in Tanzhou for a long time, he must have a relative who speaks Tanzhou dialect to influence him for a long time, so that he can do it.

So, if Xu Yin is from Dayue, how did the connection with Tanzhou arise?

"That servant was also very strange. Jiang Lin said that the people Xu Yin sent Zhou Yi to Tanzhou were all people they trusted. Since they were trusted people, why would they jump out to rescue Jiang Lin and the others?
"They came back too early, they should continue to dig!"

Fu Zhen turned to look at him: "They still have people there."

"That's pretty much it!"

Liang Zhi was a little geared up.

Fu Zhen's mind flew away: "I originally thought that the Xu family's ancestral home in Tanzhou was just vacant, but I didn't expect that it would be used for such a great purpose secretly.

"It seems that Xu Yin has been making big moves secretly over the years. What is his purpose in doing this?"

This is by no means as simple as just being a high-ranking official.

"Prince Rong's Mansion doesn't know anything about his many actions?" Liang Zhi wondered again: "Could Prince Rong's Mansion be his accomplice?"

Fu Zhen doesn't think so.

Because King Rong would not be willing to be Xu Yin's deputy, and so far, Xu Yin has not captured King Rong.

But after thinking about it, she still said: "Cu Yu knows best about the affairs of Prince Chu's Mansion. Call him over and ask."

Liang Zhi stood up immediately after hearing this: "He is looking for you! If I had known you were willing to see him, I would have brought him here just now!"

Fu Zhen packed the things on the table: "Why did he see me?"

"He said that you were his benefactor. Now that he is healed, he wants to see you and thank you."

Fu Zhen smiled when he heard this: "Go and pick him up! Just be careful and don't let others see it."

As she spoke, she folded up the account books and documents that Jiang Lin brought back.

These are normal expenditure records and business transactions. They are not of much use. I will go back to Pei Zhan to see how to deal with them.

But just as she was folding it, a piece of paper with a familiar mark jumped into her eyes——

"Is it the seal of the Ning family business?"

Liang Zhi, who had just given the order, turned around and happened to see it. Now she almost regarded the Ning family as her second home, and she recognized it at a glance!

Fu Zhen quickly took out this document, and her expression changed when she saw it: "The loading list of the Ning family merchant ship? How could he have this list?"

After he finished speaking, his expression changed again: "...He Qunying?!"

She stood up in a hurry: "He Qunying wants two boats to load Xu Yin's things?!"

He Qunying had already been attracted by Xu Yin, and the only thing that the Xu family and the Ning family had in common on the merchant ships were the two boats borrowed by He Qunying!

Isn't this already obvious?

It turned out that the real employer of those two ships was the thief Xu Yin!
"Where is the ship?!"

"It's been almost twenty days since we set off, and I'm afraid we've already arrived in Tongzhou. - Quickly take someone to see if Xu has left the city in the past two days?! If he hasn't left the city yet, we'll keep a close eye on him. After the ship docks, he will definitely go to the dock! We must find a way to get ahead of him and clean these two ships from beginning to end!"

Xu Yin went through many twists and turns to find the Ning family to ask for a boat. The boat he wanted to load was definitely not an ordinary thing. How could he not start the boat immediately in the middle of the journey?
Liang Zhi also knew that the situation was critical and rushed out immediately!
Fu Zhen took the paperwork in his hand and looked at it again and again, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and punching the table.

The dog thief named Xu!
If you don't do good things, these shameful deeds are really weird!

The Ning family ship is supported by the National Protector General's Mansion. Even if they require boatmen to abide by the law more than before, the north-south passage will be easier than ordinary ships. For the purpose he wants to achieve, it is best to borrow the Ning family merchant ship!

In this way, He Qunying's use of words to persuade Pei Zhan was premeditated!

As for the cause of Mr. Ning's death, I'm afraid it was He Qunying, the envoy named Xu, who said so. Behind Mr. Ning's death, there was a connection with the Baiyuhu murder case. As long as the cause of Mr. Ning's death was mentioned, how could Pei Zhan remain indifferent?

Only the person named Xu has such a city!

"Fifth Aunt!..."

A huge meatball flew in from outside the door and fell into Fu Zhen's arms: "Why don't you let me in? Am I not your scout?"

Fu Zhen quickly collected the documents and said, "Of course you are my scout. Now, it's your time to show off! Are you familiar with Xu Yin's son?"

"Brother Lian?" Liang Xuan raised his head, "You're familiar, why aren't you familiar? That Minister Xu even took him to the Liang family to play! Since his mother was imprisoned, his father doesn't care about him anymore!"