Chapter 85 Nightmare again and again
In the dark place of the quiet night, the moon is hidden and the stars are sparse.

After hearing Shi Qing's report, Xie Zhan tightened his hand holding the jade pendant, and the white jade broke into two halves.

All the troops he brought out this time were transferred from Dali Temple.Half of them accompanied him in an upright manner, while the other half were sent to the entire Yuzhou to spy on various counties.

The important information found elsewhere all pointed to Geyang County and Nanyang County.

Coincidentally, these two counties were the counties where the largest number of refugees fled to Daliang from Dazhou a few years ago. Moreover, before the implementation of the policy of changing the household registration from white to yellow, half of the population of these two counties were Bai Ji.

As for the case of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Fu Yiyan, who forced the governor of Yuzhou to death, he once brought Fu Yiyan to trial.Fu Yiyan made it clear that it was precisely because he had doubts about the population of the two counties that he had someone review the "population" column in the statistics reported by Yuzhou.

Moreover, Geyang County is so rich, and the spies he placed in various places in the county tried their best, but they couldn't figure out the real source of the wealth.

The obvious answer I got is: the farmers of Bai nationality worked hard in the past, and the crops have been bumper in recent years. Coupled with the preferential treatment that the imperial court has not levied taxes, everyone has savings and business prosperity.

It stands to reason that such a wealthy place is usually due to the property of a few families, but what is strange is that no family has bought property here.

In the past, the Bai nationality population did not need to pay taxes, and it was the labor force that noble families were most willing to accept.It is really counterintuitive that the county with the largest population of Bai nationality is the "fish that slipped through the net" of the aristocratic family.

If there is an iron wall in Geyang County, there will be no flaws on the bright side.

In the end, some useful information was obtained through Fuxuan's unintentional question.

Fu Xuan held the white jade flower hairpin and asked him: "Don't you think the girl in Yuanjia Building is different? Since she showed her face in the Gold and Silver Building, she should be a common merchant or even a slave. We live in Yue Banyan Inn, the lowest price for a room is [-] baht. People with this status should go to ordinary inns to rest, not Banyan Tree Inn. The two elders she followed seem to be dignitaries."

After a search, Shi Qing found out that the girl's name was Liang Shan, and she was the real owner of Yuanjialou.When they went shopping at Yuanjialou, they just happened to meet her to patrol the store, she was not a clerk.

Liang Shan is the daughter of the Liang family, and the Liang family is the natal family of Mrs. Jiang Qiao, the governor of Geyang County. No one in the family has become an official.

After another investigation, at least [-]% of the prosperous businesses in Geyang County are related to the Liang family.

This is not over yet. According to the news from Nanyang County today, many businesses in Nanyang County are also in the hands of the Liang family.

The Liang family had a simple background, and the only reliance was Jiang Qiao, the son-in-law.

How much salary can a sheriff have?How could it be possible for him to collect so much money and open several shops in two counties, which also involved jade, medicinal materials, etc., which are rare and prosperous industries here on the border.

This Jiang surname is not everyone, and Jiang Qiao's background is probably not simple.

Who is he relying on?

In other words, which family is it?

Can he, Xie Zhan or even the Holy One, break it?
Xie Zhan frowned and said nothing for a long time.

It wasn't until Fuxuan's exclamation of "ah" in the silent night that he came back to his senses, and then rushed back to the house at top speed.

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"Xuanxuan, what's the matter?" Xie Zhan asked eagerly after lifting the bed curtain.

With the light of the fire pocket in his hand, he saw that Fu Xuan was sweating profusely, her face was pale, and her whole body was shaking.

Her eyes were red and wet, and her voice trembled back to Xie Zhan: "I... had a nightmare. I want Linglong to accompany me."

Since she dressed up as his concubine, in the past two days, her habit of lighting lamps at night was forced to change.At least in a dark environment, they can't see each other, which can reduce the embarrassment of being in the same room to a certain extent.

And because he was in the same room with Xie Zhan, in order to avoid being too quiet and causing Jiang Qiao to become suspicious, he simply dismissed all the maidservants who were on guard at night because he didn't like to be disturbed at night, even the personal maid Linglong was not left behind.

But she was afraid of the dark, and every time she fell asleep in the past few days, she would have nightmares again and again.Sometimes it is hard to see who is bleeding from the seven orifices in front of his eyes, and sometimes it is a dark shadow pressing in front of him.

After waking up, the surroundings were pitch black, and the fear in the dream deepened again.

Xie Zhan did not respond to Linglong's accompanying words, but stretched out his hand to light the lamp on the high table at the head of the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked her, "What dream did you have?"

"There are a lot of snakes in this room..." Fu Xuan lowered her eyes and replied in a low voice, a little frustrated, "It would be great if there was a separate door like Mingyue Villa."

In this way, she can not only avoid being in the same room with Xie Zhan, but also light up the lamp at night and sleep peacefully.

The door of Mingyue Villa?
Xie Zhan suddenly remembered the conversation between Fu Xuan and Fu Qian that he heard outside that day——

"Brother Qian, I dare not sleep alone tonight. I will sleep here later... If I call you, you have to answer me."

"it is good."

So, is there a door in the middle?No wonder, the two of them spoke a lot at that time.

That time, he misunderstood that the cousins ​​were in the same room at night, and left without saying hello the next day, now it looks like a joke.

Ever since she divorced him, Fuxuan wished she could be separated from him by hundreds of thousands of miles.Even looking at his body today, I was so ashamed for an hour that I didn't dare to look at him again.

How could she be a slutty girl like the rumors?
In order to save the family members, he dared to act bravely, and even dared to accept the concubine who pretended to be someone else.

In terms of mind, I don't know how much purer than those curvy girls.

On this side, Xie Zhan was still reflecting on his misunderstanding of Fu Xuan, on the other side, following this answer, Fu Xuan's thoughts flew back to Mingyue Villa.

That night, because she ran into a snake, she didn't sleep well all night, and called Brother Qian many times through the door.Now, when I encounter something scary again, there is no family member around me who does not say anything, and the family members are all suffering.

Thinking of this, the little girl who grew up under the protection of her elder brothers was afraid and uncomfortable, and the splash in her eyes became more and more intense.

Just when she wanted to cry, a feeling of nausea came from her heart, and Fu Xuan uncontrollably retched twice.

This movement brought Xie Zhan back to his senses instantly, "Xuanxuan!"

"I'm dizzy and want to vomit." Fu Xuan spoke, her eyes gradually lost sight.

Xie Zhan stretched out his hands to stabilize her shoulders, seeing her weak and sweating coldly, he suddenly had a very ominous premonition welling up in his heart.

Xie Zhan squinted his eyes and ordered loudly, "Come here!"

After the words fell, the accompanying guards stepped forward to wait for orders.

"Please send the doctor to the Jiang family, Madam is not well."

There was a lot of commotion in the guest room, because it was a distinguished guest, no one dared to neglect, all the servants came to the courtyard, waiting tremblingly.

As the owner of the Jiang Manor, Jiang Qiao also rushed over overnight, and was outside with Xie Zhan, waiting for the doctor's results.

Unexpectedly, when the doctor came out, he brought "extremely good news"——

"This lady is probably pregnant."

(End of this chapter)

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