Author: Loeva

Ah Shou happily returned to Suning County Prince's Mansion, rushing to convey orders to the people below.

If what Qin Hanzhen said is true, there is a tunnel under the collapsed wall of Prince Shu's palace, then it would be more convincing than any other evidence. And it is difficult to cover up a corpse, there will always be a smell.

Come out. As long as you keep a close eye on the scene, no one will be able to dig out the bodies in the tunnel and dispose of them without being noticed. Ah Shou feels that the people from their county and prince's palace may be about to make a great contribution! It's rare for God to do so.

You must be beautiful and let the prince of Shu show his weakness. You must not miss such a good opportunity!

Qin Hanzhen was also very excited. However, she just opened her imagination and did not dare to say that this was definitely the case. She could only sit at home and wait for news from Ah Shou. But she also felt that her guess should be somewhat reliable.

It's unbelievable. If the Prince of Shu didn't have something evil in his heart, why would he say that most of his dead servants were absconding with money, and then he nervously guarded the study near the collapsed wall, enduring the unpleasant smell?

, clamoring for the officers and soldiers to finish the cleanup work quickly so that the people of the Prince's Mansion can re-build the wall as soon as possible? How can an innocent person commit such doubts?

It is a pity that Suning County Prince's Palace does not have the right to search and enforce the law in the capital. Ah Shou's people only pay attention to the situation secretly, and then use familiar officers and soldiers to operate it. It is not possible to come to the surface for the time being. Otherwise, they will only have to let people collapse.

Just dig the ground around the wall. A tunnel that allows people to walk is by no means a small project. Nowadays, there may be a corpse emitting a peculiar smell inside to serve as a guide for the diggers, who want to find the threads of this tunnel.

It shouldn't be difficult to make a trace.

However, the people in Suning County Prince's Mansion cannot make the decision. Even if it is now determined that there is something fishy under the wall, they can only monitor it secretly, and the work on the surface must rely on the officers and soldiers guarding the periphery of Prince Shu's Prince's Mansion. In order to

Unless they violate taboos, they can't even reveal their identities. As the master of the county prince's palace, Zhao Mo doesn't cover for them in the capital. It's inconvenient to do many things, which is really depressing.

Qin Han thought carefully for a while, and then discussed with Feng'er in a low voice: "You think... is it possible to find someone to spread the news to the outside world and spread the news about the collapse of the back wall of Prince Shu's palace, attracting a few gangsters?

Ruffian, then the officers and soldiers will have reason to keep a close eye on the area around the wall. Even if the Prince of Shu deliberately wants to hide the things in the tunnel, he can't take advantage of it?"

Feng'er frowned and said: "This matter is not difficult, but smarter gangsters will not see the officers and soldiers surrounding them and go to look for someone who is unhappy. Even if they don't let the news go, the officers and soldiers will take advantage of them."

Everyone is keeping a close eye on us. Besides, there are also people from the county prince's palace."

Qin Hanzhen thought for a while: "That's right...it would be bad if someone from the outside gets involved and causes trouble, giving Prince Shu the opportunity to fish in troubled waters." She tilted her head, "

Prince Shu's palace is definitely the focus of the officers and soldiers. Even if there is any action, it probably won't be his people. On the contrary, a few so-called foreign businessmen renting in the Gu family's house next door are more suspicious and take action.

Probably bigger too.”

Those foreign businessmen are becoming more and more suspicious. Even if they are just renting there, wouldn't they feel uncomfortable if the house they live in smells bad? Why don't they clean it up? And when the neighbors start to protest, they take action. They don't clean it up.

, was it because I was too lazy to do it, or... was there a reason why I couldn't clean it up? As for the action I took later, I guess it was because I didn't want to attract the attention of the neighbors? Those people said they were merchants, but they didn't seem to do any business.

, there are only a few goods stored in the house, and a few merchants don’t often go out with their goods. More importantly, what are the businessmen from other places doing renting an official mansion in that location? Don’t the wealthy and prosperous areas in the outer city not

Is it more conducive to business transactions?

Qin Hanzhen touched his chin and felt that the Gu family's residence might be a breakthrough. Moreover, it was not as eye-catching as the Prince's Mansion of Prince Shu, and it was easy to attract taboos. As for the reason... wasn't the Queen Mother once ordered

Did Zhao Mo inquire about Chu Yuniang? It makes sense to trace the case to the Gu family. Zhao Mo must have mentioned the suspicious aspects of Chu Yuniang's life experience to His Highness the Crown Prince.

Qin Hanzhen was at home, and from time to time he heard rumors in the palace that Chu Liangyuan, a newly promoted member of the East Palace, was not very favored by the prince. Although she had the opportunity to meet him from time to time, and she once played the piano for His Highness,

We had chatted with them, but we hadn’t spent the night yet. Previous rumors said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suffered a bitter summer every midsummer. He didn’t want to eat or drink, and he had few desires. But that was before he recovered from his illness... Qin Han

I really feel that His Highness the Crown Prince should be wary of Chu Liangyuan. Regardless of whether Chu Liangyuan really has a problem or not, if she is used as an excuse to trick the Prince of Shu, His Highness the Crown Prince will not be angry.

Qin Hanzhen discussed with Feng'er and asked Feng'er to go to Suning County Prince's Mansion, catch up with Ah Shou, tell him the idea and let him consider it.

Feng'er hesitated for a moment: "This...is it the same as sending others away? I am the girl's personal maid, how can I go to the prince's palace? If people know, I will only gossip."

Qin Hanzhen blinked: "Cousin Zhao is not at home. I will send a girl to his palace to spread a message. What kind of gossip can it cause? Besides, you don't have to go through the main door. You can go through the side door in the garden.

The small concierge at the back door of the villa is guarded twelve hours a day. When you go through the villa, whether you go directly across the street bridge to the Prince's Mansion, ask someone to bring a message to Ah Shou and ask him to come and leave.

It’s okay for the court to see you, and you don’t have to worry about outsiders seeing you. As for the people in the prince’s palace, I think Ah Shou knows how to give them instructions, so we don’t need to worry about them.”

Feng'er said sarcastically: "Then... just go there. You can also take the road to the other side of the courtyard."

She turned around and was about to leave, but Qin Hanzhen stopped her: "Wait a minute, I have an idea." Feng'er was confused when he saw Cai Shengnan walking in from the door, and hurriedly saluted her: "Fourth grandma.

"

Cai Shengnan nodded, looked at the room, and said with a smile: "Has Manager Shou left? Why so fast? I just brought the drawings and furniture list over, and I haven't let him look at them yet."

Qin Hanzhen then remembered Cai Shengnan's excuse for avoiding the situation just now, and coughed: "It seems that there was something urgent in their county prince's palace, so he left in a hurry. It's also my fault that I didn't pay attention and forgot to tell him. Then...

Let Feng'er send the things over, and you must get a reply." She winked at Feng'er. Feng'er understood, and took the thick stack of booklets from Cai Shengnan's hand with a dry smile, that's all.

After bowing, he turned and left.

Cai Shengnan smiled and said to Qin Hanzhen: "If there is no problem, I will have to start asking people to deliver the furniture to the city. The weather is really worrying. I don't know when it will clear up. Now there is always a fight.

Heavy rain is really hard to guard against." In fact, transporting furniture is still a trivial matter. The key is whether the continuous rain will affect the groom Zhao Mo's return trip? Cai Shengnan is worried about his stepdaughter. The wedding date has already been decided, so don't worry about it.

It would be better if something went wrong.

Qin Hanzhen felt worried when he heard what she said. Although he knew that Zhao Mo could not be in any danger, his delay in returning to Beijing would inevitably make people worried.

Qin Hanzhen had been worried for two days when Ah Shou sent her good news. Zhao Mo was already on his way back to Beijing and was now taking a boat on the canal in Shandong. If everything goes well, before the wedding

He can reach the capital in a few days. Even if there are any obstacles on the way, he can go ashore and switch to a fast horse to take the land route, and it will not be delayed for two days. Moreover, he went south this time, and his errands went smoothly. It is foreseeable that he will make meritorious deeds again.

Qin Hanzhen was happy for Zhao Mo at the same time, but also worried about the upcoming wedding. It was rare that God stopped raining for two days in a row, and it seemed that it was still sunny. Everyone in the Yongjia Marquis Mansion felt that this was God's blessing.

Everyone was very happy that Qin Hanzhen could get married in sunny weather instead of going out in the rain. All the preparations before the wedding were also carried out in an orderly manner. Relatives and friends came to visit Qin Hanzhen one after another.

The Yongjia Marquis Mansion is lively and joyful every day.

In the midst of this joyous celebration, something unlucky suddenly happened in the capital. The prince of Shu, who had been almost forgotten by the world, was ordered to study behind closed doors by the emperor. After the walls of his mansion collapsed after the rain, the prince unexpectedly appeared again.

A fire broke out, affecting his usual study room, and burned all the books, Buddhist scriptures and other things he had copied on the emperor's orders.

It is said that the entire backyard of the Crown Prince's Mansion was almost burned to the ground. Moreover, the fire also spread to the inner house and almost burned the main courtyard. Several girls and women were injured to varying degrees. Even the King of Shu

The prince's only son, Xiao Shisun, was also frightened. He had a high fever the next day after the fire. The prince's concubine was so anxious that she cried and sent a message to the palace, begging the Queen Mother for mercy, and sent an imperial doctor to Xiao Shisun.

Only after Sun's diagnosis and treatment did he get better.

But Prince Shu's Prince's Mansion was completely devastated by the fire. Half of the mansion was burned to the point of being uninhabitable, and the losses were simply incalculable. It would take a lot of effort to clean up the ruins.

But at least no one died in the Prince of Shu's Mansion. What's even more tragic is that the Gu family's house next door to the Prince of Shu's Mansion not only burned down the Buddhist hall and garden, but one person also died!

The owner of the Gu family has moved to Tongzhou, and now the people living in the house are several businessmen from other places. One of them lives closer to the backyard. He slept to death during the fire and did not escape. All the goods he brought were also lost.

It was burned to the ground. Some of the merchants who came with him were injured and some lost their goods. They were all miserable.

Nowadays, there are loud cries in the Gu family's house. The merchants have temporarily organized a funeral for their friend who was burned to death. They say that he died in a foreign land and his wife and children are not around. They don't know how to send the spirit back home and bring him from other places.

All the goods he owned were burned and he lost all his money. Even if he returned to his hometown, his wife and children would not know how to live. What a tragedy! The neighbors felt very sympathetic and gave some gifts to them one after another.

Go through the trouble to help.

The prince of Shu also wanted to help, but the officers and soldiers blocked him, so he could not go to Gu's house to express condolences in person. He could only ask the guarding soldiers to send a piece of silk gold to his neighbor.

Ah Shou's people once managed to take a look at the silk gold at close range. They only knew that it was four 10-tael silver ingots contained in a black wooden box. As silk gold, it could only be regarded as average, but was there something different in the box?

It is not clear what the items were. But the items that the soldiers were responsible for transferring must have been searched by someone. If there were any obvious entrainments, they would have been discovered long ago.

Ah Shou was worried. Should he report this news to his future mistress again? The prince of the county will be returning to Beijing soon...
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