Chapter 164 Tracking

The carriage returned to the mansion. Su Shi, Qi Hongyu and Lei San were all there in front of the mansion.

Zhao Tong coughed in the carriage, Huang Gu opened the curtain, and the three of them hurried over to help him.

Zhao Tong leaned out in the car, shook his head and said, "It's not like I'm too sick to move. I'll help you no matter what, and I'll just stay by the side."

He got out of the car by himself, coughed a few more times, covered his mouth with a white silk scarf, and a sickly blush appeared on his face.

Then he went into the mansion, had some food, just rested, and then gave instructions. If there was no big event, no one inside or outside would be seen.

Su Shi led his guards to protect the surroundings of the bedroom, and Zhao Tan went to bed, covered his head with a curtain, and slept until midnight.

After getting up, his head felt a little swollen. Zhao Tong drank a cup of herbal tea on the table and felt refreshed, so he immediately woke up.

He walked out of the room. It was already September, the moon was as cold as a knife outside, and the night wind was cold. He called Su Shi and asked, "Is anyone coming?"

Su Shi said: "Both the officials and the empress sent people to send things. I wanted to come over to invite the prince, but the two eunuchs said no, put down the things and left. Privy Tong also sent people to send things. Tan Zhen brought things over, right? Yes, Chen Chuixiang, the minister of Dali Temple, came here and didn't leave until dusk."

Zhao Tong thought for a while: "Is anyone from the Cai family coming?"

Su Shi said: "But no one came. This month, the Cai family has been in a fierce quarrel. Everyone in Tokyo knows that the chickens and dogs are restless."

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "What's the trouble?"

Su Shi said: "It's not like Grand Master Cai and Grand Master Cai. I heard that when they were in court, they almost pointed their noses at each other and scolded each other."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "My husband is almost eighty years old, how can he be the match of the eldest son?"

Su Shi smiled and said: "What the prince said is that boxing is afraid of young people, and this swearing is probably the same."

Zhao Tong said: "Cai Sui didn't help?"

Su Shi said: "The Fourth Young Master Cai won't help, but he is no match for the Eldest Young Master Cai. I heard that the Eldest Young Master is very brave. After leaving the court, he went to his home to cause trouble. No one in the house dared to stop him."

Zhao Tong said: "I haven't talked about this matter. When the official stayed in his residence, he interacted with the eldest son. He held various poetry gatherings, wine banquets, and music and music crowns. They were all the works of Zhang Dun's grandson, Zeng Bu, who was in the yamen of that year. Son, Zhao Tingzhi's son... Nowadays, the only person the official family can see is Mr. Cai, and it's even harder to say anything."

Su Shi said yes, but he couldn't accept such words, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, would you like to get some food from below?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "If you don't want to eat, call a group of people to come with me to Broken Jade Tower."

Su Shi took the order, summoned a group of guards, and then brought the Zhaoye Jade Lion, and the group went straight to the Broken Jade Tower.

The broken jade building is naturally closed at the moment, but there are at least two people on duty in the lobby every night. After knocking on the door, looking for a room, Zhao Tong called Huang Gu, Ouyang Bei, Ding Da Xie, and Ding Er Xia. .

Then, he felt that someone was missing, so he asked Su Shi to lead people to grab Zhu Xiaoyi. Zhu Xiaoyi was now entrenched in the southeast of the inner city with dirty clothes, temporarily taking over Hong Qi's men. The Dirty Clothes Gang has become truly the largest force in the Clothes Gang, but the Dirty Clothes Gang has no gang leader, and the elders are in charge.

As soon as Zhu Xiaoyi came in, he fell to the ground, looking aggrieved and on the verge of bursting into tears. Zhao Tong frowned and looked at him: "Why do you have to act like a little girl?"

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "The prince has not called for a long time. Xiaoyi is afraid that the prince has forgotten, so he feels sad and can't sleep at night. Now that he sees the prince again, he can't help but feel excited."

Zhao Tong felt a chill when he heard this, and said with a cold face: "Have you met when Ouyang Bei came back today?"

Zhu Xiaoyi was stunned when he heard this, and Ouyang Bei, who was standing by him, quickly called out: "Sir, I'm so exhausted from this trip. How can I find time to see these birds? Even if I rest all the time, I won't be able to get enough."

Ding Erxie laughed softly and said: "After dinner, I don't know what to do outside. I don't look tired at all. I am as lively as the monkey playing on the overpass!"

Ouyang Bei immediately shut up and didn't speak. He just glared at Zhu Xiaoyi.

Zhao Tong coughed and said, "I came here just because I remembered something. You have all gone through this before, so I called over and ordered it to be done."

Huang Gu said: "Sir, is this a matter in Yanggu County?"

Zhao Tong nodded. The Ding brothers and Zhu Xiaoyi did not follow them to Yanggu. Huang Gu then told what happened in Yanggu County and what happened to the prison car today.

The Ding brothers and Zhu Xiaoyi were stunned for a long time after hearing this. Ding Daxie said: "Sir, this..."

Zhao Tong said: "Ximen Qing, who runs a herbal medicine shop in Yanggu County, is one of the three people I met when I first went to Guifan Tower."

Zhu Xiaoyi suddenly woke up and said: "Is he the one who competed with the prince for the Liu family's mistress?"

Zhao Tong said: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I argue with others about my wife? How could I bother to do such a thing? Huiniang sneaked into the Guifan Tower to clean up the house... Zhu Xiaoyi, I see that you are getting more and more angry now.

You can’t hold back your words!”

When Zhu Xiaoyi heard this, he immediately shrank his neck, slapped himself twice with his bow, and said: "Your Majesty, I said something wrong, please punish me."

Zhao Tong snorted coldly: "It's best to talk while lying down!"

Zhu Xiaoyi lay on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. He said hurriedly: "Yes, I understand."

Zhao Tong said: "This matter is actually not difficult. If I want to excuse the Yanggu County Magistrate, I only need to go to the official's house to prove that Ximen Qing once went to Guifan Tower and is a green forest bandit. But there must be something in between."

Hook up, otherwise how would I know that the person who went down to Guifan Tower was Ximen Qing?"

Ding Daxie said: "Your Majesty, do you mean to find the other two people?"

Zhao Tong said: "It's the best to find him, especially the fat black guy. You guys have all seen him before. He's a native of Tokyo, so it won't be difficult to find him."

Ouyang Beidao: "My subordinates observed that the man was not an ordinary businessman in the market, nor did he look like a Jianghu man who licked blood with his knife. He had a rich and aura about him, like a steward of a mansion."

Zhao Tong nodded and said with a smile: "Ouyang Bei, you have always had good taste, and your judgment of people is far more poisonous than your words."

Ouyang Bei said sarcastically: "Young Master is so complimentary..."

Zhao Tong said: "I checked the date and found that it should be Cai Jing's birthday a few days after meeting Ximen Qing. Ximen Qing came to Tokyo this time to give gifts to Cai Jing to celebrate his birthday, and then he became his godfather and got an official status. In this way, that person was extremely

Maybe he's from the Cai family."

Ding Daxie thought: "If it is really someone in charge of Cai Mansion, it would be easier to investigate."

Huang Gu shook his head and said: "There are at least dozens of stewards in Cai Jing's house, and there are even more assistants. What's more, he has two sons who run a house outside, and the houses of these two sons will also be investigated."

Zhao Tong said: "I have been investigating this person in the past few days, but it is not easy to investigate the other book boy. After all, many unimportant people were sent away when I was in Yanggu, and this book boy is also among them. Now even if I go to Yanggu, the time will be longer."

It's too late, I can't control the Yanggu County magistrate over there for too long, and the officials will have to come up with an explanation if they ask."

Zhu Xiaoyi lay on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, I have many people under my command. I will find out the clues first in this matter."
Chapter completed!