Chapter 603: Never expected it (additional update for Nicholas)
"Husband, don't be in a daze. If the child governor comes back with epilepsy, you will be in trouble!"
After receiving the booklet, Liu Mingzhi lowered his head and prepared to rummage through Tong Hewu's study, but he stared blankly at the desk in a daze.
"Husband, what's wrong?"
"No need to look for it, just see for yourself!"
Qinglian leaned forward and looked at the place where Liu Mingzhi's fire folds were shining, and she was a little confused: "Why is there so much dust? It's been so long since I came back! Isn't it because Tong is so happy that he doesn't miss Shu every night?"
Liu Mingzhi gently wiped the dust on the desk and rubbed it gently: "It hasn't been cleaned for about a month, otherwise it wouldn't be able to accumulate so much dust!"
"Husband, how are you sure it won't be longer?"
"Silly girl, just look at the furnishings in the study and that blouse, then look at the window sill and the corner!"
Qinglian looked at the furnishings in the study blankly, and there was nothing wrong.
"I don't see anything! There is nothing on the window sill, the corners are very clean, and the furnishings are normal, just like a normal study room!"
"Think about it, will there be spiders forming webs in some rooms over time? If you look in the study, there is only dust but no spider webs, which means it will only last about a month at most. Look at the silk quilt on the bed.
The short shirt on the chair, such a thin quilt, and the clothes were all there when it was hot a month ago, so it means that they haven’t been back for a month!”
"Ah? Can we still calculate like this?"
"Of course, it's the easiest place to ignore clues and the easiest place to find clues!"
"My husband is so great!"
Liu Mingzhi blew out the fire fold and put it away: "Let's go, it's not a good time to stay here for a long time, leave first!"
"But we didn't find anything, so we were all in vain!"
"I can't find anything, let's leave first!"
"All right!"
The two of them evaded the guards and used Qinggong to leave the Governor's Mansion.
Liu Ming, Zhi and Qinglian found an ordinary private house and sat down, took out the memorial in their arms, lit it and read it carefully.
"A month ago it was the time for Tong Hewu to make his last memorial. Excluding the time spent on the road, Tong Hewu never returned to the study after he made his last memorial. In that case, where did he go?"
"Needless to say, he must have wanted to use his status as a high-ranking official to eat and drink for free at Governor Gu's house and play music every night!"
"Eating and drinking for free, playing music every night! But he is the governor of a government, and he must be inextricably linked to some officials in the capital. His Majesty did not strictly prohibit me from going to Qingzhou for disaster relief. Tong Hewu would not have received it.
Letter, think about it, knowing that the imperial envoy was going to rectify the locust plague in Qingzhou on behalf of the emperor, he was not prepared for the imperial envoy’s arrival but played games with a group of girls, don’t you think it’s a little inhumane?”
"Ah, it's so complicated, my brain hurts thinking about it!"
"Trying every possible way to cover up the locust plague in Qingzhou, knowing that the imperial envoys are coming but still having fun every night, isn't this the opposite? Why on earth are Tong and Wu doing this!"
"Did he know he was going to die and wanted to have some fun at the end?"
"I don't rule out this possibility, but it's unreasonable and gives me a headache! It seems like I've been led by the nose since I entered Qingzhou."
"It's just my husband's illusion. No one knows that we have entered the city in disguise. How could anyone know about it? Unless they can predict it and act it out for you, what else can they do?"
"Acting? Silly girl, you really woke up the dreamer with one word. I finally know what His Majesty meant when he said that seeing is not reality!"
"Ah? Did I say something again?"
"Do you still remember what happened the first time we entered the Governor's Mansion?"
"What happened? Apart from my husband, you were hugged by an old pervert named Tong. You don't mind if he's fat, fat, and dripping with oil!"
"That's right, when we left the governor's office, we said that Tong Hewu was singing and dancing in groups, especially when he was sleeping and resting, and he had more than a dozen women accompanying him. I also said that he was in good health. Did you know that the moment he was hugged by Tong Hewu?
I felt as if I was being tightly clamped. Think about how a person who sings and sings every night can be so strong and steady."
"Be fat, you will be stronger if you are fat!"
"No, the strength of a fat man is different from that of a strong and powerful man. When my husband was tired, he could hardly walk, and his arms could no longer use their strength. Tong Hewu, what does Tong Hewu mean?"
We must not let the victims of the disaster get into trouble. People can do anything even if they are extremely hungry!
Bah, you bunch of dissatisfied guys, what are you going to eat with so many other disaster victims!
"There is no food in the treasury. Mr. Liu, how about paying the bill with food?"
"Master, let's rebel. Those named Gu and Tong are going to force us to starve to death!"
Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Lian'er, stretch out your arm!"
"ah?"
"hurry up!"
"Okay, husband, what do you want to do?"
Liu Mingzhi rolled up Qinglian's sleeves and looked at the lotus on her arm with some confusion: "Is this the symbol of your White Lotus Sect?"
"Yes, I also want to get rid of this lotus tattoo, but I am afraid of leaving scars!"
Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, recalling scenes about the Governor's Mansion in his mind: "I"
Liu Mingzhi suddenly opened his eyes when he thought of the lotus tattoo on Gu Zhiheng's arm that had fallen down to reveal the lotus tattoo on his arm!
"No wonder His Majesty mentioned the White Lotus Sect first before talking about disaster relief. It turns out that's the case. Then wouldn't Tong Hewu be the same?"
"Come on, follow me to the treasury in Qingzhou!"
"good!"
Liu Mingzhi stuffed the memorial and took Qinglian's hand and rushed towards the east of the city without hesitation, without stopping along the way.
"Husband, please slow down, I can't bear it!"
"Don't be slow, hold on a little longer, I think I know what's going on!"
"Okay, I, hold on!"
Liu Mingzhi suddenly stopped and opened his eyes as if he thought of something: "Lian'er, no, we can't go to Qingzhou's treasury first, we have to go to another place!"
"Ah? Change again? Where to go?"
"You'll know when we get there, come with me!"
After half a stick of incense, Liu Mingzhi stopped in front of the courtyard where Zhao Qi had brought him, and knocked gently on the door, but there was no movement at all.
Liu Mingzhi quietly recalled that he knocked on the doorbolt in the order that Zhao Qi knocked on the door. A moment later, a calm voice came: "Who is it?"
"willow!"
"Master Liu, please wait a moment!"
The door opened immediately, and He Qi walked out calmly. He looked at Liu Mingzhi and Qinglian with a startled expression: "Master Liu, this is it!"
"My wife, it's too late to say this. Let's go in first. I have something to ask you!"
"Okay Master Liu, come in quickly!"
"Zhao Qi, go tell the master that Master Liu is back!"
"Qiao Chang, magistrate of Qingshan County, is here to see you sir. Please don't be offended by me for not being able to recognize Taishan before!"
"Don't be polite, let me ask you, who said today that there are many soldiers hidden on top of the city?"
"Master Hui Liu, it's me. There are indeed many soldiers hidden on the city wall. They are all equipped with bows and arrows. We can't get out of the city even with our wings!"
Liu Mingzhi hammered the palm of his hand hard, his expression uncertain!
"No wonder there are so many patrol masters in the Governor's Mansion!"
"Husband, what's wrong?"
"I never expected that my hand would actually reach Qingzhou."