After the palace meeting, Zhao Jie wore an idle dress and wrote in an enthusiastic manner in the calligraphy and painting room of Fuyan Palace. Calligraphy and painting are Zhao Jie's hobbies. He often painted a few strokes in his spare time to add fun.

Today, he was painting a picture of a beauty. Zhao Jie frowned and thought for a long time. He outlined it with a plain brush. After a while, a beautiful woman with a delicate face as the moon and a green willow appeared on the rice paper, and her spirit and figure seemed to be outstanding in painting.

Concubine Wan took the tribute orange that had just been sent to the capital, walked to the table and glanced at it, and saw that the person on the painting was not her. Her eyes were dim, but her expression did not change.

Putting Gongju on the table, Concubine Wan pushed it away with her hand, put it into Zhao Jie's mouth, and thought for a while:

"The emperor is bored in the palace, why don't he leave the palace for a walk?"

Zhao Jie was painting with a focused expression: "The thief is very brave now, and I will talk about it when Cao Hua comes back."

Concubine Wan nodded with a smile, chatted casually for a few words, and frowned slightly: "The emperor issued three imperial edicts, but Cao Hua didn't come back. It's really a bit..."

Zhao Jie's expression was rare and calm, and he raised his hand gently:

"No hurry."

"oh...."

Concubine Wan was stunned for a moment, obviously a little surprised. After thinking about it, she just kept this matter in her heart and did not mention it again...

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Early the morning of the second day after arriving in Lishui, Cao Hua took more than ten Black Feather Guards to divert to Chishan Lake, while the others were led by Han'er to Jiangning City to inquire about the information and inquire about the situation.

Chishan Lake is not far from Lishui. The fast horse gallops at noon and arrives outside Chishan Lake.

Strictly speaking, it should be a dock. There are many rivers in Jiangnan, and Chishan Lake is close to Jiangning and convenient to travel. Merchant ships often stop here to unload goods or purchase various specialties here. The rivers in Jiangning city are crowded, so there are not many people who really enter.

Zhang Zhengqi, the head of Chishan Lake, has been a boatman for generations. Because he has been cheerful since childhood, he has made many friends. He has gradually gained some reputation in the world and is familiar with the paths in Jiangning City. He gradually landed in his current family business. He has more than a dozen boats under his command, and he has a mixed number of "Little Dragon King".

The water villages on the lakeside are built year by year. Now there are markets, inns, ship ports and other buildings. There are many people in all walks of life. Recently, people walking with weapons can be seen everywhere because of the chaos in the recent times.

Cao Hua brought a group of black feather guards. In order to prevent shocking the enemy, he asked the familiar concubine Zhu Qu to come in to ask, but he followed him secretly.

Zhu Qufei hasn't been to the world for a long time, and now she is still a little uncomfortable. She holds the pipa with a cloth and carries it on her back, covers her face with a scarf, and walks slowly through the market with a paper umbrella, and goes directly outside a house in the water village by the lake.

There was a knife guarding him at the entrance of the house. When he saw someone coming to the door, he asked:

"Who will come? Report your name."

"Hangzhou iron pipa."

Zhu Qu Fei replied with a curved eyebrow and a very eccentric reply.

Within a moment, a man in gold and silver walked out of the house, looked at him from a distance for a few times, and then raised his hand and fist:

"Miss, it's rumored that you're not here for nothing, and you'll die when you come here. Come here today, may you take a fancy to Zhang's head?"

Zhu Qufei walked into the house in vain and turned a blind eye to the dozen or so thugs around:

"I'm here to ask Boss Zhang for some information."

Zhang Zhengqi stroked the jade ring on his hand, his smile remained unchanged, and he just looked at Zhu Qufei a few times.

Zhu Qufei has a bad reputation. There are not many people who can take assassinations and deals in the world, and not many people who can become famous. Zhu Qu dared to kill Zhu Xie and escaped without any skills. Naturally, he said that Zhang Zhengqi had been involved in black and white for many years, so he naturally had no shortage of enemies, and there was a possibility that he would be targeted by Zhu Qufei.

Zhang Zhengqi thought for a moment. Although the other party was alone, he did not sit in front of him with his own martial arts. Instead, he watched the rain hit the banana in the corridor and said with anger:

"I wish the girl understands the rules of the world. Some can say it, some can't, some are valuable, and some are not worth it."

Zhu Qufei giggled twice: "I want to ask the Qiu Dao Ren there."

Zhang Zhengqi paused his movements of rubbing his finger and turned his head:

"Miss Zhu, could it be that several big families in the city invited me to deal with Qiu Dao Ren?"

"Rules from the world." Zhu Qufei picked up the teacup, remembered that she was wearing a gauze scarf, and put it down again.

Zhang Zhengqi walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking for a moment: "I have heard of the news about Qiu Dao Ren, but the price of this news is not usually expensive."

Zhu Qufei's eyes narrowed slightly: "I'm a Tie Pipa to find out the news, do you still dare to ask for money?"

“…”

Zhang Zhengqi and the dozen thugs present were all stunned and immediately stunned.

This is too arrogant! Do you think you are a person like Fang Qifo or Xie Yijun? Xie Yijun has to follow the rules when he comes, so there is someone who speaks like this.

Zhang Zhengqi frowned and thought about it carefully for a long time:

"Miss, you... have you taken the wrong medicine when you go out?"

Zhu Qufei giggled a few times and raised her hand to point to the roof:

"I have someone above you, you'd better be honest, otherwise... don't blame me for being merciless."

Zhang Zhengqi actually laughed and nodded with his hands behind his back: "Okay... I dare to ask Miss Zhu, who is above?"

More than a dozen thugs in the house also approached the living room, holding weapons in their hands and looking bad.

Zhu Qufei was a little helpless and pointed at it with her finger:

"You won't watch it yourself?"

Zhang Zhengqi was stunned, and the thugs stretched out their heads and looked up, and their souls were scattered.

I saw that there were about a dozen men wearing straw raincoats on the roof, standing quietly in the rain curtain, each holding a weapon in his hands. The strongest one was carrying an octagonal copper hammer, two heads taller than ordinary people, and the person in the middle was holding a sling of eight horses. The rain slid down the edge of the snow-lit spear without trembling.

Zhang Zhengqi didn't notice when the ten people appeared. At this time, the other party was in a high position and looked up as if it was covering the sky and the sun, which made the people in the courtyard breathless.

Not moving like a mountain, coming and going like a shadow.

How could an ordinary martial arts master have such a style? Zhang Zhengqi knew that he had encountered a tough nail when he saw this.

"Miss...you..."

Zhang Zhengqi's face suddenly became a little more peaceful, and his eyes returned to the living room, and said with a smile: "If you have something to say, why bring so many people here? I'm a small temple here and can't withstand the storm."

Zhu Qufei had a smile in her eyes and said calmly: "Explain the matter of Qiu Dao Ren."

This way, he really has a bit of the "Kyoto Tai Sui" style. It seems that Cao Hua has gained experience.

Zhang Zhengqi looked embarrassed. After thinking about it, he had to smile and said with a smile:

"At the beginning of the month, Dao Ren Qiu came once and asked about the whereabouts of several noble men in the city. At that time, I didn't know that he was going to do business..."

"Are you fooling around?"

"Haha... I saw through it and didn't say it out loud. In the end, the hatred never came. He tied up several princes of aristocratic families and a courtesan to ask for ransom..."

“Where is hiding?”

"How can I know this? If I had known it, I would have told the government to get the silver reward..."

Before Zhang Zhengqi finished speaking, his face suddenly changed and he quickly retreated.

Next moment!

The rain curtain exploded, and a man in the straw raincoat jumped into the air and smashed down in the air with a long spear in his hand.

Crazy-

The beams of the corridor were split into pieces, and the spear was still strong. They swept through Zhang Zhengqi's outer robe until they were chopped on the corridor and were more than three minutes into the soil.

The tiles and broken wood fell down, and the power of this spear seemed to have even split the rain curtain, which was so fast that it was unbelievable.

More than a dozen thugs immediately took a few steps back, their faces turned pale, and even threw away the knife.

Zhang Zhengqi's face was bloodless, and he stood there and did not dare to move. His forehead slid down cold sweat. He felt that his belt was loose, and his jade waist was split into two, and he fell to the ground and made a slight "ding" sound. A half further forward would be the end of the disintegration.

The straw hat standing in the courtyard raised a little, revealing a pair of snake-like eyes. Before winter began, it made people feel cold.

"Little husband, don't be angry..."

Concubine Zhu Qu was so scared that she hurriedly ran out, pulled Cao Hua's arm, and said in horror:

"Give him a chance, don't kill people if you're fine, look down and see him..."

Cao Hua's long spear pointed to the ground with a cold voice:

"If there is another lie, you know the outcome."

Zhang Zhengqi shook his body a few times, took a few steps back, sat down in the corridor with his knees, and took a long time to recover and said in a trembling voice:

"When the Lord Qiu came, he brought six people. Later, his brothers happened to meet him at the Duan family mansion near Linjiang Port, so I sent someone to inquire nearby. Osmanthus I could see a few raw faces coming out to buy food and drinks, once every three days. Judging from the amount of food, there were about twenty people in it. They also bought some light food, osmanthus cake and poria cake, which was not like a man, but only one person's portion..."

After listening to this, Cao Hua nodded: "Has anyone else inquired about this news?"

Zhang Zhengqi's expression was slightly stiff and hesitated:

"I can't afford to offend me, I dare not say it."

Zhu Qufei grabbed the spear and kicked Zhang Zhengqi in annoyance: "Do you want to die? Tell me honestly, you can't afford to offend me even more."

Zhang Zhengqi looked bitter and spread his hands and said, "I really can't afford to offend you, otherwise I will die if you leave. I am a serious businessman, give me a way out."

Cao Hua put away his long spear and his face calmed down a little:

"When did she come?"

Zhang Zhengqi opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time before he said in a deep voice:

"Morning."

Concubine Zhu Qu was stunned and looked at the two men who were playing puzzles for some reason: "Little Langjun, who else can find out this news?"

Cao Hua did not answer, but just chuckled softly, and took Concubine Zhu Qu to step on the roof of the courtyard wall, and several of them were rising and falling without a trace.

"call--"

Zhang Zhengqi saw the people on the roof disappear, and then he sweated coldly behind him. He sat on the ground, patted his chest, looked at the broken jade buckle on the ground, and cursed in a low voice:

"It's a bad luck to have an unreasonable person in the morning. I just came ten of them at noon. Didn't I read the almanac today?"

The minion walked up to him and looked at the big gap above the corridor: "Boss, who is this? He is not as good as a person."
Chapter completed!