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King Poyang suddenly paused while flipping through the documents, raised his head, and stared at the palace steward.

"Then Zhu Xiuyuan... is going through the old accounts kept by Cang Cao?"

"Reporting to the prince, it is indeed the case."

King Poyang put down the document, twirling his goatee and thinking for a long time, his brows gradually furrowed.

"What do you think?"

King Poyang didn't seem to understand the purpose of Zhu Xiuyuan's move.

It may also be because the current situation is complicated and King Poyang has too many things to take care of and cannot think about this for a while, so he rarely asks the steward for his opinion.

"Your Majesty, I thought this was just Zhu Xiuyuan's unintentional move." The butler's mind was racing at high speed.

"Oh, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, please think about it. When Zhu Xiuyuan first became Cang Cao's military commander, he would definitely try his best to find out everything about Cang Cao. In addition to Cang Cao's daily affairs, there may also be old cases left over by Cang Cao over the years. Zhu Xiuyuan will be one of them.

Find out and deal with it to avoid repeating the mistakes of my predecessor, Sicang Shenjun."

"Well, it makes sense. Jiang Governor has controlled Cang Cao for many years, and there must have been many illegal things that were buried in Cang Cao's confidential documents... Do you think Zhu Xiuyuan's move was directed at Jiang Governor?"

"My lord, I think this is possible, but Zhu Xiuyuan is very young, and is no more than fifteen years old...I think it is impossible for him to initiate this matter. I am afraid that this is Dong Cheng's instruction!"

"Forget it, let's see Zhu Xiuyuan's next move. You should continue to pay attention to this matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"By the way, Jiangzhou Governor, Changshi, Sima, etc., have there been any changes recently?"

"Reporting to the prince, the governor of Jiangzhou still claims to be ill, and Chang Shi and Sima are still restrained. Recently, the most active official in the state government is Dong Cheng... By the way, according to reports from secret agents, late yesterday night, the governor of Jiangzhou

Zeng secretly left the house and entered a house in the east of the city, and did not return until dawn."

"Oh?" King Poyang became interested and asked, "Tell me in detail."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The whereabouts of the Governor are very tight. Our spies dare not get too close to avoid alerting the enemy... So why did the Governor go to the private residence late at night? The spies did not detect it. After dawn, a carriage drove out of the private residence.

The secret agent felt something was strange, so he followed the carriage all the way. However, he saw the carriage driving into the barren mountains in the south outside the city. In a deserted place, the driver dug a big hole, then took out three long objects from the carriage and used

Wrapped in straw mats, he was thrown into a pit and buried."

"Oh, corpse wilderness?"

"Reporting to the prince, this is exactly what happened. After the carriage drove away, the spies dug a big hole and took out the objects wrapped in three straw mats. It turned out to be three female fruit corpses. Judging from their figures and appearance, they should be from Yangzhou.

Come on a thin horse."

King Poyang pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Send someone to sneak into that private house and investigate every inch of the land for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Money, fame, fortune, and beauty have always been interdependent... I believe that that private residence is not simple, and should not only contain beauties."

"Your Majesty is wise, I will go down and make arrangements right now."

…

…

Five days passed in a row.

The situation in Jiangzhou is as calm as ever.

The governor of Jiangzhou once, under pressure, held court "drag[ing] his sick body" to hear two major cases. Then there was no further action, and he continued to claim that he was ill at home and continued to be his "hands-off shopkeeper".

Jiang Governor Shi and Sima have also been hiding. Although they come to the state government office every day for normal duties, they keep a low profile. They leave daily affairs to their deputies and do not take the initiative to stir up trouble. It seems that in the entire state government office, there are already

It seems that the important figures of Chang Shi and Sima are gone.

It's calm on the surface.

In fact, there is already an undercurrent surging secretly!

Some veterans in the yamen spend most of their time in the yamen. It can be said that they are "well-informed". They have already developed a pair of noses comparable to those of cats and dogs, and their sense of smell is extremely sensitive.

They had vaguely sensed something was wrong. The turbulent undercurrent hidden under the calm was like a dark cloud in the sky, shrouding everyone's head, making it difficult to breathe...

These old fried dough sticks naturally became cautious and mysterious, which made those people with less sensitive "smell" also see some clues and become vigilant...

For a time, people in the entire state government were panicked and inexplicably depressed...

In fact, veterans compare "turbulent undercurrents hidden under calm waves" to "lowering dark clouds." This metaphor is not made up out of thin air.

Because in the past few days, the sky in Jiangzhou has been gloomy and gloomy, indeed shrouded in dark clouds...

As autumn gets darker, the dark clouds turn into rain when they encounter the cold, resulting in light rain falling in the past few days.

Although the rain was light, it never stopped.

The weather is getting colder and there is light rain, which can easily lead to wind chill.

The fun-loving Dong Shuzhen got caught in the game of "treading water" one day and got cold. As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and Dong Shuzhen was bedridden overnight.

…

This morning.

After Zhu Xiuyuan finished dressing and washing, he went to the back hall of the west courtyard to have breakfast. When he came back, he was holding a food box in his hand.

Zhu Xiuyuan carried the food box and walked straight into the East Pavilion of the East Garden, which was Dong Shuzhen's boudoir.

"Madam, I brought breakfast. You can eat it while it's hot."

"Oh, my husband is here!"

Dong Shuzhen's suppressed exclamation came from the bed tent, followed by a slight sound of "lying down" and "covering the quilt".

Ancient beds are very different from modern beds. One of the distinctive features is that they are hidden deep enough.

In fact, the ancient bed can be regarded as a small room, and some brocade tents, curtains, etc. can be added to make it more private.

If a person walks in from the door of the room, his line of sight will be blocked at first, and he will not be able to see inside the bed tent. Only by walking into the "small room" of the bed can he get a glimpse of the scene inside.

So Zhu Xiuyuan, who opened the door and walked in with a delicate food box, only heard Dong Shuzhen's suppressed exclamation and the slight sound of lying down and covering herself with quilt, but could not see her person or movements.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead darkened, and the corners of his eyes twitched faintly.

Because just based on Dong Shuzhen's exclamation, Zhu Xiuyuan has roughly restored everything that happened in the bed tent: a girl suffered from cold and needed to rest in bed. However, she did not want to lie down, but sat on the bed to play and chat. Suddenly "Supervision"

When the "person" came, the sick girl lay down in panic and pulled the quilt to cover her...

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head, held the food box in one hand, opened the brocade curtain with the other, and walked into Dong Shuzhen's bed tent.

In the past, Zhu Xiuyuan still wanted to avoid certain things and was unwilling to enter Dong Shuzhen's boudoir.

But now that my wife is sick, she can't care about so much. She can't drag her illness with her and risk aggravating the cold to go to the living room to see him!

Zhu Xiuyuan approached the bed and took a closer look. He saw Dong Shuzhen lying on her back on the bed, with a big pillow under her head and an empty big pillow next to her...

The body is covered with an embroidered silk brocade quilt--Yi Pingchuan's small figure can be seen at a glance...

She only showed one head and turned her face sideways. When she saw Zhu Xiuyuan come in, her big black and white eyes flashed with a joyful and flattering look, and there was a sweet smile at the corner of her mouth.
Chapter completed!