283.283 Native of another country
Chu Xiuze clenched the thin paper in his hand, as if it was a woman's neck, and he had to crush it hard before he was willing-
After a while, he hung his hand weakly, he had long expected that there would be this day, Qin You followed him south with his own purpose, and he fought with him along the way but did not show his strength, and it was useless to let him try in every way, and in the afternoon he received a report from his subordinates that he had lost his target, and it was time to think that Qin You began to take action.
In the evening, he planned to call Qin You over to knock on the side, but who knew that the subordinates sent to him brought him such news - the people in the small courtyard went to the empty building, and Qin You and his group of nine people had already left.
What does it mean that the palace was guarded by his cronies, and he didn't know when they left? His own people are far inferior to others, and he can't even catch up with others and eat ashes.
He knew how Qin You's martial arts were, and the powerful ones were the men around her, where did they come from? And who has such a great ability to make so many terrifying masters willing to surrender?
stroked his faintly painful left leg, and asked casually: "Let you track down the identity of Qin Xiaogongzi, how is the investigation?" β
All the people in the room bowed their heads, and one of them said stubbornly: "There is no specific news yet, I only know that Shun'an Commercial Bank seems to have some connection with the Mei family, Qin Xiaogongzi, as the young owner of Shun'an Commercial Bank, should also be inseparable from the Mei family, we are planning to start with the Mei family and check the information of the Mei family from the new." β
After the decline of the Mei family a hundred years ago, it almost faded out of the circle of the upper class of Southern Chu, although it was not squeezed out of the four major families, but it was far less than before, and only relied on some ancestral properties to stand tall, so few forces have paid attention to the Mei family in the past hundred years, and even the shrewd Chu Xiuze has not taken the Mei family to heart.
It's just that after this incident, the dilapidated Mei family seems to be covered with a layer of mystery, and his people have not found anything abnormal in the Mei family after checking for so long, and even only found out that the Mei family has some relationship with Shun'an Commercial Bank, but as for what the relationship is, they don't know anything.
"What about Shun'an Commercial Bank?" Chu Xiuze frowned and asked, his intuition was not easy to tell him about this chamber of commerce, if you want to know Qin You's identity, the key is in Shun'an Commercial Bank.
The subordinates smiled bitterly: "The scale of the Shun'an Commercial Bank is not large, but the caravans are all over the country, the industry involves tea, cloth and restaurant business, the head office is located in the capital of Liang State, and the owner is the Qin family of Liang State, such a chamber of commerce can not find eight out of ten in Yancheng, and the identity of Qin Xiaogongzi is the fifth son of the Qin family, in addition, there is no other ...... for the time being."
He reported in his mouth, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart, the Mei family just had something to do with Shun'an Commercial Bank, so he mysteriously couldn't figure out the details, and wanted to find out the forces behind Shun'an Commercial Bank, how easy it was to talk about it.
Chu Xiuze waved his hand irritably, and only after everyone went down did he remember what Qin You had left behind, in addition to a letter that made him half angry, there was also a bag.
Picked up the bag from the table, it looked ordinary, and the cheap fabric made him not want to take a second look, but this was left by Qin You, Chu Xiuze had to be cautious, this woman was very cunning, could it be poison or something in it?
It's not a good thing anyway.
After hesitating for a moment, Chu Xiuze still opened the bag - inside was a pill wrapped in paper.
Did he really guess correctly, there was really a poison in it? It's just that Qin You shouldn't be so naΓ―ve, thinking that he would casually take something from an unknown source, right?
Thinking so, he found that there was a line of small writing on the paper containing the pill, which was very similar to the handwriting on the letter just now, obviously from the same person, and when he read the small line, he couldn't help but have an incredible look on his face.
This pill turned out to be Guang Hanque's antidote?
In order to get this antidote, he tried all kinds of methods, but in the end he only got a pill that temporarily suppressed the toxicity, and the woman fought with him in order to control him, just when he thought that she would never give him the real antidote, the antidote fell into his hands so lightly.
What does this mean? The woman's purpose was achieved, and he was no longer needed.
He is the fourth prince of Southern Chu, even if his mother dies early and his father doesn't love him, he can get a lot of benefits by controlling him in his hands, at least he can get a lot of convenience in Southern Chu, but she gave up his chess piece in a chic manner, as if she didn't take him as the prince of Southern Chu in her eyes at all.
Thinking that the woman would never return, and he didn't take him seriously at all, Chu Xiuze felt uncomfortable in his heart.
This damn woman, dare not take him seriously, the next time I see her, I must take care of her, let her know that he Chu Xiuze is by no means the 'weak chicken' in her mouth!
Qin You's nine people left Baiyu City and walked all the way downstream along the Chisha River, without the drag of the large army, their speed was much faster, and the journey that should have taken five days only took two days to arrive.
The vast plains of the basin were flooded, and the murky water overflowed the treetops, and the scattered tribal roofs could be seen in the distance, and the occasional broken driftwood and swollen corpses could be seen in the flowing floodwaters.
Nanchu southeast of the sea, every spring and summer rainy season will appear flood natural disasters, but the disaster is different, this year the rain is extraordinarily abundant, almost every day to rain, the water overflows the embankment, this is the current situation.
The flood has been going on for more than two months, and the affected tribes have either been wiped out or have fled the disaster area to find a new habitat, and they do not have the modern concept of waiting for government relief funding.
There are some simple tents set up on the periphery of the disaster area, and those who stay here are unwilling to leave the ancestral land, including the Tibetan tribes, who have long forgotten their mission, but their ancestors have passed down the rule that no matter what kind of disaster occurs, they must not leave the ancestral land, and protect the Agung Mountain, as for why this is so, there is no way to know.
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, there was even a disagreement over whether or not to leave the ancestral land, and one tribe was almost divided.
Qin You and the others found people from the Tibetan tribe in a disaster settlement halfway up the mountainside, and before she entered the tribe, she saw an acquaintance from a distance, how could Jing Dongli appear in the Tibetan tribe's settlement? Did he discover something and learn about the treasure?
Qin You's face sank, and she looked at that side coldly, she originally had a good impression of Jing Dongli, but if he really learned the whereabouts of the treasure and started to fight, she could only find a burial place for him in the vast mountains.
Chang Zeyue and the others saw Jing Dongli's figure, and killing intent was quietly brewing in their eyes.
Treasure is a windfall, if due to the force majeure of natural disasters, there is nothing to be frustrated about, but if someone wants to fight for it from them, then they can only wave their swords at each other, Wuwangfu is indeed wealthy, but in this group of heroes in the troubled times, having strong financial resources as a backing can make people feel more at ease.
In a word, want to snatch food from them? God came to kill God, Buddha stopped killing Buddha!
Qin You didn't hide his whereabouts, and walked slowly towards Jing Dongli, and Jing Dongli didn't seem to be surprised to meet her here, and his smile was gently raised, like the dense and delicate rain in the south of the Yangtze River, silently infiltrating people's hearts.
"Wu'er, we meet again." Jing Dongli said softly, there was a kind of incomprehensible love in his eyes, like the waves of the sea, drowning out the light, and the silence was terrifying.
I don't know for what reason, the last time Yan Cheng met, as long as it was in front of Chu Xiuze, he would never call her with such an affectionate title, but now there is no one around, he no longer deliberately pretends to be elegant and square, revealing his true nature.
"Brother Dongli is really capable, he has done business in the big ravine of Nanchu, Qin admires it." Qin You smiled, sarcastically mocking him.
Jing Dongli's face flashed with helplessness: "Isn't this impossible?" Originally, this batch of grain should have been transported to the disaster area by the third prince, but the third prince was sick in bed, so I, the manager of the Chamber of Commerce, had to be responsible for delivering the food to the door. β
Qin You was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that it was the third prince Chu Xiuwen, not Chu Xiuze, who originally did business with Jing Dongli and ordered food, if he hadn't mentioned it, she would have forgotten about it, but now it seems that Jing Dongli and Chu Xiuwen are not happy, just like Princess Yichang, it seems that she is fighting on Chu Xiuwen's side, but she is actually Chu Xiuze's person.
If it weren't for Chu Xiuze who was sent to relieve the disaster this time, I'm afraid Jing Dongli wouldn't have let this batch of grain arrive here so smoothly.
"Yes, that's really hard Brother Dongli, His Royal Highness has encountered some trouble on the way, I'm afraid it will take a few more days to come."
"I already know," Jing Dongli smiled, and looked her up and down with a pair of eyes as clear as smoke and rain, "Fortunately, you're fine, otherwise I don't know how to feel sorry for my brother." β
He said it naturally, but Qin You listened to it very unnaturally, except for the few people who were recognized by her, she didn't like to be called so intimately with people, the expression on her face faded a little, and she didn't smile and said: "Brother Dongli is polite, Qin thinks that Brother Dongli should worry about the Fourth Highness, and Qin doesn't care about Brother Dongli." βββ
Digression - If it weren't for Chu Xiuze who was sent to relieve the disaster this time, I'm afraid Jing Dongli wouldn't have let this batch of grain arrive here so smoothly.