390 Murder by the sword
Qin Manting secretly handed over the letter to Si Nanchen, and after Si Nanchen read it, he was a little surprised, but after hesitating, he still sent someone to send the letter to Jiaozhou quickly. After An Donghua received the letter, he was even more sure that Qin Manting had ulterior motives!
What Qin Manting wrote in his letter was about some shady businesses under the Zhao family, this kind of thing is by no means something that ordinary people can know, how did Qin Manting know? And why give it to him? Or, what is on the letter is fake, which is a trap; Or, the things on the letter are true, Qin Manting wants to borrow a knife to kill people!
The letter wrote about two industries, and these two industries are a fatal thing for a lot of money. One is to sell illicit salt, and the other is to sell it freely. If the news is true, then as long as these two industries are moved, the Zhao family and the second prince will inevitably break their muscles and bones, and in the same way, they will definitely hate the people who do it to the core!
This kind of thing, ordinary people don't dare to take action, you must have enough strength and background. Qin Manting didn't dare to do it himself, he deliberately gave the news to An Donghua, naturally he wanted to borrow An Donghua's hand.
An Donghua knew this very well, and he also knew that Qin Manting must have guessed that he wanted to make a move against the second prince and the Zhao family, so he deliberately chose to tell him this terrible thing at this juncture. In addition to what he can do, the only person left is the emperor. Although the strength of the major families is not small, they will definitely not offend a powerful prince.
It's just that if this matter is sued to the emperor, the emperor will inevitably be suspicious of Qin Manting's sources and be vigilant. I'm afraid that this is also because Qin Manting did not sue the emperor. Rather, he chose to sue Anton Hua for the reason.
Andonghua looked at the things in his hand and gradually fell into deep thought. Ever since he doubted Qin Manting's identity. He sent someone to Qin Manting's hometown to investigate, but there was no news back yet. Before figuring out Qin Manting's identity. He doesn't want to act rashly.
As for what is written in this letter, it is necessary to investigate whether the situation is true before proceeding to the next step. It is true that Anton Hua wants to deal with the second prince and the Zhao family, but this does not mean that he is willing to be a knife in the hands of others!
After thinking about it, he decided to go and see Shang Jinxiu. As a result, I didn't find anyone after looking around, but Lamei was guarding the bedroom door. As soon as An Donghua looked at her, he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. He walked over to Lamei and asked, "Where is the princess?" ”
Lamei's face changed, and she forced herself to calm down: "The princess is in the room." Say no one is allowed to disturb you. ”
When Antonhua listened, he felt a little strange in his heart, he pushed away Lamei, who wanted to stop him, and went directly into the house. As soon as he entered, he found that there was no one inside. His face changed, and he opened the secret room. However, there was no one in the chamber either.
Shang Jinxiu is gone!
An Donghua's face turned pale, and he instantly remembered that he had learned that Shang Jinyun had made a marriage yesterday. Her love is not quite right. At that time, he pulled Shang Jinxiu to comfort him for a while before coaxing Shang Jinxiu, but depending on the situation, Shang Jinxiu seemed to be a little worried about Du Ruoxi, who he had never met.
When Shang Jinxiu disappeared again, Anton Hua guessed. She sneaked into Beijing! This conjecture made An Donghua's face ugly, firstly, because he was angry that Shang Jinxiu did not say goodbye, and secondly, because he was worried that she would be in danger outside. Or be discovered.
It's just that he doesn't have Shang Jinxiu's ability to 'travel thousands of miles' at all, so he can only stay in the palace and be in a hurry!
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Shang Jinxiu, who was remembered by Anton Hua, was sitting in a roadside tea house at this time. The tea house is very simple, almost a simple thatched hut. But because of the good location, many merchants will stop to stop.
She wore a cyan dress, wore a curtain on her head, and took an ordinary Qingfeng sword to cover up, looking like a chivalrous man on the rivers and lakes. Although it is rarer, it doesn't make people think about it much, but when ordinary people see it, they can't help but take a few more looks.
The curtain is specially made because of the peculiar weaving method, and the permeability of the two sides is not the same. She could clearly see what was going on outside, but outsiders couldn't really see her.
She deliberately stayed for a reason. This is still in Jiaozhou, but it is already a long way from Jiaozhou City. When Shang Jinxiu passed by, he saw that there were many people here, so he came here to hear what the merchants were saying.
At this time, the hottest topic in Jiaozhou is naturally the fact that the king of Jiaozhou wants to build academies, good halls and pave roads, not only in Jiaozhou City, but also in the entire Jiaozhou.
The people below don't care who is in charge of things, as long as they can live a good life. Once the Zheng family was rampant, the crimes were unspeakable, and the people were miserable, not that no one thought of resisting, but they had not been forced to a dead end, except for a few people, more people would rather make do with it than do that terrible thing.
Small-scale rebellions occur almost every year, and without exception, they are all suppressed by the Zheng family's force, and the means are very bloody, which deters many people. Later, when the king of Jiaozhou came, the people were actually very reluctant in their hearts, thinking that there was another big moth, and life would be even more difficult.
The facts are similar, Anton Hua himself did almost nothing, but the Zheng family was extorting in his name, but the people of the Zheng family are also very smart, and every time they will step on the bottom line of the people's tolerance, they will not force everyone to have no way to live, and naturally everyone will not join forces to resist.
Later, the Zheng family collapsed, and the people were really happy for a while, although they didn't have any hope for Antonhua, but the Zheng family, which was full of evil, finally suffered retribution, and they were still very angry.
Originally, everyone was still worried about whether the king of Jiaozhou would be more excessive than the Zheng family, but who knew that only a few days later, a notice was issued to build a academy and a good hall. The key thing is that not only do they not have to make money, but they can also go to work and get paid!
They've never encountered such a good thing!
And the recent news, some places have been planned and ready to be re-paved, and things are in a uproar again. For the first time, the people of Jiaozhou gave birth to hope and felt that there was hope for the future. Although there are still many people who are unsure, more people prefer to believe that life can really get better and better.
The merchants did not care much about the affairs of the college and the good church, but they were most concerned about the construction of roads. These traders travel from north to south all year round, and the lack of transportation is naturally a big problem for them, which can make the journey extremely dangerous. But now the king of Jiaozhou is going to build the road, although it is said that it will definitely not be repaired for a while, but it is always a hope, which makes people see hope.
Some people are worried: "It will cost a lot of money to build this road, right?" I heard that there is still a need to repair a academy, a good hall or something, and the silver needed is even more, so the top is really not ready to let the people below make up the money? Don't deliberately release the news and make excuses for people to make money, right? ”
A man gave him a blank look, then looked left and right, lowered his voice and said, "What do you know?" You forgot? The one above copied the Zheng family to the bottom! How much silver does that have to be, think about it? Will he be short of silver? ”
The man was still a little worried: "It's just...... Even if he had money, could he really be so kind? ”
Another interjected, and he lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "You don't know yet, do you?" What is the identity of the princess? ”
The person who spoke just now said disdainfully: "What do you not know about this?" Isn't it the daughter of the Tobe squire? What's wrong with that? This merchant is not a big family, I heard that this merchant waiter is from a small family, and his wife is still a merchant girl. ”
Someone doubted: "Can't you?" With such a background, how can she become a princess? ”
The person who illustrated it before seemed to be dissatisfied with being robbed, so he said angrily: "Let's just say you don't know, that princess is amazing, 'Yipinxian' and 'Yangshengtang' know, right?" 'Liulikaku' and 'Rouge Gouache' know, right? There are also 'Splendid Workshop' and 'Woodware Workshop', but they are all the princess's property! The business is so good that it is making money every day! Why don't you deserve to be a princess?
And do you know what Shang Shilang did before? Qingzhou prefect! When he was in Qingzhou, he reformed the good hall in Qingzhou, and now there are still many people in Qingzhou who are grateful to him, and I heard that he also set up an immortal card. I also heard that when the princess was in Qingzhou, she often did good deeds and donated a lot of silver to the charity hall, which is a great good person! The merchant also set up a clan school, as long as the children of the poor family have good grades can go to study, not only do not need to give silver, but also send clothes and pen, ink, paper and inkstone for free for education, I heard that now the scale is getting bigger and bigger, many people admire it. ”
The others nodded knowingly: "I see, so to speak, Jiaozhou is really going to build a academy and a good hall?" That's a good thing! ”
The owner of the tea house happened to bring them food, and when he heard this, he laughed: "That is, the people in our village are waiting for the academy to be repaired and send the children to study." My son is three years old and I don't know if I can catch up. ”
When the merchants saw the joy on his face, although they were still a little uncertain in their hearts, they did not say anything depressing to annoy him, and they all picked up good words. The owner of the tea house was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately sent a snack.
Shang Jinxiu listened to it for a while and left, thinking of the words just now, she felt a little proud in her heart. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind not to disappoint the people of Jiaozhou.
She traveled quickly, teleported in several spaces, and soon entered the capital. She deliberately chose a remote and uninhabited place in the city as a teleportation point, and when she arrived, she put away the Qingfeng Sword in her hand.
After all, the capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and if he holds a sword in his hand, it will inevitably alert the Praetorian Guards in the city, and it is easy to cause more trouble. She was walking on the street, and was about to go to see what kind of person Du Ruoxi was, but suddenly saw a person on a horse. (To be continued......)