Chapter 117: Tailor-made
After reading it, Chen Shi handed the note to Hua Shenyue, who couldn't wait to read it, and sure enough, he saw the names of the two shops he had just gone to written on the note. She has always felt that it is not that simple.
"According to the news that Wang Shangshu inquired, Meng Zhendong seems to be mining copper mines and minting copper coins privately, so tomorrow, we are going to investigate the location of the mine, and we will also explore the place where copper coins are minted, so tonight, you have to be prepared."
Hua Shenyue and Chen Shi nodded. This matter involves whether or not Meng Zhendong can be successfully brought down, and neither Hua Shenyue nor Chen Shi dares to be careless, so as not to drag Fu Qinglian back.
"Then Aqing, when you go to those two shops today, what do you find?" Hua Shenyue asked out loud, she was really curious.
"Hmm." Fu Qinglian nodded, "In the Youyue Pavilion, some of the jewelry that the shopkeeper took out later were from the palace. Fu Qinglian explained.
"What? He was so bold to take out the things given by the emperor and sell them for money? When Chen Shi heard this, he cried out in surprise.
Hua Shenyue didn't quite understand what Fu Qinglian meant. After Chen Shi shouted like this, she also understood the seriousness of the matter.
Meng Zhendong really didn't take Fu Beixing in his eyes at all, and even dared to sell the things that Fu Beixing rewarded, which was a big crime.
"What about the Smoke Dream Pavilion?" Hua Shenyue sighed with emotion and continued to ask.
"Similarly, some cloth is specially supplied by the palace, and it also appeared there, and there are three Solo Luo, this year's output is not much, even the palace has only paid tribute to eight horses, and Yanmeng Pavilion actually sells it, it seems that Meng Zhendong has received a lot of bribes in private."
When Hua Shenyue and Chen Shi heard this, they didn't know how to answer. Meng Zhendong's crime, not to mention mining copper mines and minting copper coins privately, these two alone can kill him.
"Then this cloth ......" Hua Shenyue pointed to the fabric she bought for her on the table, snorting.
"That's for you, it's easy to be suspicious if you haven't bought something after watching it for so long in Yanmeng Pavilion." Fu Qinglian said duplicitously.
In fact, that piece of fabric was specially picked by him for Hua Shenyue, Wang Shangshu gave so many shop names, he could have found two shops at will to find clues, and he didn't have to go to the farthest Yanmeng Pavilion at all.
Hua Shenyue came out of Huayuan Valley in a hurry, didn't bring a few sets of clothes, and the clothes on her body were all broken because of the fights and killings she had experienced, so Hua Shenyue only had two sets of intact clothes left.
Fu Qinglian had long wanted to buy her a few sets of clothes, and today he just had the opportunity to buy her a piece of cloth to make clothes in the name of investigation.
"Oh, that's right." Hua Shenyue replied curtly, sure enough, she was self-inflicted.
"Lord Wang, those copper coins ......" Chen Shi suddenly thought that the copper coins that Fu Qinglian deliberately asked the shopkeeper to exchange must not be so simple.
Fu Qinglian poured all the copper coins on the table, picked out the broken silver, and beckoned Hua Shenyue and Chen Shi over. Hua Shenyue and Chen Shi stood on the left and right sides of Fu Qinglian respectively, waiting for Fu Qinglian's explanation.
Fu Qinglian picked among the copper coins and took out two copper coins.
"Look." Fu Qinglian said. Hua Shenyue and Chen Shi lowered their heads, approached the copper coin, and observed carefully.
"Although these two copper coins are the same size and thickness are the same, there seems to be no difference, but if you look closely, you will find that the workmanship of a copper coin is more detailed, the printing on the copper coin is clear, the four sides of the square hole are straight, and there is no connection with the words on the copper coin."
"The other coin is crudely printed, the four sides of the square hole are somewhat distorted, the words are connected to the edge of the square hole, and the most important thing is that although the font size is basically the same, but if you look closely, you can see that it is not the same as the one on the other copper coin."
Hua Shenyue and Chen Shi compared the two copper coins one by one according to Fu Qinglian's explanation, and it was really the same as what Fu Qinglian said. These small details are not easy to spot, but the difference is clearly visible.
It seems that Meng Zhendong is really privately minting copper coins, and these copper coins may have spread from his shops. I'm afraid that the shopkeeper in the shop doesn't know about this matter, otherwise Fu Qinglian wouldn't have gotten the copper coin so smoothly.
"He's really bold." Hua Shenyue straightened up and sighed. She always thought that officials would only accept some bribes or rely on their official positions to make some benefits, but she didn't expect that Meng Zhendong would dare to do such a thing as mining copper mines and minting copper coins privately.
"Hmph, he even dared to assassinate the prince, what else did he not dare to do?" Chen Shi snorted coldly and said disdainfully.
Hua Shenyue also suddenly realized that what she thought was too simple. Even Fu Qinglian dared to assassinate, it is not strange to do these things.
"Okay, you go back and rest, I'm going to investigate around tomorrow and prepare well." Fu Qinglian said.
"Yes, my lord. The subordinates retired first. After Chen Shi finished speaking, he retreated.
"Aqing, then I'll go back to the room first." After Hua Shenyue finished speaking, she stepped back.
"You wait a minute." Fu Qinglian stood up, crossed Hua Shenyue, walked to the door, and instructed the guards at the door: "You go and call Aunt Lin." ”
"You give me ink first." Fu Qinglian walked back to the desk and sat down, and said to Hua Shenyue.
Hua Shenyue didn't know what Fu Qinglian asked her to stay for, but obediently walked to Fu Qinglian's side to help him study ink.
"Lord Wang, Aunt Lin is here." The guard said as he knocked on the door.
"Let her in." Fu Qinglian put down the book in his hand, raised his head and said.
The guard pushed the door open, and Aunt Lin walked in slowly.
"The old body greets the prince." Aunt Lin lowered her head and bent over Fu Qinglian.
Fu Qinglian immediately got up, walked to Aunt Lin's side, and personally helped her up: "Aunt Lin, please get up quickly." ”
Hua Shenyue's big eyes looked at Fu Qinglian and Aunt Lin curiously, listening to Aunt Lin's tone, like a subordinate in the house, but Fu Qinglian respected her very much, and Hua Shenyue was a little puzzled about the identity of this Aunt Lin.
"Aunt Lin, I called you here today to ask you to measure her size, and then make her a dress, the fabric has been bought, and it will be placed on the table." Fu Qinglian glanced at Hua Shenyue and said to Aunt Lin.
Aunt Lin looked up at Hua Shenyue, before Hua Shenyue's gaze could be retracted, the two collided with each other, and Hua Shenyue also saw Aunt Lin's appearance clearly.
Aunt Lin is old, her face is already wrinkled, and her hair is half white, but despite this, Hua Shenyue can still see at a glance that Aunt Lin was a beauty when she was young.
No, she is also beautiful now, although she is no longer young, but her temperament has not been lost with time.
"This girl is very smart." Aunt Lin glanced at Hua Shenyue a few times, and smiled kindly at Fu Qinglian. Fu Qinglian also smiled, but did not make a sound.
Hua Shenyue immediately walked over and called out obediently: "Aunt Lin." ”
"Hey, what's your name?" Aunt Lin walked up to Hua Shenyue, held her hand and asked.
"Aunt Lin, my name is Hua Shenyue." Hua Shenyue replied obediently.
"Flower Shenyue, good name, good name." Aunt Lin praised, she looked left and right, and the more she looked at Hua Shenyue, the more she liked it.
"You stand still, I'll take your measurements." Aunt Lin let go of Hua Shenyue's hand, took out a soft ruler from her arms, and instructed.
"Okay." Hua Shenyue nodded and stood there obediently.
Aunt Lin opened the soft ruler, stood behind Hua Shenyue to measure her shoulders, and then passed the soft ruler around her body to measure her waist, bust and hips.
Hua Shenyue was a little shy, she actually stood in front of Fu Qinglian and asked people to measure her. Fu Qinglian stood aside and watched, and did not deliberately avoid it.
"Girl, it's all right." Aunt Lin said, putting away the soft ruler.
"Thank you, Aunt Lin." Hua Shenyue blushed and thanked Aunt Lin.
"Aunt Lin, have you written it down after reading it once?" Hua Shenyue saw that Aunt Lin didn't have the size of the record, so she asked suspiciously.
"The old body has been tailoring people all his life, and he can write it down at a glance." Aunt Lin replied with a smile.
"That's right." Hua Shenyue touched her hair embarrassedly, she really didn't have a level to ask this question.
"Lord Wang, the old body will retreat first." Aunt Lin took the fabric on the table and saluted Fu Qinglian.
"Okay, Aunt Lin go slowly." Fu Qinglian replied with a smile, he watched Aunt Lin go out of the door, and arranged for the guards at the door to see her off.
"Aunt Lin, have you stayed in King Jing's Mansion for a long time?" Hua Shenyue walked to the door and stood side by side with Fu Qinglian.
"Well, she was originally an embroiderer beside my mother's concubine, and then my mother died, and I asked the first emperor to take her to the Jingwang Mansion. Speaking of which, she also watched me grow up. Fu Qinglian looked at the direction that Aunt Lin left and explained.
"I see." Hua Shenyue said softly. She turned her head to look at Fu Qinglian, there was no expression on Fu Qinglian's face, but Hua Shenyue keenly felt that Fu Qinglian was thinking of his mother.
Hua Shenyue retracted her gaze and looked at Aunt Lin's distant back. Fu Qinglian must have thought of his mother because he saw Aunt Lin, so he was a little sad.
Hua Shenyue wanted to comfort Fu Qinglian, but she didn't know what to say, maybe standing quietly with him like this could be regarded as a comfort.
"You go back and rest, there's nothing to do here, and when the clothes are ready, I'll send someone to your room." After Fu Qinglian finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the room.
Hua Shenyue stood in front of Fu Qinglian's door for a while, and then helped him close the door and leave.
Shangshu Mansion, Wang Shangshu just wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Weinan City. Fu Beixing asked Wang Qingyuan to investigate Fu Qinglian's assassination outside Weinan City, no matter what, the breakthrough was on the only remaining man in black.
Wang Qingyuan stood in front of the bed, looked up at the moonlight, and was very firm in his heart: no matter what, he must bring down Meng Zhendong this time.
In the darkness, a person saw a guard coming out of Wang Qingyuan's room, and the guard rode a horse and took advantage of the moonlight to leave Shangshu Mansion. The man hiding in the darkness jumped lightly and jumped away.
"Hmph, hooked." Wang Qingyuan, who was standing in front of the window, snorted coldly and said softly. Immediately, he closed the window and blew out the candles.