The reason why the shopkeeper was so panicked and scared was because after the An family was nailed to the crime of rebellion, the shop was empty, and several grain merchants in the county quietly divided the grain storage of the Anjia grain shop.

Su Li didn't say anything about this, and asked the location of Anjia's grain store and led someone over.

There are a lot of industries under the name of Anjia, infiltrating all aspects, and it has shown clues in the capital, and the grain shop branch of Anjia in Xunbei Town is similar to that in Beijing, from site selection to store layout are very similar to several shops in Anjia in Beijing.

It's just that the people of the An family were arrested, and the shop was a lot dilapidated, Su Li didn't rush in, and observed in the corner with the two secret guards for a while, and only went in after making sure that there was no one inside.

These secret guards are better than the guards of the Guogong Mansion, and they also have more experience in investigation.

One of the secret guards knocked on an empty brick on the wall, and subconsciously wanted to open it, Su Li suddenly remembered the loss he had suffered in Zhao'an Building before, and opened his mouth to stop: "Be careful!" ”

The dark guard's action was paused, and he escorted Su Li out of the room with another person, and when the three of them stood still outside the room, the dark guard took out a steel ball and threw it at the empty brick, the dark guard's internal force was full, the empty brick shattered in response, the mechanism behind the brick was triggered, and the dark arrow shot from all directions, exactly the same as Su Li's last time in Zhao'an Building.

The two secret guards both looked at Su Li with gratitude in their eyes.

Although they are very skilled, they cannot be completely confident that they will not be injured in the face of such organs.

After a while, the dark arrow was fired, and the secret guard entered the house, groped around the wall for a while, found the mechanism, and the originally integrated wall made a dull sound and moved away, revealing a dark room that could only be passed by one person.

Su Li walked over and took a look, the dark room was only the size of a wardrobe the width of a person, there were more than ten steps down, and below was a secret passage, I don't know where it leads.

"Wait until the others come back, and don't go in just yet."

Su Li cautiously said that the wound on her face was still there, and she couldn't make the same mistake again.

The dark guard raised his hand and whistled, similar to a bird's cry, this was their assembly code, and a few responses sounded around him, and after a while, the scattered dark guards all came back over the wall.

According to their visit to the city, the entire county town was indeed robbed, the bandits did not know how to enter the city, and the carts and horses transporting grain were also robbed from several grain shops, and the bandits came a total of three times to loot the grain in the county seat, the most recent time was the night before, but after leaving the city, there were no particularly obvious traces of carriages and horses around.

There was no rain for these two days, and if a road was repeatedly run over by a grain cart, it would not have been possible to leave without a trace, unless the grain had not been transported out of the city!

According to what the county commander had led his troops out to suppress the bandits, and he had a conversation with the bandits to know that they were the queen mother's people, and the county commander must know something!

Su Li left half of the people in the grain store, and took half of the people back to the county office.

The door of the county government was not closed this time, but after entering, Su Li smelled a faint smell of blood, and these secret guards were sharper than her nose, and immediately used light skills to rush towards the backyard first.

When Su Li ran over, it was too late, and she only saw the corpses of Qian Youwei and his wife, both of them were lying on the bed, killed with a knife, and the blood stained the quilt of the rich flowers into a blood-red color, and she didn't blink to death, and her face was full of fear.

The secret guard who went to the backyard first was not in the house, and the murderer should not have escaped yet, so they chased the murderer.

Su Li forced herself to calm down, and after a while, she ran towards the door, and ordered the dozen or so secret guards who stayed behind to protect her: "Go back to Anjia's branch grain store!" ”

After speaking, everyone turned over and got on their horses one after another, and rode their horses towards the Anjia branch grain store.

Halfway through the line, Su Li pulled the reins of the horse, took out a stack of silver tickets from her arms, and said to the closed courtyards on both sides of the street: "There may be a fire in the Anjia branch grain store, I am here to offer a reward of 1,000 taels to ask you to carry water to fight the fire and successfully extinguish the fire, this 1,000 taels of silver everyone has a share!" ”

After Su Li finished speaking, he turned his head to the dozen or so secret guards and said, "According to what I just said, shout twice along the street!" ”

The voice of the secret guard was louder than Su Li's voice, and after shouting a few times, people on both sides of the street gradually opened the door, but they all looked at Su Li curiously, and did not rush to act, Su Li took out a thick stack of silver tickets: "It is very likely that the 3,000 stone grain that was robbed in the county is hidden in the underground tunnel of the Anjia branch grain store, if the grain is rescued, I will collect it all according to this year's market price!" ”

This condition is very tempting, everyone looked at each other, and finally decided to believe Su Li, and they all carried the water tank out of the house.

Seeing that everyone was moved, Su Li immediately rode her horse and those secret guards to the grain store first.

The guards guarding the grain shop were also attacked, but these people were no match for the guards at all, and there were several corpses on the ground, and the battle ended quickly.

"The grain and grass are likely to be hidden in the underground tunnel of this grain shop, I suspect that there is a mechanism in the secret tunnel, once someone enters it will cause a fire, and the grain will be burned, now I need a person with good skills to enter the secret tunnel, it is best to crack the mechanism in the secret tunnel, if not, after triggering the mechanism, I will immediately organize the people in the county to put out the fire and rescue the food as much as possible."

"I'll go!"

Someone immediately took the initiative to sign up, Su Li didn't have time to hesitate, only gave up: "Be careful!" ”

The man bowed his head slightly in response and then entered the tunnel, Su Li asked the others to retreat, and these secret guards also brought water from several nearby houses.

This waiting time is very long, and it is also very anxious, Su Li knows very well that this three thousand stone grain is just the beginning, maybe in the next other places, there will be the same situation.

If the 3,000 stone grain can't be saved, she is not sure if she can collect food later.

A quarter of an hour later, smoke came out of the grain store, the secret guard did not come out, Su Li sent two more secret guards in, and the two secret guards quickly brought the previous secret guard out, fortunately, the secret guard was not dead, but was seriously injured.

"The grain is indeed inside, there are four people guarding it, and it has been solved by us, but these four people died and poured oil on it, and the grain burned!"

"Huh? The food is actually inside! ”

"It's so hateful that these bandits, even if they rob the food, they have to burn it against fire, it's really a tyrannical thing!"

"That's it! These people have no idea how hard it is to grow food! ”

The people around were talking, Su Li didn't say anything, only calmly ordered to the fifty secret guards: "Everyone use a handkerchief to wet water to cover their mouths and noses and enter the secret passage, and wait for the people to send water to extinguish the fire!" ”

The tunnel was only accessible to one person, which was a huge obstacle to extinguishing the fire, and it took everyone a full hour to put out the fire completely.

After the fire was extinguished, Su Li asked the craftsmen in the county to directly chisel the ground, revealing the whole picture of the entire underground tunnel, and everyone was in an uproar, but they didn't expect that there was a hole under this grain shop.

A lot of 3,000 stone grain was burned, but fortunately more were saved.

"I want all this food, everyone who has just participated in the firefighting can come to claim the reward, I will leave someone here to make a register and distribute the silver money door to door, but I have a request!"

These people thought that they had done nothing this year and suffered heavy losses, but they didn't expect that as soon as Su Li came, they not only found the robbed grain, but also gave them silver, and they were naturally very happy.

"The girl is our great benefactor, just ask for anything! We will be satisfied! ”

"This grain needs to be cleaned out of the burnt part and then dried, I need you to finish this as soon as possible and transport the safe grain to the capital of Luzhou, and I will calculate the freight separately."

It is too far away from the border pass, and it is impossible for Su Li to rush with so much food, so they can only send them to the border pass, and then the government of the state will send someone to the border pass.

"Girl, don't worry, we don't want your freight and volunteer to help you send it to Yuzhou!"

"That's right! We don't bet on shipping! ”

Everyone said very righteously, although they don't know what is happening at the border now, how important these grains and grass are.

Su Li's chest was slightly hot, and she bowed to everyone: "Thank you!" ”

After speaking, she left five people here to deal with the aftermath, ready to take people to continue on the road, just out of the county gate, a few people who had been chasing the murderer in the county government came back and handed over a silver token to Su Li.

"The murderer resisted to the death, and his subordinates couldn't leave a living mouth, so they only found this from them."

The silver token is engraved with delicate begonia flowers, which is a symbol of the status of the Queen Mother, but it is stained with blood, and there is no kindness and kindness of the Queen Mother of a country, but it is full of killing.

"Present it to Your Majesty and report it truthfully!"

Su Li didn't take the token, only said these eight words, and then grabbed the horse's belly and continued to hurry.

On the eleventh day of the lunar month, Xiaoxue, the imperial study of the capital.

The howling north wind made the window crackle, and although there was a stove burning in the house, it was as warm as spring, but the sound also made people's hearts chill.

Zhao Hanzhuo stood in front of Chu Lingzhao, and Chu Lingzhao quietly looked at the second batch of folds he presented, which was the list that Zhao Hanzhuo had obtained after screening these days.

A group of people who want to destroy Yuan Zhao for the Hu people and die without repentance.

Chu Lingzhao looked at it very slowly, he didn't know most of them, and occasionally there were one or two names that he was familiar with.

"They're not going to pull back from the brink?"

Chu Lingzhao asked in a low voice, inexplicably a little sad, he was the orthodox prince who succeeded to the throne, when he was the prince, he never thought of mutilating his siblings to consolidate his throne, and after succeeding to the throne, he never thought of indulging in beauty and greedy for enjoyment.

He asked himself that he had lived in this life until now, and he was worthy of the people in the world and his heart, but there were so many people who refused to believe that he could be a good emperor.

"Your Majesty, do you want to interrogate again?" Zhao Hanzhuo lowered his head and asked, his tone was cold, he was a customary official, an iron-faced and selfless judge with no feelings.

"Is Aiqing disappointed in me?"

Chu Lingzhao couldn't help asking, not long ago, he had already asked Zhao Hanzhuo to secretly execute a group of people.

He went to see it for himself, and the blood of those people was spilled all over the ground, and it was bright red and dazzling, and it was breathtaking.

He didn't execute it himself, but he heard the screams of those dead souls, just as Hu He said on the school field at the beginning, he was extremely disappointed in the Yuanzhao royal family.

"Your Majesty is a Ming Jun, he has reigned for four years, and he has never done anything stupid, and the ministers and the people of the world are not qualified to discuss Your Majesty!" Zhao Hanzhuo said solemnly, he would not lie, nor would he comfort people, and what he said was hard, unlike others who would make a sycophant, but he could still make Chu Lingzhao listen to it.

Chu Lingzhao was silent, holding a red pen and looking at the fold, but he didn't put down the pen for a long time, and after a while, the palace people shouted from the imperial study: "Your Majesty, Lord Gu asks to see!" ”

"Enter!"

Chu Lingzhao ordered, the door was opened, the heavy curtain was raised, and Gu Yuanfeng stepped into the door wearing a moon-white court dress with scattered snowflakes.

"Wechen meets ......"

"Aiqing doesn't have to be polite!" Chu Lingzhao spoke in time to stop it, there have been too many things recently, and after the next dynasty, he will not have so many false courtesies when he meets Zhao Hanzhuo and Gu Yuanfeng.

Gu Yuanfeng stood up, his face was slightly gloomy: "Your Majesty, Weichen found Su Shangshu's family, but Su Shangshu is very old, he was overwhelmed on the way to exile, and died of a serious illness, and the second son of the Su family was brought back by Weichen, but he had a knot in his heart for the court, and he seemed to be a little unable to let go." ”

"Where are the two of them?"

"Just wait outside the Imperial Study."

Gu Yuanfeng replied, and there was silence in the imperial study.

Regardless of how Su Bangyue didn't say it, Su Liangxing was a well-known advisor in the court, and he had always done a good job in political affairs and loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, and the second son of the Su family performed well after entering the court.

Now that the DPRK is employing people, Chu Lingzhao has to abandon his previous suspicions and let Gu Yuanfeng bring Su Liangxing and them back, Su Liangxing is dead, and the second son of the Su family is now difficult to control.

If these two people come back, they will be bewitched by the Hu people and will rebel, but they are afraid that there will be endless troubles.

"What do you think I should do with them?"

Chu Lingzhao asked in a low voice, being caught off guard by Su Liangxing's unexpected death.

In fact, this trick has been used by the previous emperors in previous dynasties, first depreciated, then recalled, and slapped a date, which can make people more loyal, which is why he only exiled the Su family at the beginning, and never beheaded him.

"The Su family deserves it, since Your Majesty has recalled the two, these two should take the responsibility on their shoulders." Zhao Hanzhuo said stiffly, and Chu Lingzhao rolled his eyes without an image.

Lord Zhao, you are really an emotionless person!

Unable to count on Zhao Hanzhuo, Chu Lingzhao could only look at Gu Yuanfeng, Gu Yuanfeng bent down slightly and saluted: "Lord Shangshu died of illness last month, the bones are not cold, and the two sons of the Su family are in the filial piety period, Your Majesty may wish to allow the two to return to the Su family first, set up a mourning hall to commemorate their deceased father, and wait until the grief of the two of them losing their loved ones calms down before talking about anything else." ”

"The dead are great, as they should be."

Chu Lingzhao nodded approvingly, but his brows were still tightly locked, the current situation was still very urgent, and he couldn't give too much time for the two people of the Su family to figure it out by themselves.

Xu is saw his concerns, Gu Yuanfeng spoke again: "The second son of the Su family had very little communication with the concubine Niangniang before, and he didn't know the ins and outs of the murder of the prince very clearly. ”

Chu Lingzhao did not do anything wrong in dealing with the Su family, on the contrary, he left Su Bangyue's life, which now seems to be the greatest benevolence.

Gu Yuanfeng used an obvious Huairou policy, this is not only for a date, but also for a basket, in exchange for everyone should be content.

Chu Lingzhao breathed a sigh of relief: "Just do what Aiqing wants." After speaking, he finally put a tick on the fold and handed it to Zhao Hanzhuo.

Zhao Hanzhuo and Gu Yuanfeng were ordered to retreat, Chu Lingzhao watched the music for a while, felt that the room was stuffy, his head hurt, and he couldn't help but get up and walk outside.

As soon as he stepped out of the door of the imperial study, a cold wind howled, and the huge temperature difference between inside and outside the house froze him to the core.

"Your Majesty, why did you come out? Minions, go and put your cloak on! ”

The palace man guarding the door said that he turned around and wanted to run, but was stopped by Chu Lingzhao: "It's okay, I'll just walk like this." ”

"Yes!"

The palace man honestly lowered his head.

After Zhang De was arrested, there was a new person in front of the emperor, and the newcomer was not as lively as Zhang De, in the past this kind of weather, no matter whether he could go out or not, Zhang De would always order someone to prepare a cloak and a heater in advance, so as not to be caught off guard by his temporary outing.

This person is not as good as Zhang De, but he is not like Zhang De who worked hard for the Hu people, and dared to do such a rebellious thing as tampering with the holy decree.

The cold wind was as cold as a knife, sweeping away the dull stinging pain in his head, Chu Lingzhao sobered up a lot, and walked forward aimlessly.

After four years on the throne, he has rarely had such leisure time to wander around the palace.

In fact, the palace has changed a lot, he walked to the queen mother's bedroom, but did not go in, only took a look from a distance outside the palace gate, he remembered the words that the queen mother said to him last time, their mother-son relationship has gone a big problem.

He walked to the Hall of the Emperor, which had been his favorite place for the past five years, for there lived the woman he loved, who was delicate and soft, and who could easily relax him, but now there lived a mad woman, and a child who looked like a monster.

His eldest son.

No, if the first queen hadn't died in childbirth, maybe his eldest son would have been more than two years old.

Thinking of this, Chu Lingzhao stepped to the princess's bedroom again.

The snow became heavier and heavier, and soon wet the clothes and was bitterly cold, but it dyed the eaves and corners of the house pure and flawless white, covering up the dilapidated palace of the crown princess.

Chu Lingzhao pushed open the door and entered, the temperature here seemed to be a little colder than outside.

When the first queen An Ruoshang was alive, he came here only a handful of times, but after the An family rebellion, he came here several times in just a few months.

Chu Lingzhao felt a little mocking when he thought about it.

He measured the space in the hall step by step with his hands, wandering around like a fly on his brow, but he felt inexplicably relieved.

In countless recollections, he pieced together the image of the former owner of this dormitory, she was a very gentle woman, he used to think that she was not good-looking, but later he looked at the portrait that the court painter had painted for her, but he felt that she was actually very attractive.

She doesn't fight or grab, she always speaks generously and decently, and her voice is soft, which is the most comfortable, he didn't like it before, but now he thinks about it and feels very rare.

That's what his queen should look like, he doesn't like her, it's not her fault, it's that his mind is not worthy of the throne.

If his queen was still around, he should be able to relax a little by now.

Chu Lingzhao secretly thought that the person had already entered An Ruoshang's bed, and since An Ruoshang had a difficult birth, no one had touched anything in it, and a thick layer of dust had fallen.

Chu Lingzhao walked to the side of the bed, remembering that three years ago, he was standing here indifferently looking at An Ruosheng's 'corpse'.

Did he feel a little sad at that time?

Chu Lingzhao asked himself, but he couldn't remember his mood at the time, he took a step to the bed, trying to feel the last painful struggle of the woman who stayed here, but he suddenly stopped, his eyes looked at the shoes in front of the bed in disbelief.

The shoes were made of fine Huanghuali, and he remembered that before they got married, the Queen Mother specially asked a craftsman to order this bed, but on the wedding night, he let the woman stay alone in the wedding room.

Now, this palace that has not been outstanding for a long time, there is a pair of clear footprints on the collapse of the shoe!

Someone has been here!

The man was standing here looking at the bed!

Chu Lingzhao instantly remembered the letter that was found in An Ruoshang's coffin in the imperial tomb at that time.

She said they would meet again soon.

His queen is back after three years!

Chu Lingzhao's heart was beating wildly, he was very shocked and excited, and there was even a trace of unknown nervousness.

His queen is still alive, but what about the child in her womb? Will it be alive too?

Could it be that his child had been born safe and healthy in this world without him knowing?

"Hexi!"

Chu Lingzhao shouted, and the palace people waiting outside the door hurriedly ran in: "The slave is here, what does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Who has ever been here but me?" He asked, his tone was very firm, and the palace people looked confused: "Your Majesty, no...... Nobody ......"

"Someone must have been in here!"

Chu Lingzhao interrupted the palace people's words, took two deep breaths and strode out, the palace people were so frightened that their faces changed drastically, and they immediately stepped up to follow, and just stepped out of the palace gate of the princess's palace, a royal forest army hurriedly ran over: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao has been kidnapped outside the palace!" ”

"Who dares to be so bold?"

Chu Lingzhao was furious, Zhao Hanzhuo is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, although he is a civil official, but recently the capital has not been peaceful, he has been in and out with people, who can actually kidnap him?

"Weichen still doesn't know, it's Lord Zhao's personal guard Zhao Shi desperately rushed to the letter from the palace gate, Zhao Shi was seriously injured, and he fainted before he could explain the reason, and he is currently being treated in the Tai Hospital!"

Chu Lingzhao pursed his lips, strode towards the Tai Hospital with a cold look in his eyes, and ordered at the same time in his mouth: "Mobilize the Royal Forest Army and Yu Guard, I want to see who dares to hold the imperial court officials hostage!" ”

As he spoke, there was the sound of hurried footsteps in front of him, and after a while, a guard knelt down in front of Chu Lingzhao and presented a silver token with both hands.

"Your Majesty, there are remnants of a family in Xunbei County, claiming to be on the orders of the Queen Mother, robbing the county of 3,000 stone of grain, and after being discovered, he wanted to burn the grain, but was stopped by the county lord of Su, but there is still a lot of grain burned, please make a decision!"