CHAPTER 40
rented a hostel to rest for the night, and the next morning, Mu Ning rode his horse to Yanxian County.
After Zhao Jun waited for two days, the caravan led by Mrs. Qing came, and Zhao Jun went out of the city to join him, and at the same time let Li You and others and his subordinates enter the city under the cover of the caravan.
Mrs. Qing's business name is worthy of being the first merchant in Daqin, the caravan of grain alone has thousands of mules and horses to transport, the ox carts have been discharged more than ten miles away, and the merchants and guards have been crowded with horse-drawn carriages, and the entire main road into Wu County has been blocked.
The people of Wu County were surprised when they saw it, and at the same time, the passers-by also began to point and discuss, but when they saw the Mu family's business name flag on the convoy, they didn't feel strange, the Mu family's business name can be said to be known to everyone in the world, even in Wu County, there is a Mu family's branch, and it is not strange that the Mu family can have such a large caravan.
However, in order to prevent this batch of military grain and grass from being harassed by the Chu bandits, the appearance was disguised, and it looked like it was just some herbs and other things, and Mrs. Qing also pretended to be an ordinary woman, wearing a black curtain hat, and when the caravan finally entered the city, she deliberately left a distance.
Zhao Jun didn't go with the caravan after arranging his subordinates, because he had gone in with Mu Ning once before pretending to be an ordinary person, and several merchants at the gate of Wu County would definitely recognize him, and it would be intriguing if he found out that he had something to do with the Mu family's caravan.
At this time, people are far from being so indifferent as in later generations, plus there are no entertainment activities, they often gather together to talk about some miscellaneous things, which family can dig out for you if they didn't wash their feet at night, not to mention a person with a suspicious background, and at this time, the number of people in a county is often not as large as the population of a town in later generations, so the neighbors are very familiar, and if someone comes to the county, they will be recognized at a glance, so Zhao Jun does not dare to show the slightest clue.
After all the caravans entered the city, Zhao Jun stood on the path by the woods, and turned his head to look at Mrs. Qing who was pretending to be an ordinary person, although she was wearing ordinary clothes and wearing a curtain hat to see her face clearly, but the simple clothes could not hide her bewitching figure, and the black curtains could not stop her charming and noble temperament.
I haven't seen Mrs. Qing for a long time, and when I saw her, Zhao Jun had the urge to hug her delicate body and soothe her to the fullest.
Mrs. Qing's eyes hidden in the curtains couldn't help but look at Zhao Jun a few times, and her heart was beating inexplicably.
In the end, she gritted her teeth, turned her head and rode straight to the city, without saying a word, in fact, she didn't know what to say.
"Wait for me, my horse is coming into the city with the caravan." Zhao Jun rushed to Mrs. Qing's horse, held down the horse's back and turned over and rode on the horse, for the sake of stability, he stepped forward with both hands and pulled the reins.
In this way, Mrs. Qing was almost held in his arms, as if a pair of little lovers were traveling on a horse.
"What are you doing, go down quickly." Mrs. Qing was suddenly held in Zhao Jun's arms, panicked for a moment, her heart jumped wildly, and her face quickly turned red.
Zhao Jun smiled dryly and said: "Mrs. Qing, this is still ten miles away from the city, you won't let me walk on my legs, and I rode out of the city just now, and now I am afraid of arousing suspicion when I go back without a horse." ”
"Excuse, who knows what the hell you're hitting." Mrs. Qing said with some anger.
Zhao Jun smiled after hearing this, and walked unhurriedly with his legs between the horse's belly, he didn't want to walk back on his legs, and Mrs. Qing's words were a bit like a little girl being coquettish to her lover, which made him feel an inexplicable feeling in his heart.
Mrs. Qing also reacted quickly, and couldn't help but curse herself in her heart, how could she be a little daughter inexplicably, why did her usual noble majesty disappear in front of Zhao Jun? For the sake of her daughter, she desperately wanted to draw a line with Zhao Jun and forget about the past, but she always couldn't help but think of him from time to time.
In fact, Mrs. Qing herself didn't know, the more she suppressed her feelings for Zhao Jun, the more difficult it was to restrain this subtle feeling until the day when the surging broke out.
Riding on the horse, Zhao Jun was close to Mrs. Qing's soft body, smelling the inexplicable body fragrance on her body, and his heart gradually became hot, especially on the horseback, there were still some bumps, so the bodies of the two of them collided and rubbed back and forth.
"Won't you ride faster?" Seeing Zhao Jun grinding, Mrs. Qing said a little shyly.
"I'm going to enter the city soon, I'm afraid I'll hit someone."
"You" Mrs. Qing couldn't say a word angrily.
But after she resigned herself to leaning on Zhao Jun's arms, a sense of security inexplicably rose in her heart, and she couldn't help but close her eyes and hide in Zhao Jun's warm chest, enjoying a moment of tranquility, she is always a woman, and she needs care and care.
Over the years, although she has built her exterior as hard as a rock, it is just a cold and hard shell, and what is hidden inside is still a hot and soft woman's heart.
Although the First Emperor is the king of a country and holds the power of life and death in the world, he can't give her this feeling of safety and care like Zhao Jun, just like when he was assassinated by Gao Yanli in the corridor of Qiluo Palace, the emperor only cared about calling the guards to protect his own safety, but Zhao Jun gave up his life and used his meat fist to resist the lead block for him.
It was also from that moment that Zhao Junwei's tall figure was deeply imprinted in her heart, and the sentence 'If you can't beat it, I'll block it with my head' seems silly, but it moves her to remember.
After feeling the hidden taming of Mrs. Qing, Zhao Jun couldn't help but feel a little distressed, how much suffering she should have suffered in creating her own family business over the years.
Soon entered the city, Zhao Jun sighed a little, it would be better if this road was longer.
After entering the city, Mrs. Qing took advantage of the relationship between the branches of the business to set up a small courtyard in a remote part of the city, and Zhao Jun also followed in as a matter of course, and also helped Mu Ning clean up one, and Mrs. Qing's room was in the front yard.
As for Li You, Bai Ying, and Gongzi Gao, as well as many of their subordinates, they were not treated so well, for the sake of secrecy, they slept in a large wing room like the merchants of the Mu family's firm.
In the small courtyard, Mrs. Qing said lightly: "My batch of grain and grass will stay for a maximum of ten days, and the southern army will wait to use it, so you and Ning Er must find out the traces of the Xiang family as soon as possible, otherwise you will soon be exposed if you leave the cover of the caravan." ”
"I know that." Zhao Jun nodded, Mu Ning will be able to come back in five days, and then with the helpers she has mobilized, it will only take three days to check all of Wu County, and besides, he can order Li You and a few people to investigate first.
In the next two days, Zhao Jun mobilized his subordinates to start a secret investigation of Wu County, but because of the dialect barrier, coupled with the lack of manpower and other reasons, there was little success, and there were no clues for two days, so everyone was in a hurry.
By the next night, after having dinner, Mrs. Qing suddenly said to Zhao Jun: "Didn't you check another target, Jingju?"
"yes, what's the matter, do you have news of him?" Zhao Jun asked in a daze.
"Indeed." Mrs. Qing nodded and said: "I heard the business name here mention, saying that yesterday there was a nobleman named Jing Gongzi of Chu State with many people, and went to the Yu family in Shuyang County with great fanfare, but the Yu family seems to have an unclear attitude, so that Jing Gongzi is a bit of a scoundrel to live in the Yu Mansion, and everyone knows it, I heard that after I heard about it, I specially asked the people of the business to investigate, although the real name was not found, but some people said that Jing Gongzi came from Pei County a while ago. ”
Shuyang County is also in Huiji County, and it is not too far from Wu County, although the geographical location is not advantageous, but the local aquatic products are rich and it is a large tax county, so the population is also quite large.
"Then it should be Jingju." Zhao Jun nodded, and said with some joy, although the Xiang family has no news yet, it is not bad to be able to catch Jingju first.
After a pause, Zhao Jun asked again: "By the way, what is going on with the Yu family you are talking about, how could Jing Ju propose to the Yu family at this time?" ”
Mrs. Qing replied: "The Yu family was originally a Chu family, although it returned to the imperial court in time after the death of Chu, it was also hit hard, and then I don't know why I abandoned the text to engage in business, and now it is not a small business name in the membership." ”
Zhao Jun thought about it after hearing this, and suddenly said after a while: "I understand, it must be that Jingju learned that the strength of Pei County was lost, so he wanted to use the power of the Yu family to make a comeback, no, I will rush to Shuyang to stop him, and catch him before he succeeds, otherwise it will be a little troublesome to do something against him." ”
(To be continued)