Zheng Siyuan didn't care much about that matter: "Back to the prince, the previous incident was purely a misunderstanding, there is no basis at all, I did have a few drinks when I went home that night, but the person was definitely not killed by me, it was done by another guard who was traveling with me, I was very angry after I knew about this matter, and directly killed that person, which can be regarded as a correct law and discipline, and no one will dare to make such a mistake from now on." ”

Chu Jiao's eyes flickered a little, okay, this is another human life, thinking about this Zheng Siyuan's bad deeds, don't his superiors ignore these things?

"Okay, then this matter is really wronged by Lord Zheng."

Zheng Siyuan showed a warm smile on his face, and hurriedly waved his hand: "If this is the case, there is nothing at all, it is really common for officials to suffer some grievances and wrongs, so you don't need to take it too seriously." ”

Chu Jiao nodded, but she didn't know what she was thinking.

"We are also planning to leave here for a few days, and seeing that Lord Zheng has governed this place very well, we can rest assured, and we will definitely say a few kind words in front of Your Majesty in the future, and talk about your great achievements."

Chu Jiao's face was flat when she said this, without any emotion.

Zheng Siyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, there seemed to be a deep meaning in his eyes, he was thinking about whether Chu Jiao was talking back, but after looking at it for a while, he didn't see what was going on, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

"Then thank you to the prince and princess."

This is what they have seen with their own eyes, and they know that there are already a few lives under Zheng Siyuan's hands, so how many people died here when they didn't come to Yaotai before?

She didn't know that at this time, Xiuying came back from outside, saying that she had already investigated the previous matter.

"The subordinates found out that the last place where those tea merchants appeared was near Yaotai, and they should have never left Yaotai, but they were completely gone, and they couldn't find any traces of existence, which was also the most puzzling place for their subordinates."

"Oh, take me right away to see how it goes!"

The three of them arrived, and they investigated the place where the tea merchant had disappeared, and found that it was just an ordinary village, so it was even more strange that the horses and wagons had been left here and sold to the local villagers.

According to previous investigations, there should have been a large amount of tea leaves, and if there were no wagons and horses, then how would this tea be transported? The only possibility is that the tea leaves are now in this village, hidden somewhere.

"Go and go through this village for me inside and out, and then check the news carefully with the villagers here, be sure to act quietly, don't startle the snake."

Qin Shao said to Xiuying, who nodded and went down.

However, Chu Jiao was not idle, she checked the situation here, it was indeed an excellent location, but it seemed that those people were not frequent visitors here, but decided on a temporary basis, and because they wanted to check the footprints after many days, there was no such thing.

"Uncle, I want to ask who are the people who sold you the horses? Can you tell me about it? ”

Chu Jiao passed by and saw a sturdy brown horse inside, and he knew that it was the tea merchant's horse, so he stopped and asked.

The old man was a blacksmith, and although he was old, he wore a vest that could not hide his strong muscles, and he held a hammer in his left hand and a nail in his right hand.

Then, he raised his head, stopped the movements in his hand, and said to Chu Jiao: "What about those people you said, I don't know who they are, in short, they don't look like good people, sneaky, if he wasn't willing to sell the horse to me at a low price, I wouldn't dare to ask for this horse." ”

"What do you mean by sneaky? Did they do anything wrong? ”

The old man said, "Do you still need to ask?" They were dressed in extraordinary clothes, and when they came to this poor and remote place, they came up to sell their wagons and horses cheaply, and it was not easy to see this, and I watched them, and in the middle of the night I sent all the chests to the back mountain, where the contents were either gold or silver. ”

"I wonder how you can tell what's inside?"

"I listened to them, and they seemed to be talking about how to divide the spoils, but there was something wrong with the box."

"As far as I know, it should be all tea leaves, right?" Chu Jiao asked tentatively.

The old man frowned when he heard this, and hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, that's not the case, I looked at the box if it was tea, if two people became carrying a box, but that box needed three people to carry it together, I looked at them like that it was definitely not tea." ”

Chu Jiao and Qin Shao glanced at each other, and understood the strangeness of this matter, it turned out that Zheng Siyuan was not engaged in the trading of tea, but other businesses.

But if that's the case, does the Jiang family also know something, or didn't the Jiang family tell them the truth in the first place?

"Uncle, do you know where Houshan County is, can you give us a specific location?"

The old man shook his head: "Every day is night, my eyes are really bad, but I can barely see a rough idea, probably walking to the mountain behind our village, what are you doing?" ”

"Don't worry, uncle, we will definitely not involve you, we are just here to handle the case."

After Chu Jiao finished speaking, the two waved goodbye to him, reconvened Xiuying, and asked him to send more people to the back mountain to check the situation, and the two decided to return to the Jiang family and continue to check the situation of the Jiang family.

When she was on the road, sitting in the bumpy carriage, Chu Jiao thought a lot in her heart: "It's me who underestimates Mrs. Jiang, I can make the business bigger and stronger with Master Jiang, and there are no concubines in the family, such a woman is not simple, and I underestimate the enemy." ”

"Don't talk for a while, let me find out what they are."

Qin Shao said.

"Then you have to be careful when you speak, what do you don't care about when you speak? Don't make them suspicious anymore. ”

When I visited again, Mrs. Jiang's family changed into white satin, obviously to hold a funeral for Mr. Jiang, but because the body could not be brought back from the prefect now, the mourning hall was only arranged, and the others had not yet been cleaned up.

"The two adults came to visit, but I wonder if there has been any progress in the case?" Mrs. Jiang was busy asking her daughter to watch tea for the two of them.

When Jiang Yunyan saw Qin Shao, an aggressive light flashed in his eyes.

Chu Jiao is a woman, so she is naturally familiar with such a gaze, and she saw that Qin Shao in front of her was wearing a crow-blue robe, embroidered with auspicious clouds, stepping on a pair of black boots, her face was indifferent and angular, her eyes were as black as a deep pool, her thin lips were light, and she had a romantic flow.

Anyone who looks at such a man will probably be tempted, but this Jiang Yunyan's eyes are too blatant.

"Childe, please have tea." Yunyan personally handed the tea to Qin Shao's hand, although his tone was normal.

But the moment Qin Shao took the teacup, Jiang Yunyan gently scratched Qin Shao's palm with his fingers.

Qin Shao didn't have anything wrong on his face, in fact, his men subconsciously wanted to hit her, and they were almost about to hit her.

He calmed down, but returned with a faint smile, Chu Jiao saw everything in his eyes and turned his head away.

Jiang Yunyan didn't expect this kid to be so good, she smiled slightly, and she withdrew, naturally there was a mother here to deal with them.

"There has been no progress in this case so far, but we have a new discovery, Lord Jiang has never been out of Yaotai, that is, he has always been on this platform."

Mrs. Jiang slowly wondered: "Huh? It turned out that he had been in Yaotai all along, and I would have found out about it, it was really my fault. ”

Her tone was annoyed.

"Madam, you can't say that, and you can't be blamed for this, after all, you are a woman, where can you think of so many things.

But I have another thing I want to ask you, whether you communicated with your master when he was doing this business.

Do you know what kind of business he does, is it really just buying and selling tea? ”

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she instantly became alert, and then smiled indifferently, very naturally, calmly and calmly: "What are you talking about?" We are actually doing serious trading of tea, and we dare not do anything else. ”

Chu Jiao nodded, and did not ask any more questions about this matter, Mrs. Jiang was too calm, and it was because of this calmness that Chu Jiao was even more surprised.

A few people talked about some things that were not there, in short, around the case, after a few more words.

Chu Jiao and the others were about to leave, and at this time, the two of them had just walked to the door.

Seeing Jiang Yunyan, he walked over in small steps, the jade pendant on his body jingled, and his face was bright: "My lord, it's hot now, it's better to stay and have dinner, and it's not too late to leave when the sun sets." ”

When Mrs. Jiang inside heard Jiang Yunyan say this, she seemed to understand what she meant at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Yunyan is right, I forgot to greet the two adults." ”

Chu Jiao just wanted to refuse, but was hardened by Qin Shao: "Since this is the case, then we might as well be respectful, we didn't eat much at noon, and now I'm a little hungry." ”

When Qin Shao said this, his eyes were staring at Jiang Yunyan, Chu Jiao had to avoid his eyes and not look at the two of them, but there was a different kind of emotion fermenting in his heart.

However, Qin Shao didn't look at Chu Jiao at all, and seemed to ignore her directly.