When the girl walked in, Zhen Shiyuan didn't even raise her head: "You also went out to see the excitement?" "Someone who hadn't seen her in the morning, but fortunately he was used to her disappearing from time to time.

"Nope." The girl walked over as she spoke, and said, "Qiao Zhengyuan received the sign of the Chamber of Commerce last night, and I went to the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce with Qiao Zhengyuan early this morning." ”

So fast? Zhen Shiyuan was startled, hurriedly raised his head, and asked her with a somewhat excited expression: "You won't tell me, I've finished reading it!" ”

The girl nodded: "It's almost done, how many places have adults checked?" ”

Zhen Shiyuan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: This needle in a haystack is finally coming to an end!

He handed her the list he had written down at the bottom: "The places you have checked are here, you can take them and take a look!" ”

The girl snorted and took it, there are already a lot of names ticked off the list, these days looking for a needle in a haystack, Zhen Shiyuan has checked very carefully and very hard, but his luck is not so good.

"There are countless caravans passing through Chang'an in a year, but most of them have contacts and contacts, things sell well, and some will come every year, and if it is really inconvenient, you can come once every few years." The girl looked at the list and said, "I checked the records of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce back then, and there was a caravan in one place that had not appeared again in the past ten years, but the specialties of this place were obviously selling well in Chang'an City. ”

Zhen Shiyuan's face became solemn: "Business is so good, but the caravan is not coming, which is a strange thing in itself." What place are you talking about? ”

"I just went to the warehouse on purpose," Qiao Ran didn't answer Zhen Shiyuan immediately, but continued, "In the territory of Southwest Mansion, there is a place called Xintong across the mountain from Miaojiang. This place has a lot of contacts with Miaojiang, and under the influence of Miaojiang, some medicinal materials that are not found in Miaojiang are produced. I also found that the customs of this Xintong County seem to be a bit xenophobic, and the county magistrate of Xintong County often complains about this matter to the Southwest Prefecture Yin, but because this Xintong County has not done anything out of the ordinary except for exclusion, the matter is closed. ”

A place that had been here ten years ago, that is, the year of the incident, and no caravans had come to Chang'an since, a place where customs were xenophobic, where the county order complained that it was not easy to govern, and where many things were unknown, everything was more and more in line with her original assumption.

"Xintong County, Southwest Province." Zhen Shiyuan began to repair the book and prepare to send it to the Southwest Mansion.

This time, he finally didn't have to look for a needle in a haystack, and this is one of the places he hasn't found so far.

After all, even if the southwest province is investigated, such a place that is not easy to govern may not be able to immediately receive the news of the government and the county order.

Returning the list to Zhen Shiyuan, seeing that the girl had a few more files in her hand, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but say: "I gave you the warrant key to the warehouse, and you don't seem to have the time to return it to me." ”

When the things are in her hands, they don't return them, and they go in and out of the storeroom, just like their own back garden.

Although I don't know what file she has in her hand, I want to know that it is related to the Southwest Mansion, because with the exact place of Southwest Xintong, there is no need to look for a needle in a haystack, Zhen Shiyuan can be regarded as completely relieved, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Do you know what happened to the Southwest Hou Chen Shan's rebellion thirteen years ago?"

Qiao Ran nodded: "This Southwest Mansion is the fief of the rebellious Southwest Marquis!" ”

"Yes! It's inconvenient to mention the things of that year, but you must also guess that this place took a lot of effort to educate because it was a rebel capital back then. Although the people are well educated now, after all, they are still not very close to Chang'an. "Thirteen years is not enough time for the people to completely forget some of the things of the past.

"Having said that, do you know that the original family of the Yin and Yang Division and the Jiao family also lived in seclusion in the southwest back then, and it was not until the defeat of the southwest Hou Chen Shan that they came out of the mountain to Chang'an to surrender to His Majesty?" Zhen Shiyuan said without a stubble.

The girl who was looking down at the file raised her head unexpectedly and looked at him: "It turns out that these two are also from the southwest!" ”

It's quite a coincidence.

yes, that's a coincidence. Zhen Shiyuan said in his heart, he just thought it was clever, so he said one more word.

However, neither of the two mentioned this matter again, but the girl lowered her head and flipped through the file for a while, and suddenly asked him: "Lord Zhen, can these princesses who have raised a lot of male pets still have horses?" ”

"Of course there is, but these ponies either want to be a shrunken turtle and a green hat pony, or they will rise up and be real men before they die!" Zhen Shiyuan shook his head as he spoke, and seemed to be a little embarrassed, "In short, I'm afraid there is no man in this city who wants to be a colt." ”

Qiao Ran let out a "huh" and said, "I know the shrunken turtle and the green hat and the horse." But what does it mean to rise up and be a real man? ”

"That is to say, there is a colt who refuses to take a green hat and intends to kill the princess and then commits suicide, and the toughness is tough, but he still dies." Zhen Shiyuan shook his head, "Fortunately, Your Majesty Shengming didn't let these princesses harm people anymore." ”

"Why did you ask this all of a sudden?" After Zhen Shiyuan explained, it was a little strange, so he asked more.

"Just curious." Qiao Ran hurriedly said, "Adults don't have to be careful. ”

He can't help but be careless! Since I told her two days ago that Li Zhao always asks some strange questions, in fact, ordinary people are too stupid to understand, but whenever she asks, he has an extra mind, after all, no one wants to admit that he is a stupid person.

While the two were talking, an official trotted in from outside and said hurriedly, "Qiao...... Master Joe, someone is looking for you outside. ”

"Who's looking for me?" Qiao Ran was a little surprised.

The official said: "Say it's your uncle." ”

Her uncle? Isn't that Qiao Zhengyuan? Zhen Shiyuan snorted: "Some people like to rush to recognize relatives!" "At the beginning, it was the niece that he Qiao Zhengyuan didn't want, and he recognized it once or twice in Chang'an, and he was shameless.

Qiao Ran couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

However, she had only been separated from Qiao Zhengyuan not long ago, and now Qiao Zhengyuan suddenly ran over to see her, I was afraid that something had happened! Thinking of this, Qiao Ran also put a smile on her face, got up and followed the official to see Qiao Zhengyuan.

Qiao Zhengyuan was waiting for her under the shade of the tree outside Dali Temple, and when he saw her come out, he hurriedly greeted her, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said, "I'm telling you, something happened!" ”

"What's wrong?" Seeing Qiao Zhengyuan's panicked look, Qiao Ran hurriedly pulled him aside and asked.

"I just saw that there were many officials in the city who were searching for someone, so I asked more, and then I heard that the account books of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce were lost, and now I am looking for people who steal the account books everywhere in the city!" Qiao Zhengyuan's forehead was already full of cold sweat as he spoke, "We only went there in the morning." ”