"It's really him."

Old Madam Xie's eyes were calm and a little scary.

Xie Yuan couldn't help but say, "Mother......"

He knows Mrs. Xie's temperament too well, she has always had a different friendship with others for Yue Rong, for Wei Er, and for the people in the water village back then, even if she has never returned to Zhangning over the years, she has never broken off the news with them.

Yue Rong is different from others to her.

Old Madam Xie waved her hand: "I'm fine." ”

Su Ruan didn't think of coaxing Old Madam Xie, but apart from Jing Nan's matter, she had no other reason to make the Xie family wary of Yue Qian.

Yue Qian's later status, as well as the previous Zhangning troops, and even the natural disaster in Jingnan, which was very likely to be man-made, made her suspect that the father and son had already joined forces with Emperor An, who had never appeared in front of people.

Su Ruan had seen Emperor An in her previous life, but no matter how she checked at that time, she had never found out Emperor An's identity when he was exposed to others.

He claimed that his past was the son of an ordinary peasant who was exiled and adopted by a down-and-out Xiucai when he was a child, but if this was the case, how could he accumulate such power, and when it broke out, the huge Chen Dynasty had no power to fight back, and even made many ministers in the original Chen Dynasty defect from the court and be loyal to him, the so-called new emperor of Southern Chen?

Su Ruan never believed in his identity as the son of a farmer, but when he appeared in front of people, he had already erased everything in the past, so that she couldn't find out if she wanted to.

If Yue Qian had already pledged allegiance to Emperor An at this time, then what happened to the Xie family before was very likely to be related to Emperor An.

Bo family, the second prince, Concubine Yu, Empress Dowager Qian......

This incident is inseparable from Emperor Na'an.

There are some things that you can't think about in detail, and when you think about them, you will feel terrified.

If there was still the shadow of Emperor An in the defeat of the Xie family in the previous life, then the later piles and piles would be all the bureaus laid out by him.

In the event of a natural disaster, he carried out the work of stationing troops, disregarding human life, just to make a living.

His methods are not ruthless.

Su Ruan didn't dare to relax in the slightest against this enemy who didn't know where he was now.

Old Madam Xie is a person who is very affectionate, if she is not given a reasonable reason, she will definitely not suspect her old friend for many years, and it is impossible for her to be wary of Yue Rong's father and son.

Therefore, even if she coaxed Mrs. Xie, Su Ruan would not hesitate, only if the Xie family had suspicions about Yue Rong's father and son, she would no longer fully trust, and she would never let the Xie family repeat the mistakes of the previous life.

The people of the Xie family, she wants to protect.

No matter who Emperor An is, the people she cares about, no one should think about hurting them!

Su Ruan whispered beside him: "Master Hou, you and Lord Lin have been sending people to follow Yue Rong and them, but what have you gained?" ”

Xie Yuan was not surprised that Su Ruan knew this, after all, he had never hidden the matter between him and Lin Gang from Su Ruan, he just shook his head: "There is nothing to gain." ”

"After the father and son entered Beijing, they lived in a house in the city's Xianlin Fang, I ordered someone to check the owner of the house, but it was just an ordinary merchant, and Yue Rong had some friendship in previous years, in addition, there was no suspicion in that person."

"In the half month they went to Beijing, in addition to staying in the house, the rest of the time was to go out to drink tea and wander around, either to burn incense and worship the Buddha in Buddhist temples outside the city, or to go to Taoist temples to seek scriptures and ask questions, looking like they were entering Beijing to play."

Su Ruan's eyebrows frowned: "Burn incense and worship Buddha?" ”

Xie Yuan nodded: "It's the Mingjue Temple outside the city, and there is no mind,"

Su Ruan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and always felt that the name of the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple in Xie Yuan's mouth was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while.

She could only ask:

"And who have they seen during this time?" After a pause, Su Ruan was afraid that Xie Yuan was only paying attention to the people in the court, so he added, "Whether they have identity or not, do they have close contacts with anyone?" ”

Seeing Su Ruan's question, Old Madam Xie said on the side: "Why do you ask this? ”

Su Ruan explained: "Yue Qian's appearance in Jingnan at the beginning is inseparable from the corruption of the household department and the case of Jingnan, and the matter of Zhangning's garrison, Hou Ye and Lord Lin have already found out that Zhangning's side has already been manipulated, and all those left in the garrison are old, weak, sick and disabled, even less than 3,000. ”

"Grandmother, do you know how much money the Bo family sent to Zhang Ning before?"

"Let's not talk about the silver taels that the household department lacked, just the silver taels he moved from the military department, and the silver taels that he embezzled for disaster relief later are nearly one million, not counting the Bo family's business income over the years, as well as the silver that Bo Chong first embezzled with Chen Anning."

"This silver, not to mention cultivating a private army, even if it is more than enough to support an army of 100,000 people, but Zhang Ning has less than 3,000 people left, where did the rest of the people and the silver go?"

Su Ruan looked at Old Madam Xie's slightly gloomy eyes, thought about it, and finally told her and Qi Wenfu's previous guesses.

"And grandmother, there is one thing I have never dared to tell you, although I have no evidence, but I have discussed it with Lord Qi before, and I feel that the disaster in Jingnan is far from being a simple natural disaster."

"After Master Hou and Lord Lin went to Zhangning, maybe they should also be suspicious."

Xie Yuan faintly guessed what Su Ruan wanted to say, and his face suddenly sank.

Su Ruan said: "Although Zhangning is located in the middle of nowhere, the terrain is flat and close to the sea, so it doesn't look like a place where troops can be stationed at all, even if the Bo family and the people behind them can buy off the people of Zhangning Mansion and the garrison, how can such a big thing as a garrison be hidden from everyone." ”

"Grandmother should know that according to the Great Chen Law, the local government will register the number of people every two years, and although this number is not detailed, the approximate number is there."

"Those people want to garrison troops and deal with the imperial court, and the troops they need to hoard can range from tens of thousands to tens of thousands."

"There are so many people, and if they are strong men who can go into battle to kill the enemy, even if they have recruited all the men in Zhangning, it will be difficult to get together, but if you want to recruit troops from other places, so many people suddenly disappear, or even be recruited, how can you not alarm the imperial court?"

Old Madam Xie instantly understood what Su Ruan meant.

Those people want to garrison troops, and they are absolutely indispensable.

But so many people, even if they are appeased with money, it is absolutely impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to disappear at the same time.

The Bo family has been cautious all these years, and even they have been sending money to Zhangning without being noticed, how can they recruit troops abroad with such fanfare, but the people they amass are not recruited through normal channels, where can those people get back so many people?

It is impossible for the entire Da Chen officials to be bribed by the people behind the Bo family and cover up their traces for them.

Old Madam Xie thought of Jing Nan's matter in an instant, and her face suddenly turned blue.

"You mean, disaster victim?!"

Su Ruan nodded.

Old Madam Xie got up suddenly, slapped her palm on the table beside her, and directly hit it and scattered it to the ground: "Are they crazy?!" Aren't they afraid of thunder and thunder?! ”