But who is Shen Qianrong's mother? Why did Shen Dusk poison her?

Shen Qianrong's mother died when she was very young, and obviously, Chu Nian's questions were answered by no one for her unless she asked Shen Duan.

Chu Nian wanted to stay with the children for a few more days, but as soon as they arrived here at noon, there was news from Tao Jinyan in the capital, saying that there was something in the court to find Chu Nian, Chu Nian packed up and returned to the capital in the afternoon, and said goodbye to the children when he left, Shen Qianrong vowed to become strong enough to protect Chu Nian.

Chu Nian was very moved by Shen Qianrong's actions, Shen Qianrong's identity was contradictory, but his heart had never been polluted, which was really rare.

After returning to the capital, Chu Nian learned that it was because of a sudden riot in a former prince's territory in the northwest, because Chu Nian and Liu Qi had gone together as patrol envoys to quell the flood in the southeast, and the court felt that the two of them were more capable, so the two of them were sent to quell the riot this time.

After Chu Nian and Liu Qi converged, they set off, and on the carriage, Chu Nian had time to learn about the situation from Liu Qi.

"Where are we going? Can the imperial court be so excited? ”

Liu Qi looked a little confused, and only came back to his senses when he heard Chu Nian's question, "It's Tingchuan in the southeast, and it was the territory of King Muhai back then, but I don't know why it rioted." ”

Chu Nian frowned, she had heard of this Muhai King, the prince did not participate in the battle for the succession of the previous dynasty, so his sense of presence above the court was very weak, and he had no troops, after the emperor ascended the throne, he was assigned to the northwest by the queen mother, and he had his own territory, and he has been disappearing, except for the time when the Wang family was just about to move, he came out and said something once, and then there was no news, and then he only heard that the prince's whole family died of an inexplicable disease in the territory, and since then the territory has been managed by local officials.

However, regarding the death of this prince, Chu Nian did not believe that there was no handwriting of the Wang family, because the prince boldly participated in the queen mother's book in the court back then, and he can be regarded as an upright person who is not afraid of power, and now this is a pity.

The carriage drove sleeplessly for five days before arriving at Tingchuan, the reception of them was Tingchuan's long history, the trip was notified in advance, Tingchuan Changshi is a shrewd person, as soon as he heard that there was an inspector to come, he immediately brought a group of people to receive Chu Nian and Liu Qi, when the two got off at the Changshi Mansion, they saw that there were more than a dozen people lined up in two rows standing on the side of Tingchuan Changshi, Tingchuan Changshi respectfully bowed to Chu Nian and Liu Qi in front of the carriage.

"I've seen General Liu, the unequaled county lord."

Chu Nian frowned, the scorching sun on her head made her dizzy, it was clearly winter, and the sun was even hotter than summer.

Liu Qi saw that she was not adapted to the climate, and took the first step to remove the external hexagram on her body and cover her head, seeing this scene, Nating Chuan Changshi's face was embarrassed for a moment, and he hurriedly said: "It's that the lower official failed to think it through, and asked the two adults to move to the inner hall, the lower officials have already prepared tea and pastries, and the boat and car are tiring, and the two adults will rest first." ”

A shadow overhead blocked the sun, Chu Nian felt a little better, thanked Liu Qi, and took the lead towards the inner hall, Tingchuan Changshi was still bent over, and when the two of them walked over, he straightened up and followed.

When I arrived at the inner hall, sure enough, the tea and melons had already been prepared, this Tingchuan was in the south, Kyoto was in the north, and some fruits were not available in the north, and Chu Nian had seen them today.

The thirst in his throat made Chu Nian drink two cups of tea to alleviate it, and this stall looked at the surrounding furnishings, it stands to reason that the official position of Tingchuan Changshi is not low, and there are a lot of Yulu every year, even if Liu Qing of Jingzhao Yin Mansion is afraid that others will say that he is corrupt, there are also a lot of decorations in the house, but this Tingchuan Changshi is even bare, except that the tea cup of Chu Nian and Liu Nian is worth a little silver tael now, and the rest is only tables and chairs.

Liu Qiwang saw Chu Nian's gaze, and he was also puzzled, and at this time, he saw that Tingchuan Changshi walked in, still hunched over and said: "Poor and remote country, there are no valuables in the Xiaguan's house, which makes the two adults laugh." ”

Seeing him so flattering, Chu Nian just frowned, and said nothing more.

Under the strong request of Tingchuan Changshi, Chu Nian and Liu Qi took refuge in the Changshi Mansion for three full days, Chu Nian wanted to go out to investigate the situation of the people, but Tingchuan Changshi still put forward various reasons to stop it, seeing this, Chu Nian noticed something strange, so he exchanged glances with Liu Qi, and when Tingchuan Changshi fell asleep at night, the two secretly got up and met in the garden.

It's said to be a garden, but it's also very barren here, maybe it's because Tingchuan Changshi can't afford to hire someone to take care of it, and there are not even decent words in the yard.

Liu Qi waited for a stick of incense, and saw Chu Nian wearing a black dress from a distance, his eyes were stunned, and he saw Chu Nian smiled lightly: "The general comes with me, and I will take you to see a good show." ”

Liu Qizheng was puzzled at this time, so he was forced by Chu Nian's wrist, he looked at the stall where he was holding his wrist in a daze, and Chu Nian stopped in front of a door.

Immediately afterwards, I saw her bypass the door, walk to the window on the side, and motioned for Liu Qi to listen, and a slight sound of talking was faintly coming from the room.

"My lord, it's not a way to drag it out like this, the general and the county lord insist on going out, and sooner or later they will see the situation outside."

Then there was the voice of Nagashi Tingchuan, "Then what do you say?" I'm letting them out now? They're not stupid! ”

There was a sparse sound from inside, as if someone was pacing, and then I heard the first voice say, "Why don't you ...... Shall we send someone to control those mobs first? Just let those two people see the disaster, at most they will send someone down to help calm the disaster, and then the disaster relief money......"

The man paused, "These two people look so young, and they just fool around." ”

"You fart!" Tingchuan Changshi roared, "Haven't you heard about the southwest? The county lord had unloaded a whole line of officials there...... But you also have some truth in what you say, and now there is only one way. ”

There was a light laugh in the room, and I heard Tingchuan Changshi continue: "It's because I'm old, and I'm panicked when I encounter such a little thing, you will take people there early tomorrow morning, temporarily stop them in Wutong County, and wait for these two to leave, and then talk about other things." ”

"By the way, where did you hide all the money in the house?"

"My lord, you don't worry about the small ones, those things in the house, the small ones can be hidden well, they will definitely not touch them, in their eyes, you are a generation of Qing officials, how can you deliberately look for them."

Chu Nian and Liu Qi outside the door glanced at each other, and Liu Qi saw a smile on the corner of Chu Nian's mouth, and suddenly a chill ran down his spine - if he remembered correctly, she laughed like this last time, but she picked up a whole layer of skin from the corrupt official Liu last time.

Seeing that the news was almost heard, and the people inside were about to come out, Chu Nian and Liu Qi hid behind the wall, and when the footsteps were far away, Liu Qicai looked at Chu Nian with a calculating face in confusion, "What plan does Sanniang have again?" ”

Chu Nian chuckled, "Plan? I can't talk about it yet, but we have to find what this dog official scavenged from the people first, otherwise how can we provide disaster relief? However, this trip still needs someone to go back and report to the court, while these corrupt officials have not yet reacted. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Nian finally showed a look of embarrassment on his face, because the situation was urgent, they didn't bring anyone out on this trip, and the two of them traveled lightly, where could they separate a person to go back and forth at this time?

Seeing Chu Nian's embarrassed look, Liu Qicai frowned and said, "If I leave, you can do it alone?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian's eyes lit up, if Liu Qi was not there, wouldn't it be more convenient for her to do something alone? Seeing the anticipation in Chu Nian's eyes, Liu Qi couldn't help but sigh before he said: "Then be careful yourself, I won't leave tonight, it's still not safe for you to act alone at night." ”

Based on Liu Qi's understanding of the "desperate Sanniang" in front of him over the past year, there must be some action tonight to make the corrupt official bleed.

Chu Nian blinked his eyes as acquiescing to Liu Qi's thoughts, then leaned over and walked towards the north of the courtyard, seeing this, Liu Qi hurriedly spoke, and was just about to ask the question, but was stopped by Chu Nian, and there was a sound of footsteps not far away, and Chu Nian hurriedly pulled Liu Qi to hide behind the rockery.

After the patrol passed, the two breathed a sigh of relief and continued to walk north.

The north side of this courtyard is still a rockery, but it looks more abrupt, behind the rockery is a passage covered by weeds, people who want to hide things did not expect Chu Nian to deliberately look for it, this passage mouth is just a hasty cover-up, Chu Nian stretched out his hand, and the weeds at the door were opened, and a pitch-black hole was exposed.

Liu Qi was stunned, and saw Chu Nian smiling lightly and entering the one-person-high hole, Liu Qi came back to his senses and hurriedly followed.

This is a narrow passage, and there are no five fingers in the passage, but fortunately, Chu Nian is carrying a night pearl that he deceived from Tao Jinyan, and for a while, the two of them will not collide in this passage.

I don't know how long it took to reach the end of this passage, Chu Nian raised the Xiaoye Pearl, and suddenly illuminated the whole darkness, and then, all kinds of valuable treasures in the house appeared in front of Chu Nian's eyes, seeing these things, Chu Nian suddenly frowned.

"This dog official can hide, so many treasures, how can you say that there are tens of thousands of taels?"

Not to mention anything else, the blue and white porcelain vase with strange patterns printed in the corner must have a hundred taels, and there are a few large boxes in the corner of the cave.

Liu Qi on the side gasped, although he was not a clean official, he had never seen a small Tingchuan Changshi who could be greedy for so much stolen money.

Chu Nian looked a little excited, and a pair of watery eyes were shining under the night pearl.

"Now we can count it as earning, General Liu, how about five or five points?"

Liu Qi opened his mouth, but closed it as if he remembered something, frowned, and finally compromised: "In the end, you still have to hand over a part, otherwise there will be suspicions from above." ”

Seeing this, Chu Nian smiled lightly, "I will always be pedantic when I am still a general, I can't imagine that since the Su family was destroyed, you still won't learn to refuse." ”

Being choked by Chu Nian like this, Liu Qi's face was stunned, and after a while, he sighed, but he didn't dare to speak anymore.