Chapter Forty-Six: Sunrise in the East and Rain in the West
"Sister, will you come forward in this matter, or will I come forward in this matter?" Having said that, Huo Roufeng muttered in her heart, and she didn't know if Zhanhuai was still in Ningbo? If Zhanhuai was still in Ningbo, she didn't want to go.
Huo Rouyun pinched her nose funny and said, "How old are you?" How could someone as cautious as Su Li believe a child? Okay, okay, you go and get busy with your business, you don't have to worry about this matter. ”
Once again, it was ignored because of age.
Huo Roufeng came out of her sister's house dejectedly, it was already dark, but the lights in the Huo family's mansion were bright, she didn't go back to her yard, she ran around the house twice with Jin Dou'er, and only went back sweating profusely.
Cai Qin had already asked the little girl to prepare hot water, but she didn't ask anyone to help, and she washed Huo Roufeng clean by herself.
While washing, he nagged: "The eldest lady needs four or five people to serve in the bath, and you, since you were a child, there is only one slave and maid." ”
Huo Roufeng raised her little face that was sparkling with water vapor: "No, there was Grandma Zuo a few years ago." ”
Cai Qin was helpless, yes, there was Grandma Zuo in the early years, but she was the only one who could serve the ninth master closely.
"Did the person who went to inquire about Grandma Zuo go again?" Huo Roufeng asked.
Cai Qin shook her head: "No, the slave's mother has been staring at this matter, and the merchant has never appeared in the alley again." ”
Huo Roufeng thought for a while and said to Cai Qin: "After we arrive in Wuxi, let's take the time to go to Zhenjiang to see Mama Zuo." ”
Cai Qin was taken aback, it is not close from Wuxi to Zhenjiang, and if Mama Zuo is still thinking about the ninth master, how can she not have contact for so many years?
But the ninth master grew up eating Grandma Zuo's milk, and it is unlikely that Grandma Zuo has no affection for the ninth master.
In the middle of the night, Cai Qin also thought that if one day she was released and was no longer in the house, she would definitely find an opportunity to visit the ninth master every once in a while, how could she give up the children she had served since childhood?
But that's the case with Mama Zuo.
Although every New Year's holiday, the ninth master will prepare a generous gift for Zuo Mama and ask the eldest lady to send someone over, but Zuo Mama has never returned the gift, and she has not even made a shoe for the ninth master.
That is, the ninth master has a big heart and does not take these little things to heart.
Thinking of this, Cai Qin wanted to persuade Huo Roufeng not to go to Zhenjiang, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed again, it is better not to persuade now, Jiu Ye will only want to go more, it is better to go to Wuxi, find more fun things, Jiu Ye is tired of playing, and he forgot the idea of going to Zhenjiang.
The next day, Zhang Shengping came to see Huo Roufeng, Huo Roufeng thought it was a matter of Chuwentang and the Taiping Society, but he didn't expect it to be the batch of military rations on the Ningbo wharf.
Huo Roufeng was originally very interested in this matter, but later found out that it had something to do with the Fujian Mansion, and there was a mourning star in the middle, so she instinctively didn't want to pay attention to it anymore.
Zhang Shengping has been following Huo Roufeng for two years, and at first glance, he guessed that she was not interested in this matter, so he said: "Ninth Master, when you left from Ningbo, didn't that Zhang Chang find anyone?" A few days later, his body was found, and he was fatally stabbed. Then, Jiang Shun fell ill, saying that he got up at night and contracted a cold, and he died in just two days. ”
"What? All dead? This was too unexpected for Huo Roufeng, she didn't expect Zhanhuai to be so ruthless.
Zhang Shengping nodded: "Jiang Shun's wife is the niece of the Duke of Min, and the Duchess of Min is very sad about this, so she asked Mrs. Jiang and her children to be taken to Fujian, and the news of Jiang Shun's death may not have reached the Ministry of War, and now the deputy commander is temporarily taking over." ”
Huo Roufeng snorted, Jiang Shun is a person from the Duke of Min, and it is a big crime for him to sell military rations privately in Ningbo, it is best to die, and it will not involve the Duke of Min.
"What about the grain?" Huo Roufeng asked.
Zhang Shengping said: "It's this evil door, at first, everyone said that these grains were Jiaxing rice, but it was only overnight, so many boats and the rice on the boat, all disappeared." ”
Huo Roufeng gasped and showed his arms, a good means.
With so much grain, it is impossible to move it all down, this should be Zhanhuai to let the ship leave the Ningbo wharf.
Since it is not a military rice, ordinary rice can be exchanged for silver by finding a few rice shops or wineries, and then through the rice merchants in Jiaxing, the silver can be exchanged for rice again, and Zhengda Guangming will sell it to the shops in Ningbo to buy rice, and this matter will be done properly.
I just don't know if this is Zhanhuai's idea or Min Guogong's idea.
If it is the Duke of Min or the prince of the world, Huo Roufeng thinks it is reasonable, but if it is Zhanhuai......
Huo Roufeng really couldn't connect that mourning star with this matter.
But Zhang Chang was definitely caught by Zhanhuai that day, and the trouble on the dock was also provoked by Zhanhuai, even if Huo Roufeng was unwilling to admit it, she also understood in her heart that Jiang Shun and Zhang Chang, along with those rice, were all killed by the Zhan family.
It's just that I don't know, why did Jiang Shun, the commanding envoy and the niece and son-in-law of the Duke of Min, take a risk?
If he does this, he will only be recognized as the meaning of the Duke of Min, although Ningbo Wei is the territory of the Duke of Min, but it is still the world of the Holy Heaven today, and the deputy commander is the person of the Queen Mother.
Not only the deputy commander, but even Ding Xianglin, the prefect of Ningbo, is also the queen mother's party.
But now it doesn't matter who is behind the matter, the important thing is that Jiang Shun is dead, and the rice has disappeared, even if everyone knows that this is done by the Zhan family, but there is no proof of death, what can be done?
Huo Roufeng sighed like an adult, and said to Zhang Shengping: "Withdraw all our people, and don't care about anything related to Zhanhuai in the future." ”
Huo Jiuye's life is very valuable, she doesn't want to meet that mourning star again.
As long as she thought that Zhanhuai had kidnapped her, she grinned.
Only a truly rich child like her knows what a terrible thing it is to be kidnapped.
She was kidnapped three times at a young age, three times.
You can't think about this kind of thing, as long as you think about it, it's a handful of bitter tears.
Huo Roufeng sniffed and continued to ask Zhang Shengping: "Is there any news about the matter of Chuwentang?" ”
Zhang Shengping had no choice but to tell the truth: "Don't hide it from the Ninth Master, there really doesn't seem to be anything abnormal on the surface of the Chuan Wen Hall, and besides, you only let us check it yesterday." ”
Huo Roufeng had no choice but to ask again: "I have had a Chuwentang in Hangzhou since I can remember, which is also a time-honored brand, but I have never heard of the owner of Chuwentang, so you can start checking from their owner." ”
Zhang Shengping said: "The proprietor of the Chuwentang is said to be an old Hanlin of Zhishi, who is in Jiangxi, and does not ask too much about business matters, and gives full authority to the big treasurers everywhere. ”