Baili Junyi scrutinized the officials present more and more carefully, and the more he looked at the suspicion in his heart, there was definitely something in Zhou Cheng that they didn't know, and it was definitely not normal here!

The officials present intended to greet them, and Baili Junyi let them please him, and when the banquet ended, he praised Zhou Da a lot, as if he had forgotten the episode in the middle of the banquet.

got into the carriage, and the slightly drunk wine on Baili Junyi's face dissipated cleanly. Shen Ninghua glanced at him with a smile: "You are well disguised, those officials have been deceived by you." ”

Baili Junyi's eyes smiled, but his tone was extremely cold: "There is a strange aura everywhere in this week, we will live here for a while, maybe we can catch a big fish." ”

"How about the Miss Zhou family?"

"Miss Zhou? Who? Zhou Jingshu? What's wrong with her, do you think there's something wrong with her? ”

Baili Junyi didn't understand the meaning of Shen Ninghua's words, thinking that she was suspicious of Zhou Jingshu, so she thought carefully along her tone: "Zhou Jingshu, it's indeed a little inappropriate, she has been staring at me cautiously at the banquet, as if she was thinking about something, Ninghua, did you say that Zhou Jingshu was the smoke and fog bomb thrown by the Zhou family?" ”

Shen Ninghua choked, rolled her eyes quietly in her heart, and responded perfunctorily: "Maybe." ”

"Well, it seems that you have to pay extra attention, Ning Hua, Qingque has not cultivated a lot of people, you find a suitable one to stare at that Zhou Jingshu, maybe she is a good breakthrough."

“…… Good. Shen Ninghua nodded, I really didn't expect this person to be so sluggish, thinking, she suddenly felt a little abrupt, as if Baili Junyi had always turned a blind eye to other women's overtures, the previous maid Sang Zhi, and Concubine Li's niece Lin Feiyuan......

Thinking of this, I can't help but laugh, I'm afraid that such a man is also difficult to find in the world.

Back in the mansion, Ye Yi had already returned: "Master, the slave followed those officers and soldiers and sent the injured people to the hospital for treatment, and those people left on their own after bandaging their wounds, without saying a word in the middle." ”

"Huh? But they sent men to follow them? Where do you live? ”

"My subordinates have sent someone to follow, and there is no news yet."

Baili Junyi nodded: "Well, send our people out and carefully investigate Zhou Cheng, I always feel that this place is unusual." ”

"Yes."

At this time, in the Qilin Garden, the people in the main hall where the banquet was held had almost gone. Only Zhou Da and Zhou Ziqing were still sitting.

When Zhou Ziqing ordered someone to send Zhou Jingshu away, Zhou Da hurriedly walked in front of Zhou Ziqing and knelt on the ground with a plop: "The lower official is not careful today, and he has to work the head of the family to speak, it is really a crime that deserves death." ”

The smile on Zhou Ziqing's face disappeared, and he stared at Zhou Da coldly: "Lord Zhou, have you forgotten what I said?" ”

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhou Da's back: "The words of the head of the family are always in my heart, how dare I forget them?" ”

"Then did I say that since a few days ago, you have been the highest official in Zhou City, and I am just an ordinary head of the Zhou family?"

"Yes, yes, it's hard for Xia Guan to adapt to ...... for a while"

Zhou Ziqing got up and looked at him condescendingly: "Why did Lord Zhou fall down with weak legs?" The grass people help you up. With that, he bent down and helped Zhou Ziqing up.

The sweat on Zhou Da's forehead was even worse, and he only felt that the arm touched by Zhou Ziqing was burning like a burning pain.

"Family Master, do you think today's incident has attracted the attention of King Yijun? Do you want to find a way to dispose of those people? ”

Zhou Ziqing glanced at him coldly, and his tone was like a cold wind passing through: "King Yijun has already asked his subordinates to follow those people to find a doctor for treatment, and now you have dealt with them, didn't you tell King Yijun that there is a problem here?" ”

"Xiaguan saw that the king of Yijun was extremely happy at the banquet, it seems that he has long forgotten this matter, as the king of the county, he sent his subordinates to follow him, it is nothing more than to have some benevolent faces, where can he really take a few people to heart?"

"Foolish!" Zhou Ziqing's face was ugly, "If this Baili Junyi is the same as other princes and county kings, then he will definitely be intriguing and fighting for power in Kyoto now, instead of appearing in Zhou City!" I said a long time ago, this Baili Jun is not ordinary, and Shen Ninghua beside him is not a good master, and he has to work up 120,000 points of spirit to deal with it, you and I are talking about it, isn't it? ”

"No, no, how dare the lower officials, I'm confused, it's just those untouchables......"

"They themselves want to force their heads out regardless of life and death, don't they have families? I don't believe that their families are also not afraid of life and death. ”

Zhou Da's eyes rolled: "Yes, yes, what the head of the family said is right, the next official will do it." "As he speaks, he speaks and calls someone.

Zhou Ziqing's face darkened: "What are you going to do, arrest their families?" ”

"Ah...... Isn't it? Zhou Da shrunk his body, with an unknown look on his face.

"How much trouble are you going to make to arrest someone? Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter, I will naturally let someone handle it, go back quickly. ”

"Yes, there is the head of the Lao family."

Leaving the hall, Zhou Da wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked left and right to see if there was anyone, and then strode out of Qilin Garden.

Zhou Ziqing tidied up his clothes and left slowly. After another quarter of an hour after he left, a figure came out from behind the hidden rockery, and several of them disappeared.

In the Hundred Flowers Garden, Shen Ninghua coaxed the two children to play, and Qingque walked in quickly from outside the door: "Miss, the last people to leave are Zhou Ziqing and Zhou Da, the two of them talked alone in the hall for about a quarter of an hour, and when they left, Zhou Da's face was ugly, and he was still wiping cold sweat. ”

Shen Ninghua nodded, and put the rolling cloth tiger back into Xiaobao's hand: "Well, I know." You let people find a way to get close to Zhou Jingshu, start from her side, and see what is abnormal in the Zhou family. ”

"Yes, miss."

The next day, Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua arranged the people densely, covering the entire Zhou City like a net, and all kinds of news kept coming back, gathering in the hands of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua.

Baili Junyi's face was calm, but boundless anger was brewing in his heart, it was really unthinkable that a small Zhou City was as complex as Kyoto.

The Zhou family is like an old tree, the lush roots are deeply rooted in the city of Zhou, and the intricacies cover it, it is self-contained, the Zhou family is like the emperor of the soil, and even secretly controls the selection of officials, no wonder there is weirdness everywhere here.

Speaking of Jingjie, no one dares to come out, and when it comes to sealing, no one dares to make a sound, the Zhou family let the entire Zhou City wander away from the edge of Da'anguo's control, if it is an ordinary small city, the Zhou family will not be able to become any climate. On the contrary, the location here is extremely important, and it can even be said to be a bridge of communication between Da'an and Da Viet!

Shen Ninghua brought him a cup of tea: "It's a big injury, we just happened to be here, just find a way to solve the problem here, what are you doing with so much anger?" ”

Baili Junyi threw the paper full of news into the brazier on the side: "I'm just afraid, if we don't come here, then one day, Da'an and Dayue will use force, and the transportation of grain and grass will pass through Zhoucheng, and when the problem breaks out at that time, I don't know what the consequences will be." ”

"Who would have thought that a family would be able to control a city and important land."

Baili Junyi had a map beside him, which was the geographical location map of Da'an Kingdom, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to connect the center of Da'an Kingdom in a straight line from Zhou City: "Yes, if the Zhou family is fine, if they have ulterior motives, then Da Yue Guo can go straight to the hinterland of our country through Zhoucheng, and then it will definitely be a disaster." ”

Shen Ninghua looked at the map, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he pointed to the marks on the map: "These cities next to it belong to the Great Yue Kingdom?" ”

"These cities were originally from the Great Yue Kingdom, but didn't they make a dowry for Bu Tinghe later......" Baili Junyi's words paused suddenly, looking at the location of the six cities on the map, and then connecting with Zhou Cheng, his face became more and more serious, "What will be the problem with these cities......

He felt a flash of light flash in his mind, but when he tried to think about it carefully, it disappeared without a trace, and it was difficult to grasp it precisely.

Shen Ninghua stared at the map for a long time, and then spoke tentatively: "These cities may be stationed?" ”

"It has been handed over to our country, and people have been sent to receive it, it is impossible for Da'an to send troops, and besides, these cities are too remote from Dayue country, and our two countries have been safe and sound, because these places on the border between the two countries are too poor, except for some bandits, it is difficult to support the army's food, grass and equipment, so ......"

"What if we help the Great Viet Kingdom develop these places?"

"What...... What the? ”

Shen Ninghua looked at the map, and his expression became more and more cold: "I remember that after receiving these cities, my father has always been very happy, and after knowing that this place is very poor, he also specially allocated silver taels to come over, and even supported the surrounding cities to communicate with these places, thinking that he should be able to get rid of poverty soon." ”

"It shouldn't be possible." Baili Junyi said this, his tone was heavy and uncertain, "If it is according to what you say, then what is the intention of the Great Yue Kingdom?" ”

Under the candlelight, Shen Ninghua's face became a little hazy: "This is where we are going to investigate next, if we think too much, then naturally there is nothing to do, if things really change, then we will really come out this time." ”

This matter is like a big stone, always pressing on their hearts, about five or six days later, the net laid in Zhou Cheng became more and more tight, and the two mobilized all their contacts, and finally found a clue.

On this day, they didn't alarm anyone, they changed into ordinary clothes, and after careful camouflage, Baili Junyi took Shen Ninghua out of the gate of Zhou City and rode towards the mountains and forests in the northwest.

The north of Zhoucheng is a mountain forest, stretching for hundreds of miles, it is already late autumn at this time, the number seems a little bleak, and the weather in the northwest is too dry, and the eyes are full of dry yellow color.

After walking for about five or six miles, the faces of the two became more and more serious, the surrounding trees were almost all stripped of their bark, and the yellow and white trunks were exposed, and from time to time you could find people falling between the trees, thin as wood, with blue and black faces.