Chapter 169: A flash of inspiration
Tai Meng retreated into the dark alley, and after seeing Chen Qianyun fill his position, he immediately couldn't wait to ask, "Miss Chen, boss, is he okay?" ”
Chen Qianyun knew that he had brought Zhang Yuan a lot of trouble, but there was no need to tell Tai Meng and the others here: "I hope he is okay, but just now Zhang Yuan heard my father say that Fu Yun is still at large, so he decided to stay here and help catch that bastard." He doesn't seem to want to involve you, so let me remind you to stay safe at the Grange during this time. Alright, now you can go back. ”
"Really?" Shen Cheng was a little skeptical of Chen Qianyun's words, especially after noticing that the latter's eyes were wandering, he felt that the other party was hiding something, "Miss Chen, although the situation we saw is indeed as you said, the boss does not look like he is being forced, but the process you narrated is too vague. So, I'm sorry, we're not going to leave here until you tell the truth or we find out for ourselves. ”
"Wait a minute, Shen Cheng, Miss Chen just said that Fu Yun is still at large, but I saw him taken away with my own eyes. Could it be that he and that big guy both ran out, that would be terrible......" Tai Meng's attention was completely caught by the words related to Fu Yun, and at this time, he was covering his mouth with a look of surprise and completely ran to another channel.
Shen Cheng glanced at Tai Meng, and answered this question first: "I think Fu Yun's escape is also a matter of course, after you found out that the prison was empty, I investigated the relevant information, and I also asked the owner of the old Tai village, and the old man also solved my confusion to a certain extent." ”
While Shen Cheng was talking, Zhang Yuan was looking at the crumpled little note in his hand behind the crowd, this note was secretly stuffed to him by Fang Cai Yelu Yangsu, of course, according to that guy, the one wearing the brown hood should be called the messenger.
"Fu Yun, south of the city, surrounded by water in front of the mountain. Damn, don't you give specific information, the water in front of the mountain, the water in front of the mountain, I have to find it myself. Tsk, I'll have to get a map first. Zhang Yuan looked left and right, there was nothing to do with himself here, just find someone to prostitute a map for nothing, he thought so, and his eyes naturally fell on Steward Su.
"Steward Sue."
"Alas, Master Zhang, is there something wrong?" Steward Su was also secretly staring at Zhang Yuan, and as soon as his name was called, he immediately agreed.
Zhang Yuan couldn't directly ask for a map, so he could only point to the money in Steward Su's hand and say, "I don't need any money here, just send this money to my room, and I can also follow to see where I live." ”
"Okay, then please come with me." Steward Su's work was also handed over to the servants and the janitor's private soldiers, so he called the servant with another plate of money to walk in front to lead Zhang Yuan's way.
followed the housekeeper to the Qingshui Bridge again, but this time he did not enter the main house, but turned in front of the door and stepped on the corridor on the right-hand side. The corridor is cut in two by a stone wall, and through the circular wood-framed doorway in the wall, there is another courtyard.
Steward Su led Zhang Yuan into the room in the middle of the courtyard, which was gorgeously decorated, with carpets and screens. The shiny wooden bead curtain seems to move, separating the small main hall that you push the door into, and the study on the right, and through the curtain, you can still see a desk and a bookshelf with playthings.
"Master Zhang, where should I put this money for you?" Steward Su walked into the room, turned around and asked respectfully.
"Oh." Zhang Yuan withdrew his head from behind the screen, scratched his head, and pointed to the study, "Just put it there." Well, is that where I live? It's pretty good. ”
Steward Su replied yes, went into the study to put the money, and after a while, he walked out of the study empty-handed and saluted Zhang Yuan: "Lord Zhang, I have put all the money in the study, do you still need anything?" ”
Zhang Yuan walked around the room and watched, he heard Steward Su ask himself, and replied without raising his head: "No." ”
"Then we won't bother Lord Zhang, if you need anything, there will be people waiting in the courtyard at any time, you can shout." After Steward Su finished speaking, he went out with the servants who came in with him.
As soon as this person left, Zhang Yuan was so embarrassed that he hurriedly went into the study, touched it here, and took a look there. This house is much more luxurious than the room I live in the Grange, and I just say that these exquisite furnishings are not available in the Grange. After looking around, Zhang Yuan sat down in front of the desk.
"Well, tsk, that's great."
But she said that Chen Qianyun talked to Tai Meng and others for a long time, and when she came back, she saw that the private soldiers had dispersed, and Zhang Yuan was gone, so she immediately entered the gate angrily. Coincidentally, when Chen Qianyun entered the second gate, she happened to bump into the housekeeper and the servant, and she immediately stopped the housekeeper and asked, "Hey, where is Zhang Yuan?" ”
"If you want to reply to Miss, Master Zhang will go back to the guest room to rest......" The butler was questioned by Miss, stood still and bowed down and replied.
"Rest, what does he rest? Hmph, I'm going to find him. Chen Qianyun took two steps, then turned back and called Steward Su, "Wait a minute, give me the money." ”
"But, but this is the reward money that the master asked me to give to those people, and there is still so much left to use......" The housekeeper originally wanted to stop it, but he didn't know that Chen Qianyun didn't say a word of nonsense, and snatched the plate directly from the servant's hand. said that it was a robbery, but in fact, the servant didn't dare not give it, so he could only let go and let Chen Qianyun take it.
As a result, Chen Qianyun didn't say anything about the money, and when he left, he counted down the housekeeper: "Isn't my father's money my money, if you want to tell my father, just say that I took the money; If you don't want to say it, you'll think you've run out of money. ”
"This, this, alas." The housekeeper looked at Chen Qianyun's back, and could only sigh helplessly, sent the servant away, and went to the backyard to report to Chen Enxu.
"Well, this desk smells so good." Zhang Yuan lay on the wooden desk with an intoxicated face, and the whole person was immersed in the aroma of wood, and he didn't even hear the sound of someone pushing the door in.
"Yo, Lord Zhang is really enjoying it, so interested!" Chen Qianyun opened the door curtain with the tray in his hand and walked in.
Zhang Yuan hurriedly sat up straight, coughed twice and said, "That, why are you here?" ”
"Hmph." Chen Qianyun put the tray containing money on the desk in front of Zhang Yuan, "What, this is my house, is there a place I can't go?" Eh, by the way, do you know what Shen Cheng told me just now? ”
"What? Wait a minute, you said Shen Yin, they followed? Oh, oh, I told you to remind them to be safe. Zhang Yuan patted his head as he spoke, he was recruiting people and thinking about the map today, and he forgot about it.
Chen Qianyun glared at him: "I still told you, really, you can't even remember this kind of thing." ”
"Okay, okay, I was wrong, you can tell me what Shen Cheng said to you first." Zhang Yuan said and pulled the tray to him, opened a corner and saw that it was really the same as he thought, it was some gold coins, but the number didn't seem to be much. But Rao was like this, he still opened his eyes wide and was taken aback.
Chen Qianyun glanced left and right twice, then took a few steps back and stretched his neck to the side of the curtain, and after seeing the door closed, he approached mysteriously and said, "Shen Cheng said that he has investigated the matter of Xishan Prison clearly, isn't there no prisoner in there?" Behind the prison is the Xishan Military Department, but Tong Hanfang embezzled all the money used to repair the prison, resulting in no money for fire and cooking in the prison. Not only that, but he also told the prisoners that they could pay for their lives, and that if there were those who could not afford it or were unwilling to buy it, he would make decisions for the prisoners and send them to the mines or other places to serve their sentences. ”
"Hey, is that so? But I remember Tayon saying that he volunteered to work as a slave in the mines...... That's right, no wonder he doesn't know these things. However, where did all these people end up with so many people who spent money to atone for their sins? If so many prisoners are not in prison, wouldn't the world be in chaos if they are released from Xishan City? Zhang Yuan asked with a frown.
"Aren't these people all private soldiers in Xishan City? Shen Cheng had asked the owner of Taizhuang about these things before, and the old owner said that there were many bandits around Xishan City in the past, and even their grange had been robbed. But then Tong Hanfang came, made a play to atone for his sins, and encouraged the nobles to store armor privately, and then he began to reward the heads of the robbers outside, which suddenly made the chickens and dogs outside the city restless, and the bandits did not dare to make trouble casually. ”
Zhang Yuan touched his chin when he heard this: "In this way, the chief officer of Xishan City is still quite capable." ”
"Cut, I think he only has money in his eyes, otherwise he wouldn't have a close relationship with my father. And in the end, he did it to make money for himself, because in the end these bandits were forced to change careers and become private soldiers, and mixed with the people. But because these people's backgrounds are not clean, they can only do that kind of short-term work, and no nobleman is willing to recruit for a long time. Chen Qianyun pursed her lips as she spoke, looking down on Tong Hanfang.
"Come on, at least the result of this matter is still good, put the ...... in the suburbs Wait a minute, alas, that's really a great idea for me! Zhang Yuan was halfway through his words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up patting the table.
Chen Qianyun was taken aback by him, and after reacting, he stroked his rapidly undulating chest with his little hand, and his eyes glared fiercely: "You are really, you scared me to death at a glance!" Say, you've got another great idea. ”
"It's not me who thought of it, you reminded me." Zhang Yuan tilted his head and thought about it, "But I still have to ask for a map outside the city, I wanted to tell Steward Su just now, but I was embarrassed to ask for it." I thought the plan was that since some of the private soldiers were bandits, they must be more familiar with the wilderness than the private soldiers from the city. ”
"Then you mean to let these people go to Fu Yun and them?" Chen Qianyun was so little that he also realized some fame.
Zhang Yuan tapped the table with his fingers: "Yes, and if you think about it, there is such a point." It's not that we don't know where the prayer is hiding, because we are not familiar with the terrain outside the city, and we don't know where to hide people. So we need some insiders to help, well, so I can get out sooner rather than later. ”
"Hmph, I got out and made my house look like something bad. Forget it, I'll help you get a map, and you can figure out your own business. Chen Qianyun went out without looking back.
When she went out and closed the door, she covered her mouth and snickered: "Hehe, I still want to leave, so I won't let you go." ”