Qin Gu has also been paying attention to the situation in Luzhou in the city these days, but he has not gained anything.

Was it really killed by pirates, as the client had learned?

Why was piracy so rampant that the imperial court did nothing?

Or is it ...... The Zeng family didn't have an accident, just to scare the client and stimulate what the client said?

Qin Gu prefers to believe that it is the latter.

Either way, she had to go back to see it to be at ease.

And, when you get there, you might be able to ask more about it from the people in the neighborhood.

After making up his mind, Qingu bought a lot of things to eat and drink on the road, hired a donkey cart, and rushed to Luzhou.

All the way south, although the time is getting closer and closer to the depths of winter, the temperature is still gradually rising.

Qin Gu saw that there were sick people would occasionally use their medical skills, although they didn't make much money, but they could barely leave the fare and meals left, some people were grateful to her, and there were merit worth earning.

In this way, there is no delay in stopping and stopping all the way, cultivating, inquiring about news, and letting Ah Huan recover his body.

About a month later, one person and three dogs finally entered the boundary of Luzhou.

The land was barren, and there were no people in the houses near and far.

It presents a desolate and dilapidated scene.

I walked for a long distance without seeing a living person, and a faint smell of blood and corruption wafted through the air......

Qin Gu's heart slowly sank.

When I arrived at the Zeng family's compound, this was a large courtyard with hundreds of houses connected together, although there was only Zeng Guangsheng in the middle, but the rest of the side branches and tenants, family members, and servants attached to the Zeng family, when the Zeng family was at its peak, there were as many as five or six hundred people!

If you add the hired boatmen and so on, it's even more.

Qin Gu stood on a hillside in the distance and looked this way, and with her super eyesight, she could roughly see the situation in the courtyard of the Zeng family.

I thought I would see the same dilapidated scene as other places, but I didn't expect that this place was the same as the client's memory, the house was intact, and there were people coming and going, a thriving scene.

What's going on?

Could it really be that as I guessed, the Zeng family did not have an accident, but only fabricated the story of the Zeng family's destruction in order to deceive the client and deliberately make the client angry?

That's the best news.

Anyway, for the sake of safety, Qin Gu did not wipe off the disguise on his face, nor did he go directly to the door.

Instead, after nightfall, he changed into dark clothes, covered himself with a scarf, and climbed over the wall to enter.

Now, after more than a month of cultivation, Qin Gu has entered the fourth layer of cultivation the day after tomorrow.

Although this speed is not fast compared to before, it is mainly directly related to the physical fitness of the client.

But now that I can fly the eaves and walk the wall, I can also use the internal force to resist the needle, plus medicinal powder and other things, and it is easy to come to visit Zeng's house at night.

Qingu asked Ah Huan to wait in place...... After thinking about it, he said: If you see someone coming, run, run to the hillside in the distance.

Qin Gu pointed to the raised black shadow in the night.

Ah Huan whined, not knowing if it understood or not.

In short, Qingu didn't want what happened last time to happen again.

Entering Zeng's house, Qin Gu followed the client's memory, and first went to the courtyard where Zeng Guangsheng was......

Walking and noticing that something is wrong, these people ......

There is a heavy smell of sea on the body, and there is blood.

Qin Gu's heart suddenly changed, if you really can't just look at the appearance, there is really something greasy in it.

Outside the courtyard, there were people standing guard everywhere, some bright and some dark.

Looking at the aura emanating from these people, they all belong to the masters and have reached the acquired realm!

You must know that along the way, Qingu has barely reached the acquired realm when he encounters one or two knights on the way, but in this courtyard, the people standing guard have such cultivation, and it is false to say that they are not surprised.

Fortunately, Qin Gu was a few levels higher than them, and the hidden breath, coupled with the effect of the medicinal powder, was not discovered by these people.

However, Qin Gu didn't dare to get too close.

Because she felt a stronger aura coming from the courtyard, maybe her cultivation was even higher than her.

The other party is so cautious and vigilant, if they get too close, it is easy to be discovered.

Listen intently, the people inside are deliberating on things.

Listening and listening, Qin Gu felt his hair stand on end one by one.

It turned out that these people were discussing a large grain and ore deal.

It turned out that just half a year ago, the Zeng family discovered an iron ore vein in Luofeng Mountain, which has a large mineral deposit and a high iron content.

They knew that it would be impossible for the Zeng family to eat this vein, so they thought about giving it to King Pingyi, the husband of the client.

If Mu Zhong is allowed to mention it to the emperor again, he can enhance Mu Chong's status in the eyes of the emperor, and he will be valued, and his daughter will definitely follow...... Then the Zeng family is also honored.

They can even win mining rights, and then the Zeng family will not need to rely entirely on maritime trade to survive...... After all, the emperor did not attach importance to maritime trade, nor did he pay attention to coastal defense, not to mention the heavy taxes and great risks, if he could take the opportunity to transform, it would be better.

But how did they know that before they could spread the news, there was news that the Zeng family's merchant ship had encountered pirates.

Then the pirates took the opportunity to land, and they fought for several days, barely driving them away.

This time the Zeng family suffered a heavy blow, and the surrounding fishermen were also killed and injured.

If it increases, he wrote to the Pingyi Palace, asking for support.

It didn't take long for them to receive a reply, saying that they should not worry, and that reinforcements would be sent in the near future.

With the reply from the Pingyi Palace, the Zeng family's confidence increased greatly.

After all, the two daughters of the Zeng family are married to King Pingyi, one is the main wife and the other is the flat wife, which seems to be very beneficial.

How would they have known that this letter did not reach King Pingyi, but was stopped, and then replied in the tone of King Pingyi.

The Zeng family was bent on waiting for the support of the imperial army, so they did not organize a retreat.

In the end, what awaited was a frantic counterattack by pirates......

Zeng's family was destroyed.

Then those pirates used the family as a base, and while dealing with the follow-up work, they killed other fishermen in the vicinity.

Turn this place into their base once and for all.

The change of power in the imperial court, and the peace advocated by the ministers and scholars, has in fact tacitly tacitly become a gathering place for pirates.

Now, these people are negotiating deals that iron ore mining has made with neighboring countries.

In addition to the trade in iron ore, there was also the trade in salt and grain.

This time, the pirate leader was being negotiated with a minister of the Mongol Kingdom, who was now stockpiling a large amount of food...... Because they are already preparing to deploy on the border to start a war with the Mu Kingdom.

The two sides are negotiating prices and quantities.