"Do you want to find out the mystery of Governor Xu...?" Zhu Ziping frowned and pondered for a moment, "Don't hide it from Niangniang, since Your Majesty has asked Xia Guan to go south to find out the truth about the flood, this strange thing about the prefect Xu is naturally within the scope of Xia Guan's investigation.

"But... The feeling of getting along on this day told Xia Guan that it was not easy to find a breakthrough.

"If you want to get a glimpse of his secrets, I'm afraid you have to have an opportunity..."

It's not that he doesn't want to cooperate, if there is a good way, he will definitely work with the spirit of 12 points and fully cooperate. But right now, they still have to use other people, and people's hearts must not be confused, so this method of frontal detention and torture cannot be used.

But to observe from the side and find suspicious points, it still takes some clever means.

"The little marquis's concerns are understood by this palace." Chi Xinian nodded in understanding.

After losing the most direct channel of interrogation, it is indeed difficult to get effective clues. Moreover, there is also an internal response from the water bandits in the government, and if you rush to explore, you may be misled.

So, after thinking about it, Chi Xinian just said, "In this way, let's find a chance to talk to Governor Xu alone.

"If he really has any problems or troubles, maybe he will confide in private."

"Yes." Zhu Ziping thought for a while, "There is a river near Pingcheng that is turbulent, and it is the most important reinforcement point. Ming'er, let's take advantage of the inspection of the repair of the river embankment and contact the Xu Governor's Mansion in private.

"It's just that the hard mother, step on the muddy ground with us, and go to the dirty embankment..."

"It's okay, this palace is not a person who can't stand this." Chi Xinian doesn't care about anything that is muddy or not, in contrast, she cares more about it, "When you lead people to the side to talk alone, it's better to be natural.

"This Pingcheng official, there must be some dishonest, but I can't let them see the clues."

"The lower official understands." Zhu Zi's jaw is flat.

After communicating with Chi Xinian and finalizing how to continue to investigate the case, Zhu Ziping got up and said goodbye.

But when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered one thing: "By the way, Niangniang, there is a strange thing, the lower official forgot to tell Niangniang."

"Oh? What?" Chi Xinian raised his eyes.

"It's Governor Xu's Mansion, he..." Zhu Ziping thought about it for a moment before he said what was on his mind, "When his subordinates learned that the flood in Pingxing was caused by the water bandits, but Governor Xu didn't report it, they naturally blamed him as soon as possible.

"He... He gave the unreliable reason very calmly, or rather indifferently.

"He doesn't seem to be worried at all that we're not. On the contrary, he even looks like he's waiting for us to investigate..."

After a pause, Zhu Ziping said again: "Although we haven't been together for a long time, once the problem of water bandits is involved, Xia Guan feels that the whole person of Xu Zhifu is full of indescribable strangeness.

"The lower official doesn't think he has anything to do with the bandits, but he... But he—"

Speaking of this, Zhu Xiaohou didn't know how to describe it.

He scratched his head and stood there in embarrassment.

He originally planned to hide these words in his heart and not mention them to others.

But after talking freely with Chi Xinian, he already understood that this queen who was bent on suppressing bandits was not all to blame for Xu Zhifu. She also looked at the problem holistically, so he dared to mention the doubts he found.

He thought that this suspicion might be useful for Chi Xinian to study the mystery of Xu Zhifu.