Shen Mingjiao waited for a while, sat down at a window position in the corner of the lobby, and Gu Danxue ordered a table of the restaurant's signature dishes.

Soon, the dishes were served one after another. Shen Mingjiao looked at a basin-sized plate placed in the center, this should be the barbecue bun Gu Danxue said.

On the edge of the plate is a circle of baked golden cakes, and in the center are a few cooked vegetables and minced meat. The crispy fried meat with green vegetables can easily whet your appetite.

Gu Danxue picked up a cake and brushed it with some sauce, dug up two large spoons of minced meat, and added two slices of green vegetables as a garnish, and then handed it to Shen Mingjiao:

"Madame, try it, it's delicious."

Shen Mingjiao thanked and took it, looking at the meat that owed the sauce, a little hesitant.

Gu Danxue smiled when she saw this: "This meat looks fat, and it doesn't taste greasy at all." ”

Shen Mingjiao took a bite tentatively, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she said "delicious" in a loud voice,

Indeed, as Gu Danxue said, the oil in the fat has been removed, and with the sauce and crispy cakes, when you bite it, you only feel crispy, soft and fragrant.

When the words fell, Ming directly took a spoon and dug a large spoonful of meat into his mouth.

Shen Mingjiao persuaded her: "Don't just eat meat, the cakes are also delicious." ”

For carnivores, no matter how delicious the bread is, it can't be turned into meat.

A group of several people ate with a mouthful of oil, and Shen Mingjiao had a small appetite, so she was full after eating two.

Gu Danxue put down her chopsticks, and sitting opposite her was Fuguang, she quickly noticed that this girl was really delicious! Obviously, the action of holding chopsticks is very elegant, but in the same time, eight buns have been eaten.

Gu Danxue admired and envied this, envious of how she could eat so quickly and be so elegant and good-looking?

If she had this ability, she wouldn't have to go hungry at some large banquets.

Seeing that the food was almost over, Shen Mingjiao stood up: "You eat first, I'll go change clothes." ”

Gu Danxue said: "I'll go with my wife!" ”

Shen Mingjiao held down her action to get up: "No, it may take a while for Fuguang to accompany me." ”

Gu Danxue thought that she had something inconvenient for her personal affairs, so she didn't insist anymore.

It wasn't until the two of them left that Ming reacted, it turned out that changing clothes was to go to the toilet, she looked at Gu Danxue and sighed: "You noble ladies are so subtle in your words!" ”

After speaking, she continued to raise her chopsticks to hold the meat, but suddenly felt an inquiring gaze behind her, she put down the chopsticks and turned her head with a wary expression. I saw a middle-aged woman dressed plainly dressed at a table behind her, followed by a young woman in thin clothes.

When the two of them saw her unkindly looking at her, they shrank back in fright, and the young girl was even more white and wanted to cry.

If you are an ordinary person, you may feel that you are too careful. But Ming licks blood from the knife all the year round, and has always been keen on the eyes of others, just with a scrutinizing gaze, the other party can't just be an ordinary person.

She narrowed her eyes, wondering if it was the enemy she had inadvertently made before!

But I felt that it was wrong, and suddenly recalled the sentence she just said "noble girl".

……

Shen Mingjiao walked out of the lobby and did not go to Gong's room, but came to the private room on the second floor from a hidden staircase in the backyard.

Xu Junwei's term of office expired and he was about to be transferred elsewhere. Today, I invited officials from Xianyang County to the inn. Xu Junwei has been in office for three years, and his popularity is usually good, so today's treat, almost all the officials who can be called in Xianyang County came.

Shen Mingjiao heard the news, and she planned to take this opportunity to interrogate these officials in Xianyang County.

She chose the innermost Tianzi No. 1 room, pushed the door and walked in. Floating Light didn't ask anything, just followed her in silence.

The officials who were drinking in the box heard the sound of pushing the door and thought it was Xiao Er who was serving the food. After seeing Shen Mingjiao's dress, a middle-aged man with an old-fashioned face in the center frowned and said:

"Get out, you don't need a singer here?" Obviously, she regarded Shen Mingjiao as a woman who was performing in a restaurant.

Shen Mingjiao didn't explain either. Standing in front of the window and snapping his fingers at everyone, everyone at the table looked at him.

Facing her beautiful eyes with heavy makeup, the eyes of all the people became dull, only the old-fashioned man in the center struggled for a moment.

Shen Mingjiao retracted her gaze, and at the same time, Fuguang silently locked the door.

Shen Mingjiao began to ask one by one:

"Do you know that the Xianyang county guard is the prince's person......

"Who is the master behind you......"

"What's ...... in Qishan?"

I asked a series of questions, but I found nothing. Shen Mingjiao rubbed her forehead, she couldn't help but be a little deflated, that is to say, there was no prince in it.

Fuguang said quietly: "Sister Gillian can ask in a different direction." ”

Shen Mingjiao thought for a moment and asked Hu Juncheng, who was in the highest official position:

"What do you think of this person in Xianyang County, what inhumane secrets does he have?"

Hu Juncheng replied with a sluggish expression: "In terms of political performance, I am good-looking, but my private life is chaotic......"

Shen Mingjiao asked several people in a row, and the answers she got were similar. It can be seen that on the surface, Xianyang County is indeed good as an official, but as for the affair in private, as long as he does not rob the people's daughters, it is not a big deal for men.

She didn't give up, and continued to ask with a headache, the other party was a master of the history of the chronicle, and he was a seven-rank petty official. He said:

"That's a hypocrite, who usually pretends to be upright, and privately accepts bribes and embezzles a lot of money......"

Shen Mingjiao's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Who has given him silver?" ”

"The owner of Fushun Restaurant, the shopkeeper of Yang Ji Rice Shop, and the shopkeeper of Qizhen Pavilion......"

He is talking about the most profitable commercial houses in Xianyang City,

"How do you know?"

"I heard that the account office of Shunfu Restaurant was drunk, and said that I saw their owner pack a box of silver tickets and send them to the county guard's mansion, so he was a hypocrite......

This lord obviously has a deep grudge against the Xianyang County Guard, and even if he is delirious, he can't stop the resentment between his words.

Shen Mingjiao twitched the corners of her mouth, "What's more, besides, is there anything else?" ”

The so-called water is clear, there are no fish, and there are really a few officials in the Great Xia Kingdom who have two sleeves and a clean breeze. As long as you don't talk about the people of Poland and privately accept the filial piety of some businessmen and squires, as long as it is not excessive, the court will turn a blind eye.

Thinking of this, she was stunned. Even if it comes to silver, how did the prince get the money to secretly raise private soldiers?

This is not a small amount of money, from ancient times to the present, fighting wars and raising soldiers are the most silver-burning.

You must know that the battle against Beidi in Great Xia seven years ago almost emptied the treasury, and it took nearly two years to recover.

As the crown prince, it is impossible for him to openly accept bribes. In an instant, she thought of the owner of Splendid Fang, Ye Chen, the son of the Ye family, the richest man in Jiangnan, the person who rescued Su Tian at the beginning.

Now that I think about it, the master behind Ye Chen should be the prince, so he will save Su Tian.

Is there a possibility that the merchants who gave the Xianyang County Guard the silver were actually the prince's people, and the silver they sent was not a bribe, but a way for the Xianyang County Guard to use it to help raise private soldiers.

The status of businessmen nowadays is very low, and it is too easy for the prince to let some inconspicuous businessmen use it for himself.

She secretly made a note that she planned to go back and let people check which businessmen were usually close to the Xianyang County Guard.

At this time, he listened to the master's account of Peng Shi and continued: "The Xianyang County Guard also colluded with the mountain bandits. ”

Shen Mingjiao raised her head in surprise: "Tell me specifically?" ”

"It was said by the maid Xiaohong next to Xin Niang, Xin Niang was originally my fiancée, but she was deceived by a few words from him, this revenge is not a gentleman!

Xiaohong said that he saw a particularly fierce-looking scar-faced man sneaking out of his study, and through Xiaohong's description, the man was exactly the same as the person on a wanted portrait of a mountain bandit in the backlog of the government......

Shen Mingjiao: "......" feelings are all imaginary in a vacuum, and you haven't seen what people look like, but this is also a direction of investigation.

……

More than a quarter of an hour later, Shen Mingjiao returned to the lobby, Gu Danxue saw that her face was a little pale, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Madam, what's wrong?" ”

Shen Mingjiao said casually: "It's okay, my stomach is a little uncomfortable." ”

Gu Danxue thought that she was coming to menstruation, and immediately ordered a soup soup that replenished qi and blood.

Shen Mingjiao knew that she had misunderstood, but she was not easy to explain, but she was overusing her brain, and it seemed that it was just right to eat some soup root to replenish qi and blood.

said goodbye to Gu Danxue, and the group returned to the Xianyang County Guard's Mansion.

When the carriage was about to arrive at the door, I saw two women, an old man and a young woman, standing at the gate of the house from a distance.

Seeing the two of them, his eyebrows furrowed, and he told Shen Mingjiao what he was in the inn just now, and was eager to try after speaking: "Do you want me to help arrest the two of them?" ”

Shen Mingjiao waved her hand: "Don't use it first, let's see." ”

The two of them obviously saw them as well, and the woman turned her head and glanced at Shen Mingjiao, seeing her dress, the inquiry in her eyes faded slightly, and she lowered her eyes gently in an instant.

After a while, the housekeeper of the house was invited, he looked at the woman, and said lightly: "I don't know what this lady is looking for?" ”

The woman glanced at Shen Mingjiao and her party, and said in a low voice, "Can you borrow one to speak?" ”

The butler frowned: "You and I have never met, madam, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

When the woman saw him like this, she was not annoyed, and said lightly: "The little woman is not talented, but she happens to be well versed in the diseases of adults. ”

The housekeeper raised his head suddenly, "Madame, I have thought about it, my lord has been in a bad mood recently, if Madame is not completely sure, go back as soon as possible!" ”

It is now an open secret that adults are ill. The butler only thought that these two people wanted to try their luck and mix some silver.

The woman was unmoved, still looking at him calmly: "Please also ask the housekeeper to lead the way." ”

Seeing this, the housekeeper didn't persuade again, and called a small servant to take the two of them to the adult's study.

After all, the lord had instructed him before that anyone who came to look for him, no matter who it was, must take him to the study.

The housekeeper automatically understood that he was trying his luck to find a good doctor. Only staggered past, and the girl who followed behind her tilted her head.

When the butler saw the girl's face, he took a step back in surprise, and then regained his composure, and only looked at the two of them with a meaningful gaze.

Yun Shu looked at Shen Mingjiao and seemed to ask, doesn't Madame care?

Shen Mingjiao didn't speak, this was something they had expected before, but they didn't expect that the two people who came to see Xianyang County Guard first were actually like this.

When the two of them walked away, Shen Mingjiao walked up to the housekeeper, took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and handed it over:

"Butler, when you just saw that girl, your expression was obviously wrong, is there something wrong with that girl?"

When the housekeeper saw her mention the resentment in the girl's tone, he immediately understood that she was afraid that she would be taken away by the girl, pinched the silver in his hand, and immediately smiled:

"Don't worry, girl, that woman looks six or seven points similar to the deceased lady in the house."

Shen Mingjiao waved off the housekeeper and led people to walk quickly to the study.