Chapter 221 Dingzhong Sharp Arrow! King Qin Savior!

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Chen Chao went to Jiangnan Pavilion today to let Erhu find out if there was a mysterious woman who appeared that night among the women in Jiangnan Pavilion.

Unfortunately, the second tiger didn't find anything.

Chen Chao was already thinking about giving up.

However, the result is biased from the peak loop.

Because of his surprise, Jiang Nanyue and the others were not so prepared.

So much so that when the maid gave Jiangnan Moya ink, Jiangnan Moya said that this is not the ink I use on weekdays.

And Jiang Nanyue asked the maid to change, which shows that Jiang Nanyue is extremely cautious, however, Jiangnan Moya was not notified in time, which made Jiang Nan Moya a little surprised.

Fortunately, Jiang Nanyue stopped it in time, and Jiang Nan Moya was also very smart and didn't ask too much.

But this is enough to arouse Chen Chao's suspicions, why does Jiang Nanyue want to let the maid replace it, Jiangnan Moya's usual ink for painting?

Are you afraid of being discovered?

Chen Chao thought, it must be that the smell of the ink is special, just like Erhu said, the ink is very fragrant.

There is another point, which is Jiangnan Moya's injured face.

Jiangnan Moya's face wound had a deep blood stain that had not yet healed, and it was obviously not long injured.

And, Chen Chao even saw that he was slapped in the face.

Because, on Jiangnan Moya's face, in addition to the deep blood marks, there are four shallow blood marks, but they are very shallow, and it is difficult to see them if you don't look at them.

In other words, there are five blood marks on Jiangnan Moya's face, one of which is very short, which should be left by the thumb.

proves that it was indeed slapped in the face.

And a normal person's palm, hitting a person's face, will definitely not cause the injury on Jiangnan Moya's face.

The deep blood mark at the bottom of it looked like it had been scratched by a sharp weapon.

This made Chen Chao think of Jiang Nanyue.

Jiang Nanyue's left little finger is golden, or made of gold, and the fingertips are very sharp.

What's even more coincidental is that Jiang Nan Moya injured the right side of her face, so she must have been hit with her left hand.

Contacting the situation of Jiang Nanyue's palm, Chen Chao judged that it must have been Jiang Nanyue's beating.

So why did Jiang Nanyue fight Jiangnan Moya?

In Chen Chao's mind, this is why he thinks that it is unwise for the mysterious woman to kill the subordinate officials.

Similarly, Zhao Chuan was also angry and confused.

Jiangnan Moya must be the mysterious woman, he followed Chen Chao and found that Chen Chao was secretly checking the accounts, in order to sabotage the Chen Dynasty's accounting, so he killed the subordinate officials of the household department, but this is not a good way.

It can also be said that Jiang Nanyue's consent was not obtained.

It was her improvisation.

Therefore, after she went back to Mingming, she was slapped by the angry Jiang Nanyue.

Although Chen Chao did not see it with his own eyes, Chen Chao believed that his judgment would not be wrong.

Because of this, Chen Chao was a little shocked.

Because, if his judgment is correct, then it proves that Jiangnan Pavilion and Zhao Chuan are in the same group, and it also indirectly proves that Jiangnan Pavilion and Qin Yuanzhao are related.

But why they colluded together, Chen Chao couldn't figure it out.

However, after Chen Chao had such a judgment, he became extremely cautious.

He instructed Lin Ziying to send his right-hand men and began to closely monitor Jiangnan Pavilion and Silver Hook Casino.

Afraid that there would not be enough manpower here, Chen Chao wrote to Lin Zheng and asked Lin Zheng to send some more masters to come.

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Chen Chao asked Lin Ziying to send his subordinates out to investigate Zhao Chuan's affairs, and there was news that his subordinates who had gone to several places had returned.

Everything is just as Chen Chao judged, there is no problem with the accounts of the household department, even if you are tired to death, you can't find anything, and the real problem is the source.

In some places, the tax collected by the household department was actually higher than the tax required by the imperial court.

Although it is not much higher, there are many places, large populations, and a large number of small gatherings, and eventually a large amount of tax revenue will be greedy.

According to Lin Ziying's subordinates, in Zhao Chuan's hometown of Yingzhou alone, nearly one million more taxes are collected every year.

The local people and traders were all dissatisfied, but there was no way to file a complaint, and the local officials did not care at all.

There is no way to judge whether it is life or death.

In addition to Zhao Chuan's hometown of Yingzhou, the surrounding state capitals are also the same, but the state capital will add taxes and silver according to the local situation.

Therefore, under the strong suppression, the local people had to endure it.

After visiting several places, a rough calculation shows that the household department overcollects at least millions of taels of tax and silver every year.

"Zhao Chuan, a member of the household department, is so greedy for so much in a year!"

Chen Chao couldn't believe it at all.

Even if it is impossible for Zhao Chuan to be greedy alone, he wants to give some benefits to the state officials who are doing things below, but Zhao Chuan will definitely be able to give the big head.

"What does he want so much silver for?"

Chen Chao was a little angry.

Although it was not clear what Zhao Chuan wanted so much silver for, but when he thought that he was so harsh on the people, Chen Chao was angry.

"Zhao Chuan, this time, I must bring you down. ”

Chen Chao gritted his teeth and said.

Of course, Chen Chao knew that if he wanted to bring down Zhao Chuan, he needed evidence.

But if you want to bring a large number of people out, it obviously won't work, but I'm afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of Zhao Chuan's people in the state capitals.

If people can't bring it, they can't accuse Zhao Chuan in front of Qin Zheng.

Let Qin Zheng go over in person?

Chen Chao couldn't help but think so, but just said to Qin Zhengming, would he believe it?

If he didn't believe it, he wouldn't have gone there.

Moreover, even if Qin Zheng went, he would let Zhao Chuan know that once they were prepared, they might not be able to find out anything.

Therefore, if you want Qin Zheng to pass, you must be unaware and let Qin Zheng have a private visit to Weifu.

It's hard.

Chen Chao had a headache because of this.

Moreover, the spring festival will start in two or three days, even if he has a way, Qin Zheng can't do without it.

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The spring festival has begun.

This is one of the major events of the year in the dynasty, so the imperial court attaches great importance to it.

All civil and military officials participated.

The queen, concubine, and concubine in the harem are no exception.

This is a major festival event.

Of course, although Chen Chao is a guest, he does not have this qualification, and Chen Chao is also happy.

He was mostly thinking about how to bring down Zhao Chuan in the house.

He didn't have to participate in the festival, his body was tired, and he had to kowtow, he was not used to it at all.

In this festival, King Ling and King Qin accompanied Qin Zheng, and the crown prince Qin Yuanzhao was behind the three.

This made Qin Yuanzhao extremely displeased.

However, as soon as he thought of being able to use this festival to bring down Zhou Fuda, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites under King Ling, Qin Yuanzhao also balanced it a bit.

As for his attitude towards Qin Yuanheng, he was still indifferent, he didn't have any intention of hating Qin Yuanheng for Qin Yuanheng taking their seat this time, he knew that this was King Ling using Qin Yuanheng to suppress him.

Qin Yuanheng is just a chess piece.

If you focus on Qin Yuanheng, you will be in the way of King Ling.

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The festival begins.

Headed by Qin Zheng, all the harem queens, concubines, concubines, and civil and military officials knelt and saluted.

Qin Zheng bowed and worshiped his ancestors.

Incense on the valley.

One is to worship the ancestors, and the other is to pray for good weather.

The grains in the round dome burned, and thick white smoke rose up.

Qin Zheng prayed in his heart, praying for the blessings of all the people.

However, at this very moment

"Whoosh!"

"Father, be careful!"

I saw that in the Yuanding, suddenly a sharp arrow shot out from the grain of the Yuanding, shooting towards Qin Zheng's chest like a streamer.

Qin Zheng's eyes sank, but he didn't have any intention of dodging, as if he didn't put the sharp arrow in his eyes.

And King Ling found out, but he didn't have time to react.

Qin Yuanheng has led the troops for many years, although his martial arts are not too high, but he reacted at the first time and directly blocked in front of Qin Zheng