General, he's cheating again

Chapter 20

Dazzling sunlight seeped in from a small window on the cell wall, and the sleeping man curled up on the ground frowned as he felt the light, and gradually woke up.

The messy hair was pressed under his body and there were a few weeds mixed with it. He lightly pressed his chapped lips and felt the tingling pain when he opened his mouth slightly. He pressed his fingers at the corners of his mouth in a daze and opened his eyes to see the nails on his fingers. In the seam is the fine powder of dried blood.

"woke up?"

The person who asked the question had phoenix eyes and straight nose, and his facial features were sharp. At this moment, he stood upright in front of him and looked at him with lowered eyebrows.

The vision in his eyes gradually became clear, and Yu Duocheng saw that it was Gu Zhen who came, so he turned his gaze to a bowl of cold water on the ground beside him, reached out to bring it to his lips, and swallowed slowly.

A piece of blood-stained paper fell on the ground in front of his eyes. Yu Duocheng put down the bowl and fixed his eyes to see that it was his own contract with a wry smile on his lips, "Okay. You guys plotted against me and let me out on purpose just to follow I found that place?"

"Perhaps you should be grateful." Gu Zhen raised his head with his hands behind his back and looked at the small window on the wall of the cell, and said coldly, "If it wasn't for the general who followed behind and rescued you, I'm afraid you would have died by now .”

Yu Duocheng was lying paralyzed on the ground, staring blankly at the dark gray cell above him, and his tone was filled with powerless despair, "I think I committed such a serious crime, and I will eventually die with a knife in the hands of a crook." Next, it doesn't matter if you save me or not?"

"Don't say that, the capital crime of the governor is definitely inevitable, but how to die is not up to you to choose." Taking out a sharp silver blade from his sleeve, Gu Zhen approached Yu Duocheng and squatted down, holding the silver blade lightly. Sticking to the cheek of the person in front of him, a sneer curled up on the corner of his lips, and Yu Duocheng's shuddering expression was clearly seen through his pair of phoenix eyes, "Next, you'd better answer whatever General Ben asks you. Otherwise, don't blame Ben The general uses the skin of your face to practice knife skills.

Let me tell you how much you have come into contact with and understand about the Yantie case. "

Holding his breath and concentrating, Yu Duocheng stared at the knife in Gu Zhen's hand with a layer of cold sweat on his forehead.You must know that Gu Zhen has always been notorious, and he broke through the world at a young age on the battlefield like the Temple of Yama, and his father, Gu Qinan, was also violent and bloody by nature.

If Gu Zhen really planned to torture him, the punishment must be crueler than he could have imagined.Now he was a dying person, who lived in fear and despair every day, so he couldn't bear the blow at this moment.

Yu Duocheng stared at the knife until his scalp became numb to the soles of his feet, and he replied tremblingly, "I, I happened to encounter this by accident. I remember that I went to Tiju Mansion on Jinghu Road one day last year because of something. At the transshipment checkpoint, the salt and iron delivered from Beijing are being repackaged.

At the time, I found it strange to see that the shipment of iron and salt was divided into three shipments, one of which was set aside as an extra.At first I thought that the batch of salt and iron was going to be shipped to other places, so I didn't think much about it.It wasn't until shortly afterwards that the black market in the city was reported to the governor's mansion that I probably knew that the batch of salt and iron had been embezzled by the transfer envoys and sold in secret. "

Hearing this, Gu Zhen stood up with his hands on his back and asked in deep thought: "Do you know the transfer person on Jinghu Road?"

"Know a thing or two." Seeing that the handle of the knife was finally removed from his face, Yu Duocheng relaxed his tense heartstrings, "It's a fortune-teller named Chen Jin, I remember his sister is very beautiful, but it's a pity Seriously ill…”

Thinking of some bad experience, Yu Duocheng's tone became lower and lower, and finally seeing that Gu Zhen was thinking and did not speak, he also silently closed his mouth.

The iron door of the cell was closed by Gu Zhen with the knocking sound of the iron chain colliding with the threshold. The guards guarding the door immediately went to lock the door when they saw Gu Zhen walk out of the cell. They saw Yu Duocheng lying paralyzed He stretched out his hand on the ground to reach for the dry steamed buns in the bowl not far away.

On this day, Ye Ru'an and others in Longshan County have inspected the entire county, and all the salt and iron found are recorded in two copies.One copy was kept by Ye Ru'an for investigating the case, and the other was delivered to Li Zhenyi and brought back to the capital together with the salt and iron he had found, and handed over to Song Xun.

At noon, Li Zhenyi personally escorted Yantie back to the capital with the bodyguards in the game, while Ye Ru'an, Chen Linxiang, Leng Ji and a group of guards rushed back to Tanzhou City on horseback, and arrived at the Governor's Mansion in about two hours.

After greeting Gu Zhen and the others, Chen Linxiang went to visit Yu Duocheng in the dungeon.I saw that Yu Duocheng was the governor of Yizhou at any rate, but at this moment he was covered in wounds and collapsed in a pile of dry grass in a state of embarrassment.

Can't help but think of what will happen to me after returning to Beijing, and fear arises in my heart, my hands and feet feel cold, I shake my head and immediately go back to the other courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, intending to devote more effort to this case, and then say something nice to Gu Zhen and others to ensure that I can get back to Beijing after returning to Beijing. Make up for the crime.

In the house, everyone roughly reported and analyzed the clues and information they had collected in the past few days, and finally concluded a current countermeasure, among which the target was the Tiju Mansion on Jinghu Road near Tanzhou City.

You know, judging from the amount of salt and iron that has been deducted, the only people who can have such strength today are those who are the most convenient to start with.And according to Chen Linxiang, if Chen Jin's younger sister is seriously ill, expensive medicines will be needed to cure her illness, and Chen Jin is likely to resell salt and iron for his younger sister to make money.

In addition, another question is who is the real master behind the scenes of the underground black market?

After discussing with everyone, Qin Qingrong took up a pen and wrote a letter of worship and sent it to the governor's mansion. The content in it was roughly based on a thorough investigation of the case of private possession of salt and iron, and he would rush to Tiju mansion to live temporarily tomorrow. a few days.

When having dinner in the evening, Ye Ru'an noticed that Qin Qingrong had a jade pendant that he had never seen before, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times, only to find that the jade pendant was warm in texture and unique in style, which was very suitable for Qin Qingrong.

Holding the folding fan in hand, Ye Ruan looked at Qin Qingrong with a smile on his face and joked, "Qingrong, I haven't seen you for a few days, where did you get such a good jade pendant? I see that you have to wear it to show off, and now I am also interested in it. Why don't you send me off?"

A marble round table in the other courtyard was filled with food and wine bought by Chen Linxiang from a restaurant with the best reputation in Tanzhou City. At the moment, Chen Linxiang was busy in the courtyard and arranged with a few servants.

Ye Ru'an and Qin Qingrong were standing in front of the courtyard and talking, Hua Yan was in front of a square table in the house, fascinated by poisoning, while Gu Zhen and Leng Ji were sitting next to the fish pond in the courtyard, casually throwing some fish food to amuse the fish.

Hearing that his eyes fell on the jade pendant around his waist, Qin Qingrong subconsciously glanced sideways at Gu Zhen, then smiled helplessly at Ye Ru'an and said, "Ru'an, the jade pendant was also given to me by someone else, I'm afraid it's not good to give it away. But if you like me, I can help you pay attention to similar things later. By the way, I still want to ask you for a favor."

"Okay, what's the matter, just say it." It was a joke, so he was not annoyed when he was rejected. Ye Ruan still looked at Qin Qingrong with a smile on his face, and he agreed noncommittally.

"...After returning to Beijing, can I ask Aunt Ye to help me find some virtuous and virtuous women in the capital to choose as a good match?"

This word has been hesitating in my heart for a long time today, Qin Qingrong still feels a little embarrassed to say it now.

"This…"

Ye Ru'an just felt strange and wondered why Qin Qingrong was stimulated, and she clearly said not long ago that she didn't want to have any love affairs.

Can't help frowning slightly, he sighed and asked: "Hiss, Qingrong, why do you suddenly think about getting married?"

Sensing Ye Ruan's concerned gaze, Qin Qingrong clasped his hands behind his back to explain, with a somewhat uncomfortable expression on his face, "I think I'm also at the age to get married, and it's good to have a close female family member who smiles at me."

"If it's for that reason,"

Hearing what Qin Qingrong said, Ye Ru'an reluctantly nodded and agreed after thinking for a while and said: "Well, I will ask my mother to help you arrange it after returning to Beijing, and you can choose the person you like by yourself."

Hearing that Qin Qingrong was relieved, he smiled at Ye Ruan with a smile in his eyes and said gratefully, "Thank you so much."

Red and yellow carp are mixed in a pool of clear water. When they see fish food floating on the pool, they scramble to swim together and gather in a cluster to grab food, and emerge from the water like a flower.

Leng Ji, who has always had a good ear, listened to what Qin Qingrong and Ye Ruan had just said.Looking up at Gu Zhen, he felt that Gu Zhen should be very concerned about this matter, after a moment of hesitation, he decided that it would be better to remind Gu Zhen.

Leng Ji lowered his voice, looked at Gu Zhen and said slowly, "General, Taifu Qin seems to want to start a family."

As soon as these words came out, Gu Zhen couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

He turned around and looked back at Qin Qingrong's back by the courtyard gate with a playful smile on his face, then recovered his senses and continued to shake his head and said, "Thinking about getting a wife? I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

"What does the general mean by this? Is it because the general wants to stop this matter secretly."

For some reason, Leng Ji always felt that Gu Zhen seemed to care about Qin Qingrong very much, and he didn't want Qin Qingrong to get married.

Gu Zhen sprinkled the remaining fish food in his hands and clapped his hands, turned around and leaned against the stone railing, his pair of phoenix eyes glanced at Leng Ji, and he looked puzzled, "Why did you stop it?

Qin Qingrong has a high position and power, and the family strength of the person he is married to must also be strong.And now that the situation in the court is not stable, his marriage has to be approved by the emperor.The emperor wanted to use him to conquer the world with all his heart, and he was afraid that he would not be distracted by other things for the time being. "

"But general, what if Qin Taifu insists on asking for an order? Qin Taifu suddenly thought of getting married, maybe it's because he has a sweetheart in his heart."

When Qin Qingrong spoke just now, his voice was urgent. It seemed that starting a family was a very important thing for Qin Qingrong at present, and Leng Ji couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Hearing this, Gu Zhen frowned slightly, and his eyes fell on Qin Qingrong's thin figure with complicated expressions.After a long time, he snorted and sneered, "Whether he gets married or not, what does it matter to you?"

"I'm sorry, General, my subordinates misunderstood." Leng Ji slightly nodded with a look of self-blame on his face, but he always knew Gu Zhen best, so he felt a little strange that he was wrong this time.

"It's nothing." Gu Zhen waved his hand, sighed softly, looked at Leng Ji and smiled comfortingly, "After returning to Beijing this time, if you have nothing to do, I'll go back to Huaibei with you. I think it's been a long time since we went back to see the old man."

There was a wry smile on the corner of his lips, and there was a little guilt in Gu Zhen's tone, "I don't know if he would blame the master for not going to see him and mother, blame the master for fighting too slowly, why didn't he take it for a few years? The damned murderer brought to confess to them."