Sui and Tang Dynasties: Engagement to Li Xiuning, start with heavy snow dragon ride

"Do you still remember the last sentence Wang Chao said?" Yang Zhao asked with twinkling eyes.

Everyone began to recall, and Yu Shiji murmured: "If you have anything to do, you can just talk to Zhao Jian. It is not convenient to meet often on weekdays. If you have something important, then go to him."

I can't remember the specific content, but the general meaning is very clear.

"Obviously, Wang Chao pushed me towards Zhao Jian. He seemed to want nothing to do with me but accepted my gift. It's strange, isn't it?"

Yang Zhao's last action was also to test Wang Chao's intentions.

The third point of contradiction appeared.

As veterans in the officialdom, whether it is Yu Shiji or Pei Ju is very clear.

If you don't want to have any relationship with someone, and immediately disown the relationship, the correct way is not to accept Yang Zhao's gift, and the jade pendant will also be returned.

Today they all saw the jade pendant pinned to Wang Chao's body, which meant that they had accepted Yang Zhao's kindness.

And why push it to Zhao Jian?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Zhao said calmly, "Let's assume, perhaps it was because Wang Chao accepted my kindness that he pushed me to Zhao Jian. This is a hint."

Xu Maogong's eyes flickered, and Yu Shiji's mind spun quickly, exclaiming: "Zhao Jian is the one behind the scenes! Wang Chao is just a puppet!"

Immediately, Yu Shiji, who has rich experience in power struggles, widened his eyes: "Or, the county guard is also Zhao Jian's?"

This is an extremely bold guess.

Who would have thought that the majestic fourth-rank sheriff would be subordinate to a county magistrate.

If the truth is like this, Zhao Jian is too scary, what kind of method will be used to win over the sheriff?

"They all have something in Zhao Jian's hands!"

This is the first thought in everyone's mind, shouted in unison.

Then he was excluded by Yang Zhao: "The county magistrate speaks lightly, the county magistrate may be afraid, but the county magistrate has no reason to be afraid, just get rid of it."

Yang Zhao's words made everyone fall into deep thought again, Xu Maogong nodded slightly, regained his composure, and at the same time looked at Yang Zhao in surprise.

Because these words are tantamount to agreeing that the sheriff has also become Zhao Jian's puppet.

After thinking about it, Xu Maogong understood.

As the county magistrate, if Wang Chao accepted Yang Zhao's kindness, he should recommend it to the county magistrate. This is what normal people do.

But doing the opposite and pushing it to Zhao Jian, the subordinate, just confirmed Yu Shiji's guess from the side.

"Profits and handles can't make the county guard surrender, so the most likely means of Zhao Jian's control is the relationship outside the officialdom."

Yang Zhao gave an analysis calmly, he had already thought about it.

Ever since he met Wang Chao today, he had already made up his mind about this idea.

The reason is what Li Cunxiao said yesterday.

"There is nothing unusual in the government office today, only the county magistrate Yinshi went to the prefect's mansion."

At Yinshi, he had already left the county government.

According to the current relationship, one can imagine Wang Chao's route after he leaves.

First go to Zhao Jian, and then go to Zhang Yong.

But in Wang Chao's mouth today, he didn't even mention Zhang Yong at all, it already explained everything.

Yang Zhao intends to figure out the relationship between the three of them, and said in a deep voice:

"It seems that I need to visit Zhang Yong tomorrow. The three of you will go with me."

Yu Shiji was overjoyed that he could finally carry out the mission with His Majesty!

He has been with Pei Ju for two days, and he is about to suffocate to death. This idiot is completely unworthy of discussing with him.

In comparison, Pei Ju's thinking is indeed the weakest among the four, not because he is stupid, but because they are too smart.

The thinking jump is very powerful, which has exceeded the scope of normal people.

……

Fan house.

Mu Guiying silently memorized the words on the plaque, and then turned to the backyard, slightly bent her legs, exerted force under her feet, and her body quickly climbed over the top of the mountain wall like an arrow leaving the string.

On the other side, there was also a black figure crossing the high wall, stepping on the tiles towards the main house, and there was no sound under his feet.

Mu Guiying withdrew her gaze, turned her gaze to the entire house, searched for a moment, determined the location of the study, and quietly groped for it.

The whole movement was silent and did not alarm anyone.

On a cobblestone road in the backyard, two patrol servants held lanterns and stared lazily ahead, letting out a sigh of relief from time to time.

Ok?

One of them felt a gust of cool wind coming from behind him, turned his head subconsciously, and looked at the study behind him.

After watching for a long time, I didn't see any reaction, so I left under the urging of my companions.

Mu Guiying and Li Cunxiao had a clear division of labor, one went to visit the master's house, and the other went to the study.

In this way, the most information can be detected at the fastest speed.

Apart from the main house and study room, there is no other valuable information in the rest of the house.

After the servant left, Mu Guiying quietly entered the study room, without lighting the lamp, her dark eyes swept over, and after getting used to it for a while, she used the moonlight outside the window to search for books.

Put it back in place every time you look at it.

Li Cunxiao touched the largest house by stepping on the tiles, and quietly pushed aside the tiles, there was still a faint light in the house at this moment.

There were two people in the room, one was a young man in a blue dress embroidered with cloud patterns, and the other was a beautiful woman in a purple skirt.

It's the mother and son... Li Cunxiao judged their identities based on their clothes.

The only one who can appear in the main house at this time is the owner.

The man was sitting by the bed, and the woman was standing on the opposite side. The beams of the room were so high that Li Cunxiao, who was standing on the roof, could not hear the conversation inside.

Judging from his expression, it seemed that there was a quarrel... Li Cunxiao judged in his heart that he did not go on recklessly, and planned to wait and see what happened.

Chapter 405 The Broken Letter

I don't know if this young master of the Fan family knows martial arts.

If it is discovered, it will be punished.

The ears of warriors are more sensitive than ordinary people, Li Cunxiao is neither an assassin nor a Jin Yiwei, and he is not an expert in concealment.

Otherwise, he would not have been discovered by the gatekeeper last time.

Li Cunxiao looked at it for a while, feeling a little bored, after a while, Li Cunxiao's eyes became emotional.

After a while, Li Cunxiao covered the tiles and left cursing.

He couldn't understand, why would someone quarrel on the bed?

Inside the house, the flickering candles were suddenly extinguished, followed by the rustling sound of undressing.

……

Wang Chao and Zhao Jian didn't go back directly, instead they went to Fuya on the way.

Looking around in the backyard of the government office where no one was around, two dark figures flashed quickly, and when they arrived at the study, Zhang Yong raised his head slightly, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"How? Does that person have a flaw?" Zhang Yong glanced at Wang Chao and asked Zhao Jian.

The candlelight in the study flickered, reflecting on Zhao Jian's face a little strangely.

I saw him say "Hey": "This man is interesting, he is worth a lot of money, and the few people around him are not easy to mess with, difficult to deal with."

Recalling the people at the dinner table, Wang Chao said in a deep voice, "There are three people around me, each more gloomy than the other, standing silently, watching us secretly. Your guess is not unreasonable, but it still needs to be verified."

Zhang Yong nodded, not surprised at all, and turned his sharp gaze to Zhao Jian again: "Have you thought about it, are you really going to tear yourself apart with that boy from the Fan family?"

But Zhao Jian sneered: "It's just a sixth-rank official. I'm afraid what he will do. If he has someone in the court, I won't have it?"

Seeing that he didn't care, Wang Chao lowered his head and said nothing, but Zhang Yong sighed, took a letter from the side, and pushed it down in front of Zhao Jian.

"Rank [-] is good, but the backing is a bit difficult. If he is determined to help, can you really hold on until the end of the year?"

Zhao Jian took it and glanced at it quickly, the disdain subsided, replaced by a serious face.

After being silent for half a stick of incense, Zhao Jiancai said: "If he refuses to agree, he can only find another way out. Mr. Yang is not in the same group, so he can be used as an alternative."

Then he looked at Zhang Yong, and chuckled lightly: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion in front of big things, and that kid from the Fan family will settle accounts later."

With his guarantee, Zhang Yong's eyes softened, and then he said softly: "Jianer, you know, I've been sitting in this position for too long..." He paused, his eyes became firm: " Now is an opportunity for you and me, don’t miss it.”

Zhao Jian hummed, and then slipped away through the back door with Wang Chao.

……

In the middle of the night, there was a movement in the yard, and everyone in the room looked at the door suddenly, their eyes full of expectation.

Li Cunxiao and Mu Guiying stepped through the door.

"See your son."

The two men bowed and clasped fists at the same time, Yang Zhao nodded and asked, "What did you find out?"

Li Cunxiao took the lead in explaining what he had seen.

He mainly went to the main house, and there was less information, and he didn't hear the specific content, he just knew that the two were arguing.

And then, it works...

Pei Ju was a little interested in the follow-up content, and looked at Li Cunxiao with regret. He left at such an important moment.

Yu Shiji automatically ignored Li Cunxiao's intelligence, which was of little significance.

Everyone looked at Mu Guiying, who said in words: "This house belongs to the Fan family. I went to the study room. The merchant who died was named Fan Rong. He was 56 years old this year. His family was indeed very rich. In dozens of hectares, there are still three shops in the capital, two for silk and one for embroidery."

"My wife died early, and I continued a good family 20 years younger than myself. There is only one son, Fan He, left by the deceased wife, and there are no other children."

Similar to the rumors, I knew the information and family property of the deceased more clearly. According to the information, it was indeed with a wealthy merchant.

"My wife died early. After so many years, the continuation of the good family has no children? Is there something wrong with this merchant..."

After listening to the description, Pei Ju said something with a sigh.

Your focus seems to be wrong... Everyone looked at Pei Ju with weird eyes.

Yu Shiji smelled a hint of conspiracy, and said meaningfully: "Then Fan He's suspicion has been ruled out?"

Since his stepmother had no children, Fan He would have no threat, and he would have no motive for committing the crime, because no one would rob him of the family property.

But Fan He didn't have to worry about his stepmother being able to apply sideways for his father's job even though his stepmother hadn't moved for so many years.

"Are there any other clues?" Xu Mao asked openly.

Mu Guiying nodded, and continued: "In addition, the relationship between the official in the capital and Fan He has been found out. There are broken letters. Fan He claims to be an uncle. I don't know if it is true."

"Broken correspondence?" Yu Shiji frowned and asked suspiciously.

Mu Guiying nodded again, and said silently: "It was found in the brazier, most of it was burned, and what can be seen from the fragmented information is limited."

Immediately afterwards, Mu Guiying explained the information she saw in detail.

The general content is indeed intermittent: Uncle, I have encountered some troubles recently. The counties in Yuhang County... look at my mother... I can give... you help... thank you.

Reply: I have...investigated this matter...don't worry...do it...

Fan He: They... Damn it!

Reply: ... tricky ... and reassuring.

All the information is only so little, and the information that can be known is very limited.

"It can only be seen that the other party was confident in asking for help at the beginning. There seems to be a problem in the middle. Fan He must have been tricked, but the other party's final reply is not afraid of the county magistrate here, or the county magistrate." Yu Shiji Sort out the general situation.

But they know one thing, that is, there was indeed a conflict with the county government, the cause of death is still unknown, but the hostility is very clear.

If there is a contradiction, there is a place to start.

"From the first letter, there is a high probability that the relationship between the two is beyond the fifth server. What bargaining chip did Fan He use to get the other party to help?"

In the same information, the gap between Xu Maogong and Yu Shiji is reflected, and he can analyze more things.