Reborn to face famine, I brought a space full of supplies!
Chapter 154: Flesh trade?
The child was dressed simply. Although his clothes were patched and had turned gray, he was very clean all over. It was obvious that his parents had taken good care of him.
"It's really hard for a widow to support a family alone, so I can't help but be curious." Jiang Chuyue did not hide her curiosity about the widow's family, but she also changed the subject so that people would not suspect something else.
"Sister, you'd better not ask. If the other aunts hear it, they will be unhappy." The little girl's words made Jiang Chuyue more interested.
"Why are you unhappy?"
"Because they all say that Widow Zhou is immoral and shameless, that's why they don't let us go." Another child also spoke. These children were not too young and spoke clearly. Jiang Chuyue quickly understood what was strange. It seemed that there were a lot of gossips about the widow.
It’s just that it’s hard to figure out what’s right and wrong, true or false at the moment.
Jiang Chuyue took the opportunity to inquire with the children again and learned that there were often men coming in and out of Widow Zhou's house, so she was even more unsure of what was going on.
Are the men coming in and out here for Widow Zhou or for Xiao Li?
This issue is very crucial. Jiang Chuyue doesn't dare to act rashly now, as it would be bad to alert the enemy.
In order to find out the right and wrong surrounding Widow Zhou, Jiang Chuyue found an inn nearby to stay in. She used the excuse of wanting to buy a property and wandered around the area, inquiring about the surrounding situation.
By asking around, she actually found out some information.
The men who came in and out of Widow Zhou's house were all people who lived in the county. Their ancestral homes were all here, and there were no outsiders. I think they should not have much to do with Xiao Li.
Since it has nothing to do with Xiao Li, then it must be related to Widow Zhou.
However, it is difficult to verify whether Widow Zhou is engaged in the flesh trade. Just when Jiang Chuyue was thinking about how to sneak into Widow Zhou's house, Xiao Yihao, who had not heard from Jiang Chuyue for a long time, came to find her.
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After asking around for news as usual, Jiang Chuyue returned to her guest room in the inn. As soon as she opened the door, she noticed two more breathing sounds in the room.
At a glance, a piece of Mo Jingchun's clothes was by the window. Jiang Chuyue walked into the room calmly, locked the door, and then said, "Since someone is here, why are you still hiding?"
"I'm not hiding." Mo Jingchun turned over and came in.
"It's all because of your husband, Xiao Yihao, who is so troublesome." She complained mercilessly.
Jiang Chuyue turned her head to look at Xiao Yihao who was hiding in the dark, walked slowly to the table, and lit the only light in the room.
"Tell me, what's the matter with you coming to see me?" After blowing out the match that lit the candle, Jiang Chuyue sat down and poured a cup of cold tea for Xiao Yihao and Mo Jingchun respectively.
"There's no hot tea in the inn at this time, so just make do with it."
Mo Jingchun didn't care about these at all. After taking the teacup and drinking it all, he saw that Xiao Yihao still didn't say anything. He was a little speechless, "Since you want to come to Chu Yue, and now you don't say anything, what are you going to do?"
The emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was. Mo Jingchun was so anxious that he wanted to hit Xiao Yihao hard for not being able to say a word for a long time.
"Why should I follow you? I placed all the bets on you. Now it seems less and less appropriate." Mo Jingchun really couldn't stand Xiao Yihao's temper.
In the past, Xiao Yihao seemed to be decisive in handling things, but unexpectedly, he became timid when meeting Jiang Chuyue. I don’t know how Jiang Chuyue could tolerate such a man.
"Okay, okay, let's talk about any problems slowly." Jiang Chuyue saw that Mo Jingchun was becoming more and more tactless in his words, so she quickly stepped out to smooth things over.
Mo Jingchun had a very good impression of Jiang Chuyue, and because of what Jiang Chuyue said to her that night, she had already classified Jiang Chuyue into her own camp.
"Yihao, you came to the county this time. I guess you have something important to deal with, right?"
"Indeed." Xiao Yihao finally spoke, slowly walked out of the darkness, and sat down between Mo Jingchun and Jiang Chuyue.
"Mr. Liu assigned me to handle a matter related to the iron mine." Xiao Yihao had never mentioned the internal affairs of Shuiyun Pavilion to Jiang Chuyue, but he suddenly mentioned the iron mine, which was also related to Jiang Chuyue. Jiang Chuyue immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Something happened at the iron mine?"
"After you rescued that group of people, the county magistrate captured another group of able-bodied men, but this time, they were not so lucky. They all died in the mine due to a mine collapse. And because no one was mining the iron mine, the county magistrate became more and more anxious, and his actions became more and more reckless."
What Xiao Yihao said was very clear, so Jiang Chuyue continued.
"Do you suspect that the people behind the magistrate put pressure on him?"
"If no one was putting pressure on him, the county magistrate wouldn't be so anxious. And according to internal information, the people behind the county magistrate should send someone here." Mo Jingchun propped his chin up in boredom, his eyes wandering around.
He casually revealed to Jiang Chuyue the important information he had just found out in Shuiyun Pavilion.
"So you are planning to take action against the person behind this?"
"No." Xiao Yihao's smile was a little scary. The light was very dim, and the flickering light on Xiao Yihao's face made him look even more eerie.
"So what are you going to do? Are you planning to just kill him?"
Jiang Chuyue responded casually, but she never expected that Mo Jingchun and Xiao Yihao both turned their eyes to her. Jiang Chuyue, who was just talking nonsense, also realized that something was wrong.
He swallowed, a little bit unbelieving, "You won't tell me that you really plan to do this?"
"You really guessed right." Xiao Yihao's eyes curved, but the smile on his face was not obvious.
Mo Jingchun was surprised because Jiang Chuyue guessed it right without thinking, "Chuyue, is your mouth blessed? How come you are always so accurate?"
"I didn't expect that you actually planned to attack them directly." Although this method is effective, it is too rough and risky.
From the beginning to the end, Jiang Chuyue never thought that they would be so reckless.
"Time is running out. If we don't quickly seize the initiative, we may lose without knowing how." Xiao Yihao lowered his head and played with the teacup with a chipped corner in his hand.
"What does 'time is running out' mean?" Jiang Chuyue frowned in confusion.
Mo Jingchun continued, "We have inquired with the group of people you rescued. The iron ore has been mined for several months. The amount of iron ore shipped out is not small. The people who need iron ore are nothing more than those few situations."
Either he wanted to start a rebellion in the name of clearing out the emperor's court, or he wanted to establish himself as king.
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