The news came from the Chiling Mansion, and Emperor Tianjing hated being disturbed the most when he was having fun, so the news probably wouldn't reach him during the spring hunting period, but it was hard to guarantee.

And this spring hunt is a small hunt, not a big hunt every five years, so the time is very short, only three days, and it will end in two days.

Xie Qian thought about it for a while, and finally told Chu Lingyue about it.

"I'm going back to the capital first. When His Majesty asks, you can just say that I'm not feeling well and rest in the tent, okay?"

Chu Ling frowned: "I'll go back with you."

"But you are in charge of the spring hunting defense, how can you leave?" Xie Qian said, "And your majesty doesn't know about it yet, so it seems strange that we left rashly."

Chu Lingyue looked at him inexplicably, as if trying to find out something from Xie Qian's face.

However, what Xie Qian said was indeed reasonable. After a while, Chu Lingyue compromised and said, "Yes, but..."

"but what?"

Chu Lingyue said in a deep voice, "I'm going back to the capital in two days, and I want to see you in Zishuo Mansion."

Chu Lingyue has been almost obedient to him in recent days, and has not spoken to him in such a strong tone for a long time.

Xie Qian couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but Chu Lingyue's request was nothing, so he didn't think too much about it, and Dang even agreed: "Okay."

After the communication here, he quietly sneaked out of Yuguan Mountain, and even dealt with a group of assassins on the way.

He rushed all the way back to the Chiling Mansion, and ran directly to Wen Yu's courtyard. Before he could stand still, he asked, "Mother, what happened to the Suicheng reservoir? There was something wrong with the construction or the spirit array protecting the water was out of order." question?"

Wen Yu just went down the steps and went to the courtyard: "The construction and the spirit array were all handled by people in our house. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems. I don't know what's wrong with it."

"It's just a pity for the food." Wen Yunian couldn't help but frowned at this, but then said, "But I haven't heard how severe the spring drought is this year. According to your father's letter, this year should also It can survive."

Xie Qian focused: "Then why did Zhi Susi allocate grain?"

"No, I have to send someone to take a look."

Xie Qian thought about it, and then wondered if he should take this opportunity to go to the northern border himself?

But as soon as he had this thought, he remembered what Chu Lingyue had said to him earlier, so, did Chu Lingyue just make that request because he was worried that he would go to the northern border alone?

But at this time Wen Yu said: "Your sister has rushed to Suicheng overnight, and there should be news soon."

Xie Qian immediately became nervous when he heard the words: "It may not be safe to go this way, why did she go by herself? Did she bring anyone with her?"

Wen Yu nodded: "Don't worry, there are. The hidden guards of the mansion will follow closely behind. When they enter the Thirteenth City of the Northern Territory, there will be Red Order troops everywhere, so there will be no danger."

Xie Qian was relieved now, and Wen Yu didn't seem to know more here, so he didn't ask any more.

Next, Xie Qian went to the Sikong Yamen and checked the files on the construction of the Suicheng Reservoir.

Back then, Sikong Yamen and the local government government undertook the construction together with the allocation of funds by the Administration of Susi. Since Suicheng was located in the thirteenth city in the north and was under the jurisdiction of Chiling Mansion, Chiling Mansion sent people to supervise the construction.

On the surface, this is not a big problem, but when Xie Qian thought about it carefully, he felt that this was not a good sign.

The people of the Chiling Mansion can form a formation to print, march and fight... But it is really not good in the selection of workers and materials. Xie Qian has to admit this.

He had a vague premonition that someone would put a hat on Chi Lingfu's head this time when the reservoir burst, and it depended on what news Xie Yingyan could bring back.

Just at this time, Mu Xiaoxiao brought him another message: "My lord, didn't you order someone to go and watch the young son Sun Xizheng in Su Nei Shi's mansion, his ancient painting shop opened yesterday, On the main street of Zhu Dajie."

Xie Qian raised his eyes: "The location is so good? Who went to cut the ribbon for his opening?"

"Most are veterans of the ancient painting industry." Mu Xiaoxiao replied, "There is only one special one, Li Pingfeng, the second son of the Weiyun Mansion."

"Why did he go too?" He had already suspected that Sun Xizheng had a relationship with Li Pingfeng before, but he didn't expect that they would show it to the public, "Then Li Pingfeng is involved in the ancient painting shop?"

Mu Xiaoxiao: "Yes, I heard that after Xu Xiaohou didn't cooperate with Sun Gongzi, Sun Gongzi found Li Er Gongzi."

Xie Qian sneered at the words, only ghosts believed them.

But at this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

In fact, when Zhuang Zhiyuan cheated in the exam and wanted to pass Sun Xizheng to give Xu Ji a gift, Xie Qian didn't think about how Zhuang Zhiyuan was related to Sun Xizheng. He only thought that these high-school children could more or less establish a relationship. .

But at this moment, he suddenly thought that the dealer was the largest grain and rice merchant in Yanshan City, and the scope of sales even surpassed that of Yanshan City to other cities in the north.

In the past, when the northern border suffered from months of drought, Zhisu Division also had a precedent for allocating grain. In order to reduce manpower and material resources, Zhisu Division would not always choose to allocate grain from Kyoto. It became the best choice.

Therefore, as the sons of the Zhisu Mansion and the Zhuang family, it is normal to know each other.

Xie Qian thought for a while, and ordered: "Ask someone to find out where the Susi allocated the grain for this time, and what the route is."

"Yes."

"Oh, by the way, Sun Xizheng's ancient painting shop opened yesterday, how is the sales going?"

Mu Xiaoxiao said: "Very good, there are a lot of people here, many of them are collectors of ancient paintings, Ming Cui Xuan sold seven calligraphy and paintings at sky-high prices yesterday."

The name of the ancient painting shop is Ming Cui Xuan.

"How do you calculate the sky-high price?"

"The price exceeds a thousand gold."

Xie Qian couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard the words: "The collectors in Dachu are so rich? Is it worth it for a painting?"

"It is said to be a real product from a famous artist."

"That's right," Xie Qian said, "the young masters of Zhisu Mansion and Weiyun Mansion presided over it personally, so there must be no reason to lie."

But Xie Qian felt puzzled: "They shouldn't say these things blatantly. Everyone has to hide. How did our people find out?"

"It's the news from Lingxi Zabao." Mu Xiaoxiao said, "Two of the seven sky-high priced paintings were bought by the owner of Lingxi Zabao. They heard that we were inquiring for news, so they gave us said."

"Oh?" Xie Qian seemed amused, "This big boss is so good at writing, it's getting more and more curious."

Speaking of this, he warned again: "Since we have all the news, we can't waste the source. The other people who bought the five paintings have to keep an eye on them to see who they are."

"Yes."

"Okay, you go."

His side is intensively investigating, but time is waiting for no one, two days passed in a flash, the spring hunting came to an end, and Emperor Tianjing ordered to leave the camp and return to the palace.

Fortunately, the people who sent out also heard back, and Xie Miao also received news, and it was agreed that someone would report tonight.

Xie Qian was waiting in Zishuo's mansion, and when he heard movement at the courtyard gate, he turned his head to look, but unexpectedly it was Chu Lingyue who walked in a hurry.

It stands to reason that they should still be on the road now, but before Xie Qian said "Why are you back?", Chu Lingyue showed him a relieved smile as if he was relieved.

Xie Qian was stunned.

Chu Lingyue had a lot of smiles on his face recently, but most of them smiled lightly, and there were few such obvious moments, like the spring breeze melting snow, and also like a long night lantern.

Xie Qian couldn't help but walked forward to hug Chu Lingyue's waist in a few steps, then leaned back his upper body, smiled dazzlingly, and then heard him ask in a funny way: "You said you want me to stay in the house?" Waiting for you, I will wait for you at the mansion, how about it, am I good or not?"

Chu Ling put his hands on his shoulders more relaxedly, as if enveloping him, and then responded cooperatively: "Yes."

"Then can I have a reward?"

Chu Lingyue asked him with a half smile, "What do you want?"

Xie Qian blurted out, "You."

Xie Qian felt something was wrong the moment he said this, and blinked his eyes uncomfortably, but couldn't help rolling his throat.

But the next moment he heard Chu Lingyue ask in confusion: "What am I?"

"..."

You really shouldn't expect anything from this guy.

Xie Qian smiled, then let go of him, and then boldly rubbed Chu Lingyue's icy and beautiful face, angrily said: "You feed the cat today!"

Chu Lingyue was rubbed until his face was wrinkled, but he still replied: "Yes."

Xie Qian couldn't do anything about him, and after letting go, he saw that his face was a little red, and he leaned up to kiss him with some distress.

Kiss here, kiss there, and finally kiss his lips. He originally wanted to break up with one touch, but Chu Lingyue suddenly pressed the back of his head, and the tip of his tongue nimbly poked in.

Xie Qian was so dizzy from being kissed that he could only think about it. Sure enough, everything needs hard work, and it will be different if you practice a lot.

Xie Qian's face turned red until the end of the kiss, but he still remembered that someone would come later, and he was worried that there would be another tragedy of being watched, so he quickly interrupted when it was almost over.

But when they parted, he seemed to hear Chu Lingyue sigh with regret. What's going on?

But fortunately he had the foresight, Yun Rongrong entered the yard just after they separated for a while.

At this time, Yun Rongrong was no stranger to treating them, even if he felt that the atmosphere was not right, he didn't make a big fuss, but for some reason, he had Mu Xiaoxiao's composure.

But the tone of the speech is still lively: "My lord, the news is coming, the princess's and ours, which one do you want to hear first?"

Xie Qian did not hesitate: "Xie Yingyan."

"After the princess went to Suicheng, he went to the reservoir immediately, and found that there was nothing wrong with the spirit array itself, but it was worn down over time and its defense ability declined; the bigger problem was the walls of the reservoir. The Lord's letter says the walls are too thin and don't look like they're in disrepair."

What this means is that the reservoir was suspected of cutting corners when it was built.

But Xie Qian is more concerned about another thing: "Xie Yingyan still understands the problem of walls?"

"Uh, what, Mr. Gu seems to have gone together."

Xie Qian was surprised: "Isn't he going to serve in the Imperial Academy? Can he leave Beijing?"

Chu Lingyue said, "April has begun, and it hasn't arrived yet."

"Okay." Xie Qian agreed, and didn't really want to meddle in their affairs, so he asked, "Is there any more?"

"The princess also said that they also took a look at the flooded grain and said that the rice itself looks like old rice, which is not very fresh."

As soon as Xie Qian heard this, he knew that this should be Gu Chenwei's point of view again. Xie Miao was raised very expensively since she was a child. How could anyone who didn't touch the spring water know that old rice is still new rice, and Gu Chenwei grew up in a rice merchant's house. It can be seen more or less.

And hearing this meaning, Gu Chenwei probably said it lightly, but Xie Qian didn't hesitate to think about it in a bad way, so wouldn't this mean that if there hadn't been this flood, Zhisu Si would have passed by? The grain itself is old rice that is not very good for import.

Xie Qian's eyes gradually sank, and he asked again: "What about our news?"

"Master Hui Shi," Yun Rongrong said, "The food allocated by Zhi Su Si left from the granary in the suburbs of Beijing five days ago and went directly to Suicheng."

The granary in the suburbs of Beijing is the place where grain is stored in Kyoto. It is really no problem for the grain management department to allocate grain and rice from here.

Xie Qian frowned: "Have you not passed Yanshan City?"

"No."

When Chu Lingyue heard it just now, he didn't understand the implicated relationship immediately: "You suspect that Zhi Susi and the Zhuang family are colluding to hide the old warehouse through this spring drought?"

Given the relationship between Zhuang Zhiyuan and Sun Xizheng, Xie Qian did not believe that the Zhuang family had any connection with Sun Li, but he did not have conclusive evidence.

But Chu Lingyue didn't need Xie Qian to answer, his expression had already turned cold.

It is absolutely intolerable for him to be so arrogant and pervert the law in the land of Great Chu, to treat the people as nothing, and to regard the majesty of their Chu family as nothing.

Of course, someone dared to implicate the Chiling Mansion in this matter, which he couldn't tolerate.

The author has something to say: walk through the plot.

Then let me tell you that the next chapter will be changed to zero o'clock daily, and nine o'clock is a bit rushed. Students who don't stay up late can watch it the next day, sorry.

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