Time is slow

   Chapter 418 The things hidden in the rockery

What's wrong?

  If possible, he would hate to have to rub the girls around him into blood.

   "I'm probably suffering from cold poison again." The young general said pitifully.

  Qiao Zhao raised his hand, covered his forehead, and murmured, "Impossible."

   His cold poison is almost healed. After a while, he will no longer need acupuncture. How could he have an inexplicable attack?

  Shao Mingyuan closed his eyes and was extremely greedy for the temperature of the other party's hands, but he knew that he would really turn into a hungry wolf to scare his little girl away, so he took a step back and exited the rockery cave.

"Zhaozhao, it's dewy in the middle of the night, hurry up and check it out." He lit the lantern he brought, turned his back, and saw the overwhelmed man by the pool through the light of the lantern left by the pair of men and women who fled in panic. A piece of grass.

   The voices I heard before suddenly rang in my ears again.

  Shao Mingyuan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

   He left home when he was young and stayed in the Northland for seven years. He had never seen any kind of scene, let alone a rendezvous between a man and a woman who were in love with each other. He had seen a lot of scenes where several men raped a woman at the same time.

   For those, apart from his deep disgust, he never felt any turbulence in his heart. But when he was alone in a narrow cave with the girl he loved, those voices became the strongest aphrodisiac, causing his self-control to collapse suddenly.

   He once thought that men and women love, but in this way, he killed his wife with his own hands, and he did not intend to be contaminated again in this life. Why is he now looking forward to it?

   His Zhao Zhao is too small now.

   the young general thought sadly.

  Qiao Zhao searched every corner of the rockery cave, but found nothing. He leaned on the mountain wall and closed his eyes. The sketch in his mind was presented in its original form, comparing it with the rockery where he is now.

   From the looks of it, every line undulation is the same...wait-

  Qiao Zhao's mind suddenly flashed, he suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand and tapped lightly on the mountain wall.

   She started knocking and stopped at one place, and suddenly stopped at a certain place. She knocked twice to make sure that the sound was different. She picked up the mad lantern and checked it carefully, and finally she found the clue.

  Qiao Zhao used his hands to pry up the stones in that place.

   It turned out to be hollow, with a cloth bag inside.

   "General Shao, found it!" Qiao Zhao's slightly excited voice came out.

   Shao Mingyuan bent over and came in: "Don't rush to open it, show me first."

  If you don’t know the fundamentals, it’s better to be careful.

   "Let me do it, I know what to pay attention to." Qiao Zhao took out a pair of thin silk gloves from his purse, put them on, and opened the cloth bag.

  The inside of the cloth bag is a thin oiled paper bag. When you open the oiled paper bag, the true content is revealed: it is a thin account book.

  Qiao Zhao's eyes narrowed.

   turned out to be another account book.

  The account book in the hand of the eldest brother records the evidence that the anti-Japanese general Xing Wuyang embezzled army salaries, so what is recorded in this account book now?

  Qiao Zhao picked up the ledger and flipped through it quickly, his face gradually became serious, and the hand holding the ledger was shaking.

   "Zhao Zhao, what is written on it?"

  Qiao Zhao turned to look at Shao Mingyuan, and said every word: "The record of some officials, wealthy households and Japanese pirates in the southern coastal area colluding!"

   Shao Mingyuan's eyes suddenly flashed a cold light.

   It turned out to be such an account book, which was much more shocking than the account book presented by the uncle and brother to the emperor.

   If this account book is presented to the emperor, will the emperor who is dedicated to pursuing longevity and unwilling to see trouble will still let it go lightly?

   "Let's go back first." Shao Mingyuan patted Qiao Zhao's hand.

  Qiao Zhao shook his head: "No, wait."

   Shao Mingyuan looked sideways at the girl who was close at hand, and raised his eyebrows in doubt.

  Qiao Zhao has lowered his eyes and turned from the first page of the ledger, and said in his mouth, "I'll take it down and go."

   After going through so many things, she understands the words "Night and Dreams" too well, such an important thing is not safe in her own mind.

   The girl stretched out her white, slender fingers, and stroked each word from the account book.

   "General Shao, move the lamp closer."

   Shao Mingyuan was reluctant to disturb her, and silently brought the lamp closer.

  The light is brighter, and the speed of the girl's page is faster.

   Shao Mingyuan stared at her intently

   He thought, there is no smarter girl in this world than Zhaozhao.

   Turning to the last page, Qiao Zhao closed the account book and wrapped it up again: "Let's go."

   Returning to Tofu Xishi's house, Qiao Zhao handed over the account book to Shao Mingyuan: "I have recorded the contents of the account book in my mind, and the account book will be handed over to you for safekeeping. It is safer for you than for me."

  Although I haven't slept until now, the two have no sleepiness because they got the account book.

   "General Shao, what do you think the emperor would do if he saw this account book?"

   Shao Mingyuan thought for a while and said, "Your heart is unpredictable. Although the things recorded in this account book are amazing, the emperor may still think that as long as there is no chaos along the southern coast, these small interests that he thinks need to be let out are harmless."

  Qiao Zhao pursed his lips tightly, his heart surging with anger.

  Her father has been in the court for many years, and as the censor of Zuoyao, how could he not know the temperament of today's son?

   But he still did that, taking two books at great risk, and in the end he ended up in ruins.

   Is it because my father is stupid? Naively thinking that when today Zi sees the account book, he will definitely bring the country's silverfish to justice?

no.

  Her father may not be as free and easy as his grandfather, but he is by no means stupid.

   is nothing more than planning his government in his position, adhering to the teachings of the sages of "serving the king with loyalty".

  However, when ministers serve the monarch with loyalty, why has the monarch ever entrusted his ministers with courtesy?

   She respects her father's choice, but she is not worth it for her father, not for the Qiao family, and not worth it for thousands of courtiers who are loyal to the emperor!

   "Zhaozhao, don't be discouraged." The man beside her gently patted her arm.

  Qiao Zhao came back to his senses.

Shao Mingyuan's dark eyes gleamed with an inevitable light: "In the front, there is the account book of Xing Wuyang's embezzlement of army salaries, and then there is the account book of the southern coastal officials' wealthy households colluding with Japanese pirates. I think the current southern coast is not necessarily in the eyes of the imperial court. Sing and dance like that.”

"what do you mean-"

   Shao Mingyuan smiled and said, "It just so happens that you are going to the South China Sea to collect medicine, so let's see with our own eyes what it is like there."

   Isn't the emperor afraid of trouble, what if there is already chaos in the south?

   Whitewashing the balance is not true peace after all. When the situation in the south has become serious enough to shake the foundation of Daliang, he does not believe that the emperor who pursues longevity and wants to enjoy the world forever will remain indifferent!

   "Okay, let's find the murderer that Tie Zhu has seen first, and then set off for the South China Sea immediately."

   Early the next morning, Baiyun Village suddenly became lively.

   Dead!

   Thirty-seventh more. For this update, I would like to thank Li Xuexue for the He's Bi for the reward in January.

   (end of this chapter)