Xu Lianshan was originally staring at the person to answer, but he was stunned when he heard this and said, "Mother, do you know who it is?"
"I don't know if my guess is right or not." Sheng Weiqiao frowned and said, "Mi Zhen's maternal cousin is the fifth son of the Zhao family, the one named Zhao Yue. He is particularly fond of painting and even gave up his studies for it. Previously, he was in When we were in Chang'an, we happened to talk at a banquet that my mother had collected some rare scrolls from previous dynasties. He was very interested at that time and wanted to borrow them for a while."
"At that time, I was thinking that Nanfeng County is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and those rare scrolls are also my mother's favorite. If I agree rashly, something goes wrong between things, wouldn't my mother feel uncomfortable?"
"After all, the things belong to her, and I can't just make the decision on her behalf."
"So I don't want to agree to him."
"Later, he took the initiative to propose that he would visit the Sheng family in the south and borrow some books. There is no problem with this. My mother usually doesn't refuse people from Nanfeng County who come to borrow books, so we made an agreement like this."
"But not long after that, we went to Western Xinjiang."
"We are so far apart, and I have never received a letter from him. The letters my parents gave me from Nanfeng County did not mention him... Well, among the people I know who are related to Danqing, except for my parents And Mi Zhenwai, it seems like he’s the one, right?”
Sheng Weiqiao hesitated a little when he said this, "But... he is Mi Zhen's cousin. Why did he paint my cousin? Moreover, even if it was painted by him, how could he be so homeless that this person has seen it? I didn't listen. Did you say that some of the children of the Zhao family fell into the hands of pirates?"
Xu Lianshan frowned and looked at that person.
The man said dejectedly: "I saw it at the place where the grass fell. It was owned by a pirate whom I knew at the time. That bastard spoke unabashedly, saying... said... that the person in the painting was... him. The golden house hides a charming lover! This subordinate..."
Before they finished speaking, Xu Lianshan and Yishan were already furious, and asked in unison: "Where is that man!? How dare you humiliate the princess like this, why don't we chop off the faces of our Wuyi camp!"
Sheng Weiqiao also looked gloomy.
The man smiled bitterly and said: "Xu Xiaowei, this Aunt Yishan... that bastard is dead a long time ago! Didn't Prince Gaomi personally come to the sea to recruit the sea masters before? Some are willing and others are not. Prince The building ship hasn’t arrived yet, but because of different opinions, our own people had a fight first! That person’s life was not good and he died in the melee!”
He hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but say it, "Because the princess of the county... uh, because the beauty of the woman in that portrait was really something that these subordinates had only seen in their lives. At that time, there were people who went to that person's residence after his death. I went to search, intending to find out what he... Well, his clue about the beauty hidden in the golden house, I want to see if it is true... There really is such a beauty... Well... I don't! I really don't!!! I definitely don't No!!!"
Realizing that both Xu Lianshan and Yishan were filled with murderous intent, the man quickly explained, "If my subordinates have such evil intentions, they must be trying to get the painting. At the worst, they will have to find a painter to copy it." , take it with you to check at any time... Lieutenant, you don’t believe in searching your subordinates’ belongings, absolutely not!”
"..." Sheng Weiqiao twitched the corner of his mouth and asked Xu Lianshan, "Where was the place where he dropped the grass before? What does it have to do with me?"
Xu Lianshan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I think it has nothing to do with it!"
"Could it be that we just happen to look like our empress?" Yi Shan guessed, "It is indeed unlikely that our empress's portrait will be lost outside. Even if someone like Mr. Zhao Wu didn't pay attention and drew the portrait because he knew the empress's appearance, The rumors have nothing to do with the sea, right?"
When she said this, Sheng Weiqiao frowned and suddenly asked the man: "Is the accomplice you mentioned really a hidden beauty in a golden house?!"
The man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "My dear, my subordinates don't know either!"
He recalled for a moment and added, "At that time, because the Crown Prince of Gaomi was personally patrolling the Seven Seas, news of recruiting Sea Lords was flying all over the sky. Only those Lords who were drunk today had no time to think about beauties... At that time, my subordinates were full of thoughts. What I was thinking about was whether I could continue to be a pirate? If I couldn't continue, should I choose the prince of Gaomi or the old boy from the Meng family... Later, I felt that following the county prince would have a future, so I decided to do it at all. I didn’t get involved with the portrait..."
Sheng Weiqiao thought for a while after hearing this, and opened his mouth to ask Yishan, but before he opened his mouth, he realized, sighed, and said, "When Yishan came to me, Xiao Qiao had disappeared, and you haven't seen her either."
Yishan said: "My queen suspects that the portrait is not of you, but of Miss Shen's family? But I haven't heard you say that Miss Shen's family looks like you? The head of Fuchang County has very similar features to you!"
"It's because the third sister looks like me. Although Xiao Qiao didn't have many similarities with my appearance before, I thought that everyone was still young at that time. Maybe after these two years, the eyebrows have grown. Is it the same?" Sheng Weiqiao pondered, "It's just a random guess... Alas, there are too many things going on during this period, and I always forget to ask what I should ask. When the person is no longer here, I realize that I have said all the things I said when I had free time. These are irrelevant words."
She was remembering the porcelain hairpin that she had put away but disappeared when she left in a hurry from Xijiang.
I have always suspected that Rong Suihe took it secretly, and most likely used it as a voucher with Shen Jiuniang.
It's a pity that she still remembers the journey from Western Xinjiang to Northern Xinjiang very firmly. She almost tossed and turned, thinking that when she met Rong Suihe, she must get to the bottom of it and not give him a chance to fool him and hide it.
As a result, I didn't expect that the two of them would be separated for so long. After many years, the trivial matters increased and they were forgotten unconsciously.
Sheng Weiqiao sighed secretly and continued, "I don't think so, because Xiao Qiao doesn't look much like me in profile... Maybe it's just a coincidence?"
Because the man couldn't provide any more information, Xu Lianshan resigned from Sheng Weiqiao and took him down.
Sheng Weiqiao turned around and planned to go back to the cabin. At this time, Yishan quietly tugged on her sleeve: "My Lady, tell me, is it possible... that portrait is of the Lord of Fuchang County?"
"Third sister?!" Sheng Weiqiao was startled and said, "How could it be the third sister? She never goes out..."
His expression changed mid-sentence, as he remembered the past, and there was murderous intent in his eyes, "You mean, the people from before... still slipped through the net?!"
Moreover, he also described Sheng Weirao's appearance and boasted to his companions...
"On that day, Sea Lord Gongsun personally went out to avenge Gongsun Sea Lord and successfully avenged him. At that time, because the prince was seriously injured, he stayed behind on Tortoiseshell Island." Yishan said, "The Wuyi Battalion also protected Gongsun Sea Lord and his son before they broke out. At that time, there were heavy casualties!”
"It's the specific process of why Lord Gongsun Haijun and the imperial navy teamed up to annihilate Han Pan. People like this slave are not very clear."
"I know that none of Han Pan's important people escaped."
"But as for the people down there... the sea is vast, and it's not necessarily true that no one is alive?"
Sheng Weiqiao said solemnly: "If you can draw a lifelike portrait on paper, you must at least hold a pen. Such a person among the pirates, not to mention how important he is, should have some status. If he is He was really the one who treated Third Sister... then, who knows, can we learn about Xiao Qiao's traces from him?"
Yishan thought the same thing, and felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that the person is dead, how can he have such a good life? If he is still alive, some of the skills that I have learned so hard before will be put to use."
"Go and talk to Lianshan later and ask him to interrogate that person, his dead accomplice, and other companions and fellow villagers, are they still alive?" Sheng Weiqiao held hands and stood in the corridor for a while. , ordered, "There are also details, let's find out more about it. Although it may be a coincidence, the clues that come to the door must be carefully checked!"
After saying this, she was suddenly startled and murmured, "The clues that came to my door?"
Yishan was also stunned and blurted out: "What a coincidence...could it be?"
"..." Sheng Weiqiao was silent for a moment, "Let's talk to Lian Shan about this possibility. He has been following Mi Zhen for the longest time. He knows what to do on this sea."
Yishan looked solemn and nodded slightly: "I know this!"
... At noon that day, Rong Ruibin was tired, so his wet nurse took him to the cabin where he lived.
Sheng Wei, Aunt Qiao and Master Wu had lunch together and then went back to their rooms to take a nap.
Not long after entering the house without thinking, Xuanyu Feng came over quietly, found an excuse to send Yishan away, and asked her niece alone: "Just this morning, when we were playing with Ruibin, you seemed to have been called out by Xu Lianshan for a while? What happened? ah?"
"Troublesome!" Sheng Weiqiao sighed and told her roughly what happened, "Now I'm waiting for Lian Shan's reply!"
Xuanyu Feng frowned and said: "I know you have always been worried about the Shen girls and your cousin! However, it is not that my aunt deliberately spoils your interest, but when I heard it, I thought of all three of our families helping out back then. I have been looking for it for so long but there is no news about it. How come there is news just this time when I go to sea? Someone could not have deliberately set a trap for you to jump, right? "
"However, Mi Zhen's group has been lurking in the north for some time. Lian Shan said that they have always been cautious. No one should know, let alone their relationship with Mi Zhen." Sheng Weiqiao frowned and said, "If you think so, it should be It's not a trap. But if it is a trap... I estimate that the 80% success can be traced back to the time when the prince visited Qihai."
Xuan Yu Feng's face changed: "King Gaomi? Did you bury the nail at that time?"
"Mi Zhen and my father-in-law didn't trust each other. The prince was on a tour at that time, and that was my father-in-law's pet peeve. Although he had no choice but to ask Mi Zhen's people to help him, I think my father-in-law couldn't completely trust Mi Zhen. Human." Sheng Weiqiao pondered, "There must be someone secretly keeping an eye on Mi Zhen's person."
Then Rong Suihe's subordinates did not disappoint the King of Gaomi. As expected, they started to do tricks, exploit sideways, and poaching halfway through the serious work... Even in the northern sea area where Rong Suihe originally had nothing, he forcefully got him a semblance of a trap. What a fleet!
In this situation, King Gaomi, who had never dealt with Rong Suihe, actually never argued with Rong Suihe... Excluding the fact that this prince had a fatherly heart towards Rong Suihe for the first time, he was probably in the fleet. Arrangement, planning to let the mantis catch the cicada and the oriole behind
Xuanyu Fengshi was immediately on pins and needles: "You actually waited for me to come to your door to talk about such an important matter?! If it is true, we are really on a pirate ship right now... Ruibin is still so young, you are really Can you keep calm?!"