At this time, Lu Xiaoshu learned that the man surnamed Tian came to Beijing this time, under the guise of celebrating Mrs. Marquis Wugong's birthday, in fact, he personally arranged guardianship and transported a large amount of grain to Beijing for Marquis Wugong. And that private pier is where food is temporarily stored.
Tongzhou is the northernmost terminus of the Grand Canal. In addition to the public canal operated by the government, many wealthy people also dug many private piers to connect with the Grand Canal by taking advantage of the river flow. The place where Lu Xiaoshu and the others escaped was the villa connected to the private pier dug by Master Tian or Marquis Wu Gong.
After Zhou Shizhi got the hint from Lu Xiaoshu from Miao Chuhe, he sent someone to watch Mr. Tian, and at the same time ordered someone to secretly investigate the relationship between him and Marquis Wugong.
Unexpectedly, he just started to investigate here, and then he received the news that Xue Heng sent someone back, saying that a large amount of grain had been quietly transported into Beijing. The owner did not know who it was, and his whereabouts were very secretive. Xue Heng and others felt that there was something wrong here, so they secretly followed and investigated, not wanting to be discovered by Master Tian's people, so they caught him right away...
What happened later, at this time, the two sides confirmed the news to each other, and everything became clear.
"It turns out that he is also from the Marquis of Wugong!" Zhou Shizhi sneered slightly: "The Marquis of Wugong is really capable! The richest businessman in Yangzhou, hehe, it is very good to make money for him in the south of the Yangtze River under such a guise!"
"I already knew that bastard is not a good thing! It's enough to be cruel, insidious and vicious, but IQ is not that good! I just said, such a person can collect so much money, God is really blind! I thought His backer is the magistrate of Yangzhou, he did not expect to be Marquis of Martial Arts, no wonder!" Lu Xiaoshu said.
Zhou Shizhi pondered for a while, and said lightly: "The moisture near the pier is not suitable for storing grain. Besides, although Dayin is hidden in the city, the risk is too high in that place. It is impossible for Marquis Marquis to store grain there. I think, there At most, it’s just a transfer station, he must have another hidden place to hide! If we make such a fuss today, that place will be lost, and I think they will transfer the food by tomorrow night at the latest.”
Xue Heng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "The young master wants to send someone to follow him? Find his lair?"
"No," Zhou Shizhi smiled indifferently, "I want to go there myself." He said, looking at Lu Xiaoshu.
"I won't go back yet, I'll go with you!" Lu Xiaoshu was feeling aggrieved in his heart, she wouldn't just go back home like this!
Zhou Shizhi glanced at her, pondered for a while, then nodded and smiled, "Alright, let's go together tomorrow night!"
"Hmm! I must teach that dead thing a lesson!" Lu Xiaoshu was very annoyed.
"After tossing and tossing all night, I think you are tired too, do you want to go back to your room to rest?" Zhou Shizhi smiled again. Dare to bully his daughter-in-law like this, even if the daughter-in-law doesn't say anything, he will definitely teach that dead thing a lesson.
"Okay!" Lu Xiaoshu gave him a sweet smile, raised his waist lazily, and said with a smile: "I'm really tired when you say that! But, I'm so hungry, I want to eat before going to bed." Eat something and take a shower…”
Zhou Shizhi suddenly showed a distressed expression, and said with pity: "I was negligent, I asked someone to take you back to the room, and the food will be delivered here, and the hot water will also be delivered later."
"Well, then I'll go first!" Lu Xiaoshu nodded and said, "Don't let me oversleep, remember to call me when you want to take revenge..."
"Don't worry, how dare you forget to call you!" Zhou Shizhi said, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Lu Xiaoshu went out.
Everyone was already dumbfounded. Ah San and the others had their mouths open, their eyes wide open, and they looked dumbfounded. The sweat dripped from their foreheads: Is this really the young master? Not dazzled? Not dreaming? Not - counterfeit
Xue Heng couldn't help but turn cold again, looked at Zhou Shizhi, looked at Ah San and others, frowned and coughed twice, Ah San and others seemed to wake up from a dream, shut up, shut up, droopy eyelids Drooping eyelids, moving shoulders uncomfortably, touching noses.
Zhou Shizhi also felt that he had lost his composure, smiled awkwardly, his face turned cold, and continued to ask questions to everyone.
Besides, after they escaped, white belly appeared in the east, and soon, the sky became bright.
Mr. Tian had already got the news, and as a fluke, he ordered people to go to the dungeon to check. Hearing that they had escaped and there was no one left, he stomped his feet and cursed in anger.
Cursing, scolding, people ran away, he couldn't hide such a big thing, gritted his teeth, ordered people to search around to see if they could find any clues, and ordered a car to rush into the city to rush to Marquis Wugong government.
At this time, the injury on his arm had already healed a lot. The doctor said that it would be fine after a few days of treatment. It looked scary that the toxicity was not strong, but in fact it was just that the anesthesia effect was excellent. He was swayed by that dead girl again!
Master Tian came to Marquis Wu's study, and before he could speak, he was scolded by Marquis Marquis: "Didn't I tell you not to have too close contacts with my family? What are you doing here so early in the morning? I'm afraid that others will Don't you doubt our relationship? Let me tell you, if you miss the old man's important event, the old man will definitely beat you up! What's the matter, tell me!"
Marquis Wu Gong glared at him, which implied a warning: You'd better say something important, otherwise, just wait!
"Master Hou! The villain is here to plead guilty!" Master Tian was as weak as a mouse seeing a cat in front of Marquis Wu Gong. He slapped himself twice, then knelt down and told everything that happened yesterday. I told Marquis Wugong.
"What did you say?" Marquis Wu Gong was stunned, his expression was flat and calm, he looked at Master Tian and said indifferently: "You mean that someone was checking the pier and you caught him, and then escaped? "
"Master Hou... The villain didn't expect them to be so cunning... Damn the villain!" Master Tian trembled uncontrollably.
The more indifferent and peaceful the Marquis Marquis was, the more frightened he felt, as if he was facing a fully drawn bow, seemingly motionless and peaceful, but in fact the next second It can shoot through a person's throat with a "whoosh".
"Idiot!" As he thought, Marquis Hou Yuan opened his eyes and his momentum suddenly changed like ignited explosives. He raised his foot and kicked Mr. Tian to the ground a few times.
The pain made him gasp in darkness before his eyes, he gritted his teeth and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Shut up, old man! What's the use of talking about it now!" Marquis Wu Gong walked up and down the study room with his hands behind his back, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he looked at him and said coldly: "Who is here? Do you understand?"
Master Tian could only bite the bullet and shook his head, his voice was so guilty that he could hardly hear it: "...not yet..."
Marquis Wu Gong's face darkened again.
"Master Hou," Master Tian saw that he was silent for a while, and the air in the room seemed to have stopped flowing. His heart tightened, and he asked cautiously: "What should I do now? Please show me..."
"Hmph!" Marquis Wu Gong gave him a hard look. If he hadn't relied on controlling such a huge wealth through him, he would have kicked him to death long ago! He is obviously a person who is good at handling things, how could he make such a mistake, it seems that he has enjoyed the blessings for too long, and he has gotten carried away with complacency!
It's just that Marquis Wu Gong deeply understands how much wealth he controls. If he gets rid of him, he will lose the most, and he will have to beat him.
"All the people and objects on that wharf that are intrusive to the eyes will be evacuated by the Marquis within today, and no clues can be left behind!" Marquis Wu Gong breathed out, and said coldly, "I will send someone to take away the food tonight. Tell your fleet that has not yet arrived in Beijing to stay put and wait for a while to talk about it! You don’t have to attend Madam’s birthday banquet, just say that Yangzhou has important matters to deal with, and handle the matter here properly. Leave Beijing early tomorrow morning!"
"Master Hou..." Mr. Tian felt a little reluctant to leave the capital like this. He has been around Yangzhou for so many years, and finally had the opportunity to come to Beijing to have close contact with Marquis Marquis, and he could be promoted to be his core member, so he was unwilling to leave like this!
"What else do you have to say?" Marquis Wu Gong sneered, "Reluctantly? Hmph, if you want to die, then stay! You have been exposed, the old man warns you, you'd better live in seclusion and be cautious when you return to Yangzhou, otherwise , Hmph, don't blame the old man for not remembering old love!"
Master Tian's heart trembled, and he said hurriedly with a pale face: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, those people will definitely not find out that this matter has anything to do with you! At most, they say that my surname Tian is greedy for money and hoarding food maliciously! Even if the villain dies, he will never dare to reveal anything, Lord Hou, you must trust the villain!"
Marquis Wu Gong sneered: "If this Marquis doesn't believe you, do you think you can leave today? You must have lived a very happy life in Yangzhou, selling gold caves, right?"
"Yes." The two words Martial Arts Hou pulled the tail long and long, which sounded like a magic voice to Master Tian, his teeth chattered uncontrollably, and he could only answer the word "yes" with a white face.
"Get out of here while it's still early! It's time to deal with it, deal with it quickly!" Wu Gonghou gave him another cold look.
Master Tian hurriedly agreed, knocked his head and got up from the ground, almost escaped out of the study, stood at the door, only to feel that his legs were weak and trembling, and his back was soaked.
As night fell, Zhou Shizhi and Lu Xiaoshu changed into night clothes, sneaked into the pier village quietly, hid in a big tree with luxuriant branches, and watched the movement inside.
Unknowingly, the sky became completely dark, and countless lanterns and torches suddenly lit up in Zhuangzi, and the two of them moved along with the light of the fire.
Sure enough, as expected by Zhou Shi, countless people were busy carrying bags of grain and putting them on the carriage, and it seemed that they were going to transfer overnight.
The horse convoy was extremely long, Zhou Shizhi counted it, there were no fewer than 30 carriages, and at least nearly 100,000 catties of grain. And this should be only part of it.