Su Ningxin sighed twice, "Su Lan's heart is so boiling, she probably won't get better. Aunt Zhao will also be bedridden, and with me being poisoned, the Su family will really have a bad year."
Finally, he said regretfully, "I'm afraid there's no fun in the house lately."
After washing up, Su Ningxin spread out the calligraphy and paintings she had brought back from Lu Mansion today and looked at them one by one, with a satisfied look on her face.
Different from Su Ningxin's leisurely attitude, Chu Jihan on the other side asked Lian Sheng to pack the luggage he had stolen from the Lu Mansion overnight, and then happily found Uncle Qin.
"Uncle Qin, where does Brother Shen live? I'll go and talk to him at night."
Chu Jihan treated Uncle Qin as if he had known him for a long time.
Uncle Qin hesitated for a moment, "This... Young Master likes to be quiet. People from the Chamber of Commerce come and go, so Young Master lives elsewhere."
Uncle Qin cursed in his heart. Fortunately, the young master did not live in the Chamber of Commerce. It was okay for you to break into a girl's house like this and hold candlelight talks at night.
"He doesn't live in the Chamber of Commerce? Then where does he live?" Chu Jihan asked doubtfully.
Shen Qing just let him move in. He was too confident in the Chamber of Commerce. So confident that he couldn't find anything
"I don't know about this old man. The young master is from the world. He often travels around and has no fixed residence." Uncle Qin answered honestly. Chu Jihan's mind-reading skills did not work on Uncle Qin, and he could not judge that Qin What I said is true or false.
"I see. Then I'll find him again when he comes to the Chamber of Commerce." Chu Jihan felt bored and returned to his residence in annoyance.
Chu Jihan walked on the path in the Chamber of Commerce, sighing that the Chamber of Commerce was much more impressive than Lu's hometown, and it was worthy of being a chamber of commerce that connected the whole country and even had connections with other countries.
Returning to the courtyard assigned to him, Lian Sheng heard the sound of entering the door. Lian Sheng raised his head and looked over, "How come the young master is back so soon?"
When Liansheng said this, he glanced into the room.
Chu Jihan nodded knowingly, probably the secret guard he sent out had news.
Entering the study, he saw a secret guard wearing ordinary linen clothes and a featureless face waiting in the room.
Chu Jihan sat behind the desk, "How is the investigation going?"
"When I got back to the leader, the person who sold the tea to the tea house was indeed the bodyguard of the Helong Bodyguard Bureau. I asked from the bodyguard's acquaintance that they came from Hengzhou, but now they have gone back and sent our people to follow Go and investigate." The secret guard bowed in front of Chu Jihan and replied.
"Hengzhou?" Chu Jihan frowned. There was no tea produced there and there were no important people there. What was the purpose of transporting tea from there
"Do you know who the escort agency gave the goods to?"
"It seems that there was a handover with the officers and soldiers, but we haven't found out which officials are behind it."
"Well, you go down and find someone to keep an eye on Guan Cha's movements." Although there was not much useful information, Chu Jihan did not embarrass the secret guard. It had only been half a day since he ordered him to go down, so it was good to find out these things. .
Chu Jihan sat alone in the study, his eyes falling on the splashing candles. Officers and soldiers? It really got around to official tea, but what was their purpose
In order to avoid being caught selling private tea, why do you put private tea into official tea? Wouldn't it be worse to die if he was found out? What are they planning
If it's just private tea, it's just some official getting involved, opening a back door for private tea sellers, and letting the officers and soldiers turn a blind eye.
But if it involves official tea, most of the people who have a hand in it, from local officials to the Tea Transportation Department, will be involved.
Chu Jihan suddenly remembered Shen Qinglai. When he agreed to move in, he thought that even if there was something about the Chamber of Commerce, it would not be worth mentioning in front of the Guancha case, and it might really come true.
Chu Jihan had a dream at night. He dreamed that he could see through the emperor's thoughts, and he could act in accordance with what the emperor wanted to see every time, so that he could have smooth sailing in the court.
Even if he is regarded as a treacherous official who flatters and flatters his master by those civil servants who claim to be honest and fair, it will not affect his position as one person below ten thousand people.
Later, he stood in the court hall and asked the emperor to marry him, and then heard the emperor thinking to himself, "This puppet has been used for long enough, it's time to replace it."]
Then he was ordered to be interrogated and executed by the emperor. Even if he knew the emperor's thoughts, he could not save himself. All the officials in the court cheered and called the emperor a sage. He suffered all the infamy but did not get a good ending.
Chu Jihan suddenly woke up from his dream. When he woke up, there was cold sweat on his forehead. He couldn't help but say, "Daddy Dog."
At the beginning, he said that he wanted to find a potential prince to follow him. His father insisted on being a pure minister and would never be involved with the prince. He would only be loyal to the emperor, and he would be loyal to whoever was the emperor.
It's fine now. As the emperor and his courtiers, there are many people under the emperor who have the ability to follow the dragon and are waiting for promotion. He finally climbed up to the position of leader of the dragon guard, and he can't sit still, which makes him have to do it in the middle of the night. Nightmare, Daddy Dog.
Chu Jihan said this, but he didn't really blame his father. After all, taking sides was a very risky matter. If he chose the wrong side, he wouldn't even have the chance to have nightmares.
After looking at the sky outside, it was getting a little brighter, but Chu Jihan couldn't sleep anymore. At this time, Lian Sheng was still asleep, so he washed himself and got up.
I was just walking around in the Chamber of Commerce out of boredom. As I walked, I came to an open space. I saw someone dancing a sword in the middle from a distance. When I got closer, I realized that it was Shen Qing.
Su Ningxin also took a look at Chu Jihan. When he got close, she sheathed her sword and said, "Brother Ji, it's so early."
She was also a little surprised when she met Ji Chu at this time. The little maids and the cleaning woman in her yard were not her own. In order to avoid causing trouble, she tried to avoid people in the yard.
It was definitely inconvenient to dance the sword in the yard, so she came out when they were all asleep. She planned to come out anyway since the house was boring, and she happened to be here at the Chamber of Commerce to stretch her muscles.
"Brother Shen was right earlier. I just got up. Uncle Qin said that Brother Shen lives outside and it will take some time to get here."
Chu Jihan said, breaking off a branch from the side and making two gestures, which seemed to be smooth.
"Brother Shen learned from a hidden master and must have extraordinary martial arts skills. Why don't you compete with me? There's no point in dancing with a sword alone."
"Then please ask Brother Ji for advice." Su Ningxin did not refuse. She also wanted to see what Ji Chu's level was.
The two stood face to face at first without making any move. Su Ningxin's original intention was that she had a sword in her hand, but the other party just held a branch, which was already an advantage, and she wanted Ji Chu to make the first move.
But after standing for a long time and seeing that Ji Chu didn't make any move, he said "Please enlighten me" and took the lead in stabbing him with his sword.
Su Ningxin has been practicing Shadow Guard's assassination skills since she was in elementary school. She doesn't have any fancy moves. She just wants to be precise and quick, and must kill with one move.
Although she didn't use all her strength in this thrust, she just wanted to test the opponent's depth, but she still used 50% of her strength. Unexpectedly, Ji Chu blocked it easily with one swing.
(End of chapter)