No suspicion was found in the teacher's residence, so Wen Qingzhu could only close the door and leave.
At night, Fu Lie came back and asked her to ask Ji Shang to come over tomorrow.
"The teacher borrowed my carriage today, and he didn't say where he was going." Wen Qingzhu was actually a little worried. It was so late, and the secret guard guarding the teacher had no news at all.
Fu Lie paused: "Teacher, did you borrow your carriage? Didn't I arrange someone for him before?"
Walking to him, Wen Qingzhu unbuttoned Fu Lie's coat: "I don't know about this. I just felt that the teacher was very anxious and didn't say much else."
"It's okay. I also sent someone to follow him. If anything happens, there will be news back." Fu Lie took her hand and went to the desk.
Several pieces of information were neatly placed on the table, and Wen Qingzhu looked at them one by one.
Fu Lie, who was standing next to her, explained: "The first one is about the situation in Shazhou, the second is about what happened in Youzhou, King Shou and Xianbei, and the last one is about Gan. Outside the state, Rouran people did not come to attack the border this year."
Hearing Rouran's news, Wen Qingzhu raised his head in disbelief: "Doesn't the lack of attack mean they didn't appear outside the customs?"
"That's accurate, but people from Rouran still come here occasionally. According to Prince Ning's report, they should just be spies."
"Is it just a spy?" Wen Qingzhu picked up Ganzhou's information again.
Half of this information was provided by Jiang Yuanan, and the other half was investigated by the teacher himself.
Cross-validation on both sides is the most reliable information.
Wen Qingzhu fell into deep thought. There was no way Rouran people would have enough food to survive this winter.
They did not come to harass the border. One possibility is that they have food, and another possibility is that they are planning a larger-scale attack.
Rouran had already been severely injured by Fu Lie last time, so the possibility of the next one would be negligible.
There was only one possibility left, Rouran had food.
But where did their food come from
At this time, Fu Lie took out the map and drew a line from the Xiongnu to Rouran.
"Look at this. The Korza tribe in Jieta can easily enter Rouran's territory after crossing the White Wolf Mountain. And according to the news sent by Cui Li, the Xiongnu's food reserves are quite sufficient this year."
Looking at this line, Wen Qingzhu suddenly remembered something from before: "You intercepted King Zuo Xian earlier, did you only have weapons?"
Fu Lie shook his head: "Not just weapons, but everything. When I left the Shen family last time, I asked Mr. Shen for a transfer order for the bulk grain from Jiangnan, and 50% of it went to the northwest."
"Fifty percent has arrived in the northwest!" Wen Qingzhu has recently been integrating business in the northwest, so she will definitely know if there is anything unusual.
"That's right!" Fu Lie pointed at Shazhou again, "The teacher said earlier that the economic situation in Shazhou is much better than before? Since Shazhou can connect to the Western Region, it is even easier to connect to the inland. There is also this line .”
He connected the road to the Western Regions with the Asan tribe in the west of the Xiongnu grassland: "The food flowed over, but it did not go from Yunzhou and Dingyuan. Instead, it took a detour to Shazhou, and then entered the Xiongnu from the Asan tribe. In that case, we have absolutely no idea.”
"If we don't go to Yunzhou and Dingyuan, we can only go to Texas and Linzhou! After Liu Guang died, Texas was taken over by us. Didn't we find that there was such a large amount of grain circulation in Texas?"
Fu Lie pondered for a while, and then said at the junction of Linzhou and Dezhou: "Then it must be this way. Under normal circumstances, this road is under the control of Dezhou, but Dezhou's focus is on temples to make money, and Yunzhou's Above the underground tomb, there’s a lot of possibility that you can’t control it.”
"Didn't Linzhou help cover it?"
Wen Qingzhu looked up at Fu Lie and saw him saying solemnly: "If I remember correctly, you said during the day that the box of books you gave to the teacher was given to you by Baidong in Linzhou."
"Yes!" Wen Qingzhu became nervous instantly.
Fu Lie put on his coat and ordered: "You wait here, I will go find the teacher! If an accident happens, first make sure that Yunzhou has not been infiltrated!"
"good!"
That night, Wen Qingzhu had been sitting in the lobby waiting for news.
It wasn't until it got dark that no one came in, and it was Lu Chuan.
"Qingzhu! Didn't you receive any news here? Mr. Ji is missing! Brother Fu chased him deep into the mountains, and now there is further news coming back."
Wen Qingzhu woke up suddenly and rushed to greet him: "What did you say? The teacher is missing! No further news came back from Fu Lie?"
"Well! You come with me to Yunzhou first! There's a landslide there! Some workers are making a fuss! Shen Yu is injured!" Lu Chuan pulled her and ran out.
After about an hour and a half, they finally arrived in Yunzhou.
At the gate of Beicheng, the Lu family army who stayed behind had already controlled the situation, but all the workers stopped.
As soon as Wen Qingzhu appeared, Tang Qin saw her and walked up quickly.
"Sir, you are finally here! Didn't you see the letter I sent yesterday?"
As soon as these words came out, Wen Qingzhu and Lu Chuan looked at each other. Did Tang Qin deliver the letter yesterday
Arriving at the site of the landslide quickly, Wen Qingzhu quickly smelled something wrong.
She walked to the edge of the pit and reached out to touch the dark yellow powder on the clod of soil.
"Isn't this saltpeter?"
Lu Chuan knew this very well and understood instantly: "It's explosive! It's not a natural landslide!"
But Tang Qin came over and explained: "I asked people to use this explosive. It was not there originally. There are still several workers buried underneath. We have rescued everyone except the one at the bottom." Dead, the rest are still alive.”
"Where are the living people?" Wen Qingzhu turned around, she needed to ask questions.
Tang Qin naturally knew what she wanted to ask, and quickly asked someone to bring over several confessions: "Look at this, sir. I cross-examined them carefully this morning and didn't miss anything."
After quickly reading these confessions, Wen Qingzhu quickly noticed two suspicious points.
One is the man who died, who came temporarily to replace his uncle's class.
The second is that the drawings they excavated were temporarily replaced, which caused the landslide.
After Wen Qingzhu read it, Tang Qin immediately explained: "Sir, I already know the identity of this dead man. He is from Texas. I have sent a letter to Lord Wen and asked him to help investigate.
As for the second replaced drawing, it has been found out that the architect is from the Bai family in Texas. Because the Bai family is Master Bai's in-law family, I just sent someone over to inquire. "
"Wait a minute!" Wen Qingzhu turned to look at him, "You said the Bai family is the in-law family of Baidong? Isn't his surname Bai?"
Tang Qin was startled: "Don't you know, sir? Bai Dong's original surname was not Bai. He married into the Bai family and later changed his surname to Bai."
The information in his mind suddenly came together, and Wen Qingzhu quickly gathered these seemingly unrelated information into a line.
Bai Dong sends books, the Bai family craftsmen, and Bai Liufang have a bad relationship with Bai Dong.
"Tang Qin! Seal Yunzhou immediately! All construction projects are temporarily suspended. Pay attention to verifying everyone's identity. Anyone who does not cooperate will be shot to death!"
After giving these instructions, Wen Qingzhu called Lu Chuan and continued to rush to Dezhou.
The problem lies with the Bai family!
There must be something in the Bai family that she has overlooked.
The most important thing is that Bai Dong is not a member of the Bai family, but a bride-in-law.
After Bai Liufang disappeared, Bai Liufang's mother passed away.
Bai Dong took the initiative to tell her this news, which sounded fine.
But looking at it now, the problem is huge.
It was almost evening before Wen Qingzhu arrived in Dezhou.
As she expected, Texas was also locked down.
She went to the door and took out the token to get in and out. The person guarding the city gate did not get out of the way immediately, but kept talking about another matter.
"Master, don't you go find Mr. Ji?"
Wen Qingzhu narrowed his eyes instantly: "How do you know about Mr. Ji? And you know me?"
The city gate guard's eyes flashed slightly, and he quickly explained: "Mr. Ji has been here before, and later General Fu also brought people here. The whole of Texas knows about Mr. Ji's disappearance!"
"Get out of the way!" Lu Chuan was not as patient as Wen Qingzhu, and he pointed the knife at the city gate guard.
I didn't want him to move, but the guards nearby recognized Lu Chuan's sword and knelt down quickly: "See you, General Lu!"
The guard who spoke first was uniquely still. He seemed to know Wen Qingzhu, but not the more famous Lu Chuan.
This was enough to make people suspicious. Lu Chuan immediately said: "Who are you?"
Unexpectedly, the guard in front of me smiled coldly: "I didn't expect it was you, Lu Chuan, who saw what was wrong with me! What a pity! You will never know!"
When he was about to commit suicide by taking poison, his body suddenly went limp and he fell to the ground.
Wen Qingzhu got off his horse and walked up to him. Looking at the frightened and surprised eyes of the guard, he smiled and said: "You know who I am, why are you so careless? At least you should have taken the poison when I stopped, otherwise There is really no possibility of you committing suicide."
She raised her eyes and looked at the city. There was not a single common person on the long streets.
Lu Chuan followed down and immediately took over the place.
Carrying the spy on their shoulders, Wen Qingzhu and the others quickly arrived at the Yamen.
The door was closed and everything was quiet.
Lu Chuan went over to knock on the door and shouted, "I am Lu Chuan!"
There seemed to be some movement inside, and soon the door opened. Yan Yongzhang burst into tears when he saw them.
"Sir! Hurry! Lord Wen has been poisoned!"
When Wen Qingzhu heard this, he quickly followed Yan Yongzhang in.
When she arrived in the bedroom, she found that Wen Mingliang was still awake and drinking medicine in bed.
Seeing her coming, he quickly put down the medicine bowl: "Seventh Sister!"
Wen Qingzhu walked to him, stopped him, and checked his body first.
After finishing it, he asked: "This poison is very overbearing. What did you use to temporarily suppress the poison?"
"It was Miss Xue who gave me the detoxification pills. She said they were specially made by their Medicine God Valley. Under normal circumstances, there is no problem in saving my life."
Wen Mingliang thought of Xue Miaomiao and felt very relaxed.
After making sure that there was no big problem with him, Wen Qingzhu asked: "What happened here in Dezhou? Why have all the city gate guards been replaced?"
Speaking of this, Wen Mingliang lowered his head and said, "It's all because I didn't handle these things well. The problem in Dezhou is far from the previous temples and sects, but the clans. They are the biggest problem in Dezhou!"
"Clan?" Wen Qingzhu didn't hear this word often, but it was not uncommon.
But more often than not, some large families are from the Jiangnan side, while the northwest side advocates force more.
Wen Mingliang nodded: "To be precise, the bigger clan is on the Linzhou side. Before Dezhou, the forces were mixed. There was the immortal Taoist temple who made money, the Xiongnu's hidden spies, and even Jiang Yuancheng's property left here. The clan The power is the least obvious, because they have always been here."
"First of all, the Immortal Taoist Temple has been completely eliminated. There are problems in Baiyun Temple, but they also know how to restrain themselves. Because the Seventh Sister repeatedly interrogated the Huns spies, they have moved their base. At present, it seems that it should be in the mountains."