An hour and a half later, Wen Qingzhu stood up and came out.
Lei Yan looked at her: "Have you convinced him?"
Wen Qingzhu shook his head with a worried look on his face: "No, but he is finally willing to give me a chance. Let's go back and prepare first. This year, something big is going to happen in the capital again."
Following Wen Qingzhu out, Lei Yan looked back curiously.
When he was about to leave the small courtyard, he saw Zhang Ke coming out and standing under the eaves with his hands behind his back, watching them leave quietly.
After getting on the carriage, Lu Tao followed in and whispered: "Miss, Wen Qinglan is staring at you diagonally across the street."
"It's okay, let her keep an eye on him. I know Zhang Ke so well that I can't even talk to him, even if Jiang Yuancheng comes in person. Besides, Wen Qinglan is here this time, so I don't have to worry."
Wen Qingzhu waved his hands indifferently and turned to talk about things in the capital: "Is there any news from Princess Huai?"
"No news yet."
Returning to the canal, Wen Qingzhu stayed here for two days.
The progress of the canal was slowly advancing. Wei Lin had his own direction and immediately began to make preparations.
Fu Lie needed to take charge of the overall situation, so he sent Ning Xiu to accompany Wen Qingzhu.
Walking by the river, Wen Qingzhu looked at the busy workers and asked about his situation: "Are you still getting used to it recently?"
"It's okay. I didn't get used to it at first, but Master Wei and General Fu took good care of me. Now I can basically adapt to it."
Ning Xiu walked beside her, feeling very restrained and cautious in her answers.
Wen Qingzhu looked at him and said, "That's good. You will still have to go back to the Hanlin Academy in two years. You should study hard when you have time."
"I know, these brothers and mother have told me that the work I do now is very easy." Ning Xiu nodded.
When they arrived at a resting pavilion, Wen Qingzhu went over and sat down.
Lu Tao stood guard outside the pavilion, and Ning Xiu hesitated whether to come in or not.
"Come in." Wen Qingzhu waved.
Ning Xiu came in hesitantly step by step. After sitting down, he didn't dare to just Wen Qingzhu.
On the contrary, Wen Qingzhu smiled and looked outside quietly.
After resting for a while, Lei Yan rushed over.
After he came in, he said with a very serious look: "Something happened to Shuo'er."
"Is it not life-threatening?" Wen Qingzhu took a deep breath and sat still.
Lei Yan nodded and took out a letter: "Wei Feng asked me to bring this to you. You have to read it first."
Wen Qingzhu took it and after reading it, he immediately returned it to Lei Yan for destruction.
"They are indeed looking for that thing." Wen Qingzhu looked up at him, "What are you going to do next?"
Lei Yan hesitated for a moment: "Aren't you planning to ask King Chu to come over and take charge of this project? Then I will go back early. I feel that my grandfather also needs help."
"Well, I just happened to go back with you."
Wen Qingzhu stood up, turned to Ning Xiu and said, "Follow Wei Lin well. He has a lot to learn from him, but you have to keep your own thinking. If you don't understand, wait for a while to think about it."
Ning Xiu stood up quickly and nodded.
Two days later, Wen Qingzhu followed Lei Yan directly to Lei's house.
At the door of Lei Shuo's room, Liang Pingshu was walking out of it.
"County Lord." Wen Qingzhu called politely.
Liang Pingshu stared at her for a long time, and finally nodded.
When the two of them stumbled across each other, Liang Pingshu suddenly took her hand: "Can we talk later?"
"certainly."
Liang Pingshu let go of her hand, and Wen Qingzhu turned around and went into the house.
In the inner room, Lei Shuo sat on the bed, with two maids standing in front of him, holding two bowls of soup in their hands.
Mrs. Lei San pulled her and persuaded her: "Shuo'er, listen to mother and drink these two bowls of medicine first. It will heal faster."
Lei Shuo had a sullen face and said nothing, with a look of reluctance on his face.
Looking up and seeing Wen Qingzhu, Lei Shuo immediately opened the quilt and got up as if he had seen a savior.
As a result, Mrs. Lei San held her down and said with a straight face: "Lei Shuo! Are you obedient? You have to drink this medicine even if you don't want to!"
"Mother..." Lei Shuo's mouth twitched.
Wen Qingzhu walked forward, stopped in front of the two maids, picked up the bowl and smelled it.
"Aunt, this is just a tonic!" Wen Qingzhu turned around.
Lei Shuo nodded vigorously.
Mrs. Lei San turned around and said with a sad face: "Qingzhu, you don't know how dangerous it was in the paddock two days ago. Shuo'er was unconscious for a long time. She had never been like this before. It must be My body is weak and needs to be replenished.”
Looking at Mrs. Lei San, Wen Qingzhu noticed something strange.
After thinking for a while, Wen Qingzhu asked the two maids to put down the medicine: "You go ahead, I will persuade you later."
"Qingzhu!" Lei Shuo shouted immediately.
But Mrs. Lei San smiled and said: "Yeah, let's go, we want to talk alone."
The two maids put down the medicine, turned and left the room.
When no one was around, Mrs. Lei San's expression became serious.
Wen Qingzhu asked in a low voice: "Aunt, those two maids just now are not from the Lei family, are they?"
"Well, it was sent here by Concubine Li." Mrs. Lei San clutched the handkerchief tightly and almost said it through gritted teeth.
Lei Shuo was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Madam Lei San turned around, picked up the two bowls of medicine, and poured them into the vase.
After coming back and sitting by the bed, Mrs. Lei San held Wen Qingzhu's hand: "No matter what, you have to find a way to make Shuo'er look sick."
"What does the Li family want to do?" Wen Qingzhu asked immediately.
Mrs. Lei San seemed to remember something and was trembling with anger.
Instead, Lei Shuo calmed down: "It's Mrs. Jingyuan Hou who wants to be a matchmaker for me."
"who is it?"
"Who else could it be?" Mrs. Lei San was so angry that her tone started to get excited.
Wen Qingzhu frowned: "Prince Ning!"
"Well, he was the one who saved me when we were in the paddock." There was nothing unusual about Lei Shuo's expression, but Wen Qingzhu knew that she was disdainful in her heart.
"This is not easy to handle. If it were anyone else, Mr. Lei could refuse, but Prince Ning, it's really hard to refuse." Wen Qingzhu pondered.
Was Jiang Yuanan forced by Jiang Yue again
After comforting Mrs. Lei San, someone was looking for her outside, and Mrs. Lei San left.
The room became quiet. Wen Qingzhu saw Lei Shuo getting up and started to warm up.
Wen Qingzhu looked at her movements, her movements were like flowing water, her chassis was very stable, and her martial arts skills were impressive.
After the warm-up was completed, Lei Shuo, covered in sweat, turned around to get a towel and began to wipe himself.
When she turned around, she saw Wen Qingzhu staring at her. Lei Shuo explained: "I used to think that my martial arts was pretty good, but I suffered a loss this time. I can't slack off like this in the future."
Wen Qingzhu looked at her distressedly: "Sister Shuo, they are really plotting against you, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Lei Shuo shook his head: "Actually, I knew there was something abnormal at the time, but if I didn't go there, something might happen to Lu Lei and the county master."
"This matter also involves the county chief and Lu Lei?" Wen Qingzhu thought of what Yun Xian said.
Could it be that King Chu and King Ning joined forces to cause trouble to the Lu family
Later, when Lei Shuo got involved, he simply changed his goal
"Sister Shuo, please tell me in detail what the situation was like at that time?" Wen Qingzhu felt that he might have underestimated Jiang Yuancheng.
Since he is a person who puts interests first, as long as Prince Ning is willing to cooperate, it is very likely that they will plan this matter together.
After listening to Lei Shuo's explanation, Wen Qingzhu thought for a while and took out the treasure map.
He divided the treasure map into four parts and gave one of them to Lei Shuo: "Sister Shuo, if you put this away, you may be able to save your life at a critical moment."
"Is this the treasure map that the Yue survivors you mentioned before are looking for?" Lei Shuo looked at it curiously, but he didn't think it was a very important thing last time.
But what happened in the paddock this time made her realize that things were not that simple.
"Well, as for Mrs. Jingyuan Hou's appointment as a matchmaker, you should find a way to convince your aunt and ask her not to refuse or accept. Anyway, your grandfather will take care of the big things, so there won't be any big problems."
"I know, it's just that I think I hate Mrs. Jingyuan Hou. If it weren't for the sake of Concubine Li and the emperor, I wouldn't pay attention to them."
Lei Shuo looked disdainful.
"As for your physical condition, I will help you and make sure that even the imperial doctor cannot find out." Wen Qingzhu held Lei Shuo's hand and told her not to worry.
Except behind the door, Qinghu was waiting at the door.
"Miss Wen, the county master is waiting for you in the side hall."
"Okay." Wen Qingzhu turned around and followed Qing Hu to the next room.
When she arrived at the house, Liang Pingshu was looking down at something that looked like a document.
When he saw her coming in, he immediately put down what he was holding and called her over: "Come and take a look at this. These are major and minor cases that have occurred in the capital in recent years."
Wen Qingzhu walked over and looked where Liang Pingshu pointed.
Until she saw a case that happened during the plague, in which several parrot myna traffickers died accidentally.
"The one that became the concubine..." Something seemed to connect in Wen Qingzhu's heart.
Liang Pingshu nodded: "This thing was sorted out by Mr. Jin. I went to Su Huo. He said that this case was originally an unsolved case. It was the previous governor who hurriedly closed the case in order to solve the case. There is clearly something abnormal here. .”
Wen Qingzhu turned to look at her: "How is the county chief's investigation into the matter of becoming a concubine?"
"We have a direction, and we even know it's Zhang Chunnian, but I'm not sure if Concubine Li was involved." Liang Pingshu tightened her hand holding the document.
Seeing her like this, Wen Qingzhu hesitated whether to say anything.
In fact, Concubine Li must have taken the blame for Zhang Chunnian's incident.
At this moment, a voice came from outside.
"County Lord, we found it!"
The person who came in was none other than Lei Xiushan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
He ran in quickly with a stack of paperwork in his hand.
After finding what he wanted, he looked up and saw Wen Qingzhu.
"Ah, Miss Wen is here too." Lei Xiushan smiled sheepishly.
Wen Qingzhu waved his hand: "You're welcome, what are these things you brought?"
Lei Xiushan suddenly realized: "This is what Zhang Chunnian has sent to the capital over the years, and what he and his related personnel have already sent to the capital."
"Oh?" Wen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows, "Did you find anything?"
Lei Xiushan said with some confusion: "I carefully classified and sorted it out, and even counted the types of things Zhang Chunnian sent to the capital every month and who they gave them to. Finally, I found something was wrong. In the past two years, Zhang Chunnian actually had sex with the prince. It’s a little close.”
"He is King Huai now!" Liang Pingshu corrected him immediately.
Lei Xiushan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I was confused for a moment."
"Is Zhang Chunnian actually a member of King Huai?" Liang Pingshu was always worried about Princess Cheng.
Since Princess Cheng's death, she has been secretly investigating the matter.
Lei Xiushan was still looking through the documents, and Wen Qingzhu hesitated and said, "I remember that before the King of Chu became the king, he seemed to be very close to the King of Huai. The person who accepted these things may not be the King of Huai. Where are the people??”
As soon as these words came out, Lei Xiushan and Liang Pingshu looked over at the same time.
Wen Qingzhu smiled dryly: "That's just my guess."
Who knew that Lei Xiushan suddenly slapped his forehead and began to quickly pull out a few books. After flipping through them, he raised his head in surprise: "That's right! It's King Chu!"