Chapter 431 Night Detective
Chapter 431 Night Detective
Qingu was also paying attention to the situation in Luzhou in the city these days, but he didn't gain anything.
Was it indeed killed by pirates as the client knew?
Why are pirates so rampant and the imperial court does nothing?
Or...the Zeng family didn't have any accidents, just to scare the client and stimulate what the client said?
Qingu is more willing to believe it is the latter.
No matter what, she had to go back and have a look to feel at ease.
Moreover, when you get there, you may be able to ask more information from the nearby population.
After making up his mind, Qingu bought a lot of things to eat and drink on the road, hired a donkey cart, and rushed to Luzhou.
All the way south, although the time is getting closer to deep winter, the temperature is still gradually rising.
When Qingu sees sick people, she will occasionally use her medical skills. Although she doesn't make much money, she can barely save the fare for the car and meals. Some people are grateful to her, and there are merits to be earned.
In this way, he stopped and stopped all the way, practiced, inquired about the news, and let the three of A Huan recover their bodies without any delay.
About a month later, one person and three dogs finally entered the territory of Luzhou.
The sight is bleak, the land is barren, and the houses near and far can't see the appearance of human habitation.
It presents a desolate and dilapidated scene.
After walking for a long time, I didn't see a living person, and there was a faint smell of blood and corruption in the air...
Qingu's heart sank slowly.
Arriving at the Zeng Family Courtyard, this is a large courtyard with hundreds of houses connected together. Although Zeng Guangsheng is the only direct descendant in the middle, the rest of the offshoots and the tenants, servants, and servants attached to the Zeng Family were at the height of the Zeng Family’s prosperity. As many as five or six hundred people!
If you add the hired boatmen and so on, that's even more.
Qingu stood on a hillside in the distance and looked towards this side. With her super eyesight, she could roughly see the situation in Zeng's courtyard.
I thought I would see the same dilapidated scene as other places, but I didn’t expect that this place is just like the client’s memory, the house is intact, there are people coming and going inside, and it is a prosperous scene.
How is this going?
Could it be that, as I guessed, nothing happened to the Zeng family, but they just made up the fact that the Zeng family was exterminated in order to deceive the client and deliberately anger the client to death?
This is really the best news.
Anyway, just to be on the safe side, Qingu didn't wipe off the disguise on his face, nor did he go directly to the door.
Instead, after nightfall, he changed into dark clothes, covered his face with a scarf, and climbed over the wall to enter.
Now, after more than a month of cultivation, Qingu has entered the cultivation level of the acquired fourth level.
Although this speed is not fast compared to before, it is mainly related to the client's physical fitness.
But now that he was able to fly over the eaves and walk over the walls, he could also control the needle with internal force, and with the addition of medicine powder and other things, it was easy to visit Zeng's house at night.
Qingu asked Ah Huan and the three to wait in place... After thinking for a while, he said: If you see someone coming, run away, to the hillside in the distance.
Qingu pointed to the raised black shadow in the night.
A Huan whined, not knowing if it understood or not.
In short, Qingu didn't want what happened last time to happen again.
Entering Zeng's house, Qingu followed the client's memory and first searched for the courtyard where Zeng Guangsheng lived...
Walking and walking, I noticed something was wrong, these people...
There was a strong smell of the sea and blood on his body.
Qingu's heart skipped a beat, he really couldn't just look at the appearance, there was something tricky about it.
Outside the yard, there were people standing guard everywhere, some in the open and some in the dark.
Looking at the aura emanating from these people, they all belong to masters and have reached the acquired state!
You must know that Qingu has traveled all the way, and he barely reached the Houtian realm after meeting one or two knight-errants along the way, but in this yard, the guards all have such cultivation, it would be false to say that they are not surprised.
Fortunately, Qingu was a few levels higher than them, and with the hidden breath and the effect of the medicinal powder, these people did not discover it.
However, Qingu didn't dare to get too close.
Because she felt a stronger aura coming from the courtyard, maybe her cultivation level was higher than hers.
The other party is so cautious and vigilant, if they get too close, it is easy to be spotted.
Listen carefully, the people inside are discussing things.
Listening to it, Qingu felt her hair stand on end one by one.
It turned out that what these people were discussing was a large grain and ore deal.
It turned out that Zeng's family discovered an iron ore vein in Luofeng Mountain just half a year ago. The ore deposit is very large and the iron content is very high.
They knew that it would be impossible for the Zeng family to take down this mine vein, so they wanted to give it to King Pingyi, the husband of the client, Mu Zhong.
If Mu Zhong is allowed to mention it to the emperor again, it can enhance Mu Zhong's status in the eyes of the emperor. If he is valued, his own daughter will definitely be honored accordingly... Then the Zeng family will also be honored.
Even the mining rights can be won, and the Zeng family will not need to rely entirely on maritime trade to survive... After all, the emperor does not pay attention to maritime trade, nor does he pay attention to coastal defense. There is nothing better than taking the opportunity to transform.
But how did they know that before they had time to spread the news, there was news that Zeng's merchant ship had encountered pirates.
Immediately afterwards the pirates took the opportunity to land, and they fought hard for several days, barely driving them away.
This time, the Zeng family suffered heavy losses, and countless fishermen in the surrounding area were killed or injured.
If there is an increase, write to Pingyi Palace to ask for support.
It didn't take long to receive a reply, telling them not to worry, they will send troops to reinforce them in the near future.
With the reply letter from Pingyi Palace, the Zeng family's confidence increased greatly.
After all, the two daughters of the Zeng family are both married to King Pingyi, one is the official wife and the other is the Ping wife, which seems to be very beneficial.
How could they know that this letter did not reach King Pingyi, but was stopped by someone, and then they replied in the same tone as King Pingyi.
The Zeng family waited wholeheartedly for the support of the imperial army, so they did not organize a retreat.
In the end, what was waiting was the crazy counterattack of the pirates...
The Zeng family was destroyed.
Then those pirates used Zeng's house as their base, and while handling the follow-up work, they killed other nearby fishermen.
Turn this place into their base completely.
The change of imperial regime and the peace advocated by those ministers and scholars have in fact acquiesced that this area has become a gathering place for pirates.
And now, what these people are negotiating is the deal that iron ore mining has made with surrounding countries.
In addition to the transaction of iron ore, there is also the transaction of salt and grain.
The person who is negotiating with the pirate leader this time is a minister of the Mongolian country. They are now hoarding a large amount of food... because they are already on the border and preparing to deploy to fight against the country.
The two parties are negotiating price and quantity.