Chapter 97: Undercurrent (3)
"Zi Yan, you are so smart on weekdays, why are you talking nonsense now?"
"That's right, let alone the daughters in the mansion, even if they are, it's difficult for them to decide their own destiny. We've been arranged by the master to marry one by one over the years, let alone us."
Having said that, the carriage suddenly became silent.
Not long after, the carriage that was moving slowly stopped, and then a cold scolding came from the front.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you see the notice? Now the whole city is martial law, no one is allowed to go to the streets!"
"This uncle, we are from the Zhou Mansion. These are the gifts our master is going to send to the government office to King Liu. Please forgive me."
In front of the convoy, the butler of the Zhou family said to the black-armored army leader in front with a smile on his face.
Hearing that these were gifts to his lord, the long-time man immediately responded. He asked someone to check it out a little, and after finding that the car was full of gold, silver, treasures and beauties, he said to the housekeeper of Zhou: "You follow us."
“Yes yes.”
The convoy continued to advance under the escort of the Black Armored Army. Because of this, even though he encountered many patrol teams along the way, he was not stopped to inspect.
"These thieves look a little different from what I thought."
In the carriage, Ning Ziyan put down the curtain, her eyes full of dazzling colors.
Along the way, she was observing the black-armored soldiers patrolling the streets outside, and found that these rebels did not look like vicious bandits at all, but were more like regular soldiers of the court. Therefore, she began to feel curious about the rebel leader Liu Feng, whom she had never met.
After the convoy arrived at the government office, it was handed over to the Jinyiwei to take over. The gold, silver and treasures in the carriage were unloaded, and after counting, they were sent into the warehouse. Beauties such as Ning Ziyan were uniformly arranged in a remote yard in the back house. Before the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of these people were found out, the Jinyiwei could not have let them get in touch with Liu Feng so quickly.
The next day.
When Liu Feng woke up, he felt refreshed. After washing up, he was eating exquisite breakfast while listening to Xu Tu report on his work.
"Last night, the army had arrived outside the city. In order not to disturb the people in the city, they did not let them enter the city, but instead stationed outside."
Liu Feng stuffed a piece of pastry into his mouth and asked, "Is there a place in the city to place a large army?"
"If all of them enter the city, I'm afraid they can't be resettled. The city can only accommodate 50,000 people, and they have been given priority to the Black Armored Army. The remaining people can only camp outside or arrange to go to nearby counties."
"Well, let the lieutenants below discuss how to arrange this matter, and then show me the plan."
"yes."
"Is there anything else?"
"Captain Zhao Guan, who disappeared yesterday, returned and suffered serious injuries. According to his confession, after Dashi County was lost, he was rescued by a leader named Yu Yang from the Minshan bandits. Moreover, Yu Yang also had the intention of surrendering to the Lord. Now he is apologizing outside."
"Well, it's not all his responsibility to lose Dashi County. It's good that people come back alive. If you want to go back and recover well, the position of the lieutenant will remain unchanged. The lost soldiers will select personnel from the surrendered troops. Yu Yang can continue to contact him. That's it, the next one."
"Yes, the Jinyiwei arrested fifteen spies from the secret inspector last night. After being questioned, he received little information. He only knew that they had recently conspired to assassinate the Lord, and the specific plan had not been found yet, so please stay in the mansion as much as possible during this period."
Liu Feng knew that the Secretariat had always sent assassins to assassinate him, so he was used to such things. If the Secretariat suddenly gave up the assassination of him one day, that would be abnormal, "Well, let's continue talking about the next one."
"Last night, the Zhou family sent a large amount of gold and silver treasures, including one million taels of silver, five hundred thousand taels of gold, three hundred and ten pieces of jewelry of various types, and thirty beauties, one of which was called Ning Ziyan, who was said to have a phoenix life."
"Feng Ming Ming? There is still this thing?"
Liu Feng suddenly became interested, "Where was she arranged?"
"Does the Lord summon her in Meixiang Garden in Beiyuan?"
Xu Tu asked.
"No, let's go and see it quietly, don't disturb her."
Liu Feng picked up a scarf and wiped his mouth, stood up, and walked outside.
Xu Tu hurriedly followed, then bowed his body and continued to report work behind him. "Speaking of it, there is another thing related to the Zhou family. In the second half of last night, Zhou Ming, the only son of Zhou family, suddenly hanged himself in his room. He heard rumors circulating in the Zhou family. It is said that this young master Zhou has always liked Ning Ziyan, who has a phoenix life. Unfortunately, Zhou Gui insisted on giving Ning Ziyan to the master in order to save the life of the Zhou family. This young master Zhou was unable to think about it for a moment and committed suicide."
"What a lovely young man, do you think this rumor is credible?"
Xu Tu shook his head, "I have sent someone to investigate in secret."
"Well, I'll send someone to Zhou's mansion to express my condolences to Zhou Gui. After all, we have to make some contributions to others."
"yes."
The two of them soon arrived at Meixiang Garden and met Ning Ziyan. When they first saw this woman, Liu Feng suddenly felt a stunning feeling. Even though he had experienced the influence of countless Internet beauties before traveling through time, he had to admit that the woman in front of him was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and her every frown and smile was fascinating.
Liu Feng tried hard to turn his gaze away from Ning Ziyan, and then sighed: "A smile makes people fall in love with the city and the country, and I suddenly understood why there are rumors that Mr. Zhou hanged himself for this woman."
"Master, please rest assured. I have arranged someone to investigate the origin of this woman. I believe there will be results soon."
Xu Tu said quickly.
"Hmph, it's a big deal. Am I such an impatient person?"
Liu Feng glanced at Xu Tu, "It's mainly because you guys are always around you, who are rough and slutty, not as delicate as women."
“Yes, the Lord taught us that we will pay attention in the future.”
Xu Tu nodded repeatedly and should be yes.
"Well, after the investigation, remember to tell me, OK, let's go, there is still a lot of things to be busy with today."
Liu Feng said, walking outside. The city relies on the Green Water River, mainly commerce, and the area of arable land is not large, so he is preparing to summon merchants from all over the city to talk about the implementation of commercial tax collection. This is also one of the reasons why he did not immediately make people to search for the wealth of gentry and merchants after entering the city.
Chapter completed!