Chapter 5 Thief Thanks to the Turtle Immortal and the Flower Leader
It is another benefit to being Gu Mingzhu without getting up early.
Everyone knows that Miss Gu spends most of her time sleeping, and no one will disturb her when she sleeps. If she accidentally wakes up the lady, the lady will have a headache for several days.
This gave Gu Mingzhu a lot of time to be alone. She had to go out frequently in the future, so people around her had to know her many habits so that she could act in the future.
But Gu Mingzhu got up early today because Mrs. Lin promised to take her out.
While Mrs. Lin was talking to Mrs. Cui Si, Gu Mingzhu sat on the soft collapse and looked carefully at the notes in her hand. This was the clue obtained from the merchant.
It was a simple map.
Baotong leaned over and rubbed his eyes: "Miss, my eye disease must be serious, otherwise I won't understand what this is."
Gu Mingzhu nodded: "I'll let the kitchen use mulberry leaves, chamomile and elixir to boil water for you to drink."
Baotong covered her mouth: "I have a fetal disease, so I guess it's all. Miss, no need to worry about me anymore."
Speaking of this, Baotong looked out: "The flower I saw yesterday was blooming, I'll pick it."
The unknown little flower is as big as a little finger, and it can be seen clearly by Baotong.
Gu Mingzhu re-stacked the map. The place marked by the map is not far from Taiyuan Prefecture. She wanted to have someone go and explore the way first.
"Baotong," Gu Mingzhu said, "When we go out later, you will send this map to the old place. Without saying anything, they will know what to do, and bring back any news there."
"Don't worry, Miss," said Baotong, "I will not be discovered."
She likes to do such things the most, which is extremely exciting. When she saw many things she shouldn't have seen, her eyes light up. If she continues like this, the lady will send her more work like this, so she won't have to worry about eye diseases in the fetal belt.
"Miss, drink tea." Baotong brought a cup of tea to Gu Mingzhu.
Gu Mingzhu took the tea and took a sip.
Baotong couldn't help but say, "Miss, must have seen something from this, right? Is there a very problem?"
Gu Mingzhu nodded. Apart from the clues revealed in the map, the whole thing was a bit strange. The female members of the Zhou family met the injured merchant on the road of the officialdom and obtained clues from the merchants, which is very suspicious.
Especially after she got the wax pills, she felt that there were even more doubts.
This method of hiding letters in wax pills is very safe. Small wax pills can be hidden in clothes, hair, and even more so, hidden in the body and in the back of the valley. As long as the person who sent the message does not take out the wax pills, it will take some effort to find them.
On the official road that the Zhou family walked, there were about dozens of carriages passing by. When the Zhou family's female family met a merchant, it was the end of the Si period. It was a good time to rush on the road. There were many pedestrians on the road, and there were not many opportunities for merchants to hit the Zhou family to ask for help. Even by coincidence, when the Zhou family manager saw a person covered in blood, the first thing they thought of was to protect the female family in the family. How could Zhou Ruzhang meet the merchant?
Zhou Ruzhang is a young lady in the inner hut. She usually likes women's family and is not good at filing cases. She will not take the initiative to ask merchants unless the merchant said something that made Zhou Ruzhang very interested.
She guessed that the merchant was about what he said: "I was a merchant from Shanxi. I accidentally heard the bandits talking and wanted to report to the officials, but the bandits found that they were robbed and killed halfway. I had important clues in my hand. With this, I would definitely be able to catch those bandits..."
Zhou Ruzhang has been coveting Cui Zhen for a long time. If such a thing is delivered to her, it is undoubtedly because someone handed the pillow when she is sleepy. She is naturally very happy and tries to deliver the things to Cui Zhen.
Cui Zhen owes her a favor, and they will have the opportunity to continue to interact.
There are too many coincidences in the whole incident, so this is probably a game set up against Cui Zhen, but she still doesn't know what the person who set up the game wants to achieve.
Unfortunately, Zhou Ruzhang accidentally lost his purse and the clues were not delivered to Cui Zhen. However, since those people wanted to deal with Cui Zhen, they would use other means.
Cui Zhen would have to work harder to find out this matter.
...
"Zhuzhu," Mrs. Lin walked into the house, "Are you anxious? I'll take you out now."
Mrs. Lin's face was full of smiles, but there was sorrow in her eyes. She had just received news from Beijing that the official who was preparing for the war horses with the master committed suicide due to crimes. The censor said that the official was forced to bear all the charges. As for whom she was responsible for, it was naturally their Huaiyuan Marquis' Mansion.
She could think that the emperor would be furious because of this. The life of the nobles in these years was not easy, and they would always be impeached and rely on the duke of their ancestors to do whatever they want.
The master is very careful on weekdays, but he didn't expect that he was still plotted against this time.
Mrs. Lin doesn't know if she left the capital and came to Shanxi. She walked around without any result after coming to Shanxi. If she stayed in the capital, she would at least be with the master.
The master wrote to her, so she didn't have to worry. In recent years, the nobles had many troubles, but as long as they did not participate in party struggles and did not surrender to any prince, they would not cause any death.
She knew that this was something to comfort her, and things might not be that simple.
After giving birth to Zhuzhu, she has never been pregnant again. This time, she finally had a happy event, and she also hopes to have a smooth and rich life for the master.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Lin grabbed Zhuzhu's hand: "There are many people in the Dharma Assembly this time. You have to follow your mother closely, don't run around."
Gu Mingzhu nodded. She begged for a long time before she asked her mother to take her to the Dharma Assembly. This Dharma Assembly was specially organized for female family members, and many female family members from high-ranking officials and noble families would go there.
And if someone wants to steal something, the Dharma Assembly is undoubtedly a good place.
The merchant’s goods were robbed, and it may not be possible for many people to pay attention, but if something happened to the female family of the high-ranking officials and noble families, many people’s eyes would be attracted.
Several cases in Shanxi, from stealing, robbing goods to killing people, are getting worse and worse every time, just as if someone can't wait to ask everyone to know about his existence.
Mrs. Lin was just not sure which piece of clothing to wear, but Gu Mingzhu pointed to which light lotus-colored pants: "It looks good."
"Okay," Mrs. Lin said with a smile, "then listen to Zhuzhu."
This dress looks very ordinary and won't attract attention.
...
The Dharma Assembly is located in the Jinta Temple in Taiyuan City. The golden pagodas in the temple enshrine Buddhist scriptures handwritten by the Empress Dowager, and it is full of incense on weekdays.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager's birthday is coming, this Dharma Assembly is also praying for the Empress Dowager.
Zhou Ruzhang put thick powder on his face, but his haggard face still could not cover his haggard face. Yesterday, after she reported everything that passed by, the Marquis said nothing, but just sent her away.
This morning she sent someone to ask about her purse, without any reply.
Zhou Ruzhang tightened his hand. How could the Marquis be so ruthless? No matter how he is her brother-in-law, he blamed Zhou Rujun for losing face for the Zhou family, which made them dislike the Cui family. Other elder sisters can support their face for the younger sisters in the family. Zhou Rujun was so good that he almost got into the entire Zhou family, and he wasted his grandmother's hard work to raise him up.
Zhou Ruzhang got out of the car with Mrs. Zhou San, and heard a burst of laughter. She turned her head and saw Gu Mingzhu.
That fool is here, and Mrs. Huaiyuan Hou really dares to bring the foolish girl to come. Are you not afraid that the foolish girl will lose face of the Gu family?
Mrs. Zhou San and Zhou Ruzhang stepped forward to salute.
Gu Mingzhu dealt with it casually like a child, and Zhou Ruzhang's face suddenly became even more ugly, and a fire broke out in his chest, but he couldn't blame him.
This fool is more hateful than the elder sister.
Gu Mingzhu ignored Zhou Ruzhang. She turned her eyes to the gate of the temple. There were yamen guarding it outside the temple. It seemed that the government office was also afraid of making mistakes. However, the temple was built in the mountains, and pilgrims were endless all year round. The thieves could sneak in in advance and hide them, waiting for today to take action.
After entering the mountain gate, the welcome monk led the female family to the backyard to rest.
"Madam Huaiyuan Hou."
The women began to greet each other and walked around with their mother. Gu Mingzhu sat down to rest. The whispers of the women came from beside her.
"Shanxi has not been peaceful these days, I hope it will get better after the Dharma Assembly."
"Amitabha, the Buddha blesses to catch those thieves earlier."
"Why are those thieves targeting our Shanxi? Seven years ago, someone burned the food used by the court for disaster relief in order to steal the imperial treasury. Many people starved to death because of this. That person has not been caught yet."
"Seven years ago, the thief was really hateful. He pretended to be a merchant to open a porridge factory to help refugees, making the government office less alert to him, and he succeeded."
The thief seven years ago...
Still pouring sewage on him?
Hearing this, Gu Mingzhu took a piece of sweet fruit and put it in her mouth. The sweet smell of sweet fruit seemed to melt the bitterness that surged, soothing her heart.
"I have a sum of money. If you go out and help me do something, I will give it to you? Fame is all false, and money is the most realistic. With these money, you can make a fortune in one's life, two in two, and four in a quiet voice, and be a rich idle person..."
They all went there back then, but now she is alive, they want to live with her.
Although the government did not catch Mr. Zhang seven years ago, he was seriously injured by someone's back, and changed his name and fled for several years. In the end, because the poison was coming, he assassinated a corrupt official alone and was willing to be arrested in prison. Despite this, he never admitted that he was the thief who stole the treasury in the past. The government only thought that he had killed an assassin and did not associate Mr. Zhang with the case of Shanxi.
"I know I won't live long, and I don't regret killing that corrupt official. I think that killing someone will have a life, and I think this is the result," Mr. Zhang smiled heroically. "But I didn't steal the kuyin a few years ago, and I never burned disaster relief food. I can't admit that I can never figure out why... Why did it turn out like that... If you can go out and ask me, it would be fine if he harmed me, why did you harm the people."
She asked, "Who is he who you are talking about?"
Mr. Zhang was silent for a while before saying, "Forget it, I have reached this point, there is nothing I can't let go. I didn't want to frame him before I figured it out. When Huang Quan meets, I will ask you again."
Unexpectedly, after rebirth, the first major event she encountered was related to Mr. Zhang.
The person is no longer the same person, but the thief is still the same thief.
The thief wanted to reveal the truth about that year to the world. Can they catch her this time?
The Dharma Assembly began, and the female family stood up and went to the scene.
Gu Mingzhu stood up and wanted to follow her mother. She glanced at her eyes and saw a bright thing embedded in the gap of the rattan on the futon where her mother sat.
That was a pearl.
Ordinary pearls are of poor quality and are not valuable.
The thief seven years ago would put a pearl whenever he stole something to prove his identity.
Mr. Zhang gave her the last few pearls.
It doesn't matter if the pearls were picked up or buried with her after she died. Pearls are common objects and they will not be suspicious wherever they appear.
Unless the pearl appears in the crime site, it has a special meaning.
Some people want to harm people in the name of the Pearl Thieves, but the person they are targeting is their mother.
"What is this?" Gu Mingzhu held Pearl and raised his hand and shouted, "I picked up something."
The pearl is in her hands. If the "Pearl Thief" wants to become famous, wouldn't it be more appropriate to kill the person holding the pearl? If that fake is really here, then...
Chapter completed!