Chapter 144: How Long Can the Prince Jump Around?
Before she could finish her words, Deng Youning came into her room uninvited and closed the door.
Deputy General Tao was still a little frightened. After all, the county lord had a very bad reputation and extremely high martial arts skills, and she herself did not treat her very well during the day.
"County Lady, if there is anything wrong with this general, you can tell me in the daytime instead of breaking in at night..."
Thinking that she was here to cause trouble, Lieutenant General Tao raised his voice very loudly.
Deng Youning was afraid that she would make things worse, so she quickly made a gesture to her to stop talking.
"Aunt Tao, I really have something important to discuss with you!"
Her call of "Aunt Tao" stunned Deputy General Tao.
It must be bad news that Princess Youning is trying to get close to her like this!
"Just say what you want to say!"
Deputy General Tao said indifferently.
Deng Youning did not keep the secret any longer and expressed his doubts about the shortage of stone paint handed over by Changnan Camp.
Following her line of thought, Deputy General Tao also thought about it, but she still believed that the missing stone paint alone could not prove anything.
"The county lady may not understand that it is not easy to mine rock fat water. You see, the amount everyone sends each time is different."
She also specifically pointed out to Deng Youning the production of other mining camps.
Some delivered 500 kilograms last year, but only 200 kilograms this year, a huge difference!
"I know that the output of this thing cannot be controlled, but if there is a huge difference, that is normal. However, for Changnanying, the difference is less than ten taels each time. With such a small fluctuation, I don't believe that their oil fields really have such a perfect output every time!"
"This place is not far away. I plan to go and have a look myself."
"If my grandmother comes to the army tomorrow and finds that I'm not here, I'll have to ask my aunt to help cover for me!"
Deng Youning asked with a chuckle.
Deputy General Tao was happy and at ease.
I originally thought that this girl was no simple matter and difficult to deal with, but today, it turns out that she is just a little kid!
Just treat it like a baby and coax it.
"Humph, are you really going to just give up on the matter of the lacquer being stolen from Luohua Camp?"
Lieutenant General Tao thought she was still very responsible.
"There's no need to rush. Once we figure out the cause of Concubine Han's death, how long do you think the prince can still jump around?" Deng Youning asked back.
The dim candlelight illuminated her gloomy face, and the sinister smile on the side of her face made her look like a cunning and treacherous person.
For a moment, even Lieutenant General Tao felt a cool breeze on his neck.
She is worthy of being called the evil and vicious woman by the treacherous official Li Tianzhuo in the capital!
After explaining this matter, Deng Youning got up and left.
He didn't even wait for Deputy General Tao to agree.
She wasn't discussing, she was just informing!
At the same time, Ying Shi finally rushed to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.
It was already midnight and everything was quiet. Even the guards at the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion were drowsy.
Suddenly they heard the sound of horse hooves. They woke up in shock and saw that it was Yingshi who came back, but Yingshi was the only one there. They were a little confused.
“Oh—”
Ying Shi handed the horse's reins to the guard at the door, and used his lightness skills to quickly run into Han Qiongyue's Fu Shou Tang in two steps.
At that time, Han Qiongyue had already lay down to rest.
Nanny Dou had just turned out the lights for her.
When he saw Ying Shi coming back and running around in the garden, he was about to scold her, but he didn't notice Deng Youning who was with her.
She also guessed that something might have happened.
Nanny Dou knew that Ying Shi was not the kind of girl who did not know the seriousness of the matter, so something must have happened!
"Wait outside the door. I'll go in first."
After a while, a few lights in Han Qiongyue's room came on, and Yingshi knew that the old lady had woken up.
After receiving the order, she entered the room and described in detail what had happened to the Luohua Camp of the Huayan Army.
"What?!"
"Jun Wenci is so bold that he openly robbed us!"
"Poor those nearly one hundred soldiers in Luohua Camp!"
Han Qiongyue pounded the bed weakly.
Her hands were clenched tightly, and her eyes were filled with anger.
"Madame Dou, get ready. We'll set off at dawn."
Such a big thing has happened, she must put on armor and go into battle personally to find out what happened.
"Can you sleep, brother?"
Han Qiongyue suddenly mentioned Deng Yan'an.
"I didn't leave Hua Yanjun to him. He shouldn't think that I, as a grandmother, am biased, right?"
Ying Shi returned home overnight, fearing that Deng Yan'an would soon know what happened with Hua Yanjun.
Neither the father nor the son grew up with her, so Han Qiongyue was always afraid that she would not treat them and Deng Youning equally.
"Don't worry, old lady. Our An'er is not like the previous Deng Yi. He is a narrow-minded and ungrateful wolf!"
"He would never argue with the young lady about these things."
Nanny Dou has a keen eye and is always able to judge people accurately.
Han Qiongyue also had a calculation in her mind.
"Go and call him up, and let's go to Taoxi Mountain together tomorrow."
She knew An'er's character. If he knew about this, he would definitely not stand idly by.
It would be better to call him before things start so that he can feel involved.
After daybreak, Han Qiongyue and Deng Yan'an drove to Taoxi Mountain where Hua Yanjun was.
Deng Youning also rushed to Changnan Town alone after dawn.
This small town is very special. As soon as you enter the city, you will see lanterns all over the streets.
Big and small, of all kinds, hanging everywhere.
It's not a festival, so why are there so many lanterns hanging in this small town?
Deng Youning walked on the street curiously and found that in addition to the many lanterns, there were also many shops making and selling lanterns.
It can be said to be a lantern town!
During the day, these lanterns are not lit.
But even hanging like this, fluttering and dancing in the wind, it is also a unique sight.
While walking in the lamp, Deng Youning was particularly interested in a lamp that looked like a rabbit. He went forward to take a look and found that the wick was actually an oil lamp.
The oil had a rather pungent smell.
Very similar to stone paint.
She stayed in the Huayan military camp for a night and she was sure she would not mistake the smell of lacquer!
She took a little bit of the oil and carefully examined it. The smell was similar, but the texture was very different from stone paint.
What is this?
While thinking, Deng Youning noticed that there was a small stall selling lanterns nearby, and the stall owner was looking at him.
"Girl, you are from another place, right? Buy a lantern to take back as a souvenir?"
While Deng Youning and the stall owner made eye contact, the stall owner was shouting about the lanterns on his stall.
They all made lanterns, and she thought that perhaps the stall owner might know something.
When he came to the stall, Deng Youning generously threw out one or two taels of silver.
"My friend, help me see what is inside this lamp wick?"
The stall owner took the silver and was happy to serve Deng Youning.
He did not look at the lamp oil that Deng Youning asked him to look at. He only glanced at the shape of the rabbit lamp and confirmed:
"This oil is tallow water!"
"Our Changnan Town is rich in lanterns, but only Jinji's lanterns use special lithotripsy."
"You know what, this oily stone water burns longer than our ordinary oil, but in the whole town, only the Jin family has the means to get oily stone water."
"Alas~ No wonder they are imperial merchants and can pay tribute to the palace with lanterns~"
The stall owner sighed repeatedly.
Comparing goods will lead to throwing them away; comparing people will make you angry!
His few words of dissatisfaction and complaints were important information to Deng Youning!
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