Chapter 665: Covering the Sky with One Hand
It would take some time before Old Master Yu’s birthday banquet was held. Ji Yunshu had nothing to do, so he went to find Xianxian and Qingyu.
So I also knew that these two people would also go to the Yu family on the day of the birthday party.
Especially Qingyu, her dance is the most famous in the whole Hangzhou, and she will perform there when the time comes.
Speaking of this, her cold face still showed no emotion.
Ji Yunshu asked with a smile, "Being able to marry into the Yu family is only beneficial to you, so why are you so unhappy?"
Qing Yu said without any emotion: "The Yu family is large, and there are more than a dozen young masters in this generation. Who can guarantee that all of them are good? If one of them takes a fancy to her, wouldn't a large mansion be a good place to stay?"
Ji Yunshu didn't say anything. In fact, if the young master of the Yu family took a fancy to her, it would be good to take her into the harem in an orderly manner.
Seeing that she remained silent, Qing Yu knew what she was thinking and said self-deprecatingly, "Young Master is also from an aristocratic family. He must be laughing at me for being so sentimental. How can someone like me be worthy of entering the Yu family?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head: "I was just thinking that there is still too little protection for women in this world."
She suddenly understood why Madam Ye didn't like to associate with the powerful and wealthy. Besides being afraid of running into acquaintances, the most important thing was that if anything happened, she would be unable to protect herself.
Upon hearing this, Qingyu looked at Ji Yunshu in surprise.
It was completely unexpected for her that Ji Yunshu would think this way.
She couldn't help but sigh: "It's great that there are people like you in this world."
Ji Yunshu was too embarrassed to respond. In fact, the reason she thought this way was probably because she was also a woman.
It is probably difficult for a man to truly empathize with a woman.
Qing Yu continued, "I don't have any desire to curry favor with powerful people. I just want to live a peaceful and stable life. So you should understand that going to the Yu family is not a good thing for me."
Ji Yunshu looked at her and suddenly asked, "But are you living a peaceful life here?"
After these days of exploration, Ji Yunshu is certain that there is a secret hidden on this ship.
Once the secret is revealed, everyone here will be implicated.
It's like being next to a dormant volcano; you know it's going to erupt, but you don't know when.
This kind of torment is more painful than knowing nothing.
Qing Yu lowered his head: "Everything is fate, what can I do?"
Ji Yunshu reminded her: "What I promised you before is valid until I leave. You can think about it carefully."
Qingyu still kept her head down and said nothing.
Ji Yunshu knew that this was a difficult decision for her, so she didn't rush her and started talking about other things.
Qingyu is not as versatile as Xianxian and is silent most of the time.
Or maybe she was just worried about saying too much and didn't want to tell Ji Yunshu too much.
But today she was unusually silent.
Ji Yunshu prepared to go back early.
There was fresh fish prepared in the kitchen and she wanted to drink fish soup.
Unexpectedly, when she was leaving, Qingyu suddenly stepped forward and opened the door for her. As she stepped out of the threshold, he whispered a few words in her ear: "Tonight, midnight."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other party had already closed the door.
Ji Yunshu was confused, but she knew that Qingyu was taking a huge risk by saying these four words.
She must not show any abnormality.
So she continued walking out as if nothing had happened.
I was thinking about these four words all the way.
Tonight, midnight.
There is only time, no place, and no characters or events.
No clue.
But these four words clearly represent something.
What to do in the middle of the night?
When she returned to her residence, it was still early and Zhao Shen had not come back yet, so she asked the kitchen to make fish soup.
By the time it was time for dinner, Zhao Shen came back.
It was so early, he usually went to the shop.
Ji Yunshu laughed and said, "Do you really think you're here to inspect the shop?"
Zhao Shen said, "I asked the Cen family's shopkeeper for some old account books and found some things."
Ji Yunshu didn't quite understand: "What can be found in the Cen family's old account books?"
Zhao Shen explained, "That's a lot. Although the Cen family's silk and satin business in Hangzhou isn't the best, they've had a steady clientele over the years. And because they're originally from the capital, they're quite popular with some aristocratic families. The amount they spend on the silk and satin shop says a lot."
Ji Yunshu understood that this person was going to do big data statistics.
With his cleverness, he could discover a lot of things by comparing the spending of those people horizontally and vertically.
"What did you find out?"
Zhao Shen said: "The Yu family has been eliminating dissidents over the years, and many families have disappeared quietly."
Ji Yunshu was surprised. If the Yu family just wanted to be the number one family in Jiangnan, they wouldn't have to be so cruel.
"Do they want to..."
Ji Yunshu didn't say the rest of the sentence, but Zhao Shen understood: "It's true that the Yu family has ambitions, but it probably hasn't reached that level, otherwise they wouldn't cooperate with Prince Yong. Those families, in addition to those with tense relations with the Yu family, some were punished on trumped-up charges. The Yu family truly has absolute power in Jiangnan."
Ji Yunshu laughed and said, "Like Yang Zhen? It seems we arrived just in time. Even without Prince Yong, the Yu family can no longer let this go on."
According to their investigation, Yang Zhen was most likely framed.
But Yang Zhen was different from the local aristocratic families in Hangzhou. He was a commander sent by the imperial court and a third-rank military general.
Therefore, the Yu family spent a lot of effort and prepared sufficient evidence.
Thinking of this, she remembered the words Qingyu said today, and told Zhao Shen again: "She only said the four words 'tonight midnight'. I thought about it for a long time and felt that something must be happening at midnight tonight, or someone would do something at this time."
Zhao Shen's expression was somewhat enlightened: "What Qingyu can know is nothing more than what happened on that ship. I will have people keep a close eye on it tonight."
Ji Yunshu knew that Zhao Shen had been keeping an eye on the ship. “Did you catch that guy from last time?”
Zhao Shen shook his head. "That person was secretly transferred. After all, this is the Yu family's territory, so our people are quite inconvenient to move around. However, Qi San found out some other things based on that person. The Yu family is colluding with the pirates."
Ji Yunshu was not surprised at all by this. The fact that the pirates could freely enter and leave the Yu family's territory spoke volumes.
"That means that flower boat is related to both the pirates and the Yu family. It is the bond between them."
Zhao Shen said, "The Yu family is probably worried about the imperial court sending someone to investigate because of Yang Zhen's incident, so they have been keeping a low profile and being cautious these days. It's hard to find any evidence against them."
Ji Yunshu laughed and said, "The Yu family has been here for generations. What's the point of keeping a low profile these days? Besides, we can't find any evidence against them right now, so can't others? They must have a lot of enemies, right?"
The person who knows you best must be your enemy.
It is not easy to be the number one family in Jiangnan. If a tree stands out in the forest, there will definitely be many winds that want to break it.
Otherwise, how did Yang Zhen’s affair get out?
And now there is Prince Yong. Ji Yunshu feels that even if they had a cooperative relationship before, the situation of Prince Yong is not good now, and the Yu family has to reconsider.
There will definitely be a rift between the two parties involved in the cooperation, and it is unlikely to be resolved amicably.
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