Chapter 212 The Imprisoned
The place where Zhan Chuan met was on a boat.
This boat is located in the middle of Yanghe Market. Various refreshments are sold outside, with three tables and two more inside the cabin.
When Zhou Yunshu entered the cabin, she saw Zhan Chuan who was particularly conspicuous in the cabin.
"Sir." Zhan Chuan stood up but couldn't stand straight, so he bent down and said to Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu glanced at the top of the boat that she was about to touch, and said to Zhan Chuan, "Sit down."
Zhan Chuan sat at the innermost part of the cabin, barely able to turn around. Zhou Yunshu sat opposite him, while Shiliu and Chunque sat at the table at the entrance.
Zhan Chuan poured Zhou Yunshu a glass of water and then went straight to the point: "Sir, did you know that Black Water Village has a large amount of weapons hidden?"
Zhou Yunshu nodded.
"There's one more thing I didn't have time to tell Sixteen."
Zhan Chuan looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "Blackwater Village has imprisoned many good-looking boys and girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen. From what I've heard, it seems the leader of Blackwater Village bought or even kidnapped them from various places to train them as concubines or servants, to be sent to the homes of officials in places like Haizhou, Nanzhou, and Tingzhou."
“The ones in the village are not the first batch.”
What he meant was that this was not the first time that Heishui Village had done such a thing.
"Did the Cen siblings also escape from there?"
Zhan Chuan nodded and said to Zhou Yunshu, "The new concubine married by the leader of the Blackwater Village is also from the Cen family. She is fourteen years old and her name is Cen Miaoying."
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyes. She didn't know about this.
Moreover, in the few days since Cen Miaofu was rescued by Zhan Chuan, neither Cen Miaofu nor her brother Cen Ruize ever mentioned Cen Miaoying once, as if she had never existed.
Zhan Chuan continued, "Cen Miaofu and Cen Ruize were able to set the fire and escape because Cen Miaoying was covering for them."
"How is this girl now?"
Zhan Chuan said: "It's quite favored."
Zhou Yunshu nodded and stopped talking about her. Instead, she asked, "How is Black Water Village doing now?"
Zhan Chuan continued, "Because of the civil unrest that occurred earlier, patrols in Blackwater Village are now very strict, with almost one sentry every ten steps."
"However, due to the previous civil unrest, the leader of Black Water Village no longer trusts anyone in the village. Instead, he trusts Peng Tianhe and me very much."
"Now we are in charge, along with the Blackwater Village's leader, Dai Xingye's brother-in-law, Li Dajiao."
Zhou Yunshu's lips curled up slightly. "Does this count as a pillow being delivered just when you're sleepy?"
Zhan Chuan smiled and nodded.
"There are not only people from Black Water Village in Black Water Village now, but also people from Peng Tianhe. On the surface, things seem to have returned to normal these days, but because of Dai Xingye's suspicion, his subordinates are particularly unhappy."
"Seeing that Nanzhou is about to come and recruit people, Dai Xingye has been particularly irritable recently."
Zhan Chuan's face turned pale as he spoke of this. He said, "It is said that the people from Nanzhou particularly like young girls in their early teens, but several of them ran away and were injured during the civil strife that day. He can't find any suitable candidates for the time being."
"Nanzhou..."
That place used to be my grandmother's fiefdom. Although it was taken away by the dog emperor last year, her grandmother's decades of business in Nanzhou cannot be completely taken away by the dog emperor just by saying so.
Some time ago, Zhou Yunshu saw her grandmother receiving letters from Nanzhou, which meant that Nanzhou was still under the control of her grandmother, but perhaps not as strong as before.
"Is there any problem in Nanzhou?" Zhan Chuan wondered.
He seemed to have not heard much about any connection between the Zhou family and Nanzhou.
Zhou Yunshu shook her head and said to Zhan Chuan, "You said that the leader of Black Water Village is looking for a young girl in her early teens."
Zhan Chuan nodded.
Zhou Yunshu turned sideways and looked at Chunque behind them.
Chunque looked back at Zhou Yunshu with a confused look on her face. What was she doing? She was not a little girl in her early teens. She was almost seventeen.
"I think it's okay." Zhou Yunshu looked at Chunque and smiled.
Zhan Chuan looked at Chun Que, whose eyes were clear and childish, and nodded, "I think so too."
"Then it's her." Zhou Yunshu made the final decision.
Chunque had to put the osmanthus cake in her mouth, but it was also not right not to put it in her mouth.
She looked at her master and said, "But I'm almost seventeen."
"It's okay, you look young." Zhou Yunshu looked at Chunque's chubby face and smiled, "With a little dressing up, you can pretend to be twelve or thirteen years old. We are just a little taller because the food is good."
Spring Bird: "..."
"All right."
Since her master thinks it is suitable, then so be it.
"You haven't forgotten how to swim, have you?"
Chunque nodded. When she was a child, she went into the water a lot to get enough food to eat. Swimming was really a piece of cake for her.
Seeing that Chunque was able to do it, Zhou Yunshu said to Zhanchuan, "Do you know when someone from Nanzhou will arrive?"
"They say they're on the way, but the exact time is still unclear."
Zhou Yunshu frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Then it's better to do it today than today. Take Chunque back today."
Zhou Yunshu turned to look at Chunque and said, "I'll teach you how to put on makeup later. You have to learn it."
Chunque nodded seriously. As long as it was her master's order, she would learn it even if it cost her life.
"Uncle Yan and his men are on their way back. If the people from Nanzhou haven't arrived yet, take them there in advance. Just say that they are from Peng Tian and the brothers in the village. They said they were sent to Heishui Village to seek refuge with him in order to prevent further internal strife in the village."
"If someone from Nanzhou arrives, you can persuade Dai Xingye to host a banquet, and treat this person as a loan."
Zhan Chuan asked doubtfully, "Do you want the people from Nanzhou to come and then take over the Black Water Village?"
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "It would be best if we can take them down before the people from Nanzhou arrive. Then we can use someone else as a substitute and see what they are up to."
Zhou Yunshu said this because the ships and weapons hidden in Heishui Village reminded her of what happened before, what happened in Wolong Mountain.
They are so similar, both storing military equipment and raising beauties. Zhou Yunshu always feels that there is some connection between them.
"If we can't catch up, then we can only do this first. Now it depends on whether the people from Nanzhou or Yan Bo and his group arrive faster or slower."
"good!"
Without further ado, after Zhan Chuan left the cabin, Zhou Yunshu asked Chun Que to take off her outer clothes. As early as when Zhou Yunshu said that Chun Que should leave with Zhan Chuan, Sixteen had gone out to buy a piece of women's clothing.
Fortunately, Zhou Yunshu has the habit of carrying makeup tools with her. In fact, it is just an eyebrow pencil and a box of rouge. These two simple things can easily make Chunque look three or four years younger in Zhou Yunshu's hands.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that spring sparrows are relatively young.
Zhou Yunshu waited until Chunque learned how to paint by herself before watching her leave with Zhanchuan.
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