Chapter 1331 Qi Lie's Purpose in Coming Here
Shu Yu brewed him tea, "Is Lord Qi satisfied?"
“Good. Have someone pack those ten barrels of oil in a couple of days, and I’ll take them with me.”
"In a couple of days?" Shu Yu asked in surprise, "Your Excellency is returning to the capital?"
Qi Lie nodded, "I was ordered to come here on short notice, so I can't stay too long. The matter of purchasing sunflower oil should have been handled by the palace, but I have other matters to attend to. His Majesty entrusted this task to me, which also gives me a legitimate reason to come to Jiangyuan County."
It's finally been brought up.
Shu Yu sat up slightly, knowing that this matter might still have something to do with her.
"I wonder if there is any other important matter that you have come here for, sir. If you need any help, please do not hesitate to ask."
Qi Lie felt that this Lu Xiangjun was not quite the same as he had imagined, but to be able to get together with someone like Meng Yunzheng, she was certainly not an ordinary young lady from a secluded family.
"I want to go to the black market."
Qi Lie raised his head and looked towards the black market.
Shu Yu blinked, not expecting that his target was the black market.
"Lord Qi...what are you going to the black market for?"
Qi Lie didn't hide anything from her, "The black market in the Great Su Dynasty has only been around for a little over ten years, but in just these ten years, it has spread to all the prosperous towns and cities. Many ministers in the court have countless entanglements with the black market. When the late emperor was alive, he did not realize the serious consequences that might exist, but the current emperor will not allow such a place to exist."
Qi Lie's expression gradually turned grim, as if he had thought of something. "At first, the black market only traded some valuable, shady items, but it has become increasingly unscrupulous, involving people, intelligence, goods, and even hiring assassins. This is no longer a simple transaction; it has become an organization that poses a significant threat and cannot be ignored."
Such an organization was nothing short of a scourge to the emperor.
Unfortunately, the source of this scourge cannot be found, and the true mastermind behind it remains unknown to this day.
A while ago, even people from the palace went missing, supposedly sold to the black market. Why would the black market buy people from the palace for no reason?
Shu Yu understood. "The Emperor wants to shut down the black market?"
"yes."
Qi Lie frowned. "The other black markets are heavily guarded and have tight entrances. Even if we can get in, the investigation will be extremely difficult. Especially if we are discovered, the other party will be even more cautious, making it even more difficult for us to find out who is behind it all."
That's what they say, but...
"So you're thinking of checking the black market in Jiangyuan County to see if you can find any clues?"
"Yes." Qi Lie nodded. "I know that manor now belongs to Meng Yunzheng."
Shu Yu: "Indeed, he bought that manor. But... to be honest, when we wanted to buy it from the black market, they were willing to sell it to someone else at a lower price rather than to A-Yun, so we suspected that the black market had some grudge against him. So after we got the manor, we wanted to investigate. But we've looked at the manor over and over again several times, and we haven't found any clues."
"There's such a thing?" Qi Lie really didn't know.
The message that Xiang Weinan passed on to the Emperor only briefly mentioned the current buyers on the black market, but the specifics of how they acquired these goods were too complicated to explain.
What Shu Yu said has now provided Qi Lie with a direction.
(End of this chapter)
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