Chapter 2300 Arrival in the Southwest
Meng Yunzheng ignored him and continued searching for acupoints on Shu Yu's body. "Here?"
"Yes, yes, be gentle."
Zhao Xi: "Did you even hear what I said?"
Meng Yunzheng pulled Shu Yu back to her room, saying, "He's just looking for trouble. I'll take you back to rest and have the innkeeper's staff brew some herbal tea for you."
"good."
Xia Yan, who was standing nearby, hurriedly asked Ying Xi, "Do you want some herbal tea?"
"Yes." Ying Xi nodded immediately, her packing continuing as she mentally calculated the energy they had expended along the way. At their current pace, they might not be able to enter a city at the next stop and would have to spend the night in the wilderness again. She would ask Xia Yan to go and buy some more dry rations later.
Thinking this, Yingxi caught up with Xia Yan.
Zhao Xi, “…” He touched his chin, wondering why he felt like he was the only one doing nothing.
No, he's being mentally attacked by both of them.
However, he got used to the attacks after a while, and Zhao Xi numbly followed along the way. When he finally arrived in the southwest, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Linzhang Prefecture was more bustling than it had been a few years ago; they had originally planned to go directly to Heichang County.
Just thinking about the letter Qiao Rou had received earlier, in which her girlfriends said they had seen people who looked like they were in the black market in the city, they stayed in the city for an extra half day, shopping and wandering around at their leisure.
However, time was too short, and they did not find anything suspicious.
Shu Yu asked Meng Yunzheng with some regret, "When will you contact Lord Qi?"
"No rush. We've just entered the city and don't know if we've been targeted yet. Let's see how things go before contacting him."
Shu Yu nodded, "I wonder how Lord Qi's investigation is going."
"There probably isn't much progress," Zhao Xi clicked his tongue twice. "Otherwise, would Linzhang Prefecture be so peaceful?"
As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked Meng Yunzheng, "You say this black market has been rooted in Linzhang Prefecture for many years. As the governor of this place, does Lord Cheng know about it? Or is he, like the prefect of Changjin Prefecture, actually a man of the Second Prince?"
Shu Yu thought it was unlikely. "Do you remember Cheng Dong from back then? He was from Gongqiu. If Lord Cheng was really in cahoots with the Second Prince, then Cheng Dong would be one of our own. Why would we need to hunt him down?"
Meng Yunzheng hummed in agreement. "I suspect that Gong Qiu intends to bring Lord Cheng into his camp, which is why he placed Cheng Dong next to Lord Cheng. I never understood why Gong Qiu would target Lord Cheng before. Although he is the governor here, he is not in the capital. The southwest is a remote and desolate place. Why would Gong Qiu want to bribe him? Later, when I learned that the last black market was here, I understood Gong Qiu's intention. I'm afraid it's also to make Lord Cheng a protector of the black market."
In fact, the fact that Cheng Dong was able to become Lord Cheng's personal bodyguard means that he has already succeeded halfway.
Who would have thought that at this critical juncture, Meng Yunzheng would come all the way to the southwest for Shu Yu, and even discover his identity, causing Gong Qiu to fail at the last minute.
Zhao Xi thought it made sense.
Unexpectedly, Meng Yunzheng sighed, "However, regardless of whether Lord Cheng is one of our own or not, he will most likely be held accountable and punished after this matter. There is a black market in Linzhang Prefecture, and even the Second Prince's last remaining power is here, yet he has not discovered it, which is dereliction of duty."
Shu Yu frowned. She remembered that Fang Xiyue had written to her last time saying that her husband, Ma Lu, was now working under Lord Cheng.
Once the last map is completed, the game will be over. Countdown to the end!
(End of this chapter)
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