Chapter 32 Quiet Night

Qin Chi was actually standing in the corridor outside the door.

Hearing the suppressed crying coming from inside, Qin Chi's heart seemed to be tightly gripped by something.

I wanted to rush into the house to comfort her several times.

Finally I suppressed it.

Song Jin doesn't want his secret to be known.

Qin Chi agreed to her wish and pretended not to know.

From the first day he met Song Jin, Qin Chi could tell that she was extremely wary of outsiders.

It was as if a thick wall was built around her.

Block the prying eyes of outsiders.

Building trust between people takes time.

If one day she opens her heart to him, she will naturally take the initiative to tell him.

In this respect, Qin Chi and Song Jin are very similar.

Stood for a long time.

Qin Chi walked to the west wing.

The innermost wall.

There was a large bookcase on the wall, and Qin Chi pressed a mechanism.

The large bookcase is divided into two.

A secret door appeared in the middle, which only one person could pass through.

Qin Chi walked through the secret door.

Came to the next door house.

This room is the same size as the west wing.

I opened the door and saw two people guarding outside.

One is Shopkeeper Tao.

The other was a man in his thirties who was using a cane.

The man had a full beard and looked ferocious, but there seemed to be a clear stupidity in his eyes.

The two men saluted immediately when they saw Qin Chi.

Qin Chi looked at the man, "Didn't you say it would take half a month before you could get out of bed?"

"Sir, if I lie down any longer my body will get moldy."

This man is Lao Huo.

He was originally recuperating in Tunxi, but he could not lie down anymore after being able to move, and insisted on being sent back to Yi County.

The people over there couldn't persuade him, in fact they were so annoyed with him that they could only send someone in a carriage to secretly send the person here to recuperate, and they also sent Doctor Jing here as well.

Qin Chi asked them to come in and sit down.

Shopkeeper Tao and Old Huo went in.

The room is simply furnished, like a small study.

Qin Chi sat down and asked the two people to find chairs to sit down.

Shopkeeper Tao was still hesitating whether to sit down.

Old Huo had already limped to a chair closest to Qin Chi and sat down. "Sir, I haven't seen you for a long time. I missed you so much."

Qin Chi got goosebumps when he heard this. "Speak properly and think it over before you speak."

What does a grown man want to say? Especially when he looks like a big man who can stop a child from crying.

Just now, Shopkeeper Tao brought a cloth bag over and said he had something to report, so Qin Chi asked him to wait for him next door.

Old Huo, who was in the room, heard Manager Tao coming.

Even with a crutch, I will come and wait.

Shopkeeper Tao reported to Qin Chi what had happened in the past two days, and also the investigation in Hangzhou Prefecture.

When the ship has already set out to sea.

The spies over there have set their sights on the Zhu family again.

People were sent to contact the Zhu family who were in charge of the cargo ship, including some people who delivered the goods that day.

Just as Qin Chi guessed, the Zhu family was not the one behind the scenes. Someone hired them at a high price to come to Tunxi to pick up a batch of goods and then ship the goods to Hangzhou.

It is said to be precious porcelain.

Ask them to be careful when moving it.

There were special escorts throughout the journey, and the employees on the Zhu family ship were not allowed to approach the warehouse.

Qin Chi pondered for a while, then asked in a deep voice: "Have you found out who in the Zhu family took the order?"

"Sir, do you still suspect that there is something wrong with the Zhu family?" Shopkeeper Tao couldn't help but ask.

Judging from the information obtained from the investigation, the Zhu family does not seem to be an insider.

Old Huo, on the other hand, looked at Shopkeeper Tao as if he were a fool. "Young Master wants you to follow this line of inquiry. Even if there is nothing wrong with the Zhu family, the person who took the order may also have a problem. Even if there is nothing wrong with the person who took the order, he should know who placed the order, right?"

"Then there's no need to check. The one who took the order was the third young master of the Zhu family."

When Shopkeeper Tao mentioned the third young master of the Zhu family, he found it difficult to describe.

Because this Mr. Zhu is only ten years old this year.

It is said that he took the order by accident on the road, needless to say, it was a setup by someone.

Although there is no seal of the Zhu family head.

But the third son of the Zhu family signed the contract.

Even though the head of the Zhu family suspected that there might be something wrong with this order, the other party only asked the Zhu family to transport a batch of porcelain from Tunxi to Hangzhou, and a cargo ship would come to take over the delivery.

Taking some risks, the Zhu family accepted it.

The client naturally requested confidentiality.

But when Qin Chi's people investigated, they found out the general appearance of the person who placed the order. His surname was Fan, and others called him Mr. Fan. He claimed to be an overseas businessman, but nothing else was known.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"This is a portrait of Mr. Fan."

Shopkeeper Tao gave Qin Chi a portrait.

Qin Chi opened it and took a few glances. It had a very ordinary appearance.

"If we look for people based on this portrait, we can at least find hundreds if not a thousand." Qin Chi threw the portrait on the table.

This way the clue is broken.

Qin Chi was wondering where the Song family had gone.

Old Huo stood up and walked to the table. He took the portrait and opened it to examine it. "It is really as you said, young master."

An ordinary appearance that blends in with the crowd.

"Everyone has his own characteristics, but he looks ordinary. Sir, do you think there is something wrong with the painter? He deliberately painted this person like this."

Old Huo told his guess.

Shopkeeper Tao was speechless. "I asked the Zhu family and they all said this is the case."

"Okay, this guy might have been in disguise."

Qin Chi didn't let them investigate further.

The person behind the scenes was very cautious and cleaned up the mess very cleanly.

Qin Chi asked, "No news from the northwest yet?"

"The journey is long and we have to wait for some time." Shopkeeper Tao knew that Qin Chi was just asking.

Huizhou is really far from the northwest.

It would take more than twenty days just to send the message using a special channel.

Qin Chi talked to Manager Tao about some things and then sent him back.

At this time, Qin Chi cast his gaze on Lao Huo, "Tell me, why did you come to see me anyway? What's the matter?"

"You still understand me, young master."

Old Huo looks like a rough guy.

But before, I was doing technical work in the army, such as scouting the enemy situation.

Old Huo scratched his beard and chuckled, "I heard that you caught two people who were chasing me. Can I go and take a look?"

"Go find Uncle Li."

Qin Chi waved his hand to signal Lao Huo that he could leave.

It was sheer luck that we were able to catch the two of them in the first place.

Because these two people were injured by Lao Huo, Qin Chi asked people to guard all the intersections in Tunxi, including the dock.

If you smell medicine on anyone, check them out.

We actually found two suspicious people.

Who knew that the other party wanted to escape as soon as he saw something unusual.

They were caught by their men, who knocked them unconscious and sent them to a village outside Yi County for interrogation. Both of them were stubborn and nothing was dug out.

One thing is certain, he is indeed a death warrior trained since childhood.

After sending Old Huo away, Qin Chi returned to the west wing of his home.

Close the secret door.

After sitting in the room for a while, he opened the door and went to the east wing.

A dim light shone through the carved windows of the east wing. A slender figure was sitting in the room, and she did not move for a long while.

A usually quiet night.

Only tonight, it's so quiet that it's heartbreaking.

(End of this chapter)