The shopkeeper glanced at the hand that was stretched under his nose and snatched the floc from Guo 꿻's hand.
"Go away, I'll sell it, okay!"
While talking, he twisted the cotton wool with his hand.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
놊 looked at the "cotton" in his hand with disbelief.
He has been in the cloth shop for so long that he can still distinguish cotton from catkins.
Cotton is thick, and when you touch it, the fluff is long and coarse, but when you touch catkins, the fluff all spreads out.
This time, Guo Yong took action again. The shopkeeper lay on the sack himself and pulled away the layer of cotton on the surface.
After he saw that the middle and lower layers were all covered with willow catkins, he sat down on the ground.
There was cold sweat on his forehead.
"It seems that the shopkeeper himself knows about this." Guo Xiao took a step back and whispered to Shen Zhaozhao, "Should we change stores?"
Shen Zhaozhao nodded.
The shopkeeper did not check the goods carefully when he bought them, and someone replaced the cotton with willow catkins.
She expressed deep sympathy.
That’s all.
"Let's go." Shen Zhaozhao called Cao Ya and the others to leave.
Just as she stepped into the door of the cloth shop, her clothes were pulled by Cao Ya from behind.
Shen Zhaozhao turned around and saw Cao Ya winking at her.
"Sister Shen, please listen carefully to what the shopkeeper is talking to himself."
Cao Ya pursed her lips and smiled in an unfathomable manner.
Shen Zhaozhao was anxious and listened.
After hearing this, I understood the key point.
"That's possible. They were all sent by the imperial court..."
The shopkeeper was obviously shocked. He didn't notice the prisoners standing at the door and didn't leave.
"The military pay and supplies sent by the imperial court to the border were often withheld by officials along the way."
Jiang Hu knew the trick and explained it silently.
"They took the money for themselves."
"When the supplies are used, they are sold."
Shen Zhaozhao's eyes fell on the bag of cotton.
I think the sack of cotton must have come from supplies that were withheld.
"Do you want me to ask about the origin of this sack of cotton?"
Jiang Hu saw Shen Zhaozhao staring at Cotton all the time, thinking that the Zhan family could lead troops to fight, so it was normal for her to pay attention.
Jiang Hu himself was happy to do a favor.
Shen Zhaozhao thought for a moment and nodded.
She has an intuition.
There may be a valuable clue behind this bag of cotton.
There's no point in following this clue.
She understood first.
Jiang Hu's way of asking questions was very direct. He drew the sword from his waist and placed it across the shopkeeper's neck.
"Which officer got this bag of military supplies from?" Jiang Hu grinned, "Tell me the truth."
The shopkeeper, who was originally so shocked by the half sack of catkins that he could not speak clearly, now had a knife slashed across his neck, causing him to tremble violently.
"Sir, please spare my life," the shopkeeper begged hastily, "I was sold to the governor's house as a doorman!"
Jiang Hu put away the knife.
Shen Zhaozhao let out a soft “tsk”.
The prefect.
I was beheaded by my brother last night...
"Then do you know which camp these cottons were originally intended to be sent to?"
The shopkeeper immediately responded, "I know. The doorman said that the goods assigned to the Zhan family army by the imperial court must be good goods."
"I've collected them before, and I've never encountered one filled with catkins like this, so I didn't look closely."
Guo 꿻놇, who was behind Shen Zhaozhao, took a breath of cold air obviously.
Unexpectedly, he fought against the family army!
Shen Zhaozhao’s face turned cold.
It seems that the clues God sent her are very useful.
"Don't talk nonsense," Shen Zhaozhao deliberately provoked, "The Zhan family army was basically wiped out in a battle a few months ago. The court may send more military pay and military supplies to the Zhan family army."
The shopkeeper immediately waved his hand and said, "Young lady, as you know, the military supplies that our shops have just received will be sold immediately."
"We have to wait for several months to make sure that no one is investigating before we can bring it in."
Shen Zhaozhao sneered.
It's quite hidden.
"Next time, please get goods from legitimate sources and don't just accept everything."
Shen Zhaozhao reminded him coldly, and took Jiang Hu and others to the cloth shop.
"It's really too much." Jiang Hu couldn't help but look at it.
The Zhan family army made great contributions to the founding of Dafeng.
He also guarded the northern border for many years to stabilize the country.
What is the result?
Not only was the military rations provided by the imperial court cut back at every level, but the cotton was also stuffed with willow catkins.
"It's so cold in the north, and they actually use willow catkins as military supplies. That's too much!"
Guo Xiao's eyes turned red when she thought of her late husband, who had always been a carefree person.
Cao Ya glanced at the silent Shen Zhaozhao, lowered his eyes and frowned, and didn't say much.
The misfortune that the Zhan family encountered was seen by everyone.
It's blocked, no one can do anything.
The group went to another cloth shop and bought some coarse cotton cloth and cotton.
Considering that it would be convenient to carry on the road, I bought another shoulder pole.
Jiang Hu volunteered to help choose.
“Sir, I want to take a quiet walk by myself.” Shen Zhaozhao suddenly spoke.
Jiang Hu sighed.
Agreed.
Ever since he learned about the bag of cotton in the cloth shop, Guo 꿻 cursed the heavens and the earth all the way.
And Shen 꿻 just walked quietly.
Jiang Hu thought she was just suppressing her emotions and wanted to be alone.
After all, the Zhan family was under custody and Shen was alone. With her ability, she would have run away long ago.
"Third sister-in-law, don't go too far or get lost."
Guo was a little worried.
She was very angry, so she wanted to scold.
And Shen Zhaozhao was too calm.
I'm afraid she'll get upset.
"Don't worry, I'll be back in a bit, so as not to delay your trip."
Shen Zhaozhao said, leaving quickly.
As for cotton, there is nothing to talk about.
She now likes people from the Zhan family very much, but the ones she likes are the widows of the Zhan family.
As for the Zhan family army, she only came into contact with Zhan Nanxing.
As the shortest-lived dynasty in history, it is certain that Dafeng officials enriched themselves.
Besides, the prefecture was already held by Brother Dong.
Shen Zhaozhao walked through the crowd on the street. After making sure that no one was following him, he came to the wall where he had stopped the drone last night.
Climbed onto the roof and put the drone into the space.
Then he made his way through the crowd and returned to the post station.
Jiang Hu saw that Shen Zhaozhao had returned, and the three families had packed their shopping, so he notified everyone to set off.
Guo 꿻 specifically found Shen Zhaozhao and asked her not to talk more with Zhan Nanxing.
Zhan Nanxing has a special relationship with the entire Zhan family army.
I was afraid that he would get angry and impulsive, which would be detrimental to his injuries.
After leaving the post station, Shen Zhaozhao glanced at Zhan Nanxing who was being carried again.
Zhan Ping's legs and feet were healed, and in order to avoid slowing down the team's progress, Zhan Nanxing got on the stretcher again.
Just in time, Zhan Nanxing looked over.
The two looked at each other.
Shen Zhaozhao looked at those punny peach blossom eyes and felt guilty.
Should I tell him about the bag of cotton?
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