Chapter 98 There is someone behind her
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, even after fifteen years. Jiang Jiu was a child at that time. He slept too much during the day, so he was not that sleepy at night.
When she saw someone trying to steal her bag, she burst into tears, which alarmed a passing night patrol officer and she escaped.
You know, although Nanny Qian sewed all the banknotes into her clothes.
But they also have a lot of baggage.
Besides, if you really want to steal the things, it will cause a lot of trouble.
"A black shop? Outside of Sucheng, it's Sixth Brother's territory. If we really run into a black shop, we'll be in trouble."
Zhao Zhuoxi didn't want to confront someone he knew in the Sixth Prince's fiefdom.
Jiang Jiu smiled and wrote a name on the table with tea.
Zhao Zhuoxi was stunned: "How is it possible?"
Jiang Jiu raised the corners of his lips: "When did my judgment go wrong? Without evidence, I won't make random guesses."
Zhao Zhuoxi hesitated for a moment and said, "So, you want to take this opportunity to make it clear?"
Jiang Jiu nodded.
"And then?" Zhao Zhuoxi asked again, "What are you going to do? Kill him?"
Jiang Jiu thought for a moment and said, "If his identity is true, he will be killed even if he returns. You should know the consequences of the spy being discovered."
Zhao Zhuoxi himself also had a spy, and of course he knew that if the spy was discovered, there would be only one way out, and that was death.
Jiang Jiu: "Let him be my spy, and he can still save his life."
Zhao Zhuoxi was a little worried: "But can you still trust someone who betrayed his master?"
Jiang Jiu sighed: "We have to give it a try. After all, it's a life. We can't just die like this. He just chose someone else as his master. It's not voluntary. Give him a chance to choose voluntarily."
"If he chooses me, he only needs to tell me the other party's actions. If he continues to choose his master, it doesn't matter. At most, I will no longer use him."
In short, Jiang Jiu would not kill people for no reason.
Zhao Zhuoxi didn't say anything.
The group walked for a day and arrived at their first destination, Sui County, in the evening. This county town was much larger than Xiang County.
It is also much more prosperous. The streets in the county town are wide and clean, with shops lined up on both sides of the street.
According to Jiang Jiu's arrangement, the group of carriages came directly to a place called Yuelai Inn.
But when Jiang Jiu arrived, he found that the inn was empty.
Jiang Jiu stood at the door and looked for a long time, feeling uncomfortable. She was still venting her anger, so why was the person gone?
At this moment, the owner of the shop next door was preparing to close.
"Are you guys staying at this inn? People in this inn have died for no apparent reason. You should go somewhere else."
Jiang Jiu was even more surprised: "Dead? When?"
The shopkeeper said, "He died fifteen years ago. This inn has been empty for a long time. I heard that this inn was a shady shop. He always stole things from customers. One time, I don't know who he stole from. Then, he was killed."
Jiang Jiu calculated the time and it was about the time after she and Nanny Qian checked into the hotel.
"This inn has been empty? For fifteen years?"
The innkeeper said, "There's been a murder, so who would dare to rent this inn? The authorities came several times but couldn't find the murderer, so this inn has been empty ever since."
Jiang Jiu gradually felt that something was wrong.
They found another inn, but Yiye Pianzhou had a lot of business and it was not involved in the inn industry.
After Jiang Jiu and the others settled down, they thought about it and called Zhao Li over.
Zhao Li is only 22 years old this year, and he was still a child fifteen years ago.
"Miss, when I took over the task of secretly looking after you, you were already in Xiang County."
Jiang Jiu asked again: "Aren't you talking about my mother
This jade pendant was given to you. Who gave it to you during the mission?"
Zhao Li thought for a moment, and finally told the truth.
"Miss, someone told me about your mother's affairs. He gave me the jade pendant. I don't know him. He was wearing a mask and all black. It was a dark night."
"He said he was your mother's subordinate, and because he had other things to do, he asked his subordinate to secretly look after the girl. He also delivered the one hundred taels of silver every month on time."
Jiang Jiu knew that there was someone else behind Zhao Li.
Ask: "Do you think it could be my father?"
Zhao Li didn't say anything for a long time before shaking his head: "I don't know. I don't look like Lord Chang."
Great! Things are getting more and more wonderful.
She hasn't even arrived in the capital yet, and the water is already so deep.
In order to conceal their tracks, Jiang Jiu and Zhao Zhuoxi lived in the same room.
After sleeping too much during the day, Jiang Jiu and Zhao Zhuoxi were not so sleepy at night. They ordered a pot of wine and drank together.
Jiang Jiu suddenly became curious about royal affairs.
"You are the ninth child. Do you have eight older brothers?"
They were about to arrive in the capital, where things were extremely complicated, and it was time for Zhao Zhuoxi to tell her about the awesomeness of it.
Otherwise, with her personality, she would definitely get into trouble if she rushed around in the capital.
"No, I only have three older brothers, three siblings who didn't grow up, and two older sisters."
The current emperor is the eldest son. The third prince is extremely talented and is the empress's son. He is made the crown prince. After his death, the eldest son will inherit the family business.
This is the tradition. The empress died seven or eight years after the third prince's death.
Today's Queen Mother is the Emperor's mother.
But the late queen had another son, the sixth prince Zhao Zhuoli.
It is said that after he was born, he was raised in the deep palace because he was disabled. When he was twelve years old, he left the palace and set up his own residence. Not many people have seen him.
One of the two princesses married the prince of a neighboring country as a royal family.
Also, after the second princess, Zhao Ronghua, got married, her husband died of illness and she became a widow. She returned to the princess's mansion and took two male lovers.
There is no good or bad relationship among brothers. Zhao Zhuoxi recalled the past and sighed.
"My eldest brother is a dull person. Father doesn't like him. He always says that he is too methodical and doesn't have the tolerance of a monarch. He is also easily influenced and indecisive."
"Although the third brother was good, he died early. The sixth brother was the easiest to get along with. Although he was disabled, he was optimistic and easy-going. He was the best to play with when I was a child."
"Every time I skipped school, it was my Sixth Brother who took me with me, but Mother didn't like me playing with him."
Jiang Jiu understood this very well: "Since he was born with a disability, he didn't need to learn so many things. It was enough for him to be a leisurely prince for his whole life. He was naturally optimistic and easy-going."
Zhao Zhuoxi pursed his lips and said, "The eldest sister is very mature and gentle, but the second sister is too naughty and has been making trouble in the palace since she was a child. But my father likes her the most. However, she is unlucky. She married a major general who died in the war. Now she is left alone."
Jiang Jiu took a deep breath and thought that as a princess, it was pretty good to be alone.
"This time when you go to Beijing, if... I mean if, you want to be the emperor, who do you think can support you?"
Zhao Zhuoxi took the red sandalwood bracelet in his hand and began to play with it.
“Not even one of them will support it.”
Jiang Jiu was surprised: "Didn't they say that you and the Sixth Brother get along best? Doesn't he support you?"
Zhao Zhuoxi smiled bitterly: "No matter who is the emperor, he is still a lazy prince, why bother to meddle in other people's business."