Chapter 371 Daliang Spy
"Master Jiang is looking for me? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Su Qianqian glared at Jiang Baipin. Perhaps what she asked for before going to Yunhe Mountain might be achieved.
"Brother didn't say what the matter was, so there shouldn't be any rush... Let's go to the Luoxia Mountain Villa outside the city." Jiang Baipin raised his voice and instructed the driver.
"Your eldest brother moved into the villa of Marquis Wuning's Mansion?" Su Qianqian was very surprised. This man was so powerful that he had seized the property of Marquis Wuning's Mansion right under her nose.
"Are they the only one who owns the villa in Luoxia Mountain, the Wuning Marquis Mansion? Can't we in Mingyue Tower afford it?" Jiang Baipin felt angry for no reason. He retorted to Su Qianqian, then turned his head and ignored her.
The courtyard of Mingyue Tower is only a dozen feet away from the villa of Wuning Marquis Mansion. In the past, people thought that the courtyard was empty, but the branches protruding from the courtyard have always been lush and green.
Jiang Baipin got out of the car first and reached out to help Su Qianqian. Xue Ke unceremoniously extended his arm, and Su Qianqian helped Xue Ke down.
The layout of the yard was exactly the same as the villa of Wuning Marquis Mansion. Except for the faces that suddenly popped out from the trees, Su Qianqian felt like she was walking in her own yard.
Jiang Baipin took Su Qianqian into the study without notifying anyone. Jiang Fan, with a head full of silver hair, was sitting in the study reading a book. He looked up when he heard the voice.
"Brother, I brought Lord Su here." Jiang Baipin said and was about to sit on the chair next to him, but Jiang Fan raised his hand and the chair moved back.
"I have something to discuss with Lord Su. Go see if there are any snacks and bring them to Lord Su."
"Snacks? Why would a grown man like him eat snacks?" Jiang Baipin's eyes widened.
"Go quickly." Jiang Fan's voice was not loud, but his meaning was unquestionable.
Jiang Baipin was not stupid, so he of course understood that Jiang Fan's original intention was not to ask him to find snacks, but that he had something to say that he couldn't let him know. This was what he couldn't accept. His elder brother actually kept something from him and told this outsider?
Jiang Baipin went out reluctantly and awkwardly. After the door was closed, Jiang Fan said, "Master Su, how are you? I asked you to come here today because..."
Jiang Fan walked to the door silently as he spoke, and suddenly opened it. Jiang Baipin, who was leaning against the door and listening, almost fell down.
"I'll go get some snacks right away, I'll be there soon..." Jiang Baipin walked away quickly with an embarrassed look on his face.
Jiang Fan closed the door and motioned Su Qianqian to sit down as well. He then spoke again, "I have already found some clues about what Lord Su asked me to investigate. There are only two places in Xijing City that have sent letters to Daliang. One is Hongfu Restaurant and the other is an embroidery shop."
"Embroidery shop? Is the owner Madam Xu?" Su Qianqian suddenly had an idea and asked.
"How do you know? Have you checked it before?" Jiang Fan looked at Su Qianqian in surprise. He used the extremely secretive dark web to find this information, and it took him nearly a month to find it, and he couldn't get any evidence on the surface.
Su Qianqian shook her head. "There was something else going on before, and it was in some way related to this Madam Xu. She once used the guests of the embroidery shop to help the abandoned slaves of the Wuning Marquis's mansion kidnap the two young masters, but there was no evidence of her involvement either."
"Kidnapped two young masters? One of them is... Qin Li?" Jiang Fan's expression suddenly became gloomy and he stared at Su Qianqian.
"That's right. It was Qin Mian, the son of the late prince, and Qin Li, the only son of my second brother. We couldn't find any evidence that time, so in order to avoid alerting the enemy, we didn't take action against Madam Xu. We didn't expect that she had dealings with Daliang." Su Qianqian replied.
"Did you know that Mrs. Xu goes to the Temple of Guanyin every month?" Jiang Fan asked tentatively.
"I know this, but I don't have anyone capable enough to check it out..."
Su Qianqian felt a little guilty. She learned about going to the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth from the system. She couldn't tell Qin Hanzhang to check it out, and she didn't have such a person on her hands.
Jiang Fan was a little surprised. It was not easy to find out this. Every time, Mrs. Xu did not take the car directly to the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth. Instead, she went to discuss business or find someone to draw embroidery patterns. Then she would go to the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth, burn incense there and return without doing anything else.
As for knowing that she went there every month, she found out from asking the blind old nun in the temple. Although the old nun was blind, she had good hearing and remembered Madam Xu's voice.
"The old nun accidentally mentioned another thing. There is another person who comes to the Guanyin Temple every month. This person is the nanny of Duke Xu's mansion. It is said that she is praying for her daughter-in-law to have a child. However, the people I sent to investigate found that this nanny has no children. It is true that she is Duke Xu's wet nurse, but the child has died long ago."
"Duke Xu's Mansion? Madam Xu also came from Duke Xu's Mansion, and was forced out. It seems that they have a deep connection."
After listening to Jiang Fan's words, Su Qianqian frowned and thought. The inside story became more and more confusing.
"How did Madam Xu communicate with Daliang? She happened to have opened the Xiayifang ten years ago. If she could communicate with Daliang at that time, this matter must be of great importance!"
Su Qianqian suddenly remembered what the system said when it was eating melons. If Madam Xu was really a link in the conspiracy, then someone between Duke Xu and the eldest princess must be involved.
"Mrs. Xu is now using merchants to deliver letters. The purpose is of course for business. If she is communicating with Daliang, she will not be joining forces with them..." Jiang Fan stopped here, not daring to imagine that such a thing would happen.
"Someone once told me that the former Marquis Wuning must die, and his death must be inglorious. If he wants to achieve this goal by any means necessary, and joins hands with Daliang to set up a trap, it is not impossible for each of them to get what they want afterwards."
The difference between Su Qianqian and Jiang Fan is that she has read so much history of political intrigues, and such things are not uncommon.
"If this is true, and he is willing to sell out his country and frame loyal officials, I, Jiang Fan, will mobilize the power of Mingyue Tower to tear this man into pieces." Jiang Fan spoke word by word, and each word was filled with anger.
"Master Jiang, you need to stay calm at this moment. This person has been planning for more than ten years and has set up this trap perfectly. He must be no ordinary person. We need to find out more and then take our time... Who is the contact of Hongfu Restaurant, and how do they know about their dealings with Daliang?"
Su Qianqian comforted Jiang Fan and then asked.
"The shopkeeper of Hongfu Restaurant is a Daliang spy. He has lived in Daqi for more than 20 years. He uses various methods to communicate with the northern border under the pretext of purchasing Daliang's unique ingredients. He also secretly raises carrier pigeons. A few days ago, one of my men intercepted a letter. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he released it after reading the letter."
Jiang Fan took out a piece of paper from the secret compartment of the bookshelf and handed it to Su Qianqian.
The above are all incomprehensible graphics, they should be ciphertext.
"Unless we use Daliang's decryption method, we won't be able to tell what's written on this ciphertext, so there's no point in intercepting it."
Jiang Fan tapped the table with his fingers and shook his head.
"The method to decrypt the ciphertext... maybe I have a way to find it." Su Qianqian narrowed her eyes and said softly.
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