Chapter 312 Meeting (Update 1)
Lian Zhou understood: "Are you planning to... continue to stay here and investigate?"
In addition to being a good interrogator, Xi Su was also extremely skilled in disguise, so it would be no problem for him to disguise himself as the master and leave.
But the key is——
In this case, wouldn't the master be the only one left?
There were not many people accompanying them on this trip. If they wanted to conceal their tracks, a lot of people must leave the city tomorrow, otherwise someone would definitely notice something was wrong.
Chen Yanchuan didn't seem to care: "After we go in and find out the truth, I will go to Changzhou again."
Out of caution today, he just watched from a distance for a while and did not go deep into the place to alert the enemy.
I'll find another opportunity to take a closer look later.
Lian Zhou saw that he had made up his mind and knew that persuasion was useless, so he could only agree: "Yes!"
…
In a small courtyard somewhere in the south of the city.
It was late at night. Su Pei'er just pushed the door open and entered the house to rest, when she suddenly saw that there was an extra person in the house.
She was about to scream out in surprise, but the man happened to look up, took off his hat, and a gentle and beautiful face came into view.
Su Peier opened her eyes wide:
"leaf--"
She quickly looked around, turned around and closed the door, then hurried forward and asked in a low voice: "Miss Ye Er, why are you here!?"
The person who came was wearing a blue-gray brocade robe, with his cloud-like black hair simply tied up. He was tall and slender. At first glance, you would think he was some young man!
If it’s not Ye Chutang who was supposed to be in Qingzhou, then who could it be?
Ye Chutang smiled and motioned for her to sit down and not to be nervous.
"After receiving your letter, I decided to come over. Xiaowu's illness delayed me for two days, so I'm late."
The shock in Su Pei'er's eyes became even greater.
Are you late?
Counting the days, her letter should have arrived in Qingzhou a few days ago, right?
Excluding the time when Xiaowu was sick, doesn’t it mean that Ye Chutang arrived in just two or three days! ?
She murmured helplessly: "But, but Qingzhou is hundreds of miles away from here. Miss Ye Er, how did you get here?"
Ye Chutang raised his chin slightly and said, "Ride faster."
Su Peier couldn't believe it.
——Ye Chutang actually rode alone and traveled hundreds of miles a day!
You have to know that when she came to Shiluan City from the capital, she hired a coachman and it took her more than half a month to travel!
"You, you..." Su Pei'er was worried and scared.
After all, she is still a woman. Who knows how many dangers she will face if she is alone outside!
But when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them.
The fact that Ye Chutang took her younger brothers and sisters to exile a few years ago to make a living, and eventually brought them back to the capital safely, was enough to prove that she was not an ordinary woman.
Finally, Su Peier could only say: "You are too sudden... If you have any instructions, just write to me directly. Why bother you to come here in person?"
Ye Chutang shook his head: "I had thought about coming before, but I had too many things to do, so I put it off until today."
When she was seeing Sun Lian off outside the city gate, Sun Lian hinted to her that Shiluan City might be related to her father's death, so she put this matter on the agenda.
Now, taking advantage of the opportunity to return to Qingzhou, I can come here without anyone noticing.
After hearing this, Su Pei'er finally felt relieved.
"It turns out that Miss Ye Er had already made arrangements..."
Before she left the capital, Ye Chutang had asked Ye Yunfeng to send her some medicine and silver. She accepted all of them, and later found a note in the interlayer of her purse.
Ye Chutang asked her to go to Shiluan City and he would write to her after she was settled.
The address is not in the capital, but in Qingzhou.
Su Pei'er had never been to Qingzhou, and only vaguely heard people mention that it seemed to be Lord Ye Zheng's hometown. After packing up everything here, she sent a letter to Qingzhou.
But she didn't expect that Ye Chutang would come here immediately after receiving the letter.
Ye Chutang said: "You have been in Shiluanchengjiang for some time, so you know a lot about it. Can you tell me about it?"
Su Peier nodded, secretly thanking herself for not slacking off during this period of time, and tried to move around the city as much as possible, hearing and asking a lot of questions.
She paused for a moment, sorted out her thoughts in her mind, and then began to tell the story.
"Shiluan City is a small place. Compared with the capital, it is really different. But it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful. Because of this, there are not many outsiders coming to this city. Most of them are people who have lived here for generations."
Ye Chutang listened silently at the side with her eyes slightly lowered, and no one could tell what she was thinking.
Seeing her like this, Su Peier continued to talk, telling her everything she had seen and heard during this period.
"...If you want to know what is the difference between Shiluan City and other places, there is a mine outside the city."
Su Pei'er had never seen a mine before, so naturally she paid special attention to this matter.
Ye Chutang raised his eyes slightly: "Oh?"
Su Peier explained: "It's not a big mine. I just heard that the boss seems to be from another place and doesn't really manage it. There are only a few supervisors who watch those people work every day. The pay is not low, but the rules are too strict. Few people can work there for a long time."
This is no secret in Shiluan City. Su Peier heard about it when she first came here.
Ye Chutang raised his eyebrows slightly: "Since it's just a small mine, why are those supervisors so strict?"
Su Peier shook her head: "I don't know about that. But when I went outside the city before, I saw it from afar a few times, and it looked... it really didn't look big."
Ye Chutang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Do you know where the owner of the mine is from?"
"I don't know." Su Pei'er thought for a moment, "It seems that since he doesn't come here very often, people in the city don't mention it very much."
This is even stranger.
No matter how small the iron mine is, it is impossible to open it privately without connections with the government.
And such a person is definitely considered a powerful figure in a place like Shiluan City, and there will be more or less some rumors about him.
Especially since he is an outsider, how can he suppress the local bullies without some tricks?
However, there is not much news about this person in the city.
Ye Chutang fell into deep thought and asked again: "Where is the exact location of the iron mine?"
Su Peier had a premonition: "You, you ask this, are you planning to go and take a look? But the security over there is very strict. If you are not from inside the mine, you will be driven away as soon as you get close."
Ye Chutang smiled and said, "I don't have anything else to do anyway, so it doesn't hurt to go take a look."
Su Peier: “…”
Miss Ye Er's tone is too light!
"But you are a stranger and a woman. They will definitely not let you in! If, if they are rude to you——"
Those rude people don't know Miss Ye's identity, so they must be fearless!
Ye Chutang curled his lips slightly: "Don't worry, I won't go today."
Su Pei'er then breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before the relaxed smile could spread, Ye Chutang said:
"I haven't had much rest after traveling for two days. I'm going to take a nap first. It won't be too late to go when I wake up tomorrow."
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