Chapter 93: Signs of trouble
In the private room, Pei Chunli patted his chest and whispered, "It's so boring to drink tea alone."
When no one responded, he raised his voice again, "It's so boring to drink tea alone."
Still no one responded.
Pei Chunli paced around the room and suddenly yelled, "It's so boring to drink tea alone."
The waiter knocked on the door and said, "Young Marquis, if you are bored, would you like me to find someone to sing for you?"
Just as he finished speaking, a man climbed in through the window.
Pei Chunli said to the door: "Get out of the way. I'm just complaining to myself. It has nothing to do with you."
Turning back, he whispered, "Why did you come just now? I've called the code three times. If you don't come, people will think I'm sick."
Chen Yu was speechless at Pei Chunli's idiotic code.
The code Pei Chunli originally came up with was even more stupid, it was "My young marquis, everyone loves me and flowers bloom when I see them", but Chen Yu thought it was too disgusting and forced him to change it.
Chen Yu ignored him and saw from the window that the crowd downstairs had long dispersed and Jiang Lianzhi's carriage had also left.
Turning back, she casually glanced at the table and suddenly asked, "Where's Peanut?"
"You want more?" Pei Chunli said proudly, "I was afraid that Jiang Ji would find out, so I put it away. You can thank me. You are too careless to forget to put away such an important thing."
Chen Yu: "...Thank you."
"You're welcome." Pei Chunli asked, "Shall we go? Let's go to the restaurant."
Chen Yu said, "You go first. Jiang Lianzhi is a cautious person. I'm afraid he has someone following you. I'll come find you later."
Jiang Lianzhi obviously had some suspicions just now, so he came up to investigate.
I have to say that Pei Chunli is not very smart, but he is a simple person and can still be useful at critical moments.
A while after Pei Chunli left, a man came into the alley diagonally opposite the teahouse and reported to the person standing in the corner.
"Only the young marquis left, and no one was with him. Are you still watching?"
Gao Jin thought for a moment and said, "No need."
After Pei Chunli left, Chen Yu called the waiter in and threw him a silver ingot.
"You did a good job."
The waiter put the silver away and said cheerfully, "It is my blessing to be able to work for you, sir."
This store was the one that Shen Yu visited on New Year’s Eve, and the waiter was the one who specifically gathered information for her.
"I heard another strange thing." said the waiter
Chen Yu: "What's the matter?"
The second one came closer
He lowered his voice and said cautiously, "I heard this news from somewhere else. My brother works at Tongfu Inn. A few days ago, a few guests came. They spoke with the accent of Qichang Prefecture. My brother accidentally heard something. Those people said they came to Beijing to file a complaint with the emperor."
Chen Yu was puzzled, "Sue the Emperor?"
"That's what I heard." The waiter continued, "But that's not the problem. Every year, people go to the capital to file complaints. It's not a rare thing. The problem is that those people left the inn the next day and disappeared."
"Have you left?"
The waiter shook his head. "The baggage is still there, but the person is gone. He didn't come back for several days. Later, the inn reported it to the authorities. The authorities said it was normal for people to not want worthless things when they leave, and they didn't care at all."
Chen Yu seemed to be thinking about something.
The world is not at peace now, and each year is getting worse than the last. As long as it is not a big deal, the government will expose it if possible, and no one is too lazy to make trouble.
The waiter said, "My elder brother didn't dare to tell the officer what he overheard, so he only told me secretly. He also peeked into the bags of those people, and their travel permits were still there. How could they just leave like that? What's even more bizarre is that the thieves appeared in the inn in the middle of the night the day after he reported the matter to the officer."
"What was lost?" Shen Yu asked.
"Nothing was lost," the waiter said, "but the bags of those people were turned upside down. That's the strange thing."
This is indeed a rare thing.
But what made Chen Yu ponder was where those people came from.
"Are you sure they came from Qichang Mansion?" Chen Yu asked.
The waiter said, "Confirmed. My eldest brother has been working at the inn since he was nine years old. He specializes in receiving guests from all over the country. He can tell where the accent comes from just by listening."
Qichang Prefecture.
This place has passed through Shen Yu's mind countless times during this period.
The food and grass were lost in Qichang Prefecture. Regardless of whether these two events are related or not, Qichang Prefecture is a taboo for Shen Yu.
There is still no news from the people sent to Qichang. One reason is that the message transmission is too slow, and the other is that it takes some time to find out.
"I see," Shen Yu nodded, and this time placed a silver note on the table.
The waiter was so shocked that he rubbed his hands and asked, "Master, do you have any other instructions?"
Chen Yu said calmly: "Where are the things of those guests now?"
"It's not something valuable. It's either in the inn or thrown away." The young man was smart and asked, "Sir, do you want to take a look?"
Shen Yu nodded.
The waiter thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I'll go ask first, and then I'll tell you when I find out."
Chen Yu glanced at the sky and said, "If the news is confirmed, come to Shiyue Pavilion to find me in an hour."
Pei Chunli was still waiting for Chen Yu at Shiyue Pavilion. He was so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back when Chen Yu finally arrived.
Pei Chunli had already thought about it several times before coming here, and he threw out all the questions as soon as he met people.
"Didn't you help Jiang Ji? Why are you hiding from him?"
Chen Yu said perfunctorily: "Is it not okay for me to have a grudge against him?"
"Okay! Of course." Pei Chunli said: "In this case, Jiang Ji will be my enemy from now on."
He bumped Chen Yu with his shoulder, "How is it? It's very loyal, isn't it? Are you deeply moved?"
Chen Yu: “…”
At the other end of Shengjing, the Shen family’s carriage stopped in front of the general’s mansion.
The maid got off the carriage first and turned back to help Shen Yan.
Chen Yan stood on the shaft of the carriage and looked at her before she put her hand on Zi Cui's arm and got off the carriage.
After entering the general's mansion, Shen Yan walked quickly all the way, no longer looking weak as before.
Walking into the bedroom, Shen Yan suddenly stopped.
Zi Cui stood behind her nervously. Shen Yan didn't say a word along the way, but her face was very dark.
I finally caught such an opportunity and was about to succeed, but someone ruined the situation.
Zi Cui thought about it, and stepped forward to comfort her, "Miss, if it doesn't work this time, we still have..."
“Pah—”
A slap hit Zi Cui's face, and Shen Yan yelled: "Who told you to mention Shen Yu?"
Zi Cui covered her face and knelt down with a plop. "Miss, I am, I saw that Lord Jiang was still hesitant, so I wanted to add fuel to the fire."
Shen Yan waved her hand, sweeping the things on the table to the ground and breaking them into pieces.
"It must be Chen Yu!" Chen Yan said viciously, "It must be her! She can't stand seeing me doing well and wants to ruin my good fortune."
Zi Cui knelt a few steps, grabbed the hem of Chen Yan's skirt, and cried, "Miss, don't be angry. It's not worth it to get angry and hurt your body. I, your servant, I still have a way."
"What can you do?"
Zi Cui whispered a few words, and Shen Yan's eyes hesitated, "Will this work?"
Zi Cui said, "I think it's worth a try."
Shen Yan looked down at Zi Cui and raised her hand to touch her hair, "Zicui, don't blame me for hitting you, you know I hate people who act on their own the most in my life."
"I know." Zi Cui nodded quickly.
Chen Yan took off the bracelet on her hand and stuffed it into Zi Cui's hand, "Take it. I said that if there is a good thing for me, there must be a good thing for you."
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