Under the dark night,
Three West Factory spies were dressed in black and headed toward the capital in the dark.
Inside the inn,
Yao Jia was still sitting cross-legged on Yang Dong's bed, practicing as usual.
But the young woman did not practice with Yao Jia today.
She sat on the wooden chair, looked at Yang Dong opposite the wooden table, and couldn't help but ask:
"Mr. Yang, what are your next plans?"
"Should we return to the capital and discuss this matter in the long term? Or..."
"There's no rush yet."
Yang Dong waved his hand and continued:
"Don't you think there are a lot of strange things between these things?"
"When Zhou Zaixing was in control of the court, why did he have to cooperate with the Xu family? It doesn't make sense... What is his plan?"
"And the Xu family...it was able to persuade Zhou Zaixing to cooperate and cover up such a big thing. It must have cost a lot of money."
"But why did the Xu family do all this?"
The young woman's brows were knitted together at this moment, but there was a mature charm under her faint willow eyebrows.
After thinking for a moment, she shook her head slightly and said:
"Mr. Yang, I feel that this matter may be very complicated. If we continue to investigate, I may be in danger!"
"Zhou Zaixing and the Xu family must have had a deep purpose in planning this matter so many years ago."
Hearing this, Yang Dong slightly looked at the other party in surprise.
He didn't expect that this young woman's thoughts were the same as his own.
But he still shook his head and said:
"I have to investigate this matter, otherwise it will be a hidden danger to His Majesty after all. Now that Dazhou has finally settled down, I don't want anyone to cause turmoil again."
The young woman took a deep look at Yang Dong. After thinking for a while, she seemed to have made some kind of decision and said:
"If Mr. Yang needs it, I can accompany Mr. Yang to investigate the Xu family!"
"Although our branch is just a branch of the Xu family, I visited the old house several times when I was a child."
"And... I want to find out why my father made such a choice back then!"
"But there may be some danger in this!"
Yang Dong took a deep look at the young woman and continued:
"Even if you don't think about yourself, you should consider Susu! You don't know how clingy that child is to you."
When the young woman heard this, there was a hint of hesitation on her cheeks.
But after a moment, she regained her confidence and said:
"Su Su is a strong child, and with Mr. Yang's care, I think she will grow up healthily."
"Besides, I did this to clear up trouble for her future growth."
When Yang Dong heard this, a hint of deep meaning flashed in his eyes.
He looked at the young woman quietly and asked:
"Did you guess something?"
"Mr. Yang thinks... why do I encounter so much trouble in the capital?"
"The neighbor I know well has lived in the capital for most of his life, and no one has ever caused trouble."
"In that case, I will allow it."
Yang Dong nodded lightly and then said:
"Don't worry about Su Su. As long as I and His Majesty are here, no one will dare to touch her."
…
Jiangnan, Xuanzhou,
In a courtyard full of water town style,
Several figures sat facing each other, with a gurgling stream beside them, which gave them a somewhat ethereal artistic conception.
In the meantime, a middle-aged man with a goatee spoke slowly, breaking the tranquility.
"Over in the capital, someone has come to investigate the tax and money case of that year. It is said that he seems to be a confidant of the little emperor."
Another figure holding a folding fan picked up the folding fan, tapped it on the palm of his hand, and said:
"I have heard about this. This guy's name is Yang Dong, and he has some tricks. Lin Chunqiu seems to have fallen into his hands."
"I'm afraid he's coming to Jiangnan now not just for the tax and bank case."
"It's just a eunuch, you don't need to care so much."
The person who spoke was a fat man with a voluptuous face and a Buddhist bead in his hand.
He shook the fat on his cheeks and continued:
"If you cherish the feathers and refuse to touch this eunuch, then let me do it, Lao Lu."
"In this way, I will treat it as solving your troubles. But our Lu family is not in vain. We, the Lu family, want to take 10% more of the maritime trade!"
"You damn fat guy, you're pretty good at making your own plans!"
The voice of the speaker was ethereal and somewhat charming. She covered her face with a pink gauze scarf, but she had a pair of charming eyes that were so captivating.
"He's just a eunuch, so there's no need to go to such trouble."
After speaking, she looked at the middle-aged man with a beard who spoke first, and said:
"Brother Yan, this eunuch just wants to investigate what happened back then through the Xu family. How about... how about we package the Xu family and give it to him?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several people present changed.
But after a moment, they nodded surprisingly unanimously.
"Let the Xu family voluntarily surrender? You temptress is still so cruel and ruthless!"
"Think about the young master of the Xu family. He spent a lot of money on you back then. Are you so heartless?"
"Who said the slave family is ruthless?"
The woman's eyes were seductive, and she slightly shook her extremely exaggerated figure.
She raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said unhappily:
"The Nu family chose to give the Xu family a... a decent way to die just because they missed their old friendship."
"That said, it's still a bit unreasonable???"
…
Yang Dong didn't know at this moment,
The Xu family, whom he was about to investigate, had now lined up in two lines, standing neatly at the door of the Wuzhou government office.
At this moment, the sky is no brighter than it was just now, and the gate of the government office is still closed.
But many merchants and pedestrians who had gotten up early had already gathered outside the government office, looking at the two groups of Xu family members in surprise.
"Look, aren't these people from the Xu family? Why are they standing outside the government office?"
"What? They are the Xu family? You kid, are you admitting your mistake? The Xu family is one of the four great families. What are they doing standing outside the government office!?"
"I don't know about that. But have you seen that guy with a hunched body and a sluggish face? He is the young master of the Xu family. He was a troublemaker to young girls from good families. My neighbor's daughter is this. The bastard caused trouble. It's a pity that the whole family hanged themselves in the end..."
"Yes, he is the young master of the Xu family. This bastard does all kinds of evil. Even if he turns to ashes, I will still recognize him!"
Hearing everyone talking, the young master of the Xu family immediately frowned and looked towards the crowd.
The few civilians who had been talking about it before felt such gazes and immediately dispersed without saying a word.
at the same time,
South of the Wuzhou government office, in a dilapidated and poor house,
A clerk was desperately knocking on the dilapidated wooden door in front of him.
"Master Zhao, something big happened!"
"Go to the government office and have a look!"
