Chapter 500 Fraud
Nong Shouguang said that the King of Shu was behind the Liao people's business. Zhao Yu believed this statement 30%. This 30% did not mean that he believed the King of Shu was indeed that person, but that the King of Shu accounted for at most 30% of the share.
In Yizhou, it is unreasonable not to give His Royal Highness the King of Shu a share of the bulk business. But if the King of Shu is the boss behind the scenes, then there is no way he would come back alive from Chang'an.
Bearded Alibaba followed him to the back hall, where there were fewer people. As he walked over, he felt a ray of light passing through him.
The fourth heaven is not high, but it is definitely not low either.
Alibaba walked around as if nothing had happened, as if he was just passing by.
The monk guarding the back hall withdrew his gaze boredly and looked at the next passerby. He did this kind of work hundreds of times a day and there had never been a problem.
In the shadow of a warehouse in the distance, a shadow flashed by.
After two levels of inspection and notification, Nong Shouguang walked into the back hall that should have belonged to him.
"Your Excellency, I am honored to meet you."
Nong Shouguang stood respectfully at the door of a wing room and bowed.
There was no response from inside, so he kept this posture, unable to express his dissatisfaction.
"It's Shouguang, the door is open, come in."
"Thank you, sir."
Nong Shouguang bowed again and then opened the door. He just stepped over the threshold and did not take another step forward.
On a small table by the window in the room, there was a peony that should not be blooming in this season nor in Yizhou. A woman was holding a pair of delicate scissors, slowly trimming the almost invisible edges of the slightly yellowed leaves, leaving only her back to Nong Shouguang.
I saw this flower in Dongdu at the beginning, and I have been obsessed with it for more than ten years. In order to make this flower bloom here, the money I spent was enough to make a great monk jealous.
"I am sorry to disturb your pleasure, it is an emergency."
"No problem. I was just about to go burn incense when I heard the sound of a police whistle. I wanted to wait for you here. I have been in Yizhou for so many years that I have forgotten when I last heard one."
Nong Shouguang swallowed his saliva and said, "Sir, I suspect that I have discovered someone who has bad intentions towards you."
"Suspicious?"
"He claimed to be from the Bai family in Chang'an. He wanted a lot of goods. Some were to be shipped to Chang'an, some to the Eastern Capital, but more goods were to be shipped to the Liao Kingdom."
The woman's hands that were pruning the branches stopped and she slowly turned around. It could be seen that she was no longer young. Even if she took good care of herself, there were obvious signs of aging on her face.
"Changan, which Bai family?"
"He claimed to be from the Bai family of Changlefang."
“They all call themselves that.”
"That's right. So, I thought there was something fishy about this man and wanted to arrest him for questioning. However, he was very smart and quite skilled. He jumped out of the window and escaped. Your guards haven't found him yet."
The woman walked to the round table in the middle of the room and sat down. She picked up the teapot and poured two cups of water. She gently pushed one of the cups forward and said, "You did a good job. This person does seem to have a problem. Open the door. If the tea house is closed for a moment, the tax revenue of the court will be reduced by who knows how much. We are the ones who work, even if we can't help His Majesty, we can't hinder His Majesty either."
Nong Shouguang nodded and said, "I will do it right away. I am just afraid that this guy will run away. It will be difficult to find him in such a big Yizhou."
"Haha, Shouguang, you're overthinking it. Drink some water first."
The woman waved her hand, and Nong Shouguang hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.
"If he is just a foolish young man, he can run away. His elders may have to bring him back to you to apologize one day. If he is really a trouble, how can he bear to run away?"
Nong Shouguang suddenly realized: "I understand."
Nong Shouguang left. Moments later, the door of the tea house was reopened and the caravan, swearing and hurling curses, filed in. All the Liao warriors in charge of the arrest were recalled, but some clever soldiers dressed as porters for the merchants quietly blended into the crowd, staring intently at every person in white.
Alibaba squatted in the shadow of the corner of the back hall, listening to the conversation that had just ended in the room, took out a small notebook and began to write it down.
A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. If it was before, it would be fine, but there are too many people involved in Yizhou, and there is almost no pure second-generation idiot who can be on the stage in this world. Ignoring any clue may result in cancellation and restarting.
After all, a few days ago at Jianmen Pass, a small fourth-level wonderful sound sea almost knocked him down.
Who is this woman? From what she said, it seems that she has some relationship with Li Huan in Chang'an, but Zhao Yushu doesn't believe that Li Huan's grandson can have such strong control. If he is so powerful, the battle of Yizhou can't be fought at all.
There is a high probability that Li Huan is just making an excuse, or even making a sarcastic remark.
Nong Shouguang said something very crucial: your guards.
People from Liao.
A woman, a Liao person, who was called "Madam" by Nong Shouguang, had been in Yizhou for many years and had a noble status. She didn't even have to hide and could let her guards go and arrest people in Yizhou openly.
This person’s official identity must not be difficult to check.
"You've been waiting for so long, why don't you come out and see me?"
A woman's voice suddenly came from inside the house.
Zhao Yushu felt as if his heart skipped a beat.
The last time this feeling appeared was in the north of Jianmen Pass, when we first faced Miaoyinhai.
Did she discover herself?
impossible!
His level of concealment is rare in the world. Not to mention an ordinary person who has no spiritual fluctuations on his body, even if a great master of the external scene comes, he may not be able to detect it, unless there is a person like Miaoyinhai who can physically perceive through spider silk and other things.
After suffering a loss at the hands of Miaoyinhai, he became extremely sensitive to this kind of things. He observed for a long time before sneaking in and made sure that there were no strange insects here.
She is cheating me.
Zhao Yushu did not move, waiting for the woman to perform. Don't say you are deceiving me. Even if you really found out, what can I do? Dugu Jiansheng is watching from the sky. No one dares to take action until the critical moment of the internal scene. Now even if the external scene is perfect, it will not be easy to keep me.
"Mr. Bai, you followed Shouguang all the way here just to find me, why don't you show up now?"
Haha, you are cheating me. I am Alibaba now.
Zhao Yushu sneered and wrote an extra sentence in the notebook: This person is scheming, insidious and cunning, and good at calculations.
The woman held a pair of flower scissors in her right hand and tightly grasped a half-moon shaped jade pendant in her left hand in her sleeve. She listened quietly to the movements around her. After a moment, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This person was not that capable of hiding himself from the monks on guard outside and sneaking to his side.
If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about.
The woman began to prune the branches again, as if she could continue to do this forever.
Zhao Yushu closed the notebook, left the back hall, followed the crowd out of the tea house, and went straight to the Yizhou government office.