Vol 5 Chapter 433: Night detective

Qingu also paid attention to the situation in Luzhou these days in the city, but he didn't get any results.
Was it really killed by pirates, as the client knew?
Why is pirates so rampant, and the court has done nothing?
Or... nothing happened to the Zeng family, just to frighten the client and stimulate what the client said?
Qingu prefers to believe that it is the latter.
In any case, she always has to go back and see to feel at ease.
And, when you get there, you may be able to ask more about it even from the nearby population.
After making up his mind, Qingu bought a lot of food and drink on the road, hired a donkey cart, and rushed to Luzhou.
All the way south, although the time is getting closer and closer to the deep winter, the temperature is still gradually rising.
Qingu would occasionally use her medical skills when she saw someone who was ill. Although she didn't make a lot of money, she still barely left the fare and the meal. Some people are grateful to her and earn merit.
In this way, he stopped and walked all the way, practicing, inquiring about the news, and letting the three A Huan recover their bodies without delay.
About a month later, one person and three dogs finally entered the boundary of Luzhou.
The sight is bleak, the land is barren, and the houses far and near are not crowded.
Presents a desolate and dilapidated scene.
After walking for a long time, I didn't see a living person, and there was a faint smell of blood and corruption in the air...
Qingu's heart slowly sank.
Arriving at the Zeng Family Courtyard, this is a large courtyard with hundreds of houses connected together. Although the first line in the middle is only Zeng Guangsheng, the remaining branches and tenants, householders, and servants who depend on the Zeng family, when the Zeng family was in its prime, As many as five or six hundred people!
If you add hired boatmen and so on, that's even more.
Standing on a hillside in the distance, Qingu looked over here, and with her super eyesight, she could roughly see the situation in the courtyard of the Zeng family.
I thought I would see the same dilapidated scenes in other places, but I didn't expect that this place is as good as the client's memory, the house is intact, and there are people coming and going inside, a scene of prosperity.
How is this going?
Is it true that, as I guessed, nothing happened to the Zeng family, just to fool the client to deliberately kill the client and fabricate the destruction of the Zeng family?
This is really the best news.
In any case, for the sake of safety, Qin Gu did not wipe off the disguise on his face, nor did he go straight to the door.
Instead, after nightfall, he put on dark clothes, covered his scarf, and walked in.
Now, after more than a month of cultivation, Qingu has entered the fourth floor of the acquired cultivation base.
Although this speed is not as fast as before, it is directly related to the physical fitness of the client.
But now that he can fly over the walls, he can also use the imperial needles inside, plus medicine powder and other things, it is easy to come to visit Zeng's house at night.
Qingu asked the three A Huan to wait in place... After thinking about it, he said: If you see someone coming, just run and run to the distant hillside.
Qin Gu pointed to the raised black shadow in the night.
A Huan screamed, wondering if it understood it or not.
In short, Qingu didn't want the last thing to happen again.
Entering Zeng’s house, Qingu followed the client’s memory and first went to the yard where Zeng Guangsheng was located...
I noticed something wrong as I walked, these people...
There was a heavy smell of sea and blood on his body.
Qin Gu's heart suddenly burst, really can't just look at the appearance, this is really tricky.
Outside the yard, there were people standing guard everywhere, bright and dark.
Looking at the breath radiating from these people, they all belong to masters, reaching the realm of acquired!
You must know that Qingu came along this road, and met one or two knights on the road to reach the Houtian realm, but in this yard, the guardians have such cultivation skills, it is fake if it is not surprised.
Fortunately, Qingu was several levels higher than them, and it was not discovered by these people.
However, Qingu didn't dare to get too close.
Because she felt a stronger aura coming from the courtyard, maybe her cultivation base was higher than her.
The other party is so cautious, if it is too close, it is easy to be found.
Listen carefully, the people inside are discussing things.
Listen and listen, Qin Gu felt her hair stand up one by one.
It turns out that these people are discussing a large grain and ore transaction.
It turned out that the Zeng family discovered an iron ore vein in Luofengshan just six months ago. The deposit is large and contains high iron content.
Knowing that it was definitely impossible for the Zeng family to eat this vein, they wanted to give it to King Pingyi, the husband of the client.
If Mu Zhong was asked to talk to the emperor again, he would be able to enhance Mu Zhong's position in the eyes of the emperor. He was valued, and his own daughter would definitely follow him... Then the Zeng family was also honored.
They can even win mining rights. The Zeng family won’t need to rely solely on sea trade to survive... After all, the emperor didn’t pay much attention to sea trade, nor did he pay attention to coastal defense. Not to mention heavy taxes, he would take great risks. It would be great to take the opportunity to transform.
But how did they know that before they had time to spread the news, it was reported that the Zeng family merchant ship encountered pirates.
Immediately after the pirates took the opportunity to land, they fought for a few days before reluctantly driving them away.
This time, the Zeng family suffered heavy losses, and the surrounding fishermen were also killed and injured countless.
Write to the Pingyi Prince's Mansion to request support.
It didn't take long for them to really receive a reply, saying that they should not worry, and they would send troops to strengthen them soon.
With the reply from the Pingyi Palace, the Zeng family's confidence increased.
After all, the two daughters of the Zeng family are married to King Pingyi, one is the regular wife and the other is the regular wife, which seems to be very beneficial.
How would they know that this letter did not reach King Pingyi, but was stopped by someone, and then another letter was returned in the tone of King Pingyi.
The Zeng family waited wholeheartedly for the support of the imperial army, so they did not organize a retreat.
The last thing waiting is the crazy counterattack of the pirates...
The Zeng family was wiped out ~EbookFREE.me~ and then the pirates used the Zeng family as a stronghold to deal with the follow-up work while killing other nearby fishermen.
Turn here completely into their base.
The change of regime in the imperial court, and the peace promoted by the ministers and scholars, has in fact tacitly agreed that this area has become a gathering place for pirates.
And now, what these people are discussing is that iron ore mining has already traded with neighboring countries.
In addition to iron ore transactions, there are also salt and grain transactions.
This time, the pirate leader is negotiating with a minister of Mongolia, and they are now hoarding a large amount of food...because they are already deploying at the border to start war with Mu.
The two parties are negotiating prices and quantities.