Chapter 242: Spy
Zhou Qing
He straightened his back, "I don't believe it, what else can I do? Go out and burn your father to death?"
Shen Li looked at Zhou Qing, and suddenly felt distressed.
Zhou Qing was just a little girl in Qingyang Village.
Although she was bold and daring, she had not seen much of the world.
It was the first time she knew that her father was not her father, and that there was another soul living in that body. She must have been terrified.
Poor her, how did she survive at that time!
She didn't dare to tell others about this kind of thing.
Thinking of the dark torment Zhou Qing had experienced
Hugging Zhou Qing, Shen Li said distressedly: "Don't worry, Rongyang Hou is not a bad person, he will love you like your own father."
Zhou Qing stuck to Shen Li's chest and pretended to be moved, "Yeah."
After being moved for a moment, Zhou Qing pushed Shen Li away and sat up straight, saying: "Now, what should we do? I think this Ying'er girl must be related to Rongyang Hou Mansion, and correspondingly, Zhao Dacheng is also related to Rongyang Hou Mansion."
Speaking, Zhou Qing slapped his forehead.
"Zhao Dacheng has seen my father's handwriting, and he has seen it many times! Will he find out that my father is Rongyang Hou?"
Shen Li's expression was a little serious.
"It's hard to say, I will check Zhao Dacheng and Ying'er."
Originally, I came to Hongyufang for fun, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.
With no intention of staying in the flowers, Zhou Qing and Shen Li set off.
As soon as they left Hongyufang, the night wind blew, and Zhou Qing took a deep breath, "Hey, this Ying'er is at least thirty years old."
Shen Li nodded.
Zhou Qing looked puzzled.
"Am I too superficial? I always thought that places like brothels are all about youth."
"Miss Ying'er is different from others. The top prostitutes in other brothels are indeed young women."
"Why is she different?"
"It is rumored that she became the top prostitute in Hongyufang because of the help of Marquis Rongyang's wife.
Later, something happened in the Marquis Rongyang's mansion, but all of Marquis Rongyang's friends are still there.
This Ying'er seems to have become a symbol of the last living person in the Marquis Rongyang's mansion.
Marquis Rongyang's friends are all playboys.
Ying'er's status in Hongyufang was earned by those playboys with money."
Zhou Qing frowned, "Then In other words, Ying'er became famous because of the banner of Rongyang Marquis's Mansion? "
"You can say that, but her piano skills are really unmatched in Kyoto. Just based on this point, she can indeed support the facade of Hongyufang.
After all, this kind of place is different from ordinary brothels, and most of the literati come here.
They are more willing to pursue some so-called spiritual heights.
Ying'er's age and piano skills are more in line with their spiritual requirements, and her literary talent is quite good.
They will feel that this kind of is not so superficial and will not lead people astray. "
Zhou Qing curled his lips and didn't want to discuss the spiritual heights of these literati.
There are too many brothel prostitutes in history who are extremely talented and beautiful. I don't know how much higher their spiritual heights are than some literati.
But what is the result!
They are destined not to get fair recognition, destined not to have a good end, and beauties are short-lived!
Beauties, why are they so short-lived!
Why should beauties take the blame for men's incompetence?
What harming the country and the people, nonsense!
It is the ignorance of the incompetent that brings disaster to the country and the people!
The two chatted as they walked, and when they returned, Zhou Huaishan had already gone to bed.
Shen Li sent Zhou Qing back to his room, and then returned to the study and ordered to investigate Zhao Dacheng and Hongyufang Ying'er, and also to focus on investigating Su Heng.
He had a hunch that Su Heng was not a simple person.
After Shen Li finished his instructions, Li Er took a pile of rice paper with words written on it and reported, "Sir, there is already some clue about the mutton of Zhenshuo Army being mixed with Tianma Powder."
Shen Li sat behind the desk and rubbed his brows, "How is it?"
Li Er handed over the rice paper and reported with a fist, "It was done by the spy of Nanchu.
Nanchu got the news that Zhenshuo Army colluded with Beiyan to resell military supplies. They wanted to use Tianma Powder to make both Zhenshuo Army and Beiyan Army lose money. The misunderstanding between them created a rift, so that Nanchu could benefit from it."
"Has this spy been caught?"
"Caught, this confession is recorded by the spy."
Since the last time Tianma Powder appeared in the military rations, Shen Li has been working hard to investigate the matter.
After such a long time, there is finally some clue.
Rubbing his brows and taking a breath, Shen Li flipped the confession in his hand and read ten lines at a glance.
"Where did you catch this spy?"
"In Zhenshuo Army, he is a flag officer in Zhenshuo Army."
"How did you find out about him?"
To be a flag officer, it can be seen that this person has been in Zhenshuo Army for a long time and has good ability.
Once such a person becomes a spy, it is difficult to find him out, especially in the army.
In the army, unity is more important than anywhere else.
Li Er lowered his head, "It was our people who secretly investigated in Pingzhou area, and happened to meet Su Heng and the right lieutenant general of Zhenshuo Army having dinner and chatting outside. We got some clues from Su Heng's conversation, and then followed the clues to find this flag officer, and indeed found out the problem as soon as we caught him."
"Su Heng?"
Shen Li's heart skipped a beat and looked at Li Er.
Li Er said, "I once mentioned to you that Su Heng had a close relationship with a right lieutenant general of the Zhenshuo Army."
"How did he mention this at that time?"
"I just asked the right lieutenant general where Xu Dahu was from and why he could speak the Southern Chu dialect."
"How did the right lieutenant general answer?"
"The right lieutenant general didn't know who Xu Dahu was, let alone why Xu Dahu could speak the Southern Chu dialect."
Shen Li paused in rubbing his fingers.
Rather than saying that Su Heng was chatting with the Right Lieutenant General, it would be better to say that Su Heng was hinting at his people!
Su Heng
Zhao Dacheng secretly entered the capital and met Ying'er from Hongyufang privately, which was already very suspicious.
This Su Heng is a hundred times more suspicious than Zhao Dacheng.
Su Heng, Su Heng!
Zhao Dacheng's nephew Su Heng and the prince of Zhenguo Mansion Su Heng have the same pronunciation but different characters.
"Pay more attention to this Su Heng, don't alarm the snake, if conditions permit, let Pingzi have more contact with him."
Li Er didn't notice anything before, but Shen Li's questioning just now made Li Er suddenly react. This Su Heng was clearly hinting at information to them.
How did Su Heng know what they were investigating, and how did he know that there were people with shadows around at that time.
"Sir, will it be dangerous to let Zhou Ping contact him?"
Shen Li glanced at Li Er, his eyes were deep, and he didn't speak.
Just when Li Er thought Shen Li would not answer, Shen Li said in a rather hoarse voice: "No."
The tone was very firm.
After reporting the things to be reported, Li Er left.
In the huge study, Shen Li leaned back on the chair and slowly closed his eyes.
He recalled the words Zhao Dacheng heard in Hongyufang over and over again in his mind.
Exactly the same.
What exactly was he asking Miss Ying'er about whether it was exactly the same?
Is it the degree of similarity between Zhou Qing's appearance and someone else's?
Or
Suddenly, Shen Li's heart skipped a beat and his eyes opened.
Zhou Qing said that Zhao Dacheng had seen Zhou Huaishan's handwriting countless times!
Is there a possibility that Zhao Dacheng deliberately came to Beijing to let Miss Ying'er judge whether Zhou Huaishan's handwriting was the handwriting of Rongyang Hou!