Chapter 348 – Analyzing the Reason for the Princess’s Attendance

Since ancient times, cities backed by ports are generally economically prosperous. The county town of Butter County is not large, but the streets are spacious and straight, and the pedestrians are very lively.

Xu Qi’an stood at the pier and looked around, pickers and laborers coming and going, sweating.

With a sweep of his eyes, he locked onto a foreman who was sitting in a pergola with a ledger in his hand, drinking tea, and walked over in faith, pressing his sword with one hand and looking down at the foreman.

The foreman looked fixedly at Xu Qi’an, as well as the silver gong and copper gong symbols embroidered on the chests of the night watchmen behind him; even though he did not recognize the night watchmen’s uniforms, the night watchmen’s prestigious name was well known to the people of the city.

This, is this the legendary night watchman? The foreman was puzzled while getting up, nodding his head and bowing his head, “Several adults, what are your orders?”

As he spoke, he pulled a handful of broken silver from his pocket and offered it with both hands.

Xu Qi’an didn’t look and said bluntly, “You’re the foreman?”

The foreman continued to nod his head, “Yes.”

Xu Qi’an slowly nodded his head and looked toward the busy pickers, asking, “Have there been any refugees from the north recently.”

“Refugees?”

The foreman thought about it and shook his head, “No, but I have heard that the northern border is at war, the barbarians are burning and looting everywhere, fortunately there is the King of Zhenbei guarding it ah, otherwise Chuzhou might have been lost long ago.”

“You revere the King of Zhenbei?” Xu Qi’an’s tone had no emotional ups and downs.

“That’s for sure, the King of Zhenbei is the Great Feng’s military god and the Great Feng’s number one expert, it’s because of him that the north can be at peace.” The foreman revealed a look of admiration.

When did the king of Zhenbei become a military god, the Dabong military god is clearly Wei Gong …….. Xu Qi’an left with the silver gongs and the bronze gongs.

In the pergola, the foreman looked at their departing backs and wondered, “Don’t even want to give silver? Isn’t he sick in the head.”

Turning around in the city for an hour, Xu Qi’an sat in a restaurant, sat in a hook bar, and even took the initiative to accost beggars. The accompanying night watchmen sensed that Xu Qi’an had another purpose for this trip.

The so-called hookah listening is just a front.

“Lord Xu, what are you poking around for?” A silver gong asked.

“Prospecting for refugees.”

Xu Qi’an stood on the street, pressing his sword with one hand and frowning, “There’s something strange, I don’t know if you’ve noticed.”

An experienced silver gong, thoughtfully, replied:

“No refugees? That’s not surprising, we’ve only just arrived in Jiangzhou, and we’re still at least ten days away from Chuzhou. This is still traveling by water, by land, it would be less than half a month. Refugees may not be able to escape from Chuzhou to here.”

Xu Qi’an shook his head, glanced at him, and grunted, “Have you forgotten what case we’re here to investigate?”

The four silver gongs were creeped out, immediately comprehending Xu Qi’an’s meaning.

Bloodshed of 3,000 miles of similar behavior usually occurs on large battlefields that are protracted and where a considerable number of troops are committed.

And if a war of this scale occurs, it will surely result in a flood of victims, and even though Jiangzhou is far away from Chuzhou, there may not be no lucky ones among the refugees who managed to escape over.

But no ……..

This case is more complicated than I imagined ah ……… Xu Qi’an heart sank, emotions inevitably into heavy. But he glanced at his colleagues around him, see their worried look, immediately “hehe” a sound, with an incomparable Long Ao Tian tone, slowly said:

“Kind of interesting, that’s the kind of case I want to run, too simple rather than boring.”

Lord Xu has rich experience, although the entry time is short, but the big storms and waves that he has experienced are the ones that the next person can not experience in his whole life …….. The night watchman recalled the big cases that Xu Yinluo had experienced, and suddenly his heart was not panicked and settled down a lot.

Before lunch, Xu Qi’an returned to the official ship, carrying a food box, as well as several pieces of uncarved butter jade.

He placed Butter Jade in his room first, while carrying the food box, he ascended to the third floor, came to a room in the corner, and knocked on the door.

“Who?”

The old aunt’s slightly grumpy, but breathless voice came from the room.

“It’s me.”

Xu Qi’an laughed.

When he heard his voice, there was no movement inside, and he didn’t open the door, as if he intended to go cold turkey.

“Fu Wenpei, open the door, I know you’re home, you have the ability to hook a man, you have the ability to open the door.”

Xu Qi’an is a bitch.

“Clunk …….”

The door opened, and the old aunt, dressed in a green maidservant’s dress, raised her willow eyebrows and said angrily, “What nonsense are you talking about.”

This denizen, talking about seducing men in front of her room door, was too much. Although she was only a mediocre maidservant now, maidservants also had a reputation.

And no one heard …….. Xu Qi’an hemmed and hawed, “You’re not Fu Wenpei, so why are you angry.”

Seeing the old aunt roll her eyes and try to close the door again, Xu Qi’an hurriedly said, “Brought you lunch.”

The old aunt snorted, “Are you that kind?”

“Looking at your complexion this morning, I knew you didn’t sleep well yesterday and got seasick, didn’t you. I’m sure I didn’t eat at lunch, so I bought you some food.”

Xu Qi’an entered the house on his own and swept a glance, the house was clean and tidy, it looked like it was cleaned every day.

The food box was placed on the table, the lid opened, and the dishes were laid out one by one.

The old aunt took a few looks and realized that they were all dishes she hadn’t seen before, and couldn’t help but ask, “What’s on this plate?”

“Glazed Lungs, it’s quite tasty, it’s one of the signature dishes of the best tavern in Butter County, I’ve got the other signature dishes for you as well.” Xu Qi’an said.

“Don’t want to eat.”

The old aunt faded.

She was not feeling well and did not have an appetite. Besides, she had been pampered in the royal palace all these years, what delicious food had she not eaten? Commoners can not be expected to the mountain treasures and sea food, in her case, just idle.

“But you sure like this bowl.” Xu Qi’an set a bowl of soup on the table.

The old aunt took a look, black, selling extremely poorly, and immediately frowned straight in disgust, saying, “Nothing to offer …….. What’s your purpose, say it straight.”

Just waiting for your words …….. Xu Qi’an sat down at the table, coughed, and said, “Your princess is here as well?”

When she heard the word “Princess”, the tips of her eyebrows jumped slightly, and she nodded calmly, “Uh-huh.”

“Why was the crown princess in the procession? And I, the organizing officer, didn’t know beforehand.” Xu Qi’an asked with a smirk.

“Do you think I would know.” Old Auntie didn’t have the good sense to say, seemingly unwilling to talk more, urging, “Nothing hurry up and get lost, I’m going to bed.”

Xu Qi’an had no choice but to excuse himself and leave.

When the obnoxious, smelly man left, she reclosed the door and was about to take the food back into the canteen when she suddenly caught a whiff of a sour and spicy smell, which seemed to be an invisible hand that grabbed her stomach.

The flavor emanated from that very poorly sold bowl of soup.

It seems to taste okay …….. She sat down at the table, scooped up a porcelain spoon and took a light sip.

Sour with spicy flavor, instantly open taste buds, tickle her appetite, “gulp”, throat involuntarily swallowed, a series of several mouthfuls.

By the time she finished her soup, she finally felt hungry, and when she looked at the meal on the table, it looked tantalizing.

……….

“Knock knock.”

There was a knock on the door, followed by Chu Xianglong’s voice, “It’s me.”

“The door is unlocked, come in yourself.” The old aunt replied in a cold and calm voice.

Chu Xianglong pushed the door and saw Wangfei sitting at the table, enjoying her meal.

Vice Admiral Chu frowned and transmitted, “What is your relationship with him, just nod and shake your head.”

He knew that the food was delivered by Xu Qi’an just now.

The princess shook her head.

Chu Xianglong’s eyes sharpened by a few points, “There’s no relation, he brings you lunch?”

The princess still shook her head.

Chu Xianglong stared at her for a moment, reluctantly accepting this answer, lamenting that the princess’s charm was too great for a man to resist approaching and getting to know.

“Please remember your identity, Your Highness, and do not socialize too closely with idle people.” He transmitted a voice admonition and exited the room.

The whole thing made no sound.

There are not only Jin Gong Yang Yan on the boat, but also other martial artists, who have smart ears, and the saying that walls have ears is most apt.

………..

“Not knowing anything is also a kind of information. I guessed correctly that the Princess of Zhenbei’s trip to the Northern Realm doesn’t seem to be that simple …….

“Traveling in secrecy, not even I, the organizing officer, knew about it beforehand. Moreover, the number of guards carried is abnormal, too few. This can be interpreted as low-profile, well, traveling with an envoy is both low-profile and has an adequate escort force.

“The question is, why is that so?”

Xu Qi’an returned to his room and sat at the table, frowning in thought.

“Why is it so mysterious for the king’s consort to travel to the north, is it because the title of the world’s most beautiful woman is too ostentatious? This is obviously not the case, in Dabong, who would dare to hit on the Zhenbei King’s main wife? Even I, who have been debauched and freedom-loving all my life, haven’t moved in that direction.

“According to the behavioral analysis of intent, that is, Emperor Yuan Jing did not want the news of the Wangfei’s departure from the capital to be widely known. But this is not scientific, what is there to hide from a mere royal consort who goes to see her husband?

“Unless this Princess is not simple and is involved in some secret? In that case, there are no more than two reasons for secretly traveling with a mission: one, it involves some kind of secret plot, so it has to be kept secret. Two, it may be accompanied by danger, and thus requires the power of the legation to escort it?”

Thinking of this, Xu Qi’an’s pupils contracted slightly, and his gaze sharpened with it.

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PS: WeChat ally group has been sending red packets, sent me mindless code, all blame them, affect my code, so this chapter is a little shorter.

PS: Thanks to the alliance owner “Niu Cobalt Lu, Jianbo” reward, Jianbo is an old acquaintance, “Sister” when it is my people.