If I hadn't heard Xue Huai's confession and said that Kun Zhi laughed and called him to tell him about it, Zhen Shiyuan might not think there was any coincidence in this matter. It would be too far-fetched to insist on saying it. Compared to coincidence, explanations such as forgetting to draw or composition are obviously more reasonable.

But after hearing Xue Huai's confession, he heard Qiao Shu talk about this and instinctively felt a subtle feeling: Did the people in this building plan to break the Lianqiao before going to Mount Li?

And this explanation is very reasonable at this point.

Zhen Shiyuan nodded slightly, asked someone to write down Qiao Shu's confession and asked Tang Zhongyuan to send Qiao Shu back.

This confession is truly a surprise to him.

He became more and more curious about the people in Quelou who arrived. What are these people... going to do?

To be honest, he always has a subtle feeling about the painters now. After all, when he was in Jinling at the beginning of the year, the case of famous scholars in Jiangnan Road was related to those paintings. So when he heard Qiao Shu mention paintings, he instinctively wondered if there were any clues hidden in the paintings.

Thinking of this, Zhen Shiyuan locked the table and called his subordinates: "Give this certificate to go to the Imperial College, go to the Imperial College student Zhu Zhicheng's schoolhouse...and wait..."

I was originally going to go to someone to pass the school, but halfway through, Zhen Shiyuan stopped again.

After pausing for a while, he shook his head at the official who was waiting for him to speak in a daze. "No, I don't know the situation in this building yet. Even if there is not enough evidence for this certificate, I will definitely be blocked."

Let’s forget about such a thankless thing!

If you take a step back, even if you find the painting from Zhu Zhicheng's school, it seems that it cannot prove anything.

At least it cannot prove anything for the time being.

Zhen Shiyuan shook his head and sighed, raised his hand and waved the official officer who was waiting for him to speak, and fell back into the chair again.

The eyelids kept twitching all the time these two days: I don’t know why, but he always felt a bad feeling.

...

...

Zhou Shilin, who had been unlucky all day yesterday, still had not appeared until noon.

Pei Qingqing, who had lunch and walked back to the hall himself. As soon as she entered the hall, she saw Miss Qiao, who used to walk with her, standing there, watching the two people who were painting in front of the map.

"What's so good about this?" Pei Qingqing walked over, tilted her head, and felt a headache at the dazzling lines of the people watching on the map, and then couldn't help but pull Qiao Ran's sleeve: "Miss Qiao."

Qiao Ran turned her head to look at her.

Pei Qingqing sighed, looking sad: "I don't know what else to do if I ignore me."

She finally understood why the birds locked in the cage ran away as soon as the cage was broken. It was really a long time to stay in it and would go crazy.

Qiao Ran smiled and paused, looked at Pei Qingqing with her head hanging down, and said, "Will go out for a walk at noon?"

Can you go out? Pei Qingqing's eyes lit up when she heard this.

Qiao Ran smiled and nodded, made a booing move, and said, "We both go out."

Zhang Jie, who was painting with a charcoal pen on the side, heard this, looked up at here and smiled, "I heard your whispers, I think it's better to bring a few more guards to follow."

Pei Qingqing immediately exclaimed in surprise when she heard this, but then she seemed to remember something, she pulled Qiao Ran's sleeve and lowered her voice and asked, "Is this time true?"

They said this before, but wasn’t it a lie?

Qiao Ran nodded, touched her head, and smiled and said, "It's true. Otherwise, how can we do things when we stay in the tent?"

The assassination of General Gu and Lord Zhao has come to an end, so naturally there is no need to stay in the temple anymore.

If you don’t go out, how can you investigate the case?

Can you still shrink in the tent for a lifetime?

After getting confirmed by her in person, Pei Qingqing, as a child, was naturally very happy. As for the danger of going out, how could Miss Qiao be dangerous with her? Pei Qingqing was very confident and walked out the door happily.

The weather outside is very good, and it has been sunny for several consecutive days, which has almost melted the snow in the entire hotel. The weather outside is also very good, it is a good day to go out.

After looking at the sky for a while, the girl withdrew her gaze and looked up at the person who was walking towards her in a armor not far away.

The unlucky Grand Supervisor came over and heard his footsteps from afar.

Although he was still a little far away at this time, Pei Qingqing, who had a far better eye than ordinary people, could still clearly see the expression on Zhou Shilin's face.

My face was frowned, my eyebrows were pressed down, my lips were pursed tightly, and I looked in a bad mood.

Could this Grand Supervisor be in trouble again?

Pei Qingqing watched him approaching curiously. Zhou Shilin, who had always said a few words by her, passed by today but he didn't even look at her, and then walked into the stairs.

Then, he didn't care whether the people in the library were doing things or not, and said, "That maid is back."

Which maid?

Pei Qingqing, who then walked into the hike, tilted her head and heard Miss Qiao's voice sound.

"Is the water OK?" Qiao Ran's eyes turned around Zhou Shilin, and suddenly realized, "Didn't you bring back any useful news?"

Zhou Shilin nodded and said, "I heard that the maid said she was knocked out shortly after she walked out of the city. It was already daylight today when she woke up. She asked for her way back."

Miss Yuan and the others have not yet left the camp after they came, so they are naturally not familiar with Shanxi Road. As they are so unfamiliar, they probably took several turns, so it was already afternoon when they came back.

"I didn't plan to let Shuixing do anything, come back when I come back!" Qiao Ran was not surprised by this result, but just looked at Zhou Shilin and said seriously, "Pei Qingqing and I are going out for a walk."

Zhou Shilin was stunned and said, "Then I'll let a few people follow you," then looked at the two people who were sitting at the table and painting their heads with charcoal pens and said, "Will those two go?"

Qiao Ran shook her head.

Don't go! That's just her and this little guy? Zhou Shilin thought about it and hesitated: "Is it unsafe? General Gu and Lord Zhao happened after going out for a walk."

Qiao Ran smiled and didn't care: "So, you have to catch the assassin first! Even if I went out for a walk, the other party really wanted to attack me, and he had to make another arrangement, not that fast."

This sounds very reasonable at first glance, but for some reason he always feels something is wrong.

Zhou Shilin frowned: "But if there are still their people in this restaurant..."

"If there are assassins in the tent, wouldn't it be even more unsafe for me to stay in the tent?" Qiao Ran asked him with a smile.

This... is really unrefutable.

Zhou Shilin was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that the two people who looked at the map had not spoken for a moment, they stopped talking. So, if she was really in danger, someone would be more anxious than him.

He glanced at Zhang Jie.

This person is not in a hurry at the moment, so nothing should be done.

...

The real Shanxi Road is outside the temple.

As soon as he stepped out of the tour hall, Pei Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't know why she was relieved. This was actually very strange. She had seen this Shanxi Road look like that day she came in the carriage.

The houses are low and simple, and the pedestrians on the street look yellow and hungry. At first glance, there is not even a decent restaurant, even worse than Gutong County where they pass by.

Miss Qiao once said that as a fortress, the situation of Shanxi Road does not seem to be worthy of its name. Of course, this is not the place that Pei Qingqing cares most. She only knows that there should be no snack shops in this kind of place. In comparison, the chef's skills in the restaurant may be better.

But even though she knew there was no snack she liked here, she still felt it was better to come out.

No matter how old it is outside, it is better than an exquisite cage.

Pei Qingqing grabbed Qiao Ran's hand and walked forward.

Qiao Ran narrowed her eyes and looked at Shanxi Road that appeared in front of her, allowing Pei Qingqing to lead the way, and while walking, he looked at the largest city on the entire Shanxi Road.

Judging from the map, this city is located in a fortress of several states, and there are endless vendors coming and going. However, since the bandits began, there have been fewer vendors passing by. It was not until Qian Zhou, the prefect of Shanxi Road, took office in recent years, that the situation was better.

At least you can see occasionally passing vendors who don’t look like local people on the road.

These vendors had no intention of staying on Shanxi Road for a long time. They mostly checked in several inns in the city with official flags and banners. After buying dry food, they prepared enough water and horse grass, they left.

Of course, business vendors will not stay in such messy and barren places, which are unprofitable.

Since childhood, Pei Qingqing, who was used to the prosperity, frowned and looked around. The thin and hungry girl on the street was about the same age as her, but she was begging with a pottery bowl with a corner in her hand.

This is not a person, but a group of people. There are many such children gathered on both sides of the street, looking like they are bored.

She felt a little uncomfortable when she saw it.

"Is this place impossible to manage?" Pei Qingqing pulled Qiao Ran's hand, tiptoed to Qiao Ran's ear and whispered, "My mother said that she could rely on the mountains and rivers to eat water. Why is this place not good?"

She may not have fully understood the principles of governing the people, but she felt vaguely that this place should not have been so poor.

"You're right." Qiao Ran smiled and looked around, looking around with a cold look. "Even if you don't rely on the mountains and ridges on both sides, just a fortress that travels from south to north, doing business of passing vendors and exchanging first-class specialties, it wouldn't be like this."

Therefore, Shanxi Road has become like this, and the government officials naturally have a major problem.

She has never been an impulsive person, nor can she easily draw conclusions about a person because of her appearance. No matter what, if Shanxi Road is managed like this, as the governor of a prefect, there must be a problem with Lord Qian, who is the governor of a prefecture. However, Lord Qian's many actions are really hard to understand.

For example, the first three prefectures died "breathably", and were even called "bad Feng Shui" in the court. If she were Lord Qian, she would not only not run away at this time, but also stay in the prison obediently, so as not to die "breathfully".

At least, under such simple and crude methods, life should be worry-free.

"Come on!" A shout sounded at this moment.

After this shout, the pedestrians turned their heads and looked over. Qiao Ran also followed the eyes of everyone, but saw someone moving an iron pot out at the intersection ahead, and knocking it with a gong, shouting: "Come on, come on, watch the tricks, the rich will give you money, and the poor will give you personal things, come on!"

The gong knocked the people and shocked the originally lifeless travelers.

Several begging children were driven to the scene, glaring at him, but couldn't help looking here curiously.
To be continued...