Chapter 356 Qinhuai Building

  Chapter 356 Qinhuai Building

  Shen Shoufu died.

  He was shot by an arrow in the chest, and fell into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and there was no news.

  When the news reached the palace, Emperor Jingchen almost passed out!

   “This, this is impossible!” Emperor Jingchen couldn’t believe it.

  How could Shen Yao die like this?

   “Your Majesty, I heard that the news has reached the Shen residence…” Eunuch Wan, who was serving in front of the imperial court, carefully considered the expression of the Holy Majesty, and asked softly.

   “No, it’s impossible!” Emperor Jing Chen immediately shook his head, “With Shen Yao’s ability, nothing will happen to him, there must be something wrong!”

   On the other side, Zhao Lanhua also passed out after receiving the bad news.

  The huge Shen residence was in chaos.

  Princess Palace.

  Knowing the news that Ji Zhao insisted on going to Jiangnan alone, Princess Kangle hurriedly stopped him!

   “No!” Princess Kangle waved her hands again and again, “Zhao Zhao, don’t you know how dangerous Jiangnan is?”

   “Mother, I’m going to take Shen Yao home.” Kneeling on the ground, Ji Zhao said with firm eyes.

“Zhaozhao, I know you are sad, but…but you still have Kang’er, how can you not think about Kang’er?” Princess Kangle persuaded anxiously, “Since Qin Minghong sent someone back this news, That must be true, you…”

   “Mother, he promised that I would return safely.” Ji Zhao said firmly.

   “Zhao Zhao, why…why are you so stubborn?”

  Ji Zhao pursed his lips and remained silent.

  Shen Yao is her husband, and she would not believe this so-called bad news until she saw his dead body with her own eyes.

  The next day, the palace.

  Emperor Jingchen looked at Ji Zhao with a firm expression, and suddenly couldn’t say the words he wanted to persuade.

   “I will send a team of imperial guards to protect you,” after a moment of silence, Emperor Jingchen said with a complex expression, “Shen Yao is my arm, and I don’t believe that something happened to him, but if something happened to him…”

   “No.” Ji Zhao interrupted him forcefully.

  Eunuch Wan’s eyelids twitched twice uncontrollably.

  This Mrs. Shen is a tiger, she dared to interrupt His Majesty directly!

   “He will be fine.” Ji Zhao emphasized again, “Please trouble your Majesty to prepare a pass token for my wife.”

“it is good.”

  Two days later, Ji Zhao went to see Zhao Lanhua before leaving.

“A Tao,” Zhao Lanhua looked at her, weeping sadly, “Although mother doesn’t believe that something happened to the third child, but mother doesn’t want you to take risks, A Tao, you… you better not go to Jiangnan, okay? In case something happens to you, what should Kang Er do!”

“Mother,” Ji Zhao held her hand and said with a faint smile, “Have you forgotten, I can dream, and if something happens to Shen Yao, I will definitely dream! Mother, don’t think about it, hurry up Get well soon and help me take care of Kang’er, don’t worry, I will definitely bring Shen Yao back!”

  On the eighth day of April, Ji Zhao changed his disguise and made a detour back to Dingyuan County.

  Then changed to the waterway, followed the canal all the way south, and finally arrived in Yangzhou before the Dragon Boat Festival.

When Ji Zhao appeared in front of him, Qin Minghong first rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finally became very worried, “You! How can you be so nonsense? Do you know how dangerous the situation in Yangzhou is now? How dare you be alone A horse broke in? Do you want to kill yourself?”

   “I’m here to find a husband.” Ji Zhao said four words concisely.

  Qin Minghong’s heart felt extremely dull at this moment.

   “Shen Yao, he fell into the trap because he wanted to save me…” Qin Minghong, who was distraught, covered his eyes in pain, and choked up in pain.

   After his emotions calmed down, Ji Zhao asked in a deep voice, “Brother Qin, what’s going on?”

“In Jinling City not far from Yangzhou, there is a famous Qinhuai Tower.” Qin Minghong calmed down and explained the original situation, “Since I came to Yangzhou, I have been secretly investigating the salt tax case. Later, with the help of people from the Cao Gang, I finally found some clues. Most of the officials in the south of the Yangtze River like to go to the Qinhuai Tower to listen to music, and there is a famous Liu family in the Qinhuai Tower, who is Jiangnan Salt Transport Envoy Lin Zhixuan’s confidante, so I thought to follow the clue of Qinhuai Tower to continue the investigation.”

  Qinhuai Tower is a brothel on the surface, but it is actually a gambling house.

  People who are worth less than five hundred taels are not eligible to enter the gambling house, but the mere five hundred taels is just a drop in the bucket for Qin Minghong.

“Qinhuai Building has seven floors in total, the first floor has a low price of 500 taels, each floor is ten times higher, and so on, only the seventh floor can you see that Master Liu,” Qin Minghong frowned. He frowned and said, “Fortunately, my gambling luck was not bad, I won all the way to the sixth floor, but when I got to the sixth floor, I lost completely. Not only did I lose all the money I won, but I even paid back the interest. I owe Qinhuai Tower a total of 6.53 million taels of silver…”

   “That is to say, Qinhuai Tower is a casino that you can only enter?” Ji Zhao narrowed his eyes, thoughtfully, “What happened later? What happened after Shen Yao came?”

“After Shen Yao came, I told him about it, so we set up a bureau together and blocked the Qinhuai Tower.” Qin Minghong frowned and said, “On the second day after the Qinhuai Tower was blocked, someone handed us A letter was sent, and we made an appointment.”

“Actually, Shen Yao had already expected that it would be a Hongmen banquet, but with the mentality of gambling, I… I insisted on going to the appointment, but in the end I fell into the enemy’s trap. Shen Yao was stabbed by the enemy with an arrow in order to save me. He was hit in the heart and fell into the Grand Canal without a trace…”

   Qin Minghong was ashamed and covered his face silently, “A Tao, I am the one who is sorry for you!”

   “Where is Shen Yao missing?” Ji Zhao, who had calmed down, asked in a deep voice.

“I have led people to search for a whole month on a painting boat adjacent to the Qinhuai Tower, but there is still no clue. It was not until a few days ago that someone said that they saw Shen Yao in Yangzhou City, so I came back.” Qin Ming Hong hurriedly explained, “A Tao, I…I’m really sorry for you, can you hit me? You can scold me, don’t be so calm…”

   “Brother Qin, call me a team, don’t be too skilled, ten people are enough.” Ji Zhao said softly.

   “A Tao, you… what are you going to do?”

  Ji Zhao smiled without saying a word, turned around and left the teahouse, got on his horse, and rushed towards Jinling—

  Jinling City at the time of lighting up the lights, is full of luxury;

  By the Qinhuai River, Wu Nong spoke softly and laughed constantly.

  All kinds of painted boats float on the Qinhuai River, forming a beautiful scenery.

   Among them, the most eye-catching one is the seven-story Qinhuai Building.

  Ji Zhao, who changed into men’s clothes, stuck a fake Adam’s apple on his neck, and covered his pierced ears, and strode onto the deck of the painting boat.

  (end of this chapter)