Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 37.2
Lu Yan said quietly: “Who knows, maybe it’s Jingzhou, maybe it’s Luoyang.”
While listening to him, Shen Zhen clasped the little hand that fell on her lap. She immediately understood that he had no intention of letting her go.
His tone seemed gentle, but he did not give her the right to choose. For a moment, she was suddenly confused, as if she was walking on a road with no end in sight. She had no way of knowing what was waiting for her next and it is impossible to know how long she has to live as an outside mistress.
Suddenly, she remembered what Tang Yue had said to her, “Young lady, you don’t know. In fact, there are quite a few men in the capital who have extramarital affairs. Some nobles like the new and dislike the old, so they keep an extraterrestrial and after a few years, they will spend some money to get rid of them. But some people really develop feelings and having one at home and one outside, will not affect them. However, there are also men who are easily emotional. As time goes by, they will bring the outside mistress into the house.” Tang Yue wanted to hint to Shen Zhen that their Heir Apparent was the last type.
However, what Tangyue said was different for both him and her.
The relationship between them is much more complicated than a shady extramarital affair. Hidden in the middle of the night, hidden at the bottom of the lake, without talking about the future, this is the best, isn’t it?
The rumble of the carriage suddenly stopped, interrupting Shen Zhen’s thoughts.
After getting off the carriage, Lu Yan went to the study, while Shen Zhen walked towards Chunxi Hall.
After a few steps, he turned back to look at her back. His eyes were dim and unclear. He just casually probed and got the answer.
She was really reluctant to be with him.
He had only heard of the kind of extramarital affairs where the women deliberately planned to have a child, and threatened to enter the mansion with the child. Unlike her, wearing a contraceptive sachet, for fear of having the slightest relationship with him.
Lu Yan resisted the urge to catch her and educate her and walked calmly into the study.
In the study room.
Yang Zong handed over several account books, and then said: “Master, this is the account book for transporting and selling salt. All the money spent is submitted here.” After that, Yang Zong took out another piece of paper from behind and handed it to Lu Yan.
Written on the paper – iron powder, charcoal, fluorite, fire resistant mud, fire resistant bricks, mud for iron muzzle, rice husk.
These are all things used for iron smelting.
Lu Yan leaned back in his chair and put his hands on the desk. While he was looking through the evidence handed over by Yang Zong, he recalled the words of the Emperor in yesterday’s dream and couldn’t help but murmured: “It’s really the same.” The money that Yangzhou had embezzled was indeed used to smelt iron and hoard private soldiers.
But who is it? The third prince or the sixth prince?
According to the words of the Emperor in the dream, the evidence and account books were all burned by a fire.
Yes, it was the boat that burned.
Thinking of this, Lu Yan quickly raised his head and asked, “Is the boat for the day of the Lantern Festival ready?”
Yang Zong nodded quickly and said: “Everything is ready.”
Lu Yan thought for a moment and then said: “Go prepare our horses, we won’t be able to go on the waterway or the official road.” Those dreams of his were no longer just dreams.
Yang Zong asked doubtfully: “Master, did we reveal any clues about us?” After leaving Yangzhou City, if they don’t take the waterway or official route, they may have to take a big detour.
Lu Yan shook his head and said, “Just to make sure nothing goes wrong. By the way, how are the people we sent being interrogated in the Dali temple?”
“Nie Yuan confessed to everything but he was not favored by Governor Zhao, and most of what he said were irrelevant. As for Pang Shu, he refused to say anything at first. So in the end, Governor Zhou gave him the medicine. He just told me the location of the account books.” Yang Zong paused and whispered: “According to what he said, the account books are in the county government office.”
County government.
If they were not in the Governor’s Mansion, they could only be in the county government.
After a long time, Lu Yan said: “Send seven or eight to guard the county office, and we will act together during the Lantern Festival.”
“Yes.”
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When it was time to turn on the lamp, Lu Yan walked out of the study. He looked at the door of Chunxi Hall and didn’t go in for a long time.
On the other hand, Shen Zhen waited for him to come until Haishi1(the period of the day from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m). When he didn’t come back, she assumed that he was busy and went back to the bed alone.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Yan saw the light in the window go out.
The light and shadow disappeared and he suddenly thought of his mother, a person who loves to sleep like Princess Jing’an, who would wait for his father to come home no matter how late it was.
He suddenly remembered such an ordinary scene.
Lu Yan laughed at himself. He thought too much and he was wrong about many things.
