manynovel Chapter 879: Are you attracted to this woman?
Chapter 879: Are you attracted to this woman?
"It's just that I was captured by that villain Zheng Ji at that time, and I couldn't see you, so I had no choice but to give the ring to the old woman who delivered the food. Fortunately, she confiscated it at that time, and later I gave it to the imperial envoy, otherwise the ring would have been lost from my hand."
Chen Yumian was very scared, she didn't expect this ring to be so important. She thought it was a relic given by her mother before she died, how could she know what secrets were inside it?
Jiang Youzhen took the ring in her hand and examined it, and suddenly she found something. However, she did not show it and put it in her arms.
"Then what is it that Zheng Ji wants you to get? In other words, what exactly is Prince Yuan Ming asking you to do?" Jiang Youzhen continued to ask.
"Alas! The general suspected that there was collusion between us inside and outside the pass, trafficking in private iron and other metals, as well as daily necessities, so he asked me to investigate secretly.
I found out that Prince Yuanming seemed to have done business with Kangguo and other tribes, and made a lot of dirty money in the past two years." Chen Xudao sighed.
"He is already a royal relative and enjoys endless wealth and glory. Why would he take risks? It's incomprehensible!" Chen Xu shook his head.
"Human desires are endless!" Li Dongsheng also sighed.
"So he is asking you for evidence of his affair with the outsiders? Where is the evidence? I will present it to the emperor."
"In..." Chen Xudao suddenly paused.
"Miss Chen, this is a court secret, please leave for a while!" Jiang Youzhen suddenly said to Chen Yumian.
Chen Yumian glanced at Chen Xudao, then stood up, walked out and closed the door.
"General Chen, can you speak now?" Jiang Youzhen could see that Chen Xudao had concerns just now.
"In a small courtyard at the innermost part of Guanshui Lane in Anxi County." Chen Xudao did not hesitate this time.
"Is that your private residence? Where is it hidden in the house?" Li Dongsheng asked.
"Yes! But... there are people inside."
"What do you mean?" Li Dongsheng asked puzzledly.
"You have a mistress? Does your family know about it? How many people know about it? How many secrets does the mistress know about you? Does she have your things?" Jiang Youzhen was not surprised. His series of questions stunned the other two.
Chen Xudao didn't expect Jiang Youzhen to guess it so quickly. Although it was nothing for a grown man to have concubines, he was an official appointed by the court after all, and it would not sound good to tell others about it.
"Yes! I have a son who is five years old this year. My family doesn't know about it. You know we guard the border with our heads hanging on the belt. We may lose our family one day. I just want to leave a descendant. So I am usually very careful and won't let anyone find out."
Jiang Youzhen tapped the table lightly, "Please answer my next question."
She still had to visit Prince Yuanming's residence today, so she didn't have much time to chat nonsense.
It is a common problem among men that even if they are loyal to their country and can endure torture and swear allegiance to death, they can also be lustful, so Jiang Youzhen was not surprised.
It's just a pity for his wife, who was trying desperately to save him and be loyal to him before her death. If she had handed over the ring, perhaps the lives of her three children could have been saved, but she chose to be loyal and save her husband.
Although she is a woman in the harem, she also has great principles.
"She doesn't know my identity. I told her before that if I disappear for more than two months, she should not touch anything inside the east wing unless it is absolutely necessary.
If she doesn't follow the rules and I find out, I will take the child away and disappear without paying her a penny."
Chen Xudao said that perhaps he was embarrassed to have a mistress, so he was a little nagging.
"She left me as a woman, and she has no money, so she can't live here. I often go to the east wing to check where things are hidden, and I will only leave after I am sure there is no problem."
"How long have you not been there? Has it been two months? Where is she from? Are you sure she doesn't have ulterior motives?" Jiang Youzhen didn't trust anyone.
If your lover tells you that there is a treasure at home, but you cannot go to see it or take it away, otherwise I will never see you again.
Were you driven to watch it out of curiosity, or did you keep it in your heart and resist it?
Jiang Youzhen felt that she might run eight hundred times a day to look at the place where things were hidden, and one day she would not be able to resist and would secretly take a look!
"More than a month, less than two months! She is timid and won't go to see it. The key is under the bed in the bedroom, she doesn't know it!
I bought this woman from a human trafficker. She used to be from the capital. Her indenture is in my hands, so she can’t go anywhere.”
"Who are General Dingyuan's enemies? Or who did he interact with before he disappeared?" Jiang Youzhen continued to interrogate.
"The general never makes enemies with anyone, except those people outside the Great Wall. Oh! It's good to have a Prince Yuan Ming. Before he disappeared, apart from not showing much emotion, there was nothing unusual." Chen Xudao shook his head.
Jiang Youzhen was a little disappointed because there were too few clues.
"That's all for today. I have something important to attend to! You stay here to recover. I'll send someone to protect you. I'll come back in the evening."
Jiang Youzhen asked Li Dongsheng to sign the confession he had written down to Chen Xudao, and then instructed: "But don't run around, and it's best not to show up. After all, you are a wanted criminal of the court."
After leaving the house, Jiang Youzhen rearranged his clothes, changed into a brocade robe, and planned to take a carriage back to the city.
"A cunning rabbit has three burrows. I didn't expect that the seemingly honest Chen Xudao would have a mistress. It shows that he is not a simple-minded person as he was promoted to the rank of General of the Central Army." Li Dongsheng sneered.
Jiang Youzhen turned his head to look at him, looked him up and down, and then climbed into the carriage.
"What are you looking at?" Li Dongsheng climbed up puzzledly.
"Look at you men, you are all the same! No matter how honest you look, you are all lustful and daring. He'd better pray that the woman's identity is not a problem. If she takes his things and runs away, I don't think she will be of any use to the court."
Jiang Youzhen kicked Li Dongsheng and said, "What are you doing here? Send someone to protect Chen Xudao and the others, and take someone else to the yard he mentioned. I hope it's not too late."
"Then don't I have to go into the city too? Can you drive the carriage like this? Will Prince Yuan Ming let it go even if Chen Xudao is rescued? Maybe he has already notified the city gates to impose martial law." Li Dongsheng snorted coldly.
"Besides, how has the man offended you?" He suddenly jumped into the carriage and came in front of Jiang Youzhen.
"Are you heartbroken? That's right! With your current status as a man, who can be interested in you? Who do you like? I want to see who is so powerful that he can capture your heart."
Jiang Youzhen rolled his eyes at him and said, "I am a man now, how can I like a man?"
"Could it be that you have taken a fancy to this woman?" Li Dongsheng was shocked.
Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly and was thinking about how to deal with the city gate. She had to enter the city, but she had an injury on her arm and might be discovered by the guards.