Food hoarding is a matter of great importance, and well-informed information is particularly important.

At Zhao Qing's suggestion, the old lady simply forced the eldest lady to spend a lot of money to buy two pairs of carrier pigeons in the Hyacinth Pavilion, although it is not as convenient as the modern telephone network, but it is a hundred times faster than the post station.

It only took half a day for the news from Zhongzhou to come back.

Commander Fu is back!

Everyone was shocked.

The old lady blurted out, "...... Did he say that the price of food could be raised again? ”

"The eldest lord didn't say it in the letter, and the eldest lady didn't know either." Du Juan shook his head and said with a smile, "The eldest master should be able to see Commander Fu today, maybe there will be good news back in the afternoon." ”

The grace of saving lives is like rebuilding, Fu Wannian dares to bear the Shen family?

The cuckoo looked at the old lady with a sparkling look.

But a hint of melancholy flashed in the old lady's eyes, and she waved her hand to reproach the cuckoo.

Seeing the old lady's lack of interest, everyone was a little uneasy.

After lunch, he took a nap in the old lady's warm pavilion, and Zhao Qing chatted with the old lady about the current situation in the grain market, the attitude that Commander Fu and the Yang family might have. Looking at the old lady's gaze, there was a kind of uneasiness that something was wrong.

Shen Huaiyu died, from the funeral to the 100th day, no matter how big or small the sacrifice day, Fu Wannian would rush from Zhongzhou to the front of the temple to worship, and the eldest lady never dreamed that he would not see the Shen family one day!

The broad face was faintly thin, and the eldest lady's eyes were no longer in the past, she looked at the old lady expectantly, hoping that she could come forward to meet Fu Wannian in person.

This is also the meaning of the old man's hurried letter.

The old lady's hands and feet were cold.

She didn't hear the meaning of the eldest lady's words. I didn't even see her supplication.

Didn't see it?

She looked at Zhao Qing, "What does he mean by this?" ”

Although she was prepared, the old lady still didn't want to believe it. The bad luck will come so quickly, and he subconsciously wants to prove something from Zhao Qing's mouth.

Zhao Qing's heart also pounded.

Fu Wannian didn't see the eldest master, which means that the Seven Princes did not agree to collect grain at a high price!

This result was expected, and since she decided to escape from the Shen Mansion, these had nothing to do with her.

However, there are still seven days to go before the winter solstice!

I don't know if the food for the Western Expedition is in a hurry?

During this period. Will Fu Wannian suddenly make a move and collect grain at a strong price?

Once the price of food plummeted in those seven days, she would not even have a chance to escape!

Thoughts flashed. Zhao Qing's chest was suffocated.

The expression on her face remained unchanged, and she pretended to ask the eldest lady casually, "The eldest master went to the Yang family, what was the result?" ”

The eldest lady was silent.

Zhao Qing looked at the old lady. "If the Yang family agrees to cooperate. The eldest lord can think of asking Yang Ziqian to probe the tone of the political envoy Zhu. ”

The eldest lady's face was very ugly.

The old lady remembered Zhu Enzhang's unfathomable background.

"Yes, yes!" She nodded again and again, "There is a holy purpose to raise food together, and no matter how arbitrary Commander Fu is, he can't get past Lord Zhu...... If he really forced people to death, it would directly affect Lord Zhu's political achievements, and he would also be deposed! ”

Fu Wannian doesn't care about government affairs, he only obeys the orders of the Seven Princes, which can be said from Zhu Enzhang's point of view. The stability of Tan Xi Province is closely related to his official fortune!

This is indeed a gap that can be opened.

The more she thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and the old lady looked at the eldest lady with a straight face.

"What was the result of the eldest master going to the Yang family?"

The eldest lady's face turned red.

The old lady's voice was a little sharp. "Ying'er is right, since Master Fu's path can't go through, we might as well start from the Yang family again and try to ask Zhu Enzhang to come out." Although he dislikes this daughter-in-law, this matter is closely related to the survival of the Shen family, and this is not the time for infighting.

For a while, everyone's eyes focused on the eldest lady.

One after another, her eyes were like a man's back, and the eldest lady fell in a cold sweat. She rose to her feet.

Seeing that the eldest lady was leaving, Zhao Qing's heart suddenly burst out with anger, "This matter is very important, it involves the life and death of the Shen family, the eldest lady had better speak directly!" The tone was rarely sharp, and she looked at the eldest lady aggressively, "The old lady can help me think of a way." ”

At this time, she still reports good news and not bad news, she is looking for death!

The old lady also looked at the eldest lady.

The eldest lady shuddered.

"Sir...... The Yang family ......, "She was stunned for a long time," Yang Ziqian also refused to see the eldest master. ”

That's a rejection?

The old lady's face turned pale.

"How so?" She looked at Zhao Qing in disbelief, "The Yang family's grain has been collected by us, and if he doesn't cooperate with us, is he really willing to give up the right to cooperate in the past ten years?" They were still saying in the afternoon that the Yang family would never give up like this.

Hearing the sentence "The Yang family's grain has been collected by us", the eldest lady's face turned pale for a while.

At the beginning, Zhao Qing reminded them three times and twice that the Yang family was already throwing grain, but she didn't believe it.

Now red. Bare. The naked reality was in front of her, and when the old lady mentioned it in public again, the eldest lady hated that she couldn't get into a crack in the ground.

She secretly looked at Zhao Qing uncertainly, and hated to tear her apart.

Zhao Qing remembered the incident of being robbed that night.

Now, she is 100% sure that Yang Ziqian did it.

Rejecting the olive branch extended by the Shen family, it was not that he was willing to give up the right to cooperate for ten years, but that he wanted to find another way to transport grain from other provinces to compete with the Shen family for the right to supply grain!

Without paying attention to the eldest lady's hateful gaze, Zhao Qing's thoughts had already drifted into the distance.

From the Shen family's stealing plan to no avail, what will happen to Yang Ziqian?

Do you continue to explore that secret path, or do you choose to cooperate with the Shen family?

*****

At this time, Yang Ziqian was sweating profusely flipping through the letters stolen from the Shen family.

No, no, or no......

One by one, the letters were thrown to the ground.

When the last letter was grasped, Yang Ziqian's eyes were already bloodshot.

"Uncle."

Yang Shantang, who was sweating profusely, raised his head with the flipping through it.

"Shen Huaiyu liked adventure the most when he was alive, and he traveled around with Old Lady Shen since he was a child, how could he not even have a map in his study?" Yang Ziqian stared blankly at the pieces of paper on the ground.

"The minions searched through all the books on the shelves, and indeed they couldn't find a single map." Yang Hong, the guard standing at the door with his hands down, was also full of confusion in his eyes, "Later, I met someone again, so I had to bring these letters back." ”

How so?

Yang Ziqian's eyes were dumbfounded.

"The slave heard that Grandma Shen San also likes to read books, especially travelogues, could it be that she ......" The voice suddenly stopped, Yang Shantang looked straight at Yang Ziqian, and said in a trembling voice, "Could it be that Grandma Shen San has discovered the secret road and hid the map in Shen Huaiyu's study?" ”

How so?

But how smart can a weak woman be?

How could she have thought of such a thing?

Yang Ziqian slowly raised his head, and his gaze at Yang Shantang was cold. (To be continued......)

PS: It's finally time to escape from the Shen Mansion......