The little peasant girl of Tianjia is mysterious and sassy

Chapter 172 Re-examine the strength of Chu State
By the time the palace banquet ended, it was already approaching Haishi.

Group after group of people left the palace gate, got into the carriage and left. In the dark, the people arranged by Prince Zhao also secretly followed several suspicious carriages.

These several carriages came out directly from the palace gate, and they couldn't see who was sitting in the carriages, so they had to keep up.

Their purpose tonight is to find out where Princess Zhao is imprisoned, and to find out where Master Shen is staying.

It's just that the person arranged by Zhao Shizi didn't take long to follow, and a row of men in black appeared in front of that person, blocking their way without saying a word.

Tracking failed!

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Prime Minister's Mansion

Prime Minister Liang also sent someone out to secretly find out where Princess Zhao and Master Shen were staying, but they were also stopped by the man in black.

After hearing the report from the hidden guard, Prime Minister Liang frowned: "When you came back, no one followed you, right?"

"Don't worry, my lord. I have confirmed it again and again, and no one is following me."

Prime Minister Liang was even more worried when he heard the words, why was no one following him?

Normally, it should be tracked in reverse.

The other party didn't even send anyone to follow up. He thought of two possibilities. The first one is that the other party's martial arts are too high, and the people he sent would not be able to find the other party's existence at all!This possibility is relatively small. After all, Liang Bing is the hidden guard with the highest martial arts around him, and he can challenge the top ten masters on the master list of the Four Kingdoms!
The second is that the other party knows who sent the person who followed him!

So there is no need for anti-tracking at all!
Thinking of this, Prime Minister Liang shuddered: "Did you go to the Yingke Building on purpose when you came back?"

"Don't worry, my lord, I have to go to the Yingke Building every time, and come back after changing back to the original."

Prime Minister Liang was slightly relieved when he heard the words.

"How is the skill of the man in black? Have you ever fought? Have you seen the opponent's weapon? Can you tell who it is?"

If Master Shen was from Jin, the martial arts moves of Jin would be somewhat different from those of Chu.

"No." Liang Bing shook his head.

It's just that he always felt that the person who stopped him from following Master Shen's whereabouts was the same person who stopped him from following the prince's male favorite.

However, the auras of the hidden guards and the dead soldiers are actually very similar.

He wasn't sure yet, so he didn't say it.

Prime Minister Liang nodded, then waved his hand: "These two people don't have to follow anymore, so as not to be discovered."

Let the son of Zhao Guo figure out his own way.

"Yes!" The man responded and stepped back.

After the man stepped back, Prime Minister Liang came to the window and frowned in thought: He was sure that those men in black were either Jin Yingwei or Chu Tiankuo.

He was worried about Jinyingwei's people!

Chu Yuehou was able to stand out in just a few years after he was in charge of most of the court, which made the civil and military of the whole court fear him, so it should not be underestimated.And what he is best at is collecting intelligence and collecting evidence!
It is very likely that Master Shen will send people from Jinyingwei to protect her.

It would be troublesome if the emperor found out that he had sent someone to follow Master Shen.

It's just that Master Shen is really from the State of Jin as the son of Zhao State said?
Did the eldest prince really collude with Jin?
He always felt that the First Prince had an inexplicably ambiguous relationship with that Master Shen.

Isn't the eldest prince a manly man?
Didn't he raise a male pet in Xingyuan?

Prime Minister Liang thought that he was about to use his good manhood to deal with him, but before he could make a move, he was preempted by him, and his son was still in danger.

It also made him dare not continue to spread the rumors further, worrying that he would announce the ignorant things his son did before.

He didn't know how much Chu Tiankuo knew!

Prime Minister Liang grasped the window sill tightly with both hands, and there was a gloomy look in his eyes. After calming down, he continued to think:
The pet boy next to the eldest prince, even if he sent someone to follow him, someone would always come out to stop him and follow him.

Master Shen, he sent someone to follow her to find out where she was staying, but someone would always come out to stop her.

Prime Minister Liang stood in front of the window looking at the starry night sky, a shooting star flashed across the sky, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration: Could Master Shen and that male pet be the same person?
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Yingke building, Tianzihao elegant room

Two men with the same appearance stood in front of the window, looking at the imperial capital of Chu Kingdom in the night.

Under the thick night, you can see the dim lights from the windows of every household.

The stars twinkle in the sky, and the lights of thousands of houses on the ground complement each other, peaceful and prosperous.

"Brother, the state of Chu is much more prosperous than I imagined, and the people of the state of Chu seem to be living a good life!"

Zhao Jinyun, the eldest son of the Zhao Kingdom, had just come out of the palace. He was waiting for those people to come back, and upon hearing the words, he said, "Brother Lin, why did you say that?"

Zhao Jinlin pointed to the lights of Wanjia in the distance, "Brother, look at the lights of Wanjia. Except for major festivals, have you ever seen them in Zhao Guo?"

He felt that they needed to re-examine the strength of Chu State.

Prince Zhao frowned: "Perhaps the Emperor of Chu knew we were coming and deliberately asked the people to light the lamps."

Zhao Jinlin shook his head, "This way, I settled down in the Yingbin Building or Yingke Building in the major cities. At night, I can see many people in the city lighting oil lamps until the end of Haishi. In some villages, there will be many people lighting them up. Oil lamps. The number of oil lamps lit by the people of our Zhao country is more."

Working at sunrise and resting at sunset is the living habit of most people in this world that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. The reason for this habit is that when night comes, there is no candlelight, and they can’t do anything, can’t work, and can only go to bed early. sleep.

The low yield of grain has led to the fact that most of the land is used to grow staple foods, such as peanuts and rapeseed, which can be used to extract oil. There are not many people who plant them. Coupled with the lack of materials and the underdevelopment of animal husbandry, this leads to vegetable oil production. And animal oil is a precious thing.

Ordinary people are reluctant to put an extra drop of oil in their dishes, let alone use it to light oil lamps?Oil lamps are expensive.

If it weren't for the good environment at home, who would be willing to light the oil lamp for so long?
He didn't notice it at first, but a subordinate muttered, "Chu people are so willing to light up the lamps" before he noticed.

Zhao Guoshi frowned: "This matter is indeed weird, I will send someone to investigate."

Most of the people in the state of Chu can't eat enough?Why are you still willing to use oil lamps?

The candles that rich people light at night are more expensive than oil. As the saying goes, "The candles are passed on from the Han Palace at dusk, and the light smoke is scattered into the Wuhou's homes." This candle is only used by wealthy people.As for Yingbinlou and Yingkelou, which are famous restaurants in the four countries, the guests who come to stay are either rich or expensive, and naturally they use the best candles, so their group did not find the existence of fuel-efficient lamps at all.

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Second Prince's Mansion
After Chu Tianyu came back, he went directly to Shen Mingzhu's room.

Shen Mingzhu greeted her with a smile: "Your Highness came back very late today, isn't the palace banquet fun?"

Shen Mingzhu's identity is only a concubine, and she is not qualified to attend the palace banquet.

The second prince shook his head: "It's nothing fun, it's just the prince fighting with Zhao's envoy!"

(End of this chapter)