Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 989: Spies in the Army
Gu Ruizhou returned to the General's Mansion and learned that Bai Yiran and Gu Yichen had not returned yet, so he sent someone to the palace gate. After Lin Jinan finished the exam and left the palace, he invited several members of the Lin family to the General's Mansion together.

He himself called Gu Qingyun to Gu Hongzhang's study with a heavy heart.

Seeing Gu Ruizhou asking his servants to leave the courtyard and asking his confidants to stay in the courtyard, Gu Hongzhang and his son knew that he had something important to do. After he closed the door, they all looked at him inquiringly.

Gu Ruizhou sat down with a cold expression:

"Grandfather, father, there may be His Majesty's spies in the army, or people we trust deeply."

Gu Hongzhang and Gu Qingyun quickly asked after hearing this, and Gu Ruizhou told Cheng Qi everything he said truthfully.

The mother and daughter who died violently, the mother was named Ming Yue. She had served the Queen Mother in her early years, received favors from the Queen Mother, and was loyal to the Queen Mother.

When she reached an age, she was released from the palace as an informant by the Queen Mother. She spent time getting acquainted with the chief housekeeper of the Cheng family. She married the housekeeper and gave birth to a daughter. Because of her ability in doing things, she has been the steward of the four-bedroom backyard of the Cheng family until now.

Ming Yue thought she hid it well, but in fact the Cheng family had known her details for a long time. Seeing that she had kept her duty for many years and did not do anything inappropriate, they did not expose her and lowered their guard.

Cheng Minyi, the second daughter of the fourth room of the Cheng family, is the seventh among her peers and is called Miss Seven in her family.

Miss Cheng Qi grew up watching Ming Yue and was very close to Ming Yue. She and Ming Yue's daughter were also like sisters.

Miss Cheng Qi was rescued by the prince by chance a few years ago, and the girl was moved by love. She knew that her family was at odds with the royal family, and she didn't dare to tell her elders that she knew about it, so she told Mingyue's daughter that she was full of lovesickness.

At the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the prince and several princes proposed to marry Lin Jinyan at the same time. Miss Cheng Qi, who was originally overjoyed by the prince's divorce, was extremely sad to learn about this.

At this time, Ming Yue's daughter instigated Miss Cheng Qi, which made Miss Cheng Qi hostile to Lin Jinyan. She also volunteered to say that she had learned some boxing skills from her mother and was willing to vent her anger on Miss Cheng Qi's behalf.

Only then did Ming Yue and her daughter attack Lin Jinyan and were caught. Gu Qingyun does not want to doubt any brother who has been through life and death:

"Just because that's the case, it doesn't mean there are spies in the army."

But Gu Ruizhou's next words made his heart sink again and again.

The Cheng family has its own fleet and a trading company that sells seafood. Therefore, the Cheng family basically recognizes all the seafood sellers in Kyoto.

When Cheng Qi was checking the accounts this morning, he felt strange when he heard that the Dingbei Army was purchasing seafood. The Dingbei Army has a large number of people, so how can they buy seafood, a luxury ingredient that far exceeds the military regulations? Aren't you afraid of impeachment by the censor?

The chief housekeeper of the Cheng Mansion had a heart attack for two days because of his wife and daughter. As soon as he got out of bed, he came to apologize to Cheng Qi.

When I heard that Dingbei Army had bought seafood, I was extremely worried about my wife and daughter. Ming Yue and her daughter had very serious symptoms of seafood incompatibility. They accidentally ate it once a few years ago and almost didn't survive. If someone eats it without knowing it, their life will be at risk.

When Cheng Qi heard this, he was shocked to realize that this matter was unusual, and hurriedly sent someone to check out the dealer who was selling seafood to the Beijun Army.

Knowing that this man went to buy seafood at a high price just after dawn, but refused to buy it after several customers asked about the price, and instead sold it to Dingbei Army at a low price, Cheng Qi understood the secret.

In order to confirm what he was thinking, he sent a message to Gu Ruizhou for a secret meeting.

"If I hadn't gone to see Cheng Qi, I would have believed Dai Sizhong's words. I would have just thought that he was improving the food for the brothers, and what happened was a pure accident. Thinking back carefully, the remaining food of Ming Yue and her daughter had more soup than what we ate. Much more."

"Although the generals of the Dingbei Army never cook small stoves and the entire army eats the same food. But... the prisoners are not as good as us. Only when there is enough food, the prisoners will eat the same as us."