Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Chapter 1091 Idle People of the Song Dynasty 10
Liu Shu, Zhou Qinjia and Zhou Qinyi drank farewell wine again.

After this meal, Liu Shu was about to leave the capital and return to his hometown.

After this farewell, I don’t know when we will meet again.

After all, ancient times were not modern times. Sometimes, after separation, you might never meet again in your lifetime.

The two Zhou Qins got drunk again, but this time they had their servants to help send them back home.

Zhou Qinyi also got married, and his wife was a princess.

It was not the princess that Chen Shimei married, but another princess.

The emperor seemed to have a "special liking" for marrying his sister to the top scholar.

Fortunately, his matchmaking this time was successful, and he married his sister to someone who was trustworthy.

Apart from being a nerd, Zhou Qinyi is pretty good in every other aspect, especially as a person of excellent character.

Zhou Qinyi is not a man of many thoughts. Once he marries a wife, he will only be good to her and will not look for other women, no matter whether his wife is a princess or has any other identity.

He stayed in the Hanlin Academy reading books peacefully and did not participate in the open and secret struggles in the court, which made the emperor very satisfied.

The princess was also very happy to marry such a prince consort.

She and Zhou Qinyi loved each other very much and gave birth to children for Zhou Qinyi.

This made Chen Shimei's princess extremely jealous.

So, Zhan Zhao was in trouble.

Of course, in the end, Zhan Zhao worked together with Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun to unravel the conspiracy of the princess's men.

This princess was even more disliked by the emperor and her life was even worse, in stark contrast to Zhou Qinyi's wife.

Not long after Liu Shu returned to the county, the county magistrate was stripped of his official position, his property was confiscated and he was exiled.

A new county magistrate came to the county town, and this person was considered a student of Mr. Bao.

Mr. Bao used to be an invigilator, and the county magistrate was a candidate who took part in the imperial examination that year.

This man respected Mr. Bao very much. He learned from Mr. Bao in everything he did and how he handled his duties as an official, and insisted on being a good official.

Liu Shu admired such people and secretly helped them, allowing them to achieve several political achievements and be promoted smoothly.

I hope there will be more people like this in the court.

That day, Liu Shu received a letter from Zhou Qinjia.

Zhou Qinjia asked Liu Shu for help.

Strange things happened in the county under his jurisdiction.

Many people disappeared for no reason. Zhou Qinjia sent yamen runners to investigate, but those runners also disappeared.

Zhou Qinjia has reported the situation to his superiors and asked them to send someone to investigate.

He recalled the incident with Mrs. Cao that he and Liu Shu had encountered, and felt that this disappearance was not simple, wondering if there were any goblins or ghosts at work.

Zhou Qinjia is no longer the easily fooled scholar. He recalled the events of the past and felt that Mrs. Cao’s departure might be related to Liu Shu.

This friend of his might not be as simple as he appears.

Liu Shu is so carefree and free, just like the legendary sage.

He wrote this letter asking for help with the intention of testing Yanagi.

Liu Shu saw it, but he didn't care.

There are many strange people in this world, and there are also many officials who believe in Taoism and Buddhism.

Well, although those people didn’t achieve any results.

Liu Shu packed his luggage and headed to the county town where Zhou Qinjia was.

Many people have gone missing and it is unclear whether they are still alive. The situation is urgent, so Liu Shu used some of his abilities to quickly reach Zhou Qinjia's county town.

When Zhou Qinjia heard the report from his servant, he immediately went out to greet Liu Shu.

He was sure that Liu Shu did have extraordinary abilities.
Zhou Qinjia sighed to Liu Shu: "Brother Liu, you kept it a secret from me." Liu Shu smiled: "I am only learning some basic skills, I can't show off casually."

Zhou Qinjia: "Brother Liu is too modest. Was it Brother Liu who conquered the peony flower demon?"

Liu Shu: "The demon didn't kill anyone, he just let her go."

Zhou Qinjia: "She is not of our race, so her heart must be different. Brother Liu, how do you know if she will harm others in the future? It is better to get rid of her."

Liu Shu shook his head and said nothing.

Most people thought the same as Zhou Qinjia, and Liu Shu was too lazy to argue with them.

Seeing that Liu Shu disagreed with his opinion, Zhou Qinjia tactfully stopped dwelling on the issue and only talked to Liu Shu about the missing persons cases in the county.

In fact, before Zhou Qinjia came to this county, people had been disappearing here one after another.

However, those who were missing were all lonely people who had no relatives or friends. Even though they were missing, no one cared, and no one reported it to the police.

When Zhou Qinjia first came to the county to take office, he found that there was not a single beggar in the city and thought that the former county magistrate managed the county very well.

It was not until the large-scale outbreak of disappearances that Zhou Qinjia discovered through investigation that those beggars were also missing persons.

But the people who disappeared recently are different from those who disappeared before.

Those who have disappeared recently are some prominent figures in the county, and they disappeared along with their servants.

Some disappeared when they were out, and some disappeared directly in their own homes.

Therefore, Zhou Qinjia suspected that it was a ghost that was causing trouble.

Liu Shu: "I need to go to the scene to take a look."

Zhou Qinjia: "I'll go with you."

Liu Shu stood up and said, "Let's go."

Zhou Qinjia: "Brother Liu, you have worked hard all the way, take a rest before going."

Liu Shu: "If it is really a demon, it's too late and the demonic energy will dissipate."

Zhou Qinjia: "Then go investigate first. I'll have someone prepare some wine and food, and when I come back, I'll have a couple of drinks with Liu Shu."

The two men, along with a few yamen runners, went to the mansion where someone had disappeared not long ago.

The family’s surname is Qian, and they are a well-known wealthy family in the county.

Qian Dangjia was also a well-known philanthropist who gave porridge to the poor and had a good reputation in the county.

The missing person this time was Qian’s second brother.

Including Master Qian II, a total of ten people from the Qian family were missing.

This also includes Mrs. Qian Er.

The head of the Qian family attached great importance to this matter. Not only did he actively cooperate with the government investigation, he also issued an announcement saying that anyone who could provide clues to the whereabouts of the second master Qian and the second mistress Qian would receive a reward of one hundred taels of silver.

Not only the Qian family, but other wealthy families with missing persons have also issued rewards.

Now everyone in the city is paying close attention to this matter, and everyone hopes to get the reward.

The head of the Qian family personally went outside to greet Zhou Qinjia: "Sir, have you found any information about my second brother?"

Zhou Qinjia: "No. This time I came here to explore your house again to see if there are any clues that I missed."

Qian Dangjia was very disappointed, but then he calmed down and said to Zhou Qinjia, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zhou. Please come in."

His eyes fell on Liu Shu, and he found that this person had an extraordinary temperament, so he asked hurriedly: "I wonder who this person is..."

Zhou Qinjia: "This is my good friend Liu Shu from the same department. He came here specially to help me."

Qian Dangjia hurriedly bowed to Liu Shu and said, "It turns out to be Master Liu. Thank you for your hard work."

Liu Shu politely greeted Mr. Qian, and the three of them entered the Qian Mansion together.

Housekeeper Qian led the way for Liu Shu and the other man, and brought them to the courtyard where Master Liu and Madam Liu lived.