Chapter 356 Su Yi's Speculation
Deputy General Guan's confession made Xia Chunyu feel heavy-hearted. He didn't expect that Prince Yu had reached the point where he could no longer tolerate him. It also made him worry about Yaoyao in Jinling. No, he had to return to Jinling as soon as possible.

"Brothers, Deputy General Guan accepted bribes from bandits, disobeyed military orders, fabricated facts, and put our army in a difficult position, causing our good brothers to lose their lives in vain. What do you think? Should this man be killed?"

Xia Chunyu's eyes were full of majesty, and wherever his long sword pointed, the soldiers were all filled with righteous indignation.

"Kill, kill, kill..."

The angry roar reached the sky.

None of Lieutenant General Guan's subordinates dared to stand up and refute. It was a fact that Lieutenant General Guan lied about military intelligence and disobeyed military orders, and they were also very ashamed of it, but military orders were like mountains and they had to obey.

Xia Chunyu could not say that Deputy General Guan was instructed by someone else, as this required evidence. Prince Yu only gave Deputy General Guan a verbal order, without any written document, so he could not prove it and might even be accused of false accusation. He simply beheaded Deputy General Guan to avenge the dead soldiers.

"Brothers, the bandits have been scared by us, and their leader was beheaded by me in the chaos. Now they are leaderless, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Let's go straight to Huanglong and wipe out their lair tonight. We can move out and return to Nanjing tomorrow. How do you think?" Xia Chunyu was eager to return home and wanted to win a quick victory. Now was indeed the best opportunity. The bandits thought that they had finally broken out of the siege and must have to reorganize, but he did the opposite and launched a surprise attack.

"Kill, kill, kill..."

What responded to Xia Chunyu was a roar like a tsunami.

Ye Jiayao has been hungry for two days. Damn, that bastard still refuses to compromise.

I could only sneak a few mouthfuls of porridge for breakfast, and a few grains of rice for lunch and dinner. That bastard must have done it on purpose. The dishes served were more sumptuous each time, which was a huge test for someone who was so hungry that he was dizzy! But if I compromised like this, not only would all my previous efforts be wasted, but I would never be able to bargain with that bastard again. I could only grit my teeth and hold on.

She was gambling that the manipulator behind the scenes still cared about her life.

Xiao Jing was anxious and fidgeted in Chaoyang Palace. In order to cooperate with Xiao Jing in investigating the case, the Queen specially summoned the Crown Princess and Prince Yu's wife to the palace. The news had been delivered to Prince Yu's Mansion. Although only two days had passed, it was too long for him. Yaoyao was still unsure whether she was alive or dead, and he could not sleep or eat.

The Crown Princess has arrived, why hasn’t A’ruan come yet?
Xiao Jing waited eagerly, and finally heard the palace maid singing: "Princess Yu has arrived..."

Xiao Jing hurriedly turned behind the screen.

The queen had already sent away all the irrelevant people, and everyone in this palace was trustworthy.

A Ruan came in and first bowed to the Queen, then bowed to the Crown Princess.

The queen deliberately held her forehead and said gloomily, "I wanted to summon you to the palace to discuss the ritual for the queen mother, but I suddenly have a headache now."

The Crown Princess understood and said with concern, "The Queen Mother is not feeling well, so we should first summon the Imperial Physician to take a look."

The queen waved her hand and said, "Xinruo, help me to rest for a while. Ah Ruan, please sit for a while and stay for dinner. We can talk while we eat."

We still have to put in enough effort to be on stage.

The Crown Princess attentively helped the Queen to the bedroom. Ah Ruan said to Aunt Jiang who followed her, "Go tell the prince that I will not be going back for dinner."

Aunt Jiang was arranged by Prince Yu for A'ruan. On the surface, she was there to serve A'ruan, but in reality, she was there to monitor her. A'ruan took the opportunity to send Aunt Jiang away.

Aunt Jiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Why not let Ah Man go, and I will stay here to serve the princess."

Ah Ruan looked unhappy: "What? This princess can't order you around anymore? Are you the master or am I the princess?"

Aunt Jiang said she dared not, after all, the princess was still the princess, and left in a hurry, thinking that Prince Yu was also in the palace, so she would rush back as soon as possible.

As soon as Aunt Jiang left, Xiao Jing came out from behind the screen.

Staring at the door, he said angrily: "The servants of Prince Yu's Mansion are too presumptuous."

A servant dared to disobey orders, which shows that Ah Ruan's situation in the palace was quite bad.

Ah Ruan said hurriedly, "Don't worry about them for now. I paid attention to what you asked me to pay attention to, but you know, the palace is full of Prince Yu and Lin's people. There are not many people around me who I can trust, and they are also being closely watched."

Xiao Jing understands Aruan's difficulties. To be honest, it is a bit embarrassing to entrust this matter to Aruan.

"I know, it's okay, I have another way." Xiao Jing comforted.

Ah Ruan said: "However, I still found something unusual, but I don't know if it will be useful."

Xiao Jing was overjoyed: "Tell me about it."

Ah Ruan was a little embarrassed to speak, and said hesitantly with an embarrassed look: "Yesterday, when the prince was about to rest, Lin sent someone to call the prince away. This kind of thing has not happened since Sister Yaoyao met Concubine Shu last time. I asked someone to pay attention and found out that Lin had met someone before, who seemed to be the manager of Datonghui."

Xiao Jing was stunned. Datonghui was the largest silver shop in Huai Song, with branches all over the country. It was so financially powerful that the whole Huai Song would tremble if it stamped its feet. How could it have dealings with Prince Yu Lin? Xiao Jing felt something was not good. He did not think about Yaoyao's matter, but thought that if Prince Yu got the support of Datonghui, it would be a big trouble. Seeing Xiao Jing frowning and thinking, A Ruan thought that the information he provided should be useful. It's good if it's useful. I hope Xiao Jing can find Sister Yaoyao as soon as possible.

Xiao Jing said solemnly: "The news you mentioned is very important. I have to check it out immediately."

Ah Ruan nodded: "Well, go quickly, Sister Yaoyao is in your hands."

Xiao Jing took two steps and turned back: "You should also be careful, don't continue this matter."

Ah Ruan said eagerly: "You too."

The two of them stared at each other silently, everything was understood without words.

At this time, Su Yi was sitting in a restaurant opposite Datonghui, drinking alone and looking thoughtfully at the black and gold-plated sign of Datonghui.

He was already thinking of the things that had flashed through his mind when he discovered the carriage the day before.

That was a rumor I heard a long time ago.

Rong Guogong's sister Shu Huimin was originally going to enter the palace as a concubine, but she suddenly fell ill and died. Later, another woman from the Shu family was sent to the palace, the current Shu Guifei. However, rumors emerged at the time that Shu Huimin had faked her death and had actually been in love with the young leader of the Jiangzuo League. The Jiangzuo League was the most financially powerful gang in Huai Song, and even the court was deeply afraid of it. However, Rong Guogong swore that Huimin was dead and even wanted to open the coffin for an autopsy to prove her innocence, so the matter was left unresolved.

Duke Rong has been indifferent to worldly affairs these years, enjoying his leisure time walking his birds and fishing every day. The children of the Rong family are all very low-key, but their business is quite big, but it is not in Jinling. There are rumors that the Rong family's business has the shadow of the Jiangzuo League. Of course, these are just rumors, without any real evidence, so we can only listen to them.

Therefore, when the emperor was assassinated in the Nanshan Palace last time, the emperor did not vent his anger on Duke Rong, but only punished his uncle and dismissed him from his post and investigated him.

Now, let's talk about the boss behind the Datonghui. He is a very low-key person. Except for showing up at the annual cocktail party held by Datonghui, he is rarely seen on weekdays. People who have met him say that he is very young, gentle and friendly.

His rise seemed to happen overnight. Thirty-six branches opened at the same time. He single-handedly withstood the joint suppression and exclusion of several major chaebols in Huai Song. Five years later, Datonghui became the largest silver house in Huai Song. The chaebols that were hostile to him either fell or disappeared into obscurity.

No one knows his real name, everyone calls him Zuo Zhanggui.

It is not known whether this surname is true or false, but Su Yi believes that this Zuo may be related to Jiang Zuo, because he has long speculated that the big boss behind Datonghui is from the Jiang Zuo Shi family. Otherwise, who has such great ability? Can resist the joint efforts of several major chaebols and wipe out the opponents without making a sound?

In the past three years, he had been traveling and had heard some rumors about the Shi family. No one had ever seen the wife of Alliance Leader Shi, who was known as the most mysterious woman in the world. The new young alliance leader was even more mysterious. He went out traveling at the age of eighteen and his whereabouts were unknown. Calculating the time, it was exactly seven years ago when Datonghui appeared.

If the rumors were true and his guess was correct, then the following events would make sense. The Jiangzuo League had a close relationship with the Shu family of Duke Rong. The Jiangzuo League was full of masters, and any two of them sent to kidnap Ye Jinxuan were rare masters in Jinling. Deliberately leaving the carriage nearby to create confusion was one theory, but Su Yi thought that this was the other party's contempt and arrogance, or self-confidence. He believed that even if you suspected Datong Hui, you would not be able to do anything to him.

Su Yi took a sip of wine, feeling very heavy-hearted.

Knock, knock, knock! Someone walked upstairs quickly and knocked on the door of the private room.

"Susu, you are really here, Xiaojing wants to discuss something with us!"

The visitor didn't care about anything and picked up the wine pot on the table, sniffed it, and asked happily, "Twenty-year-old Huadiao?"

He snatched the wine glass from Su Yi's hand and filled it for himself. He took a sip and sighed with satisfaction: "It's really a good wine."

"Su Su, you are so unkind. You didn't even invite me when you came to drink." The visitor complained.

Su Yi glanced at him indifferently, and his eyes drifted away again. Under the warm winter sun, the large gold-plated characters were particularly eye-catching and dazzling.

"What are you looking at?" Zhao Qixuan moved closer and followed his line of sight, only to see people passing by on the street.

Su Yi retracted his gaze, stood up and said, "Aren't we going to discuss matters? Helian Palace? You pay."

After that, he left.

Zhao Qixuan was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "You hid away by yourself to drink, and you still want me to pay. Forget it, just pay. Isn't it the purpose of a man to earn money for his wife?"

Su Yi, who had walked to the door, suddenly turned around and frowned: "What did you say?"

Zhao Qixuan said hurriedly: "I didn't say anything. I said I would pay, so I paid. It's my duty!"

Su Yi corrected him, "You are in charge of all the money I earn. Men are responsible for the outside affairs and women are responsible for the inside affairs. This is your job. What is there to complain about?"

Zhao Qixuan was sweating and complaining in his heart: Who is the insider? You are the insider!

(End of this chapter)