Go to ancient times to catch fast

"Chu Butou, it's like this..." When they arrived at the place, Zhou Ying just asked someone to sit down, and couldn't wait to tell the things one by one.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhou Ying was checking the remaining belongings with Wei Yuan in the store, when the secret line of a secret post set up by the Gu family in the capital led a person to find her.

It turned out that the person brought by the dark line was the guard of the horse farm secretly set up by the Gu family in Hu State.

The other party showed their identity and asked to find a safe place to discuss in detail.Zhou Ying took them to the warehouse where the goods were stored.

Five years ago, in order to help the imperial court tame war horses, Gu Qingyun secretly established a nomadic team in Hu State, responsible for selecting good horse breeds and raising horses in Hu State.Now that five years have passed, the first batch of horses is ready for use, but Gu Qingyun has never been to the racecourse to check the situation since the inspection five years ago.It's fine if Gu Qingyun didn't go, the Gu family didn't even send anyone to inquire, as if they had completely forgotten about it.

Seeing that the horses have grown, how to transport the grown horses back to Dacheng is a top priority.Time couldn't be delayed any longer, the Gu family didn't send anyone to contact, and the steward in charge of the racecourse was so anxious that he had to send a confidant to sneak back to Dacheng to seek advice from the owner.

Hejing County is far away from Hu State. In order to contact in an emergency, when forming a horse breeding team in Hu State, Gu Qingyun specially set up a dark post in the capital city in the north to contact the horse breeding team, just in case .This time, the guards of the horse breeding team returned to Dacheng, and according to the agreement many years ago, they directly found the secret post set up by the Gu family in the capital.After contacting the guards of the horse breeding team, the secret agent of the secret sentry brought him to Zhou Ying's store.

Earlier, when Chu Xiaoyun and Ji Chengyue talked about Hu Guo's troubles to Dacheng, they mentioned that war horses were an important factor that troubled Dacheng's counterattack against Hu Guo.I didn't expect Gu Qingyun to have such ability to build a horse breeding team in Hu country, what a big deal at this time!

If what Zhou Ying said is true, Gu Qingyun's horse team in Hu State has a considerable number of horses, which is very likely to be a major event related to the country's destiny.

A matter that may be related to the fate of the country is definitely a top priority for the Gu family.Chu Xiaoyun couldn't understand why Gu Qingyun never asked questions in the next few years, and the people in the horse team reported a letter from Hu Guoqian, saying that the Gu family's secret agent didn't directly send someone to rush to Hejing County to contact Gu Qingyun. Bringing someone to Zhou Ying, Gu Qingyun's ex-wife who had reconciled, was incredible.

Could it be that Zhou Ying exaggerated?

Chu Xiaoyun asked: "I don't know how many horses the Gu family has raised in Hu Guo's horse farm?"

Zhou Yingdao: "The first batch is a pilot project, and there are 5000 horses for slaughter. In addition, there are more than 3 horses of different ages in the racecourse. When this batch of slaughtering training has achieved results, the people at the racecourse said that finally The number of horses in the racecourse can reach about [-]."

Chu Xiaoyun didn't understand what the number of these horses meant to the imperial court training cavalry in this era, but this number was astronomical in terms of the value of the horses alone.This is indeed a major event, Zhou Ying did not alarmist.Chu Xiaoyun was even more surprised, why didn't the Gu family's secret agent rush to Hejing County in such an emergency!

Thinking in his heart, Chu Xiaoyun also asked his own question.

Zhou Ying was silent for a moment and smiled wryly: "It's a long story, and it's a long time ago. To save time, I'll make a long story short."

"Although Gu Lang is just a merchant, he is worried about state affairs. He has always been worried about my Dacheng not having a good environment for raising horses, not having a strong cavalry, and being invaded by barbarians all the time on the border. He has always wanted to contribute to the country and do something for the court. At that time, Gu Lang and I still had a deep affection for each other, and Gu Lang loved me in every possible way. He said that because of the Gu family, he couldn't take part in the imperial examination to gain fame, and couldn't give me a better status, so he felt very guilty. He put These two things are equally important, and then he suddenly had a whim, thinking that contributing to the country and obtaining a valuable status for me should be tied together, and the court will pay a lot of money to build horses for the cavalry!"

Chu Xiaoyun still didn't quite understand the horses needed to build the cavalry for the imperial court and the precious status given to Zhou Ying: "What is the relationship between this?"

Zhou Yingdao: "I have a precedent of conferring on the wife of a commoner as the imperial wife. After Gu Qingyun had this idea, he has been planning this matter. At the same time, there are two parallel lines. One is to raise horses in Hu State, and to establish a Dacheng road leading to Hu State. The country’s secret road, this is the land route; the other is the water route, which opens up the Fangchuan waterway, so that goods from the south can go directly to Guazhou and go north. Gu Qingyun recorded the land route in my name, and after the event is completed, he will present it to the court. The court is grateful As a result, it is possible to make me an imperial wife. What Gu Lang did, he wanted to find a name for me."

The message of Zhou Ying's words is too huge, Chu Xiaoyun's heart can no longer be described as shock after listening to it.

Gu Qingyun paid so much for Zhou Ying at the beginning, how did the two of them get to this point.Besides, the two had already reconciled, so why did the Gu family's secret agents tell her about such a confidential matter?

There is Fangchuan Waterway.That mysterious and frightening waterway is closely related to the case they have been investigating recently, and it is also a secret channel that they have always wanted to understand.

The information was too complicated, and Chu Xiaoyun didn't know which one to ask first.In the end, he still asked the first thing that was more closely related to Zhou Ying.

"Miss Zhou, this matter is of great importance. The Gu family must have their own opinions on this matter. Why don't you let the Gu family's secret agents go back to Hejing County to contact Gu Qingyun?" Chu Xiaoyun asked.

This is the best way to solve this matter. He was very puzzled by Zhou Ying's approach.

Gu Qingyun was able to manage and train a horse to supply a cavalry in Hu State, and achieved such a great feat, which is of course extraordinary.Now that they have reconciled, if the stewards of the Gu family horse team and their secret agents know their current situation, they will no longer obey Zhou Ying. Zhou Ying obviously can't handle this kind of thing; the horse farm is located in Hu State, and its joints are complicated. Even if he is in the imperial city now and can report the matter to the emperor, the emperor hastily took over, and if he is not careful, he may reveal the secrets of the racecourse, which will arouse the vigilance and encirclement of Hu Guo.

It may not be useful to report this matter to the emperor, the one who can handle this matter best is naturally Gu Qingyun.

Why didn't Zhou Ying let people from the Gu family contact the Gu family directly, and come to find himself, a small county government arrester who is incapable of handling this matter?

Zhou Ying sighed, and the memory lingered in his mind for a while before he said: "This is the reason why I came to find the head of Chu today. When this land passage was opened up and the horse breeding team was established, Gu Qingyun told all the people in the horse team to contact the capital. The secret line is that the ownership of the cavalry belongs to me, and no matter what major events happen in the future, as long as there is no order from him, there will be no change. Let the relevant insiders of the cavalry be dominated by me."

"After we reconciled, I always thought that Gu Qingyun had passed the password to go to the cavalry, changing the promise he gave me at the beginning. However, the guard of the cavalry said yesterday that since the inspection that year, Gu Qingyun has never visited the cavalry again. No one was sent to inquire; not only that, even the secret line in the capital has not received any instructions from Gu Qingyun and the Gu family in the past few years."

"But this matter is too confidential. Whether it's the people from the racecourse or the secret sentry in the capital, they all regard it as Gu Qingyun's prudence, and they have always followed Gu Qingyun's instructions and done their part. Strictly keep the secret. When the master did not contact the summoner, he did not contact anyone."

"With such an important matter, Gu Qingyun didn't ask any further questions?" Chu Xiaoyun was very surprised.

"That's right. In the past few years, neither Gu Qingyun nor the Gu family have asked about the racecourse, nor have they even sent anyone to contact the secret line in the capital. Although the secret line in the capital knew about the incident between me and Gu Qingyun, they still obeyed the rules of the past. Gu Qingyun's order still regards me as one of the masters. Because there is still a distance between the capital and Hejing County, in order to get instructions as soon as possible, the dark thread brought the guards of the racecourse to me."

During the conversation, Zhou Ying's expression became more and more serious: "As Butou Chu said, Gu Qingyun has spent a lot of money and worked hard for several years on such a major event, so how could he not care about it after that. The Gu family's secret agent came to the door today, and I also I was taken aback. After thinking about it, I felt that there must be something hidden in it, so I came to discuss it, and I hope Chu Butou can help me come up with an idea."

Chu Xiaoyun touched Zhou Ying's words for a long time before hesitatingly said: "You doubt..."

Zhou Ying said solemnly: "Leaving aside the fact that Gu Lang and I were originally in love as husband and wife, we have reached the point of reconciliation, which is something I never thought of; only that Gu Lang's character is a rare noble and elegant man in the world, How could he be so cruel and disregard half of the relationship between husband and wife? When he was hurt by his attitude at the beginning, he thought it was time and the old man's heart was changeable. Now that I think about it, Gu Lang has shown many abnormalities since half a year before the day when we had a big quarrel. , it’s just that I didn’t think about it in such a complicated direction at the time.”

Listening to Zhou Ying's description, Chu Xiaoyun's heart was getting worse and worse, but it seemed that many things had been verified.

Zhou Ying continued: "I don't know if Butou Chu still remembers the case between me and Gu Lang back then. I told you the reason why I left home back then, and talked about Zhuang Di sending me back to the mansion?"

Chu Xiaoyun's memory has always been very good, not to mention that after Gu Qingyun's so-called wife killing case, he was very familiar with Zhou Ying. Naturally, he remembered what she said at the beginning, so he nodded: "You once said at the beginning, after you go back , Gu Qingyun still asked why you came back, and you asked him what he meant. I thought his question was weird at the time, but I couldn't tell. "

Zhou Ying also nodded: "That's right. But that day Gu Qingyun didn't ask me 'Why did you come back', he stared at me sullenly and said 'You shouldn't come back, you know?'"

Chu Xiaoyun looked at Zhou Ying in astonishment.

Zhou Ying smiled miserably, and continued: "You don't know how scared I was when I heard what he said and saw the expression on his face. Originally, when I came back from Zhuang Di, I planned to have a good talk with him. Talk about the matter, as long as he stays a little bit, he won't leave. But he seemed surprised to see me in the bedroom at the time. He spoke in that tone, as if he didn't want me to go back, with a sinister and sneering expression on his face As if I wanted to eat people, I didn't know why at the time, I was jumping violently, and I always felt that something bad was going to happen. Just at that time, Zhuang Di came to visit with an excuse and lured him away, and I suddenly felt like I escaped death. Feeling terrified, I left the Gu family in a hurry and followed Zhuang Di."

Chu Xiaoyun was shocked and puzzled when he heard this: "Then why did you lie to cover up for him when my lord asked me for a confession?"

Zhou Ying was silent for a long while before answering: "One day husband and wife, one hundred days of kindness, at the beginning, at the beginning... I also thought that he was just venting after sitting in prison for three years because of an unreasonable disaster... No matter what the reason why he said that sentence at the beginning, I will give it to you." After all, he lived well, he didn't kill anyone, it was Zhuang Di who did it, I don't need to express my personal feelings to increase his hatred towards me..."

Chu Xiaoyun knew in his heart that even though so many things happened between them, Zhou Ying never let go of Gu Qingyun in her heart.She still has him in her heart!

"However, the cavalry guards and the secret agents from the capital came to visit yesterday, which reminded me of the past. Although I don't want to admit it, I have to suspect that Gu Qingyun, who is now in the Gu family, may not be my former husband at all!" After finishing speaking, Zhou Ying said proudly , "Chu Butou, although I know many people in the world, you have handled the case between me and Gu Lang. Zhou Ying knows your character and can only trust you. That's why I came to you today and told you everything."