The last time, because of Mrs. Sun's obstruction, Cao Miao passed through the Fan Market and stopped entering.

This time, Cao Miao finally walked into Wuchang City and was accompanied by Mrs. Sun himself.

Wuchang City is a big city, and its scale is not comparable to that of Luoyang City, but it is still much inferior to that of Luoyang City. Due to the restrictions of terrain, Wuchang City is surrounded by lakes, and the main cargo transportation is also carried by water. There are ships of large or small in rows of shops, and many men wearing short clothes, straw sandals, and even barefoots are busy unloading goods.

Cao Miao walked for a while and raised his chin. "Those people... are all soldiers?"

The road was narrow and there were many people. Although the female guards cleared the scene and drove most of them to the side, Cao Miao still had to get close to Mrs. Sun. His voice was not high, but Mrs. Sun could hear clearly and even heard what he meant.

"Strictly speaking, it is the division of the generals." She deliberately corrected. "There are many people who have never been to the battlefield."

Cao Miao whistled. Mrs. Sun frowned, turned her head and glared at him, and then took her eyes back. Cao Miao sighed. "Madam, is the King of Wu going to be the Emperor of Zhou? There is a country in the country, and the princes are in the separatist state, and they still hope that the world will be unified?"

"Investigate the case!" Mrs. Sun raised her chin. "The shop in front of her is Zheng Jian, and it has been seized by us."

Cao Miao sighed again and rushed over. A team of soldiers from Jiefan camp were already waiting at the door. Seeing Mrs. Sun, Cao Miao came over and opened the door. Mrs. Sun was about to enter, but Cao Miao stopped and looked back at the female guard who was accompanying him.

"Don't go in. This store doesn't look big and it's so crowded."

Lu Hong, Sun Qing looked at Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun looked around and nodded. "Lu Hong, follow in, Lu Ban, stay outside, guard all sides, and don't let idle people approach."

"Madam..." Lu Hong winked and signaled Mrs. Sun to bring more people to prevent her from taking action.

Mrs. Sun smiled, waved her hand, and signaled Lu Hong to execute. Lu Hong had no choice but to turn around and exchange a look with Sun Qing, and stepped into the door in front of Cao Miao, blocking between Cao Miao and Mrs. Sun intentionally or unintentionally.

Cao Miao raised his hand, covered his mouth, coughed twice, held back his smile, and put his other hand behind him, slowly walked into the door.

Mrs. Sun glared at Lu Hong, but Lu Hong did not retreat, and still blocked between the two intentionally or unintentionally, and the joints of the hand holding the knife ring turned white.

The store was not big, and Cao Miao finished reading it quickly. After leaving the back door, there was a large lake about a hundred steps away. Cao Miao and the lake on the map reflected, outlining several possible routes, and then found that this place was the best place for spies to hide.

There are too many ways to retreat, and it can almost be said to be well-connected.

"What are you getting?" Mrs. Sun came over and stood side by side with Cao Miao.

"After the sealing, you should have searched everything inside and outside, right?"

Mrs. Sun was silent for a moment. "Yes, but nothing was gained."

"That means that the evidence is not in the store, but outside the store. Mi Fang told him that Zhuge Liang promised to give him a thousand pieces of brocade, but it was not in place. So many brocades entered the market, which would definitely cause fluctuations in the price of brocade. Is the price of brocade fluctuating now?"

Mrs. Sun thought to herself. "If the price of brocade fluctuates, then Zhuge Liang deceived Mi Fang. The thousand pieces of brocade were not given to him at all, but to others. If the price of brocade did not fluctuate, it means that the thousand pieces of brocade were still hidden somewhere."

Cao Miao nodded in agreement. "Of course, the premise is that this thousand pieces of brocade does exist, not Shuiyue Mirror Flower." He turned around and looked around. "Have you ever asked the merchants around him about Zheng Jingxian's character? Such a small shop does not operate any lucrative products. Can it support his expenses?"

Mrs. Sun turned to look at Lu Hong. "Call the owners of several nearby stores."

Lu Hong hesitated a little, but in the end he surrendered under the gaze of Mrs. Sun, bowed and left, and arranged for someone to inquire about Zheng Yi's situation.

Within dozens of steps, only Mrs. Sun and Cao Miao stood side by side. The breeze came gently, and ripples appeared on the lake. The green willow branches that had just spitted green were blowing in the wind. There was a faint fragrance coming from nowhere, refreshing. Cao Miao looked around and saw an unknown flower in the large area of ​​light green. It was elegant in color but extremely rich in fragrance.

Cao Miao pulled away the weeds, walked over, stood in front of the flowers for a while, lowered his head, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes intoxicatedly.

"Do you like it?" Mrs. Sun followed.

"I like it." Cao Miao said from the bottom of his heart: "It feels so good to feel free."

"Freedom?" Mrs. Sun was lost for a moment, and her sharp eyes were filled with mist, and after a moment, she returned to the clear light. "There is no real freedom in this world." Before she finished speaking, she drew her sword and cut off the stem of the flower with one knife. She picked up the tip of the knife, caught the flower, and reached in front of Cao Miao.

"Since you like it, I'll give it to you."

Looking at the cold blade in front of him and the blooming petals on the blade, Cao Miao said for a while: "Madam...is simply a contemporary Mengchang."

Mrs. Sun snorted, and then sheathed her sword, turned around and left. "If you really like it, after making meritorious service, I will give this piece of land to you."

Cao Miao smiled with a flower and smiled bitterly.

In the distance, a small boat passed by the lake silently.

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Mrs. Sun spent half a day to personally interrogate the owner who was familiar with Zheng Zhen.

In front of Mrs. Sun, who was not angry and powerful, several shop owners were trembling and sweating profusely, which made Cao Miao very worried that they would die of dehydration before they finished speaking, or that they would have a stroke and faint and hemiplegia.

To be honest, Mrs. Sun's ability in interrogation is too weak, with more coercion than temptation, and her skills are not worth mentioning.

There are still results. Zheng Jian, a store that operates Yizhou miscellaneous goods, does not have a accurate number. Sometimes it is tea, sometimes it is lacquerware, and sometimes it also resells some Shu brocade, and even something that Cao Miao had never heard of. To be precise, Zheng Jian did not do business directly, but brokers, buying and selling between different merchants to earn the difference.

This brings up a problem. Zheng Xian has a wide connection and complex income and expenditure, which cannot be clarified at all.

Too many clues means there is no clue.

After leaving Wuchang City with a thick stack of records, Mrs. Sun was in a bad mood. After walking for a while, she suddenly said to Cao Miao: "You are right, their target may be me."

Cao Miao looked at Mrs. Sun meaningfully. "This is just a possibility, and the current evidence is not enough to confirm."

"I understand. I am not a child who is not very experienced in the world, and I will not act rashly." Mrs. Sun kicked the horse's belly lightly and speeded up. "Go to the inn and meet Fei Wenwei (Fei Yi)."

Cao Miao quickly kicked forward and stopped Mrs. Sun. "Madam, why use a knives to kill chickens? You, Wu, don't you even have a Honglu Temple?"

Lu Hong also followed and agreed, "Madam, what Mr. Cao said is reasonable, so let's come forward to the Honglu Temple."

Mrs. Sun tied her mount and stared at Cao Miao. Lu Hong looked and looked again and again, and said hatefully: "Go back to the camp!"
Chapter completed!