readsfreenovel Chapter 561 Cockroach
Chapter 561 Cockroach
Zhou Chang carefully folded the pieces of paper in his hand, then sighed, "Alas, what a pity! With the manpower and power I have now, I can investigate the situation in Dalin, but I can't reach out to places that far away."
"Dad was not even sixty when he died. A Taoist priest once told Dad that he would live to be eighty, but now he is like this..." Yuan Qi choked up and couldn't continue. He paused and stared at the fire with a resolute look on his face. "I must avenge this."
"Don't worry, even if you don't tell me about this grudge, I will still investigate it. This matter is indeed too strange." During this period, Zhou Chang often thought about it over and over again when he had nothing to do in the Beiji Inn.
The kidnappers not only wanted Yuan Yu's money, but also his life, and even wanted Prince Yi's life in the end.
So who are these people? If they are not simply seeking money, then what else are they after?
This matter is no longer just the Yuan family's business, it also vaguely involves Prince Yi.
Zhou Chang looked through the remaining papers. There was nothing else, but there was one piece of information that was very useful. However, it had nothing to do with the Yuan family, so he picked it out. "I don't need the others either. This one, and this one... together with the previous ones, can you give them to me?"
"These were originally picked out, thinking that they might be useful to Your Highness. They are all for the prince." Yuan Qi said this at the beginning, but Zhou Chang forgot about it.
"Then I won't be polite," Zhou Chang said, and handed the last one to Yuan Qi and asked, "This one says that King Xian is privately making weapons, but do you have more specific evidence?"
Yuan Qi had always brushed aside irrelevant news. Now that Zhou Chang asked, she took another careful look and frowned, "More specific evidence? If you want to produce specific witnesses or physical evidence, I'm afraid I can't. But from the source of the news, I can only guarantee that it's not false."
"I don't doubt that it's fake, but what's written on paper alone can't be used as evidence..." Zhou Chang also knew that Yuan Qi probably wouldn't have more evidence, and he didn't want her to get too involved. "Just pretend that I didn't ask, and I haven't seen this news. Don't mention it to anyone."
"I know that." Yuan Qi replied softly.
King Xian held an army for himself and manufactured weapons privately, which was a serious crime of treason.
Even if this is the case, it is none of Prince Yi’s business.
But after all, such a heavy handle can also be used as a trump card for Prince Yi to defend himself. After all, Prince Duan's legs are disabled, and now Prince Rong and Prince Xian have both power, while Prince Yi is still restrained by Prince Duan's party and is in the hands of others. Who knows what will happen next?
Yuan Qi pointed at the remaining pile of news papers and asked, "Your Highness doesn't want those officials who took bribes, embezzled and perverted the law?"
"No." Zhou Chang shook his head, not greedy at all. "As the saying goes, 'If the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if the person is too careful, there will be no followers.' Their trivial matters are like lifting the carpet to catch cockroaches. If you lift a corner, you will kill one. If you lift the whole carpet, all the cockroaches will run away. But no matter what, there will always be cockroaches under the carpet, and you will never be able to catch all the cockroaches."
"Your Highness, what you said is quite fresh." Yuan Qi raised his eyebrows, not disguising his contempt for those "cockroaches". His eyes fell on the pieces of paper that Zhou Chang was putting into his sleeves. "Then the pieces of paper that Your Highness left behind are used to fight bigger cockroaches, right?"
"Alas, it's a big cockroach, but it's hard to beat..." Zhou Chang pretended to be deep and sighed seriously, "Did you see what it said? Prince Duan's leg was caused by Prince Xian's failure to save him. Some people have suspected this, and I have also heard about it... As for Prince Xian, I didn't expect him to be so bold. As for Brother Rong, I can only say that he was too anxious to use the money, and he doesn't have the business acumen of your Yuan family... What a pity, it's all a pity... There is no evidence, and I have to wait for me to think about it carefully."
Yuan Qi never asked about the internal strife within the royal family before, and he had no right to ask now.
After listening to Zhou Chang's nagging, he just said lightly: "Then Your Majesty, please think about it carefully. I can only help you in a limited way. This is all I can do."
Zhou Chang nodded, watching Yuan Qi cover the wooden box, and suddenly thought of the arson at Prince Yi's mansion. "It's best to burn the things in this box after you've seen them, or at least don't keep them with you. The last time the mansion was robbed and set on fire, it was because they wanted the account books and evidence of Prince Duan's bribery. I didn't tell you at the time because I didn't want you to worry about that kind of thing. Now that you're the head of the family, you have to be more cautious than you have been since you were a child."
Yuan Qi pursed his lips. Not only did he not show any pride as the head of the family, but he also showed an unprecedented solemnity: "I understand that these things were not originally in my hands. In fact, it was not until my father got into trouble that I knew that the Yuan family actually had such a place dedicated to collecting intelligence..."
Yuan Qi did not say what came next, but Zhou Chang understood that the Yuan family might have some aspects that Yuan Qi had never imagined.
As the saying goes, every family has its own problems. Given her current status, it is not appropriate for her to ask too many questions and she is afraid that she will not be able to help.
However, the two of them talked so much, but Yuan Qi never asked Prince Yi to help him find the mastermind behind the kidnapping and take revenge. Did he really treat Prince Yi as a stranger?
But Yuan Qi didn't say anything, but Zhou Chang never forgot about it: "Your real life has just begun. Revenge for your father is of course a matter of course, but you are not alone in this matter, and I will certainly investigate it to the end. However, to resist foreign aggression, you must first stabilize the country. At this stage, let me say a few words. You must not only focus on revenge and ignore the Yuan family. After all, you have just taken over the family business. If they bully you because you are just a single woman..."
"Don't worry, I won't let anyone take advantage of me." When he said this, Yuan Qi's bright eyes immediately turned into cold ice.
Zhou Chang still couldn't rest assured. After all, she had always regarded Yuan Qi as her ultimate ideal in life. She continued to advise: "Now it seems that Beiji is doing well. When you return to Danlu, please be careful and cautious in everything. Remember, no matter how close you are, and no matter how close you were with the old man in the past, people's hearts are fickle. You must not rely on those elders who take advantage of their age. No matter how good and caring they are to you, it's all superficial and can't replace your father. In the end, you can only rely on yourself."
"That's right. From now on I can only rely on myself." Yuan Qi's eyes showed sadness. He must have been thinking of his father again.
After Yuan Yu passed away, the last barrier that could protect her from wind and rain disappeared.
Zhou Chang naturally understood this feeling, but he suddenly thought of someone: "I don't know whether others can be trusted, but there is one person who can be appointed. Wu Hong, your Yuan family's deputy chief escort, I met him before, he seems to be honest and reliable, and he has both skills and ability to handle affairs."