Half an hour later, the servants and guards in Qinghe Villa slowly smelled a sweet smell floating from the direction of the kitchen yard, causing many people to keep looking into the kitchen yard while working.

Today I heard that the Marquis is making another delicacy called flower cake, but it seems that he can't eat it anymore. There are too few flowers and too many people, and even low-level servants are not in the turn.

The oven used to bake mooncakes in the kitchen yard was burning at this time, and an extremely sweet smell was constantly emitting. A large group of people were watching around the oven.

"It should be almost cooked, take it out and try it!"

At Chen Xu's instructions, the two chefs put on thick leather gloves and opened the oven. The moment the oven door opened, a strong fragrance filled the air, and a sound of swallowing sounded around him.

Two baking trays were clamped out of the oven with iron tongs. Sure enough, the flower cakes placed inside were all golden and crispy, and the grease was making slight sounds under the high temperature.

Chen Xu couldn't wait to pick up one with chopsticks to watch it, then blew it a little cooled with his mouth and took a bite. In an instant, a sweet smell of peony flowers and honey juice exploded in his mouth, which also had the strong fragrance of sesame seeds. Although it was very hot, the sugar heart made of glutinous rice was slightly sticky, but it has to be said that this is a completely different sweet delicacy, which is completely in line with the pursuit of food taste in this era. It has both the crispness of the pastry and the softness of the oily skin, and the rich sweetness of honey and glutinous rice, petals and sesame, which is enough to conquer everyone's appetite.

"It's not bad, very delicious..." Under the temptation of Chen Xu's face, Shui Qingrou couldn't help but pick up one, blew it a few times and then bit it open. A hint of surprise appeared on her cheeks, which were already full of expectations. She stuttered and praised her with her eyebrows: "It's really delicious, sweet, rich, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. I didn't expect that the flowers could really make such delicious food..."

"Hehe, that's natural, all kinds of creatures, flying in the sky and running on the ground, swimming in the soil and water, blooming and fruiting, and leaves with thorns. In my opinion, there are only two types of delicious food, and those that are not delicious are called medicinal materials..." Chen Xu said proudly while eating.

Shui Qingrou was stunned and almost fell to the ground with her chopsticks. She covered her mouth and chuckled, "My husband's reputation for eating is indeed well-known. If this is spread, I don't know how many more comments and jokes will be caused!"

"Haha, others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at me for not seeing through, they are all ordinary people, why should they do what they do? Let's go, let's go to the restaurant to eat with Wan'er and the others!"

Chen Xu ordered the chef to put the two baked flower cakes in two pottery trays and let the two servants take them to the restaurant together. In order to serve a bowl of water, he specially ordered another roasting to send some to Fan Caiwei before leaving.

It was dark early after winter. Although Chen Xu was getting old today, he was busy making a flower cake and it was almost dark.

"Take tread..."

Several horses galloped from the galloping road west of Xianyang, and the riders on the horse were still whipping the horses and speeding up.

The faint lights gradually appeared in the farmers' homes along the way, and on the endless plain, you can see the brightly lit city of Xianyang more than ten miles away.

Several horses soon arrived near the west gate of Xianyang City, but they did not enter the city, but slowed down slightly towards the direction of Qinghe Villa.

"Mr. Marquis, Brother Yong and the others are back!" Chen Xu, who was playing with his daughter in the living room, received a report from the doorman manager.

"Hey, I'm back, that's fine. Take them to my study!" Chen Xu stood up and strode towards the study. Soon, with the sound of messy footsteps, a group of dusty boys and a tall and thin man in a mask followed the manager to the study. After entering, the door was closed, and the people in the study yard were also taken away by the manager.

"Greetings to the Marquis!" Several young men and tall and thin man taking off their masks knelt down on one knee and bowed with fists.

"No gift, sit down and talk!" Chen Xu nodded, and asked after a group of people sat down, "How is the inquiry?"

"Marty, the matter has been found out. Last March, a soldier in the Northern Army camp deliberately provoked the Yanmen people who worshipped Li Mu. There was a conflict between the two sides. The soldiers destroyed Jingbian Temple. During the conflict, three civilians were killed on the spot, more than ten were injured, and more than a hundred people were arrested and put into prison by the guards of Yanmen Pass..."

Li Gui explained the news that he inquired near Yanmen Pass in detail. In fact, there was almost no difference from what Jiang Pu said last time, but Jiang Pu’s news was brought back by Jiang Chutian. Therefore, the observation angle was mainly based on the position of the government and the army, and pushed more responsibility to the people in Zhao, especially attacking patrol soldiers and poisoning war horses.

The information Li Gui, Chen Yong and others inquired mainly from the perspective of the people in Zhao, and more about how soldiers destroyed Jingbian Temple, pushed Li Mu statue, humiliated the people who worshiped and even killed innocent people. Then the local government also tried to suppress the matter. The guards of Yanmen Pass and the generals sent a large number of soldiers to arrest the people who made trouble and petitioned celebrities, and also hung the heads of civilians who were beheaded in several conflicts on the walls of Yanmen Pass, defaming the crime of treason.

Now this suppression is becoming more and more intense. Many counties around Yanmen Pass and even Yanmen and Taiyuan are affected. Now many local people have fled to the surrounding counties, and some even hid in the wilderness. It is the cold winter season. Under this oppression and terror, local people are surging undercurrents, and some people have begun to brew even greater riots.

"Marty, this incident happened in Yanmen Pass is very bad, but now that more than half a year has passed, the court has been ignoring it. If it continues to develop, it may lead to a riot that is no less than the Xiang family's rebellion!" Li Gui said in a low voice.

"Did you really find out that someone from the people secretly colluded with conspiracy to rebel?" Chen Xu frowned.

"Yes, when we went to Yanmen this time, when we were secretly investigating, Ma Teng met a son of a coal merchant named Yang Zhen, who was about the same age as Ma Teng. When he learned that Ma Teng was going to the local area to help the Marquis find the inkstone making mud, he took the initiative to come and send gifts. We gradually became familiar with him. Not long ago, we went to Quyuan to play together. After Yang Zhen got drunk, he accidentally revealed that some local merchants, powerful men and folk heroes and even famous scholars from all walks of life were secretly joining forces to take the opportunity to start the matter..." Li Gui carefully explained the news that he had discovered from Yang Zhen.

"Marty, we later went to investigate and confirm that this matter should not be wrong. The local people are very careful of strangers and generally do not talk about anything about Yanmen Pass, for fear of being arrested by the soldiers who were undercover. The main leaders mentioned by Yang Zhen are indeed famous in the local area, especially Yang Zhen, who is the largest coal merchant in Taiyuan County, owns seven coal mines, and has close contacts with many steel and cement merchants in the northwest. They even know a lot of people in the government. They are very well-informed. I heard that his father was also invited to participate, but the specific details are not known, because Yang Zhen does not know the detailed insider... "

"What is the name of this Yang Zhen's father? Is there a famous ancestor?" Chen Xu nodded slightly with a serious expression.

"Marty, the Yang family is a prominent family in Taiyuan. In the past, the second son of Duke Wu of Jin, Bo Qiao, was granted the title of Yang State, which is in the present Yang County. Later, the Yang State was destroyed by Jin. The Yang family scattered and many were distributed in Zhao. The former doctor Yang Tong was from Taiyuan. He was an elder of the Yang Zhen family and a relative within the five squads. Although Yang Tong had resigned and returned to his hometown to support his elderly family, the Yang family is very famous in the local area. Many local celebrities defected to the Yang family to make a living. The family also controls many coal and iron mines, and the family has countless wealth. Yang Zhen's father Yang Que is the contemporary head of the Yang family and is extremely famous in the local area..."

Although Li Gui seems to be an ordinary hunter, he is actually meticulous and bold and meticulous. Otherwise, Li Si would not have asked him to come to contact Chen Xu at the beginning. This time, Chen Xu was arranged to go to Yanmen to inquire about the news and was very steady and attentive.

"Yang Tong..." Chen Xu pinched his chin and began to think.

He is not unfamiliar with Yang Tong. His former doctoral orders were still among the nine ministers, but when Chen Xu came to Xianyang, Yang Tong was already very old. After Zhao Gao was assassinated by Yu Wuya in the street, the emperor wanted to find someone to serve as the rank of the CRRC Mansion. Feng Quji recommended Yang Tong, but after Li Si rejected it, he recommended Jiang Heng, and Li Si won.

Yang Tong was an old minister of the three dynasties. He had been in the court since King Xiang of Qin. When he was about to retire, he became the Nine Ministers. He was serious and upright in his work and especially praised Confucianism. Therefore, Li Si was very upset. Later, after Chen Xu reformed the three provinces and six ministries, the Nine Ministers became six ministries. The Doctor Ling was demoted to the Ministry of Personnel. After Yang Tong was in poor health for two years, he resigned from his post and went home to retire.

Logically speaking, as long as Yang Tong is not dead, with his noble status, he will not allow his family to participate in this rebellion without any chance.

But if things really are like the news brought back by Li Gui, and many gentry and merchants in Zhao are ready to participate in the resistance to the riots, it is likely that several counties will be affected, and dozens of millions of people will be trapped in war.

The rebellion of the Xiang family in Chu in the south had just subsided for only two years, and the people in Zhao rebelled again. This situation would greatly shake the foundation of the rule of the Qin Dynasty, and at the same time, it would greatly consume the reputation and wealth that the Qin Dynasty had finally accumulated.

"Where is that Yang Zhen now?"

"Return to the Marquis, because of this, the Marquis asked for a secret investigation, and we did not dare to reveal our identity. However, in order to get the more detailed inside information, Ma Teng has already brought him back with us. We are in a hurry to come back to inform the Marquis, so we will take the lead. They will arrive in Xianyang tomorrow!"

"That's great. I'll bring Yang Zhen to see me tomorrow. I'll have worked hard for several days. You guys go down to wash and eat some food to rest!"
Chapter completed!