Shen Lie and Xia Junnan did not plan to stay at Qu Mansion when they came tonight. This dinner was just to understand Hengxiang's situation and to sit down and talk.
However, since he met Wu Shaoning here, Shen Lie wanted to go to Qingyue Pavilion and then to Zhiyu Shuixie to see Kang Jian's injury.
This time, the two men accompanying him left the city with Xia Junnan first, while he left with Wu Shaoning.
Mrs. Qu sent Xia Junnan back to where he came from, while Zhao Ning sent Shen Lie and Wu Shaoning to the side courtyard near the mountains and water in the southwest.
When Mrs. Qu and the others were out of sight and there were fewer people walking along the road, Zhao Ning suddenly said: "Shen Shu has been at Ning'an Building these months."
There was no emotion in Shen Lie's eyes, and he said calmly as he walked: "Ning'an Building is sealed today, what about others?"
"In Qu Mansion."
Shen Lie blinked slightly, and his voice suddenly became lower: "Well, that's pretty close."
"If you want to see him, you can do it now."
The sound of the wind suddenly became louder, passing through the forest and flowers, the garden was fragrant and full of people dancing wildly, but surprisingly, as they walked among the flower paths, the sound of their footsteps became increasingly clear.
After a while of silence, Shen Lie said, "No need."
"Okay," Zhao Ning said, "By the way, there is another person in the Qu family. You may be interested, the prince of Zhengbei, Zhao Yu."
Shen Lie paused slightly: "He?"
"This person is really..." Zhao Ning didn't know how to describe it for a moment. After thinking about it, he said, "Naughty?"
"I hope the world will not be in chaos." Shen Lie said.
"He came to me because he wanted to do a batch of timber business. Timber in Zhengbei is indeed scarce, but he asked for too much. If I think about it carefully, it may be related to military supplies."
Shen Lie stopped, looked at Zhao Ning solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, Madam Zhao, for telling me everything I knew."
Everyone knew that Zhao Ning was quiet and taciturn, and she was not the kind of person who could talk about anything. So this time, Shen Lie knew clearly that Zhao Ning regarded him as a close friend.
Zhao Ning smiled lightly: "Ah Li and I are life-and-death friends, and you are Ah Li's favorite confidant. If you are interested in Zhao Gong, I will not hold back."
Previously, Zhao Ning deduced that there was a conflict between Shen Lie and Zhao Xi after Du Xuan saw that Zhao Xi was unhappy.
At the moment, it seems that it is indeed the case.
But it's not surprising that Zhao Xi's temperament is indeed easy to make enemies.
"Thank you," Shen Lie said, "So, where is he now?"
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Zhao Xun has a slim figure, but no matter how thin he is, he is still a tall adult man.
There is indeed a dog hole in the Qu Mansion, and his men actually found it, but it was very difficult for him to get through it.
One of the men climbed over the wall first and pulled it from the outside, while the other man pushed it from the inside.
As a result, Zhao Xun got stuck.
After a long time, he was finally pushed out from inside. Prince Zheng Bei, in tattered clothes and gray face, got up from the ground. He looked up with tears streaming down his face and breathed in the air outside the wall.
"Your Majesty." His hand handed over a piece of silk.
"I'm going to complain to Brother Xia," Zhao Yu said as he reached out to untie this subordinate's clothes, "I can't beat Shen Lie, can Brother Xia still be able to beat him? If it doesn't work, let Brother Xia Call girl Ah Li to help."
Zhao Xun took off his subordinate's robe and wore it outside himself. It felt like something was wrong, like something was missing.
He looked around, forget it, he couldn't remember.
"Let's go." Zhao Yu said to his subordinates.
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"Awwww..."
Goudan lay on the ground, raised his head pitifully, and looked at Shen Lie.
Shen Lie only glanced at it when he came in, and then went to look at the people who were busy looking for Zhao Yu.
Gujiang
After searching the entire Yaojie Garden, Yiqiu quickly came back: "Madam, Prince Zhao is really missing."
"A big living person." Zhao Ning said, looking down at Goudan.
"Ouch..." Goudan's desire for expression was very strong, his mouth kept squeaking, and his tail swept back and forth.
"If you say it ran away, then this dog..." Yi Qiu looked at the big yellow dog, "Prince Zhao likes this dog very much, otherwise he would not have brought it all the way from Zhengbei."
"Maybe I forgot." Zhao Ning said.
"So, Prince Zhao really ran away?"
Zhao Ning said nothing and raised his eyes to look at Shen Lie.
At this moment, Shen Lie finally turned his gaze back to Goudan.
Goudan got up from the ground, his tail wagging behind him.
"Can I take this dog away?" Shen Lie looked at Zhao Ning.
"Kill or eat, you can." Zhao Ning replied.
Goudan obviously does not have the aura of Little Big Fatty. When he heard someone eating it, he became even happier. He stood up and made the gesture of cupping his hands again, and stuck out his tongue.
"I hope its nose recognizes its owner," Shen Lie said.
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Not long after Zhao Xun left Qu's Mansion, he encountered more than 500 soldiers and horses running quickly towards Qu's Mansion.
The entire Hengxiang army has limited troops. Due to the increasing congestion outside the city gate, it is impossible to remove the manpower, so these five hundred troops and horses are the limit that can be dispatched.
Zhao Yu and two of his men immediately avoided it. Watching the five hundred people pass by, Zhao Yu said: "When an egg touches a stone, I, with my eyes closed, can pick out fifty from the Xia family's army and beat these five hundred people." It will be like falling flowers and flowing water."
Seeing that the men on both sides were silent, Zhao Yu continued: "It's not that the Xia Family Army can fight one against five, but that a real army practices military formations and cooperation with each other. With such a tacit understanding, a veteran army like the Xia Family Army can be said to be peerless. .”
He was rarely serious, but his men on both sides remained silent.
Zhao Xun shook his head and said nothing.
When all the soldiers and horses were gone, they got up and left.
Hengxiang said it was not big, but it was small. There were dozens of long streets, and it would take them at least half an hour to walk back to the previous inn using their legs.
Zhao Xun was sorting out his thoughts as he walked. He had calculated everything, but he only thought that the girl would come to Hengxiang, but he didn't expect that the person coming would be Shen Lie.
Their inn is near Lianfeng Academy. The further you go there, the more people flow on the street.
The clouds in the sky gradually thickened, as if there was an unsettling factor hanging heavily over Hengxiang.
Suddenly a carriage came running very fast and passed by them, almost hitting them.
Zhao Xun's two men immediately stopped working and wanted to go up and cause trouble.
"Hey, that's enough," Zhao Gong called to them impatiently, "Let it go."
"Your Majesty, you were almost injured," one of his subordinates said.
"You haven't been injured yet," Zhao Yu put his hands behind his back and said slowly as he walked, "My son is young and handsome, talented, has a good family background, and has a good mind. He has taken the biggest advantage in the world. There will be gains and losses. Of course, A big disaster will be avoided.”
The subordinates had no choice but to lower their heads: "Yes."
After walking for about half a stick of incense, they saw the carriage again at the back door of an inn.
The carriage stopped steadily, and there was no driver on the carriage. But coincidentally, just as they passed by, the back door of the inn opened, and the three of them came out.
Zhao Xun cast a casual glance and frowned slightly.
One of them, he seemed to have seen somewhere.
The man also raised his head and met Zhao Xun's eyes.
Suddenly, the man's eyes widened and he became frightened.
