Chen Ruijin, the third mistress of the Rongguo Mansion, invited Li Tao, the oiran of Hongxiangfang, to have tea at a tea shop. Liao Shouping reserved a special seat. Chen Ruijin, being the host, arrived first. Li Tao got there early and followed Liao Shouping upstairs.
When I pushed the door open and walked in, I was stunned.
She originally thought that Grandma Jia San would either be dressed in fine jewelry or disguise herself as a man. So she only wore a light aqua spring shirt, no makeup, no hairpin, and stood as chastely as a stream of spring water.
I thought that she might not lose to a wealthy lady. Unexpectedly, the third grandmother was actually wearing men's clothing, but it was not the ordinary man's brocade robe with arrow sleeves, but an official robe. The used brocade and flying fish suit fit perfectly, and there was a black head on her head.
She wears an official hat. Although she is obviously a woman, she still has some official authority.
Chen Ruijin had stood up and bowed his hands to Li Tao seriously: "Master Li."
Li Tao smiled and said, "What did Third Grandma say?" It was a blessing.
Chen Ruijin said: "I guess Miss Li is a fellow junior official, is it not the case?"
Li Tao shook his head: "No. Your Excellency, I got distracted."
"I'm sorry." Chen Ruijin cupped his hands again, "Miss Li, please take a seat." Li Tao bowed and thanked her. Chen Ruijin said solemnly, "Thanks to Miss Li for reporting the news this time, otherwise the lives of Nanchang Mansion would be in ruins, and Mr. Su would not be able to protect everyone. Miss Li has the common people in her heart.
, is extremely intelligent, courageous and knowledgeable, a true genius. Are you interested in joining the Jin Yiwei?"
Before Li Tao came to the appointment, she had made countless guesses about what the third grandma would say, do, and look like. She claimed that she had expected all kinds of things, but she had never thought of this. She was stunned for a moment, and said with a sweet smile.
: "How can a girl from a brothel in the slave family be a royal guard?"
Chen Ruijin sighed softly: "Jinyiwei has fallen now. Ten years ago, we had colleagues of all kinds, including those from brothels, those from green forests, those who taught, and those who were in business." He smiled bitterly and said, "That's all. Everyone has his own ambitions, I don't think so.
Reluctantly. Miss Li is really a rare person. You can always come to me if you change your mind."
Li Tao said: "Thank you for your love, sir. I don't dare to accept it." He bowed his head slightly and said softly, "My family is just an ordinary little girl. She only hopes to have a good man to entrust her to her for the rest of her life."
Chen Ruijin frowned and shook his head: "You are entrusting your destiny to others again. You are talented and beautiful, why don't you stand on your own? Can others be more reliable than yourself?"
Li Tao glanced at her secretly, pursed her lips and said, "Didn't Third Grandma also entrust her to Third Master for life?"
"No, he entrusted him to me for life." A smile appeared on Chen Ruijin's face unconsciously, "His official rank is not even higher than mine. I have been protecting him since I recognized him."
Li Tao said sadly: "Third Grandma is very capable."
Chen Ruijin coughed: "Okay, let's get down to business. These days, we have also talked a lot with General Yang. Although he knows a lot, he is not like a key figure, he is just an errand boy. It is obvious that Miss Li knows more than
There are many more of them. Since you reported the letter to us, it seems that you have a plan in mind. Your boss, Mr. Gu?"
Li Taozheng sat up and looked at her: "The slave family has made great achievements, I wonder if you, sir, will be rewarded."
Chen Ruijin frowned slightly: "We all thought Miss Li was a colleague at first. We also discussed for a long time what position we would give you and where we would assign you to work. We never thought that you were not a Jinyiwei. Since you are not..." she thought, "
Last time, you showed your desire to be a good person with Mr. Jia. Naturally, Mr. Su will make the decision this time. If you are afraid that your boss will not agree, Miss Li only needs to help us get rid of him and protect the vast sea and the sky.
Let the birds fly high."
Li Tao suddenly became lazy, moved her fingers, and said leisurely: "The slave family has fallen in love with Mr. Jia San, and is willing to be his woman."
Chen Ruijin said calmly: "I don't care what he thinks; if he flirts with others, I will not divorce him, I will kill him."
Li Tao chuckled: "Third Grandma is indeed not an ordinary woman. In that case, can I choose another man?"
Chen Ruijin said: "As long as you are willing and other men are willing, it's easy to talk."
Li Tao thought: "I can't find any good men in the Nu family right now."
"There are not many good men who frequent brothels. Miss Li might as well change her profession and make some other livelihood first. It's easy to change her identity, name, or go to other countries or overseas."
Li Tao nodded and said seriously: "The slave family told Mr. Jia because they were afraid that Mr. Su would be assassinated." Chen Ruijin raised his eyebrows. Li Tao lowered his eyebrows and looked at the tea cup, "The slave family has grievances. Mr. Su is a good official.
, is determined to make decisions for the people; and he has the Rongguo Mansion behind him and the support of the King of Guangdong and Guangdong, so he does not need to be afraid of anyone. If he dies, I don’t know who the new prefect is, and I don’t know if he has the heart and the strength."
Chen Ruijin looked at her and said, "You...don't want to litigate the lawsuit yourself?"
Li Tao shook his head sadly: "We have lost contact with my family for many years. Now that Mr. Su has started asking about old cases, sooner or later someone from our family will file a complaint."
"You have been in Hongxiangfang for many years, and no one in your family has seen you."
Li Tao's face turned red: "No. I don't have that spare money."
Chen Ruijin thought, "You don't have any relatives or neighbors?" Li Tao shook his head. Chen Ruijin said, "In that case, why don't you change your identity and go home, just pretending to be married to a foreigner, and now your husband has died and you have become a widow. Ordinary people's home
, after all, widow sounds better than pink head."
Li Tao sneered and said, "The slave family doesn't want to be a widow for the rest of their lives."
Chen Ruijin immediately understood that the elders in her family were probably scholars and were thinking about the Chastity Arch. So she nodded and said: "That's fine." After a pause, "It's just that you still have to get rid of 'Gu Erdai', otherwise you won't be able to leave Hongxiangfang."
Have a happy life."
Li Tao said sadly: "The Nu family doesn't know who he is."
Chen Ruijin said, "How much do you know? Tell me from beginning to end." Li Tao thought for a while and didn't know where to start. Chen Ruijin asked, "I guess your surname is not Li?" Li Tao shook his head. "The name is Li Tao.
Who took it?"
"The owner took it from me."
Chen Ruijin nodded: "You don't have to worry about what you have done in the past. The imperial court has always made mistakes, and you have made great contributions."
Li Tao let out a long breath, as if she had made up her mind. However, she just opened her mouth and swallowed it before she could say a word. Chen Ruijin added, "It doesn't matter even if you are He Du." Li Tao suddenly raised his head. Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "
I thought He Du was your man. Now that you haven't even found a man you like, it's probably you. The name He Du can be a pseudonym. If the dwarf can use it, you can use it too. If it wasn't He Du,
,How can I have a green forest directory in my hand?"
Li Tao was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said a blessing: "Master Chen is indeed not a commoner."
It turned out that He Du was Li Tao's pseudonym at first. She was in a brothel, so she was the cheapest to get information. The job of pimping a killer happened by accident. After three business deals, Gu Erdai simply asked her to use a pseudonym to spread the news.
When I went to the green forest, I didn't expect that business was booming like adding fuel to the fire. The owner immediately sent people to open Changfeng Pavilion and hired a few assistants for Li Tao, and that short man was one of them. And Hongxiangfang was not ordinary.
Most of the visitors to the brothel were greenwood customers. A few years later, Changfeng Pavilion's business gradually became bigger and more stable. Many things required Gaizi's intervention. Some people misunderstood that he was He Du. Li Tao and others did not correct them, and just let the misunderstanding spread.
It came true. Nowadays, everyone in the Green Forest thinks that the short guy is He Du, but they don’t know that the Green Forest Book has always been in Li Tao’s hands, and the short guy is just an errand boy.
When Su Tao first took office, Li Tao and others were ordered to help the Xie family to create trouble for him. The Xie family tried to suppress him in official affairs, while Li Tao spread green leaf tips to invite heroes from all over the country to cause trouble. Initially, he did not plan to assassinate Yang Guotai.
This man was originally a nail buried in the magistrate's office by his employer. Two days before Jia Cong and his companions arrived, a secret order was issued from above, asking them to get rid of Yang Guotai immediately. The fight that Jia Cong and his companions encountered when they first arrived in Nanchang Prefecture was actually for
They were trying to cover up Yang Guotai's mouth. Who knew it was such a coincidence that they disturbed it.
Then the government sealed up Changfeng Building, and Li Tao was ordered to drag the Green Forest people to cause trouble. Just two days after the instigation, a tea shop opened opposite Changfeng Building, clearly trying to grab Green Forest's business. This time, he was not in a hurry, so he just ordered him to go first.
Let’s kill Yang Guotai. Not a few days later, Su Tao started to handle the case. Gu Erdai ordered Chaozi to send people to cause trouble and assassinate Yang Guotai. Who knew that he met Zhenming and the assassination failed, and Yang Guotai himself was aware of the danger.
, turned around and took refuge with Su Tao. Gu Erdai suddenly became anxious, and ordered the old man Lu from Changfeng Tower to send Su Tao the black business accounts. Unexpectedly, Jia Cong burned those things in the street, and Su Tao didn't even reach the threshold of the government office gate.
When Li Tao heard that the dwarf had come back to report, he learned that Su Tao handled the case impartially, regardless of whether he was powerful or noble, and his heart moved quietly. Naturally, no one knew this.
Then the Xie family came out to disrupt the situation for Su Tao, sometimes raising the price and sometimes not selling, but Jia Cong and others tried to resist it. The auction of the Zhuzi Street shop also went very smoothly. Li Taosu believed that Gu Erdai was very capable, and saw that he lost consecutively
After going through several rounds, he gradually took a new look at Su Tao, a Confucian scholar. Su Tao was never idle for a day, asking questions from morning to night. Someone reported to Li Tao about every case, and they all came to a clear conclusion.
The next night after the opening of the rice store in the city, at midnight, Gu Erdai's messenger grabbed Li Tao out of bed to discuss the matter. Also discussing the matter was the dwarf. The messenger passed down Gu Erdai's urgent order, Xu Qi and others
The bandits attacked the city in advance, luring Su Tao to defend the city, and waiting for an opportunity to assassinate. Li Tao was shocked and asked why he had arrived so early. The messenger only said that it was his boss's order, so don't ask so much. He also asked the two of them to be sure to wait for the bandits to attack.
The city teamed up to instigate the green forest people in the city to cause trouble. It was important.
Li Tao was trapped in a brothel because of the disaster at home. Now that Su Tao was obviously a Qingtian master, she secretly longed for the revenge of her family. Now that she heard that the superiors were going to assassinate Su Tao, the idea suddenly came to the fore. Li Tao knew that Tian
There aren't many Su Taos here. If this one dies, God knows what kind of character the next one will be. After thinking about it for several days, I finally left a post for Jia Cong. She was originally very talented and beautiful, and she boasted that all men in the world would fall in love with her.
It's not surprising that I want to tease Mr. Jia San as a guest. So I got a hint from the previous time.
After hearing this, Chen Ruijin nodded slowly: "That's it."
Li Tao said: "My boss has never seen me in person, so I don't even know whether he is a boy or a girl."
Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. You have done us a huge favor." He stood up and bowed to the ground, "Thank you very much."
Li Tao returned the courtesy and looked at her again with a smile: "When Third Grandma saw that purse, are you really not afraid that I have hooked up with Third Master?"
"Don't be afraid. He won't." Chen Ruijin said sternly: "I know this person very well, right down to the very bones of his soul." Li Tao was surprised and gave another deep bow. Chen Ruijin thought for a moment and said, "Gu Erdai's trump card must have been revealed.
.Let’s check again. Miss Li, just wait a moment, this person won’t be able to hide for long.”
When they were about to say goodbye, she asked again: "That day you showed Jia Cong who wrote the poem."
Li Tao smiled and said, "Mr. Jia, did you realize it wasn't me who wrote it?"
"Obviously not."
Li Tao said: "That was prepared for me by my superiors after I discussed with them about trying to seduce Mr. Jia." Chen Ruijin nodded, and the two of them said goodbye.
Chen Ruijin returned to the Su Mansion, where Jia Cong and others had been waiting. She hurriedly drank some tea and recounted her meeting with Li Tao in detail. She heard that the account book of Changfeng Tower given to Su Tao by the Lu Dong family was
After receiving the temporary order, Jia Cong couldn't help but snap: "Oh my God! We made a mistake!"
Su Cheng was stunned: "What's wrong?"
Chen Ruijin said: "We always thought that even if Gu Erdai was not Mei Hanlin, he must still be in the capital. Now it seems that he is in Nanchang Mansion."
Jia Cong hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "Well... I want to make an inference. My wife and Cheng'er should not be angry..."
Chen Ruijin glanced at him: "Say."
Jia Cong smiled flatteringly: "Judging from the sudden decision at midnight to let the bandits attack the city in advance - this siege was very hasty. If they had waited until next month according to the original plan and gathered 40,000 bandits,
We have absolutely no way to attack the city. The second plan was to wait for General Qi to leave before coming back, which would also be a good idea. However, they were so anxious that they insisted on coming before General Qi left. It can be seen that this Gu Er
Dai was very anxious and lost his rationality. There was also the one who temporarily ordered Mr. Lu’s family to deliver a black account to Senior Brother Su.”
Chen Ruijin frowned and said, "What exactly do you want to say?"
"How can a Jinyiwei who has been in charge of the green forest for the imperial court for many years be so anxious? It can be seen that this person is probably more emotional." Jia Cong laughed twice more, "It is easy to become emotional in the middle of the night. If he is not a special handicapped person like an eunuch, he is probably
She is a woman."
Su Cheng said angrily: "What kind of inference is this! Aren't women calm?"
"No, no! There are many women who are calm. After being broken several times in a row, they feel uncomfortable inside. Under such extreme conditions, women are more likely to become emotional." Jia Cong said, "Even more emotional than eunuchs.
I now feel that Gu Erdai has the highest probability of being a woman."
Just when Su Cheng was about to argue, Chen Ruijin raised a hand: "It makes sense."
Su Cheng stumbled: "Auntie!"
Chen Ruijin said: "What if this Gu Erdai lives in Nanchang Mansion instead of the capital, and is a woman..." She thought for a moment and asked Su Cheng, "Cheng'er, think about it. I would like to remind you that there have been many green forests in the city recently.
People, do you want help from their family? On what date?"
Su Cheng thought for a while: "It was the day his brother came to see my father."
Chen Ruijinai said flatly: "As expected. I suspect that Gu Erdai is the ancestor of the Lao family."