If he had known this would happen, Li Qi would not have bothered to keep Guo Yaoshi in the first place. Now, not only has he failed, but he has left a heartache in Guo Yaoshi's heart. If the Jin soldiers really come to attack, Guo Yaoshi will not want to rebel.
It’s all difficult.
Li Qi felt very regretful, but this time he lost with all his heart, because Yaoshi Guo's trick was so perfect that he didn't notice it at all. If he hadn't relaxed his vigilance, how could he have let Yaoshi Guo so easily?
Succeeded.
Li Qi didn't like to blame others very much. After calming down, he took all the faults on himself.
Qin Mansion.
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
"Clang!"
It was already midnight, but various noises kept coming from Li Qi's house.
Seeing this, Aunt Chen felt relieved. She put on a coat and stood outside the courtyard, looking worriedly into the house, not daring to leave even a step. She was on standby at any time. If Li Qi didn't sleep, she would definitely not be able to sleep tonight.
Suddenly, a pleasant voice sounded behind her, "Auntie, what's wrong with Li Qi?"
Aunt Chen turned around and saw that it was Mrs. Qin. She hurriedly saluted and said, "Madam, I don't know this. As soon as my lord came back, he closed the door. After a while, there was the sound of things being thrown inside."
Mrs. Qin frowned lightly and said, "I'll go in and take a look."
So, she went to the door of Li Qi's room and knocked lightly a few times.
Li Qi's voice soon came from inside, "Who is it?"
"It's me."
"I'm going to bed. If I have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
"I know you didn't sleep."
...
There was silence for a moment inside. Then the door was opened from the inside, and Li Qi stood in front of the door. With a slightly helpless expression, he said: "Madam, you are so smart. You can see this. I admire you, I admire you."
Mrs. Qin peeked inside and saw the debris on the ground. She frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Li Qidao: "Oh, someone just sent some new clay pots for canning. But you also saw it, and I am very dissatisfied with it."
"really?"
Li Qi nodded.
Seeing Li Qi's impatient look, Mrs. Qin asked cautiously: "Are you really okay?"
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "It's really okay. Does this small pain amount to encouragement? If it's okay, I'm going to sleep. Of course, if Madam wants to come in, I welcome you."
Mrs. Qin spat, turned and left.
Li Qi looked at Mrs. Qin's leaving figure, shook his head slightly, returned to the house, lay on the bed, and rubbed his face vigorously. He thought, if I ask the emperor to take back his life now, I will inevitably have a direct conflict with the prince.
Moreover, Pharmacist Guo may not necessarily be obedient, and may be self-defeating because of this. It seems that this is irreparable, and we have to find another way out. Thinking of this, his scattered eyes slowly focused, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Yeah, it seems I have to change my plan. Alas, you forced me to do this!"
This night is destined to be sleepless.
The next day.
Li Qi lay down and sat, thinking for the whole night. Seeing daybreak, he got out of bed and washed his face. Then he called Ma Qiao and asked him to arrange a meeting with the leader of the paparazzi.
An hour later.
In a forest in the southern suburbs, there were only seven or eight men in completely different clothes standing in the forest. There were Taoist priests, monks, bartenders, boatmen, etc.
After a while, Li Qi suddenly walked out from behind the forest.
"The villain sees Bu Shuai."
Li Qi raised his hand to tell them not to be polite, and then said seriously: "I suddenly asked you to come here today, for no other reason than to express my disappointment to you."
All those people were shocked.
Li Qi added: "A big event happened in our military camp the day before yesterday. Do you know what it was?"
The few people looked at each other, and after a while, the Taoist priest suddenly said: "Reporting to your lord, what you are talking about is that Deputy Commander Guo left the capital."
Li Qi smiled and said: "So you know why I didn't receive any news beforehand? As far as I know, Deputy Commander Guo made many small moves before he left. Didn't you receive any news at all?"
The Taoist priest was afraid and said: "I don't know what the little trick Bu Shuai is talking about, but we only know that at the British Duke's banquet, Vice Marshal Guo presented several Persian women to the British Duke."
The bartender suddenly laughed lewdly and said: "Besides, I heard that the British Duke was very fond of those four Persian women and spent the night in their room these past few days."
Fuck! I dare you to spend all your time on Cai You's pervert and the Persian beauty. You are indeed a paparazzi, short-sighted. Li Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Since you already know, why didn't you tell me in time?"
The Taoist priest said: "Ah? This---."
"This, this, this, this, if you fart, just let it go."
"Yes." The Taoist priest said sarcastically: "We thought this matter was very common, so we didn't report it specially, but we also wrote it down, and now---it should be handed over to Commander Bu now."
"What?"
Li Qi frowned and looked at Maqiao.
Ma Qiao said: "Commander Bu, don't look at me. Didn't I leave it to you? It's just that you were busy helping---helping Ms. Shishi to treat her illness. You said you would see her later, and you didn't know.
Have you looked at it?"
Li Qi thought about it, slapped his forehead suddenly, and then remembered that Maqiao did give him a thick stack of notebooks that day, but he was busy with many things at the time and didn't rush to read it, so he forgot about it for a moment, because
He thought to himself that there was nothing worthy of immediate attention at the moment, and he felt regretful in his heart.
The monk added: "Speaking of Master Li, it's really strange. Recently, there have been a lot of hidden sentries near Master Li's attic. Even if we want to get closer, we can't take a look."
Damn it, I’m afraid no one will believe you if you are not a paparazzi. You are always talking about female stars. Li Qi glared and said: "That place is a restricted area. Don’t run there if you are fine. Be careful, your lives are not guaranteed." After a pause,
He added: "Also, you sent me so much information at once. Even if I want to read it, I'm afraid I won't be able to read it all in a while. So, you have to know how to distinguish the important. Like those ministers who go to brothels, where are they?
Spending the night, or some young man seducing women, these can be written at the back, but some strange behaviors of some officials, big and small, should be placed in the front and given to me immediately, understand. There are so many of you. Even if each person
If I write down one piece of information every day, I have to read it all day long. You want to exhaust me to death."
"Yes. I understand."
Li Qi waved his hand again and said: "Forget it, I can't blame you. Your team has just been established. There will definitely be loopholes in the system. It can only be said that it is God's will. But now that the loophole has been exposed, we have to
Find ways to correct it, and you can also share your opinions. In short, I must get the information I want as soon as possible." I was thinking about how to establish a perfect system, but there are
There is a problem, that is, he does not dare to tell these people all his thoughts, so how can these paparazzi distinguish whether the information is important or not.
After pondering for a moment, he added: "Let's do this. I will divide several key areas when I go back later. Within these areas, if there is any change, you must notify me as soon as possible."
"yes."
Those said in unison.
Li Qi added: "By the way, what else do you know about Deputy Commander Guo's recent movements?"
The monk said: "Deputy Commander Guo is very cautious. Some of us have followed him, but we have all lost him."
Yes, yes, although Pharmacist Guo didn't know that I had arranged for a group of paparazzi to be in the capital, he would definitely be on guard against me and would never leave any traces. Li Qi nodded lightly.
The boatman suddenly said: "My subordinates saw Vice Admiral Guo on a cruise ship a few days ago."
Li Qi snorted and said, "Is he alone?"
"That's not true, there is another person, but I haven't seen that person before."
That person must be Geng Nanzhong. That guy has been following Zhao Huan and living in the palace. It is natural that they don't know each other. Li Qi closed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Go and find out about this immediately.
"
"As commanded."
...
No matter how angry Li Qi was, Pharmacist Guo was gone, and his anger would not help. What he had to do now was how to make corresponding arrangements in response to this variable. So, since the last time he went to the Taiwei Mansion to inquire about this matter, he
He never said anything about this incident again, just as if nothing happened.
However, there was still an urgent matter that he needed to do personally, which was to return the birthday cake to Emperor Roufu.
Today is the thirteenth birthday of Emperor Roufu. Li Qi entered the palace early in the morning, but first he asked Lu Meimei to send the materials to the imperial kitchen, while he himself stood on the way to the East Palace.
Lu. Obviously, he was waiting for someone.
After a while, I saw a group of people walking from the left. The leader was a man in his fifties, with a goatee, wearing official uniform, and a cheerful face.
This person is Geng Nanzhong.
Li Qi had no impression of this person. He looked at Geng Nanzhong and thought to himself, the prince's taste is so strong that he would fall in love with an old man. No, no, it seems that the rumors in the palace are not true. But if we rule out the relationship
, for this old man to gain such trust from the prince, it seems that he is not just an ordinary person, he must be someone like Wang Fu.
Just from Geng Nanzhong's appearance, Li Qi had a new evaluation of him.
Although Li Qi had no impression of Geng Nazhong, Geng Nazhong knew Li Qi. When he saw Li Qi standing on the roadside, he quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Geng Nazhong has seen the economic envoy."
Li Qi returned the gift with his hand and said with a smile: "Geng Zhanshi, how do you feel about returning to the East Palace?"
Geng Nanzhong said hurriedly: "All this is a fortune entrusted to the economic envoy. Geng has always kept it in mind."
Li Qi said humbly: "No, no, it's just a little effort, Geng Zhan's words are serious."
Geng Nanzhong asked: "The economic envoy is here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "Actually, I came to see Geng Zhan today."
Geng Nanzhong was stunned. He had no friendship with Li Qi. Li Qi suddenly came to the door, which made him feel a little confused. He said: "I wonder what the economic envoy wants to tell me about?"
Li Qi looked around, stretched out his hand and said, "Can you lend me a moment to speak?"
Geng Nanzhong was worried, nodded repeatedly, and walked aside with Li Qi. Li Qi smiled and said: "Geng Zhan, you should know that the court is promoting integrity and fighting corruption recently, right?"
Geng Nanzhong's face changed when he heard this, and he just flashed his eyes and nodded: "Of course I know, His Royal Highness has always been supportive."
Li Qi smiled half-heartedly and said, "Since you know this, why do you still take risks?"
A flash of panic flashed in Geng Nanzhong's eyes, and he said: "I wonder what the economic leader means by this?"
Li Qi suddenly took out an envelope from his sleeve and said, "Read it yourself."
Geng Nanzhong opened it and was shocked. What was written on it was exactly the process of his meeting with Pharmacist Guo. The amount, time and place were all available. Except for the vague amount of bribes, the time and place were all.
Very accurate.
You are scared to death. Li Qi said calmly: "To be honest, someone from the guard Bu reported to me that the former deputy commander Bu had an affair with Geng Zhan privately."
Geng Nanzhong's face was covered in sweat, his hands began to tremble, and he said: "This---this---."
Li Qi suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Geng Nazhong's right wrist tightly, making Geng Nazhong scream in surprise. Li Qi leaned his head over and said, "Geng Zhan, why are you so nervous? Could it be ---."
"I---I'm not nervous. It's obvious that someone wants to slander me. Economic envoy, you have to make the decision for me!" Geng Nanzhong said with trembling lips.
Li Qi squinted and smiled without saying a word, but this smile made Geng Nanzhong's hair stand on end because he couldn't figure out what Li Qi was thinking.
Suddenly, Li Qi let go of his hand and said haha: "Of course this is slander. I know it without asking. Don't worry about Geng Zhan. The person who reported the report has been severely punished by me. It's really disrespectful to dare to slander him."
How can I spare Geng Zhan's affairs?"
Geng Nanzhong's tense nerves immediately relaxed, and he collapsed to the ground almost exhausted, but then he cheered up and said: "The economic expert is really as sharp as a torch and can see everything clearly."
Li Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm sorry for Geng Zhan. We have all been favored by the prince. How could Li Qi not believe Geng Zhan? But having said that, fortunately this report letter fell into my hands, otherwise
, even if someone makes a rumor, it may be used by others, and it will be bad if it affects His Royal Highness, so Geng Zhan must be careful in future affairs."
Geng Nanzhong saw that Li Qi took the initiative to mention the prince, and knew that he had nothing to worry about. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "What the economic envoy said is true, I will bear in mind."
Li Qi smiled, and suddenly took out a copper card from his arms, handed it over and said: "Geng Zhanshi, this is my membership card for Zuixianju. You can use it as much as you can to support me. Don't always do it."
If you stay in the palace, you may get bored."
Geng Nanzhong said hurriedly: "If you have the right to do something, you will not get rewarded for your merits. Moreover, the economic envoy has helped the lower official so much, how dare the lower official accept it?"
"Could it be that Geng Zhanshi looks down on me, Zuixianju?"
"Of course not."
"Then take it."
Geng Nanzhong was so kind that it was hard to refuse, and being on good terms with Li Qi would be of great benefit to him, so he took it and said with a smile: "Then it would be disrespectful for me to reject it."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Okay, you can keep this letter. I have to go back to the imperial kitchen to do some work. Remember, this is a critical period, so be careful and subtle in everything."
"Yes, yes, please keep this in mind, the economic envoy, please move slowly."
"Farewell."
As soon as Li Qi turned around, an elusive smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but there was a hint of anger in his eyes.