Mrs. Zhang said to Liu Xiufu: "Your Majesty is so kind! If you are not bored with me, I will of course be willing to go to the palace and have a heart-to-heart talk with you."
Yin Lihua smiled and said: "It's not too late for me to welcome you, so how can I get bored?! Madam Sister-in-law is too polite."
Walking out of the gate of Feng Mansion, Liu Xiu said to Mrs. Zhang: "Gongsun is not in the capital, so my wife does not need to see me outside. If you encounter difficulties, feel free to come to the palace to find me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu explained a few more words, then said goodbye to Mrs. Zhang and left Feng Mansion with Yin Lihua.
Sitting in the carriage, looking at Yin Lihua who still had a smile on her face, Liu Xiuxiao asked: "It seems that Lihua has a very good impression of Mrs. Feng."
Yin Lihua said: "Mrs. Feng comes from a wealthy family. She is well-informed and quite knowledgeable and insightful."
Most of the founding ministers of Luoyang were born with mud-legged backgrounds. In fact, this is easy to understand. People with noble and prominent backgrounds have vested interests. There is no need for them to risk their heads and follow Liu Xiu to rebel.
The principal wives of these ministers with mud-legged backgrounds were basically peasant women, so Yin Lihua naturally did not have much in common with them.
It's not that Yin Lihua looks down on them, it's just that when we sit together, there really is nothing to talk about.
Yin Lihua was not interested in the things they talked about, and they couldn't get involved in the things Yin Lihua was interested in, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Among the many official wives of ministers, Zhang was one of the few whom Yin Lihua could look at in a different light and be willing to chat with her.
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "It is indeed a bit difficult to ask Mrs. Feng to come to the palace to find you. Well, when you are free, you can ask Xueying and Hong Jian to go to the Feng Mansion and invite Mrs. Feng to the palace!
"
Zhang's personality is very similar to that of Feng Yi. They are both low-key people who don't like to show off. Although Liu Xiu extended an invitation to Zhang, they were only willing to deal with it on the surface because of the emperor's favor. In fact, they may not
Come to the palace on your own initiative.
Yin Lihua sent her personal maid to invite Mrs. Feng, which would be more sincere, and Mrs. Feng would definitely come.
The ice-smart Yin Lihua immediately understood what Liu Xiu meant, nodded with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty's words make sense."
The carriage returned the same way, and when it passed the alley it had passed before, it happened to catch up with Zhang Bi checking the pattern left by Luo You in the alley.
He was certain that the pattern left on the wall was the communication code Gongsun Shuxi had used previously.
He looked around the small alley. It was quiet and closed here. No one passed by on weekdays. What was the purpose of leaving a contact code here?
He lowered his head and looked at the ground, just in time to see the small, semi-flattened pit. He squatted down and poked in the pit with his fingers, but there was nothing in it.
The dark-skinned young man standing aside suddenly remembered and said urgently: "Brother Ben, when we saw her, she was arranging her shoes. Now that I think about it, she was not arranging her shoes, but wanted to bury something in this pit.
thing!"
Hearing this, Zhang Ben's eyes suddenly flashed. The dark-skinned young man sighed and said: "Oh! If we had come out a little later, we could have caught her! It must have been our appearance that made her give up burying the thing.
plan!"
If it is true as he said, it is very possible! Zhang Ben nodded thoughtfully.
They were talking in the alley when another young man who was wandering at the entrance of the alley suddenly saw two carriages coming in front of him. The person who rode up to the carriage was Long Bu or who else?
The young man was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly ran into the alley, quickly came to Zhang Ben and others, and said urgently: "Brother Ben... Brother Ben, Long... Long Bu is here!"
"What?" Zhang Bi was startled, subconsciously stood up and looked at the young man in surprise.
The young man pointed to the outside of the alley and said, "Longbo and the others are back again!"
The swarthy young man rolled his eyes and said urgently: "Long Bo may have realized that the secret code would be exposed, and came back specifically to eliminate the evidence!"
Zhang Bi frowned, pondered for a moment, shook his head to the surrounding government officials, and said, "Let's go!" As he spoke, he took the lead and walked out.
He came out of the small alley, and the carriage Liu Xiu was riding in happened to be approaching.
Zhang Ben took a few steps forward and stood in front of the carriage. He looked up and saw that Long Bu was indeed there, and not only Long Bu was there, but Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei were also there.
Zhang Bi, who was still holding the army to accuse him, immediately softened his momentum. He swallowed secretly, hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "I am the Lieutenant of Luoyang County, Zhang Bi, and I pay my respects to all the generals!"
Zhang Ben didn't know that Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua were in the carriage. Today they were riding in an ordinary carriage, not a royal chariot specially designed for the emperor. Naturally, Zhang Ben couldn't guess who was sitting in the carriage.
Long Yuan and Long Zhun, who were driving the carriage, hurriedly pulled back the reins and brought the carriage to an abrupt stop. Then, both of them looked displeased and stared at Zhang Bi coldly.
He suddenly jumped out of the alley and blocked the carriage. If he had stopped the car a little slower, he would have crushed the Luoyang County lieutenant to death!
Long Bo also frowned, urged his horse forward, and asked in a deep voice: "County Lieutenant Zhang, what are you doing here?"
"Uh..." Of course Zhang Bi can't say that I came here specially to investigate you, Long Bu!
He reacted quickly and said with a smile on his face: "Xiaguan is passing by, Xiaguan happened to be passing by! I didn't expect to meet several generals here. It's really fate, haha -" He didn't smile and forced a smile.
It's ugly enough.
At this time, Zhang Bi greeted all the eighteen generations of the swarthy young brothers' ancestors collectively. If only Long Bi was bribed by Gongsun Shu, it might still be possible, but when it comes to Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bi
, Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei were all bribed by Gongsun Shu. This would be the most ridiculous thing in the world. There is no such possibility.
Zhang Bi had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and felt that his original guess was probably correct. Long Bu deliberately left Gongsun Shuxizuo's contact code in the alley, and he had a secret mission. Obviously, Long Yuan, Long Zhun,
Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei also participated in this task.
Long Yuan rolled his eyes at Zhang Bi who was speechless and said, "If there is nothing else, please give way to Captain Zhang!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Your Majesty, please avoid! Avoid!" Zhang Bi nodded and bowed to the side.
The dark-skinned young man was anxious. He walked quickly to Zhang Ben and said urgently: "Brother Ben, that girl should be in the carriage!"
He was hiding in the alley, and Long Bo still couldn't notice him. Now that he came out, Long Bo immediately recognized that these were the two little gangsters who were teasing Luo You.
He squinted his eyes, looked at Zhang Bi, and asked, "Does Captain Zhang know them both?"
"Uh... yes... yes!" Zhang Ben's forehead immediately broke out in a layer of sweat.
The corners of Long Bo's lips raised, he looked at the dark-skinned young man, and asked with a half-smile: "That girl you are looking for?"
"She's a male..." Before the swarthy young man could finish speaking, Zhang Bi took the lead and raised his hand to cover his mouth. He dragged the swarthy young man back to the roadside and said with an apologetic smile: "It's okay, it's okay.
, It’s all misunderstanding, it’s all misunderstanding…”
The swarthy young man wanted to move Zhang Bi's hand away, but the latter stepped on his foot hard. If you want to die, that's okay, don't take me to die with you!
Given Long Yuan's level, are they able to participate in and intervene in the cases they secretly investigate?
Long Bo originally wanted to speak, but Long Yuan said impatiently: "Okay, Long Bo, it's time for us to leave." Long Bo's eyes were deep, and his gaze swept over the faces of Zhang Ben and the dark-skinned young man, and he chuckled.
With a sound, he urged the horse to move forward.
Zhang Ben stood on the roadside and bowed respectfully. He didn't straighten up until the two carriages passed by.
During their chance encounter, it can be said that both parties had misunderstandings about each other. Zhang Bi mistakenly thought that Long Zhun, Long Bo and the others deliberately left Gongsun Shu's secret contact code for the purpose of conducting a secret investigation and deliberately lured Gongsun Shu.
Make the hook carefully.
Long Bu mistakenly believed that the two young men did not know his identity and were still obsessed with Luo You, so he specially invited the Luoyang County Lieutenant to help.
Originally, he didn't have a good impression of Zhang Bi, but he didn't have a bad impression either. Now Zhang Bi is hanging out with the little gangsters and helping the little gangsters to get ahead. If today it's not him, but ordinary people, will he?
Did they really succeed?
The misunderstanding between the two parties allowed Luo You to escape. Luo You, who was sitting in the carriage behind, could clearly see everything that happened outside the carriage.
She really didn't expect that the code she left behind would attract the attention of two gangsters, and even call in the Luoyang County Lieutenant.
Realizing that he was too careless to leave such evidence, Luo You was instantly frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
She thought that her identity was about to be exposed, and she began to think about how to escape. Unexpectedly, things happened unexpectedly.
When the carriage came out of this small alley, Luo You couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This time it was really dangerous!
She raised her hand and touched her forehead. She was already sweating. She subconsciously looked at Zhang Kun who was also in the carriage, who was also staring at her.
"You're not going to cause any trouble again, are you?" Zhang Kun asked angrily.
In Zhang Kun's eyes, Luo You is a troublemaker. When she came, she had to go to the toilet. Now that she went back, for some reason, she suddenly sweated all over her forehead. Was she going to get sick?
"My maid... My maid is fine..." Luo You shrank her shoulders and whispered.
Zhang Kun rolled his eyes at her, looked away impatiently, closed his eyes to rest, and stopped looking at her.
When he was about to approach the palace, Liu Xiu lifted up the curtains of his car and looked outside. It was still early in the day, so he called out: "Dragon Bird!"
After hearing the words, Long Bo immediately urged his horse to the carriage and whispered: "Young Master!"
Liu Xiu asked: "What is the name of the best wine house (restaurant) in Luoyang City?"
Long Bo thought for a while and said: "The recently opened Zuixiang Pavilion has a great reputation, and its golden paste is the most sought after."
Jinjiang is the name of the wine. Because the wine is yellow in color, it is named Jinjiang. In fact, Jinjiang is sugarcane wine, and its taste is sweet.
Liu Xiu asked: "Is Zuixiang Pavilion far from here?"
Long Bo was startled and replied: "It's not far, it's just in Nanshi."
The current Luoyang Imperial Palace is actually the South Palace in the North and South Palaces of Luoyang. The construction of the North Palace has not yet started. The Imperial Palace is located in the south of the city, and the Nanshi is naturally also in the south of the city. It is located to the south of the Imperial Palace, so it is not far from each other.
Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "It's rare to leave the palace today, so let's go to Zuixiang Pavilion to sit and taste the wine there."
"This..." Long Bo was a little embarrassed by Liu Xiu's whim, while Yin Lihua was beaming. She couldn't even remember how long it had been since she had been to the wine house.
Seeing that Long Bu didn't reply for a long time, Liu Xiu asked in confusion: "The Zuixiang Pavilion is not open today?"
"No……"
"Then go!" Liu Xiu said with a smile.
Long Bo nodded helplessly, said "hey", and urged his horse to tell Long Yuan and Long Zhun who were driving the carriage that His Majesty was going to Zuixiang Pavilion for a drink.
After hearing Long Bu's words, Long Yuan and Long Zhun secretly frowned. They left the palace today without making too many preparations. It would be a bit inappropriate to go to a crowded place like Zuixiang Pavilion now.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Long Bo whispered: "Your Majesty insists on going."
