"What, you want to lure me into a trap?" Li Xiaolin couldn't sit still, and walked around the room with his hands behind his back.
"Are you sure those people's first target is Zhao Rushu? They must kill Zhao Rushu?"
Qin Shaobai didn't dare to be so sure.
"Then do you think Shi Miyuan will let Zhao Rushu come?"
Qin Shaobai is not sure about this either.
Qin Shaobai didn't expect Shi Miyuan's objection.
In fact, before he became related to Shi Miyuan, Zhao Rushu's reputation in history was quite high.
The history of the Song Dynasty does not mention him, but you say that he was a lieutenant, and he responded to imperial edicts and made envoys, discussed and expressed sympathy. He was recommended to the imperial court, and many well-known people were introduced.
That's why Qin Shaobai thought of tempting him by teaching him how to manage the army, but Shi Miyuan was completely unpredictable.
He clearly wanted to kill someone, but he might have been fraternizing with that person the second before he raised the knife.
"No matter what, I'm ready to put up the notice."
Li Xiaolin turned around and looked at Qin Shaobai worriedly: "Shaobai, have you ever thought about what happened three days later and did not allow you to find the person who wanted to assassinate Zhao Rushu, but instead allowed you to do Shi Miyuan and Zhao Rushu a big favor?
, what will the officials of the imperial court and the people of Lin'an think of you."
The more Li Xiaolin talked, the more excited he became. He drank a glass of water that had already cooled down on the table and said, "They will call you a treacherous minister and shameless for your own glory and wealth."
Qin Shaobai didn't worry much about this.
Throughout the history of the Southern Song Dynasty, he has never seen a person named Qin Shaobai drowned by spit. This means that he will not attract public reviling. Does that also mean that what he did
, maybe it really succeeded.
"Mr. Li, I'm already riding a tiger to the point where I can't get over this matter. Zhao Rushu has already agreed to my invitation, so I have to make this move."
"You know that there are tigers in the mountains, but you prefer to go to the tiger mountains. You young people, just having a passion is really fatal." Li Xiaolin sighed, "But, as you said, this arrangement may be the only way to make things happen."
One step forward is the way to go.
Being stuck there all the time is not a good thing after all.”
With that said, Li Xiaolin sat down at the table: "Miss Xiaolan, I would like to trouble you to invite Zaiyu and Song Ci. We need to discuss it carefully."
"Then the Sixth Prince..."
Li Xiaolin glanced at Xiaolan: "The Sixth Prince also needs to be invited. Sometimes, whether we are friends or foes, it depends on whether you push him or pull him. The Sixth Prince may be able to help us with a lot of things."
Not long after, everyone invited came.
When everyone saw Li Xiaolin, they naturally exchanged greetings. They hugged each other and punched each other. It was lively for a long time.
By the time everyone calmed down, the sky was gradually getting dark.
The time of Shen has arrived.
Xiaolan couldn't help but stare at Qin Shaobai.
He was whispering something to Song Ci, and from the look in his eyes, he seemed to be her eldest brother Qin.
But Xiaolan was still worried. Just as she was about to think of a reason to send away the group of people who had just gathered together, she heard Wang Ping calling her softly outside the door.
Xiaolan walked over quickly, and Wang Ping said there was a middle-aged man outside the door looking for her.
When Wang Ping said this, his eyes were full of doubts.
"Maybe the tea set I ordered has arrived." Xiaolan explained, "That person should be the owner of Nanxi Tea House."
When Wang Ping heard this, he immediately relaxed his eyebrows and said, "No wonder, I think that person is very familiar! Her tea is indeed delicious."
Ever since Qin Shaobai told Xiaolan that Wang Ping was from Concubine Li, Xiaolan had been wary of Wang Ping, so she had room to do whatever she said.
In this regard, Qin Shaobai is completely different.
Qin Shaobai felt that Wang Ping was here to protect Zhao Bai, just like the two girls, one white and one purple, they were his own family, so there was nothing to guard against.
Sure enough, when Xiaolan walked out of the government office gate, she saw Nanxi waiting quietly under the tree.
Nanxi didn't say much, just gave Xiaolan a letter and gave Xiaolan a message from Duan Zhilan, asking Xiaolan to be more careful about Mei Wude.
Xiaolan twitched her brows.
From what she knew about her mother, her mother hated writing and leaving letters the most in her life.
If her mother had not encountered something that had to be dealt with, she would rather come to her and tell her personally what was written in the letter.
"Brother Nanxi, my mother is gone again? There is nothing particularly difficult."
Seeing Nan Xi shaking his head and looking normal, Xiaolan felt relieved for a while.
When I opened the letter, I saw that it was really written by her mother, Mrs. Wei, who was extremely elegant, in small regular script.
Her mother said that she had just gone to track down the five people who were behaving suspiciously in Wangxianglou and found that those people were actually related to the Mongols. Their stronghold was in an abandoned hut at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain. The people inside seemed to be those five people.
The leader of men.
The letter also said that she was going to find out who was in the house, but she saw Maywood riding a fast horse.
She originally thought that Mei Wu De would enter the house, so that she could know whether Mei Wu De was the person Xiao Lan guessed.
However, Mei Wude rode a horse and circled around the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and finally stopped at the old site of the official kiln.
The letter ended here, and it didn't explain what Mei Wude was doing at the old government office site.
Xiaolan held the letter in her hand and with a slight exertion, the letter was crushed into pieces and fell under the big tree.
Xiaolan kicked a few more pieces of soil over with her feet, covering all the pieces of paper, and then raised her head to look at Nanxi.
"What did my mother say before she left?"
"My master stayed there for a long time and didn't see any new progress from Mr. Mei, so he returned to the tea house and wrote this letter to you, young master, and then said that he had something important to do and had to leave for a day or two.
, and left."
Nan Xi spread his hands and shrugged.
Xiaolan smiled, but her heart was getting more and more worried.
Her mother, obviously, encountered something while tracking, and that matter must be very important, important enough that she could leave Xiaolan and leave Lin'an.
After seeing Nan Xi off, Xiaolan returned to the living room with the new tea set brought by Nan Xi.
The men stood quietly.
Standing at the very back were the Sixth Prince and Qin Shaobai, with a schematic diagram in front of them.
"Okay, let's just prepare like this." Qin Shaobai said, "It's getting late. I'll ask Xiaolan to book a table at Wangxiang Building. Let's just clean up Mr. Li's dust, okay?"
Xiaolan wanted to take a look at the schematic diagram on the table, but Qin Shaobai put the diagram on the stove and turned it into ashes in an instant.
When everyone heard that they were going to Wangxianglou, they were very excited. They said that Wangxianglou had recently launched new dishes and it was worth trying.
But Li Xiaolin waved his hands repeatedly, saying that there were still a lot of things about the escort agency, and then said mysteriously: "The women at home haven't seen me for several months, and they must miss me. I have to take care of myself these days.
To accompany them, you have to pay the public food."
"Mr. Li, is the government urging everyone to pay for public grains recently? Is it rice or corn?"
Bai Ruxue, who was standing outside the door, stopped Li Xiaolin who had already stepped out, and couldn't help but ask.
Li Xiaolin's face turned red when he was asked. Before he could squeeze out a laugh out of embarrassment, the whole room was already filled with laughter.
"Little girl, what do you know?" Li Xiaolin knocked on Bai Ruxue's head, "Let Master Qin marry you off, and then you will know what it means to pay public food."
Bai Ruxue understood now, her handsome face turned red with embarrassment, she hid her face and rushed out.
Everyone laughed more heartily, and Song Ci took the opportunity to pull Qin Shaobai to his side and stuffed a piece of paper in his hand.
At this moment, the Sixth Prince turned around and faced Qin Shaobai.
Qin Shaobai was startled and squeezed the note in his hand tightly, but there was still a trace of embarrassment on his face that was not good at pretending.
However, the Sixth Prince seemed not to notice, and while calling Fei Yu to fetch the horse, he said to Qin Shaobai:
"Shaobai, you should make good preparations in the past few days. Mr. Song and I will also go to see if there is anything we can prepare more securely. I'll see you at the government office in three days."
With that said, the Sixth Prince was about to walk out. Before he had taken two steps, he turned back and said, "Master Song, what, don't you need to go back and pay the public food?"
Xiaolan burst out laughing, making Song Ci laugh until her face turned red. She quickly said, "Wait for me," and pushed the Sixth Prince out.
The two of them were pushing and shoving, chatting and laughing, and left the government office gate.
"Brother Qin, what did Lord Song say?" As soon as Song Ci and the others left, Xiaolan closed the door and asked with concern.
Qin Shaobai unfolded the note in his hand, and the words "Don't force it" were written on it.
"What do you mean?" Qin Shaobai asked Xiaolan and found that Xiaolan's eyes were full of worry.