The young man waited until Lu Tao and Peony entered the courtyard, poked his head out and looked twice in the alleyway, then turned around and closed the door of the yard, blocking everything outside the door, including the wind that spread along the alleyway.

"Tell me, what do you want to tell us?"

The young man tugged at the clothes on his body: "Let's talk about it first, this news is not free." ”

Peony took out a money bag from his arms, and took out half a piece of glittering silver from the money bag: "Is so much enough?"

"Enough is enough!" said the young man, reaching out and grabbing the silver in Peony's hand.

As soon as Peony turned his hand, he put away the silver in his hand: "You tell the news first, and I'll give it to you when I'm done." ”

The young man reluctantly glanced at Peony's right hand again, the piece of silver that was not much big was pinched by Peony in his hand, a few seconds later, the young man refocused on Lu Tao and Peony, he took half a step back, and said, "You are here to find Grandpa Xu, right? I saw you enter the innermost courtyard." ”

Lu Tao nodded: "That's right, so you know ......"

"I know who kidnapped Grandpa Xu!" Before the young man could finish speaking, he took his words.

Lu Tao: "......"

I don't know if it's an illusion, Lu Tao always feels that he has been interrupted a little too often recently, is it because he looks too easy-going?!

"Oh?" Peony didn't care about Lu Tao's emotions at all, she took half a step forward and asked the young man, "Who are they?"

The young man continued to stare at Peony's right hand, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "It's Marquis Xue in the west of the city, although they wrapped themselves tightly when they came, but I used to be a groom in Marquis Xue for a while, and there was a person's voice in it that I remembered, and recognized it. ”

“...... Marquis Xue in the west of the city ...... "Peony opened the folding fan in his hand and fanned it slowly: "I remember...... They seem to control some of the rats in the city, if the Xue family knows that it is you who are high-secret, I'm afraid you won't be able to please you at all, you are not afraid of those guys?"

The young man still stared at Peony's hand holding half a piece of silver, and said impatiently: "Two sons, since I have already told you the answer, the transaction between us should be completed, it doesn't matter what I do, can you?

Peony shook his head: "How do I know that you are not digging a pit for us? You also said that you originally fed the horses for the Xue family and betrayed the main family, once people know about it, I am afraid that no one will hire you anymore." But...... Don't worry, as long as you answer my question, I'll give you this half of the silver, and ......"

Taking out another half piece of silver from the bag of silver, Peony put it together with the half of the palm of his hand, "And, if you answer well, I will give you this half as well, how about it?"

The young man swallowed his saliva, and with some difficulty took his eyes off the two and a half pieces of silver in Peony's hand, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "...... My mother was sick, I invited someone to come and see, but it turned out to be a quack, not only did not cure my mother's illness, but it became more serious, my mother could still get out of bed, but now she can't even get out of bed, I want to scrape together some money to invite Imperial Doctor Chen in the east of the city to see a doctor, but I heard that Imperial Doctor Chen's consultation fee is very expensive, and I didn't sell all the chickens and ducks at home to make up enough, well, that's probably the reason, so as long as you give me money, I can sell you any news. ”

After a pause, the young man seemed to feel that maybe what he said at the moment was still not enough, and added: "I did feed the horses in the Xue family, but the Xue family is quite harsh on us who are not born in the family, not only the food is no different from pig food, but even the monthly money has to be deducted in a different way every month, so I came out, there are many people who don't want to stay in the Xue family like me, and I am not the only one......"

Peony nodded: "I see, then I will believe you, give it to you." ”

As he spoke, Peony handed the two pieces of silver in his hand to the young man, the young man's eyes lit up, and he reached out to grab the silver in Peony's hand, but Peony withdrew his hand and let the young man grab it: "Do you like that girl in Xiaoyun?"

The young man froze in place, his face turned red, and he seemed to be rightly told by Peony.

"Hahaha!" Peony covered half of his face with a fan, hahaha laughed, and then put the silver in his hand into the young man's hand, turned around and pushed the door open.

"Let's go. ”

"Good. ”

Lu Tao nodded and followed behind Peony, leaving only the young man who reacted behind him but still didn't know why to stand in the courtyard.

......

"How do you know that he likes Xiao Yun?" Out of the alley, Lu Tao couldn't help but ask, "Also, what is the situation of the Xue family?"

"First question. Peony raised his index finger: "That's what I guessed, when he said Grandpa Xu, the concern that flashed in his eyes didn't look fake, but in the eyes of concern, there was also a certain sense of anxiety, although if he really had a deep relationship with Uncle Xu, this anxiety would be reasonable, but I thought it would be too boring if it was like this, so I guessed if this kid likes Uncle Xu's granddaughter Xiao Yun, you should also be able to see that Xiao Yun is definitely a beauty when she grows up." ”

After a pause, Peony raised his second middle finger again: "The second question, since this matter was done by the Xue family, I can help, but I still need to go back to the palace, if I don't put the princess's guard of honor out, the Xue family will not pay attention to it, fortunately, I just got a set of princess guard of honor from my father, I originally thought I would never use it." ”

Lu Tao remembered that Peony once said that because she lacked the means to attack, she might not be able to help in rescuing Miss Hong Bingying, but she didn't know why she suddenly became able to help, maybe she saw Lu Tao's doubts, Peony waved her hand and explained: " The Xue family is different from other nobles, all their net worth is given by the royal family, and the other nobles, although they are also divided by the royal family, are more or less inextricably linked with the group of guys who stand up as princes outside, but the Xue family is different, as long as the royal family speaks, the Xue family will fall apart, and there will be nothing left. ”

Lu Tao nodded: "In this case, it's best, then let's go back quickly!"

Peony nodded: "Of course." ”

At the place where he was about to arrive at the palace, Peony led Lu Tao into the room on one side, and then the two of them changed into eunuch clothes with them, and soon, two handsome little eunuchs appeared in the room.

...... Oh, it's wrong, it should be a handsome little eunuch, Lu Tao knows that in his own opinion, he can't be called handsome anyway, at most he can see it.

After doing all this, Peony turned around again, turned to the back of a small courtyard, knocked on the door, and a person dressed as the same eunuch opened the door, on the other side, there was also a eunuch standing, Peony showed a wooden card, the eunuch saluted respectfully: "My lord, what do you need me to do?"

Peony put away the wooden sign: "Let Ge Hong come to see me, just say that Peony is looking for him." ”

The eunuch who had seen the wooden sign nodded: "Yes! Please wait a moment!"

With that, he went inside with small, fast steps.

Lu Tao glanced at Peony and asked, "What is this going to do?" Who is Ge Hong you are talking about?"

"Ge Hong is a eunuch, one of the great eunuchs in charge of purchasing outside the palace, I need him to bring the two of us in, don't worry, he is my man. ”

As soon as Peony's words fell, two footsteps sounded from the direction of the courtyard, and a rather fat eunuch ran out with his two short and thick legs, and the fat on his body had been trembling up and down with his movements, as if stirring up layers of waves.

"Gong ...... Peony...... My lord!"

The fat eunuch came to Peony, panting and bowing his waist: "Lord Peony, I don't know what you command?"

Peony nodded: "Ge Hong, you are a little tired, take the two of us into the palace." ”

"Don't be tired, don't be tired! What's more, it's such a trivial matter! Lord Peony, let's go!" The fat eunuch Ge Hong glanced at the two eunuchs who were standing still behind him, not squinting, and motioned for them to close the door.

"Okay, let's go. ”

Peony walked in front, and the fat eunuch Ge Hong followed behind Peony, and in this moment, a layer of oil sweat appeared on the fat eunuch's face, probably because he had just run too fiercely, and a layer of sweat began to soak out of his chest and back, making the color of his clothes much darker.

This place is not far from the palace, and when he was almost at the palace, Peony stopped: "Ge Hong, I'll get rid of you next." ”

"Don't worry, princess, I'll do this!"

After speaking, Ge Hong raised his waist, which had been arched, and looked much taller in an instant, Lu Tao and Peony followed behind, looking like two followers.

Lu Tao lowered his head slightly as he learned from the peony, and could only see the heels of the fat eunuch Ge Hong, and the bluestones on the ground, which were originally a little messy, slowly turned into neatly arranged green bricks.

Sure enough, a moment later, the fat eunuch Ge Hong stopped, Lu Tao looked forward with his spare eyes, and there were four people standing outside the door of the palace's royal forest army, a total of four people surrounded this small door.

The fat eunuch Ge Hong stretched out his hand and took out a wooden sign from his arms, shook it casually in front of the Imperial Forest Army guarding the door, and was about to go inside.