Bai Xiangru nodded and said, "I think it should be like this." ”

Li Le continued: "At present, there are two detection directions, one is urgent and the other is slow, and the two of them will help me with the staff." Yesterday, the small table told me that when I went out of the city and arrested Ding Liang, on his way back to the palace, he met a father-in-law surnamed Wu, whose whereabouts were very suspicious, and it seemed that he was waiting for him there, as if he wanted to find out his whereabouts. The small table was suspicious, and this Gonggong Wu might have something to do with those people. ”

"This urgency, I think, should be stared at that Wu Gonggong closely, stared to death, and even directly secretly arrested and tortured, presumably something useful should be able to get something useful out of his mouth. After all, the leader or leader of this group must be a eunuch. Although Gonggong Wu may only be a marginal figure, he should know more than the people in the rivers and lakes who are developing on the periphery. ”

Mo Xichao thought for a while and said, "That slow, it's Xingyunzhuang?"

Li Le said: "Yes, Xingyunzhuang." Since they want to do something, and they are still doing things on Long Xiaoyun, they will definitely make some moves. Tomorrow evening, sister-in-law and Xiaoyun will set off to return to Baoding Mansion, and I have arranged for Yun Nuoyi to follow. This latent work is a long process, and it is not advisable to startle the snake at the moment, otherwise the line will be broken. So, it's a reprieve and that's a reprieve ”

Bai Xiangru said: "The old man thinks that if it is not as urgent as Gonggong Wu, how about it also become a delay?"

Mo Xichao and Li Le looked at him at the same time and asked, "Please make it clear to Mr. Xiangru." ”

Bai Xiangru said: "Although it has been determined that the leader of that group of people must be related to the eunuchs, but there may not be any useful clues on Gonggong Wu, arrest him, or keep an eye on him too closely, that group of people will definitely notice, and when the time comes, a gecko will break its tail, but the gains outweigh the losses." It's better to still follow the strategy of Xingyunzhuang, observe secretly, see who he is close to, and then follow the vine, there will definitely be unexpected gains. ”

Li Le nodded, a little unwilling, always feeling that this was too slow, and then turned his eyes to look at Mo Xichao and asked, "What does Xichao think?"

Mo Xichao said: "But, in this way, it is good to use both prongs, and you can always catch their tails." ”

Li Le sighed regretfully and said, "It seems that this is the only way to go." ”

This group of people has almost become his heart disease, and the inexplicable and wonderful encounter is enough.

shook his head, threw away those emotions, and said, "There is one more thing, you two will help you think about it." On the day of the Supreme Birthday Banquet, Lin Weizhong inexplicably drank a glass of wine with me......"

After finishing the scene of the day, Li Le waited for the staff officers of the two.

Mo Xichao frowned, and couldn't think of Lin Weizhong's purpose for a while, and after half a sound, he said: "This kind of old fox in the court is the most difficult to deal with, if it is as General Ye said, it may be killed, then it is completely unnecessary." If this move is implemented after the crown prince ascends the throne, it may make the prince suspicious, but at this time, it seems a little redundant. ”

Li Le nodded and said, "That's right, it's completely useless, what kind of chess is this old fox playing?"

When the two of them were pondering here, Bai Xiangru laughed and said, "You always like to think badly about people." That's true, but it doesn't have to be everything. ”

Li Le and Mo Xichao looked at him at the same time and said, "Please solve your doubts Mr. Xiangru." ”

Bai Xiangru was holding a wisdom pearl, gently patted his palm with a folding fan, and said, "Prime Minister Lin's move has two meanings. First, he plans to show favor to the third prince, he thinks that the third prince will definitely enter the court in the future, and he plans to join forces with the third prince to jointly squeeze out the Beitang side. Next, even if the third prince and Su Lin fought the law, at that time, the foundation of the third prince was too shallow, presumably Su Lin had the upper hand, and he was the most unlucky, at least he could maintain an equal situation. ”

Hearing this, Li Le smiled contemptuously and said, "The court, who has the heart to roll into that muddy puddle? ”

Mo Xichao asked, "What about the second reason?"

Bai Xiangru said: "Second, on the night of the capture of plum blossom thieves in the capital, the losses of the Surin Party members were not small. Prime Minister Lin was cautious and planned to use the supreme's birthday banquet to make the third prince lose a little ugliness, at least to make him feel more comfortable. ”

Li Le Nahan said, "Can't you, right? Prime Minister Lin Weizhong, would do this kind of thing?"

Bai Xiangru said with a smile: "Big people are also people, and there are times when they are cautious." It's nothing to do this kind of thing. ”

Li Le and Mo Xichao glanced at each other, and they couldn't believe it in each other's eyes. The dignified Prime Minister, will he be so tasteless?

But at this moment, there was a Xuanyi outside the door and said: "Grand Governor, the Zhang guards in your mansion are here, saying that there are some things to be transferred to the Grand Governor." ”

Li Le hummed and said, "Let Brother Zhang come in." ”

Xuanyi collared the order.

Not long after, Zhang Chunde entered the chamber, holding a mahogany box in his hand, and after coming in, he saluted Bai Xiangru and Mo Xichao, said a few polite words, and then said to Li Le with a smile: "Third son, this is the prince of Anle sent someone to the house at noon today, saying that it is a return gift to the third prince." ”

Li Le smiled and said, "Brother Zhang has worked hard. ”

Standing up, he walked over and took the box, opened it directly, and saw that there were more than a dozen contracts inside, as well as a stack of large-denomination gold bills. At the top is a letter.

Seeing this, Li Le smiled even more happily, didn't care about the others, opened the letter first, and saw that it read:

Brother Zhi'an:

Seeing the words as faces, the gift of the virtuous brother, I have received it. The gift is too thick, and I am really ashamed to accept it. Take this mundane thing as a gift in return, don't shirk.

The foolish brother will return to the south soon, and the Peace Society will also accompany me. The road is long, thousands of miles apart, and I don't know when I will be able to meet with Brother Zhi'an again. Reluctant, this parting, the foolish brother will no longer come to Beijing in recent years, if you know that Brother An Xian has time, you can come to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Yu will sweep the couch to greet you.

Signed: Zhao is uneasy.

After reading the letter, Li Le burst out laughing. said: "It seems that the big man really has a careful eye, Mr. Xiangru is right." ”

Mo Xichao took a sip of tea and said, "But the son of An Le admitted defeat?"

Li Le nodded and said: "Sort of, 100,000 taels of gold, two shipping routes, and the sale and purchase of the Ping An Society in the capital have all been transferred, and the Ping An Society has since withdrawn from the capital." This income is really expensive, enough for Xuanyi to develop for a while, but he is very unconvinced, thinking that the capital is my home field, and he has a lot of inconvenience, so he wants to ask me to Hangzhou to compete again. ”

……

April 24

Appropriate: travel, marry, and marriage

Don't: Breaking ground, burial, digging wells

early morning

Windy

The carriage of the Anle Mansion slowly drove away from the capital.

When it came, hundreds of big carriages were amazing, and the people of the capital were all looking sideways, and they were all sighing at the great fortune of this gentleman in the south.

When he left, there were only a dozen carriages, which were unusually thin, no different from an ordinary rich man.

The carriage slowly drove away from the city gate, Zhao Buxing opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the city gate for a long time, after that, he sighed unwillingly, put down the curtain, and sat in the carriage to close his eyes and recuperate.

I'm really unwilling, Jue Gongzi, let's meet again in the future.

……

On the same day that Zhao left the capital.

Noon

There were forty or fifty carriages parked in front of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, except for a few for the host's family, the others were gifts for Lin Wanqing's homecoming. It is full of everything, and if you calculate it carefully, I am afraid that there will be a price of seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver.

Lin Wanqing, the wife of Xingyunzhuang, who has been in the capital for more than a month and nearly two months, took her son Long Xiaoyun today and prepared to return to Xingyunzhuang, Baoding Mansion.

Lin Shiyin was naturally reluctant, walked in front with Lin Wanqing, held each other's hands, and said: "Brother Long is really, isn't my sister allowed to stay for a few more days? What's so good about going back to the broken place in Baoding Mansion, I haven't lived enough for so many years? You and my sister are getting along well, but leaving at this time makes people panic when they think about it." ”

Lin Wanqing patted her hand lightly and said, "It's not that my husband is jumping me back, he sent a letter the day before yesterday, just to ask me if Xiaoyun and I are used to living here, and if I want to send some more people to serve." It's my sister, I can't rest assured that I can't go down the house, that Zhuangzi, if there is no housekeeper's wife, maybe what will happen to the chaos. ”

Lin Shiyin said angrily: "You still speak for him? Ask if you want to send someone over to serve me again, isn't this a sweep of my sister's face? If this is a big Jing'an Hou Mansion, there are still fewer people to serve my sister? Do you believe me or what? This man doesn't have a good thing, and I can't see our sisters close." ”

Lin Wanqing said with a smile: "My sister thinks too much, presumably my husband is also thinking about Xiaoyun, and his heart is very worried, so he sent someone to deliver the letter, it really didn't mean that." ”

Lin Shiyin hated iron and said: "Sister, you, just favor him......"

The two were talking in front, and Li Le took Long Xiaoyun's hand and slowly followed behind, keeping a distance from them.

Handily handed a package to Long Xiaoyun and said, "Na, I'll give it to you." ”

Long Xiaoyun took it suspiciously and asked, "Third uncle, what is this?"

Li Le said: "A black windbreaker is exactly the same as the one on my third uncle, made according to your figure." ”

Long Xiaoyun's face immediately showed a look of joy, and he couldn't wait to open it and take a look, but he still held back and asked, "So, Xiaoyun is now half a Xuanyi?"

Li Le nodded with a smile and said, "Naturally, your first step has already passed. ”

Long Xiaoyun lowered his head a little discouraged and said, "But I didn't do anything, I just helped the third uncle organize the documents." ”

Li Le said: "It seems that you haven't done anything, but you have already done a lot." ”

Long Xiaoyun said aggrievedly: "I still want to help the third uncle catch the plum blossom thief, but you don't take me with you." My mother and second aunt didn't let me run around, so it was really boring. ”