"Who?!"

"Who?!"

Jiao Xiang and Mu Fan stood up almost at the same time and rushed towards the door. Mu Fan was worried that Jiao Xiang's pretending to be sick would be heard by someone with a heart, and he would be in trouble. Although the city lord is not stupid, he will definitely feel that Jiao Xiang's illness came too coincidentally, but feeling that it is not the same thing as catching it. If he is really caught by Bao Yuan, he will definitely be embarrassed everywhere in the future. After all, inspecting this matter is so urgent, Jiao Xiang will play tricks on him at this time and drop the chain, which will inevitably be unhappy.

What Jiao Xiang was worried about was what he had just said about Mu Fan buying contraband. If this matter gets out, it will cause great trouble.

Mu Fan, who was closer, took the lead in opening the door and rushed out with Jiao Xiang one after the other. When I looked closely, I saw a person standing stupidly next to the window, it was Meng Guang, who had served as the second line of defense in the small pavilion before. Originally, he obeyed Mrs. Wang's orders and continued to stick to his post. But the next person came to tell me that Master Cui was visiting.

This Master Cui is not simple, he is a close confidant of the city lord Bao Yuan, and his status is very high, Meng Guang naturally did not dare to be careless, so he specially came to report to Jiao Xiang.

Because there was no one to take care of in the main room, I thought that the two might be in the study. As soon as he walked to the windowsill, he heard Jiao Xiang's voice with a lot of confidence, driven by curiosity, Meng Guang did not make a report, but quietly stood by the window and eavesdropped. When he heard Jiao Xiang say that Mu Fan was related to the smuggler, he was suddenly startled, and hurriedly turned around and wanted to withdraw, but accidentally touched the flower pot on the windowsill.

At this time, seeing Mu Fan and Jiao Xiang rushing out, Meng Guang's face was as frightened as earth, his legs were weak, he knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Master, son, the little one didn't hear anything, didn't hear anything." ”

Seeing that the person who eavesdropped was Meng Guang, Jiao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he is an old man who has followed him for many years, and he still knows Meng Guang well. You should know the importance and don't go out and talk nonsense.

"Steward Meng, why are you here?" Jiao Xiang asked a little angrily.

"Master Cui is visiting, I specially came to inform the master." Meng Guang hurriedly replied.

"Didn't I already tell you, if a guest is visiting, you can push it, and if you can't push it, you will notify Mrs. first." Jiao Xiang said unhappily: "Not only did you not do what I asked, but you also stood outside the window and eavesdropped." Why, now there is not even this bit of proportion? ”

"The little one knows it's wrong." Meng Guang knew in his heart that in this situation, instead of lying in front of Jiao Xiang, it was better to admit his mistake happily, "Please rest assured, the little one didn't hear anything just now, and he won't go out to chew his tongue." ”

Seeing that Meng Guang was frightened and so knowledgeable, Mu Fan opened his mouth and said: "Master, Steward Meng is not an outsider, and I don't think he deliberately eavesdropped on our conversation, so let him be spared once." ”

What Meng Guangfang was most afraid of was that Mu Fan would not let him go, after all, he had followed Jiao Xiang for a long time, and Jiao Xiang would not embarrass him too much because of this matter. But Mu Fan is different, everything that has anything to do with smuggling, there is no trivial matter. And none of the people involved in smuggling are good at stubble. Now that he has heard such a big secret from Mu Fan, he can't tell what means he will use. But what Meng Guang didn't expect was that instead of embarrassing himself, Mu Fan pleaded for himself.

"Okay." Jiao Xiang looked at Meng Guang and said, "This time, for the sake of Xiao Fan's face, I will spare you." If you dare to go out and talk nonsense, see that I don't break your legs. ”

"Yes, yes, the little ones will never talk nonsense." Meng Guang hurriedly replied, "Thank you, master, thank you, son." ”

"Alright, get up." Jiao Xiang waved his hand to make Meng Guang stand up and asked, "You just said that Master Cui is visiting?" ”

"Yes, I'm waiting in the hall in the front yard." Meng Guang replied.

"Well, bring him here." Jiao Xiang paused and glanced at Meng Guang, "Do you know how to say it?" ”

"The master is suffering from the wind and cold, and he can't go out to greet guests." Meng Guang replied, "I'm tired of Master Cui coming to the main room in the backyard to see you." ”

"Go ahead." Jiao Xiang waved his hand and let Meng Guangzhi leave.

"Master, how long are you going to play this play?" Mu Fan asked with a smile.

"The officers of the expedition should arrive in three days, and they will stay in the city for five to ten days." Jiao Xiang said with a bitter face, "Alas, I can't go out to meet people for a while. ”

After the master and apprentice chatted in a hurry, Jiao Xiang went to the main room to make preparations. Mu Fan found the two girls, Rose and Xiaohe, and the two girls were very surprised to see Mu Fan.

Since Mrs. Wang removed the two of them as maids, she specially invited someone to teach them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and etiquette rules on various occasions, completely cultivating them as the eldest lady of the house. Although the two sides have only seen each other for a few days, Rose and Xiaohe have learned a lot of new things, and they have a little more bookish breath on their bodies.

Mu Fan gave the makeup mirror to the two girls and told them to keep it carefully so that they would not be seen by others. When the two girls saw themselves in the mirror, their reaction was not much better than that of Mrs. Wang. Especially Xiaohe, as soon as his frightened hand was released, the mirror fell down. Fortunately, Mu Fan's eyes were quick and he caught it.

After amusing the two girls for a while, Mu Fan left Jiaofu alone. According to his previous memories, he walked through the streets and alleys and came to the door of Shang Que's mansion. This time, in addition to completing the task, Mu Fan also had to explore some common small objects in the world, what kind of value they are here. And if you want to listen to these, Shang Que is undoubtedly the best candidate.

One is that the person is knowledgeable about contraband and has the ability to receive them. Second, since Jiao Xiang dared to bring himself to Shang Que to shoot a lighter last time, it shows that the relationship between Jiao Xiang and Shang Que is very iron. At least for the sake of Jiao Xiang's face, Shang Que will not deceive himself, let alone eat black.

So when he left last time, Mu Fan expected it to be today and deliberately wrote down the road.

Stepping up the steps, the nursing homes on both sides of the gate came forward, and asked respectfully: "This son, what are you doing?" ”

Jiao Xiang's visit will not be blocked, Mu Fan naturally can't do it, and replied slightly: "I'm tired of reporting to your master, just say Jiao Xiang, Master Jiao's little apprentice came to visit." ”

"Okay, please wait." The nursing home knew about Jiao Xiang, and after answering the sentence, he turned around and walked into the house.

According to Mu Fan's estimate, smart people like Shang Que must have known that their visit was related to smuggled goods. After all, there is no other communication between the two, and they have only done business once in this regard. Whether it is for the sake of Jiao Xiang's face or the face of smuggled goods, Shang Que has no reason not to see himself.

Sure enough, after about five minutes, the nursing home that had entered the report walked out quickly, and Shi Li said, "Childe, my lord is waiting for you in the back garden study, please come with me." ”

"Okay, I'm tired." Mu Fan nodded, followed the courtyard into the house, and walked to the back garden one after the other.