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The letter paper turned to ashes and mixed with the tea, leaving no trace.

Gu Jialuo sat cross-legged on the Luohan bed, staring blankly at the sewage in the tea bowl, but his brain was already spinning rapidly.

Counting the time, Qi Jinzhi was already on the way, and he could arrive at the Annan Mansion before dark.

The birthday banquet of the palace is the day after tomorrow, and before that, Qi Jinzhi and the guests should be safe.

What she has to do now is to notify Qi Jinzhi as soon as possible, and try her best to mobilize people to Annan for reinforcements.

The question is, how should she notify Qi Jinzhi?

You must know that the spy is by his side, if one is not done well, Gu Jialuo's secret letter will fall into the hands of the spy, and the spy dog will jump over the wall in a hurry, and Qi Jinzhi will be even more dangerous.

Another one, the county government has less than 100 people, Gu Jialuo can't send everyone out, everyone is gone, what should the county town do?

The Ma family is still eyeing it, and according to Qi Jinzhi's speculation, if the royal birthday banquet is really a Hongmen banquet, the royal palace wants to persecute and lure officials to rebel at the birthday banquet, and there must be measures to match it.

For example, while coercing officials, the royal government will also send troops to besiege several important prefectures and counties, and control all channels and communications that can transmit information and escape from the country.

Although Usa is small, it is the main road to Shuixi, and Shuixi is an important hub of the three places in the southwest, not to mention that Shuixi is also entrenched in the large camp of the imperial court.

Qi Jinzhi once deduced that he was the master of the palace, and if he was allowed to rebel, his first target would be Wusa and Shuixi.

Therefore, before Qi Jinzhi left, he not only left half of the guards, but also Gu Jialuo.

Meng Fu and Zhou Wenyuan are certainly capable, but in the end, they are outsiders, and the Qi family's guards and secret agents hidden in the market will definitely not buy their accounts.

Gu Jialuo is different, she and Qi Jin are one body, share weal and sorrow with him, and successfully impress the Qi family with their performance in recent months, once something happens in the county, Gu Jialuo comes out to preside over the overall situation, and the Qi family's forces in the open and in the dark will help her.

Therefore, Gugaro and the guards could not leave casually, otherwise Usa would not be protected.

And even if Qi Jinzhi can escape from the Annan Palace, he has no place to stay, and without Wusa as a base and support, he has no strength and possibility to counterattack.

Gu Jialuo bit his lower lip, and thought about these over and over again several times in his mind, but he still couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

The sun is shifting to the west, and the light in the room is dimming.

"Grandma, it's not too early, do you think it's time for dinner?"

Ziwei stood under the porch with her hands in her hands, and the embarrassed cook repeatedly asked for help, and then she walked in cautiously and whispered.

Gu Jialuo suddenly came back to his senses, looked up at the sky, and found that he had been sitting in the room all afternoon.

Immediately afterwards, she found that after not moving for a long time, her legs were wooden, and she just wanted to lift her legs down, but her body was crooked, and she almost fell on the Luohan bed.

Ziwei hurriedly stepped forward to help her, "Grandma, are you okay?" ”

Gu Jia Luo Sisi gasped and pointed to her numb legs, "I've been sitting for a long time, and my legs are numb." ”

Ziwei helped Gu Jialuo sit up, dragged a pillow behind her, and then helped Gu Jialuo rub her legs.

After massaging a few times, Gu Jialuo felt the blood flowing in his legs, turned his ankles, and said, "Okay, it's okay, you help me down for a walk, and let someone set the meal by the way." ”

Ziwei agreed, carefully carried Gu Jialuo off the kang, and slowly paced in the hall.

Ziwei glanced at Gu Jialuo's face and asked tentatively, "Grandma, but what's going on in Jingzhong?" ”

Just now, she clearly heard Liu Hu say 'Jingzhong urgent letter', and then Gu Jialuo sat in the room alone, no matter how she looked at it, it seemed that something big had happened.

Xu was too stimulated by the news of the 'spies', and he was worried that the 'secret agents' and 'ghost detectives' of the Annan Palace's palace would be elusive, Gu Jialuo was extremely sensitive at this time, and he couldn't help but be suspicious of the people who served around him.

Can't blame her for being suspicious, even the servants of the Qi family are 'anti-water', none of the slaves and maids she uses now are henchmen who grew up with her, even the most secure Ziwei, who has been with her for less than two years.

In the past, when Ziwei asked this, Gu Jialuo would feel that she was caring about herself and wanted to help her solve her worries.

But at this moment, Gu Jialuo couldn't help but doubt: Okay, why does Ziwei want to spy on her own heart? There's something wrong with her.

Gu Jialuo tried to control herself not to think so, but she just couldn't help it.

At this moment, a slight sound of footsteps sounded outside, and Gu Jialuo breathed a sigh of relief, "Who's outside?" ”

Ziwei's attention was also diverted, but she still thoughtfully helped Gu Jialuo to sit back on the Luohan bed first.

"Grandma, someone sent a message in front of you."

The one who came in was a little maid, who usually worked as an errand in the inner courtyard, specializing in some errands and messengers.

Gu Jialuo asked, "Who is it?" Why did he visit his uncle? ”

The little maid didn't say that it was the female dependents who submitted the worship post, and Gu Jialuo subconsciously thought that the other party was here to ask to see Qi Jinzhi.

"The person who came just said that his surname was Xiao, and he was from the capital,"

The little maid replied respectfully: "However, he didn't come to see the uncle, but wanted to meet the grandmother." ”

Gu Jialuo frowned, "He wants to see me?" ”

I have already begun to mutter: surname Xiao? From the capital? By the way, does she know such a person?

"Is that man a man or a woman? How old is it? Gu Jialuo continued to ask.

Suddenly, she remembered something, and she said again: "By the way, what about the post?" Show it to me. ”

The little maid didn't know how to answer her master's question, because she didn't know what the grandmother asked.

After hearing the last sentence, she hurriedly took out a red and gold prayer post from her bosom and raised her hands above her head.

Ziwei hurriedly came over and picked up the prayer post, and then sent it to Gu Jialuo.

Gu Jialuo didn't rush to open it, but first carefully looked at this slightly luxurious worship post.

Well, the red is sprinkled with gold, the paper is also a good rice paper, and there are exquisite dark lines on the front, which shows that the owner of the worship post is a person with some origins.

That person's surname is Xiao, and this surname is a little subtle.

Gu Jialuo opened the prayer post, and what caught his eye was a line of indulgent and free-flowing books.

Consciously, this person did not use the stable regular script of the end side to write the worship post, nor did he use the thin gold book that is quite sought after by the current scholars, nor did he use the official Tai Cabinet style of Daqi, but used the line of writing between the free and easy and the end side.

Looking at the power of the pen, Gu Jialuo concluded that this person must be a man.

Looking at his calligraphy, Gu Jialuo speculated that he should not be very old, at least he had practiced calligraphy for no more than 30 years. I am about 35 or 6 years old or above.

Putting all the information together, Gugaro concluded that she didn't recognize the person.

But what made Gu Jialuo curious was that this person's prayer post was inexplicably familiar between the lines, as if he was very familiar with Gu Jialuo.

“…… Is it another mess left by the 'tenants'? ”

Gu Jialuo narrowed his eyes, secretly became a little wary, thought for a long time, and then said slowly: "I don't know this person, now that the uncle is not in the mansion, it is not easy to see strangers, you go and ask what is the matter with that person?" If it's really urgent, I can help, but if it's okay, I'll ask him to go back first, and when the uncle comes back in a few days, I can invite him into the house for tea. ”

The little maid repeated Gu Jialuo's instructions, and only after there was no problem did she respectfully retreat.

Gu Jialuo flexed his fingers and unconsciously knocked on the table, trying to rummage through the memory fragments left by the 'tenant' in his mind, but he never found any middle-aged man surnamed Xiao.

Ziwei squirmed her lower lip, but she still held back, just then she felt Gu Jialuo's alienation from her, although she didn't know why, but out of caution, she still chose to be silent.

After a while, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and just listening to the sound, it could be inferred that the man outside was running in a hurry, even with a little haste.

Gu Jialuo frowned, the descendants of the Qi family have always behaved, even if they are in a remote and wild place, they still follow the etiquette and rules of the capital, and it is rare for such a faux pas to occur.

"Big, big grandma,"

The person who came was still a talented little maid, I saw her panting and running into the door, ignoring the sweat and chaotic breath, and said anxiously: "The person in front of me is so rude, he actually said something 'I'm afraid that in a few days, your uncle won't be able to come back'!" ”

Although the little maid felt that the person outside was arrogant and rude, for some reason, there was always a sense of fear in her heart, and she always felt that what the person said was not nonsense. That's why she came back at a trot to report.

Gu Jialuo's heart chuckled, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his arms and legs, "What? He—Did he really say that? ”

The little maid snorted and panted, unable to answer clearly for a while, and only nodded vigorously.

Gu Jialuo swallowed, "Let him come in, in addition, let Liu Hu bring a few guards over, don't let people see it, just quietly surround the courtyard." ”

No matter who the surname Xiao was, Gu Jialuo would not let him go easily.

……

However, it was said that Qi Jinzhi and the others galloped all the way, and before the sky darkened, they finally entered Xin'an County, where the Annan Palace, was located.

As soon as he entered the city gate of Xin'an County, he was greeted by the attendants of the palace.

The first one was a person who looked like a steward, thirty or forty years old, born dark and thin, and his facial features were quite characteristic of the native people of Annam. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was really fluent in the official dialect of the southwest, and his salute was quite regular: "Dare to ask the nobleman is Lord Qi of Wusa County?" ”

Qi Jinzhi raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, the Annan Mansion is really well prepared, and even his small county order is so 'important'.

Qi Jinzhi sat on the horse reservedly, bowing his head slightly, "A certain Qi Jinzhi was invited to come to the palace to celebrate the birthday of the old lady." ”

The steward hurriedly smiled and said: "Oh, our prince has heard of Lord Qi's name a long time ago, and he said a few months ago that he wanted to invite you over to have a glass of wine and chat, but Lord Qi is busy with government affairs, and the prince is afraid that he will delay the adult's business, so he will give up." Now that Lord Qi is here, the prince will be happy, and please come with the little one. ”

So saying, the steward came forward to take the reins of the firm.

Qi Jinzhi raised his hand, straightened the reins, and politely refused: "The palace holds a birthday banquet, and everything must be complicated, Qi is not easy to disturb, so let's go to the post station first." When it was the right day, Qi went to pay homage to the old lady, and asked the prince to forgive me! ”

I didn't even give any affection.

Qi Jinzhi did this, there is also a reason, the Annan palace has different intentions, the birthday banquet of the day after tomorrow is called Congratulations, in fact, the sword is pointed at the southwest officials, this is an established fact, even if Qi Jinzhi is polite to the palace now, the other party will still start when he changes his hand.

Since this is the case, Qi Jinzhi did not want to be false and wronged, so he simply made his position clear and used practical actions to show his distrust and rejection of the Annan Palace.

Maybe if you let him make such a fuss, there will be an unexpected gain.

However, what was surprising was that the steward was not angry, as if he did not feel the indifference around Qi Jinzhi, and was still humble and polite, "Lord Qi is a distinguished guest, the prince has already commanded, no matter what you want, the palace will do its best to meet it." ”

This is said to sound very polite on the surface, but in fact, it is also ironic Qi Jinzhi's 'guest bully': You are a little county order, and the prince is kind enough to promote you, but you don't know what to do, you are really a villain who can't be on the stage.

The steward dodged and pushed aside, stretched out an arm to guide forward, "Lord Qi, please, the little one will send you to the post house." ”

When he arrived at the post house, he must make arrangements for his life, so that this surnamed Qi would know what it means to be 'at home'.

Qi Jin's eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "There is labor!" ”

The group followed the steward of the palace and walked slowly for a quarter of an hour to a secluded place in the south of the city.

Several people dressed in errand clothes were chatting together leisurely, and they were surprised to see Qi Jinzhi and others coming.

Yicheng was the first to greet him.

Before he could speak, Guan said in advance: "This is Lord Qi of Wusa County, who is here to attend the birthday of the old concubine, and is a distinguished guest of the palace, so you will definitely serve you well." ”

Yi Cheng's small eyes were dripping and turning, and he had already looked Qi Jinzhi up and down, and after listening to the words of the steward, he hurriedly hugged his fist, "The little one has seen Lord Qi, Lord Qi has worked hard all the way, and the little one has ordered someone to prepare hot water and meals, but the conditions of the post house are limited, if there is any neglect, please forgive me." ”

Qi Jinzhi bowed slightly, "There is labor!" ”

After that, he turned his head to look at the steward and said: "It's hard work, I'll wait for this to stay in the post house, and ask the steward to return to the palace, and thank the prince for his kindness." ”

The steward smiled with his eyebrows, waved his hand again and again, and said 'don't dare', and then told the post keeper a few words, and solemnly said goodbye to Qi Jin, and then led a few small guys out of the post house.

The post officer ordered the messengers to send the steward out, and he nodded and led Qi Jinyi and the pedestrian into the guest room.

As soon as Qi Jinzhi and the others entered the city, a group of people dressed in national costumes came to the gate of the city, but the first one was a young and pretty girl.

Like Qi Jinzhi, she ignored the warm invitation of the palace steward, and insisted on going to the inn, if the inn couldn't stay, she simply went to the inn.

Several middle-aged men behind her showed helpless expressions, and their eyes were full of apologies when they looked at the steward, as if to say: I'm sorry, the children at home are willful, please bear with me!

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