That night, Huo Qing and Shen Yan told Li Chengqi about their encounter with Wesley. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Chengqi judged: "Shen Zhizhou was upright when he was prime minister in the past, and I don't know how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials he will go to. He looked at Shen Yan and continued, "That Wesley wants you to pay for his father's life, it must have something to do with Ling Zun." ”

"But it doesn't look like he's here to take Miss Shen's life, it's more like a coincidence." Huo Qing said.

Li Chengmao thought for a while, and finally ordered: "Huo Huwei, you should help me inquire about the origin of this Weasley." ”

"I'll do it." Huo Qing said that he would retreat.

After Huo Qing left, Shen Yan tried Li Chengqi with a ghost: "Don't you also want to take my father's life to avenge my father, and vent the hatred that you and the second master will never participate in the government?" She looked at him, her eyes unblinking.

"The death of the late father, not Ling Zun, only the first father is to blame for following the wrong master." Li Chengqi's words were cold, but there was no trace of longing in his eyes, but a little regret.

Shen Yan will be skeptical of his words. Although he has been with him for less than a month, he has also experienced a lot of rights and wrongs together, if he hadn't seen and felt the many changes he had inexplicably brought to him, he would still be the ruthless and unrighteous in her previous life, and the cruel existence blinded by hatred in her heart. Now, she wasn't convinced......

She became more and more suspicious that in her previous life, was it a dream she had when she fainted from hunger that day? However, she was so familiar with some people she had never seen, such as Gu Chongzhi's thick eyebrows and thin eyes and his easy-going smile that always concealed a knife. Even if it's a dream, she's afraid that the nightmare will come true.

Thinking like this, she unconsciously said stupidly: "When the illness is cured, I will go home and never come out to cause trouble again." "She misses home very much, she misses her father very much, and she misses Bai Zhong who must still be angry with herself, but she has nothing to do with herself.

Thinking of Bai Zhong, the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised a smile.

When Li Chengqi saw it, he looked at the moonlight outside the house, and his face was expressionless for a while, "I promise you that I will not bring danger to your Shen family again." ”

He can have such a guarantee, Shen Yan is a little grateful in his heart. She looked at his pale face in the moonlight, and groaned, "I hope you mean what you say." Without waiting for him to answer, she walked away slowly.

Li Chengqi walked outside the house and let his elongated shadow stand in the courtyard.

The next day, he brought all the things left by Empress Duanjing—the brocade box, the key, the map of the Spring Palace, and the cross-shaped iron vessel hidden at the bottom of the box, and he handed over all these things to the crown prince Liu Zhuo. Liu Zhuo asked Gu Chongzhi to put these things away, and praised Li Chengqi for doing a good job, but after he praised it, he added a sentence "This is not enough", he asked: "I heard that you have been dealing with the forces that my dead second brother made friends with recently, but is it true?" ”

"I wonder where Your Highness heard all this nonsense? I'm just an idle marquis, what do I want to do with the forces of the second prince during his lifetime? Li Chengqi replied with a smile.

"Then why did my second brother's cold-faced guard Huo Qing live in your mansion?" The prince's face immediately turned cold, and his eyes were full of domineering.

Li Chengqi was unhurried and explained: "I hit it off with Huo Huwei, his master went first, and I got him a job in the Hou Mansion, which was not excessive." ”

"I want you to cut ties with him immediately, can you agree?" Regardless of Li Chengqi's explanation, the prince directly asked in a domineering tone - saying that it was an inquiry, but in fact it was an order.

Li Chengqi was silent. The prince kept staring at him, and that look, as if he wanted him to look good as soon as he said a word.

"Everything is up to Your Highness." Li Chengqi finally made a decision.

Hearing this, the prince laughed and stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Good brother! After doing his job, he started to have fun. He asked Li Chengqi: "This time I come to Ning'an, I will definitely have a good time, but I don't know if there is a good place in Ning'an City to make this hall chic?" ”

"Your Highness, will you go to Wanchen Tower?" Without waiting for Li Chengqi to speak, Gu Chongzhi, who was beside the prince, had a proposal. "As early as in the capital, I heard about the reputation of Yan Ruyu, the Oiran lady of Wanchen Building."

"Good! Just go to Wanchen Building! "The prince has always been good-looking, and when he heard that there was a well-known girl, he immediately became energetic.

"I heard that this Yan Ruyu is not a saint, she is still a virgin."

"Yay!" The prince was very happy, and he also invited Li Chengqi to go with him. Li Chengqi excused himself, and the prince did not force it, but only asked Gu Chongzhi, who had a similar smell, to accompany him.

Soon, the news that Gu Chongzhi took the prince to Wanchen Tower spread all over the Hou Mansion and also reached the ears of the second master, Li Chengmao. He heard that the prince and Gu Chongzhi were going to find Yan Ruyu, the top brand of Wanchen Building, and hurriedly instructed Ding Quan: "Go and tell Miss Yan about this, so that she can avoid the limelight." ”

Speaking of which, he admired Yan Ruyu's talent, and pitied her poor background, and said many times that he wanted to redeem her, but Yan Ruyu was stubborn, saying that if he didn't want to marry her, she wouldn't accept his friendship of wanting to redeem her for her - she liked him, but he only regarded her as a confidant. But even so, he didn't want her to fall into the tiger's mouth.

said that after the prince and Gu Chongzhi left the Hou Mansion, Li Chengqi found Huo Qing. He told Huo Qing all about his conversation with the crown prince. After Huo Qing heard this, he didn't think much about it and said, "I'll move out of the Hou Mansion immediately." ”

"You know, I'm not trying to compromise on it, it's a stopgap measure." Li Chengqi looked at him and quickly handed him a task: "Take this opportunity, you can sneak into the capital, help me pay attention to the movements of the prince and others, and find out what he wants to do when he does everything possible to get the brocade box from me." ”

"Yes."

Li Chengqi took out a piece of hollowed-out mutton fat jade from a box, "If necessary, you can use the old man hiding in the capital." He handed over this piece of mutton fat jade to Huo Qing.

Huo Qing took it, put it away, and immediately told Li Chengqi: "Master Hou, that Wesley only volunteered to approach the crown prince half a month ago. It is said that he is wise and intelligent, and he is very appreciated by the prince, and as for his origin, the few minions who traveled with the prince this time are not very clear. Some say that his father was a businessman, others say that he was an orphan, but no one says that his father was an official. ”

"If I have the chance, I will meet him alone." Lee Seung-ki's eyes were deep, and he was full of curiosity about this Wesley that appeared out of nowhere.

"Take care." Huo Qing didn't have any extra words, solemnly bowed and retired.

And just after he left, Zhong Ce came. He told Li Chengqi, who was contemplative: "Master Wei said that he wants to invite the Hou Ye to the highest place in the Hou Mansion and enjoy the scenery of the Hou Mansion. ”

Li Chengqi was surprised, thinking that he hadn't looked for him yet, but he came to the door first.