Maggie He only had two daughters in her life, one died young, and this eldest daughter was stubborn and unwilling to come back, so she had to stay alone in the Overseer's Mansion of Nuoda, facing her husband who was not affectionate and hated illegitimate son, but she still had to take care of her face, making a hypocritical appearance of family harmony and filial piety.

However, she brewed the bitter fruit herself, so naturally she had to drink it herself.

"Would she like to come back?"

Xiao Li knew that Maggie He would definitely ask him about Xiao Yijun this time, so he told her all the news about Xiao Yijun that he had specially inquired about in the capital.

Maggie He learned that her daughter was doing well now, so she was a little comforted, but she was a little disappointed knowing that she still didn't want to come back. After getting the news from Xiao Li, Maggie He also looked at him a little more pleasantly, pulled out a stiff smile, and turned upstairs.

Xiao Li waited until Maggie He completely disappeared at the top of the stairs before turning around and walking towards the Overseer's study.

And when he was talking to Maggie He, Tan Yi had already walked in, quietly following behind him, at this time the two were standing outside the door of the Overseer's study, Tan Yi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and waited until Xiao Jingguo's slightly majestic voice came from inside, Xiao Li pushed the door open and walked in.

"You're back?" When Xiao Jingguo saw that it was Xiao Li, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "I remember that you sent a telegram before, saying that you will only arrive tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, I'll be back sooner if I have something."

Xiao Jingguo didn't continue to dwell on the matter of his early return, and after letting the two sit down, he asked him about going to the capital to handle official business.

Wucheng is currently the most prosperous province and city, and the surrounding forces are eyeing it, and as the overseer of Wucheng, Xiao Jingguo naturally needs to attract some external forces, and the connections in the capital are what he needs to borrow. Now that he has received Xiao Li's affirmative answer, Xiao Jingguo couldn't help but stroke his palms and smiled: "Let these old horsemen fight, not only Wucheng, but also the three surrounding provinces, sooner or later, I will also be included in my command." ”

Although the new dynasty had been established at this time, the national strength was weak after all, and many local governments could not control it. And the local forces took the opportunity to rise, went their own way, and became the emperor of the soil.

Xiao Jingguo also made a fortune in the early years, although he did not have the ambition to become emperor, but if he could expand his power, why not?

After discussing it, several people knew that this matter was not a one-day plan and needed long-term planning, so they did not mention it for the time being.

Xiao Jingguo changed his words and mentioned another thing.

"I recently got the news that there seem to be Orientals in Wucheng." Wucheng is a province of trade, and there are many wharves, and there are many foreign populations living here, and it is not uncommon for Orientals to live, but since Xiao Jingguo said so, there must be something strange in it.

"Overseer, but what did the Orientals do?" Tan Yi was the first to ask.

Xiao Jingguo shook his head, wrinkled his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "It's strange to say, these Orientals have been in Wucheng for a few days, but they haven't done anything, but the people who observe them say that these Orientals are not bad, not like ordinary businessmen." ”

"Could it be some samurai raised by some merchant's family?"

"Maybe." Xiao Jingguo rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly.

Tan Yi wanted to say more, but Xiao Li suddenly stood up and said goodbye to Xiao Jingguo, he had to swallow the words back into his stomach and walked out of the study after Xiao Li.

"Sanshao, when it comes to Orientals, I think of something."

"How?"

Tan Yi was on the way here before, and he told Zhou Yumin's concubine room about making trouble in Fengling's class, when he talked about Zhou Yumin's concubine's room going to Fengling's class to make trouble, Xiao Li's eyes were cold, and he didn't care so much at this time, so he brought up the matter again, and said: "I remember the last time I detained the subordinates of Zhou Yumin's family, I felt that they seemed to be very unusual. ”

"How is it not ordinary?" Xiao Li looked back at him and asked.

"Although they are dressed like the subordinates, their words and deeds are uniform, and there is a strange feeling on their bodies," Tan Yi thought for a while and recalled the scene of that day, "I remember that when I brought the soldiers in, those subordinates were all standing neatly, blocking them inside and out, neither allowing people to enter nor to go out, but as soon as they saw the soldiers, those people immediately withdrew to the side, and there was not much fear on their faces." ”

"You mean, these subordinates are trained?"

Ordinary wealthy businessmen may ask a few experts to protect themselves, but if even ordinary subordinates are trained, then such rich businessmen seem to be a little different.

But it cannot be concluded that Zhou Yumin has something to do with the Orientals.

"You sent someone to guard outside Zhou Yumin's residence, and if you have any suspicions, you can report them at any time."

"Yes, Sanshao!" Tan Yi gathered his feet and stood up and saluted.

After explaining the matter, Tan Yi immediately lost his shape, tilted his head and smiled: "Sanshao, since it's okay, how about we have a meal at Sister Shangfeng's place?" ”

In the days when Xiao Li was away, Tan Yi ran to Fengqing Xiaozhu when he was fine, as if he had become a regular customer there, and when facing Feng Siniang and Zheng Qingyun, he was not restrained at all, either eating and drinking crookedly, or chatting nonsense, so he was not less shocked by Feng Siniang.

It was dinner time, and he was hungry, so he wanted to pull Xiao Li to eat together.

Of course, there is another reason that Feng Siniang has been sullen recently, that is, he has tried his best to be funny, and Feng Siniang only occasionally shows a dragonfly smile, and he doesn't like to quarrel with himself, he really has no fold.

"I'm not going, you can go." Xiao Li glanced at Tan Yi, with a gloomy expression on his face, obviously still thinking about the afternoon's events.

"Hey, Sanshao, don't be so unkind!" Tan Yi grabbed Xiao Li, and while pulling him out, he muttered: "If you don't go, I face Sister Feng's bitter gourd face every day, Miss Zheng doesn't like to laugh, I don't eat fragrantly, and I love indigestion, so you should be merciful and accompany me!" ”

Xiao Li was so entangled by him that he couldn't push his hand away, and spitted: "Foodie, you know how to eat!" ”

Although he said so, he still compromised in the end, and although he saw Zheng Qingyun and Pei Mochi laughing, and knew that she seemed to have a crush on Pei Mochi, he still wanted to go and see her. At a glance in the afternoon, he didn't even see it clearly, and these days, he didn't know if he had lost weight.

Tan Yi grinned, knowing that Xiao Li agreed, so he pulled him into the car, starting the car while chatting babbling, and the noisy Xiao Li couldn't wait to jump out of the car immediately.

When he finally arrived at Fengqing Xiaozhu, Xiao Li knocked on the door, and after a long while, Feng Siniang opened the door, and saw that it was Xiao Li and Tan Yi, and hurriedly let the two into the house.

"Have you eaten?"

Tan Yi snorted, smelled the aroma of food wafting from the kitchen, and said with a smile: "It's not that I haven't eaten!" Miss Cheng is cooking in the kitchen? ”

Feng Siniang froze slightly when she heard this, glanced at Xiao Li, who was also staring at herself, and suddenly felt a little numb in her scalp, so she had to say honestly: "This afternoon, Young Master Pei invited Qingyun to eat at the Western restaurant in the foreign field, and he hasn't come back yet." ”