Chapter 40: Confession
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Returning to the residence from Chengyanlou, this time Huang Zicheng specially went to Jiang Lingxi's house, Huang Zicheng swept away the haze brought to him by the failure of the "trapping strangers" plan, and rushed to Jiang Lingxi: "It seems that my luck is not as bad as you said, I originally planned to wait here and then find a way to let you have a friendship with their eldest princess, but you two got on the hook first, you said that there is really such a coincidence in the world?" ”
Jiang Lingxi was blindly entangled: "Did you say she gave me that thing just to follow us?" ”
She was stupid enough to take it as a kind heart and exchange gifts with people.
Huang Zicheng didn't care at all, "Even if it is, what's it?" Our original intention was to get her attention and find an opportunity to reveal to her what the 'caravan' was going to send to Ning Hong. ”
Jiang Lingxi was speechless when he heard it, and after a while, Huang Zicheng continued to explain; "Our Majesty revealed as early as the border of the state of the Ming Dynasty that the Dongming caravan was going to deliver goods to the Ninghong royal family, according to the regulations of the previous dynasties since the founding of the Dongming Dynasty, all the external circulation of bulk goods must be approved by the imperial court, so on the surface it is said that it is trade, but the actual measure is the attitude between the officials. And Pixi has always regarded Ning Hong as a blessing, and in recent years, Dongming and Pixi have rarely traded, and this time they directly delivered goods to Ning Hong's royal family, can they not attract the attention of Pixi? ”
It is too normal for their eldest princess to be concerned about this matter, because in Huang Zicheng's plan, it is necessary to achieve such a consequence, after all, because of the relationship between the Southwest Pirates, the string between Pixi and Dongming is bound to become tighter and tighter, and there is a danger of breaking at any time, and Ning Hong, as a shelter umbrella, once the relationship with Dongming shows signs of easing at this time, it can be very unfavorable to Pixi. The eldest princess shared government affairs for Emperor Pixi, and when she received the news, she would naturally be eager to follow up.
It's just that she didn't expect a coincidence to make her have an intersection with Jiang Lingxi in Jizhou, which is more convenient for them.
It's just that Jiang Lingxi still has a bit of a psychological gap, probably ashamed of the purposeful approach of others and the fact that he doesn't know anything, Huang Zicheng had to remind: "Don't forget, if there is no one in the noodle restaurant, you are the one who needs to take the initiative to approach others now, will you affect the overall situation by taking too much into account of the other party's feelings?" ”
Jiang Lingxi was speechless for a while, to be honest, she had rarely done this kind of deceit before, but this time, since she was determined to share the burden for the little emperor, she naturally did some psychological construction, but once she really started to get on the right track, she muttered a little.
Silently, Huang Zicheng suddenly patted her on the shoulder and looked at her very seriously, "We are outwitting this time, the eldest princess is not an ordinary woman, if you show a trace of hesitation in contact with her, she may see the flaw, you must always remember this." ”
Jiang Lingxi suddenly felt a little big, it seems that being an international spy also requires a lot of talent, she has not been trained in this area, she really has no confidence.
Huang Zicheng probably saw that her mind was loose, and changed the conversation and said: "Having said that, you don't have to be too nervous, the original plan was to let you find a way to get as close as possible to their eldest princess, judging from the performance at the dinner table, it can be said that the beginning was quite smooth, and as long as you behave naturally after that, there should be no big problem." ”
But he didn't know that this was Jiang Lingxi's confusion at the beginning, he had watched Yin Zhen teach a few hooligans in the noodle restaurant, and in the subsequent chat, he also felt that she was a little girl with a cool personality, as a friend, he was willing to be close to her, but once it was mixed with a more complicated purpose, she didn't know how to behave to be natural.
sighed, and was about to say something, but there was a knock on the door outside, followed by Yin Hao's voice: "Is Miss Jiang inside?" ”
Jiang Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and was stabbed in the arm by Huang Zicheng before he reacted and responded, "Yes." ”
"Can I go in?" Huang Zicheng hurriedly gave her a look, and said in a low voice: "It seems that she came by herself, take advantage of it." ”
As he spoke, he took out something from his sleeve, it was the small porcelain bottle that Jiang Lingxi had left behind him after he "escaped" in a panic yesterday, and handed it to Jiang Lingxi, "Eighty percent is for this, if she is really for tracking, there are few male and female bodies that can be perfectly matched after all, if you really feel uncomfortable, just take the opportunity to return it to her, there is no obstacle." ”
Jiang Lingxi took it and put it in his sleeve and went to open the door for Yin Zhen. As soon as the door opened, Yin Hao saw Huang Zicheng standing behind Jiang Lingxi, looked a little surprised, and said apologetically: "I didn't delay you anything, right?" ”
"Not at all, I'm asking her something, I'm leaving." Huang Zicheng said that he let Yin Zhen into the house as a farewell salute, and walked around behind Yin Zhen, not forgetting to give Jiang Lingxi a look.
Jiang Lingxi let Yin Zhen into the house, put on new tea, tried his best to act as if nothing happened, and asked with a smile, "What are you looking for me?" ”
Yin Zhen took the teacup, lowered her head and was silent for a while, before she said with some hesitation: "Miss Jiang, I have come to apologize to you. ”
Jiang Lingxi was quite surprised, of course, she guessed why she apologized, but she had to act very confused, and said casually: "You are the master, and you are a golden branch and jade leaf, what do you need to apologize to me?" ”
Yin Zhen took this as a gamble, and sighed: "You don't have to be so blunt, as soon as you entered the palace, I saw that you didn't have the 'bright light' I gave you, and then you flickered at the dinner table with a flickering look at me, I knew that there must be a master among you, and I guessed its use." ”
Jiang Lingxi didn't expect her to pierce this layer of paper so directly, it seems that Huang Zicheng is right, she is really not an ordinary woman.
In fact, after Yin Zhen got the news of Dongming and Ning Hong's trade, as Huang Zicheng said, out of concern about the situation of his country and in order to save unnecessary trouble, he wanted to spy on one or two as a private person. Considering that Jizhou was a necessary place for caravans, she rushed there, and it was indeed an accident to be harassed in the noodle restaurant, but she did intend to follow Jiang Lingxi in.
Originally, she was worried that if the whole caravan got together, she deliberately approached to cause more vigilance, and it happened that they would act separately when they arrived in Jizhou, Jiang Lingxi's singleness was a godsend for her, and with the introduction of being harassed, she sat down with Jiang Lingxi justifiably. It's just that Jiang Lingxi's vigilance was heavier than she expected, and the time spent on a meal didn't come up with any valuable information, so she gave her the "bright light" when they parted.
After that, she secretly followed all the way, wanting to see if Jiang Lingxi could gather some information from their casual chats after Jiang Lingxi and the caravan converged, but she happened to see Yun Ze teaching the two robbers, and she knew that there were masters in their caravan who were beyond their own ability, and her father also urged her to hurry back to the palace, so she had to give up after thinking about it again and again.
She herself is not a particularly scheming person, and she does feel guilty about Jiang Lingxi after returning to the palace, and Jiang Lingxi recognized her as soon as she met today, and she didn't carry a "bright lantern" with her, which made her a little embarrassed. Jiang Lingxi was one of the very few friends who exchanged gifts with her, and she didn't want to come to the showdown because of this birth.
Jiang Lingxi weighed it, then took out the small porcelain vase and shook it at her, continued to put on a confused expression, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding, right?" Among us, there are indeed people who recognize this as the most commonly used talisman by your locals, as long as you carry it with you, once you are in danger, there will be a nearby official to come in time to relieve the siege, as soon as I heard that it is such a good thing, I am naturally very precious, in order to avoid turmoil in the carriage and horses, I also specially put it in the sleeve. ”
Yin Zhen was stunned when she heard this, and Jiang Lingxi said again: "Since you are kind, why do you apologize to me?" ”
Yin Hao carefully observed her expression, there was nothing abnormal, and there was silence for a while before she made up her mind: "Miss Jiang, since I have said this, I won't hide it from you, this thing has another purpose besides being used as a protective body." ”
As he spoke, he took out a glass bottle about the size of a "peanut" from his sleeve and showed it to Jiang Lingxi, and then explained their use to be similar to Huang Zicheng. Jiang Lingxi wasn't sure if she was so confessing out of sincerity or some deeper purpose, so she could only continue to act, so she was shocked and said, "We are just an ordinary caravan, what are you doing with us?" ”
Yin Zhen sighed, "Miss Jiang, there are some things that I can't say more to you, but I gave you this thing yesterday, and it was indeed a thought." I was very touched by the fact that you were willing to help me at the noodle shop, and that you had a very pleasant chat with me and finally offered to exchange gifts, and the reason why I told you the purpose of the 'bright light' was to let you know that I felt guilty about you, and that I wanted to cherish this friendship and not want to have any unnecessary estrangement with you. ”
Jiang Lingxi thought that when she gave her the bracelet yesterday, she was indeed stunned for a short time, and said that "it is rare to have the opportunity to exchange gifts with people", which added credibility to this confession, and all kinds of emotions surged up together for a while, and her heart was mixed.
After a moment of distraction, I remembered to hand the small porcelain bottle to Yin Zhen, "This thing is so rare, I can't keep it, just return it to you." ”
Seeing that she looked a little embarrassed, she smiled again: "My bracelet is not worth anything, if you want to take me as a friend, just keep it, and choose another one to exchange with me." ”
Yin Zhen took it at this time, and before she could speak, a sudden commotion came from outside the house. There seemed to be a fight, and Huang Zicheng couldn't tell whether he was excited, excited or anxious and shouted: "Catch him, you must catch him!" Don't let him run away! ”