After most of the fluctuation for half a month, Jingshi returned to calm again. The incident on Wencheng Street gradually faded out of the eyes of the people, and as people's eyes were turned on the birthday of the Queen Mother not long after.

This is the only two major events in Haoguo next. One is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the other is the scientific expedition in early July.

The scientific examination of Chenghua is different from the previous dynasties, and His Majesty of Haoguo today reformed the scientific examination system at the beginning of his accession to the throne, canceling the annual spring and autumn examinations, and changing them to an annual examination, which is at the beginning of July every year.

To get back to the point, the heat of the Queen Mother's birthday soon overwhelmed the Wencheng Street incident, and Jingshi, and even the entire Haoguo, were paying attention to this matter. The birthday of the Queen Mother and the coming of all countries are the moment to promote the national prestige of Haoguo. In the past few days, the envoys of various countries have entered the customs from the border one after another, and there are many more foreigners in the Beijing Division, which has gradually become lively, and the people have also recovered from the Wencheng Street incident a few days ago, and the Beijing Division has returned to a lively and prosperous situation.

There was no rain in June, and the scorching sun baked the earth, and everything was breathless.

Haoguo Jiangnan Province, Suzhou.

Suzhou City is located in the south, although it is close to the sea, but it is still so hot and stuffy, it is not as cool as the Jingshi City near the north.

At noon on this day, the people of Suzhou City who had eaten lunch hid at home early, unwilling to go out. The same is true of street vendors, shaking folding fans and listening to their children scribble the school texts. Only a few shops are still open, but they are also guarded by decadent and lazy apprentices. From a distance, the bluestone paved street was empty, only the big yellow dog under the tree on the side was lying on its stomach, constantly sticking out its tongue, and its body moved together.

It is also close to the sea, Suzhou city will blow a few gusts of wind from time to time, but this wind is particularly stuffy, the soldiers who defend the city can only hide by the city gate, while avoiding the dazzling skylight, while avoiding the sultry sea breeze.

Hot, endless hot. The guards of the city hid in the shade, snoring slightly. Suzhou City is not a military location, so they can rest so well and without worries.

"Stepping on ......"

A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from outside the city. Hearing the sound, the soldier who had not yet fallen asleep subconsciously got up, kicked his companions around him, and stared vigilantly at the outside of the city.

Soon, a man riding a reddish-brown horse appeared in their field of vision. The horses were strong, their reddish-brown manes bouncing up and down in the bright skylight, and the wooden plaque under the horse's neck stood out.

The person came quickly, and stopped steadily in front of the soldier for only a moment, only to hear the sound of "hoo", the wooden sign on the waist of the person who came shook violently, and then I heard the man ask: "Where is the Chu Mansion in Suzhou, Jiangnan Province?" ”

I came to find the Chu family. The soldiers glanced at each other, and one of them pointed behind him and said, "At the end of this street, there is the Chu Mansion." ”

The person who came laughed, nodded slightly, and left quickly. The soldier at the city gate looked at the man and shook his head helplessly, with sympathy on his face. That's the people of the post station, the post station is an institution for sending letters back and forth in Haoguo, coming and going from the south to the north, earning hard money.

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It has been more than a month since Li Xiao left Suzhou and went to Beijing, and it has been more than 20 days since the Wencheng Street incident and Li Xiao woke up from serious injuries.

Suzhou is located in the south, thousands of miles away from Beijing. Since Li Xiao left, every day, Chu Xin'er was worried about the comfort of the former, but the Chu family did not have the resources of the Jingshi, and the Jingshi side also controlled the news of the Wencheng Street incident to the death, except for the secret agents of various countries, no one knew, let alone Suzhou, which was thousands of miles away.

In the afternoon of this day, Chu Xin'er had lunch and was about to go to the study to deal with affairs, but before she could move around, a person came running outside the door. It's Uncle Zhang, the doorman.

Uncle Zhang hurriedly ran over, stopped in front of Chu Xin'er, panted and handed the neat letter in his hand to the latter, and said, "Miss, this is the letter sent by the person at the post station just now, it belongs to the young master." ”

The previous words don't make much sense, after all, the Chu family, as one of the top businessmen in Jiangnan Province, often receives letters from others, which are naturally about business. What Uncle Zhang said, the important thing is the last sentence, the letter, which was sent by Li Xiao.

After more than 40 days, I finally received a letter from Li Xiao.

Chu Xin'er hurriedly took the letter, and then walked quickly to the backyard. Since Li Xiao left Suzhou, Chu Yi has been staying in the mansion and has not left half a step. She knew that although her father was indifferent to Li Xiao on the surface, he was actually very worried about Li Xiao's situation in Beijing, and every day at the end of dinner, Chu Yi would walk to the gate of the mansion and sit quietly for half an hour, without any other movements, just looking at the street outside the gate of the mansion and the city gate in the distance where no one had passed.

The backyard of Chu Mansion was not far away, Chu Xin'er ran very fast, and after passing a wide moon gate, she arrived.

In the back garden, Chu Yi and Rome sat idly under the tree, the two sat opposite each other, with a stone table in the middle and a game of chess on top that had been played for an unknown amount of time.

"Xin'er, come and see what to do next for your father." Chu Yi lowered his head and pondered the chess game in front of him, and said.

"Hey, Anshi, do you have to ask Xin'er every time we play a game of chess, this is really no chess product." Rome on the opposite side glanced at Chu Yi and said with a smile. This shameless person, every time he plays a game of chess, he will play tricks, either regretting the chess or asking Chu Xin'er.

Comfort is Chu Yi's word. His father took Yi as the name and comfort as the word, in order to let Chu Yi live in peace and not get involved in those turmoil in the court, but unfortunately, it backfired, and Chu Yi still got involved.

Chu Yi took the teacup on the side, drank it all, and said with a smile: "Xin'er is my daughter, if there is anything you can't ask, you can also give birth to one if you have the ability." ”

"You ......" Chu Yi always likes to scold him with this matter, but he has no choice.

"Dad and Uncle Luo's affairs, Xin'er is not involved." Looking at the two people in front of them who were joking with each other, Chu Xin'er couldn't help but smile, stepped forward, handed the letter paper in his hand to Chu Yi, and then said, "This is Xiao'er's letter." ”

Taking the letter from Chu Xin'er's hand, Chu Yi snorted lightly and said, "This kid finally remembered that he still had a home in Suzhou, and after so many days, he sent a letter, why, there is no money to spend in Beijing?" Or is something happening to the family? ”

Even though he said that, Chu Yi still opened the letter in his hand.

"What did Xiao'er write?" Rome asked, sipping her tea. For Li Xiao's care, he is by no means less than Chu Yi's father and daughter, after all, it was he who rescued Li Xiao from the sea of fire, and he was thousands of miles away, broke a pair of legs and sent him to a safe place. It can be said that Chu Yi is Li Xiao's father-in-law, and he is even more.

He was also very worried about Li Xiao's trip to Beijing, and every day after dinner, he would sit at the gate with Chu Yi, quietly looking at the city gate, even though the two of them knew that Li Xiao would not come back so soon, but he still sat rain or shine every day.

"Jingshi is interesting and really nostalgic. In the meantime, Xiao Er played it. This is what is written on the letterhead, not much, only a single sentence, no flowery rhetoric, and no expression of any emotions in it, this such a sentence, simple, but it seems that there is something hidden in it.

Chu Yi looked at the line written in it and didn't speak for a long time. The expression on his face gradually became solemn from the beginning of happiness, and it made Chu Xin'er and Rome worry for a while.

Is there something wrong with Li Xiao, or is there a change on the side of the Jingshi, could it be that the princess's illness was not cured and something went wrong, causing His Majesty the Emperor to kill him. The two of them looked at Chu Yi with a worried face, and at the same time looked at the letter paper in Chu Yi's hand that was tightly grasped by him, they knew that the news that could make Chu Yi have such an expression must not be simple.

Chu Yi didn't speak, Luo Ma frowned, and asked again: "An Shi, what happened, did Xiao'er have an accident in Jingshi?" ”

When he asked this, Roma's heart tugged. Although there are no resources of the Chu Mansion in the Jingshi, there are connections, and they are not the only people who participated in the plan back then, but also several high-ranking officials in the Jingshi. Yu Kangzhi, King Luobin, and Pujing of Wan'an Temple are one of them.

King Luo Bin is in charge of the Haoguo Procuratorate, Pu Jing is the abbot of Wan'an Temple, and there are many monks under him, and Yu Kangzhi is the left minister of Haoguo. With their existence, there should be no one in the Jingshi who can hurt Li Xiao. But looking at Chu Yi's face, it seems that Li Xiao really had an accident in Beijing.

Chu Yi didn't speak, frowned tightly, and handed the letter in his hand to Rome. Roma, who took the letter, glanced at it busily, but only glanced at it, and his face immediately became solemn.

The words were not written by Li Xiao, but by Pu Jing, and they naturally recognized them. Sending a letter for thousands of miles, but not by himself, but by someone else, something must have happened, but what happened, they didn't know at all.

"It's Xiao'er's temper." Chu Yi touched the broken sword beside him, smiled bitterly, and said.

It is Li Xiao's style of speaking. From childhood to adulthood, this righteous son of mine has always adhered to the code of conduct that if someone does not offend me, I will not offend anyone, and if someone offends me, I will kill him. In the letter, "Jingshi is interesting and really nostalgic. In the meantime, Xiao Er played it. "Where is fun, where is nostalgia, where is play. This is obviously because Li Xiao suffered from some people's reproaches in Jingshi, and even threatened him, so he said such a thing.

"But Xiao'er is not safe like this......" Luo Ma handed the letter to Chu Xin'er and said with a frown.

How dangerous Jingshi is, he knows, Li Xiao is alone, even with the help of King Luo Bin, but if they still have to clash with those people head-on, it will be difficult for them to keep it, after all, Li Xiao's father is still a criminal minister, and Li Xiao should be a dead man.

If the emperor didn't let go, even with the help of King Luo Bin, he could only barely save Li Xiao's life. Therefore, Li Xiao's move is not wise.