In the thirty-fifth year of the Great Calendar, the sixteenth day of the winter month of the Chu Dynasty calendar, early in the morning.

The people who got up early from the various Qinglou Song Workshops either yawned or stretched their waists, and then rubbed their hands, while sighing at the cold of this winter, while looking for a familiar way, found a fritter stall, and asked the boss to serve two fritters with a bowl of hot soy milk.

So, the morning in Kyoto Prefecture began like this.

It's just that this day seems to reveal an unusual atmosphere.

The castle gate, which usually opens only at the end of the hour, opened at midnight today, and the sound of horses' hooves running "da-da-da" resounded in the quiet Kyoto Prefecture. Some people who got up early watched the horses come out of the West Street of Kyoto Prefecture and then run directly along the middle street to the city gate, and then disappear into the thick morning fog, and there are also people who were woken up by the sound of horses' hooves, pushed open the windows of their houses, and shouted a few curses there, which can be regarded as getting up in their chests to get up in advance.

Just after the hour, the gates of Kyoto Prefecture were officially opened, and some people outside who had been woken up by the sound of horses' hooves earlier were discussing which nobles in Kyoto Prefecture were in a hurry to go out to run errands, or how urgent it was, so they would set off so early.

While he was talking, there was another "da-da-da" sound, but this time the sound was not as loud as before, and there was a crisp bell sound behind it.

It's just that it stands to reason that the nobles who ride in the carriage are generally the nobles in Kyoto Prefecture, and the nobles are very common, but it is rare for the nobles to go out in the carriage so early. This led to a great deal of speculation, and perhaps one more item in their after-dinner pastime, that is, to guess why the carriage had come out so early this morning.

Lu Qing opened the curtain of the carriage, and the cold wind of the winter moon blew on Lu Qing's face, and a chill instantly spread throughout his body. Lu Qing's whole body trembled, which also made him completely wake up from the groggy state just now.

Lu Qing took a deep breath of the outside air, and then retracted his body back into the carriage. For Lu Qing, it always feels bad to be pulled out of his house so early.

"Comber, I don't know what the little prince called me this time?" Lu Qing looked at Comber, who was sitting opposite him, hoping to see some clues in his eyes.

Comber smiled politely at Lu Qing, and then said, "Young Master Lu will know when you see my young master." ”

Lu Qing knew that no matter how much he asked, he couldn't know the purpose of Chu Ci looking for him from Comber's mouth, so instead of this, it was better to take this opportunity to take a good rest.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing did not continue to ask, but sat in his seat and closed his eyes to recuperate.

In fact, Lu Qing can probably guess Chu Ci's purpose for finding himself this time, after all, he just looked for Chu Ci yesterday because of the incident in Lane 47 of East Street, and he was called to Liang Wangfu by the old housekeeper of Liang Wangfu early this morning, and it is easy for people with a heart to link these two things together.

"Just ······" Lu Qing thought to himself, "You are in such a hurry to find me today, could it be that something happened in Lane 47?" ”

Thinking of this, Lu Qing quickly overturned his thoughts, if something really happened there, it should be Yin Kongxu of Kyoto Prefecture who was looking for him, not the little prince of Liang Wangfu.

When the carriage marched to the Liang Wang's mansion, it stopped, and the little man in front of the door saw the carriage coming, so he hurriedly ran over, and then lifted the curtain for the people inside.

Kang Bo and Lu Qing got out of the carriage together and went directly into King Liang's mansion.

At this time, Chu Ci of the Liang Wangfu was sitting in the main hall, holding the news he got from Zhang Xinghai last night.

"Young master, Lu Qing is here." When Kang Bo entered the main hall, he told Chu Ci that Lu Qing had been brought by himself.

Lu Qing followed Kang Bo into the main hall of the Liang Palace, and after seeing Chu Ci, he bowed down and said, "I've seen the little prince." ”

When Chu Ci saw Lu Qing coming, he put down the note in his hand, and Kang Bo also began to instruct the maids in the house to prepare tea for the guests.

"I don't know if the little prince has anything to do with Lu."

Chu Ci thought about it, then turned around, picked up the note that had just been placed on the table, and handed it to Lu Qing.

"Look at this." Chu Ci's tone was flat, without a trace of waves. It was precisely because of this that Lu Qing could not see a trace of the content of the note from Chu Ci's face.

Lu Qing took the note from Chu Ci's hand, and then opened it with curiosity.

When Lu Qing saw the contents inside, he couldn't help but feel surprised, and then looked at Chu Ci who handed him the note in front of him in disbelief, and asked, "Qijiazhuang?" ”

Chu Ci nodded in affirmation.

"Something happened to Qijiazhuang, why didn't we Baixiaotang know?"

Lu Qing still felt incredible about this matter, after all, Hezhou Baixiaotang knew the world's affairs, and Lu Qing had reason to believe that no force could know the news before Baixiaotang.

Not to mention······

Thinking of this, Lu Qing looked down again at what was written on the note.

"Lu Gongzi, there are some things that can't just be seen on the surface," Chu Ci paused, and then continued, "To be honest, I'm not very sure of the authenticity of this news, after all, with Qijiazhuang's current status, there are not many people who dare to touch him, and according to the information obtained by the Yasi Mansion, those forces have no grudges with Qijiazhuang, so I want Bai Xiaotang to help me." ”

"Help you check if the message is accurate?"

"Yes, and who's behind this." Chu Ci added.

"What about the Metropolis's own dark line?"

"It's also investigating, but they have other things." Chu Ci pointed to other things, naturally the matter of Lane 47 of East Street in Kyoto Prefecture, when Chu Boxiong handed over the case to himself, he always had to give the other party an explanation, an explanation he wanted, so Chu Ci sent his subordinates to leave Kyoto Mansion early this morning to handle this matter. As for the matter of Qijiazhuang, Chu Ci felt that it should be accurate, so he asked Lu Qing to ask Bai Xiaotang to help check it.

"Yes, I'll let the people from Baixiaotang check it out after I go back." Lu Qing replied.

After finishing speaking, Lu Qing didn't speak again, but waited for Chu Ci's next step, he didn't think that this Xiao Liang King called him over early in the morning just to talk about these things.

"One more thing." Without letting Lu Qing wait too long, Chu Ci spoke.

Lu Qing secretly thought, business is coming.

"I want you and me to go to Qijiazhuang."

Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Chu Ci to make such a request.

Hezhou Baixiaotang, since the external declaration of dependence on the royal family of the Chu State, can be regarded as a foreign force in the Yasi Mansion, it stands to reason that Lu Qing himself should obey Chu Ci's dispatch, but even Lu Qing himself did not expect that after he came to Kyoto Mansion, he turned out to be a guest secretary of the Kyoto Mansion, completely out of the control of the Yasi Mansion, and later Lu Qing learned the reason from Kong Xu's mouth, it was Kong Xu who cheekily entered the palace to ask the emperor, which allowed Lu Qing to stay in the Kyoto Mansion and do things for Kong Xu, After all, everyone knows the value of Baixiaotang.

It was because of this matter that Lu Qing was a little embarrassed, after all, he did not belong to the Yasi Capital Mansion now, but to the Kyoto Mansion, if he agreed to Chu Ci, Kong Xu would not be able to explain it to himself.

Chu Ci seemed to understand what Lu Qing was hesitating, so he said: "As long as you agree, I will go directly to the palace to find Your Majesty, and Lord Kong Xukong will not say anything." ”