Bai Ye stood aside and said in a deep voice: "Since the prime minister doesn't trust Gongzi so much, what are our next plans?" ”

Qi Lichen hooked his lips and smiled: "It's going on as usual." ”

Bai Ye was stunned.

He didn't understand his master's intentions.

Since the old fox of the prime minister does not trust the master, then he will inevitably do the treasure matter himself, which contradicts the original plan of the prince, how can it be carried out as usual?

Sensing Bai Ye's doubts, Qi Lichen reminded in a calm tone: "I think you have forgotten, what is the prime minister guarding against now?" ”

Qi Lichen woke up the white night with a word.

He clenched his hands into fists: "Childe is wise." ”

The prime minister is now searching for the news of the treasure everywhere, since it is carried out secretly, he naturally does not want others to know, and in their hands, they have long mastered the list of people who have tracked down the whereabouts of the treasure.

In this list, most of them are ministers who are officials in Beijing and are highly used by the emperor, and several of them are supporters of Gu Xizhou, the sixth prince. Inform the prime minister of this list, thinking that he will definitely not be chasing the treasure for a while.

In this way, they are also given a chance.

Bai Ye couldn't help but admire Qi Lichen's plan.

Qi Lichen glanced at him, and his eyebrows raised slightly with a bit of meaning: "When will you learn to pat on the back." ”

Bai Ye grinned: "I learned it from my wife." ”

Who let the previous son always let her follow his wife to protect secretly, and unknowingly, he learned a little bit of what his wife said.

Qi Lichen's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "In the future, don't make up in front of Yun'er." ”

White Night: "...... Be. ”

Come on, just learn to speak a few sentences, and the vinegar jar of the son has been overturned again.

This heavy color and light temperament is really the same as always.

It was getting late, and Qi Lichen told Bai Ye to send the list to the prime minister.

I heard that the prime minister's wife celebrated her birthday a few days ago, and he is nominally a subordinate of the prime minister, so no matter what, he should also give a gift.

Thinking about it, the prime minister must be happy when he saw some gifts.

As soon as he came out of the study with his front feet, Xi Duyun sent Cuiyun to call her for dinner, saying that she had researched a new good thing today.

When Qi Lichen arrived, Xi Duyun was sitting at the dining table and talking to the two Xi Duyu sisters in front of a plate of brightly colored things.

He walked in and sat down, only to find that there was something like a rock sugar gourd on the plate.

It's just that it doesn't seem to be a hawthorn fruit inside, but it's also red and looks bright.

"You're here just in time, come and try this." Twilight handed him a skewer.

He took it and tasted it.

It's a little sour, but it's different from the sourness of the hawthorn fruit, with a bit of sweetness, a lot of juice, wrapped in syrup and very refreshing, it's a fresh thing.

"It's delicious." He nodded, but he didn't eat much, he wasn't particularly fond of sweets. But the fruit in it has never been seen before.

Before he could ask, Xi Duyun explained with a smile: "This thing, called a small tomato, is nutritious and can protect the liver." ”

She didn't expect that there was such a thing as a small tomato in this era, I remember that the history books said that this thing appeared very late, and she didn't expect this to appear in this overhead dynasty.

"I see." Qi Lichen is also accustomed to the fresh words that often come out of Xi Duyun's mouth, but the name of this little tomato is very novel.

While the two were talking, Xi Duyu had already eaten a bunch.

The restrained and quiet little girl is a lover of food, this rock sugar tomato is fresh and fresh, she looked at the table and did not move, so she wanted to reach out and take it.

But before he could touch the skewers, the whole plate was carried away by a slender hand.

Xi Duyu looked at Xi Duyun with a blank eye.

Looking at the little girl's aggrieved appearance, Xi Duyun wanted to laugh, but she couldn't help it, she pretended to be serious: "You see I'm useless, eat first, and eat after eating." ”

"Okay." Xi Duyu obediently responded.

However, the meal was not stable.

Xi Duyun only knew half of it, and someone came to spread the word, and Aunt Liu of the Sugar Heart Pavilion came in a hurry.

It's getting dark now, Aunt Liu is an honest and steady person, she will never come to disturb her when she has nothing to do, and it should be something important to think about it.

Xi Duyun asked people to bring her in.

Aunt Liu did have something important to do, and when she saw that a few people were still eating, she felt embarrassed, but when she thought of what happened today, she didn't want to delay, so she immediately said: "Girl, something is wrong......

Aunt Liu told a few people what happened.

It was actually fine this morning, but not long after lunch, something happened.

There is a dim sum shop diagonally opposite the Sugar Heart Pavilion, and the business has been good, until the opening of the Sugar Heart Pavilion, the business is booming day by day, although there is something to be said because the goods are in short supply, but after all, it is those melons and fruits that retain the diners.

Coupled with the brown sugar extracted from sugar cane by Xi Duyun in a special way, the good business of selling rock sugar gourds in Tangxin Pavilion has never stopped.

But this afternoon, somehow, there were only three or five customers who came to buy sugar gourds, and they only bought one or two.

Aunt Liu saw that the number of guests was gradually decreasing, and she thought that there was something wrong with the taste of the rock sugar gourd, so she paid for it herself, and there was no change, so she became confused.

When I went out to take a look, I realized that the dim sum shop diagonally opposite had also begun to sell sugar gourds.

This is not unusual.

As soon as a new business that makes money comes out, some people will imitate it, but this time it is different, because the sugar on the sugar gourd in the Sugar Heart Pavilion is extracted from the sugarcane by a special method, and the taste is much more elegant than the ordinary sugar.

This is also the reason why so many people in Qixian County sell sugar gourds, but after all, there is no taste that can surpass the sugar heart pavilion.

And the sugar gourd in that dim sum shop tastes the same as theirs, and the price is a penny lower than theirs, so it attracts other customers.

After listening to Aunt Liu's words, Xi Duyun fell into deep thought.

The sugar gourd that tastes exactly the same is not the same, and the other party is also sugar extracted from sugar cane.

But this is not right, this day is not the season when sugarcane is abundant, how can there be sugarcane?

Seeing that no one spoke, Aunt Liu sat on the side and rubbed her hands, a little anxious: "Girl, what can I do about this?" ”

In one afternoon, five sugar gourds in the Sugar Heart Pavilion were sold, and there were still a few hundred left for no one to want.

Qi Lichen raised his eyes to look at her: "This matter is very strange. ”

"Not bad." Xi Duyun nodded, pondered for a while, and then said, "It's not difficult to extract sugar from sugarcane, it's rare how to process and make that sugar later." ”

She used to work part-time in a sugar factory with her classmates, and she was naturally familiar with the production of all kinds of sugar. Her method of extracting sugar has added modern methods, how did these ancients know?

And do exactly the same.

Hearing this, Qi Lichen's heart frowned slightly: "You mean, someone stole the sugar from the Sugar Heart Pavilion." ”

Xi Duyun nodded: "Perhaps, not only did I steal the sugar, but even the method of making sugar was leaked." ”

This time, it was she who was careless.

There are people who specialize in making sugar in the Sugar Heart Pavilion, most of them are women in the village, after all, it is a handicraft, and women are better at it.

It's just that she ignores the greed of some people.

Aunt Liu on the side heard Xi Duyun say this, and immediately got up from the chair, her voice was high-pitched: "It turned out that someone stole something, this plague thing, it's really shameless, girl, you wait, I'm going to bring you a few women who make sugar." ”

When the words fell, Aunt Liu rolled up her sleeves and was about to leave, looking menacing.

"Wait, don't rush to arrest people first." Xi Duyun stopped Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was puzzled: "Why, don't arrest people at this time, why did you run away?" ”