The night is already very deep, and the bright moon hanging high in the night sky and the singing of the husband outside indicate that the time has reached the sea, for this era of extreme lack of entertainment, at this time most people have already fallen asleep early.

In the Yangzhou Zhizhou Mansion, most of the rooms in the courtyard divided by Fei Haomiao to his junior brother Cao Yi have been hidden in the dark, except for the room in the middle that Cao Yi used as a study, which is still lit. At this time, Cao Yi was putting down the book in his hand and stretched.

While shaking his neck, he said: "Brother Yun and Liu Baiqing don't know what the situation is going on, today should be the last day for them to stay there, no matter whether they find Mu Hong or not, they will have to rush back to Yangzhou tomorrow, otherwise when the Zuixian Building here opens, there will be no manpower to ensure safety ......matters at all."

Because there was no one else in the room except him, he was just talking to himself just now, calculating the time, Liu Baiqing has been in the past for three days, and I don't know if there is any new progress over there, Cao Yi looked at the bright moon outside the window, leaned on his chin with his hand, and was slightly distracted.

Then a knock at the door broke his musings, "Come in!" Cao Yi responded, his tone full of curiosity.

It's already so late, and if anyone knocks on the door, there will only be Red Sleeves, but all kinds of matters preparing for the opening of Zuixian Building in the past few days have been orderly, and Red Sleeves has also reported it at dinner, so Cao Yi doesn't know why Red Sleeves is coming to him now.

Since the opening date is approaching, Red Sleeves has become more and more busy, plus Tan Yun came from Yangzhou on the Jiangning runway to take care of his daily life, bathing and changing clothes at night, and he has not let Red Sleeves do it, usually at this time, Red Sleeves should go to bed early.

As for Tan Yun, Cao Yi has already asked her to go back to sleep, the little girl is still developing, and she is sleepy, and Cao Yi sleeps later than them all because she has to read a book every day, so Cao Yi always asks Tan Yun to go back to sleep first, anyway, she is the same as the previous attacker, who is outside Cao Yi's room, every time Cao Yi goes back, he has to pass by, Tan Yun will wake up, and then start to prepare for Cao Yi's washing.

So Cao Yi didn't go back, Tan Yun didn't wake up, and he wouldn't find this side, so Cao Yi's first reaction was that Red Sleeves came to him.

Sure enough, when the door opened, he revealed a delicate face with red sleeves that could be broken, but now he was facing the sky, he should have just woken up, and he was still wearing the clothes he wore when he slept, but he was wearing a robe outside.

"Redsleeves, what's wrong? What's going on? Cao Yi asked curiously.

Red Sleeves nodded, and hurriedly said: "Childe, it was sent by someone from Zuixianlou, saying that just now, Brother Yun's last carrier pigeon also flew back, this is the stationery tied to the pigeon's feet, they are afraid that there will be major news over there, so they don't dare to slack off, and they sent it directly." ”

After speaking, Red Sleeves handed the rolled-up letterhead in his hand to Cao Yi, Cao Yi quickly took it, opened it and took a closer look, there were not a few words on it, but there was news that made Cao Yi happy.

Yun Qing said that he had found Mu Hong and would set off to come back tomorrow morning, but after the letter, he also added a bad premonition in his heart, and he might come back early.

After reading it, Cao Yi fell into deep thought, and Red Sleeves stood quietly aside, not disturbing Cao Yi's thinking, and after a while, Cao Yi raised his head, handed the letterhead in his hand to Red Sleeves, and said: "It's good news, Brother Yun, they have found Mu Hong, and they plan to come back tomorrow morning...... However, he said that he had a bad premonition and might be in advance. ”

Because there were not a few words on the paper itself, after Cao Yi said it again, Red Sleeves had already finished reading the content on the paper, and asked softly: "Childe, are you worried about the bad premonition that Brother Yun said about him?" ”

Cao Yi nodded: "Brother Yun's prediction has always been very accurate, Uncle Wang and Liu Baiqing have told me before that Brother Yun relied on premonition to save the day several times when he was still in command of the Mo Lin army, and some people are indeed very sensitive to danger by nature, so I am indeed a little worried." ”

"That'...... Does Childe have a plan in his heart? Red Sleeves looked at Cao Yi and asked, as Cao Yi's closest person in the past few years, she can almost say that she has been together every day, and she is very familiar with Cao Yi, so after Cao Yi finished speaking, she knew that Cao Yi must have an idea in her heart, and the next thing is to see what actions the son will take, how to do it, and when to do it.

"Well, I now think that Brother Yun will leave with Mu Hong in advance because of his 'bad premonition', and now it is very likely that he is already on the way to Yangzhou, and the only ones who can give him a bad premonition in Xicheng are Jing Zhe and those two Liao people......" Cao Yi looked at Red Sleeves and guessed.

After Cao Yi finished speaking, without waiting for Red Sleeves to answer, he continued to speak: "I will now assume that Jing Zhe and those two Liao people will lead people to hunt down Brother Yun and Mu Hong, so I plan to gather our men in Yangzhou now, and it just so happens that Wang Fu's ship is docked in Yangzhou, and now I will directly bring people over to pick it up!" “”

"Now?" Redsleeves asked worriedly.

"Hmmm! Right now, Red Sleeves, you don't have to persuade me, you can arrange everything now, after the four incense sticks, I want all the personnel to be assembled at the dock. At the end, Cao Yi added: "Remember to bring weapons and carry them on board together in boxes." ”

"Childe...... Brother Liu has already taken away sixty secret guards before, and we still have fifty people in Yangzhou now......" Red Sleeves wanted to ask Cao Yi to bring a few secret guards on the boat this time to respond, since the son has decided, what Red Sleeves can do next is to arrange everything properly and not make any mistakes.

"Leave ten, four Zuixianlou, two warehouses, and two on the Zhizhou Mansion, you still have to have someone to follow after all to rest assured, but the distance from Yangzhou to Xicheng is already close, if the wind is favorable, you can reach it in one day, not more than two days at most, and now we and Brother Yun are driving opposite each other, and the time will be halved, so we should be able to pick them up soon." Cao Yi thought for a moment and said to Red Sleeves.

"Good!" Red Sleeves is also resolute, after asking clearly, after saluting Cao Yi, he went out to arrange personnel, in Yangzhou, the management and command of all personnel are all controlled by Red Sleeves, after all, she is now the top leader of the Taibai Chamber of Commerce, and everything is in his charge.

Originally, there was also her teacher Wang Zhiyuan to help, but now that Wang Zhiyuan has returned to Jiangning, Liu Baiqing has gone to Xicheng to help Yunqing, so in Yangzhou, in addition to business matters, even the overall arrangement of the guards is also responsible for her.

Therefore, the people on the side of the Drunken Immortal Building observed that the carrier pigeon led by Yun Qingyun had arrived, and hurriedly came over to report it to Red Sleeves, instead of asking the porter to find Cao Yi. Similarly, now Cao Yi wants to organize people to pick up Yun Qing, Liu Baiqing and Mu Hong, who are rushing back to Yangzhou, and they are also coordinated by the red sleeves, first let all the personnel of Wang Fu's ship be in place, and then they can leave the port to pick up Yun Qing.

On the other hand, this is to select the forty Taibai secret guards to jump out, a total of fifty people, ten people will be left for the most basic protection, and the rest will be gathered at the dock now, and they will also have to carry "weapon boxes". This is all arranged by Red Sleeves.

After two sticks of incense, when the red sleeves came back, they were already wearing a new look, which was completely different from the previous appearance. "Childe, all the personnel have been arranged, let's go to the dock now."

Cao Yi nodded, and went directly to the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion with red sleeves to take a carriage to the dock, as for the others, Cao Yi didn't want to wake up, and he didn't want to take them, they just managed the business affairs in Yangzhou, and even the red sleeves would not let her get on the boat at that time, and the next thing, if there was a conflict, the red sleeves would not help much, and after Cao Yi left, Yangzhou also needed someone to preside over the overall situation.

From Zhizhou Mansion to the wharf, it took about a stick of incense on the road, although it was relatively late, but for Shili Yangzhou Road, it was like the beginning of the lanterns, and the life of Shengge had just begun, so the carriage that Cao Yi was riding was blocked for a while on the road because of excessive traffic.

When Cao Yi and Red Sleeves arrived, a full forty people had already lined up in a phalanx waiting for Cao Yi, and now the leading figure was He Su, because it was night, in order not to attract the attention of others, the forty Taibai secret guards saw that Cao Yi just saluted and did not shout hello.

Because Cao Yi judged in his heart that Yun Qing must have come back early, and there was still danger, he didn't waste time, and directly waved his hand, and asked He Su to take the "weapon box merchant ship, Wang Fu was already waiting on the deck, and saluted after seeing Cao Yi." ”

"Captain Wang, time is pressing now, you hurry up and set sail in the direction of Xicheng, remember that Yun Qing and Liu Baiqing may be coming from Xicheng to Yangzhou now, so be careful when you drive the boat, don't collide with others because of the night." Cao Yi waved his hand at Wang Fu, who was saluting, and commanded.

"Yes, Childe! The old decay will set off on its journey. Wang Fu nodded, then turned around and left.

"Red Sleeves, you go down, if we don't have any accidents, we should be able to come back tomorrow afternoon, and Xicheng will be handed over to you!" Cao Yi patted the shoulder of the red-sleeved man who was on the boat with him and said.

The red-sleeved good-looking eyebrows frowned slightly, pursed his lips, and said a little coquettishly: "Okay, that son, you must come back safely!" ”

As the eldest sister among so many maids around Cao Yi, Red Sleeves is naturally well-behaved and sensible, so after Cao Yi said it, she obediently returned to the dock, at this time Wang Fu had already driven the boat farther and farther away from the dock, Cao Yi, who was standing on the deck, turned his head to look at the direction of the dock, and found that Red Sleeves was standing on it, obviously watching them leave, and he would not go back until he couldn't see it.

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