For the little eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison, the seemingly ordinary gate of the Shen Mansion in the back street of the river has long been as dangerous as the entrance to the Shura Hell; And the fierce god guarding this entrance gate is naturally the unkempt Liu Banxian all day long.

Since it is impossible to find out the reality of the Shen Mansion, then now on the bright side, only Li Deng, the prime minister of the Northern Secluded, is left. Even if the Li Mansion is now in the period of mourning, Li Deng himself is still holding the position of Prime Minister of Youbei after all, and it is not very difficult for him, the acting supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, to meet him.

Liu Zhi, who had decided on the 'direction of reconnaissance', came to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the early morning of the next day. Not long after the subordinates reported in, Li Fu, an old housekeeper with a white scarf hanging from his waist, led the newly promoted Supervisor Liu to the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Oh...... It turns out that Young Eunuch Liu is here for this matter...... However, the common people have always liked to hear about things, and it is not surprising that there are any stories! Besides, this is a big deal, is it worth it Young Eunuch Liu, you personally come to the house to inform the old man? ”

Liu Zhi looked at Prime Minister Li Cheng's 'forcibly calm' expression, and felt quite impatient in his heart: Who in Fengjing City doesn't know that you Li Deng and Shen Gui are very close? Now you keep claiming that I am a young supervisor, which is clearly planning to pretend to be stupid! And judging from this way of calling, I'm afraid that whatever happens after Master Lu's death, this Prime Minister Li Cheng plans to pretend not to know!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister has been ill for many days, and I shouldn't have disturbed your rest. But yesterday, I heard a report from my subordinates that the Prime Minister's Mansion has been hanging in the house recently, as if it was preparing for a funeral. After hearing about it, I was very worried, so I casually borrowed an excuse to come to the house, in fact, it was to make a special trip to visit your ......."

When Li Deng heard Liu Zhi's words, he lowered his head and coughed lightly a few times in a fake manner, and then his expression immediately returned to the same as before, but his voice was a little more erratic than before:

"There is Young Eunuch Lao Liu's concern...... An old family member has been mourned in the house...... Nothing in the way, nothing in the way......"

But most of the smart people will have some 'bad problems'. He will be suspicious of all the things that others show him; And the 'so-called answer' that he himself painstakingly came up with, whether it was absurd or not, must be extremely convinced. Beiyan's Guo father and son were like this, so they were subjected to Shen Gui's 'precision attack' and suffered a complete defeat; and Liu Zhi also had this problem, at this time, he saw Li Deng's pretentious posture, and he already believed in Li Le'an's death in his heart.

"Oh...... In this case, I also ask Prime Minister Li Cheng to mourn and change. Now that Youbei Third Road has just experienced a baptism of war, it is the time when a hundred wastes are waiting to be rebuilt, I hope you can take care of your body as soon as possible and create more well-being for the people of Youbei......"

Liu Zhi, who consciously grasped the initiative, was really not in a hurry at this time. Because now that Li Le'an is dead, the Dongyou Li family is already destined to fall into the hands of the prince; Moreover, even the little trick of cultivating 'Li Sanlin' to be a puppet family head can be directly avoided, and he simply puts all the responsibility on the rebellious relatives in the Great Wilderness City, and beats them for the crime of killing people for money and seizing family property, and the Li family's family business that is rich and rivals the country, won't it become a meal on a plate that the prince can enjoy alone?

"But...... What Young Eunuch Liu said just now, the old man thinks about it now, and he also has a question he wants to ask......

"Xiangye, please say ......"

"Where is the second prince Yan Qinghong now?"

"This ......"

Liu Zhi, who had fallen into the hands of Liu Banxian, of course knew that the second prince, Yan Qinghong, had recuperated in Shen Mansion. However, the spies of the Imperial Horse Supervisor could not enter the Shen Mansion for half a step at all, so they could not detect the movements of the second prince in real time. Such a big person, the injury is almost healed, God knows where he has run now?

That's right, Yan Qinghong does not have any talent and power, but after all, he is also the son of the first emperor, and after all, he is also the bloodline of the Yan family. And the primary duty of the Imperial Horse Warden is, of course, to protect the personal safety of the members of the royal family. At this time, Li Deng began to hold himself accountable from the perspective of the prime minister, and immediately hit Liu Zhi's soft underbelly.

"This ...... After the fire in Beilan Palace before, the first emperor allowed the second prince to go out of the palace to recuperate, saying that it was for the convenience of rescue...... There is a clear record of this matter in the living notes of the first emperor...... If you have any questions, you can find the inner ......"

"I'm afraid Supervisor Liu didn't hear the old man's question clearly, the old man asked the second prince, where is ...... now?"

In the face of Li Deng's word-by-word questioning, Liu Zhi stubbornly insisted on continuing to pretend to be stupid:

"According to my guess from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the second prince should be in the Shen Gui Mansion in the back street of Hezhong now......"

"Guess...... Should...... Oh, let's not mention your way of doing things as a royal horse supervisor, the old man first has to ask Young Eunuch Liu, who is this Shen Gui? ”

Li Deng's question cannot be regarded as pretending to be confused! In Liuzhi's ears, it's a little too much to take yourself as a person! Who is Shen Gui? This question, in addition to Shen Gui himself, you are the prime minister of Youbei who knows this question best, right? If it weren't for the fact that the prince cut off the possibility of him falling next to the big tree of your Li family at the last moment, you are old and young, and you wouldn't have put on the same pair of pants long ago?

"Back to Xiangye's words, this Shen Gui is the illegitimate son of the beloved daughter of the former Zhongshan King Guo Yunsong, Princess Guo Zhen."

"Yes, Shen Gui is just an illegitimate son with no official or position, Yan Qinghong, who is the second prince of Youbei, why does he want to live in his mansion? If it is to facilitate the treatment of fire injuries, all the precious medicinal materials in the palace are available, and outside the north palace gate is where the Tai Hospital is located, why did the first emperor give up the near and far and ask him to go out of the palace to treat his injuries? ”

"This ......"

"Young Eunuch Liu, don't think about it, not only can't you tell you clearly, but even your master Yan Tian can't say it clearly. According to the old man, if you come to ask the old man where the second prince is at the moment, I am afraid that you will return empty-handed. First, Li did not know the whereabouts of the second prince; Second, forgive the old man for being arrogant, don't say that you are a late-born junior...... Even if your master Lu Xiangyin comes in person, he is not worthy to ask the old man any questions. If there is anything else you want to ask, let your master say it himself! ”

As soon as Li Deng's words fell, Li Fu's short figure flashed outside the door. Although he was not in a hurry to make a move, Liu Zhi only looked at the position of his hands and feet, and he already knew that this great butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion would never be easy to match.

"Yes...... If you say that the villain will definitely bring it. Then, the villain will no longer bother Xiangye to recuperate......"

Liu Zhi had no intention of making a move with Li Fu, even if he was not afraid of the other party, he would never dare to underestimate this old man. What's more, when he entered the mansion, he had already seen that there was an extremely dangerous tall and thin man sitting in the concierge - the owner of the Qingquan Tea House, Shan Qingquan.

After saying goodbye, Liu Zhi glanced at Li Deng, who was blowing with a teacup, and then went back to the palace dejectedly.

This trip back from the Li Mansion, in addition to being humiliated by Li Deng, Liu Zhi did not gain nothing. First of all, he has determined that Li Deng is 'indeed' treating his daughter's funeral, and secondly, Yan Qinghong is indeed in Shen Guifu at present! If not, Li Deng would not have used Yan Qinghong's unknown whereabouts as an excuse to turn his own army; In the end, and the most important gain, is that Li Dengqi should have developed some 'disobedience' to his own nephew.

Of course, Li Deng's disobedience was because Yan Hunt died very suddenly, and he wanted to 'accept the first emperor's concession' and reluctantly claim the emperor's throne? Or is it because he has long been in cahoots with Yan Qinghong, the second prince, and is ready to help him 'seek to usurp the throne'? However, no matter what his motive for giving birth to 'evil thoughts', it made no difference to Yan Tian, who would rather kill the wrong one than let it go.

When Liu Zhi reported Li Deng's response to Yan Tian's ears word for word, the office in the palace immediately had another big business. Yan Tian really deserved to be the blood of the first emperor, and in an instant, he smashed all the porcelain that could be smashed into powder.

"Old thief! Traitor! Thief of the country! What is there to be angry about him? It's just an old dog after it has been broken, and he dares to shake his majesty in front of me? ”

Yan Tian's angry and corrupt scolding made Liu Zhi and Wang Gonggong a little embarrassed. However, they could only turn a deaf ear and wait for the master to vent the depression in his chest.

"Where is the envoy now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I heard that the envoys are now living in the official post."

"Biography...... No, I want to leave the palace in person."

Yes, Yan Tian didn't want to wait any longer, and he couldn't wait. Although he owes a large debt to Di Ting, he can postpone the date of repayment; But this rare 'preferential treatment' is also because of the 'medicinal tobacco' raw material business between the two, and now that Li Gao's short-sighted 'old thief' has made 'all preparations', then of course he has to speed up the layout.

The reason for such a hurry is simply because the best planting season of 'Elephant Valley' is around the time of the rain in the valley today. If you miss this opportunity, you can only wait for the arrival of Gu Yu next year. Because the climate of Youbei Third Road is extremely cold, the ice period that cannot be planted is more than half a year. Even if the elephant valley is planted and harvested, it will only take more than 100 days at most, but if the light is insufficient, it will be difficult to produce high-quality fruits.

Besides, even if he can endure this year, the people who listen to Nan Kangdi don't know if they have such good patience. If it were without the great external help of Di Ting, whether he would be able to withstand Li Deng, the prime minister of the Three Dynasties with deep roots, is an unknown number.

Half an hour later, Yan Day, who had changed his disguise, came to an upper room in the official post of the Ministry of Rites. Facing this scarred man with a cold look and no smiles, Yan Tian always felt that his back was cold......