In fact, Meng Xiaoran's childhood has never had such an experience, when she was a child, there were fireworks around every festival, but none of this had anything to do with her, this was the first time in her life, someone accompanied her to watch fireworks, and a wonderful warm current surged in her heart, which made her suddenly have the urge to cry, she quietly grabbed the beginning, tried to sniff her nose, held back her tears, and then whispered to the person next to her, "Thank you." ”

Lu Ziqing smiled, "No need to thank you, I should thank you for accompanying me to watch the fireworks, which allowed me to get back my childhood memories." ”

After what happened just now, Meng Xiaoran unconsciously got close to him for a long time, and when he heard him say this, he was no longer as silent as before, and said with a smile: "You are the son of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and you should have been favored when you were a child, how can there be fewer fireworks like this?" I'm afraid that if you want to see it now, someone will prepare it for you, so why miss it? ”

Lu Ziqing had a slash on his face, which quickly disappeared, and then smiled, and when he saw that Meng Xiaoran's nose was already red from the cold, he said, "Let's go, go back." ”

When he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Meng Xiaoran hurriedly returned to Linyue Zhai, and saw that everyone was still playing early, so he quietly breathed a sigh of relief, Xiaocui also went back to the big kitchen today, and celebrated the New Year with her mother, I'm afraid I won't come back at night, Meng Xiaoran went out and was in a much better mood, standing in the courtyard and shaking his head, he planned to go back to the room.

"Sister Green Fu?"

Hearing the voice, Meng Xiaoran turned his head and was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Chun, but Xiao Chun smiled, "You were not here when I came to look for you earlier, but I waited until you came back." As he spoke, he walked towards her, quietly stuffed a note in her palm, and the two continued to talk, and Koharu left.

Meng Xiaoran returned to the house and immediately opened the note, which said that she would see you in the old place at three o'clock, it was sent by Shen Qian, but now that the time has already passed, she was a little annoyed for a while, and immediately got up and went out, taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the palace was still lively, the people who entered the palace must be keeping the New Year, and they would not be able to come back for a while, so she quietly left the Prime Minister's Mansion again.

When she came to that small courtyard, it was pitch black inside, Meng Xiaoran secretly thought, Shen Qian must have waited for a long time and had left, she pushed open the door and was just about to go in, when the room lit up, she was immediately startled, and when she looked up, it was Shen Qian sitting at the table, holding a fire fold and lighting the lamp.

Meng Xiaoran's heart was pounding, obviously frightened, she walked to the table and sat down, and said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, it's late." ”

Shen Qian didn't speak, but the expression on his face was very cold, but it was the same as when Meng Xiaoran first saw him, Meng Xiaoran knew that he must be unhappy, but he didn't know how to explain, so he bit his lip and bowed his head silently.

Shen Qian glanced at her and snorted coldly, "Where have you been?" ”

Meng Xiaoran looked up at him, wanted to speak but didn't know where to start, his lips opened a few times and finally didn't speak, "I'm sorry, it won't be like this again in the future." ”

"You're not in the Prime Minister's Mansion, where did you go?" Shen Qian ignored her apology and insisted on asking, but in the end, Meng Xiaoran still didn't resist his pressure and said it.

"You've gotten acquainted with him." This was the first sentence Shen Qian said after listening to Meng Xiaoran's explanation, and that was also a long time later.

Meng Xiaoran glanced at him, thought for a while and said, "Lu Ziqing has helped many times, I don't think he should be an enemy." ”

Shen Qian looked at her but smiled silently, Meng Xiaoran was a little uncomfortable by him, and said, "Last time in Fahua Temple, I also got some news, and I haven't had a chance to look for you since I came back." ”

"What's the news?"

"You reminded me to wake up that day and night, sure enough, there was movement, I followed Chen to the peach blossom forest in the back mountain, and found her secret, she had an affair with a man named Ye Chunqiu, listening to what they said, it seemed that Chen wanted to find out the whereabouts of the gold mine from Liu Yingyuan."

At first, Shen Qian listened expressionlessly, because he knew all this in advance, but when he heard about the gold mine, his face changed, and he looked at Meng Xiaoran and asked again, "Is it really a gold mine?" Did you hear it right? ”

Seeing him behave like this, Meng Xiaoran knew that her previous guess should be correct, she nodded, "It's not wrong, I heard it very clearly." After speaking, he paused and continued to ask: "Shen Gongzi, you asked me to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to do internal response, just for this matter, right?" ”

Shen Qian nodded, "That's true, I got a clue, Liu Yingyuan opened a gold mine privately, but he has no clue to find evidence, your task is to observe carefully in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and tell me as soon as there is any trouble." ”

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Meng Xiaoran was very puzzled, why he didn't tell him until now.

"What's the use of saying it earlier? Didn't you just get mixed up with Chen? ”

Meng Xiaoran was speechless, and after thinking about it, it seemed to be the same truth, so she didn't say more, she thought of the incident that night in Fahua Temple, and she had been hesitating whether to say it or not, Shen Qian had already figured it out when she saw this, but she still pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What's the matter, looking at your appearance, it seems that something is wrong?" ”

Meng Xiaoran frowned slightly, and finally nodded, "Something happened on the last night of Fahua Temple, Liu Ruxue deliberately led people into the backyard to kidnap me, and was finally rescued by Lu Ziqing." ”

After speaking, there was still some worry on his face, "He recognized me at the beginning, and I seemed to be exposed in front of him, he knew that I would do martial arts." ”

Shen Qian smiled, "Anyone who knows martial arts knows that you can do martial arts, you don't have to worry about this, he won't expose you, at least you won't be fine in the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Meng Xiaoran, with a deep meaning in his eyes, "It's just that you seem to have a close relationship with him, so it's better to pay attention." ”

Meng Xiaoran's heart jumped when he said it, and for some reason he had a feeling of weakness, his face was forced to be calm, and he nodded, "I'll pay attention." ”

This was the end of the conversation between the two, and when Meng Xiaoran was on the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't asked Shen Qian what she was looking for herself, and she had been reporting things all along?

That's it, if it was he who would have said it, she continued to hurry after thinking about it, in that small courtyard, Shen Qian was still sitting at the table without saying a word, at this time Qingfeng came in out of nowhere and asked, "Childe, why didn't the New Year's gift you prepared for Miss Meng go?" ”

Shen Qian took out a delicate handle mirror from the embroidery bag, which was handed down from Fanbang, the back of the mirror was inlaid with various colored jewels, very exquisite, he suddenly threw it to Qingfeng, "I gave it to you!" ”

Qing Feng looked surprised, "This ...... Childe, I'm ...... I don't need it. ”

"Keep it if you don't need it, there will always be a time when it will be useful." Shen Qian got up and left expressionlessly, Qingfeng stood in the room and scratched his head, looking at the handle mirror in his hand, he felt that it was extremely tricky, "Childe must be angry, I will keep this mirror first, and return it to him when he is angry." ”

"Qingfeng, go to Nanyuan!"

Qing Feng immediately blew out the lights when he heard this, and followed, Nanyuan, although the name is good, but it is not a beautiful garden, this is a village of the Shen family in the suburbs, but in fact it is a dungeon, each room has a passage into the dungeon, the cell is a separated secret room, and you can't see anything after the stone door is closed.

As soon as Shen Qian and Qingfeng came in, someone came up to salute, Shen Qian looked at him and asked, "How is it, have those three people been recruited?" ”

The man nodded, "The one at the head has a hard mouth, and he hasn't said anything, and the other two really can't hold it, so they let go, and their subordinates are about to send someone to deliver a letter to Gongzi." ”

Shen Qian nodded, "What did you recruit?" ”

"They are prisoners who escaped from Dingyuan County, and they have been doing things for others, they said that someone gave them silver, and asked them to ruin Liu Ruxue's innocence, and then Liu Ruxue said that they wanted to give their boss a more beautiful maid, so they let Liu Ruxue go, but after taking the maid, he was rescued by two people halfway."

"Who told them to do this?"

The man shook his head, "They don't know, the man is masked, they have always done these things privately, and they have been doing it for several years since they gave money to do things for others." ”

Shen Qian was thoughtful when he heard this, and then smiled, "The cell of the person who is the leader." Hearing this, the doorkeeper immediately walked to a place, and after flipping the switch, the stone door opened, and Shen Qian walked in.

said that it was a prison cell, and the environment inside was very good, but the "boss" was not very good at this time, the whole person was tied to an iron pillar with his hands unfolded, and his whole body was bloody, obviously he was tortured, Shen Qian walked to his side and looked at it, he hung his head, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to have fainted.

"Don't pretend, I know you're not dizzy, I can give you what you want, as long as you listen to me later." Shen Qian said to him.

After a while, the man really raised his head, looked at Shen Qian and asked, "What can you give me?" ”

"A whole new identity."

After Shen Qian finished speaking, he saw that the man's eyes lit up and then went out again, "Hmph, what about the new identity?" It's not that I want to do things for you, but it's still a long way to survive. ”

"Haven't you heard of the Shen family?"

The man's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, "You are the Shen family?" Seeing that Shen Qian didn't speak, his eyes widened again, "Are you Shen Qian?!" ”

"Did you say yes?" Shen Qian didn't answer, but asked questions, but when that person saw Shen Qian's appearance, he already expected that this person was the world-famous Shen Sangongzi.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I promise you, but I have a request, I will protect the lives of the three of our brothers!" ”

"Deal!"

After the two reached an agreement, Shen Qian sent someone to put the three of them down, had someone bandage their wounds, and told them to wait here, and the news would be sent over.

Before leaving, Shen Qian walked up to the man and asked, "Who made you do that?" Is it Mrs. Prime Minister? ”

The man shook his head, "No, it's a middle-aged man, he's our old customer, he's been looking for us many times a year, he's very mysterious, every time he comes, he wears a mask, and his voice is processed." ”

Shen Qian nodded and turned to leave, Qing Feng followed him, with some doubts in his heart, "Childe, what do you want these three people to do?" ”

Shen Qian suddenly smiled, "If I guess correctly, they are the three evils of the rivers and lakes back then." ”