Chapter 31: The Midnight Game
It was night, Meng Xiaoran climbed over the wall from the corner of the north courtyard as usual, but she didn't find anyone following behind her, and the person behind her followed her in a night suit to the courtyard in the north of the city, and then stopped and hid in the dark.
Meng Xiaoran entered the courtyard and came to the room where they had last met, it was still pitch black, she walked to the table and found the fire fold and lit the lamp in the house, and then sat down.
After a while, there was a sound at the door, Shen Qian pushed the door in, for some reason, Meng Xiaoran felt that he seemed to be in a good mood today, I don't know if it was because of what she heard.
"Why did you come to me today?" Shen Qian walked over slowly and sat down.
Meng Xiaoran hesitated for a moment and looked up at him, "Did you do Liu Ruxue's thing?" ”
Shen Qian raised his eyebrows, "Why do you ask?" ”
"It's just my feeling, this thing is linked from front to back, if you didn't do it, I really can't think of anyone else who would be like this." Meng Xiaoran smiled.
Shen Qian didn't speak, Meng Xiaoran understood, this was a tacit acquiescence, she was suddenly a little moved in her heart, she wanted to thank him but couldn't open her mouth, in her consciousness, the two were just the purest employment relationship, she never thought that one day Shen Qian would design so carefully for her, and she felt a little emotional in her heart.
Finally she mustered up the courage, looked at him and said, "Anyway, I want to thank you!" ”
Shen Qian's originally unwavering face instantly became a little uncomfortable, he looked around, coughed low and said: "You don't have to thank you, how can you say that you are also the one who does things for me, they are slapping me in the face like this, I naturally want to get it back, it was my negligence that almost killed you last time, but don't worry, this kind of thing will not happen again in the future." ”
Meng Xiaoran's heart suddenly fluctuated a little, she lowered her head and didn't speak, and only raised her head after a strange look in her heart passed, Shen Qian noticed that her eyes were very bright at this time, as if they had just been washed with water, and they looked more and more moving under the illumination of the light.
"I have written down the kindness of the prince to me, but the progress in the Prime Minister's Mansion is slow, and I am slowly integrating now, hoping to gain the trust of my wife as soon as possible." Meng Xiaoran felt that the atmosphere was a little uncomfortable, so he changed the topic and talked about the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Shen Qian's heart was also instantly relieved, and said: "There is no need to rush this matter, but you still need to pay more attention to the Prime Minister's Mansion, of course, you must also pay attention to safety, if you encounter a crisis in the future, you don't have to scruple anymore, it is important to save your life." ”
Meng Xiaoran was a little moved in her heart, as time went by, she gradually felt that Shen Qian was not as indifferent as she was when she first met, in fact, he was a very good person, and he was also very protective of his own people, as can be seen from this incident, she was hurt by Liu Ruxue's face, so he designed to disfigure Liu Ruxue, and then made the matter of jade face cream.
The two didn't say much, and after a little conversation, it ended, and Meng Xiaoran left, but after this night, the relationship between the two seemed to have undergone some changes, and they took a step closer in the direction of friends.
When Meng Xiaoran left, the man in black hiding in the dark moved, but he didn't leave, he was still waiting there, I don't know who he was waiting for, after a while, the lights in the house were blown out, Shen Qian walked out, he seemed to casually glance at the place where the man in black was hiding, and then flew away.
The person hiding in the shadows was heartbroken by his glance, but when he looked again, it seemed that the other party didn't find anything, so he was relieved, and he left after a while.
"Master, it's indeed Shen Qian." The man in black was Lan Yue beside Lu Ziqing, and he was standing in front of Lu Ziqing to report at this time.
Lu Ziqing didn't seem surprised, just hooked his lips and smiled, "Sure enough, it's him!" ”
"Master, what is this Xia Ruhua doing when she blends into the Prime Minister's Mansion? Will it affect our plans? Do you want? As he spoke, he raised his hand and gestured at his neck, which was very obvious.
Lu Ziqing shook his head, "At least for now, they are friends and not enemies, continue to investigate, if they are to deal with Liu Yingyuan, then we don't have to do it, just sit back and reap the profits." ”
"What does the master mean?" Lan Yue's eyes lit up, and she looked at Lu Ziqing with inquiry, and nodded with a smile when she saw him, "In my guess, Shen Qian should be doing something for one of the above, but it is definitely not the Four Princes, their purpose should be to overthrow the Prime Minister's Mansion and pull the Four Princes into the water." ”
Lanyue nodded, "So the master means that we don't have to do it ourselves, just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" ”
"You continue to investigate, this is just my speculation, if that's the case, let's get out of here, I'm sure everything will go according to our expectations, and I just have to deal with the last person."
"The master is wise!"
And at this moment, in the Shen Mansion, Qingfeng and Shen Qian were also talking in the study, "Childe, aren't you doing so many things just to take revenge on Liu Ruxue, now that the Prime Minister's Mansion has really sent five thousand taels of gold, then we really want to send Yurong paste to her?" ”
Shen Qian glanced at him, and knocked him with the folding fan in his hand, "Why don't you make money if you have money?" Qingfeng touched his head dissatisfiedly, and kept muttering in his heart: You can also see 10,000 taels of gold?
At this time, Shen Qian looked at him and said with a smile: "If not, how can we know how much this old fox is worth?" Just looking at the fact that he was willing to take out 10,000 taels of gold for a bottle of jade cream, it can be seen that the rumors are not fake. ”
Qing Feng's eyes widened, "Childe, are you talking about that?" Prime Minister, did he really open a gold mine privately? ”
"Humph! If it weren't for that, he would be just a prime minister, how could he have such a large property, he only earned 2,000 taels of silver a year, and 10,000 taels of gold would be taken as soon as he said it, it seems that what he said is true. Shen Qian squinted and said.
At this time, Qingfeng once again admired Gongzi in his heart, but he didn't expect Gongzi to be able to kill two birds with one stone, this incident not only helped Miss Meng take revenge, but also tried to find out the details of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which was really wonderful.
Meng Xiaoran quietly returned to the North Courtyard, and as soon as he entered, he heard Xiaocui's voice, "Hmm, sister, what are you doing?" The voice was misty, apparently just woken up.
Meng Xiaoran was startled, and immediately pretended to yawn, "I drank too much water at night, went to the toilet, and woke you up?" Go to sleep. Xiao Cui sighed, and soon fell into a deep sleep again, Meng Xiaoran sighed, shook his head, walked to the bed, took off his coat and fell asleep.
The most famous green building in Yujing City is this Fenghua Xueyue Building, and the girl Zidai in it is even more famous, not to mention the beauty, and what is even more rare is that the talent is also first-class.
But the beauty has always had a little temper, even the mother in the Fenghua Xueyue Building can't do anything about her, every day to see guests is based on mood, and you have to pass the level she set up, usually three levels, are some poetry riddles, but it is very difficult, and the son who can pass all can finally know that he sees the girl Zidai.
Even though it is so difficult, it has attracted the talents of this Yujing City to compete for it, and they go to Fenghua Xueyue Tower every day just to break through.
In the past few days, Miss Dai has not come out to meet guests when she is unwell, and many talented people are very disappointed in their hearts, feeling that life seems to be tasteless.
Liu Chengming, the third son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, is the son-in-law of the Chen family, and is also the eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is no accident that he will inherit the family business of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the future, and he is only fourteen years old, but he looks like a handsome and handsome son, without the slightest of his father's rigorous style, he loves to walk horses and fight cocks on weekdays, and his favorite thing is to go to this Fenghua Xueyue Building, and go with a group of fox friends and dog friends, but he has seen Zidai girl once for so long, and he has never forgotten it since then.
On this day, he went to Fenghua Xueyue Building with a group of friends, the building was very deserted during the day, and as soon as they entered, a small servant who ran the hall came to tell each other: "A few sons are sorry, Miss Zidai is unwell today, and she is closed to thank you." ”
One of the young men in a blue brocade robe frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you unwell?" It's been three or four days in a row. ”
The little guy smiled and didn't dare to respond, one of the slightly older white-clothed men "brushed" the folding fan in his hand, and smiled ambiguously, "Little Brother Song, you don't know this, there are always a few days of discomfort in a woman's family a month, I'm afraid the same is true for Miss Zidai." ”
This boy in blue is the third son of the Song Shangshu family, and now he is the same as Liu Chengming, but he is only fourteen years old, and he doesn't know much about women.
On the second day, a few people went to the Fenghua Snow Moon Building, this day Dai girl finally came out to meet the guests again, early in the morning the building was very lively, crowded a group of young sons, everyone crowded in the center of the hall, looking at the title hanging above, today's first level is a pair, the upper link is: the phoenix falls Wutong Wu falls the phoenix, the lower link will let the sons right, but a round only take the best ten into the second level.
There were many people gathered in the hall, and only ten people could win in the first round, it can be said that the competition was very fierce, everyone thought about it, even if the friends on weekdays would not get together again at this time, after all, it can be a symbol of talent to win, and young talents like them who claim to be talented are naturally not convinced.
The little guy lit a pillar of incense, announced the start of the timer, limited to a stick of incense, after the time each son handed over the pair he wrote, each person had a piece of paper in front of him, and wrote it when he thought about it.
The hall immediately quieted down, everyone was thinking hard, half of the time passed, there were already a lot of people began to write, when writing worried that the people at the same table would see, but also let themselves bring the little guy to block, because Zi Dai girl also has a rule, once there are two identical answers, the two will be regarded as plagiarism, from then on she will never receive, that is to say, lost the opportunity to compete, this is naturally a disgraced thing for the noble son here, so no one is willing to take this risk.
A stick of incense burned out, everyone's pairs were taught, and everyone sat in their seats and waited quietly for the results of the first round.