Although the north is poor, but these official ladies are not very poor, although the road is closed by heavy snow, when the snow melts in the spring, the caravan will come.

At this time, everyone was discussing clothes and jewelry with each other, discussing what to buy when the caravan from the south of the Yangtze River came to the capital of the Spring Festival.

Li Zhu stood there quickly, looking at the direction in which Xin Yi and Mrs. Huang disappeared, if Mrs. Li hadn't pulled too hard, she would have followed.

"Mother, don't pull me." Li Zhu said to Mrs. Li anxiously.

The strength in Mrs. Li's hand did not relax at all, and said coldly, "You have already passed today, if you want to kill the whole family, you can go." ”

When Li Zhuhai heard this, the whole person drooped, looked ahead blankly, his lips moved, and he sat helplessly on the chair.

Let's say that Xin Yi followed Mrs. Huang to the second floor of the observation building, standing under the eaves of the building and looking into the distance, the field of vision was broad, and it was white.

It was windy outside, and Mrs. Huang let Xin Yi into the house, and Xin Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised when she looked at the layout in the house.

Inside the room are rows of roof-high bookshelves, filled with books.

"There are so many books in the house." Xin Yi praised sincerely.

At the beginning, she also saw so many books in Master's study, and she preferred to read picture books, but she rarely read the books on Master's bookshelf.

Thinking of this, Xin Yi's heart was a little uncomfortable, the master was burned to the ground, and presumably those books had also been turned into ashes.

If Master knew, how sad he would be.

Mrs. Huang is proud of this,

"The books were collected by his grandson, and he was re-elected as the prefect of the Northland, thinking that he would stay here for many years, so he expanded this observation building three years ago, the first floor was used for banquets, and the second floor was used as a library building."

Xin Yi nodded, took a few casual glances, and found that the arrangement of the books was also interesting, and it was somewhat the same as the arrangement in the Master's library.

She quietly flipped through a book in a conspicuous place, which was a unique book, about monasticism.

Xin Yi put the book back in its place and asked Mrs. Huang,

"The Qi Yun Zhenren that Madame met wants to come and talk to Madame about cultivation, I wonder what Madame thinks about this?"

"Does Madame also read the Taoist scriptures?"

Mrs. Huang, who was proud of the abundance of books in the library building just now, said with some disdain,

"It is said that the Great Dao is immortal, but in fact, there are a few people who are really immortal, but it is just a trick used by those monks and Taoists to attract pilgrims."

"I don't look at it."

Xin Yi nodded and didn't say anything.

Then, what she said about being close friends with Daoist Qi Yun should be considered again.

Mrs. Huang walked to the last row of the bookshelf, took a box from the shelf, opened it, and there were really a few talismans in it.

She couldn't see the skill of the person who drew the talisman, but with such a talisman for some years, even Han Yunzhen, who was the most proficient in talisman and seal, couldn't draw it even if she thought about it.

At first, she thought that Mrs. Huang called her up to tell her about the fraud in the imperial examination, but she didn't expect that there was really a talisman seal to take out for her identification.

Since Mrs. Huang didn't say it, then she would just like to look at Fu Seal.

So she flattened the talismans in the box one by one on the table and looked at them carefully.

Mrs. Huang just held her breath and stood aside at first, and suddenly said to Xin Yi,

"Actually, my lord is not afraid of those scholars suing at all."

Xin Yi put down the talisman seal in his hand and raised his eyebrows,

"I'm just a backhouse woman......"

Mrs. Huang interrupted without waiting for Xin Yi to finish,

"You don't have to say it, I have my own judgment in my heart about the facts, and since I said that I am not afraid, I am really not afraid."

"You don't have to say anything to excuse yourself."

Xin Yi looked at Mrs. Huang's confident face, a little ridiculous.

Mrs. Huang continued,

"Because there is no fraud in the imperial examination at all, naturally there is no need to be afraid."

Xin Yi smiled and praised, "Lord Huang is a good official. ”

Mrs. Huang glanced at Xin Yi and said seriously, "If you are a good official or a bad official, how do you look at it, at least the imperial court recognizes my master, otherwise he would not have been re-elected, and the officials would not have let him be promoted." ”

Mrs. Huang once again said that Lord Huang's promotion, thinking that it was a certainty.

"That's all Madame wants to tell me?" Xin Yi thought for a moment and asked.

Mrs. Huang felt that her meaning had been made clear.

No matter how Xiao Yuanyou checks, it is impossible to find her husband.

If Xiao Yuanyou came to her husband, it would only be in vain.

Mrs. Huang is colored,

"As an older than you, I will give you a word of advice, the north looks poor, but it is not so easy to govern, your husband wants to investigate the case, it is better to go to the countryside, there are many rights and wrongs in the countryside, and it is easy to judge the case.

When the time comes, you can quickly accumulate a hundred cases, and you will be able to return to Beijing. ”

Xin Yi nodded thoughtfully, "Yes......"

It seems that the person behind Lord Huang is in the capital, and he knows everything about the capital, but he doesn't know who this person is.

Is it the Lu family? Or is it the eldest princess of Xiangyang.

What is the eldest princess of Xiangyang doing with these forces?

It can't be a rebellion.

It's too late to rebel at her age, right?

If it wasn't rebellion, then what did she want?

Mrs. Huang thought that Xin Yi understood the meaning of talking to her today, and said,

"It's good that you understand, I don't know if this talisman is rare? I heard that it is used for good sleep and is good for the body? ”

Xin Yi looked at the talisman seal in her hand, such a talisman seal that is some years old, of course it is good, she praised a few words at will, and followed Mrs. Huang downstairs.

Downstairs, Li Zhukuai still had that kind of depressed atmosphere, and Mrs. Li held her hand, looking like a mother and daughter.

Seeing Xin Yi come down, Li Yu blinked his eyes, and was obviously relieved to see that she was not damaged.

Today's banquet of Mrs. Huang is one because of the New Year's wine, and the other is to talk to Xin Yi about the fraud in the imperial examination.

Both purposes were achieved, and the feast was almost coming to an end.

After eating and drinking tea in Huangfu, the officials and their relatives took their leave.

Xin Yi also said goodbye to Mrs. Huang and left, and Mrs. Huang gave her a meaningful look and reminded her not to forget what she said to her.

When he was about to leave the second door, Xin Yi saw that Li Zhukuai was arguing with Mrs. Li about something, and then Li Zhukuai broke free of Mrs. Li's hand and ran to the side quickly.

Seeing Xin Yi looking this way, Mrs. Li narrowed her eyes and said with a smile,

"This kid is like this, seeing that he is going to be eighteen, he is still a little girl's temper, and he will change his face when he says it."

Mrs. Li looked helpless, and then said to Xin Yi with some apologies,

"Madam, please wait, the concubine will go and get Hong'er back first."

When Mrs. Li came, she was in her carriage, and when she went back, she left the mother and daughter behind.

So she nodded,

"Mrs. Li is going to look for someone, I'll wait here."

Mrs. Li bowed to Xin Yi apologetically, and then took the old lady to chase after the place where Li Yu had just left.

Xin Yi waited in the carriage with Zhenxiang, and did not see Mrs. Li's mother and daughter come back for a while.

"Ma'am, nothing will happen to them, will it?" Maka asked a little puzzled.

Xin Yi shook her head, and she inexplicably felt a hint of danger in her heart.

Recently, things have happened one after another, and she can't find evidence and truth, she just has a hunch.

Xin Yi didn't know why Mrs. Li's mother and daughter hadn't come back for so long, and suddenly heard neat footsteps not far away.

She often heard such footsteps, and the guards in the palace and the guards around the fifth brother in the past walked like this.

Zhenxiang also changed her face, her whole body sat straight, and her breath changed.

The two sat in the carriage and did not go out in a hurry, but gently lifted the corner of the curtain a little bit and peeked out.

Just because she had to wait for Mrs. Li's mother and daughter, it was freezing outside, so she asked the guards and the coachman to go to the porter to take shelter.

Looking out of the corner of the window, you can clearly see more than a dozen soldiers in armor passing by.

The leader looked at the carriage as he passed, but did not stop.

Inside, Xin Yi pinched the corner of the curtain and didn't move, holding his breath, not daring to make the slightest sound.

Zhenxiang had already arrived in front of Xin Yi, making a defensive gesture.

Xin Yi is not the only one or two in the carriage here, there are still two or three official families who have not left yet, which can be regarded as a cover for Xin Yi and them.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, the leading soldier went forward.

When the footsteps of the soldiers were not clear, Xin Yi exhaled loudly, her palms were full of sweat.

With so many soldiers marching neatly, this is a clear indication of what Lord Huang wants to do.

Xin Yi felt that maybe his guess was about to turn into a reality.

The officialdom of this northern land colluded together.

Maybe what Li Zhukuai heard from the dead little guy that day was the truth.

The 'master' that County Lieutenant Wu said to Lord Wei, maybe this does not mean that Lord Wei and County Lieutenant Wu are in the same group.

It was probably the master behind the substitute of the county lieutenant Wu who persuaded Lord Wei to join them.

But Lord Wei refused, is it that if he agrees, then he doesn't have to die?

A good official who loves the people naturally disdains to be associated with these people, and he only has the people in his eyes.

Xin Yi clutched the hem of her skirt tightly, these soldiers were definitely not patrols in Lord Huang's mansion.

What is their purpose?

Do you want to detain her so that you can bargain with the fifth brother?

No wonder Mrs. Huang was so confident just now.

Xin Yi was quickly thinking of a way to get rid of it, when he heard a voice outside.

She subconsciously pulled up a corner, and saw that the two soldiers were tightly covering Li Zhukuai's mouth and going to another place.

As the three men left the carriage, they took one look and left.