Chapter 1103: Preparing to Travel
It seems that he has become accustomed to this kind of thing.
On the first day of the new year, although people come and go, most of them are from all over the house, but they also visit the streets.
Although Joanna is not too familiar with the process of celebrating the New Year here, she also understands that since it is the beginning of the new year, many people are also very free, which makes her immediately think of Zhang Fan, even if Zhang Fan is busy on weekdays, even if it is yesterday, the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve is still very busy, but today should always be able to rest, moreover, Joanna knows that Zhang Fan has not left the mansion today, and has always been in the Shu King's Mansion.
In this way, although the Shu Wangfu is very lively today, and there are a lot of people coming and going, but it is not because of Zhang Fan, these people are here to meet Zhu Xuanqi, in this way, Zhang Fan should have nothing to do, so Joanna thought about it and wanted to take Zhang Fan on a trip together.
And when he found Zhang Fan, he found that Zhang Fan was not alone, although Liang Chao was not there, but Wang Meng was here, and even that Zhao Zijie was there, Joanna didn't need to ask at all, seeing this situation, she understood that Zhang Fan had something to do again, in this case, Joanna had already understood, Zhang Fan still had something to do today, and she still couldn't accompany her, so she didn't plan to do those useless things anymore, and was ready to turn around and leave.
"Joanna,"
What she didn't expect was that just as Joanna was about to turn around and leave, Zhang Fan stopped her, she stopped with some curiosity, looked at Zhang Fan and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"That's right," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "I wanted someone to come looking for you just now, but I didn't expect you to come first, if you are not tired today, if you are not tired, how about accompanying me to go out,"
"Okay," Joanna didn't expect that what Zhang Fan brought up was actually this matter, and this was what she was supposed to call here, and now that Zhang Fan has brought it up, of course she has no reason to refuse.
"In that case, it's just right," Zhang Fan said, "Just now Zijie came here to tell me, saying that he was going out today, and asked us if we were going, I agreed, you go back and clean up quickly, and we will go out later,"
"Well," she answered, nodded, Joanna turned to leave, she still had a smile on her face, but she was obviously happier, and even if Zhang Fan couldn't see this, but Joanna's footsteps when she left were obviously lighter than before, which showed that she was indeed in a good mood just now.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan was naturally happy in his heart, but at the same time, he still had a sense of regret in his heart, why, Zhang Fan always felt that it was really undeserved to snub Joanna so much these days, even if Joanna had never told him these things, but in this way, Zhang Fan's heart felt even more sorry, you know, Joanna came here alone, she was not familiar with life, he was her only reliance, but Zhang Fan was busy with things and couldn't accompany her.
Even now, he is already going to take her out for a walk, but in fact, Zhang Fan still has a purpose when he goes out this time, and taking Joanna with him is just an incidental thing in the final analysis, which makes Zhang Fan really feel a little guilty in his heart.
"My lord, it's ready over there,"
The sudden voice interrupted Zhang Fan's thoughts, making him a little annoyed, but he quickly calmed down and looked to the side.
The person who said what he said just now was Zhu Xuanluo, he naturally caught the look of anger in Zhang Fan's eyes, which made him a little puzzled for a while, and he didn't know what he said that would make Zhang Fan unhappy, but he didn't care, although he was now in cooperation with Zhang Fan, occupying the upper hand, but this did not mean that he had to be afraid of Zhang Fan, you must know that Zhang Fan still had greater hopes for him.
Of course, Zhu Xuanluo is a smart person, even if he knew this, he would not rely on this kind of thing to deliberately cause trouble.
"Are you sure," Zhang Fan asked.
"There will be no mistake," Zhu Xuanluo said, "Although most of the people in the palace do not believe in Buddhism, but this Xia Lingbo, whether she is acting or not, or really doing so, will go to Daci Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha on the first day of the New Year, I don't know if the Miao people believe in Buddhism, but she has been in the palace for three years, and the first two Chinese New Year's Holidays will go, this time is no exception, I went to see it before, although I didn't ask, but it was already packing up and preparing to go out, and she knew that I was going to spy on her, so she saw me coming, took the initiative to let me escort her out, although I didn't say that I was going to Daci Temple to offer incense, but I don't think there will be anything wrong,"
"Wang Meng, how are the preparations over there," Zhang Fan heard Zhu Xuanluo's words, so he didn't ask anymore, turned his head to look at Wang Meng, and asked, "How is the place to look?"
"My lord, I have already found it," Wang Meng replied, "Daci Temple is very big, although it has been burned and rebuilt many times after several wars, but it still occupies a large area, I heard that during the New Year's Festival, there are always a lot of people, Liang Chao has arranged it over there, although the place is very secret, but after all, there are a lot of people today, so a few places are arranged, and nothing will be exposed,"
"That's just right," Zhang Fan said, "Have you arranged the manpower?"
"It's already arranged," Wang Meng replied, "It's too late now, and there are more tourists in Daci Temple at this time, and it's absolutely safe to put people in this kind of place, and no one will find out,"
"Your Excellency wants to place people in Daci Temple," Hearing the conversation between Zhang Fan and Wang Meng, Zhu Xuanluo on the side couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "Why is this?"
"Actually, when I heard you say that Xia Lingbo goes to Daci Temple every Chinese New Year, I have some doubts," Zhang Fan explained, "If she really believes in Buddhism, maybe there is a better choice, for example, Shijing Temple, although it is indeed farther than Daci Temple, and the road is not easy to walk, but these are not problems, and if she really believes in Buddhism, she should not go to such a place once a year."
"I asked you before, and I learned that there was no Buddha statue or anything like that in her room, obviously she was not a believer in Buddhism, and if she was really the eyeliner of the Five Poisons Sect in the palace, she would not believe in Buddhism at all, so no matter how you look at it, she doesn't look like a person who believes in Buddhism, but why does she go to the Buddhist temple every year to offer incense,"
"It's hard to say......" Zhu Xuanluo is naturally a smart person, and Zhang Fan's words have already made him understand the reason.
"Yes, I'm afraid that when she goes to Daci Temple once a year, she wants to connect with someone," Zhang Fan replied, "Just imagine, Daci Temple is so big, and there are so many tourists at this time of year, if she talks to some stranger, it will definitely not attract attention,"
"However, this is only once a year, it seems that something is wrong," Zhu Xuanluo asked.
"I also have a guess about this," Zhang Fan said, "At the beginning, I knew that the Five Poisons Sect sent eyeliner in the palace, I thought about it, why did the Five Poisons Sect do this, and it was not for any conspiracy, but there was a powerful vassal king in the dynasty by his side, and it was not a strange thing to put an eyeliner by his side, so there was no need for this eyeliner to report anything to them twice in three days, and it was easy to expose himself."
"I'm afraid they've already arranged it, if there's something important, then it's natural to send the news back immediately, but if not, then don't contact it, but it's still necessary to connect once a year, send some things back, or let her do something or something, this kind of thing is not uncommon, although there are not many of my brocade guards, after all, if we send eyeliner to go out, we won't take so long, but it happens,"
"I see," after listening to Zhang Fan's words, Zhu Xuanluo nodded and said, "If that's the case, then this matter seems to be normal, that is to say, Lord Zhang suspects that there will be someone to connect with Xia Lingbo today, so the adults have set up people in Daci Temple early, and they are ready to capture the people on the street when the time comes, but this is the case,"
"That's true," Zhang Fan said, "and, I have some feeling that this person may be familiar to me,"
Zhang Fan's words made Zhu Xuanluo a little puzzled for a while, but this time, he didn't ask any more questions, some things can be asked, and some things are better not to ask, and he knows this very well.
"But the words will come again," Zhang Fan continued to speak, "When the time comes, it will be inconvenient for us to come forward, in case Xia Lingbo calls, it will definitely be a bad ending, and in the end, I am afraid that Zhu Xuanqi will know, so when the time comes, it will depend on you to get Xia Lingbo, do you have a plan?"
"This is natural," Zhu Xuanluo said, "Although this time, her family members also accompanied her, but it didn't hinder her, now Xia Lingbo doesn't know that I suspect her, so even if she pretends to be, she will still obey me, so when I bring her over, there will be no problem,"
"I hope there won't be any problems in this matter,"
At this time, Xia Lingbo and his party had already come out, and they were followed by Joanna, obviously the two met on the road, and when they heard that Zhang Fan was also going to Daci Temple, Joanna was even happier in her heart, and it was naturally lively when there were many people, but it would not prevent Zhang Fan from joining her, which made the smile on Joanna's face even brighter.
But Zhang Fan said something to Xia Lingbo and the like, after all, now, it is not time to tear his face, so this meeting is naturally still needed, but this meeting will not last long.