The little maid came in a hurry for some reason, and broke into the house directly, at that time Chu Huai'an was holding Su Li from behind and facing the door, although Su Li was blocking in front, but Chu Huai'an was tall, and he hugged Su Li into his arms, and most of his body was exposed.

"Yikes!"

The maid screamed and turned her head, and exited the room like a ghost, begging for mercy in her mouth: "The county lord spares his life, the slave and maid don't see anything!" I really didn't see anything! ”

"Your uncle!"

Chu Huaian scolded in a low voice, raised his hand and pulled the tablecloth around his waist, blocking the important parts.

What a shame!

Although he didn't mind that his affairs in Su Li's room were known by others, he was not broken in such a way, did he still want his suave image?

"You change your clothes first, I'll take a look."

Su Li whispered and was about to go out, but Chu Huaian stepped forward to close the door and put the deadbolt in his hand.

"I'm dizzy, help me."

“……”

Knowing that this person has always had the ability to be a serious scoundrel, Su Li did not hesitate, and took the clothes and changed them for him.

He would have worn the pants himself, but as soon as Su Li lowered his head, he saw something faintly raising his head.

Sensing Su Li's gaze, Chu Huai'an's throat rolled up and down.

"I'm a normal man, it's normal to have such a reaction."

His voice was already hoarse, which made it more obvious and more ambiguous and sexy.

Su Li looked away and helped him put on his coat.

The clothes fit unexpectedly, he used to always like to wear some red and purple, inlaid with gold and silver exaggerated clothes, today he suddenly put on a moon-white dress, it is very compatible, if you don't speak, there is even a kind of son like jade, Mo on the unparalleled feeling.

Su Li helped Chu Huai'an tie his belt, Chu Huai'an spread out his hand and turned around, seeing Su Li's expression was different, he deliberately raised his head and asked, "How?" ”

Pretty!

It's very good-looking, if you go out like this and let other women see it, you will definitely be confused by this skin bag, and lose your heart at a glance.

Su Li didn't answer, opened the door and walked out.

The little maid hung her head down, shrunk by the door like a quail, and said something in her mouth: "The slave really didn't see anything, really didn't see anything!" ”

"What happened?"

Su Li asked softly, the little maid was startled, lifted her eyes and peeked at Su Li, seeing that she had no intention of being angry, she hurriedly spoke: "County lord, there is an official...... The official messenger came, saying that someone had sneaked into the county lord's mansion and wanted to ...... I want to search the house! ”

The little maid was about to cry as she spoke, she felt that she had died unjustly, if she hadn't been in a hurry to report the news, she would definitely not have broken the good deeds of the county lord!

But how could there be a man in the county lord's house? This man can't be the one who wants to be arrested, right?

Just thinking about it, a white-clothed jade Langjun came out of the house, with broad shoulders and narrow hips, and his strong waist was bound by a palm-wide belt.

My good boy, where did this male vixen come from? How can you be born so wickedly? No wonder the county lord was fascinated by him.

The maid kept pondering in her heart, and this 'male vixen' had opened her mouth faintly: "Who broke in?" ”

Fortunately, although the skin is good-looking, the voice is not good.

The maid comforted herself, bowed her head and replied: "The official said that it was a thief who sneaked into the city from the moat, his clothes were not dry, and the water dripped all the way, and the officers and soldiers on patrol chased him all the way here, and he didn't dare to disturb the rest of the county lord easily, so he went back and asked Lord Jing Zhaoyin to dare to come." ”

“……”

“……”

Su Li didn't look at Chu Huai'an, she looked down at the tips of her shoes, and wanted to laugh a little.

Chu Huai'an originally felt very downset, but when he saw her lowering her head and slightly hooking her lips, hiding her smile, her heart was slightly warm, and she snorted twice.

It's just that no one else knows, if you can make her happy, you can lose face.

The officers and soldiers who came to the house were very respectful to Su Li, and Su Li asked the housekeeper to symbolically take people to the house to take a look, and found no suspicious people, so the group took their leave.

After the others left, Su Li sat on the Taishi's chair and gave Chu Huai'an an an eviction order: "It's late, Master Hou has nothing to do, he should go back." ”

"Ahh I'm so dizzy! ”

Chu Huai'an repeated his old tricks, covered his head and sat on the chair, trying to arouse Su Li's sympathy, but only got Su Li's faint order: "Butler, prepare the carriage, spread the quilt and stove in the car, and then help Hou Ye hire a doctor!" ”

"Don't go!"

Chu Huai'an shouted and jumped up, and circled Su Li between the chair and his chest like a scoundrel: "My head is really dizzy, Ah Li, can you really bear to see me sick and uncomfortable?" ”

Chu Huaian said and lowered his head against Su Li's forehead, he was indeed not lightly burned, his forehead was very hot, his face was crimson, and his eyes were foggy.

"Since Master Hou is very sick, let's rest early."

Su Li said softly, immediately a maid came in to take him to rest, Chu Huaian knew Su Li's temper, this was already her concession, he didn't dare to make other demands an inch, and obediently followed the maid to the guest room to rest.

Although she slept late, Su Li still got up early the next day and took the guards to talk about the supply and sale of cloth with Boss Li of Xiangning Garment Store in the north of the city.

Boss Li is a cheerful person, knowing that Su Li is a businessman on orders, and he has the intention of pleasing him, so he gave Su Li a lot of price, and quickly reached a consensus, and immediately took Su Li to see the dyeing workshop.

The dyeing workshop is on the outskirts of the city, the scale is quite large, Boss Li already knows what happened in the Jingnan garment shop, and the words reveal how much the boss is crooked on the top and crooked on the bottom that week, and his character is unreliable.

Su Li listened noncommittally, and did not talk about Boss Zhou's character behind her back, and proposed to go to Boss Zhou's cotton field to have a look.

Boss Zhou's face changed, in business, there are always some secret recipes that cannot be known, even if Su Li is now nominally a partner with him, then he can't be completely believed.

Su Li knew what he was thinking, and he didn't force it, he ordered hundreds of brightly colored fabrics from Boss Zhou in one go, and got the order, Boss Zhou was already smiling from ear to ear, and warmly invited Su Li to eat together, Su Li was about to shirk something, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites came over and said that the shops that Su Li had fancied before had been approved, but Zhao'an Lou did not give Su Li, only Lanyue Pavilion.

Su Li was not surprised, after all, Zhao'an Building was a symbol of peace and tranquility in Yuanzhao before, and it would be too hasty to give Su Li so easily.

Lanyue Pavilion has been sealed for almost a year, Su Li took the key given by the Ministry of Rites and went to open the door, some old and dilapidated doors made an unpleasant 'squeak' sound, and the dusty room was finally rediscovered.

Pushing the door in, under the sunlight, you can see the dust flying in the sky, Su Li covered her nose, and carefully looked at the upstairs and downstairs.

The backyard has been burned, the roof of a side house on the second floor has been crushed by snow for some time, and the walls are covered with green moss and need to be renovated.

There seemed to have been a fight when the government came to arrest people before, and the things in the house were also damaged a lot, and almost all of them had to be cleaned up and replaced, Su Li silently estimated the money that needed to be spent, and found that it was more urgent that she needed to find a few reliable people to help her do things together, if she had to do everything herself, she was afraid that it would not be long before she was exhausted to death.

It was already afternoon when she came out of Lanyue Pavilion, Su Li only turned around, and there was a lot of ash on her body, and she was looking down to pat the ashes on her body, Gu Yuanfeng and Zhao Hanzhuo walked together in court clothes, looking like they had just come out of the palace and hadn't had time to go home yet.

"Lord Gu, Lord Zhao."

Su Li stopped to salute, her face a little hot, because there was still dust around her.

"Why did you come here in person? Didn't the people from the Ministry of Rites clean this place beforehand? Gu Yuanfeng asked, and had some complaints about the idle and procrastinating style of the Ministry of Rites.

"It's me who is anxious to come and see, after all, I asked His Majesty for it, and only I know how to renovate and add things." Su Li said warmly, and she didn't want to do anything special just because she was ordered to do business.

"How's the preparation? I haven't bought my summer shirt for this year yet, so I'm waiting for your shop to open up and buy clothes. ”

"It's almost, I went to buy cloth today, and in the past two days, I will gather the embroidery girl and make a few clothes to support the façade, and then we can open first."

Su Li's capital is enough now, she is not worried about profit and loss, before she only thought about helping Chu Lingzhao strengthen communication with other countries, but now she thinks that this is the best tribute to the souls of the Zhenbei Army, but she is even more determined to make the business bigger and better.

"You can always do whatever you want."

Gu Yuanfeng said softly, I still remember that at the celebration banquet that day, Su Li said that she had lost money and went to see Chu Lingzhao, and she was still a little uneasy in her heart.

"I heard that someone entered the city along the moat last night, and after arriving at the county lord's mansion, he disappeared, nothing happened, right?"

Zhao Hanzhuo asked, and Su Li realized that they came because they were worried about making a special trip.

"It's fine."

Su Li shook her head, and felt that she shouldn't hide it from them, so she said frankly: "That person is actually Hou Ye, he missed the curfew, so he sneaked into the city from the moat, Hou Ye felt embarrassed and not easy to publicize, plus there was a murder in Beijing yesterday, which was a little bizarre, so he concealed it and asked Jing Zhaoyin to strengthen the patrol at night." ”

Zhao Hanzhuo and Gu Yuanfeng exchanged glances, and they both ignored Chu Huai'an's sneaking into the city and hiding in the county lord's mansion.

"Today, Lord Lin also said this in the court, the deceased's face was all removed after his death, this thing sounds a little weird, I have heard it for the first time in these years as an official, but I have seen this kind of secret technique in Lord Gu's codex, the codex says that there is a clan surnamed Qiao in the Lingnan area is very mysterious, and all the people in the clan have very superb medical skills, and some can even replace the internal organs of animals into the human body."

Zhao Hanzhuo said that he was not as cold as he was when they first met, he trusted Su Li and Gu Yuanfeng more, and he was willing to discuss this kind of problem together.

It turned out that there was a record in Gu Yunxiu's codex, no wonder Gu Jiong seemed to be quite experienced in dealing with it in Lizhou before.

Seeing that Zhao Hanzhuo seemed to be more interested in this case, Su Li took the initiative to invite the two to a nearby restaurant for dinner, and briefly told him what he had encountered in Lizhou before.

"You mean that the murderer this time is the elder of Lizhou? Although most of those things in Lizhou were pretending to be gods and deceiving people, it can be seen that the elder still has some skills to coax so many people. ”

"Hmm."

Su Li nodded, that elder can play with the entire people of Lizhou City, in addition to some bizarre methods, the control of people's hearts is even more extreme.

However, Kyoto is not as good as Lizhou, and no matter how much the elder can hide from the world, as long as he is still in the city, he will definitely show his feet.

Su Li didn't have the slightest sense of crisis, but Zhao Hanzhuo sniffed out something wrong with his years of experience in investigating cases: "The elder's nest in Lizhou was almost wiped out, and she finally escaped, why did she return to the capital if she didn't run away?" ”

Gu Yuanfeng and Zhao Hanzhuo's eyes fell on Su Li at the same time, and Su Li was about to pick up the vegetables: "It was the general and the Hou Ye who led the troops to suppress his lair, and if she wants to retaliate, she shouldn't look for me, right?" ”

"Not necessarily, the world likes to pinch soft persimmons."

“……”

Sir, how do you tell that I am the soft persimmon?

Su Li was a little speechless when she saw that Zhao Hanzhuo seemed to agree with Gu Yuanfeng's statement: "Your Majesty sent me thirty secret guards, these secret guards are all very skilled, even if that elder picks me to take revenge, I should only be able to throw myself into the net." ”

“……”

“……”

Gu Yuanfeng and Zhao Hanzhuo instantly felt that they were overly worried, and the thirty secret guards were indeed more than enough to protect Su Li.

After talking about business, the three of them ate quietly, and there was a lively conversation and fun in the next room, and it seemed that several noble sons in Beijing had dinner together, talking about the new things that had happened in Beijing recently, and a few people chatted and chatted, and the topic somehow fell on Su Li.

“…… I said, do you know that Your Majesty gave us the first female county lord of Yuanzhao a reward of 100,000 taels of silver for her to be ordered to do business, right? ”

A drunken voice said, Gu Yuanfeng took a moment to pick up the vegetables, and the voice over there continued to come.

"I know, this notice has been posted for several days, and it's nothing new!"

"I heard that Yuan Zhao and the Hu people fought before, although they won the battle, but there is not much money in the treasury, how can Your Majesty give a woman a fief and a reward? Your Majesty shouldn't be with her, well, this, right? ”

The man didn't say it directly, but his tone was ambiguous, making people reverie Fei Fei, Gu Yuanfeng sank his face, put down his chopsticks and was about to go over to see who was chewing the root of his tongue behind his back, but was pulled by Su Li: "Sir, don't worry, you might as well listen to what else they can say." ”

Su Li has been so busy these days that her feet don't touch the ground, and she hasn't heard rumors about her in Jingzhong, so she can take the opportunity to find out about it at this time.

The people over there are really chatting about it, and they are not taboo at all.

"Nonsense, what woman in the palace doesn't have it, and His Majesty can take a fancy to her? I'm afraid you don't know how big a scar she has on her face, it's not uncommon for her to be ugly like that, it's not uncommon for me to sleep with for nothing! ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in the room next door laughed, and all the vanity of being a man was satisfied, and they were obsessed with their majestic appearance, as if they were really high up and could look down on Su Li.

"You don't know, although that woman is ugly, she has great ability, how did you come to be the county lord? It was stepping on the corpse of her father Su Liangxing, Lord Shangshu was a well-known minister, if it weren't for Lord Shangshu's face, how could she, a concubine, worship under the current Taifu Gu Yuanfeng? Her father was kind to her, and in the end, what did you think she did? This woman's methods are much more poisonous than you think! ”

Su Liangxing was benevolent to her, but she became a vicious means?

Su Li listened with relish, and wanted to laugh a little.

It turns out that after hearsay, the truth can really be distorted and reversed.

"What is this, she was ruined by the bandits, if an ordinary woman would have committed suicide in shame and indignation, people will not kill themselves, live a good life, and hold the Xiaoyao Marquis and the general of the town in their hands, didn't you see her being slapped in the face in public at the celebration banquet a few days ago!"

This person is firm, it seems that he has some identities, and he should have participated in the celebration banquet.

"Your innocence is ruined, and you still dare to hook up with the general of the town and the Marquis of Xiaoyao? She's too shameless! ”

Some people were angry, as if they had seen Su Li hook up with their own eyes.

Gu Yuanfeng's face had turned pale, Zhao Hanzhuo also stopped, Su Li was still calm and should eat and drink, and did not forget to remind them: "Don't worry about it first, wait for me to eat two more bites and settle the account." ”

When the words fell, the people over there continued to break the news: "It's not just shameless, you're afraid you don't know, before she was kidnapped by the mountain bandits, she was very close to Gu Yuanfeng, screaming one by one, I don't know if she is so happy in bed!" ”

Everyone understood the meaning of these words, and they laughed loudly, and the laughter carried other dirty meanings, which was disgusting.

Su Li suddenly lost the mind to eat, wiped her mouth and stood up, Gu Yuanfeng and Zhao Hanzhuo got up at the same time and followed behind Su Li, both of them had black faces, protecting Su Li like a protector of the left and right.

Because of that sentence just now, the topic in the next room became filthy, Su Li walked over and knocked on the door several times before anyone heard it, and as soon as the door opened, there were a total of seven or eight noble sons in the room who were wearing good brocade clothes and had a handsome appearance.

Everyone was pushing cups and changing lamps and chatting happily, when they suddenly saw the gossip object in their mouths standing at the door, and they were all stunned.

Su Li walked in, the corners of her lips hooked slightly, as if she was smiling: "A few sons are chatting so lively, I just listened to it next door and thought it was very interesting, don't you mind letting me listen to it again?" ”

“……”

Everyone was silent, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, even if they didn't know Su Li, after seeing the scar on her face, combined with the atmosphere in the room now, they could guess her identity.

"Why didn't you say it?"

Su Li asked with a smile, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and her lips were ruddy, even if she had that scar, she couldn't stop her gorgeous temperament.

"Su ...... Miss Sue, I'm ...... I didn't know you were next door. ”

Someone stood up and stammered, saying behind his back that after the person was caught, there was a kind of embarrassment of being embarrassed.

"I used to only be a certain market woman who would be angry and talk about right and wrong behind my back, but I didn't expect that you young talents also like hearsay."

Su Li's words clearly satirized them for chewing on people's rights and wrongs, and it was a villain's behavior.

Everyone bowed their heads, a little embarrassed.

Gu Yuanfeng had a cold face, his eyes swept over these people one by one, and when he saw a few familiar faces, he couldn't help but sneer: "A few days ago, Lord Li, Lord Zhou, and Lord Huang all recommended you in front of this official, but I didn't expect that the protégé with both ability and political integrity in their mouth was so unbearable, which really opened the eyes of this official!" ”

Several people originally had luck in their hearts, hoping that Gu Yuanfeng would not recognize them, but now that they were named, they all looked dead and apologized bitterly: "Master Taifu, I am waiting for drunken nonsense, and I collided with adults, and I ask for forgiveness!" ”

"You're arranging me, what's the use of apologizing to Master Taifu?" Su Li opened her mouth lightly, allowing everyone to return to the fact itself: "Your Majesty has made me the county lord last year, and I am already an official of the imperial court, do you know what the crime of slandering the imperial court official should be?" ”

Speaking of this, Su Li's expression became cold, and she spread out with a heavy body.

She has been on the battlefield, and she has been taught by Lu Ji's words and deeds, and when she intends to be scary, she can learn Lu Ji's momentum for three points, which makes several people sweat coldly.

If they are broken today, they don't want to talk about their careers, and they can't say whether they will be imprisoned.

Knowing the bad thing, the person who spoke at the beginning was able to bend and stretch, and took the initiative to soften: "I know that I am guilty of gaffes, the Lord of Su County has a lot, and I also ask the Lord of Su County to point out the way, what should I do to make the Lord of Su County discourage." ”

"You are sitting, I am still standing dry, this is the sincerity of your reparations?"

Su Li asked faintly, and everyone hurriedly got up, and rolled up their sleeves to wipe the stool.

Su Li walked over and sat down, and was just about to speak, when she unexpectedly heard Zhao Hanzhuo's cold order: "Kneel!" ”

This person's cold face is scary enough, and at this moment, the order with a strained face is even more indisobedient.

Several people immediately knelt in front of Su Li, Gu Yuanfeng and Zhao Hanzhuo didn't sit down, they just stood behind Su Li, and they got rid of the two unswerving backers.

"The county lord forgives the sins!"

Several people shouted in unison, and they didn't care about thinking about whether it would be embarrassing to kneel down to a woman at this time.

"According to the laws of Yuanzhao, those who slander the officials of the imperial court should have their tongues pulled out and demoted to official slaves!"

Zhao Hanzhuo's tone was flat and unfazed, but it seemed that he had directly sentenced everyone.

He is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and it is not difficult to pull out the tongues of these people.

A few people were so frightened that their faces turned pale and regretted not being at the beginning, so Su Li had a chance to speak: "Don't be afraid, they all say that there is no impermeable wall in the world, I can pull out the tongues of a few of you, but I can't pull out the tongues of the people in the world, you might as well think about how to make this rumor self-defeating, return my reputation, and make meritorious contributions." ”

As soon as they heard that things were still turning around, several people's eyes suddenly lit up, and they looked at Su Li with the same eyes as they looked at the savior.

"The county lord is magnanimous and extraordinary, I can write an article praising the county lord, and then make copies of the order and post it everywhere, so that everyone knows how good the county lord is!"

Some people actively strive for performance, and others are naturally not far behind, and hurriedly follow: "My family is a drama team, I can ask my family's head Hua Dan to write a drama book to the county lord to help the county lord restore the truth of the year, and no one will misunderstand the county lord again!" ”

"And my ......"

“……”

Su Li propped her head and listened to their advice, without saying a word, and after everyone finished speaking, she raised her eyes and asked: "Who said that at the celebration banquet, I was slapped in the face by the general of the town and the Marquis of Xiaoyao in public?" ”