Xu Han didn't notice at all that her smile made Ma Mingyan's ears red.

After saying a few words to Ma Mingyan, he solemnly thanked her for eating, handed the food box to Wei Ting behind him, and prepared to go back to make up for sleep.

After all, boiling medicine is also a tiring job.

Unexpectedly, just after taking a step, I heard Bai Zhuo shouting, "Shizi, what's wrong with you?" ”

When Xu Han heard this, he spun on tiptoe, rushed to the door, lifted the curtain and entered the house.

Inside, Xiao Wei was holding his shoulder blades and gasping, and when he saw Xu Han coming in, his eyes were staring at Xu Han's face faintly.

Of course, Xu Han felt it, and stepped forward and said, "Does the wound hurt?" Let you bathe, endure it and not really grow worms. ”

As he spoke, he made a gesture to lift his clothes and look at the wound.

Xiao Wei covered it and didn't show her, Xu Han was inexplicable, wasn't it okay just now?

I just went out for a while and got into a temper?

On the side, Bai Zhuo stood on the side with his head down, making a quail shape.

The scene he saw that day, he almost scared himself to death.

The Duke of Cheng'en Mansion is now in the second room, although it is said that when the current Duke of Cheng'en retires in the future, the title will fall to the head of the prince.

But the son of the world is now in his twenties, let alone married, and the girl's family has no whereabouts.

What if the knighthood comes down?

I used to like Huo Shi Niang, and I was worried about it when I died.

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess doesn't know how many times she cried, but the prince thinks that Eleven Niang is not dead, and she is looking for her all over the world.

Now, it's hard to empathize, but it's a man......

Bai Zhuo was helpless, so he had to try to convince himself to suppress the explosive panic.

Being in a wealthy family, what strange things haven't been experienced and haven't heard of?

Forget it, his family is just a hobby, nothing to fuss about.

It's just a pity that I don't know if I can see the birth of Xiao Shizi in this life.

The more he thought about it, the more pity he felt, looking Xu Han up and down, and he didn't know how their family had coaxed people over.

He has seen a few maids around the little prince in Zhenbei, they are all top-notch, and it is not an exaggeration to go out and say that she is a girl from an official eunuch's family.

This time I went to the south of the Yangtze River, didn't the little prince follow him?

Alas, Bai Zhuo sighed in his heart.

Forget it, it's better for the master to like it, than to hold an illusory dead man.

Xu Han didn't understand why Xiao Wei was angry, and felt that Xiao Wei's temper was evil, so he didn't want to deal with him, but he still pushed him, and said impatiently,

"What's wrong with you?"

Xiao Wei simply hugged her waist and still didn't speak.

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Bai Zhuo was still inside, so he couldn't just ignore it because he would keep his mouth shut.

When she looked back, there was no burning shadow in the room.

She stroked her forehead helplessly, and suddenly thought of something like a blessing in her heart, and said softly,

"Could it be that you want to eat what Miss Ma sent me? You are stupid, I don't know why Miss Ma sent it? ”

"I've got you covered, don't you want to? Then I'll ask Wei Ting to bring things in. You eat it. ”

Xiao Wei, who was in an emotional mood, was suddenly healed by her 'block'.

Hanhan definitely didn't want him to eat it, and it was probably vinegar, so he blocked it.

Well, he knew it must be so.

He raised his head and smiled at Xu Han,

"I don't want to eat her things, you don't want to eat them, give them to Bai Zhuo Wei Ting."

Xu Han, "......"

Xu Han pushed away Xiao Wei, who was holding him, this time he obediently let go, and then looked at her pitifully, "I just twisted my hair, and it hurts when my hand is raised." ”

Xu Han glanced at him, he didn't want to pay attention to him, but seeing that his face was still a little pale, he finally relented, picked up the handkerchief on the side, and helped him wipe his hair.

"It's okay if you don't say it, as soon as you say it, I think Miss Ma is very good, and it's good to let her take me to Huaiyang City tomorrow."

Xiao Xian's face suddenly turned cold, Xu Han pretended not to see it, and snickered,

"Now that the embankment is almost finished, some of the people have returned to their homes, and the rest is to catch mice."

"But it's not enough to have an account book of Li Zhixian, after all, it doesn't directly involve the Ma Zhifu."

She thought for a moment and continued,

"So, if you can be taken by Governor Ma at this time and become your own person, do you think you will find clues?"

She touched her chin, looked at Xiao Wei, and smiled evilly, "Your face is better than mine, or do you use your strength?" ”

Xiao Wei glared at her fiercely, grabbed her hand and whimpered, then bit it down, and then raised his head fiercely,

"Hanhan, you just need to remember that you have me now, you don't have to carry everything on your shoulder, we can always avenge the Huo family's hatred."

"Your Majesty's will, you can do it, if you can't do it, don't do it, this time fortunately it was injured on me, if you are injured, what should I do?"

"My father and mother also left me some family property, it's really not good, we can eat the old book."

Xu Han wiped the somewhat sore hand that had been bitten by the wipe, and said with a smile, "It's not like I can't carry that old thief in the Ma Governor's Mansion." ”

"Then don't carry it, change me to make a trick behind my back." Xiao Wei replied very simply.

His eleventh mother was not a canary in the red wall and green tile in the past, but now it is a red-crowned crane with rippling blue waves and lakes.

Her identity is destined to fly wherever she wants, and if she wants to fly, he will blow the wind wherever she wants.

Fortunately, he listened to Hongying's words, although he was frustrated, he didn't give up, and came to this Jiangnan like fire and water, otherwise, he would really miss it with Xu Han.

Xu Han wanted to cry a little.

After walking alone for so many years, she will be tired, but she doesn't even have a crutch by her side, let alone rely on it.

But now, someone gave her not only crutches, but also a big bed in front of her, and she could lie down as she wanted, and roll as she wanted.

She pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, okay, let's do things together.

Since you want to do something, you have to lay the groundwork, on the surface, Xiao Wei is still leisurely recuperating from his injuries, and Xu Han is accompanying him.

But in private, they took advantage of the night to be gentlemen on the beam, and visited all the prefect's yamen, just to find the secret of the prefect's mansion.

Even Bai Zhuo and Wei Ting were also assigned, and Chang Ying was no exception.

There is quite a storm about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

When there is no rain in the summer in Jiangnan, it is very dull, Xu Han sits by the window, and Xiao Wei helps her shake the fan on the side, but it still can't relieve the dryness in her heart.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates are back, I have discovered!"

Wei Ting walked in quickly with a bunch of things from outside, and he said as he put his things down.

Xu Han beckoned to him, Wei Ting took something out of his arms and walked up to Xu Han, "Look at this." ”

Xu Han saw that it was a silver ingot, she took it, and when she looked again, there was a casting mark at the bottom, it was official silver!

With a solemn face, she gave the silver ingot to Xiao Wei, "Where did it come from?" ”

These days, Wei Ting and Bai Zhuo are wandering around, and the name they use is to take care of Xiao Wei, a gentleman, and go out to help him buy this and that.

The things he wants are trivial and hard to find, and he even wants people to stare at them.

Ma Zhifu had a ghost in his heart, so he naturally sent someone to follow Wei Ting and Bai Zhuo, and after following them for a few days, he saw that they were really going to buy something for Xiao Wei, and gradually, the people sent there relaxed.

"In a private house, it should be the helm of the largest water bandit nest Donglai Gang."

Wei Ting's face was very solemn, "The subordinate followed a woman to find the house, hidden in the alley, and there was nothing unusual outside." ”

"The subordinates guarded it for several days in a row, only to find out that it was a hall, but I didn't expect it to be a chief rudder."

"Last night, my subordinates went to help Shizi keep an eye on things, and went over there in the middle of the night, and the atmosphere in that house was unusual, with people coming and going, and a few large boxes were carried down from the carriage."

"There are a lot of people, and the subordinates disguised themselves as people who move boxes, followed in, and when they opened the box, they saw that there were eight large boxes of such silver ingots, not to mention 100,000 taels of silver, all of which were disaster relief silver issued by the imperial court to Jiangnan......"

Official silver, or disaster relief silver, as much as 100,000 taels, this is still this time, over the years, I don't know how many 100,000 taels......

Xu Han was a little stunned, Xiao Wei saw this, pinched the silver ingot and asked Wei Ting,

"Do you know where it came from?"

Wei Ting shook his head, "I don't know ......"

The money and food for disaster relief were escorted down by Xiao Wei, and there were only a few places where he stopped on land and water, and the imperial court allocated 100,000 taels for disaster relief and repaired the river embankment this time, plus the preparation for the summer flood at the beginning of the year, and allocated silver money, and there were about 200,000 in total.

It's just that such a large amount of silver was transported to a gang of water bandits......

He said, "It seems that there is going to be some action on the side of Governor Ma recently." ”

They lived in the prefect's yamen, and they kept staring at Ma Zhifu, and he walked around his study a few times, but they didn't receive any news, which shows how cautious Ma Zhifu is.

The more cautious you are, the more important things naturally matter!

They are very clear about the collusion between the Ma Governor's Mansion and the water bandits, and it seems that their speed is faster.

Regardless of whether the prefect of Ma intends to destroy the evidence or transfer the evidence, there will definitely be many actions.

If the official bank is related to the Ma Governor's Mansion, it is his death hole, and of course, there are account books!

can cover the sky with one hand in Huaiyang, how can there be only one secret?

"Before he knows what we've got, we should plan for it, and if he's going to transfer the silver to the bandits, then it's best to go to the docks and ambush him.

In this way, maybe you can get evidence that the official bank has nothing to do with the Ma Governor's Mansion. “

Xiao Wei nodded, glanced at Wei Ting, Xu Han bowed his head, and asked Wei Ting to withdraw first.

Subsequently, Xiao Wei asked, "Do you have His Majesty's secret decree there?" ”

Xu Han pursed his lips.

"Give it to me." Regardless of whether she admitted it or not, Xiao Wei directly stretched out his hand to her to ask for the secret purpose.

Xu Han didn't know why.

"This matter is too big, Your Majesty gave you this secret decree, which is to deliberately put the Zhenbei Wangfu on the fire to roast, once you poke this matter out, it will be a big thing to break the sky."

"How many years have the disadvantages of Jiangnan been accumulated, how many interests are entangled, and even from the prince to the cabinet courtiers, it may be involved in it, but you are going to find it."

"Your Majesty really wants to scrape off the accumulated evils in Jiangnan, but when the time comes, whether you are willing to protect you or not, it is not necessarily."

"You give me the will, and those people will only focus their eyes on me."

His words were too straightforward and explicit, turning out all the unbearable insides and putting them in the sun, so that Xu Han couldn't bear to look at them directly.

The words of refusal were already on his lips, but Xu Han chose to swallow them.

"Okay."

She agreed too quickly, which made Xiao Wei a little uneasy.

"I give you Your Majesty's will, however, I will not leave you alone."

"Xiao Xiaozheng, it makes no sense that you were stabbed in front of you, but I was hiding behind."

"What's more, if I hide behind, won't I get my shoes wet?"

Xiao Wei knew that he was silent for a moment, sighed, held her hand and said,

"I'm lucky to have you back, I don't want you to think about everything for me, I just want you to stand there and look at me."

"This matter is too big, you can't bear it, I'm different, my grandmother, and my aunt won't let me have anything to do, at most, I will be driven out of the capital and exiled there for two years.

When the time comes, he will be a good man when he returns to Beijing.

If there are thorns ahead, I hope I will finish the road. “

Xu Han didn't speak, just pursed his lips and looked at him.

Xiao Wei smiled, put her hand to her cheek, and smiled, "But I also know that my Eleven Niang is not an ordinary person." ”

"She prefers to walk with me rather than in the same place, and although I feel distressed, I will also feel proud and happy."

"You said you want to face it together, then let's face it together."

"I'm selfish for once."

Xu Han didn't feel that Xiao Wei was selfish, he was just tolerant.

Up to now, he accepted himself in front of him, in such a hurry, calmly, without any doubt.

As a man, a superior person, he accepts what the world cannot tolerate, and tolerates her willfulness and strength.

On the contrary, it was herself, and when Huaiyang's matter was over, she would better tell him the truth.

Next, they distributed the manpower they brought to the dock in Huaiyang, and at the same time sent Bai Zhuo to the Huaiyang garrison to allocate manpower.

In order to prevent the generals of the Huaiyang garrison from colluding with the Ma Governor's Mansion, His Majesty had already made preparations, but told Xu Han a nail buried in the Huaiyang garrison, and asked Xu Han to go to him when necessary.

Xu Han told Bai Zhuo the name of this person, and at the same time told him the secret language.

The two went to the study of Ma Zhifu at night, but they also found nothing, which made the two a little anxious.

If it is just to catch the water bandits and smuggle the official silver, there is no specific other evidence to support it, and the Ma Governor's Mansion can also push it all away.

Whether it is against the top or the bottom, there must be a complete set of ledgers here in the Ma Governor's Mansion, and only by finding this is a fatal blow.

As long as Ma Zhifu is caught, she may be able to ask some inside stories about the battle of Limen Pass back then.

The sudden transfer of the Ma Commander, and the fact that Ma Fu followed his uncle, all this could not be an accidental coincidence.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Han passed by the garden of the prefect's yamen and saw Ma Zhifu dressed in civilian clothes and tending to flowers and plants.

She walked over, glanced at the row of flowers and plants, and smiled,

"Adults seem to be people who love flowers, these flowers are well taken care of by adults, I don't know if I was lucky enough to get a pot when I left Huaiyang."

Ma Zhifu's hand paused, and said with a smile, "Vassalage elegance, vassal elegance, you can't get on the stage, where dare you show ugliness in front of the little prince." ”

He saw that Xu Han was dressed neatly, as if he was going to go out, and said curiously, "The little prince is so early, is he going to find the prince?" ”

Xu Han shook his head, withdrew his gaze from the row of flowers and plants under Ma Zhifu, and said with a smile, "It's just that I came out for a walk, thinking that I have been here for so long, and I haven't spoken to the adults yet, and I want to talk to the adults." ”

"By the way, thank you, the other two Qincha have come to the end of supervising the construction of the river, and it is time to go back to Beijing, bothering the adults for so long, if there is any offense, I hope the adults will forgive me."

Her attitude is very humble, coupled with the fact that she is also handsome, it is easy to make people feel good, Ma Zhifu laughed, put down the things in his hand, wiped his hands clean, and carefully moved a few pots of flowers aside.

"The little prince can make the lower officials embarrassed, in the end, it is the incompetence of the lower officials, which led to the assassination of the prince and the suffering of the little prince, and I look forward to the little prince returning to Beijing and beautifying his face in front of the emperor......"

He moved the flower pot and asked Xu Han with a smile,

"The little prince is so young, he is in a high position, and the famous ladies in Beijing probably hate to marry, and they don't know the ...... of the little prince's relatives."

Ma Zhifu thought of the mate in his ear two days ago, saying that Ma Mingyan had been looking for Xu Han diligently recently, and that Xu Han was good and had a high status, if Ma Mingyan could really be this princess, it would be the ancestor of the Ma family who burned high incense.

At first, Governor Ma didn't think there was anything good about this family business, so he knew that he was not a good stubble because this little prince asked him to invite all the rich families in Huaiyang to the yamen for questioning, and ordered them not to trade privately with the water bandits.

He wanted to pull her into the water like the previous Qincha, but who knows, she is even more oil and salt than the prince of Chengen, at least the prince of Chengen has a temperament that loves luxury.

If he sends the good things in hand, he will accept them, but this little prince, what to send and what to refuse, so he has no idea where to start.

Seeing that Xu Han's attitude was so good, the idea of marrying Ma Mingyan to Xu Han that Mrs. Ma said was about to move in his mind.

Xu Han smiled, "Xiao Wang just wants to do His Majesty's errand well first, establish a business first and then start a family......"

Ma Zhifu's heart moved slightly, made a gesture of invitation to Xu Han, and led her to the flower room to drink tea.

At noon, Wei Ting brought someone to spread the news that there were indeed two boats in the Donglai Gang that had moved, and at the same time, it brought good news that the master beside Ma Zhifu had appeared on the dock.

The master went to the dock, even if the two boats moved, it is difficult to say whether the prefect of Ma would appear.

What does an ambush do, though? It was to find out the evidence of the involvement of the Ma Governor's Office.

The sky was getting dark, Xu Han and Xiao Wei sat under the window playing chess, listening to the report outside,

"The boat from the east is docked tonight, there are a large number of carriages coming in and out of the house, and the house is on the dock, and the people from the east have set up a secret post along the way."

In other words, regardless of whether this official silver has anything to do with the Ma Governor's Mansion or not, it will be transported on the ship tonight.

So, as long as they keep up, they won't be left empty-handed tonight.

The two of them ate slowly together, and waited until it was completely dark, and then slowly prepared.

They did not change their shirts, but dressed up ceremoniously, and the two suave noblemen shook the paper fan in their hands.

Today is a big gathering in Huaiyang City, and the city is very lively, which may be the reason why the official silver was transported on the ship today.

The people inside and outside the city gathered in the city for a rally, and who had time to care about what was happening on the docks?

As soon as I got out of the hospital, I saw Ma Mingyan coming with the maid's money, and when I saw Xu Han and the two, my eyes suddenly lit up, and I was shocked to lose my temper, and immediately blushed and hung my head, and after saluting the two, my red lips opened lightly,

"Are you two nobles going to the rally?" There was some apprehension in her voice.

Xu Han rolled his eyes, naturally knowing that Ma Mingyan was dressed up so neatly, and he was going to the street, and if he could appear here 'coincidentally', he must want to be invited.

Thinking that the two of them would go out, they would inevitably be interrogated, and it was even possible that the Ma Governor would let the two of them take the servants of the mansion on the grounds of assassins.

"Yes, I don't know ...... girl" Xu Han rushed in front of Xiao Wei and invited Ma Mingyan to travel together.

With Ma Mingyan together, it will be smoother to get out of the house, even when you get to the street, it is much more convenient to get rid of it than those errand soldiers.

Ma Mingyan didn't expect it to be so smooth, and she was suddenly overjoyed, and Xiao Xiaobu followed behind the two.

She had enough maids and mothers-in-law with her, and sure enough, because Ma Mingyan was there, the porter didn't ask anything.

The group got into the carriage and headed out into the bustling street.

Ma Zhifu is the biggest official in the city, and every year on such days, the best restaurant in the city will leave the best private room for the ladies of the Ma family.

So Xu Han and the others followed Ma Mingyan directly to the private room of the restaurant.

Although many people were affected by the disaster, the flood receded, and the relief of the imperial court, many people returned to their hometowns, and today's gathering is also crowded and lively.

Xu Han looked at the street scene below him and sighed inadvertently,

"Master Ma is really a good official, no wonder the people of Huaiyang praise the people, and everyone has remembered what they have done for the people over the years."

Ma Mingyan was very happy and said,

"My father is good, whether it is the case or the people, he attaches great importance to it, and I often watch my father try cases in the back hall."

She told Xu Han what she saw in the back hall, Xu Han seemed to listen carefully, but her eyes scanned the street, waiting to see the news of Wei Ting's move.

Because Xiao Wei invited Ma Mingyan from Xu Han to accompany him, his face has been stinking, so he naturally won't respond to Ma Mingyan's words, Xu Han can only go into battle by himself, trying to make the atmosphere not embarrassing.

She just wanted to respond to Ma Mingyan, but her eyes stayed on a figure in the crowd below.

This figure flashed by, and when Xu Han looked over again, the person was gone.

She smiled quietly at Ma Mingyan,

"Xiao Wang will come when he goes."

Such a statement is generally to go to the clean room, Ma Mingyan naturally knows, she pursed her lips shyly and nodded slightly.

Xu Han glanced at Xiao Wei, turned out the door and Xiao Wei followed.

"I really want to see the two bandits who kidnapped me and Xu Xiuyan on the boat."

I didn't think who it was when I saw the somewhat familiar back before, but she remembered it well, but after thinking about it for a while, she remembered Sanniang and Chen Si who kidnapped her and Xu Xiuyan.

What she saw was Sanniang.

That day, the boatman kicked Chen Si off the boat, and jumped into the river with Sanniang, and then disappeared.

I didn't expect to see them in Huaiyang today, could it be that they are also water bandits from the Donglai Gang?

Xu Han and Xiao Wei pretended to go to the clean room in the garden below, turned around and walked out of the restaurant, and walked to the place where Xu Han saw people just now.

However, she looked carefully, and did not find the familiar back, and couldn't help frowning.

"I don't think she will stand in the same place and wait for you, there is no news from Wei Ting's side, so don't go upstairs."

Xu Han nodded, and looked at Xiao Wei with some understanding, didn't he just want to be with Ma Mingyan.

The two had just walked a few steps when they saw a person standing in front of them, with a pair of beautiful eyes staring at Xu Han's face fiercely like a poisoned hook.

That posture seemed to be ready to pounce on her at any moment and devour her alive.

This is the water bandit Sanniang that Xu Han came down to find.

"Don't come unharmed, little prince......" Sanniang said coldly.

Xiao Xiao subconsciously looked behind Xu Han and protected her behind him.

Sanniang hooked her lips, "You didn't even drink the refreshments upstairs." ”

Xu Han shouted in his heart that it was dangerous.

Thinking about it, they have long been targeted, and on a big day like today, no matter whether there is an official bank or not, they will inevitably go out of the prefect's yamen.

This restaurant turned out to be their stronghold.

It's normal to think about it.

Xu Han stood side by side with Xiao Wei, and said with a leisurely smile, "I thought I was dazzled, but I didn't expect it to be you, Sanniang, don't come unharmed." ”

Sanniang smacked at Xu Han fiercely, with undisguised malice in her eyes,

"Last time, you and the little white face ran away, but today I don't have such good luck."

She sighed twice, "It seems that you yourself are a little white face, and what you like is also a little white face, it turns out to be a rabbit master......"

Her ill-intentioned gaze swept over Xu Han's face inch by inch, and then looked at Xiao Wei on the side, every word was full of malice.

"The old lady wants to let your two little white faces escape today, and if you don't want to survive or die, the old lady will chop herself up and feed it to the dog......"

Xu Han laughed and said with a smile,

"Sanniang, why did you chop yourself up and feed it to the dog? In fact, you don't need to do it, although Xiao Wang doesn't want to see blood, but in the end, adult beauty is a virtue, Xiao Wang is willing to do this......"

Sanniang didn't think what Xu Han said was funny at all, but looked at Xu Han and Xiao Wei coldly, and slowly took a step back, and saw a lot of men in short clothes surrounding the dark place on the side.

One of them was also very familiar, as if it was the leader of the man in black who assassinated Xiao Wei on the riverbank that day.

Unexpectedly, the enemies gathered together.

Xu Han smiled, just right, let's settle the accounts together.