One day in late spring and early summer, Li Shigu met Xia Ruihe at the banquet at the house of Xue Yuchang, the household servant who returned to his hometown, and the two left the banquet and went to the back garden, and they were alone for a quarter of an hour.

But the truth is that the more he can't see it, the more Li Shigu wants to see it, this woman has been deeply engraved in his heart.

Gao Mu told his confidants Chen Xiangshan and Zhang Jingfu about this meaning, and the two looked at each other and felt that it was tricky. Zhang Jingfu offered a plan to besiege Xia Rui and his family first, you Niu Badan has the vision to find a good hiding place, but you can't stay in the prostitute house for the rest of your life and don't come out, and when he steps out of the door with his front foot, he will be arrested with his back foot.

Gao Mu was overjoyed, and sent his cronies to squat outside the wall of Xia Ruihe's house, and did not see Niu Baidan come out for three days in a row, Li Shigu urged him to close the case, and Chen Xiangshan offered another plan: "I heard that Zhang Ye, the inspector of the Du Branch, is familiar with Xia Ruihe, so it is better to send him to persuade Xia Ruihe to hand over the people." Gao Mu said: "It's not proper, Zhang Ye's mouth is not tight, don't want things to be done, but trap you and me." Zhang Jingfu said: "Li Mao used to be a gold envoy in Chengwu County in the past, at that time the assassin was Hu Rongyu, this person is very cautious in doing things, everything is handled by his sister-in-law, who is now Xia Ruihe, Li Mao must know Xia Ruihe, it is better to ask him to talk about it." Gao Mu lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and asked Chen Xiangshan: "You have worked with him, how is he and can he be relied on?" ”

Chen Xiangshan said: "He is a smart man, he knows the stakes and will not talk nonsense." Gao Mu nodded, and sent someone to invite Li Mao, explaining that he wanted to ask Li Mao for help.

Li Mao couldn't guess his intentions for a while, so he explained that he was not very familiar with Xia Ruihe, Gao Mu smiled: "I know you are not familiar with her, but you have always met in person, it is not difficult to bring a sentence, you have to go and tell her that I want to meet the guests from Chang'an, and ask her to make it convenient." ”

Li Mao didn't know about Niu Baidan at the moment, he caught a bunch of small shrimps, but he didn't catch a few big fish, and he was about to stop talking, listening to Gao Mu say this, he knew that Xia Ruihe's house was hiding a big fish, but he was worried about Xia Ruihe, and seeing that Gao Mu was so jealous of Xia Ruihe, he didn't feel suspicious in his heart, was Xia Ruihe's fish at home too big or Xia Ruihe's temple too big, which made Gao Mu feel tricky?

Xia Ruihe heard that Li Mao was visiting, and hurriedly sent Lan'er out to greet him, and repeatedly told Lan'er before leaving that he must take people directly to the back house of the inner courtyard, the back house of the inner courtyard is the place where Xia Rui and rest, only extremely distinguished guests are qualified to spend the night here, Lan'er pouted, grinned, just as Xia Ruihe's old friend, when he opened the door to see Li Mao, his mouth was shocked, although the black man in front of him was wearing a scribe's robe, the fierce but could not be hidden.

"Is that you?"

Lan'er looked at Li Mao from head to toe, nodded and said.

"It's me."

"What are you going to do?"

"I have something to ask to see Xia Ruihe."

"Come with me."

Lan'er pouted and led the way in front, and the road was not easy to walk, crooked, grabbing flowers and plants all the way. Li Mao felt funny, why did he come here and be a benefactor, how could he treat his parents like this? It's not that I haven't been to the fireworks place, and I greet her with a smile wherever I go, this girl is a little interesting.

Xia Ruihe's back house is fresh and elegant, the atrium is full of flowers and trees, and even a small lotus pond is dug up, and the corridor is full of elegant bonsai, a flower and a tree is an independent world.

Xia Ruihe was greeted under the main porch, dressed plainly and wearing light makeup, not like a famous character in the fireworks field, but like a gentle and amiable sister next door. After saluting each other, Xia Ruihe smiled and said, "Since the day of parting, I guess you won't come, if you do, there will be a reason." Li Mao said: "What Madame said is extremely true, Li Mao is here to ask Madame for convenience." ”

"What's convenient, I'll hand over the guests from Chang'an to you."

Li Mao acquiesced, and Xia Ruihe said: "There is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Li Mao said: "Madam, please command." ”

Xia Ruihe said: "Ziqing Shuai seized the local area to fight against the imperial court, after all, there is a loss in righteousness, the rise and fall of the world is often in one night, in the providence, not in manpower, often in the wave of the knife, have you ever thought of opening a convenient door for yourself." ”

Li Mao was taken aback, in his impression, Xia Ruihe was tranquil and gentle and didn't ask about the world, when she was in Caozhou, she was just a guise to assassinate Shi Hu Rongyu, and she had thousands of dollars but didn't ask a word of right and wrong, how could it become like this when she didn't see it for a while?

Xia Ruihe saw through Li Mao's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Have I changed a lot, the rise and fall of the family is inevitably a little emotional, you listen to it." Li Mao said: "What Madame said is extremely true, but Li Mao's position is humble, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do it." ”

Xia Ruihe said: "Have you ever thought that if he really wants to make a move, can my door stop him, I am just a woman who operates cheap karma after all." ”

These words woke up Li Mao, Gao Mu was in his hands, but he asked him to be a lobbyist, what did he think in his heart? Although Xia Ruihe has a wide range of connections, after all, he is just a prostitute in a cheap family, his background is not as deep as Yan Yan, and he is not as close as Zhu San, what makes him hesitate?

Li Mao's brows furrowed.

Xia Ruihe looked at Li Mao and said: "I'm just an ordinary woman, if it weren't for my brother's defeat, I wouldn't have been able to do this cheap business, all I want is to make a living and raise a pair of children to grow up." The killing and conquest has nothing to do with me, I just remind you from the perspective of an old man. ”

Speaking of which, Li Mao is no longer good at pretending to be stupid, after he received this task, he urgently inquired about Niu Bodan's origin, and he was startled when he didn't ask, this person turned out to have a great background. Niu Baidan's public identity is a wealthy businessman in Chang'an, who deals in groceries, and after making a fortune, he spends money to donate a four-grade loose official, and he can be regarded as a well-known person in the business circles of Chang'an and Luoyang. But in fact, his identity is very complicated, and it is said that he has a deep relationship with the Yang Zhilian family in Ouchi. The eunuchs in the Chang'an Palace are now divided into several gate valves like the big families outside, and the Yang family is the most famous of them.

In order to please the Son of Heaven, his children and grandchildren traveled from place to place, covering the three hundred military states of the Tang Dynasty and Mobei, the Western Regions, the Southern Zhao and even the Tubo Plateau, many of them actually had another mission, collecting military and political intelligence for the emperor, bribing dissidents within the hostile forces, and doing some similar things as intelligence officers in later generations. There is no way to check whether Niu Badan has been a Wufang child, but wherever he appears, there will be constant trouble, and such a character is naturally not popular anywhere.

Therefore, Gao Mu treats him as a big fish, but this fish is too precious, and it is a pity to grab it indiscriminately and cook and eat it, Gao Mu wants to use him to make a delicious dish.