3. Savage confidantes

On the afternoon of 11 August, the three large ships and four escort ships of the Imperial Palace Draft Mission slowly sailed out of Jiangzhou, headed east along the river, and returned to the capital.

Zhou Xuan took Qin Que and Su Suzhen to the riverside to see them off, Feng Ajian took Su Suzhen's hand and muttered something without knowing what to say, Suqi blushed and nodded.

The deputy envoy of the draft, the white eunuch, looked at the carefully selected show girls all over the boat, but there was no kind of insatiable obedience that eunuchs often have, smiled heartily, and said to Zhou Xuan: "Zhou Gongzi, the miscellaneous family has always wanted to see you fight insects, but unfortunately there is no eye luck, Zhou Gongzi will travel to the capital in the future, and he will definitely come to Jingyang Palace to find the miscellaneous family, and the miscellaneous family will recommend you to meet a few princes who love to fight insects, and the gambling money is thousands of taels of silver at every turn." ”

Zhou Xuan responded: "Certainly, definitely." His eyes searched for that Master Li, but he was nowhere to be found, and he thought: "No, if you want to leave, you won't come to thank me, although the buddy is noble and doesn't want to repay the favor, but he doesn't show his face and leaves quietly." Don't save a white-eyed wolf and get yourself in trouble! ”

Seven big ships, white sails blowing wind, sailing far along the river, it is really a lonely sail far away in the blue sky, only to see the Yangtze River skyline.

Zhou Xuan was quite unhappy in his heart, and was about to go back with his second daughter, when Lin Dai and Lin Heishan came over.

Lin Dai's eyebrows were raised and his face was threatening, but at this time, he smiled and arched his hand to Zhou Xuan, but said to Qin Que: "Zhou Gongzi has recovered from his illness, and the goddess doctor has made great contributions, Lin wants to borrow Zhou Gongzi from the goddess doctor for half a day, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

Qin Que blushed and said, "Lord Lin has something to do, just ask for it." ”

Lin Dai laughed loudly: "Okay, Lin will take Zhou Gongzi away, don't worry, it's just a family banquet, and Zhou Gongzi will be returned to Doctor Qin before the night." ”

Zhou Xuan asked Laifu to send Qin Que and the sewing needle back to his home, and he and Lin Dai rode in an open-top carriage, which was similar to the kind of chariot common in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which could stand and sit.

Qin Que shouted in a low voice: "Husband, don't drink too much." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Got it." ”

The convoy of the Duhufu did not enter the city from the north gate, but detoured to the west gate, and entered the city from the west gate, which is Chaoyangfang.

On the way, Lin Dai asked about the three idiots being willing to be sword slaves, and said: "Although the five idiot rangers are cruel, it is true that they will do what they say, since the three idiots have agreed to be Zhou Gongzi's sword slaves, they will definitely come." ”

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "What does Lin Duhu mean by this, if he doesn't wait for the three idiots to come, he will be killed immediately?" That's my private property, I won it desperately, how can I let you kill it! He asked: "Lord Lin, I want to ask one thing in my later life, when I assassinated Zhao Kuangyin, didn't the Song Kingdom send people to retaliate?" ”

Lin Dai shook his head and said: "The swordsmanship of a fool is so high that it is unparalleled in the world, the Song State has sent five batches of masters to chase and kill an idiot, but none of them can go back alive, and the countries are in dispute, and the Song State is helpless to avoid other countries." ”

Zhou Xuan asked again: "The Five Idiot Ranger has also killed a lot of people in various countries in the past 20 years, why don't all countries unite to exterminate them?" ”

Lin Dai laughed and said: "Intrigue and deceit between countries, how can they do one thing together!" There were once rumors that it was his brother Zhao Guangyi who hired an idiot to assassinate Zhao Kuangyin, and it involved a family power struggle, which is even more unclear, and it can be said that the people who hire the five idiot rangers to kill people are often people who are close to the person who is killed——"

Speaking of this, Lin Dai's face changed, and his voice was lowered: "This time the three idiots came to assassinate Master Li, who paid the commission?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I don't know this, the three idiots will definitely not say, the five idiots should still have such a little credibility, I only know that the commission is three thousand taels of gold, which seems to be higher than the usual asking price of the three idiots, Brother Montenegro said last time that the commission of the three idiots is ten thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to one thousand taels of gold." ”

Lin Dai pondered for a while and said: "What Zhou Gongzi means Lin understands, if the three idiots are really willing to be Zhou Gongzi's sword slave, Lin will not hunt him down, Lord Li is safe and sound, and the three idiots are no longer a threat, if he wants to kill him willfully, it will only attract the revenge of other idiots, Lin will not do that kind of stupid thing, Lord Li also means this, the first priority at the moment is to find out the mastermind behind it." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled slightly: "It's not difficult to know, whoever gets the most benefit from killing Lord Li is the instigator, although he doesn't dare to say one hundred percent, eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

Lin Dai should have thought of someone, his face became ugly, and he said for a while: "Let's not talk about this for a while, Lin invited Zhou Gongzi to come today to discuss one thing with Zhou Gongzi, about the little girl's connotation, let's not talk about it first, and then talk about it when I get to the house." ”

Zhou Xuan's heart jumped suddenly, and he thought secretly: "What are you doing, what are you doing to discuss Lin Hanyun's affairs with me, do you really want to recruit me as the son-in-law of the Duhu Mansion?" No, although my buddy is dignified and noble, he is a white man, has no official position, and already has two wives - hey, don't be amorous, it's impossible, Lin Hanyun is still too young, besides, I don't have a lot of feelings for that tomboy, it's too wild, I really can't control her when I marry her. ”

The convoy entered the Duhu Mansion from the West Yuan Gate, passed the Hanging Flower Instrument Gate, and came to an independent courtyard, with flowers and trees supporting the sparse, the small building was covered, Lin Dai Suke entered, and saw a person standing downstairs, with handsome eyebrows, wearing a soft head, a round-necked slit shirt, and black leather six-seam boots, and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Zhou, the little brother has been waiting for a long time." ”

Zhou Xuan exclaimed: "Lord Li, didn't you get on the boat?" ”

Master Li said with a smile: "The little brother and Brother Zhou are friends of life and death, if you don't say goodbye to Brother Zhou, how dare the little brother leave!" Brother Zhou, don't call anything about Lord Li anymore, just call the little brother's word forever. ”

Zhou Xuan was not polite, holding Master Li's hand and said with a smile: "I'll just say, why don't you say goodbye to Brother Yonggu, come, our brother wants to have two drinks." "Zhou Xuan's addiction to alcohol is not much smaller than his addiction to chess.

Lin Dai shook his head with a smile when he heard Zhou proclaim to call Master Li "Brother Yonggu".

Li Yonggu said: "Okay, the little brother has this intention, and he wants to get drunk with Brother Zhou." ”

Lin Dai hurriedly said: "Master Li, you are going to leave for Beijing tonight, but you can't get drunk, what about Zhou Gongzi, he is just recovering from his illness, when Lin invited Zhou Gongzi to come just now, Mrs. Zhou specially told him to drink less, haha." ”

Zhou Xuan originally wanted to say that it was okay, but even if he drank, he heard that Li Yonggu was leaving tonight, so he asked strangely: "Brother Yonggu, since you are going back to Beijing, why don't you go to the same boat with Feng Ajian and Deputy Bai?" Is it because they are worried about another Assassin? The three idiots probably won't come again. ”

Li Yonggu smiled but did not answer, looking at Lin Dai.

Lin Dai replied on his behalf: "The five idiot rangers are all arrogant, and they don't have to worry about them being stalked, but it is difficult to say whether the instigators behind them will send another assassin, so Lord Li pretended to return to Beijing by boat, but in fact, he was rushed back by land speed, and his nephew and nephew of Montenegro were also escorted." ”

Li Yonggu and Zhou Xuan walked into the small building with their arms, and there was only one long case and two futons in the clean and elegant room.

Li Yonggu said: "Brother Zhou, the younger brother invited Brother Zhou to a banquet today in the Lindu Treasure Place, there are only two of us, and the younger brother wants to have a deep talk with Brother Zhou." ”

Lin Dai retreated towards the two, and then several maidservants served dishes and wine utensils, and there were only four kinds of dishes: "Emei jade canopy vegetables", "golden fish and propylene hole fish", "lotus lotus pengpeng chicken", "eight treasure vegetarian dishes"; There are two types of wine: "Baling wine" and "wine".

The two of them pushed the cups and changed the cups, and each drank two cups, Li Yonggu's young and handsome face with an excited expression, said: "Brother Zhou, the younger brother has traveled all over the 36 states of the Tang Kingdom with the draft mission this time, traveling 5,000 miles, lasting more than half a year, and only making one of your best friends, Brother Zhou——"

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Look at your previous high-minded and arrogant appearance, where you can make friends, this time the three idiots catch you can be regarded as a sharpening for you, which is beneficial to your healthy growth." He toasted, "Come, toast to our friendship." ”

Li Yonggu raised his glass and drank it all, smiled even more happily, and said: "Not only did I know a close friend like Brother Zhou, but my younger brother also found a confidant. ”

Zhou Xuan was stunned for a moment, and thought, "Do you have a confidante?" Who? It won't be Miss Lin Er! ”

Li Yonggu immediately confirmed Zhou Xuan's conjecture and said: "Yes, it is Miss Lin Hanyun, the younger brother is on Lushan, except for Brother Zhou, it is Miss Lin who can comfort the younger brother, the younger brother was frightened and worried at the time, but Miss Lin always smiled, as if she knew that we must be fine, and the little brother felt very relieved by Miss Lin's side." ”

Zhou Xuan's mouth opened and closed, can Lin Hanyun be a confidant, should it be a savage girlfriend, right? Wait, my girlfriend can't be counted, so I asked, "Brother Yonggu, did Miss Lin Er say anything to you?" ”

"Nope." Li Yonggu raised his glass and stopped at his lips: "It doesn't matter, when I return to the capital and marry my mother, I will come to Jiangzhou to give a dowry, and I will marry Miss Lin when she is sixteen years old." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "It's that simple?" ”

Li Yonggu said: "Yes, it's as simple as that, does Brother Zhou think there's anything wrong?" ”

Zhou Xuan stretched out his arm and patted Li Yonggu's shoulder: "Brother, if you like a woman, you should also ask her if she likes you." ”

Li Yonggu didn't understand: "Why doesn't Miss Lin like me, I am—"

Zhou Xuan shook his head, this Li Yonggu is too self-righteous, it seems that if he likes others, others must like him, it seems that the lesson given to him by the three idiots is not enough, and I have to teach him another lesson, so that he can understand some reason.