"I couldn't find you in the afternoon, where did you go? Why are you only coming back now? ”

As soon as he returned to Yuan Shanggongzi's mansion from the dilapidated shack of the girl Ayi's house, Yang Changshi was called to the front by Yuan Shanggongzi, and then immediately received a question from Yuan Shanggongzi, Yang Changshi, who was in a heavy heart, of course did not dare to tell the truth and burden his beloved disciples, but just said nonsense: "Yu Gongzi, it is Chinese New Year's Eve to say that the foreign minister has nothing to do in the house, and when he goes out of the house to play, he sees the lively streets, and he is greedy for the street scenery and folk customs of Jizhou, so he comes back to ......." ”

"Alright, alright." Yuan Shanggongzi interrupted Yang Changshi's nonsense angrily, and pointed to the judge who was sitting next to him, and said angrily to Yang Changshi: "It's all your bad idea, Mr. Zhengnan said today that he will visit Tian Feng Pifu according to your plan, and persuade Tian Feng Pifu to jointly advise his father not to go to Yijing in person, what do you know the result?" ”

"The minister doesn't know." Yang Changshi shook his head weakly, and asked timidly: "Could it be that the old thief Tian Feng refused to fall for the scheme?" ”

"Not only did he refuse to be tricked, but he also asked Zai Xia, whether the third prince was greedy for Yi Jing's military power, so he sent him down?" The judge replied for Yuan Shanggongzi.

"Did Tian Feng really ask such a thing?" Yang Changshi was a little surprised on his face, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Who told you to judge the incompetence of the child?" Usually even if you are so close to Yuan Shang, you won't even say anything about improvisation, saying that if you don't accept Tian Feng's old horseman's opinion, of course Tian Feng's old horseman will suspect that this is the third prince's instigation. ””

"Does Mr. Jeongnam still tell lies?" Yuan Shanggongzi was even more angry, and said angrily: "I asked you at the beginning, how can this kind of child's play-like method be able to defeat a Jizhou minister like Tian Feng?" You have to persuade Ben Gongzi to listen to your bad idea, and pat your chest to reassure, now it's okay, the bad idea didn't succeed, and it made Tian Feng Pifu suspicious of Ben Gongzi, if you let my father know that I sent Mr. Zhengnan to say such a thing, then it's okay? ”

"How is it that this third son, like his father and his uncle, likes to put the fault on his subordinates?" Yang Changshi was angry in his heart, and defended himself: "Childe, this is not child's play, in officialdom, the most important thing is to conspire, as long as you find out the likes and dislikes of the Lord, it doesn't matter what means you use to deal with the people hated by the Lord, the key is to find an excuse for the Lord to be angry." Tian Feng's husband, in fact, is ...... behind it. ”

Yang Changshi wanted to explain that there was still Yuan Tan's shadow behind this matter, but Yuan Shanggongzi interrupted again impatiently: "Okay, okay, this Gongzi is too lazy to listen to your explanation, I only ask you one thing now, what do you have next?" How can you bring down Tian Feng and Fu Zhi, two rebellious ministers and thieves? ”

"Childe, since Childe Tian Feng also agrees with the original father-in-law to conquer Yijing, then Childe must take the lead and persuade the original father-in-law to conquer Yijing in private and win the first merit from the dragon." Yang Changshi replied helplessly, and then said carefully: "As for solving the problem of Tian Feng and Fu Zhi's two husbands, please rest assured, as long as Gongzi gives the minister a little more time, when the opportunity comes, it will be easy for the minister to bring down these two honest husbands." ”

Yuan Shanggongzi is not a patient person, and he did not leave Yang Changshi in Jizhou as Yang Changshi expected, but said angrily: "When the opportunity comes, I will use you to do it, and this son will be able to bring down those two horsemen by himself." Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter, this son will find another way by himself. ”

"Childe, what about the foreign minister?" Yang Changshi asked pitifully.

"You are a messenger from Xuzhou, what should I do, how can I ask me?" Yuan Shanggongzi, who was disappointed in Yang Changshi, was even more dissatisfied, and said angrily: "The day after tomorrow, I will go to my father to pay a New Year's greeting on behalf of my brother-in-law, and then you can go back to Xuzhou." ”

By the way, the reason why Yang Changshi stayed in Jizhou for a few days was that he was going to pay New Year's greetings to Yuan Sangong on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and now that Yuan Shanggongzi has been disappointed in Yang Changshi, he will naturally not help Yang Changshi to continue to stay at his home for a long time under the pretext of staying in Jizhou for a long time, and Yang Changshi, who is good at observing words and feelings, saw Yuan Shanggongzi's tone and attitude, and a heart that had been to Jizhou for a long time suddenly cooled half, in order not to make Yuan Shanggongzi more disgusted with himself, he had to retire honestly. Go back to the guest room to enjoy the last happy days in Jizhou.

"Will it be handed over to the third son?" Lying on the snow-white belly of the girl Ah Yi, Yang Changshi played with the royal belt sent by the student Ah Yi, and pondered in his heart, "If this blood edict is dedicated to the third prince, will the third prince leave this master in Jizhou to entrust him with a heavy responsibility?" I'm afraid it's very difficult, Yuan Shangxiao'er got this blood edict of little use, at most it is just dedicated to Yuan Shaopifu to please Yuan Shaopifu, Yuan Shaopifu is going north to Youzhou to fight Yijing, and if he gets this blood edict, he will definitely not dare to make a statement immediately, and it may be difficult to reward and reuse this lord with great fanfare. ”

"In addition to these, the origin of this blood edict is also a big problem, Ah Yi must not say what he handed over to me, nor can he say that he took it from Tao Ying, Tao thief is wearing a pair of pants with Cao Lao thief, dare to say that Tao thief must kill me, I must make up a seamless excuse, I can't even involve Ah Yi, and I can't involve the evil Tao thief ............."

"My lord, what have you been looking at this belt for?" The girl Ah Yi asked very strangely - in fact, what the girl Ah Yi wanted to ask most was about Yang Changshi's visit to her house, but Xu Xue, another maid sent by Yuan Shanggongzi, was at the scene, and she was crawling and kneeling between Yang Changshi's legs with an ugly object up and down, and the naturally intelligent girl Ah Yi naturally didn't dare to talk nonsense.

The girl Ah Yi is naturally smart, but our Yang Changshi is sometimes quite good, and said: "This is not a belt, it is an important thing related to the net worth of many people and the head of the nine clans." ”

Xu Xue, who was enduring the disgusting waiter Yang Changshi, stopped moving, and the girl Ah Yi was also very surprised, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, this is a very ordinary belt?" How can it be related to the lives of many people? ”

"There is a secret hidden in this belt, and if it is discovered, there are many people whose heads cannot be saved." Yang Changshi explained casually, and said quite proudly: "These people are not ordinary people, some people's official positions are bigger than the officials of this lord, and after the famous family that moves the world, it is also related to the lord of this lord, Xuzhou Tao Envoy, so even when he is sleeping in bed, this lord does not dare to put down this belt casually." ”

The smart and well-behaved girl Ah Yi didn't dare to ask anymore, but Xu Xue, who was cheering for Xiao Yang Changshi, stopped moving, raised her little face, which was definitely beautiful and moving, and asked curiously: "My lord, since this belt is so important, you don't even dare to let go of sleeping, why didn't you see you holding it when the slaves and maids waited for you a few days ago?" Did you just get it today, my lord? ”

"Snow Girl." The girl Ah Yi spoke again, and said angrily: "We are slaves and maids, how can we ask adults about these things? ”

"It's still a beautiful woman." Yang Changshi smiled, first pinched the soft strawberry on the chest of the girl Ah Yi**, and then scolded Xu Xue: "Remember, keep your mouth tight, if outsiders know about this belt, don't say that Lord Ben will not let you go, your master Yuan Shanggongzi will definitely kill your whole family, and will cut off the flesh on your body one by one, making your death miserable!" ”

"No, no." Xu Xue agreed again and again with a frightened face, and hurriedly lowered his face to serve Xiao Yang Changshi, but secretly pondered in his heart, "It has something to do with Xuzhou's Tao Envoy?" Yuan Shanggongzi won't let me go? ”

"And." Yang Changshi, who is experienced in enjoying other people's domestic tricks, is still a little uneasy, so he threatened again: "You must not mention this belt in front of Yuan Shanggongzi, if you let Yuan Shanggongzi know that you have also seen this belt, then Lord Ben is nothing, it is great to be scolded by Yuan Shanggongzi, but you two, Yuan Shanggongzi will definitely kill you!" Did you hear me clearly?! ”

"Hear me." The girl Ah Yi and Xu Xue lowered their eyebrows together and agreed, and they also remembered Yang Changshi's words in their hearts.................................... Evil has evil retribution, it's not that it is not reported, the time has not come, Yang Changshi has done a lot of evil to Deputy Director Tao for a long time, and this time the retribution has finally arrived - it is only at noon of the next day, that is, the noon of the thirtieth day of the second year of Jian'an, Yang Changshi said in bed was reported to someone in front of the original text, or was it reported to Yang Changshi, Deputy Director Tao and Yuan Shanggongzi's common rival - Yuan Tan Gongzi............ "Is the news accurate and reliable?" Yuan Tan Gongzi asked happily: "How did you get such confidential information?" ”

"Please rest assured, the news is absolutely accurate and reliable." Mr. Xin Ping, who was in charge of the intelligence for Yuan Tan Gongzi, replied respectfully, and explained: "This news was discovered by a new insider embedded in the Third Prince's Mansion by His Majesty, this insider is a daughter attached to the family of His Majesty's wife and uncle, because of her outstanding appearance, smart and well-behaved, she was selected by her subordinates to serve Childe, and after training with her own hands, she sold herself into the Third Prince's Mansion as a slave last month, intending to use her appearance to attract the attention of the Third Prince, become the personal maid of the Third Prince, and seek an opportunity to collect confidential information in the Third Prince's Mansion. ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Xin Ping smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty originally thought that it would take a lot of time for the inner line to serve the son, but unexpectedly, the son Hongfu blessed him, after the third prince returned to Jizhou from Langya, Yang Hong's husband also lived in the third prince's mansion, and the inner line placed by the minister happened to be arranged by the housekeeper of the third prince's mansion to serve Yang Hong's husband, and as a result, he spied on the news from Yang Hong's husband. ”

"Good luck, good luck, the inside line that was only inserted last month actually spied on such important news so quickly." Yuan Tan Gongzi was so happy that he was dancing with his hands, and hurriedly asked: "In addition to what Yang Hong's husband said, what else did we find inside?" ”

"There's a letter hidden in the mezzanine of that belt!" Mr. Xin Ping replied categorically: "When our inner line was asleep by Yang Hong, we stole the belt and took a closer look, and found that there were objects hidden in the inner layer of the belt, although our inner line did not dare to open the needle and thread to check, but there happened to be a small hole in the belt that was burned through by sparks, and there was a silk silk hidden in the hole, and on the silk silk, it was sure that there was handwriting!" ”

"Good!" Yuan Tan Gongzi slapped the case excitedly and shouted: "It must be a letter written by Yuan Shangpifu to Tao Ying to destroy the thief!" Such a sneaky letter must be an unsightly letter! ”

"Mr. Xin Ping, this shouldn't be a counter-strategy, right?" Mr. Guo Tu, another confidant of Yuan Tan Gongzi, was more suspicious, and cautiously reminded: "Maybe the inside line arranged by Mr. has been discovered, and Yuan Shang's henchmen or Yang Hong's puppet have set up tricks to trick us into stealing books?" Last time, the pottery thief puppeteer, but he sent Jiang Ganpuppet to use this method to overshadow us once. ”

"What Mr. Gongze said is extremely true, and the review did have this suspicion at the beginning." Xin Ping nodded, and said confidently: "But after thinking about it carefully, I think it may be very small, because Ping thinks that if this is designed by Yuan Shang or Yang Hong, then they should give our inner line a chance to peek or secretly copy this confidential letter, but according to our internal report, that belt is not only beautifully made, but also the stitches are very fine and neat, unless you pick out the stitches, it is absolutely impossible to peek at the content of the letter." ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Xin Ping paused and added: "Besides, the possibility that our inside line has been exposed is also very small, because she has not had any contact with us since she sneaked into Yuan Shang's Mansion, and it was not until she found out about this big incident last night that she found an opportunity to go out and report it to us." Unless Yuan Shang and Yang Hong are unpredictable prophets, it is difficult to know that she is our insider. ”

"In that case, it shouldn't be a ruse." Guo Tu was finally a little relieved.

"Whether it's a ruse or not, you should get that letter in your hands first." Yuan Tan Gongzi first waved his hand, and then excitedly said: "If that letter is the content of Yuan Shangpifu colluding with pottery thieves to usurp his father's power, then it is great, with this ironclad evidence, no matter how favored he Yuan Shangpifu is, and no matter how charming she is Liu Demon Woman, my father will definitely not let Yuan Shangpifu go!" ”

After looking forward to such a beautiful picture, Yuan Tan Gongzi hurriedly asked: "Do you think it's better for us to use the inside line to steal that belt?" Or is it better to intercept Yang Hong's puppet on the road and search for secret letters? ”

"Childe, I'm afraid it's unlikely that you want to steal that belt." Xin Ping was a little worried that Yuan Tan Gongzi Hu Lai would spoil the beautiful spy he had finally trained out, and hurriedly explained: "Because Yang Hong Pifu always keeps that belt by his side, even if our inner line is used to do it in the middle of the night, it is useless to steal it in the middle of the night and not send it to Yuan Shangfu, and the next day Yang Hong Pifu woke up and found that the belt was missing, and then everything was over." ”

"And it's impossible to swap." Mr. Xin Ping added: "According to our insider, the belt is not only exquisitely made, but also decorated with dozens of high-quality white pearls of the same size to form a small dragon, and embroidered with gold thread to set off the pattern. ”

"In this way, it can only be intercepted on the way by sending troops and forcibly searching." Yuan Tan Gongzi, who no longer has military power, frowned.

"Childe, be cautious." Guo Tu reminded: "Let's not say that forcibly intercepting and searching the messenger team is not a trivial matter, even if Gongzi can take this risk, in case Yang Hongpifu finds out that the situation is wrong and destroys the belt in advance, then everything will be over." ”

"You can't steal, you can't change, you can't rob, so what should I do?" Yuan Tan Gongzi was a little worried.

Guo Tu and Xin Ping also frowned, and after a long time, Guo Tu's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly turned to Xin Ping and asked, "Mr. Xin Ping, you just said that Yang Hong carried that belt close to his body, is this confirmed?" ”

"Confirm! Yang Hongpifu tied that belt to himself as a precaution, and this morning it was our inner line who tied the belt for him! Mr. Xin Ping's categorical answer - by the way, the beautiful spy that Mr. Xin Ping inserted into Yuan Shanggongzi's mansion really didn't lie, that belt was indeed tied to himself by Yang Changshi - because the belt used by Emperor Han Xian to hide the edict was too gorgeous and expensive, our Yang Changshi naturally had to tie it on his body to decorate the façade.

"Good!" Mr. Guo Tu applauded vigorously, and said with a smile: "Eldest son, Mr. Xin Ping, tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and all the officials in Jizhou in Yecheng City will go to the lord to pay New Year's greetings to the lord, and Yang Hongpifu will also go to the lord to pay New Year's greetings on behalf of Tao Ying's thieves - what do you think it will be if you take this belt from Yang Hong's puppet in front of so many Jizhou officials, and take out the secret letter hidden in the belt and present it to the lord?" ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi smiled, and Mr. Xin Ping also smiled, and they all laughed extremely fiercely.

(To be continued)