When Liu Hua saw the woman in front of the door, he knew that she was the Bai Xiaoyu he was looking for, but after seeing the real person, he realized that Bai Xiaoyu in reality was very different from the portraits posted on the city gate.

I saw Bai Xiaoyu wearing a white palace robe, with snow-white skin, delicate face, melon seeds and thin face, bright eyes and bright teeth, and a smile like a flower.

Seeing that the occasion was wrong, Liu Hua did not step forward to contact Bai Xiaoyu, but nodded at her, and then turned to leave, Bai Xiaoyu looked at Liu Hua's back, recalled that he had just heard the poem that Liu Hua read from outside the door, and was a little distracted for a while.

Seeing Bai Xiaoyu's expression different, a trace of jealousy flashed on the face of the young man beside her, glanced at Liu Hua, and said coldly: "Hmph...... Although this person has some knowledge, he can pretend to be high, and it will be difficult for him to become a great weapon in the future. ”

After hearing this, Bai Xiaoyu smiled slightly: "Maybe?" Brother Li, let's go in, Brother Wu and the others are probably waiting a little anxious. ”

Liu Hua walked forward, and saw that the scholar was still standing in place waiting for him, so he came to the scholar, looked at the scholar curiously, and asked him why he didn't leave?

The scholar told Liu Hua that he was responsible for introducing the new entrants to the villa for a tour of the village, and when the new talents had a certain understanding of the environment in the villa, he would lead the other party to the students' place of residence, and at that time, his task would be completed.

Hearing the reason, Liu Hua asked the scholar to lead him around the villa, while he enjoyed the scenery in the village, and at the same time thought in his heart, how to convey the news of Bai Xiaoyu's in Shilin Villa?

Because Emperor Kangxi will come here to watch the competition, so for the sake of safety, once the students enter the villa, they can no longer go out until the end of the competition.

Once the student quits the competition, he must leave this place immediately, but as long as he leaves the gate of Shilin Villa, he can no longer enter Shilin Villa, which means that during this period of time, Shilin Villa is either in and cannot go out, or he is not allowed to enter in and out.

Yinxiang gave Liu Hua the task of finding Bai Xiaoyu, and now he has found the whereabouts of the other party, but the specifications of this literary song competition are very grand, and he wants to stay here for a while to see if there is a chance to win the championship?

You must know that on the day of the Wenqu Competition, Kangxi will not only watch the competition in person, but also award rewards to the top three contestants who win.

Out of this consideration, Liu Hua planned to participate in the Wenqu Contest from here first, and after the competition was over, he would report Bai Xiaoyu's whereabouts to Yinxiang, and after making up his mind, he followed the scholar from the village with peace of mind.

Originally, this was an idea to kill two birds with one stone, but the appearance of one person disrupted Liu Hua's deployment.

In the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, Mr. Xishui was in the interrogation room of the Governor's Yamen Prison, looking at the three people opposite with expressionless faces, all of whom were dressed as scholars, and at this moment, the three people were all scarred and handcuffed to the wall.

"Have you thought about it? Are you recruiting or not? After saying this, Xishui fiddled with the folding fan in his hand: "The three of you all rely on writing letters to support your family, and the stall of the three of you is the closest letter writing booth to the Yamen of the Governor of Hebei."

I've seen the letterheads and envelopes you use to write letters to your family, the paper is poor, the ink is not pure, and the envelopes are framed back and forth, so there are many wear and tear around them, which is exactly the same as the letter used by one of the important prisoners of the imperial court.

If I am not mistaken, the letterhead and envelope used by the culprit must have come from one of the three of you, and if you think about it, have any people come to you for the last month or so to ask for the letterhead and envelope, but have not asked you to write the letter on your behalf? ”

Among the scholars who were handcuffed to the wall, the scholar on the far left was the scholar who had talked to Liu Hua before, at this moment, after he heard Xishui's inquiry, his heart suddenly moved, and Liu Hua's figure appeared in his mind.

Thinking of Liu Hua's previous instructions, the scholar quickly turned his gaze away, but fortunately they were punished, all of them were handcuffed to the wall at this moment, but the people drooped their heads, so that people could not see the expressions on their faces, otherwise, the abnormality on his face would definitely be discovered by the stream.

When Xishui's words fell, none of the three scholars who were handcuffed to the wall took over, and the scholar who knew the inside story of the Tao was worried about getting into trouble, so he insisted on not saying anything, while the other two scholars, who had nowhere to vent their grievances, glared at Xishui angrily, and also kept silent.

Seeing the performance of the three of them, Xishui also had a headache, he himself is also a scholar, so he knows that all scholars believe in integrity, have backbone, admit death, and are both strong and axial, after ordinary people are whipped, they may be recruited for anything, but these scholars can give up their lives for integrity.

Seeing that the three of them looked at him with a kind of hatred, Mr. Xishui had no choice but to ask the jailer to take them down, and ordered the jailer to keep the three of them locked up for two days, and if they still refused to confess, they had to find a random excuse to release the three of them.

Soon after the three of them were escorted down, Hu Yingzhong came to the interrogation room, and when he saw that Mr. Xishui was holding a piece of letterhead, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xishui, how is it?" What's the catch? ”

After hearing this, Xishui glanced at Hu Yingzhong, and then said lightly: "That little girl of the Bai family must have borrowed the letterhead and envelope from these letter-writing stalls, and after writing the letter, she hid in a safe and secret place, waiting for Tong Guowei to appear?"

When Tong Guowei came to Hebei, she secretly put the letter at the door of the governor's yamen. Then she hid in a place that the government couldn't search, since she threatened to sue the emperor, then the place where she is hiding now, maybe there is a real chance to see Banzai Ye, what kind of place will it be? ”

After saying this, Xishui pondered for a moment, and then looked at Hu Yingzhong without blinking: "Lord Governor, the intersection from Hebei to the capital has been completely blocked, and the little girl of the Bai family will definitely not be able to enter the capital."

In this case, then she must still be hiding in Hebei now, which means that there must be loopholes in your previous search work, Brother Ying Zhong, think about it, on the border of Hebei, is there any place that your people have not searched? ”

"Shouldn't there be loopholes in my search work? The whole of Hebei has been thoroughly searched by me, what will be missing? Hu Yingzhong fell into deep thought.

After about half a cup of tea, suddenly, he looked at Mr. Xishui with some hesitation, and then said in an uncertain tone: "If you want to say that in the entire Hebei territory, there are really two places where my subordinates have not searched.

One is the summer resort of the Lord of Banzai, which is guarded by the Praetorian Guards all the year round, and it is a forbidden place, so my people dare not search there. There is another place, and that is Shilin Villa, where Yuan Zhongtang lives.

You also know that Shilin Villa is inhabited by some famous literary giants, those people are the spiritual leaders of the world's scholars, all of them can't be provoked, and in addition, Long Live Lord often goes there to discuss knowledge with those literati, so my people didn't search there. ”

After hearing Hu Yingzhong's words, Mr. Xishui couldn't help frowning: "It's impossible to take a summer resort, the little girl of the Bai family can't enter at all, as for Shilin Villa?" This place is a bit tricky, and it looks like I'm going to have to go to Chengde myself. ”