Ximen March said, "The good news is that Master said that tomorrow he will take all of us to the vicinity of the West Lake for two or three days. Qiuqiu secretly thought to herself, this is indeed good news, I have been in Lin'an for a few days, almost all of them are stuffy in Qingping Zhai, and it is really a pleasant thing to be able to go out for a walk and see the shore of West Lake in the Southern Song Dynasty.

"How did Aunt Mengtang convince my master to let us go out to play?" Qiuqiu asked casually. "When Uncle Qingzhou came back in the afternoon, I saw Master and Uncle Yunhua talking about it, Uncle Yunhua didn't agree, but then I also ran to beg him, and said. He also said that you must want to go too, and he agreed. Simon recalls the scene with earnestness.

"In this way, if you play for two or three days, I'm afraid you'll have to bring a lot of things, so let's help prepare it first." Qiuqiu said, Ximen was also excited, saying that he would help everyone bring all kinds of fruit cakes together, and also put the pear soup steamed by Bihu this afternoon in a jar. "Liqi is in the kitchen, Xiao Qiu'er, it's dark over there, let's go over together."

"Okay, let's go together." Qiuqiu agreed, and walked south with Ximen March. The two of them were just about to turn west and bypass the wing, when they heard Ou Jinshu's coquettish voice in the bamboo forest in front of them: "I'm not angry, it's just that you don't understand me." Qiuqiu immediately stopped and glanced at Simon. Xiao Qiu'er, how-"

"Shhhhh She wanted to pull Ximen back quietly, but she heard Ou Jinshu's footsteps coming this way, and the two children didn't know whether to leave for a while. Jinshu, don't go, the words haven't been made clear yet, what do you think? Li Zhuoran also chased after him from the bamboo forest.

Qiuqiu hurriedly pulled Ximen March and retreated to the wall, and the two sides were separated by a corner of the wing room, and they couldn't see each other. "Zhuo Ran, what do I think, you don't know?" Ou Jinshu stopped, his voice very calm. "I know, I ...... Jinshu, I want to hear you tell me in person. Li Zhuoran's voice was a little uneasy.

"I won't say, Zhuo Ran, I've been going back and forth with you over the years, and I've done far more things than I've said, if you want to know what I think, just think about what we've done together." "Jinshu-" Li Zhuoran sounded a little anxious: "Those things turn in my mind a thousand times every day, I don't need to think about it, I know all about your kindness to me." ”

After saying this, there was no sound for a long time, Qiuqiu and Ximen March glanced at each other, and motioned for him to sneak back to the wall together. March 1 cat waist, running fast, a few times to the door of the wing. Qiuqiu just raised one foot when he suddenly heard Li Zhuoran say, "I like you, and you like me too, right?" His voice, like a meteor that pierced the night sky, warmly and firmly illuminated the darkness around him.

Qiuqiu subconsciously grinned, she didn't expect that she would accompany Ximen to the kitchen and encounter such a scene. She didn't listen to the conversation between Zhuo Ran and Jinshu behind, Ximen waved at her by the door, and she hurriedly ran over quietly. "Xiao Qiu'er, just now Uncle Zhuo Ran and Aunt Jinshu, how did they talk around and around, I don't understand what they want to say." As soon as he entered the door, Simon March expressed his opinion.

"When you grow up, you will naturally understand that there are many friendships that others don't know about in these twists and turns." Qiuqiu said as she climbed onto the stool and poured herself and Simon a cup of tea. Ximen March looked at Qiuqiu in surprise and said blankly: "Xiao Qiu'er, what you said is exactly like an adult. Qiuqiu laughed, put the cup in March's hand and said, "Maybe I'm just an adult." ”

March was stunned for a moment, then laughed as well, and said: "Then I am the brother of the 'adult', Xiao Qiu'er, I will always be older than you, this can't be wrong." Qiuqiu nodded and gave orders: "So, Brother March, help clean up the food you will bring tomorrow, since the two of us have become 'adults', we can't rely on others for everything." ”

"Order, sister!" Simon smiled and saluted, and ran to the cabinet to clean up.

Unlike the warmth and blandness of Qingpingzhai tonight, the Prime Minister's Mansion is still covered with a black cloud of depression. Shi Miyuan had just received the news of Hou Zhen's letter from Liu Nei's birthday banquet, so he found a reason for his physical discomfort and hurriedly returned home.

At this moment, he was sitting in front of the old screen in the study with a gloomy expression, reading the letter, in which Hou Zhen said that he and Coral had arrived at Phoenix Mountain in the north of Lin'an, and they would be able to meet Shi Miyuan in two days.

Shi Mi looked at the time left under the letter, calculated a little, and said to himself, "Two days later? That's tomorrow. His heart felt a little relaxed at this time: no matter what the news brought by Sango, he could finally know who was secretly investigating the Huzhou incident back then, capturing Sango, and letting the orphans of Guihe and the prince reappear in Lin'an.

He frowned, and checked the people who had a relationship with Zhao Hong one by one in his heart: he originally believed that the person who kidnapped Coral was Xiang Yuanchao and his comrades, after all, the child was discovered by spies from outside General Xiang's mansion, and Xiang Yuanchao must be inseparable.

But if you think about it carefully, in the past few years, this old general has always had a posture of bowing down and showing goodwill, and in Zhao Qingzhou's case, he also has a wise attitude of protecting himself and ignoring it. Shi Miyuan thought that if it was Xiang Yuanchao who controlled all this, then this person's city government would inevitably be too deep.

What about Tong Defang? Zhao Hong and Zhao Qingzhou are also Tong Defang's protégés, maybe Tong Defang wants to provoke this past and avenge his students? Didn't he just come forward for Zhao Qingzhou's matter, it can be seen that the relationship between these masters and apprentices in Luyang Academy back then was extraordinary, so it can be seen that he may overturn the case for Prince Zhao Hong.

But at the banquet just now, Tong Defang and Liu Neishou had a good relationship with each other, which shows that he has won the trust of the emperor; Besides, he is the crown prince and the prince, and he has devoted himself to educating the young prince, if he insists on overturning the case for Zhao Hong, wouldn't he question the majesty of the current saint and the prince? This does not make sense.

Zhao Qingzhou? This person enforces the law impartially, and he has written to him three times and twice, so he may also secretly send people to investigate the affairs of the year, pursue clues, and overturn the case for Gui and the prince, not to mention the baby in the prince's mansion back then, Qin Guoxi obviously caught up with him, but the clues were broken with him for no reason, and he could no longer find it, Zhao Qingzhou had the wisdom to fight against him.

But how did Zhao Qingzhou, a fourth-grade official before, mobilize people to find Coral and bring her to the vicinity of Lin'an for interrogation? Could it be that he still has helpers? That helper is Cheng Shuqin? Cheng Shuqin and Zhao Qingzhou have never had contact before, why did they come together?

Shi Miyuan suddenly felt a little inexplicably worried: just like if it wasn't for Qin Guoxi going to Dali Temple that day, he would never have imagined that Cheng Shuqin would see Zhao Qingzhou at night, in Shi Miyuan's impression, these two people can't be beaten, they will have a secret meeting, then, how many personal relationships in this court are not clear to him Shi Miyuan, and how many people have actually secretly united and plan to oppose him, he doesn't know.

He suddenly felt a little upset in his heart, and wanted to confirm the meeting with Coral as soon as possible. "Autumn Cicada," Shi Miyuan called, "You go and make arrangements, so that Xia Zhen can come to the mansion to see me immediately." The maid named Qiu Chan, dressed in a long pink dress, came over to make a salute and asked softly, "Are you also called General Qin?" ”