Mei Xiaoren was stunned, she hadn't taken this issue into account, because there were very few opportunities like this on weekdays, but since Lord Chu had this question, she had to prevaricate.

Mei Xiaoren stood up, walked towards Chu Yu with his hands behind his back, stood in front of him and said, "Who said that, I am also very good at dressing up men." ”

After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to his head, still holding a wooden comb in her hand, and gently combed his thick inky hair twice, combing the unsuitable places, and hooking the corners of her lips, "Why don't I dress you up tomorrow for Lord Chu"

Chu Yu looked at her with low eyes, and after being together for several months, he was used to following her words and said, "It's okay." ”

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help laughing: "Actually, it's not strange that I will comb a woman's hair, because my mother said that combing my wife's hair is called the pleasure of the boudoir, so I learned a few hands." ”

She said that her face did not change and her heart did not beat, and she secretly admired her ability to talk nonsense, because she not only couldn't marry any daughter-in-law, but also didn't have a mother.

Chu Yu grabbed her wrist, pulled her hand off the top of his head, took the wooden comb in her hand and put it on the table next to him, before letting go and said, "Let's get down to business first." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at him and smiled, "The secret letter from Beijing, although it is inconvenient for me to ask what the secret letter is written, but it must be a very important thing to be able to send it to Jinzhou thousands of miles away."

It's like stopping her from driving in the first place.

Chu Yu was silent, he found that the longer Mei Xiaoren stayed with him, the more he could guess what he wanted to say, whether this was a good thing or something that should be guarded against

"If you have something urgent to go back, then go back as soon as possible, don't worry about me." The smile on Mei Xiaoren's face did not decrease, "Didn't you teach me, people don't die for themselves, nothing is more important than their own future, I hope that the next time we see you, Lord Chu will not complain that you can't be promoted." ”

Chu Yu didn't answer, only asked: "You can handle the rest?"

"It should be possible," Mei Xiaoren said quietly, because she couldn't say that she was completely sure, after all, the poison had not yet been obtained.

She is quite free in Jinzhou, if she can't even check the clues here, then it will be even more difficult to check when she returns to the academy, so no matter what, she has to try her best.

Mei Xiaoren changed his words: "In this way, I will answer your question tomorrow." ”

When she was talking to Chu Yu, she also changed her clothes and came out. A good boy is so thin that he can't even hold up new clothes, so he has to take care of it.

At that time, Mei Xiaoren met with the vendor at the agreed place. The vendor led her around Kumho to the mouth of a river downstream of Kumho.

This is a wharf, and many merchant ships are moored, and the coolie is moving goods from the wharf to the ship.

The peddler took her into a small boat, rowed down the river, and went a few miles beyond the city gates, where there was a sparkling fire on the shore.

It is a village built on the river beach, mostly wooden houses and bamboo buildings, which is not very spectacular, but judging from the torches walking in the bamboo buildings, there are really a lot of people who defend it.

The peddler docked the boat and led Mei Xiaoren off the boat and said, "Childe, this is Cao Ye's stockade." ”

Mei Xiaoren only realized at this time that this Cao Ye may not be surnamed Cao, and the word "Cao" in their mouths should be the "Cao" of Caoyun.

She knew that there was a Cao Gang in Jiangnan, a gangster with some power, who made a fortune by relying on Jiangnan's products and rivers and lakes. Then Cao Ye should be the boss of the Cao Gang.

The people of the Cao Gang are not bandits, but they are not good stubble. They don't provoke the government on weekdays, they don't interact with the government, and they are not afraid of the government, and Jinzhou and Xuanzhou are far away from the Tiangao Emperor, and the officials in the capital are too lazy to care who is here

hegemony, and Zhizhou can't control it, which fuels the arrogance of the Cao Gang.

They were bold, and naturally dared to do things that ordinary businessmen couldn't do, such as buying and selling things from the Xia Kingdom.

Mei Xiaoren followed the vendor to the front of the stockade, and saw that several people guarding the door here were holding torches in one hand and big knives in the other, and their posture was a little terrifying.

The peddler stepped forward and said: "This son wants to find Cao Ye to buy some goods, and several masters are all good."

The doorkeeper glanced at the vendor, and then at Mei Xiaoren, and said in a good voice: "Any cat or dog can see Cao Ye."

Mei Xiaoren knew the rules, and took out a little silver taels and spread them in his hand to show his sincerity, "I came to Cao Ye to do business with Cao Ye." ”

After receiving the money, the tone of a few gatekeepers softened, but they were embarrassed: "It's not that we won't let you in, it's that Cao Ye is not free tonight, and Cao Ye is feasting Xiao Gongzi." ”

"Xiao Gongzi" Mei Xiaoren frowned, "Xiao Lin"

"That's right, it's the eldest son of Xuanzhou, this is a noble person who is not easy to invite."

The Xiao family, who have some dealings with these gangs, can't think of anyone else except Xiao Lin.

Although she has some grievances with the Xiao family in Xuanzhou, now is not the time to talk about the family's shortcomings, she doesn't want to have anything to do with Xiao Lin, so she asks the doorkeeper to introduce her to a manager who can talk.

A wooden house.

Mei Xiaoren waited for a while before a middle-aged man came, and the man asked when he entered the door: "How much do you want for Xia Guobao's horse?"

Everyone has seen it, and it's time to find out.

Mei Xiaoren shook the folding fan and asked, "You only have Xia Guobaoju here."

The man laughed a few times when he heard this, "How is that possible, there is nothing in the world that the Cao Gang can't get, what else do you want?"

"Poisons, such as heart erosion, and, of course, antidotes."

The man sighed humbly: "Childe is really good at picking things, and the poison of Xia Guo is not as easy as a horse." ”

"I have silver, do you have the goods?" Mei Xiaoren said simply.

"Once upon a time, there were."

She was puzzled: "What do you mean by once upon a time?"

"There is only one way to get the poison, that group of Xia country poisoners only believe in their own people, in the past, Liu Wu in the gang took goods from Xia country, and a buyer came to buy this poison before, so that kid made a windfall, and he didn't show up for a while." The man said, "If you want to buy poison, you can only find him." ”

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly asked: "Who was the previous buyer?"

The man was embarrassed: "We can't reveal the buyer's affairs, this is the rule of the rivers and lakes, if you really want to know, you can only go to Liu Wu and ask." ”

"Where to look"

"The place he goes to is nothing more than a casino, and you can always find it if you look for it in the gambling houses in the city." The man said this and left.

Mei Xiaoren came out of the wooden house, and the moon was already in the middle of the day. She thought she would make some progress tonight, but after finding someone, she would continue to find someone, endlessly.

She stepped out of the stockade in the moonlight, and was suddenly bumped on the shoulder by someone walking behind her.

"Who dares to stand in the way of the master"

The voice was slightly drunk. Mei Xiaoren looked back, and thought that she had bumped into an uncle, but it turned out to be the cousin she avoided and met again.

Xiao Lin's face was flushed with drunkenness, and he was walking forward alone, but he staggered back a few steps after hitting her, and was supported by two little guys to stand firmly.