Bai Li Ye and Bi Yu knocked on the door of the side courtyard, and it was a lame old man who answered the door.

His hair is silver-white, his facial features are engraved with years, and even his old eyes are dizzy, and his eyes are almost touching Baili Ye's face, and he hasn't seen what he looks like yet.

"Who are you?"

Even his voice was too old to speak, trembling, crawling out of his wrinkled throat like a worm, and Biyu's throat itched for a while.

"Old man, let's look for the eldest son of Qin." Biyu took a step forward, pulled Lao Su away from Bai Li Ye, and said.

"What?!" Lao Suo mentioned the voice.

Baili Ye raised his eyebrows.

Tsk, it's still a back-of-the-ear.

"Old man! We're looking for the eldest son of Qin! Biyu put her hands in front of her mouth, leaned into Lao Suo's ear, and even used a little internal force to shout loudly.

"Eh! What do you do shouting so loudly? Unexpectedly, the old man pushed away Biyu in the next second, and pushed him back several steps before he could stand firmly.

With this strength, killing a pig with bare hands is not a problem.

"Come with me."

The old man turned around and left, without even asking who they were, forget it, the ears are not good, and the eyes are also flowery, it is estimated that if they are people sent by the Qin Governor's Mansion, it is not too much to entertain anyway, and they can't take the eldest young master away after all.

After all, when was it not driven out by the eldest young master himself with a broom?

Lao Suo took them to a courtyard, where Qin Qiao was sitting in a blue suit, holding a book in his hand, reading intently, not even knowing that someone was coming.

The yard was empty, but clean, there were basically no potted plants or anything, and there were only a few trees, so lush that they had some green leaves, and they looked like they were full of life.

"Master Da, a guest is coming."

Qin Qi didn't even raise his head: "I don't see." ”

Lao Suo hesitated for a moment, then straightened up and looked at Baili Ye and Biyu.

Bai Li Ye was not annoyed, he walked straight to Qin Qiao and sat down, knocked on the table in front of his eyes, and Qin Qiao raised his head with a frown.

was stunned: "You are not the people sent by my father." ”

It's pretty smart.

Bai Li Ye showed some appreciation.

"Who are you?" As he spoke, Qin Qi had already stood up and blocked in front of Lao Su as fast as he could.

I'm like this, and I'm still protecting others.

At that distance just now, if he really wanted to kill him, he was such a powerless scholar, and he really had no way to survive at all.

However, it is better to be benevolent.

He did not use these servants as tools to be sacrificed at will.

Bai Li Ye thought, looking at him with a little more appreciation.

"Biyu, stand down." Bai Li Ye waved his hand, and Bi Yu, who was blocking in front of him, retreated very knowingly, and even pulled away the old man who was in the way.

Qin Qiang is a smart person, much smarter than his second brother who only knows how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble and bully, if it weren't for Qin Jiuyin's suppression, according to his talent, he would have left Shuzhou long ago.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Qin Qi was reluctant.

No matter how much his father is a bastard, he is also his mother's sweetheart.

Before his mother died, let him take good care of his father, and if he agreed, he had to do it.

He couldn't leave Shuzhou.

Even if he was sent to the side courtyard, there were 10,000 ways to leave Shuzhou, he didn't leave, just lived here quietly, waited quietly, and waited for death.

But he is not in a hurry, sooner or later he will be able to go out.

"Who are you?" Qin Qi asked again, not in a hurry, and when he saw that Bai Li Ye didn't hurt his heart, he relaxed and sat back at the table.

"Song Yuanbao."

Qin Qiao frowned slightly, he hadn't heard of this name.

He looked Bai Li Ye up and down again, and shook his head: "This name is not worthy of you." ”

"That's interesting, what kind of name is worthy of me?"

"I don't know, but if you are looking for me for my father, I advise you to go to my second brother, I can't speak in the Qin Mansion now. These two days coincided with my grandmother's birthday, there are many guests in the house, if you are in business, you can try your luck, my father and my second brother have always been very concerned about businessmen. ”

When he said the last sentence, Qin Qiao couldn't help but show a little anger, and those words almost came out of his teeth.

"I know that today is the last day of the birthday feast."

Sitting until now, without even serving a cup of tea, Bai Li Ye took a deep breath, but he couldn't blame him for being inconsiderate, and what he saw along the way clearly told him that this courtyard was not even worthy of a house, but the noble young master of the prefect's family lived.

He was not in a good mood, which was normal.

"You don't look like a businessman." Qin Qiang stared straight at him.

Bai Li Ye didn't answer him, but said, "I heard that the eldest prince was sent to the side courtyard because of a conflict between the prefect?" ”

"You know quite a bit."

Bai Li Ye tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Not only do I know, I also know why." ”

Qin Qi froze, and his palms gradually closed.

Although their father-son relationship faded in the gradual quarrel, Qin Qiao still recognized his father, even if he didn't know exactly who Bai Li Ye was at this time, his purpose seemed to be beginning to become clear.

No, people don't seem to have any intention of hiding it from him.

Just testing him.

"What do you want to do?"

"Just what you want to do."

Qin Qiao narrowed his eyes: "What do I want to do, you know?" ”

Bai Li Ye chuckled: "The eldest prince of Qin is not the same as the prefect of Qin, the prefect of Qin is greedy for money and lustful, and he is extremely selfish, and he even relies on the birthday banquet of the old lady of Qin as an excuse in order to make money, the eldest prince of Qin is an upright person, and naturally he doesn't want to see the prefect of Qin being so preserved, corrupt and bending the law, and he doesn't know how to repent, right?" ”

"This matter is serious, if you don't stop the loss in time, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles, the eldest prince of Qin is benevolent and kind, I don't want to see so many people in the Qin Mansion accompany the Qin Governor to die together, right?"

"If the eldest prince of Qin can kill his relatives in righteousness, the people of Shuzhou will thank you."

Qin Qiao looked at Baili Ye vigilantly, he couldn't fully believe the stranger in front of him, although the meaning of his words seemed to be for the good of the people, but people know their faces but their hearts, who can tell the difference?

It's like one day you quarrel with your father, and suddenly a person jumps out and says that he wants to kill your father, and he sees that you must have a bad relationship with your father and asks you to help him kill your father, which is quite nonsense.

Qin Qiao didn't agree, but at the same time, he didn't refuse.

He said he considered taking a look.

If Qin Qiang agreed, Bai Li Ye would have to think carefully about whether this person could really be used, and he said that if he considered it, it would mean that this person still had a little conscience.

He wasn't worried that Qin Biao would check him, after all, Shuzhou was his father's territory, he was the eldest son of Qinfu, and it was impossible to say that he didn't have some connections in Shuzhou.

Just want to check Bai Li Ye, and you have to see what Bai Li Ye wants him to find.

On Li Tong's side, after separating from Baili Ye, he found some places like teahouses and restaurants to stay, and after a whole day, he visited no less than ten of them.

The news he heard was true or false, Li Tong didn't care about anything else, and took it all in one go.

Whether it's true or not, it's always useful, just like that birthday banquet list.

The characters on it all have heads and faces, and Bi Yu said that she also saw a few imperial merchants on it.

Shuzhou is such a good place, everyone wants a piece of the pie.

"Little Er, your tea is good, is it famous? Where did you buy it? I want to take some back, my husband likes to drink tea, this kind of rare, he likes it more. Li Tong casually found a reason and dragged Xiao Er who served the tea and didn't let him go.

When the little two heard that they were praising their own tea, they couldn't help but be proud, and they talked more.

"Don't hide it from this lady, if the whole Shuzhou says that the tea is good, it must be our teahouse!" Xiao Er patted his chest: "Even Lord Qin likes to come to our teahouse to drink tea." ”

"Is this Lord Qin you are talking about the Qin Prefect?" Li Tong raised the tail of his eyes and put his hands on his cheeks.

"yes."

"What kind of person is Governor Qin? I heard that the birthday banquet of Mrs. Qin in the past few days, my husband still wanted to send some congratulatory gifts to the Qin prefect's mansion, but we were late and couldn't catch the birthday banquet. Li Tong flattened his mouth, looking very aggrieved.

The little second was stunned, clapped his hands, and said with pity: "Ah, Mrs., Mrs. Qin's birthday banquet will be held for three days, and today is the last day, but looking at this day, it's too late for you to rush over!" ”

Li Tong looked out the window, the sunset was in the west mountain, and the morning glow was all over the sky, it was a good time!

"Huh? That's a pity, we're just a small businessman, and I heard that the Qin Governor takes care of businessmen, so I wanted to come over and ask the Qin Governor to clear some doorways for us. However, I heard that the Qin Governor's Mansion is busy with official business, and he can't see others at all on weekdays, how can this be good? ”

Li Tong said, gesturing at the feather curtain.

Yu Curtain understood, and immediately went up to the little second-hand to stuff a piece of broken silver, and said in a low voice: "Please also ask the little brother to help more." ”

Xiao Er's eyes widened, his eyebrows were overjoyed, and he immediately lowered his voice and said, "It's not impossible to see Lord Qin. I heard that the Qin prefect has to go to the cold night temple to burn incense on the fifth day of the first month of every month, and he will stay for three days each time. ”

"Thank you, little brother!" Li Tong smiled with a smile in his eyes.

After sending Xiao Er away, Li Tong's smile was put away, and he beckoned Yu Curtain to come closer: "Go and inquire, where is the Cold Night Temple." ”

The feather curtain moved quickly, and Li Tong only drank two cups of tea and half a plate of dim sum, and she came back.

The Hanye Temple is not far away, on the mountain in the eastern suburbs of Shuzhou, and it can be reached in half a day by carriage.

It's just that the Cold Night Temple is a nun temple.

It's not a Taoist temple, it's not a Buddhist temple, it's not a scenic spot, there's only a big banyan tree on it that looks passable, and there is a little red silk hanging on it, and I don't know what to use it for, maybe it's for a child.

After returning to the inn, Li Tong found that Bai Liye had returned, and even ordered food, just waiting for her to start the meal as soon as she returned.

It's so intimate, like a twenty-four filial husband.

Ghosts!

I only had a fight in the morning, and I played this one in the evening, Li Tong squinted his eyes, did he do something outside behind her back? Otherwise, why would you laugh so obscenely and flatteringly?