At the beginning of the hour, it was dark. Bai Yi opened the door of the carriage and saw that Hou Cong was already walking inside. She wore a fat apricot red shirt today, still combed her men's bun, came up and sat down, and untied her clothes. Hou Cong had turned to the window on the other side, but at this time he turned around and passed her and closed the door of the carriage.

The movements in Bai Yi's hands did not stop, but his eyes looked at him. Hou Cong patiently taught a lesson, "After going on the road, Qingsong can't take care of it so much." In this way, you must keep in mind the things that open and close the doors, and draw the windows, and lower the curtains, so that the wind does not blow upon you and others see you. You can't just have one thing in your head, if you're really clumsy about that, just line up four or five things one by one, figure it out, and then do it. It's good to get used to it. ”

Hou Cong slept for two hours during the day today, and the rest of the time he locked himself in the tool room to make kites. Getting the parts right can calm his mind and clear his heart. He regretted that he shouldn't have been busy teasing Bai Yi before, but he didn't even train the most basic things - from the time the emperor ordered Bai Yi to join the southbound team as a substitute for the deceased, he picked several faults in her, she was stupid, she had no sense of obedience and cooperation in the sense of a soldier, picky eater, broken hands and feet in life, nothing, would make a small character, and often did amazing things.

Well, it's business as usual, and it hasn't changed.

At this time, he happened to glance down at the laces of his white coat - they must have been tied by himself, and on the two booties, there were two black bumps.

"Eldest Prince, I have something to tell you." Just as Bai Yi finally took off his shirt, Hou Cong also turned his head away.

"Say."

"Yes," she said with a feeling of "panting" because she was about to get dressed, "Do you know that there has been a big incident in the Sky Sparrow Army?" ”

Hou Cong turned his head suddenly, and directly pulled a white coat with a red core embroidered with a lion rolling hydrangea pattern and a blue trimmed belly pocket, "It's not good to talk nonsense, Changkong is going home?" What did the sky say to you? ”

I really like Hou Cong like this, Bai Yi thought.

Bai Yi pushed his hand away and continued to wear his night clothes, but this time he didn't take his head off.

"Why is my brother? He was too busy with his own business, and the change of clothes was brought home by the servant. Today, I went through the account books of all the shroud shops on Gaobo Street and Ghost Street. Two years ago, in September, a consignee named Jia Duba placed an order from a total of five shops at the same time, and each family made two or three shrouds ranging from the specifications of the countryman. The delivery address is the feed store. ”

"Do you look at the ledger? Did you go to flip through it after sunset? So fast? ”

"Eldest son, you are really stupid, there is no one in the ghost street during the day, I finished going over there first, just in time for the shop on Gaobo Street to rest, and then I went over there again, and then I still have time to go home and put on new clothes." She looked very proud, with a childish innocence.

Hou Cong thought about the words "shroud", and basically understood how Bai Yi came up with this clue. He looked like a good chief and nodded, "You're quite clever." ”

"Naturally, a person has been in the Sky Sparrow Army, how can no one say where he came from? Maybe people who don't know the details have nothing to do with themselves; Those who know the details are dead. If you have to go to the shroud shop to check the dead person's business, I understand this truth very well. ”

Hou Cong held back an urge to laugh, his face was still an ice sculpture expression, and pulled the topic back, "September two years ago—"

Bai Yi took over the conversation, as if he was afraid that the answer he had come up with would be snatched away by Hou Cong, "The prince was in September two years ago, when he was sacrificing in the suburbs, he encountered an assassin and died under the escort of the soldiers of the Sky Sparrow Army. ”

Hou Cong thought for a moment, "I remember that incident. The time is right. ”

Of course, there are too many things involved in the "assassination of the prince", and the details will not be known to too many people. Since there are no details, this kind of thing should not be within the lively range of Changkong going home and chatting with her about the outside world. So how did the white clothes know?

Hou Cong looked at Bai Yi and was silent, just changed his clothes, coughed, and motioned for the carriage to start, "You go on, don't think that what I said is to interrupt you." died for the prince's escort, naturally there is a special workshop to do this, why take it out to do it? ”

Bai Yi put on the night clothes at this time, and looked up at Hou Cong, as if he wanted to be recognized. Hou Cong felt that there was still something wrong with the effect of her clothes, but it was not as awkward as last night. He picked up the apricot red shirt that was almost under her feet, "You have to fold it, otherwise, it will be wrinkled when you put it on again." You're going to come home from the teahouse in crumpled clothes, you know? ”

Bai Yi took the shirt and put it on his lap, recalling the operation of the nurses, who looked quiet and well-behaved. Hou Cong told her what he thought, "It's very simple, the number of people who died is more than claimed. Part of it was really escorted to death, and the other part is hard to say. But at least the dumb man thought that they should also enjoy the gift of the countryman. ”

"Oh, I see." Bai Yi said.

"Two years ago, there was an accident in September, how did you know? What did your brother say? Hou Cong still minds this very much, that is, how Bai Yi linked the matter found to the head of the Sky Sparrow Army.

Bai Yi shook his head, and he didn't want to think about how annoying what he said next" Dugu Zheng said. I thought, you've been very fierce for the past two days. I flipped through the ledger for a long time, and I didn't know where the dead man was, so maybe I would be scolded. So I went to his house to look for him. He happened to come back from outside, and he told me that it must have something to do with the Sky Sparrows. ”

"Where am I! You're wandering around Datong City now! ”

There was silence in the carriage. They stopped in a different place than yesterday, and when Bai Yi was about to get off the car, he was stopped by Hou Cong, "During the day today, since you haven't slept, just squint in the carriage for a while, and go to the teahouse tomorrow morning to wait for me." ”

Bai Yi looked at him, knowing that his words were not finished, "Your heart is certainly good, and it is absolutely impossible to act rashly without asking for instructions." In a hurry, I naturally said something else, was there something urgent yesterday? ”

Bai Yi shook his head.

"Nope."

"Will you change it later?"

"Change. But didn't you let me follow you to learn how to track? ”

"There are a lot of things to learn, you look at how Qingsong and these people cooperate on the periphery when I follow, and many things will have a sense of proportion in the future, understand?"

"Oh."

"What do you mean by proportion? It is to truly know one thing, not that you are busy alone, but that others are also taking risks and making efforts. You're also very important, and you have to be meticulous, listen to orders, and be considerate of others, you know? ”

"Then why do you love charging so much? So why don't you remember people's names all the time? ”

He stared at her, rather fiercely.

"Oh, I see, yes. Then, go ahead, eldest son, be careful. ”

Hou Cong smiled, this laughter was somewhat similar to when the third prince on the Guanhua floor gave him two girls, with some dissatisfaction and some connivance. brought some surprise, with some helplessness and closeness.

Bai Yi's heart moved, and he wanted to rub his head against his chest again. Even a little up, a little bit, trying to rub his chin with his lips.

She bowed her head.

And he was gone.

Bai Yi listened to his footsteps and argued, the carriage under her moved again, she opened the curtain of the car window, Hou Cong had already climbed the high wall in the night, not so much to see, but to think about it. He jumped prostrately, crawling inside her. His night-walking clothes must have kicked up dust in the red dust, fluttering with the loneliness that had been forgotten early, and continued to dim back.

The carriage turned into another alley, and there were three men waiting for them in the shadows, and one of them saw the carriage, went up the wall, and soon disappeared. Qing Song asked Bai Yi not to get out of the car, pulled the carriage to the corner, and hid it.

"We are all our own people, and the one who left is going to sentry, to guard the perimeter for the eldest prince, and to pass the news between the eldest prince and us. Three people, three shifts. Do you understand? That's all for now. The girl just squinted for a while, so that the eldest prince could rest assured. ”

"You wait," Qing Song stepped aside and squatted down with the other two people to rest, and Bai Yi called him back in a low voice, "You tell the truth, is the eldest prince a little tired of me these days?" I offended him, didn't I? ”

Qing Song smiled and shook his head, "The girl just needs to remember one sentence, whatever our eldest son does, it is for the good of the girl." If you think too much, won't you fail his heart? ”

"Huh? Is it? ”

Qing Song ignored her. Bai Yi was annoyed that he didn't bring "Xiao Hou Cong", but now his arms were empty, and the night was cold, so he had to cover his body with the shirt that was not folded after all, and fell asleep hazy.

When she woke up, she was already in the teahouse. The glow of the sun reflected the fragrance of tea and snacks, and yesterday, the seven or eight-year-old boy heard the voice and stood at the door, "The eldest prince has already come, and he told the girl to go over when she wakes up." ”

Bai Yi hurriedly got off the ground, and in a little panic, he remembered to change his night clothes in time, but the shirt on his body was indeed wrinkled. The little maid was waiting for her at the door, and led her to the window seat on the second floor yesterday.

Hou Cong poked open a bun with chopsticks and asked her to see the mutton inside, "Sit down and eat." ”

Bai Yi sat down while looking at his face, he changed into his night clothes today, and wore a yellow-green tufted new shirt. "Jia Fang's actions are as they were the day before. Because we knew the secret way, we saw him and the mute old man. After a while, the person who continued to follow returned. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Fluorescence came.

"Eldest son, what Jia Fang took from the casino dealer is a yellow-eyed vine. It was given to a family surnamed Fang in the west of the city by a mute old man. Neighbors said that the old man of the family had been urinating blood for more than 20 days. The Fang family originally had an empty bird military captain, who died two years ago for escort. ”

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