The weather was getting colder, and Ji Yanning went to Baochang Ji in Yingzhou City to buy some clothes.

Seeing Ji Yanning, Eqiu was slightly stunned, then reacted and immediately stepped forward.

"Miss. Eqiu was still very surprised, after all, he had also heard about the eldest lady's fall into the Luan River, and everyone thought that the eldest lady would not survive.

Knowing that the eldest lady fell into the river, the last shopkeeper also came to Baochangji to make trouble, and planned to remove Baochangji's money, but later Eqiu blew this stinky and shameless person away.

Ji Yanning looked at this shop compared to the last time he came, although the storefront of the shop is still so small, but the goods placed in it have changed from most of the original inferior silk to medium and high-grade goods.

Seeing Eqiu, she bowed her head slightly and said, "It seems that it is a good choice to choose you as the shopkeeper." ”

Eqiu was a little embarrassed, and he said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Ji Yanning first selected the materials, and then checked the account books, and then came out of the Baochang Record.

Because the war has stopped, and peace with Yan Guo has been negotiated, the people of Yingzhou City no longer have the fear and trouble of leaving their hometowns, and this street is much more lively than when Ji Yanning came before.

Ji Yanning took Ying'er to walk around the street, and she was in a good mood.

Seeing a stall selling gadgets on the side of the road, Ying'er happily stepped forward to take a look, and then bought a tassel ornament.

Ji Yanning raised his eyebrows: "For Cao Lin?"

Hearing the eldest lady ask, Ying'er nodded, but she was a little embarrassed.

Ji Yanning asked: "I look at this Cao Lin is average, seriously speaking, whether it is the Ji family or the Liu family's guards, there are not a few who are better than him, why do you just fancy him?"

Ying'er put the tassel ornament into her sleeve and said to Ji Yanning: "Because Brother Cao is very good, when Miss is not there, it is all the news he gave, I often go to Hou Ye's yard to ask if there is any news of Miss Hou, but I am afraid that I will annoy Hou Ye, so I can only ask Brother Cao." ”

"The first time Mademoiselle sent a letter back, he was the first to tell me. Ying'er continued, "He also takes good care of me on weekdays, so he is much better than everyone else. ”

Ying'er grew up in the village since she was a child, and she has always been lively, even if she talks to Ji Yanning about the man she likes, she is very generous.

Ji Yanning listened silently on the side, nodded, and did not refute anything.

She felt that Cao Lin might not be reliable, but in Ying'er's eyes, Cao Lin was a gentle and considerate person.

On the third day, Rong Che returned to Chang'an with the envoy's team, and Ji Yanning also took Yuan Wu and his party to Laizhou after Baochangji's clothes were ready.

Laizhou is on the east coast of Wei, not far from Cangzhou, but it takes about a month to travel from Yingzhou City to Laizhou.

They got to Dalai before winter, otherwise it would be more troublesome to get to the ground when the weather became bitterly cold after winter.

Fortunately, she and Ying'er can ride horses, so the journey of the group is very fast, and in only half a month, they have already rushed most of the distance.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, it looked like it was going to rain, so I didn't hurry to go that day, but went to an inn in a nearby town to rest for the day.

After being on the road for several days, Cao Lin couldn't stand it, he originally thought that Ji Yanning would go back to Chang'an, and follow the slow envoy team, he was a big man, and he shouldn't be offended, but he didn't think that Ji Yanning didn't act as he imagined at all, but he was going to Laizhou.

The eldest lady who looks delicate and weak, but he didn't expect to be able to endure so hardship, which surprised him.

He privately asked Ying'er and Yuan Wu about Ji Yanning's trip to Laizhou, but he didn't ask what the result was.

Ying'er really didn't know the purpose of Ji Yanning's trip, and even if Yuan Wu knew, he wouldn't tell Cao Lin.

Ji Yanning was reading a book in the room, and Yuan Wu's special knock sounded outside the door.

"Come in. Ji Yanning said, closing the book in his hand.

Yuan Wu pushed the door in, closed the door with his backhand, and stepped forward to salute Ji Yanning: "My subordinates just stopped Cao Lin's letter to the post station. ”

As he spoke, he handed a letter forward.

Ji Yanning's eyes flashed slightly, but as she expected, after waiting for so many days, Cao Lin's fox tail was still exposed.

She opened the letter and read the contents roughly, but her face became a little heavy.

She sneered: "It turns out that it is Rong Ling's person." ”

Although this letter was not directly sent to the palace, the place where it was to be sent and the people who received it were all Rong Liang's former subordinates.

When Yuan Wu heard Ji Yanning's words, his eyes were covered with a layer of murderous intent.

The Dingbei Hou Mansion is very powerful, but there will always be some small people looking for opportunities to go deep into the mansion and spy on the Xiao family's intelligence.

If it weren't for the mole, how could Xiao Jifeng be plotted by Li Xiaoyun so easily.

Yuan Wudao: "Miss, do you want to get rid of him?"

Ji Yanning slowly tore the letter into pieces, and then threw it into the cup on the side, and the ink instantly stained the tea in the cup black.

She lowered her eyes and said, "Don't worry, solve one Cao Lin, there will be a second and a third." ”

Yuan Wu understood what Ji Yanning meant, and then nodded yes.

Ji Yanning said: "Don't startle the snake first, but the poison still has to be given to him secretly." ”

She said casually, more like she was talking about something inconsequential.

Yuan Wudao: "That Cao Lin doesn't look like much, but he has always been careful, when he is with us, as long as we don't touch the food, he won't touch it." ”

Ji Yanning said: "It's not easy, it's on the food that Ying'er gave him." ”

Yuan Wu's eyes flashed slightly, and then he nodded.

Since he took advantage of Ying'er's trust in him, she could also take advantage of his defenselessness towards Ying'er.

Yuan Wudao: "My subordinates know." ”

Ji Yanning bowed, and then Yuan Wu retreated.

In fact, she didn't know that Cao Lin would be a spy ambushed in the Dingbei Hou Mansion at first, thinking that he just wanted to get close to Ying'er and find a more comfortable job.

As a result, Cao Lin and Yuan Wu made a move that day, and inadvertently found that Cao Lin had been hiding clumsy.

After staying in the Dingbei Hou Mansion for two years and not being discovered, Cao Lin also has a certain strength, but Ji Yanning didn't know why he changed his target and did not continue to stay in the Dingbei Hou Mansion, but came to follow him.

Maybe he thinks that with the importance that Xiao Shaobei attaches to himself, he can find a breakthrough in her to threaten Xiao Shaobei, just like Beigong Han's tricks at the beginning.

But no matter what the purpose is, now that Ji Yanning already knows his identity, he will naturally not let him have a good time.

At this time, Cao Lin didn't expect Yuan Wu to stop Thaksin, and saw Ying'er walking to the upstairs room with Ji Yanning's food, he stepped forward and said politely: "Ying'er, why don't I help you bring it in to Miss, and I will help you do these things in the future." ”

Ying'er was slightly stunned, looking at the hand he had stretched out, but still refused: "No need, Miss doesn't like people other than the personal maid to touch her meal." ”

Cao Lin sneered and said, "Isn't I trying to help you, along the way, I haven't helped anything except follow the eldest lady all the time." ”

Ying'er said: "It's okay, you are a guard, you should protect the safety of the young lady." ”

Cao Lin nodded and said, "But I don't know what Miss rushed all the way to Laizhou for, could it be that she wants to do things for Marquis Xiao?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't. Ying'er said, "Miss must have her reasons for doing this, we just need to follow Miss, protect Miss and serve Good Miss." ”

Cao Lin's eyes flashed slightly, and he responded with a good word and made way for Ying'er.

Ying'er smiled at him, and then walked into Ji Yanning's room with the food.

"Miss, it's time to eat. As she spoke, Ying'er brought the meal to the table in the room.

Ji Yanning put down the book in his hand, muttered softly, and then walked to the table and sat down.

As soon as she picked up the chopsticks, her hand suddenly stopped and she looked up at Ying'er.

"Has anyone else touched this meal besides you?" asked Ying'er.

Ying'er was slightly stunned, every time the young lady asked this question, it proved that the inside of the meal was not clean, maybe someone had drugged her.

She thought about it carefully, shook her head, and said, "I brought this food directly from the kitchen servant, and no one else has touched it." ”

Ji Yanning raised his thin eyebrows slightly and said, "Could it be that this is a black shop?" But there was no problem with the food last night. ”

Ying'er frowned, she didn't know why the food was poisonous.

Ji Yanning said: "Think about it carefully, did you meet anyone on the way over with food, and those who are closer will have a chance to start?"

Ying'er naturally thought of Cao Lin in her mind, and she said: "I met Cao Lin when I was going up the stairs just now, but he just wanted to help me serve food, and didn't do anything else." ”

The way she subconsciously excused Cao Lin made Ji Yanning frown slightly.

Ying'er explained: "It won't be Brother Cao's poison, he is not such a person." ”

Ji Yanning said: "That's it, anyway, I won't be able to find out anything for a while, you go to the back kitchen to ask for a copy, just say that the meal just now was accidentally dropped." ”

Hearing Ji Yanning's arrangement, Ying'er lowered her eyes and could only nod.

The food was brought from her hands, and if the eldest lady accidentally ate it, she would be to blame.

But when she brought the food, it was indeed only Cao Lin who had been in contact with it.

Thinking of this, Ying'er's heart felt a little flustered for some reason.

She felt that Cao Lin would not be able to harm the eldest lady, but ...... What if?

Seeing Ying'er's complicated expression, Ji Yanning's eyes flashed slightly, if she broke it directly, she was afraid that with Ying'er's temperament, it would inevitably be impossible to go to Cao Lin to ask for clarification, or directly find Cao Lin to settle accounts.