At the end of the words, Cao Lucui smiled questioningly.

Xiao Qi's face suddenly became ugly, he glared at Cao Lu angrily, forbade him to turn around and stand behind him, took out a large stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, turned to face Cao Lu, and threw it into the air without care.

The denomination of these silver tickets is 100,000 taels per chapter.

"See! Dare to ridicule the young master for having no money...... The silver taels that the young master carries are enough to buy a hundred of you! ”

Xiao Qi looked arrogant, and at the end of his words, he raised his right arm, stretched out his index finger, and staggered towards Cao Lu.

You stepped forward to help Xiao Qi, but he swung away violently and scolded.

Arrogance, arrogance, and rudeness!

At this moment, Cao Lu had no doubts in his heart, and there was a flash of lightning in his mind, preventing his entourage from wanting to step forward and work together to teach Xiao Qi a lesson, and said to Xiao Qi: "It was indeed the official's inappropriate words just now, I can't hide it, the official has no good impression of Qin Fengmu in that stone city, although Young Master Chen is at ease to live in Lizhou, this official will definitely be able to protect you!" ”

"This officer?"

Xiao Qi frowned: "You are actually an official, the world is as black as a crow, this young master doesn't believe you!" ”

"Huh...... It's always good to be more vigilant when you're out and about, but if you're over-alert, you're cutting off your way out. If Young Master Chen is willing to give it a bold try, this official will prove to you that what this official just said is absolutely not false. ”

Jiang Chuge, who was on the ground on the side, listened to all the conversations between the two in his ears, and his eyes were full of thoughts.

Cao Lu's eloquence is indeed good, and his wisdom is certainly not weaker than others, and Fang Cai's temptation can prove that this person is by no means an innocent and politically upright official.

It seems that their next actions will not go as smoothly as expected.

Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and stroked his chin, his eyes turned around, pretending to be thinking, but in fact he swept over Jiang Chuge.

Seeing that Jiang Chuge had no instructions, he nodded and agreed.

"Okay, Young Master Ben will believe you this time. After all, no matter how big the official is, he can't resist the assassination of this guard next to Young Master Ben, if you dare to design Young Master Ben, Young Master Ben will die, and he will pull you as a backpad! ”

He was a drunken person, and even the people in Qin Fengmu's mansion dared to move.

Although Xiao Qi's words are arrogant, they are very much in line with his identity at the moment.

Bursts of anger rose in Cao Lu's heart, but he couldn't bear it.

When he got all the silver on this second ancestor, it was when this stupid and self-righteous fool died in Jiuquan.

In an instant, countless vicious thoughts flashed through Cao Lu's mind, but there was a disgustingly hypocritical enthusiasm on his face.

He took the initiative to invite Xiao Qi to the third floor to participate in today's dinner.

When the goal is achieved, Xiao Qi will not refuse, and after some pretended thinking, he should accept it.

He took a vain step, and together with Cao Lu, he turned around and walked a few steps towards the third floor, but suddenly turned around, and his cold and unkind gaze fell on Jiang Chuge: "If you don't keep up, lie there and pretend to be dead!" ”

Jiang Chuge was thrown to the ground by Cao Lu's servants, which was unexpected.

Xiao Qi's reaction made Jiang Chuge very satisfied.

She replied resignedly, and then endured the pain in her elbow, forced herself to get up, and followed behind Yu Xiaoqi with you in a timid and fearful manner.

When everyone rushed to the private room on the third floor, there were already many businessmen in Lizhou City.

Although these people are sitting here, they know everything about what happened on the second floor.

Seeing Cao Lu enter at this moment, everyone got up one after another to say hello, and after some flattery, Cao Lu introduced the identity of the young master of the Chen family in Xiaoqi Stone City to the people present, and then personally beckoned Xiao Qi to sit next to him.

After Xiao Qi sat down, in the face of the curious and probing eyes of many businessmen, Xiao Qi looked arrogant, chatted with Cao Lu for a few words, and poured himself a drink in front of everyone, without giving those businessmen a glance at all.

Because he knew that Xiao Qifang was extremely rude to Cao Lu on the second floor, but Cao Lu did not take any unfavorable actions against him, although many businessmen were dissatisfied with his style, they could only suppress it in their hearts and dare not expose it at all.

After Xiao Qi sat down, he heard a sound of footsteps outside, and then, a tall but vicissitudes of life stepped inside, and behind this figure, followed by two guards.

When he was still in the Didu, Jiang Chuge tried to inquire about and change the past and reputation of this prince in many ways, which can be described as praised by everyone and flawless!

But what I saw today is really shocking!

If Qin Yihuan was self-decadent because of his addiction to women, and he would have harmed Lizhou like this, everything would not be unreasonable.

Of course, I don't want this to be the case, but now Jiang Chuge has to think so.

Qin Yihuan, I hope you don't put everyone who cares about you in a dilemma.

Jiang Chuge was full of thoughts, and Qin Yihuan had already taken steps to the vacant seat on the other side of Cao Lu's body and sat down.

He glanced at Xiao Qi on the other side lightly, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Cao Tongju seems to have brought a newcomer today?" ”

"Hehe......"

Cao Lu let out a burst of laughter, and said as he sat down: "This Young Master Chen has been persecuted, and since the lower officials have met him, they have to take care of it." ”

Although Cao Lu had a smile on his face, his tone was slightly cold.

With such an attitude, there is no respect and caution that subordinates should have when they treat their bosses, and Qin Yihuan did not show the slightest displeasure in this, and the rest of them did show a chill.

Such a scene made Jiang Chuge's eyebrows furrow without a trace, suspecting that there was a secret in it.

"Cao Tong sentenced Su Ai to be chivalrous and righteous, and Li Zhou has you, but this official has saved a lot of heart...... Let's move the chopsticks. ”

Qin Yihuan gave an order, picked up his chopsticks, and took the lead in moving.

Seeing this, everyone followed suit, and the strange atmosphere dissipated in an instant.

Because of the fear of making Cao Lu suspicious, his identity was exposed in front of him.

Jiang Chuge secretly signaled Xiao Qi not to do anything clichéd.

After a seat, Cao Lu tried his best to find out that Xiao Qi came to Lizhou from Xiao Qi, and the total number of silver tickets he carried exceeded five million taels, but he did not carry it with him, but was kept by a mysterious person who did not appear, and every time he took the silver ticket, he had to be Xiao Qi himself and You.

With this kind of information, Cao Lu completely dispelled the idea of killing people and robbing money, and decided to adopt a strategy of embezzlement and encroachment step by step.

So, he invited Xiao Qi to stay in Lizhou at that time, do business here, and follow his own forces, so that he could seek revenge from Qin Fengmu in the future.

Xiao Qi showed an expression of being moved by what he said and agreed.

Cao Lu was complacent because he had successfully calculated this stupid and arrogant Young Master Chen from Stone City.

As everyone knows, he has fallen into Jiang Chuge's trap.

After the banquet was over, Xiao Qi and the three returned to the inn, and Yu and Xiao Qi both found that someone was following them.

This group of people is by no means comparable to the people under the confused county order when they were in Qingquan County before.

Inevitably, after Jiang Chuge learned about it, he was found strange by the other party in some subtleties, and Xiao Qi and the two tacitly did not inform Jiang Chuge of the tracking.

After returning to the inn and getting out of the sight of those people, Jiang Chuge and the three of them finished washing, Jiang Chuge went out to ask Xiao Er for a hard-boiled egg, but when he returned to the room, he found that Xiao Qi and Youji were already in his room.

While rubbing the left half of his cheek, which was red and swollen by Xiao Qi, with an egg, Jiang Chuge asked, "Just now that we were on the way back, someone should be following, right?" ”

"You found out?"

Xiao Qi's guilty face showed a hint of surprise.

Jiang Chuge shook his head: "No, the confused county commander of Qingquan County will still think of the method of sending people to follow him, so Cao Lu is obviously several times more difficult to deal with, how could he not think of this?" ”

The ancients had internal strength, and after nightfall, it was dark everywhere, and Jiang Chuge's anti-reconnaissance ability could not be used freely to determine whether someone was following her, but her IQ would not be affected by being in ancient times.

Xiao Qi nodded suddenly, and the silent Yu on the side suddenly spoke: "Miss Jiang, from the analysis of the situation at the dinner just now, my subordinates think that although the top administrator of Lizhou on the surface is Zhizhou, Cao Lu is more like the person who tossed Li Lizhou into the current situation behind the scenes. ”

"You, I understand your feelings, I'm the same as you, I don't want Qin Yihuan to be a traitor, but we have to respect the facts. Cao Lu, we have to investigate in detail, but we must not let personal emotions affect our thinking ability. ”

Now the three of them are in danger alone, and if they are not careful, they will definitely be in different places, and the people of Lizhou will continue to live in this dire situation.

"My subordinates understand."

"I understand."

You and Xiao Qi responded in unison.

Seeing the two of them like this, Jiang Chuge's slightly hanging heart was slightly lowered, his eyebrows were raised, and after recalling and analyzing what happened today in his heart, he looked at the two of them and instructed: "Cao Lu is not an easy person to deal with, although we have gained his trust in the Drunken Immortal Building, it is still inevitable that he will be suspicious afterwards and send someone to investigate our identity in detail."

Lizhou is far away from Shicheng, and if he sends someone to investigate, it will take ten days to go back and forth at the earliest. If the information is transmitted through carrier pigeons, and the people in or around the stone city can investigate on their behalf, it will only take four days.

Just in case, we must find out the cause of Qin Yihuan's drastic change in temperament a year ago within four days, and get as much evidence as possible about Cao Lu...... ”

Jiang Chuge and the three of them discussed their next actions in detail, and then Xiao Qi and You Fang went back to their rooms to rest.

At that time, in the front hall of the Lizhou General Judgment Mansion

Cao Lu sat on the top seat, and the butler stood in the center of the front hall, bowing his head respectfully, waiting for orders from Cao Lu.

There was silence in the front hall, and Cao Lu fell into deep thought.

I don't know how long this situation lasted, until the housekeeper felt that his legs were faintly numb, and Cao Lu's voice sounded.

"The flying pigeon sent a book to Shicheng, so that Qin You could find out if there was a rich young master of Chen Qi who was chased and killed by Qin Feng's tomb pastor because he slept with the maid of the city lord's mansion, and fled outside."

"Yes, the little ones will do it."

The butler respectfully replied.

After he left, Cao Lu pondered for a while, and then called a guard guarding the door of the front hall, and ordered: "Send a few people to find out early tomorrow morning, what places have Chen Qi and his party been to, who they have been in contact with, and what have they done?" ”

"Yes!"

The guards did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately received the order.

Jiang Chuge, who was in her sleep, was woken up by a knock on the door, and she almost couldn't control her temper when she had always been angry about getting up.

She took a few deep breaths, controlled the irritability in her heart, quickly dressed, pulled her hair a few times, walked to the door, removed the deadbolt, and opened the door.

"Miss Jiang, are you feeling unwell?"

His gaze paused for a moment on Jiang Chuge's still swollen left cheek.

He should have stopped her near-self-harming scheme last night.

"I'm fine, it's just that I slept a little late last night, so I woke up late."

Jiang Chuge saw the guilt and remorse on his face, pulled the corners of his mouth, and showed a smile that was not very good-looking, as a sign of comfort.

"Later, Xiao Qi and I will investigate the news in the city by buying things, and you will stay at the inn to rest."

"Okay."

Jiang Chuge did not refuse, and after a little pondering, he said: "Cao Lu is not a person who is easy to deceive, you and Xiao Qi must act in a vague manner, except for the topics related to the partnership business that Cao Lu said last night, you must not directly ask people about other things." ”

The quiet act was already thorough, coupled with Jiang Chuge's special reminder, the situation between him and Xiao Qi was quite smooth this time, and in just two hours, he heard an extremely important news.