In the afternoon, the sky was dark, and from time to time there was a cool breeze blowing, which dissipated the heat of this midsummer, and it was very cool.

Recently, there have been a lot of complicated things, Xie Zheng has the habit of taking a nap, and now she has no sleep, she was originally lying on the beauty couch in the back room, supporting her forehead with one hand, and gently shaking the Luo fan with the other hand, and suddenly felt that the room turned from light to dark, and couldn't help but get up and stay, walked to the outside of the bright room, stood under the cloister and looked at the sky, without saying a word.

Yuzhi followed behind her, saw the black clouds in the sky, and said casually: "It's still a sunny day in the morning, why did it suddenly change the sky." ”

"It looks like it's going to be a heavy rain," Xie Zheng said, and suddenly laughed again, and then said as if pointed, "I guess something big is going to happen today." ”

The door of the house in the bright room is facing the courtyard gate of Yazhuyuan, between the words, Xie Zheng saw You Xiao walking through the front two courtyard doors like a breeze at the feet of the school, until he walked to Xie Zheng and the front did not stop, he stood outside the corridor, slightly looked up at Xie Zheng who was half a head higher than him under the corridor, bowed his hand, and called: "Xie Niangzi," After speaking, he immediately took out a two-inch-long bamboo tube from his arms, and then said: "I just intercepted a confidential letter on the west bank of Xiangsi Bridge, which was sent to Linchuan Wangfu." ”

Linchuan Wangfu is east of Qingxi, and at the gate of the palace, it is the Xiangsi Bridge, one of the seven bridges of Qingxi.

The bamboo tube was sealed with fire paint, You Xiao was using a dagger to cut the fire paint wax between his words, the voice fell, and the secret letter contained in the bamboo tube happened to be pulled out, Xie Zheng took the secret letter, only to see that the envelope was written with four big characters "Xuanguang Qinqi", this handwriting, at a glance, it was from her good aunt Xie Guifei.

The envelope was also sealed with fire paint wax without exception, Xie Zheng originally wanted to tear it open, but after thinking about it, keeping this complete confidential letter, maybe it could be of great use, so he reached out to You Xiao to ask for a dagger, carefully cut off the fire paint wax, and took out the letter inside to read, but after reading it, he frowned, and said to himself: "I didn't expect that Xie Guifei was so well-informed, I was too careless, and they didn't go far yet, so they were in a hurry to deal with the king of Linchuan." ”

When Yuzhi heard this, she was afraid that the plan would be uncertain, so she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the lady?" ”

As she spoke, she had already poked her head over to read the letter, and Xie Zheng happened to hand it over to her. Xie Guifei wrote in the letter: "Xuanguang Wu'er, Lu Huilin's tax corruption, Wei Niang has already known, although Lu Huilin is in prison, but because of the shadow of the Lu family in Wu County, there is no threat, Wu Er must not act rashly, everything can be discussed after Wei Niang returns to Beijing tomorrow." ”

"Concubine Xie is going back to Beijing tomorrow?" Yuzhi also slightly raised her eyebrows and looked at Xie Zheng, but Xie Zheng's eyes were elsewhere, she put down her hand and said, "I guess it's on the road now." ”

You Xiao followed up and said, "Then don't we only have half a day left?" ”

Xie Zheng bowed slightly, then thought for a while, and asked, "Aside from this letter, what is the movement on King Linchuan's side?" ”

"There was no movement on his side, but he went to Taifu's mansion after going down in the morning, and forced Taifu Yu to kill Lu Huilin for him, but... Yu Taifu persuaded him to wait and see what happened, and he left violently, but it was Yu Taifu, the king of Linchuan had just left. He sent someone to send a letter, and his subordinates suspected that the letter was not for Xie Guifei, so he ordered his subordinates to follow. ”

Regardless of whether Yu Yuangui is for the current matter or for other official matters, it is not his turn to contact Xie Guifei anyway, everything is arranged by Xiao Ying, not to mention that Xiao Ying just left on the front foot, and he quietly sent someone to send a letter on the back foot, which is not surprising that it arouses the suspicion of You Xiao.

However, the top priority at the moment is to let Xiao Ying set herself on fire, and Xie Zheng had no time to be distracted for a while about Yu Yuangui's matter, she only said: "Yu Yuangui's matter will be put aside for the time being, since someone has been sent to follow, there is news back." ”

"Yes," You Xiao responded, and Xie Zheng said again: "You take someone to continue to stare at the King of Linchuan, no matter whether he moves or not, send someone back every half an hour to report, but don't come in through the main gate of the Hou Mansion, you tell the informant to go around the back door." ”

After all, the front entrance is too attention-grabbing, and it is better to be cautious to go around the back door.

You Xiao bowed and responded: "Yes, my subordinates will go back!" After he finished speaking, he was about to throw the empty bamboo tube in his hand to the jade branch, but when he raised his hand, he was stunned, why there was a scratch on both sides of the bamboo tube, as if it had been cut and then glued, he stared at the opening, and took a closer look, only to be sure that this bamboo tube was really not simple.

"Xie Niangzi, there seems to be words engraved on the inner wall of this bamboo tube."

You Xiao's face was full of surprise, after he finished speaking, he immediately used a dagger to cut it in half from top to bottom along the scratches on the side of the bamboo tube, and the consequence really saw that half of the bamboo pieces were engraved on the inner wall, so he handed it to Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng took a look and read: "'If there is an accident, you can find Xie Zhuang to help'...... Xie Zhuang ......"

"Xie Zhuang?" Yuzhi was surprised: "Isn't this person calling himself Mr. Mo Lian, just elegant and not attached to the powerful?" How can I have dealings with the king of Linchuan behind my back! ”

Xie Zheng seemed to be smiling, and only replied: "It's just that he is relying on a family member, and I expect that he can't bear to stand by," I heard that when the Great Sima Mansion was in trouble, Xie Guifei, who was Zhaoyi at the time, also sought Xie Zhuang's refuge, and now she wants to repeat her old tricks.

However, speaking of this uncle, Xie Zheng only has appreciation in his mind, but has never had any other opinions, Xie Zhuang is a person with a lonely temperament, arrogant and arrogant, not stained by the world, not handed over to the powerful, only indulged in poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is a real elegant person.

"In the name of flesh and blood, it is convenient for herself, such a thing, Xie Guifei has done less?"

Xie Zheng's face was gloomy, she only handed the bamboo piece to Yuzhi, then turned around and went back to the house, and did not forget to instruct: "The envelope is closed, keep it for the time being, and the bamboo tube does not need to be kept." ”

Yuzhi agreed, she looked at the bamboo slices, then at the letter, and then looked up at You Xiaoxiao, who was still standing at the bottom of the steps, and said softly: "Go, don't forget to send someone back every half an hour to report the news." ”

"Huh," You Xiao nodded, and then stepped back.

Seeing You Xiao go away, Yuzhi returned to the house, and saw Xie Zheng standing in front of the window of the inner room, looking out of the window with empty eyes, she had quietly approached, only to hear Xie Zheng sigh: "If she hadn't relied on herself to be my aunt and made an unauthorized claim to allow me to Shen Wenhe, there would be no rights and wrongs today......

Yuzhi was silent, and said after a long time: "The matter has come to this, why should the lady be sentimental." ”

Xie Zheng lowered his eyebrows and smiled slightly, just as he was relieved for the time being.