"After Sanniang slipped the tire at that time, I asked Lang Zhong to show her. Lang Zhong said that her body was fine, and it would be good to recuperate carefully for a while. No, she's pregnant again, and Lang Zhong also said that she should be fine this time. ”

After Li Dalong finished explaining, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised with relief.

Fu Xiaojiu was relieved when he heard it, but Wan Lin couldn't feel at ease.

While everyone was cleaning up the mess, Wan Lin pulled Li Dalong aside.

"Brother Li, does the failure of King Jie's seizure of the crown prince have any impact on you?"

Li Dalong smiled indifferently, "I'm far away from the capital, and this matter has no effect on me." Didn't I say everything I wrote to you before? ”

However, Wan Lin twisted his eyebrows, "I don't fully believe what you said in your letter. The whole world is not the king's land, even if you are far away from the capital, but King Jie's hand will reach there. It's just that the correspondence is not as convenient as meeting and talking in detail, so since we meet here, let's have a good chat! ”

Wan Lin's tone was "threatening", and he had a posture of not giving up without asking the truth.

Li Dalong naturally knew that Wan Lin was worried about his situation, so he asked him so much.

Li Dalong first smiled gratefully at Wan Lin, and then shook his head helplessly, "Brother Wan, your temperament is much more stubborn than before!" Since you asked, I'll be honest with you. ”

Li Dalong glanced around first, and found that there were no talents around the two of them, and then continued.

"It's impossible to say that I'm not affected at all. Many people in the county and state capitals know that I am a member of His Royal Highness King Jie, and for His Royal Highness's sake, they are quite polite to me. When I learned that King Zhao had taken the throne of the prince, they were not as polite to me as before, and some of my business was also affected. ”

Hearing what Li Dalong said, Wan Lin's eyes sank, "Brother Li, can you tell me the point?" ”

Li Dalong blinked in confusion, "The point? Isn't that the point? ”

Wan Lin said with a straight face: "You brought so many masters into Beijing, King Jie must have something important to look for you." When I ask you if you have been affected by the failure of the Jiewang competition for the crown prince, I am not asking about your business, but worrying about your net worth! ”

Wan Lin lowered his voice at this time, "Although the crown prince no longer has any fights with King Jie on the surface, he has a lot of small actions in secret, and he has eliminated many people from King Jie. At that time, when dealing with Hule's spies, your identity as a person from King Jie was exposed. You are both King Jie's henchman and King Zhao's thorn in the side, and he will inevitably not attack you! ”

Wan Lin's concern made Li Dalong's heart very iron, but Li Dalong was not afraid that Mu Yunzhao would secretly attack him.

"Brother Wan, I understand what you mean, thank you for caring about me so much. Then I'll tell you the truth again, a few fresh faces appeared in the county a while ago, and they even walked around my house. I found out that they were indeed the prince's men, and I disposed of them. This time, His Royal Highness King Jie sent me a secret letter to summon me to Beijing, but I really don't know exactly what I was asked to do. ”

Li Dalong's words are what Wan Lin wants to hear.

Just knowing what he wanted to know, Wan Lin was inevitably more worried about Li Dalong.

"Brother Li, I won't tell you, I know His Royal Highness King Jie quite well now. He is a very deep man, and his joy and anger are invisible, and I don't believe that he will be willing to lose. If he asks you to do anything unfavorable to the prince, please excuse yourself no matter what excuse you make! ”

Li Dalong nodded movingly, "I know in my heart that I won't do anything like hitting a stone with an egg." ”

Wan Lin looked at Li Dalong's eyes inquiringly, and had a hunch that he would not listen to his own words.

An officer and soldier approached them and stood still at a distance.

"Lord Qi Yuwan, those three water thieves have been locked up, Lord Qi asked the little one to ask when you will interrogate them."

Wan Lin didn't answer, but glanced at Li Dalong first.

Li Dalong said in a consultative tone: "Everyone has experienced danger tonight, and they must be physically and mentally exhausted. Brother Wan, I can stay with you here for one night tonight, and you can rest in peace, and how about you interrogate those three water thieves tomorrow? ”

Wan Lin nodded approvingly, "That's fine." We've finally met, and I'm afraid you'll be in a hurry tonight. ”

Knowing that Li Dalong would not leave tonight, Wan Lin was very relieved, so he ordered to prepare wine and food to comfort everyone, and also thanked Li Dalong and his party.

Li Dalong didn't refuse, he also wanted to have a good chat with Wan Lin.

After everyone sat down, they drank a glass of conspiratorial wine first, and Fu Xiaojiu asked the question that had been held back for a long time.

"Xianggong, how did you, Lord Qi and your brother-in-law get kidnapped? Didn't you say to go and see if your brother-in-law was safe and then come back with me? There is only one storage room in our room, how come Zhuo Hui and I didn't hear anything when you were robbed? ”

Fu Xiaojiu's question was also what Li Dalong wanted to ask, but he had just talked to Wan Lin about something else, and he didn't have time to ask it yet.

In order to answer Fu Xiaojiu's question, Wan Lin deliberately stood up and walked to the open space in the middle of the seat.

"That's what I was going to do, I wanted to tell Yusheng that they all hid in the house and didn't come out. As soon as I pushed the door into the house, I was beaten and fainted. By the time I woke up, my brother-in-law and I, as well as Mr. Qi, and others had already been tied up in the boat of the pirates. ”

"You got a slam when you entered the house?" Fu Xiaojiu was very skeptical about this, "Could it be that the water thieves have been hiding on the boat for a long time?" But in that case, why didn't he just kill people, wouldn't it save trouble? ”

Wan Lin also said: "At first, I also thought that it would be easier for them to kill us. But I guess they are leaving us alive to leave us behind, because we can be hostages and bargaining chips. ”

"Yes, that's what they should think." Fu Xiaojiu suddenly realized, but soon had doubts again.

"According to the time we found the water thief, the water thief should not have hidden in your room so early in advance! And if the pirates want to take you away, they will take you through the window, except from the cabin. But there were officers and soldiers on deck at that time, how did they manage to take you away quietly? ”

Without waiting for Wan Lin to speak, a look of alertness flashed in Li Dalong's eyes.

"I guess the person hiding in Brother Wan's room is not a water thief, but an officer and soldier!"

"Huh?"

Fu Xiaojiu's heart jumped violently.

The others also looked horrified.

But Wan Lin was calm, "Brother Li's guess is also my guess." I was already skeptical when I woke up. And I also discussed it with Lord Qi and my brother-in-law, and we both think that there is the greatest possibility of internal ghosts among us. ”

Wan Lin's words can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and in addition to Wan Lin and others sitting in this cabin, there are also several leading officers and soldiers.

"Lord Wan, Lord Qi, your subordinates are wronged!"

Several people quickly knelt down.

Wan Lin said calmly: "You guys get up first, I didn't say that the inner ghost is you." But now that you know of our suspicions, it's time to investigate. Tomorrow, I will interrogate those three water thieves with Lord Qi, let's work together inside and outside, and we must catch the inner ghosts! ”

Several people said in unison: "Yes, the subordinates will definitely find out the inner ghost!" ”

Fu Xiaojiu asked worriedly at this time: "Xianggong, have you all been beaten with a stick?" How are your injuries? ”

Wan Lin replied in a brisk tone: "Don't worry, my brother-in-law has already shown us the injury, and our injuries are okay." ”

Fu Xiaojiu immediately asked Bai Yusheng, "Brother-in-law, has anyone checked your injuries?" ”

Bai Yusheng replied with a smile: "I only know my injuries by touching them." The people who knocked us out knew how to scare it, and we were all just knocked unconscious, not internally injured. ”

Bai Yusheng's medical skills are superb, not only can he see others, but also diagnose himself, Fu Xiaojiu nodded reassuringly, "I'll rest assured." ”

Now that the direction of the investigation has been determined and the water thieves have been cleaned up, the atmosphere in the banquet has gradually relaxed.

Wan Lin also specially brought the officer and soldier named Dai Hui who rescued them over, thanked him, and promoted him to the head of the capital.

Bai Yusheng and Qi Hongkuo met Li Dalong through this time, and after learning about his friendship with Wan Lin, coupled with his rescue, both of them admired him very much.

Li Dalong heard that they were going to Wulin Mansion for disaster relief, and told them that he had passed through a county town in Wulin Province on his way here, where the land had dried up and the people were about to reach the point of cannibalism.

Although the local county order opened the warehouse to release grain, there were too many people in the disaster, and the food could not last for a few days, so Li Dalong left all the dry food they carried, hoping to help them hold on for a few more days.

After hearing this, Wan Lin and the others were all distressed by the disaster, and everyone looked at the banquet in front of them, and suddenly they couldn't get off the chopsticks.

Li Dalong saw that they were in a heavy mood, so he said: "Although food can alleviate the disaster situation the fastest, the fundamental thing to alleviate the disaster is to rely on water. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Qi Hongkuo.

"Lord Qi, although you are proficient in water conservancy, the local people are only barely satisfied, even if they exert their strength, I am afraid that they will have more than enough strength but not enough strength, which will delay the progress of water diversion and irrigation."

Qi Hongkuo thought that Li Dalong's words were very reasonable, and asked worriedly: "Then what should we do?" ”

Li Dalong replied: "Naturally, it is to borrow strength. You should draw all the sketches of the project, and then design some machinery according to your plan, and let people dig trenches with the machinery, so that you can reduce manpower, but do not delay the progress of the project. ”

"Oh, that's a great idea!" Qi Hongkuo was happy at first, and then showed a sad face, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Qi is only proficient in water conservancy, but he doesn't know much about the construction of machinery." ”

Li Dalong smiled slightly, "Master Qi doesn't have to worry, if you don't know anything about machinery, there is a way to help you." ”