After the year, Wu Xiang went to the dance club more often. Liu Lun handed over some of Qingyunsi's peripheral work to him, and he would often go to Xiuniang. Since they are all from her own family, Xiuniang didn't test him like last time, and occasionally brought some private goods for him to bring to Liu Lun, and Wu Xiang never asked what he was bringing. He saw a person in the embroidery workshop who was more kind-looking, and suddenly remembered that it was the girl he was ordered to go to Baifu Villa to kidnap that day. Lan Xi didn't see him, he kept embroidering, Wu Xiang took out the silver that the water kite rewarded last time, and asked people to send it to her. When Lan Xi received the silver, he was puzzled, and when he looked at it, he saw that the person had already left.

"Satsuki." Xiuniang called a girl, "You go with the official and go to the Lin Mansion to deliver embroidery." She asked someone to bring a box to Xiaoyue, and Wu Xiang saw that the box was heavy, so he helped him take it. I'm tired of Master Wu, this is all what the ladies and girls of the Lin Mansion want, there are too many embroideries, please follow Xiaoyue for a trip. ”

Wu Xiang didn't expect the box to be so heavy, no wonder Xiuniang asked him to follow Xiaoyue, it is estimated that things are still more important, if it is embroidery, it is impossible to be so dead. He didn't bother to ask, so he sent the carriage all the way to the Lin Mansion. Come out a little and welcome them through the door. Entering the inner hall, Lin Siqi took Zheng Guangliang out. Zheng Guangliang was surprised and happy when he saw Xiaoyue, but seeing that there was a man next to her, it was inconvenient to say more. "My lord, Xiufang asked us to bring a box of embroidery." Wu Xiang didn't know Lin Siqi, but he saw that he should be the owner here, so he immediately stepped forward to report. Lin Siqi didn't reply, and directly asked Zheng Guangliang to take the box away. Wu Xiang was a little puzzled, as usual, the embroidery was not used by the women in the inner room, how could it be that the man took it. Xiao Yue looked at a room full of people, and it was not easy to talk to her brother, so she had to glance at Wu Xiang and leave quickly.

After they left, Lin Siqi quickly opened the box and threw away the embroidery covering it, which turned out to be two firearms.

"Browning's pistol, it's fantastic." Lin Siqi picked up the pistol and wiped the shiny shell with his hand, and if he got the treasure, he looked at it carefully, "There are not many in the country, and those foreigners really didn't lie to me." Zheng Guangliang frowned, his thoughts were flying, he knew that Lin Siqi had been very close to foreigners recently, but he didn't expect foreigners to provide him with firearms, so what did he exchange for foreigners, and whether his private training of family soldiers was also related to foreigners.

And Wu Xiang also thought about the Lin Mansion just now along the way, and returned to the White Mansion. Liu Lun was walking out, "Xiuniang asked you to go to the Lin Mansion today?" ”

"Yes, sir."

"In the future, you are not allowed to talk to Bai Sheng about the affairs of the Lin Mansion, especially not half a word in the Bai Mansion, you know?" Liu Lun cast a sharp look, and Wu Xiang nodded. "Come here, I have something to explain to you." He handed over a booklet, "Recently, the reformers in Xizhou have gathered to make trouble again, and they have also written to the court to admonish them, and now the Queen Mother is very troubled." These are the lists of people from some political parties, especially the Jiang family, and I suspect that under the guise of 'opening up the wisdom of the people', they have privately set up lecture halls to gather students to write admonitions. You help me look them up, I want to get a list of their reformist cores, and I can send you some people this time. ”

Wu Xiang took the roster, opened it and saw that there were Su Qingzhou, Wang Yiping and others, and after he silently remembered the name, he returned the booklet to Liu Lun. Liu Lun immediately sent a few guards to him.

He knew that with the size and knowledge of their group, they would not be able to blend in with these students, so they had to squat as hard as before. He went to the Jiang family every day to secretly squat, remembering a few people who often interacted with the Jiang family. He and the guards followed the men.

He followed one of them to a pharmacy, and when he entered the pharmacy, he went straight upstairs. Wu Xiang pretended to be a follow-up pharmacy to buy medicine, and he looked east and west at the counter. "Guest officer, what kind of medicine do you want to buy?" The guy stepped forward to say hello. Wu Xiang pretended to hesitate, "The family is not lightly ill this time, is it the shopkeeper who just went up?" What about medical skills? ”

"Oh, he's our shopkeeper, and his medical skills are good, and many adults and Najiang Mansion are looking for him."

Wu Xiangzheng was still thinking about how to talk, and suddenly saw two people walking down from upstairs, one of whom he was quite familiar with. "Xiaoqing?" He shouted. Shen Zhiqing didn't expect it to be Wu Xiang, and was suddenly stunned, "Ah Xiang." ”

"Why are you here?"

Shen Zhiqing hesitated for a moment, thinking that she couldn't tell the story that she had come to Han Zheng to ask Bai Xuan. "Oh, my father used to dispense medicine here, and I asked the shopkeeper about my father's situation again, and if he wanted to dispense some more medicine. What are you here to do? ”

"I, oh. Just passing by. Wu Xiang didn't know how to make up lies in the face of Zhiqing. At this time, he noticed Han Zheng behind Zhiqing, this strange manly man was magnificent, could it be that this was Xiaoqing's favorite person, and he was immediately suspicious of her answer. Shen Zhiqing looked at him and noticed Han Zheng behind him, "This is the shopkeeper's friend Han Gongzi, who happened to meet today." Wu Xiang and Han Zheng said hello, and Han Zheng took his leave.

"Xiaoqing, do you have someone you like?" Wu Xiang realized that he was in a hurry to ask. "Ah Xiang, did you come here today to ask me this question? You care too much. Zhiqing didn't want to make any trouble, so she hurriedly left the pharmacy and went home.

"Isn't it this Han Gongzi?" Wu Xiang still couldn't stop and followed. "Ah Xiang, are you managing too much?" Shen Zhiqing was a little displeased, glared at him, and sped up his steps to leave. Wu Xiang didn't follow anymore, clenched his fists, and slammed into the wall.

Wu Xiang felt that this shopkeeper might be a breakthrough, and he began to keep an eye on this person. found that this person really had a lot of contacts with the surname Han, and Han had been living in Jiangfu. It seems that he still has to find someone to enter the Jiang Mansion to find out, he found a faceless guard, and the guard read some books, so he let him sneak into the Jiang Mansion and become a scholar. Wu Xiang taught him every day to inquire about the news, and sure enough, he had eyebrows after many days.

"Han Zheng?" Wu Xiang frowned, "Why is he a rich kid living in the Jiang family?" ”

He and Jiang Ruohan, the son of the Jiang family, are quite good friends, and the two are inseparable. That Jiang Ruohan is regarded as a clear stream by scholars, and has the reputation of 'Jiang Sage'. Almost all the students in the house came for him. ”

"And what do they say, do you know?"

"I don't understand much, and I can't get in." The guard said, "I don't read much, but I haven't seen any of the books they read, and they say they are translated into foreign languages." Wu Xiang pulled him over and explained to him in his ear, "It's just that this matter is going to be wronged by you, they have a good hand to rejuvenate the shopkeeper, and I believe he will be optimistic about these injuries." ”

"Brother Xiang, you are usually good to us, what is this grievance."

The next day, only to hear a shouting in the courtyard, Han Zheng rushed to take a look, a scholar fell down while cleaning the roof, and one leg was broken. Everyone helped him into the house to rest, and the shopkeeper Zhang immediately came to see him. Han Zheng saw that he was unable to move, so he temporarily stayed at his house to recuperate. The boy said that there was only one cousin in the family, and he could come and take care of him. According to the address given by the scholar, Han Zheng found that this cousin was Wu Xiang who he saw in the pharmacy last time. Wu Xiang's words were not leaky, and Han Zheng did not notice anything unusual, although he had doubts, he couldn't say anything. So, Wu Xiang stayed in Jiangfu in the name of caretaking.

"Wu Xiang is your neighbor?" When Han Zheng met Shen Zhiqing again, he inquired about this person by the way. Shen Zhiqing told Wu Xiang's situation in 1510, only knowing that he was a family member in Baifu. "Oh? In the White House? So he knows about you? Shen Zhiqing shook her head, she didn't say anything about Wu Xiang's previous desire to marry their family. What happened to him? Han Zheng only said that he had met Wu Xiang again, but after all, it was inconvenient to talk to outsiders about the lecture hall, so he didn't say anything.

Wu Xiang took advantage of the bad time, so he came to take care of it in the name of his cousin, and he often took some snacks to give to the students. Over time, the students also did not defend against him, and would talk about things in the lecture hall. Wu Xiang observed that Su Qingzhou was a typical reader, although he was roundabout, he was the best person, and he knew that Su Qingzhou loved to eat fish the most. I often burned fish, and sent it to him because I burned it at home. Sometimes I put a few taels of wine on it and drink with him. After a few glasses of wine, Su Qingzhou took advantage of the wine to call him a brother. "Brother Su, don't the students in this lecture hall participate in the imperial examination to make a name for themselves?"

"What does fame mean to us, I regard fame as a floating cloud." Su Qingzhou raised his glass and said to himself, "What we are looking for is Haiqing Heyan in this world, and what we are looking for is political communication." Brother, let me tell you, this day is about to change. ”

"Hey, you can't talk nonsense." Wu Xiang hurriedly covered his mouth, "Beware that the wall has ears." ”

"What are you afraid of. My Su family is loyal and good, and in the end, it was not abandoned by the imperial court. Thinking of the misfortune of his family, Su Qingzhou was filled with sorrow and drank a glass of wine, "Now that those in power are unkind, how can scholars try to be perfect." ”

"Then you will give advice to the court?"

"We've been admonished, so what's the point. Even Jiang Ruohan's clear stream is powerless. ”

Wu Xiang also sighed, "Where is the lecture hall going, someone has to stand up." ”

"How do you know we don't have a guide?" Su Qingzhou was a little drunk and spoke slurredly. "Could it be Han Zheng?" Wu Xiang continued to ask.

Su Qingzhou shook his head, and when Wu Xiang waited for him to continue, his snoring was already rising. Although Wu Xiang was a little disappointed at this time, he was fortunate to have dug up a lot of clues.

"There's something wrong with this lecture hall." In Baifu, Wu Xiang reported to Liu Lun, "The lecture hall in Jiangfu is only a place for students to exchange and talk about it, but in fact, it is all related to government affairs. The lecturers of the lecture hall are mainly Su Qingzhou, Jiang Ruohan and others, and there are financial support from Han Zheng, Zhou Nan and others, and they also have several contacts. ”

"I guess these people are not the masterminds."

"There are indeed masterminds, but they are well protected, and the students don't know about it. Even Su Qingzhou's nerd was silent, and if he continued to inquire, it was estimated that he would arouse suspicion. ”

"Okay, I see."

"Sir, are you going to let me do anything?"

"Hold your ground first, and you have to wait for the surface of the water to move before you can take the bait."