Lord Xiao once again looked directly at the face of Lord Xiao, Lord Xiao's heart was beating hard, and he hoped that the feeling he had just now was real.

After the prince explained the matter clearly, he left. Master Xiao began to assign tasks to the officials. After Lord Xiao finished assigning the task, he took the report letter from Lord Lian and studied it carefully. The more Lord Xiao looked down, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and finally they had to be screwed together.

Regarding what King Ning did in Wuzhou, Lord Xiao also heard about it. After hearing about what King Ning did in Wuzhou, Lord Xiao once learned about it intentionally or unintentionally, although Lord Xiao did not find any evidence that King Ning did these things, but according to his understanding of the plot of Wuzhou and his understanding of King Ning's personal style of doing things, most of the rumors may be true. In this case, it is not so easy to fish in troubled waters.

"Lord Xiao, Lord Xiao!" Lord Xiao wanted to see a clue from the report letter and find a breakthrough, so he didn't notice that Lord Xie next to him had called him several times, and Lord Xie saw that Lord Xiao did not respond, so he called again, "Lord Xiao!" ”

Lord Xiao seemed to hear a voice beside him at this time, and he felt that this voice seemed to be calling himself, so Lord Xiao raised his eyes from the report letter, and after seeing Lord Xie, Lord Xiao stared, looked at Lord Xie with a serious face, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

"Lord Xiao, look at this." Lord Xie handed a letter to Lord Xiao, the letterhead was very thick, and it looked like there should be a lot of content in it.

Master Xiao took the letterhead, opened it, and asked with a puzzled tone, "Where did this letter come from?" ”

"As soon as the lower official arrived at the door, a beggar in tattered clothes came with this letter, and he named him and said that he must give it to you." Master Xie replied.

"Didn't he say who gave the letter?" Master Xiao took out a large pile of stationery from the envelope, there were more than six sheets, and both sides were full of fonts.

When he asked, he said he didn't know the man either. He said that the man had given him ten denarii to deliver the letter. He didn't ask and sent it over. But people like them, who make a living by begging, who don't know where the next meal is, and someone suddenly gives them such a large sum of money, they don't care who that person is! Master Xie analyzed.

Lord Xiao didn't say anything more, and looked at the contents of the letterhead seriously. This letter listed all kinds of suspicious actions of King Ning in Wuzhou, and the suspicious points listed were followed by insights, and Lord Xiao narrowed his eyes. Master Xie also leaned his head over, trying to see what was written on the letterhead. Lord Xiao blinked, folded the unfinished letterhead, put it back in the envelope, and asked Lord Xie complainingly: "Do you remember what the beggar who sent you the letter just now looked like?" ”

"Remember, Lord Xiao, do you want to see him?" Master Xie nodded again and again and said, "Xiaguan asked him to take him in the courtyard." ”

When Lord Xiao heard this, he immediately raised his head and nodded approvingly at Lord Xie, saying, "You did a good job. ”

Master Xiao put the envelope in his sleeve pocket, and then, standing up from the chair, "Let's go, let's go see the person who delivered the letter." When Lord Xiao walked to Lord Xie's side, he patted Lord Xie's shoulder with his hand.

Lord Xiao's behavior was undoubtedly a compliment to Lord Xie's ability to do things, and the corners of Lord Xie's mouth instantly rose, and he followed up: "Yes!" ”

Lord Xiao and Lord Xie came to the courtyard where the beggar was entertaining, and saw the beggar squatting on the ground, holding his rice bowl tightly with one hand, and holding his wooden staff with the fingers of the other. Lord Xiao stopped not far away, observing the beggar.

Lord Xie saw Lord Xiao stop, and he also stopped behind Lord Xiao. When Lord Xie saw Lord Xiao, he stared at the beggar on the ground, and Lord Xie thought that Lord Xiao was unwilling to walk over, so Lord Xie stepped forward and asked, "Lord Xiao?" ”

Lord Xiao heard Lord Xie's call, so he replied and looked at Lord Xie. Master Xie smiled and asked, "Lord Xiao, why don't you call him over?" ”

"No need." Master Xiao turned around and went back to the original way.

"Alas, Lord Xiao, you wait for the next official." When Lord Xie reacted, Lord Xiao was almost halfway through the corridor, and Lord Xie hurriedly followed.

The fat on Lord Xie's fat body swayed under the trot, and the whole person was panting, and when he finally caught up with Lord Xiao's side, he slowed down and followed Lord Xiao while panting. Master Xie trotted two more steps, followed Master Xiao, turned his head and twisted Lord Xiao and asked, "Alas, Lord Xiao, why don't we ask that beggar?" ”

"Just now I took a special look at his hand holding his rice bowl, and the sleeves of his hand holding the rice bowl were bulging, indicating that it contained the ten taels of silver you told me just now. What you just said is right, a person of his status must be very nervous when he has so much money in his hand. The beggar's behavior just now shows that he is a beggar who wants to make a bargain. So, I concluded that he certainly didn't know the man who had asked him to deliver the letter. Therefore, there is no need to ask. Lord Xiao said with a light smile.

"Oh," Lord Xie was stunned when he heard it, Lord Xiao made his eyes rise, Lord Xie was surprised and learned this skill at the same time, Lord Xie was very excited, and said, "Lord Xiao, you are so amazing!" Xia Guan studied. ”

Hearing Lord Xie's innocent words, Lord Xiao's face instantly softened a lot, but his voice was still low: "Lord Xie said he laughed." ”

After speaking, Master Xiao walked into the room, sat back down at the table, and took out the letter from his sleeve pocket to study. Master Xie didn't know what he should do now, so he stood in front of Master Xiao dryly.

Lord Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Lord Xie and said, "Lord Xie, you will first take someone to find that Lord Lian today to understand the situation." ”

"Oh, yes. Then the next official retired. Master Xie bowed and retired.

"Well, go ahead." Lord Xiao waved at Lord Xie.

"Go home." Soon after Lord Xie left, Master Xiao also walked out of the room with a letterhead and said to the close servant who was guarding the door of the room.

"Okay."

The little servant drove the carriage to the Xiao Mansion with Lord Xiao. When the carriage came to a corner of the street, Lord Xiao shouted: "Xincheng, stop!" ”

The little guy called Xincheng immediately stopped the carriage, Lord Xiao opened a corner of the curtain, stuck out his head and said to the little guy: "Xincheng, you help me find a restaurant nearby, I'll go eat something, you drive the carriage back now, I'll go back later." ”

"But, my lord, ······" Xincheng felt that it was inappropriate to do this, Lord Xiao was not waiting by his side, it was too dangerous.

"It's nothing, you just listen to me." Lord Xiao directly interrupted his sincere words.

"Okay." Lord Xiao's orders cannot be refused, and he does not dare to disobey them.

So, Xincheng stopped next to Xian Xianglou, then turned to the carriage and said, "My lord, it's here." ”

Master Xiao lifted the curtain, got out of the carriage, pulled his coat, and walked towards the Xianxiang Building.

"Guest officer, where are you going to eat, how many people?" Xiao Er of Xianxianglou saw Lord Xiao walk in and immediately went over to greet him.

"Give me a good room. Don't let anyone come in and bother me. Master Xiao said as he walked to the second floor.

"Okay, Lord Xiao, please." Xiao Er personally sent Lord Xiao upstairs, and took him into the wing room next to the special wing room for Xu Shizi, "Lord Xiao has more guests today, and the other wings are all used up, so you can dine in this wing room now." ”

Xu Shizi has a special wing room in the Xianxiang Building, and usually even the wing room next to this wing room is not used by other guests except when it is full, and this rule is known to everyone in the capital. Today, Lord Xiao also observed the surrounding situation, and there was absolutely no situation where it was full. However, this little second brought him here directly. Lord Xiao had a little doubt in his heart, and he glanced at Xiao Er.

However, this little second still has the same smile on his face as he received him when he first entered the door, and did not show any clues that something was wrong, and all the behaviors of Xiao Er echoed the hospitality of a shopkeeper Xiao Er.

Lord Xiao nodded slightly and walked in silently. Xiao Er also followed, first poured tea for Lord Xiao, then stepped aside, bent down and asked, "What does Lord Xiao order?" ”

“······” Lord Xiao casually said the names of a few dishes that he often eats, "That's all." ”

"Okay, then you wait, the little one will be prepared for you immediately." Xiao Er bent down and exited the wing, and after exiting the wing, Xiao Er took the door of the wingroom outside.

Master Xiao leisurely picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and stared at the door of the wing room with a very serious face.

"Lord Xiao!" A voice sounded from behind Lord Xiao, and Lord Xiao was startled, but he soon felt that this voice was very familiar, so Lord Xiao quickly regained his composure.

Lord Xiao turned around, but when he saw Xu Shizi, he was still stunned: "Xia Guan has seen the crown prince, King Ning, and Xu Shizi." ”

"Lord Xiao doesn't have to be polite." The prince raised his hand and walked to the table and sat down.

King Ning also consciously found a place to sit down, while Xu Shizi walked to the back, opened a cabinet, took out three teacups from it, put two of them between King Ning and the crown prince, and then sat down next to King Ning.

"Lord Xiao, can you please hand over the teapot?" Xu Shizi asked with a smile.

Lord Xiao silently handed the teapot to him, and Xu Shizi took it, poured himself a cup of tea, and pushed the teapot to King Ning's hand. King Ning reached out and took the prince's teacup, poured a cup of tea for the prince, and then filled yourself with a cup of tea.

Lord Xiao sat precariously looking at the prince in front of him. The prince picked up the teacup and took a slow sip, then put the teacup in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, as if he was savoring the taste of the tea.