The guests on the ship poured down, and the dock was bustling with people.

I pretended to be strolling leisurely, as chic as when I got off the boat, but there was a line of sight behind me, which directly aroused my intuition as a martial arts practitioner. Finally feeling that the line of sight had narrowed, the afterglow probed slightly, and found a girl walking down the stern, wearing a blue-gray cloak and a smoky green veil, small and thin, looking a little weak, but to the king's surprise, her path was steady, even if she walked down from the stern of the boat that was not very stable from the left and right, her steps were not disturbed.

Sensing that the girl's gaze seemed to be about to fall on me again, I quickly withdrew my peripheral vision, and did not stop moving my feet for a moment until I walked out of the dock.

I am naturally a little familiar with who this girl is, but it is probably not a taste in my heart, thinking of the past, I suddenly feel that time is grinding, and in January, it is difficult to collect the water and turn into an enemy.

I put this matter aside for the time being, I secretly inquired about the situation in the imperial capital in the past few days, and secretly learned some about Zhao Mengqing's situation.

The clues left by Zhao Mengqing's people were very easy to find, and I followed the mark to find a house, climbed over the wall into the courtyard, and saw a flickering light in the west side of the courtyard. He walked over quickly, checked left and right a few times to make sure that no one followed, and then pushed the door in.

It's a coincidence.

The "porter" who delivered the letter during the day did not see the king, but saw Zhao Mengqing, who was said to be "in trouble", and at this moment, Lord Zhao was sitting on a rattan chair, on the red clay stove, leisurely boiling tea and reading.

He raised his eyes to look at the king who pushed the door in, and looked up and down at the king's nocturnal dress, the words "gloating" were written on his face uprightly, and he put down the scroll on the pear blossom case, and the corners of his lips twitched a few times and he smiled very hard: "Xia Guan really didn't expect His Highness to do things so firmly and properly." ”

I closed the door, was serious, and gave up: "This king really didn't expect Lord Zhao to do things so exaggeratedly." ”

Zhao Mengqing smiled lightly and picked up the teapot from the stove, "But Your Highness came at the right time, this tea is brewed just right." ”

I sat down on the wicker chair opposite him: "Don't fix these empty things, the opportunity for you and me to sit together and discuss things is really rare, and it is a waste to spend this time on tea." ”

He sighed twice: "Your Highness has really changed, have you forgotten when you invited Qin Buxian to drink in the first half of this year?" Compared with His Royal Highness's shamelessness at the beginning, it is not too much for His Highness to send someone to spread false news. ”

I took the tea he handed over, pinched the tea lid and plucked the tea buds, and said leisurely: "Lord Zhao has also changed, but in a few days, he has cultivated a good ability to sprinkle salt into other people's wounds." Buxian used to describe Lord Zhao as like Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, if she knew that this Dajin Xie An had this virtue in her bones, she would probably regret that she didn't open her eyes at the beginning. ”

"Your Highness's focus is wrong, the point of my sentence is actually not that you invited Qin Buxian to drink, but Qin Buxian himself. How about going south to Yuzhou this time, can things be done safely? How is she now? ”

"I'm tired of Lord Zhao making tea, reading books, reclining rattan chairs, and thinking about old friends in the past, envy is very good, this king feels that she will never come to Jinguo and then to Dijing again in her life."

"Then I'll get down to business now." Zhao Mengqing jumped up from the rattan chair, put aside Fang Cai's relaxed and happy face, walked to my side and frowned and said solemnly, "One good thing, three bad things, which one will Your Highness listen to first?" ”

"Good thing."

"This good thing is that the emperor has recently been resentful of Gao Shu and Li Jingtang, and even sent people to start collecting evidence of the two of them, and has plans to eradicate them in one fell swoop. Without the emperor's backer, the downfall of the two of them should be just around the corner, and I guess that his two major families probably only have this month's life left. ”

I also heard this rumor during the day, and I also thought about the reason for this incident, and said in a deep voice: "When the court confronted Lu Shuyuan in August, although Wei Tian dismissed Gao Ji's officials, he still missed Gao Shu and Li Jingtang very much, and never criticized him, but now his attitude has suddenly changed greatly, did the hatred that Qin Buxian gave them play a role before?" ”

Zhao Mengqing paced a few steps, nodded and said, "I think it should be like this, otherwise the emperor's attitude towards them should not change so quickly." ”

I stared at the unhurried tongue of fire in the small red clay furnace for a while, and some thoughts seemed to be ignited by this fire, and I couldn't help but say melancholy: "I'm afraid it's because of Qin Buxian, the more I know about the hatred technique now, the more terrifying I feel when I think of the hatred technique, and I always feel that things related to it are inappropriate, and sooner or later something will happen." ”

Zhao Mengqing also felt the same way, his fingers fell on the pear flower table and slowly knocked a few times, and said: "I watched the second volume of "Seven Kingdoms Gods and Warriors" several months earlier than Your Highness, so this feeling is deeper than Your Highness. I remember that since His Royal Highness returned to the imperial capital in May and before going south to repair the river in July, he still wanted to use Qin Buxian's hatred planting technique to clear the way for you to seize the throne, such as using the hatred seed left by Wei Tian to plant hatred for Gaoshu Li Jingtang. At that time, when I was eating in Wanggaolou, I secretly reminded His Highness not to force Qin Buxian to do these things anymore, and now His Highness may understand my original worries? ”

I naturally understood, although it was a little late, "In the future, He Qinghai Yan, Shi and Suifeng, these things will be calculated one by one, write a small book to make amends, and ask Lord Zhao for the guilt." ”

He didn't refuse, but became interested, looking forward to it: "Wow, wow, wow." ”

"Going back to the matter of Gao and Li, although this matter seems to be a good thing, the hidden danger is still unknown, and it is uncertain whether it is a blessing or a curse. What about the other three bad things? ”

"The first of these three bad things is related to Gao and Li." Zhao Mengqing stood with his hands in his hands, looked at me and said, "Your Highness, you might as well guess first, which adult was sent by the emperor to collect evidence of Gao Shu and Li Jingtang's crimes?" ”

I touched the teacup and poured it, and without raising my eyelids, I said, "Chen Changfeng." ”

"Yo, Your Highness is really smart, hahaha, since Your Highness can guess that it is this person, then you should also know why I would define it as a bad thing for me to investigate Gao and Li." Zhao Mengqing said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, Yu Zhou has gained a lot from this trip, and there are many things that this king has seen very thoroughly. For example, this one," I took out the letter written by Lu Shu to Chen Changfeng that You Sifang intercepted from my arms and handed it to him, "On the day of your birthday banquet, I mentioned it once to this king, saying that he wanted to ask you to borrow the next volume of "Seven Kingdoms Gods and Warriors", so I became suspicious of him, and when this king saw this letter, his identity was confirmed here by this king. ”

Zhao Mengqing took the letter and read it carefully, during which he let out a few sneers.

After reading the letter, he pushed the empty teacup to me, and then lay back on the rattan chair and put on a lazy and uninhibited look and said with a smile: "With this letter, aside from the small book of invitations, His Highness should personally pour tea and apologize to the lower officials now." At the beginning, Buxian and I were wronged because of Lu Shu's death, but I didn't expect that Lu Gonggong would live a good life, be able to write letters, collude, inform, and cheat. ”

I lifted the teapot and poured it full for him: "This king will accompany you first." In fact, during the days when I was lying in the palace in August, I had deduced from a clue, and I probably had a good grasp of Lu Shu's other identities. ”

Zhao Mengqing cocked Erlang's legs, bowed his head and read the letter from beginning to end by candlelight, and then smiled with admiration: "Hey, don't say it, your father-in-law Lu is really beautifully written, there is a little bit of Ouyang Xun's taste, you should have copied Ouyang Xun's copybook, and you have also put a lot of effort." When the situation in the world is settled, you can consider recruiting him, and he doesn't need to do anything else, just let him copy Ouyang Xun's fan, and in the future, we will open a shop together, sell it at a low price, and defeat the 'ink fan workshop' that always sells fake fans in one fell swoop. ”

"Lu Shu is dead." I said.

Zhao Mengqing's hand stiffened when he took the letter, turned his head and asked me, "When did he die?" ”

"After I met him, he committed suicide by the orders of his master."

Zhao Mengqing quickly swept the letter again: "The master behind Lu Shu is...... The emperor is still the princess of the old southern kingdom? ”

"It's not Wei Tian, it's Cheng Yu."

"Are you sure?"

"Definitely. Don't you think his death and Xu Guangguang being put on death row are the same way? ”

Zhao Mengqing suddenly realized, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Then Chen Changfeng went to collect Gao Li's crimes, which is a sure bad thing. ”

"That's right, putting the big picture aside, now but looking at your situation, judging from the fact that he asked you about the next volume before, he should be eyeing you."

Zhao Mengqing pondered for a while: "Speaking of which, I was about to tell you." The second bad thing is that he should have gone to the emperor and mentioned the next volume of "Seven Kingdoms Gods and Warriors" to me, so in the past few days, the emperor has asked me about the whereabouts of this book. ”

I was taken aback: "How did you answer?" ”

Zhao Mengqing smiled bitterly: "How can I answer?" Of course, I have to admit it, the book is indeed with me, if I lose the emperor's book, it will be a big crime to despise the holy power and not take the emperor in my eyes. ”

"Zhao Mengqing, you won't hand over the original book." I was sure.

He was radiant and confident: "Naturally, no." Ever since His Highness came to my house and finally saw the next volume, I knew that others must be able to see it from me in different ways. Especially the emperor, he doesn't have to splash and roll, as long as he has a sentence and an order, I have to obediently submit this book. So ......"

I thought of what he just said about selling fake fans, and I couldn't help but knock on the armrest of the rattan chair and asked, "You won't make a fake book, will you?" ”