After Liluo returned to Jiangfu, he received a letter from Han Zhen, saying that he had completed all his practical activities in Jingshi, and he would take Han Di'er to leave Jingshi the day after tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, Liluo immediately wrote a reply, saying that she would visit Pei's Mansion early the next morning and see them off from the gate of the Beijing Division.

After writing the letter, a trace of loss flashed in Liluo's heart, the Han brothers and sisters were the only fellow villagers she knew in Jingshi, and thanks to Han Zhen's escort along the way, she was able to arrive in Jingshi smoothly. Han Di'er was too, she was a troublemaker when she was in Quzhou, and Zimi avoided her, but after coming to Jingshi, she felt that she was very close.

I didn't expect them to return to Quzhou so soon. Jingshi is sophistry here, who can she trust in the future?

In the morning, in the west window courtyard of Jiangfu, when Zimi came in with a bowl of soup soup and white jade cake, she saw Liluo touching a piece of fine white jade in a daze, and looked a little worried.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Isn't this the jade that Ning Gongzi gave you last time? Zimi asked.

"Well," Liluo was a little absent-minded, Ning Yi was a friend of the Shen family, and it stands to reason that he should have no ill will towards him, but once his identity is revealed in front of him, it may be unfavorable to the Jiang family and even the entire Shen family.

Liluo is familiar with a lot of history books, and knows that many wealthy families may collapse in an instant, and many things are often affected by one trigger.

Liluo thought to himself, the people in the rivers and lakes, and even the famous "Jade Rat", are still despised by these high-ranking families, and they never thought that one day, their identity would become a constraint on many things.

"If you want to investigate the case, you can come to me," Ning Yi said what this sentence was implying to him, and whether he knew some inside information.

"Purple rice, cherry, clean up, let's go to the Shen family." Liluo said suddenly, and when Zimi and Cherry heard it, they immediately took action, packed up their clothes, prepared the carriage, and rushed to the Shen Mansion.

When the porter of the Shen Mansion saw that it was Miss Biao coming, he immediately led them to the flower hall.

"Uncle Qian, is Brother Muzhou at home?" Liluo asked Qian Zhong, the steward of the Shen Mansion.

"The eldest prince went to the barracks early in the morning, and the second prince also went to the forbidden army.

"What about Cousin Shiotong?" Riro asked in passing.

"The eldest lady has been shouting about learning to ride a horse these days, so she took the escort Hu Fei to the south horse farm in the south of the city to practice early in the morning." Qian Bo replied a little helplessly, recently the eldest lady has become more and more fond of taking Hu guards, which makes him faintly worried.

"Hu Fei", Liluo was secretly a little surprised when she thought of this name, wasn't it the guard who was in Tanshan last time, and her cousin trusted him so much? Forget it, the top priority is still the matter of Lan Minghua, "Uncle Qian, I have an important matter here that I would like to ask Brother Muzhou, can you send someone to send him a letter?" ”

"Although Miss Biao ordered, Xiao Lao'er immediately sent someone to send it to the eldest prince." Liluo handed the letter written in advance to Qian Zhong, saying that she would go back to the house first, and asked Qian Zhong to send someone to Jiangfu immediately after receiving the reply.

After Liluo returned to the house, he lay in his room and rested for a while, and at the moment of Shen, the subordinates of the Shen Mansion came to deliver a letter, saying that the eldest prince had replied, and Liluo hurriedly opened the envelope, "Ning Yi is credible." "Signed Shen Muzhou, sprinkled with a few big characters, Liluo immediately recognized it as Shen Muzhou's handwriting, and the signature was also unique to him, it seems that he is indeed too worried.

Liluo called Cherry to change her clothes, put on men's clothes, and after a while, she prepared the carriage, and she took Yuzhu out alone, Yuzhu also dressed up a little and became a man, she was already silent, sat in front of the carriage, and didn't ask much.

Liluo deliberately turned around several times in Deyuefang, to make sure that no one was following him, and whispered to Xiaodouzi who was driving the carriage, "Go to Biyue Boat Workshop on Fushui Street", Xiaodouzi was a little surprised, Fushui Street is located in the area of the canal in the outer city of Jingshi, and it is generally a place for fishermen and boat owners to rest. Although this is the case, but because the canal is a place where a lot of information circulates, so the three religions and nine streams, black and white are all prevalent here, although Xiaodouzi doesn't understand why her own lady wants to go there, but the eldest lady is different from other noble girls in the boudoir, and she naturally has her reason to come here.

Liluo sat in the carriage and silently touched this piece of white jade, this piece of jade felt crystal clear and warm as water, what else did this Ning Yi have besides being the second son of the Ningguo Mansion?

"Young master, we have arrived, and in front of us is the Biyue Boat Workshop." Liluo deliberately explained, if she went out in men's clothes, several of them must change their words.

Liluo lifted the curtain, a medium-sized ship renovated restaurant appeared in front of you, the door plate was hung with "Biyue Shipyard" several big characters, this boat building is about three floors, the first floor is lit by candles, but there are not many people, only sit in twos and threes, drinking around the stove.

The second and third floors are blocked by curtains, and they can't see what is inside, Liluo stepped on the steps of the noble son, and took Yuzhu in, a middle-aged woman about forty years old wrapped in a headscarf, saw them come up and hurriedly came to greet them, "Two sons, the small shop only does acquaintance business, but someone introduced you?" "She had some wrinkles on her face, as if she had been weathered, but she looked kind.

Liluo replied slowly, "I came here suddenly, there was a lot of trouble, the boat family, it was a son who introduced me here, do you know this thing?" After speaking, Liluo took out the white jade in his hand.

When the boat lady saw it, she immediately realized something, and hurriedly beckoned a small child around her to come over, "Send someone to invite the son, and say that there is a noble person coming to the door." Then he said to Liluo, "The girl will go to the second floor with me to wait, and the son will be there soon." ”

Liluo nodded, and followed the boat lady towards the second floor, the second floor is divided into a single room, all separated by bamboo curtains, the layout is more elegant, the boat girl opened the bamboo door of a single room and asked Liluo to sit down, Liluo chose a position by the window, Yuzhu was still standing behind her, the boat girl seemed to have something, turned around and left temporarily.

Looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, Liluo was shocked, she finally understood why Ning Yi chose such a place, where the view was excellent, a bright moon was hanging in front of her, and a row of lotus leaves were planted next to the boat, and the lotus flowers were in full bloom at this time, wafting a faint fragrance. The small buildings on the other side of the canal are brightly lit, there are boatmen in a hurry, people washing clothes on the shore at night, and people putting river lamps not far away, everything seems to be so peaceful and harmonious.

"Do you like it?" A deep voice sounded in his ears, Liluo turned back in surprise, the son in front of him was still dressed in white, but it was not as cumbersome as he wore that day, his hair was still partially pulled up with a hosta, exuding a unique manly atmosphere, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was a little happy.

Liluo hurriedly got up, slightly hesitating, "I'm not invited, and please don't blame Ning Gongzi." ”

When he heard this, he chuckled, "Obviously, I invited the girl to come, why blame, I hope Miss Jiang will not feel that Ning is abrupt." After finishing speaking, he sat straight in front of Liluo and gave the boat lady a look, and the boat girl hurriedly went out and closed the door.

Liluo rarely sat facing such a young man, a little restrained, took a sip of tea, Ning Yi saw this and said, "This is a secret stake of mine, the shops are all their own people, this place is responsible for collecting information along the canal and sending it to Jingshi, this is just one of the contact points." ”

Liluo's eyes widened slightly after hearing this, she didn't expect this person to be so honest, "intelligence", "secret pile", "contact point", this is clearly not like what a noble son does.

"Why are you gathering intel along the canal?" Liluo didn't evade, looking at Ning Yi and asking, she became more and more curious about this person.

Ning Yi chuckled, "Then why do you want to investigate Jingshi's case, this matter is extremely dangerous." ”

Liluo was a little dissatisfied and said, "I asked you first, and I have followed my father to handle cases for many years, so I know what danger is." ”

Seeing that the corners of the girl's mouth in front of her were dissatisfied, Ning Yi suddenly felt a little cute, "This matter is a long story, in short, I am Shen Muzhou's intelligence officer, not only along the canal, but also in the northwest, Beijing Division and even the whole country. ”

"But your family is not a military general, why would you help Brother Muzhou?" Riloku asked with some curiosity.

Ning Yi hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and at this time, there was a knock on the door, "Come in", Ning Yi said.

The boat lady walked in with a large plate of fish and meat, "Childe, this is what I just cooked, you and this boy eat it while it's hot." Xiao Er put a pot of charcoal fire on the table, put the fish on it, the fish soup gurgled, Liluo couldn't help swallowing his saliva, Ning Yi took a bowl and scooped a bowl of soup in front of Liluo, "Try it, this is the craftsmanship of Aunt Tu, their family used to open a restaurant, and the fish is particularly delicious." ”

After Ning Yi finished speaking, he turned around and said to the boat lady, "Aunt Tu, you take the son next to you to eat something." Yuzhu heard that it was referring to herself, and hurriedly glanced at Liluo, who thought that Ning Yi might want to say something alone, "You go." ”

After Yuzhu heard it, he nodded and went out with the boat lady and Xiao'er.

The evening breeze drifted in, and Liluo tasted a bite of fish soup, which seemed to have some ginger slices in it, which tasted delicious and smooth, which was the best in the world, "It's delicious, thank you!" Pear fell back.

Ning Yi saw that Liluo liked it, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, there were some things he didn't want to hide in front of Liluo, "I have always had some contradictions with my father, he always felt that the sons of the Ning family had to go to the battlefield, my eldest brother Ning Yuan started the expedition before he was fifteen years old, and in the first battle of Kunning, my brother disappeared in the area of Kunning Mountain with the army of the god of war Gu Mo, and never came back." ”

Riluo heard her father talk about this, and when she saw the person in front of her calmly speaking, she didn't know what to say for a while.

"I also wanted to prove to my father that fighting a war is not just about fighting, intelligence is just as important, and it can also protect our country." Liluo suddenly understood Ning Yi's other identity, and Ning Yi continued, "At the same time, I must also find the truth about my brother's disappearance, I don't believe that he is missing, I must find out the truth behind this." ”

Looking at Ning Yi's scorching eyes, Liluo somewhat understood, "I believe you will be able to find out the truth." She preached to Ning Yi.

Ning Yi smiled calmly when he heard this, "You don't ask me, why did you invite you here?" Don't you worry that I'll lie to you? ”

Liluo took a sip of fish soup, "To be honest, I inquired with Brother Muzhou before I came, and he said that you trusted me to come here." She smiled embarrassedly, "I'm new to Jingshi, and the case of Jingshi has not been solved recently, so my vigilance is a little high, so please don't be surprised." Seeing that Ning Yi didn't say anything, Liluo then asked, "You are also paying attention to the Jingshi case, and with your intelligence network, you can see what is unusual about this time?" ”

"Liluo, do you remember what I wrote?" Ning Yi asked suddenly.

Hearing him call his name, Liluo's heart trembled slightly, and her face flushed slightly, "En." The words "little fox" have been pressing on her heart for a long time.

"What do you want to know?" Seeing that Liluo was a little low, Ning Yi asked.

"Blue Stygian Flower, this is Daddy's latest clue, and it is very likely that the person behind it controlled the Fire Flow Cloud in a way and gave him the Blue Stygian Flower, so those dead were all blue flames when they were burned." Although this person was reluctant to believe that he was telling the truth, Riluo still wanted to know the clues of the Blue Styx Flower from him.

"And do you know where this flower comes from?" Ning Yi asked.

"It's said to be the Western Regions." Riluo lowered her head and replied, she was actually not sure in her heart whether the person in front of her really wanted to help her.

Coming from the Western Regions, Ning Yi lowered his head and pondered, and suddenly said to Liluo, "Do you have time the day after tomorrow, I'll take you to meet someone." ”

"Huh?" Liluo raised her head and looked at Ning Yi with a pair of apricot eyes.

Ning Yi put down the teacup and chuckled, "Don't worry, I won't sell the little fox, this kind of blue dark flower is produced in the Western Regions, and I have never heard of it before, it is likely to be a rare variety, this variety should only be available to nobles, I happen to know a person, he is the emperor of my dynasty, he has been engaged in a lot of trade with the Western Regions for many years, and he knows a lot of people, maybe he knows a thing or two." ”

"Okay." Liluo didn't think much about it. "What time will we leave the day after tomorrow?" I don't know why, after Liluo learned about this person's organization of the intelligence network, there was a trace of inexplicable excitement in her heart, maybe she could get some clues from knocking on the side of this mouth, Blue Dark Flower, zombies, Western Suburbs, Da Shui, too many doubts fell on her heart that could not be solved, more clues could close the case one day earlier, Brother Ziyu could also get out of risk earlier, Daddy's pressure could be relieved, and the most important thing was that the people of Jingshi could also be less panicked.

"I'll be waiting for you at the West City Gate the day after tomorrow," Ning Yi seemed to be in a very good mood, scooped a bowl of soup for himself, and said, "This person is very eccentric, he makes a lot of money, but he likes to live in a mountain villa in the suburbs. ”

Riro nodded, "Okay! For some reason, Riraku was willing to believe the person in front of her.