Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou went out of the mansion in turn, looking at the four luxury carriages parked in front of them, both of them were shocked.

"Xiuyuan, why did you get such a big four-horse carriage?" Xia Wanrou took the lead and walked down the steps and walked to the man's side, with a slight sadness between her eyebrows: "Won't we be too ostentatious when we travel like this?" ”

Wei Xiuyuan waved his hand indifferently, "It's okay, our external identity is a caravan, these are all goods, and no one will pay special attention to them." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned the servant to move the remaining large boxes decorated with goods to the carriage at the back, which was completely completed.

These boxes are the daily necessities of the two families, some warm quilts, blankets and the like, as well as some reserve dry food and many water bladders, Wei Xiuyuan is very well prepared, so even if they encounter extremely bad weather, these things can help them resist for a while.

Since the other party has arranged it like this, and it is the day of departure, others have nothing to be picky about, so they can only follow Wei Xiuyuan's ideas, people got into the carriage one by one, and the coachman in front of him whipped his whip and went out of the city with a mighty team.

Because they are aware of the people's feelings, many people don't know about it, and the group is very low-key when they go out of the city, and they don't attract anyone's attention.

The carriage was large, large enough for five or six people in a carriage, and it was low and cushioned, so that even if you couldn't find an inn at night, you could spend the night in it.

Xiao Man put Wangshu to sleep, then stretched out a little tiredly, and asked casually: "Lu Li, where are we going on this trip?" ”

"You know where you're going this time." Wei Xiuyuan took the first step and said, and sold a pass.

Xiao Man looked at Xia Wanrou suspiciously, trying to find an answer from the other party, but the other party just shook his head, looking like he didn't know anything.

It seems that Wei Xiuyuan didn't even tell his wife about the destination of this trip.

"We're going to Yuncheng, not far from Cannes." Lu Li said indifferently: "Yuncheng suffered a flood not long ago, and the emperor specially asked Wei Xiu to go here, presumably he also wanted to know the living conditions of the people after the flood. ”

Yuncheng and Cannes are very close to each other, both are next to the sea, and it is a good place for spring all year round.

Seeing that the guanzi he sold was exposed, Wei Xiuyuan glared at Lu Li angrily, and immediately said: "Actually, we went to Yuncheng this time, not only because we wanted to observe the situation of the people, but also because the emperor asked me to check on someone." ”

The curiosity of everyone in the car was aroused, and they all looked at Wei Xiuyuan with wide eyes, waiting intently for the other party's next step.

Only Lu Li turned his head to look out the window at this time, as if he had no interest in what Wei Xiuyuan was going to say next.

However, seeing that he had attracted the attention of so many people, Wei Xiuyuan didn't care whether Lu Li looked at him or not, he breathed a long sigh of relief and frowned: "Speaking of which, you should know this person very well, but she has obviously settled down a lot in the past few years, and it is normal for you not to think about it for a while." ”

"Who? Brother Wei, you should hurry up and talk about it. Xiao Man was the most curious, and she couldn't help urging her.

The corners of Wei Xiuyuan's mouth lifted, and there was a slight smug look on his face.

Seeing this, Xia Wanrou immediately sensed that something was wrong, she quietly pulled Xiaoman's clothes, leaned over and whispered, "Don't be fooled, he said nonsense." ”

After living with the other party for so many years, Xia Wanrou can be said to know Wei Xiuyuan well, and when she saw the other party's small actions, she faintly guessed in her heart that the other party was deliberately exaggerating things to tease Xiaoman. Although this guess is not nine out of ten, it can be counted as nine times out of ten.

said that the emperor ordered him to investigate secretly, but in the final analysis, maybe it was just the emperor who asked him to take a look by the way, and it was not as exaggerated as a secret investigation.

Presumably, it was precisely because Lu Li saw through this that he turned his face away and didn't listen.

"Huh?!" Xiao Man subconsciously let out a sound of surprise.

Xia Wanrou cleared her throat, "Wei Xiuyuan, Zijin is naughty like that, I think it's all your fault." didn't teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, virtuous and virtuous, but made some strange things in front of her eyes, no wonder she has become like this now. ”

"Hey, hey, hey-" Seeing that the other party turned the matter to another matter, Wei Xiuyuan immediately couldn't sit still, "Why did it get to Jing Jing again?" She's a child, so what does it have to do with me. ”

Xia Wanrou snorted, picked up a cup of tea from the low table on the couch, took a sip gently, and ignored him.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Wei Xiuyuan squeezed his eyebrows at Xiao Man again: "Xiao Man, do you want to know what we are going to do in Yuncheng?" ”

"Sister Wanrou said, you are talking nonsense." Xiao Man said Xia Wanrou's original words word for word.

"Poof—"

Xia Wanrou didn't hold back, and squirted out all the tea in her mouth, and all the tea that splashed was sprinkled on Wei Xiuyuan's body.

Although there was no tea, Wei Xiuyuan was wearing a crescent white robe today, but at this time, he was sprinkled with yellow tea stains by the tea, and he couldn't bear to look at it directly.

Xiao Man couldn't help laughing, but she was afraid of Wei Xiuyuan's face, she specially covered her mouth, and Wei Zijin, who had been lying on the couch without making a sound, also laughed deliciously, her big eyes were bent into crescents, and even Lu Li, who was leaning against the window, raised the corners of her lips slightly.

Xia Wanrou didn't expect that she would make the other party's clothes look like this, and she was at a loss for a while, and she even forgot to take back the hand that was still holding the teacup.

"Boom-"

The carriage ran over a stone, and the body jerked and tilted violently.

The cup of tea in Xia Wanrou's hand flew out violently with the shaking of the body, and smashed straight into Wei Xiuyuan, who was still confused.

Originally, the crescent white robe was just a little yellow spot, but at this time it was stained with a lot of tender green tea leaves, and the chest and lower abdomen were wet with tea, and it looked quite embarrassed.

There was a sudden silence in the carriage, and no other sound could be heard except for the whirring wind outside and the occasional jolting sound.

After a while, Wei Xiuyuan sighed sadly, "My clothes are useless." ”

Xia Wanrou smiled when she heard this, "When we go back to Beijing, let's go to Xiaoman's shop and buy another one." ”

Wei Zijin also followed suit: "Buy again... Buy one. ”

Wei Xiuyuan smiled helplessly, got up and shook off the tea leaves under him, and glared at Wei Zijin pretending to be angry, "Don't intervene when adults talk to children." ”

Wei Zijin pursed his mouth, and didn't look at Wei Xiuyuan with a small face.

Watching the interaction between the father and daughter, everyone else laughed, and the atmosphere in the carriage was relaxed and happy, which was a little more harmonious than when they went out of the city.

"That's right, Xiuyuan." Lu Li spoke up: "You just said that you were going to Yuncheng to check someone, who is to check?" ”

He also knew that Wei Xiuyuan deliberately exaggerated some facts, but since he said it, it meant that this matter still existed, but it was not as exaggerated as the other party said.

Wei Xiuyuan cleared his throat and got down to business: "A few years ago, Chen Hu was sent to Kangcheng by the emperor because he made a mistake, and the eldest princess was not at ease at that time, so she specially sent someone to protect her secretly, and later Chen Hu returned to Beijing and contracted Hualiu disease, and the eldest princess was also placed under house arrest by the emperor. ”

"At that time, this person was also missing, and some time ago, the emperor just got the news that this person had not gone anywhere, and was hiding in Yuncheng."

Hearing this, Xiao Man couldn't help frowning, and said curiously: "Why do you want to check this person, did he make any mistakes?" ”

It stands to reason that this person is also obedient to the eldest princess, not to mention that he is just secretly protecting Chen Hu, and he can't talk about making mistakes, how can the emperor suddenly think of this matter again after several years.

"It's not about dealing with the floods." Wei Xiuyuan cleaned up all the tea leaves scattered on the ground, and said: "The flood in Yuncheng this time was only a heavy rain for half a month, which caused many houses and villages to be submerged. Later, the imperial court allocated 3,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, and it took nearly a year to cure it. ”

"But this book is nothing, but the emperor received a letter some time ago, saying that during the combing of the river, the eldest princess's people obstructed it in every way, so that it took so long to dredge. Since then, the emperor has a pimple in his heart, and when we went out of Beijing this time, the emperor specially asked me to investigate the matter. ”

In this way, this matter is not trivial, but at this time, several months have passed since the river dredging, and it is very difficult to investigate again.

Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn't help but tighten his eyebrows, "Then what if you can't find it?" You must know that after such a long time, it is difficult to say that this person is not in Yuncheng, not to mention, how did the person who handed the book to the emperor know about it, why didn't he come to investigate? ”

Speaking of these, Wei Xiuyuan had a headache even more, he waved his hand, "Forget it, I don't know anything about what you said, anyway, it was the emperor's order, and he only said that he was the one who came to investigate the eldest princess, and he didn't say anything else." ”

Lu Li wanted to ask something more, but just after Wei Xiuyuan finished speaking, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the voice of the coachman came: "Young master, young grandmother, there are many big stones on the side of the road ahead, and our carriage is too wide to pass." ”

The two titles of young master and young grandmother were told to the coachman early in the morning, saying that he would call himself and Lu Li's family like this in the future, which would arouse the suspicion of others.

"Build roads?" Wei Xiuyuan opened the curtain and jumped down, not caring about the large tea stain on his chest, he took a few steps forward, looking at the narrow road in front of him, which only allowed two people to pass side by side, he couldn't help but sigh.

The road was fine before, but suddenly there were so many big stones on the road, and they couldn't get through the carriage because of this stone.

"Young master, our carriage is so wide, how can we get there?"

"Change direction and take the path."