Chapter 57: The Wisher Takes the Bait
In the end, it was a friend who grew up together, Du Yuan immediately realized that the partition wall had ears, and followed his words and asked, "What about you?" ”
"We're going to split into two ways, I'll go find the inn and I'll come back to pick you up later."
Du Yuan nodded and said loudly: "Okay, then I'll go back and pack my things first." ”
"Okay, move quickly, and get away before no one notices us." Li Huaijin sent him out of the door and advised: "If anyone asks, you will say that I can't stand the simplicity of the post station, and I have to go to the best inn in the city to live." ”
The little guy who was eavesdropping outside the courtyard carefully noted down where Li Huaijin was hiding things, and then the cat quietly retreated. "My lord, the envoy from the capital seems to have hidden something very good in the house."
"Can you see what it is?" The steward of the post station was drinking tea, and when he heard the words, he immediately put down the teacup and asked.
The little guy thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "Although I didn't see what it was, looking at the envoy's cautious appearance, it should be a very valuable treasure." ”
"I didn't see you talking to a, maybe he was playing tricks." Yi Cheng's face darkened, and he lay back on the recliner without interest. "If you want me to say that Captain Ying is too cautious, he wants us to stare at it for twelve hours without stopping, no matter how powerful this envoy is, he is not a civil minister, what waves can be turned over in our Nanyang realm?"
"My lord, I heard the envoy say that they were leaving the station, if this person leaves, how can we explain to the captain? The little one thought that even if he couldn't keep these two envoys, he should at least keep their treasures, and in case the lieutenant should blame him, we could take that thing on top. ”
When Yi Cheng, who closed his eyes and recuperated, heard this, he immediately opened his eyes, patted the little guy's shoulder vigorously, and praised: "It's still your kid's brain that spins fast, just do what you say." Taking advantage of the fact that no one is here now, you go and steal the treasure and quietly send it to Ying Duwei, so that you can keep the envoy and not be scolded by Ying Duwei, which is the best of both worlds. ”
"Shall I go?" The little guy had a bitter face, at most he was eavesdropping on the corner of the wall, and it was the first time he had done such a thing.
"What? You don't want to? Seeing that he refused to go, Yi Cheng immediately blew his beard and glared, and persuaded him step by step: "Just do it this time, and when the matter is completed, I will recommend you to Lord Du Lieutenant and let you go to the army to find a position, isn't it better than staying in this broken post station to be a small servant?" You also know that the city guards under Captain Ying are not so easy to enter, and if you don't have some credit, I won't be able to recommend you to him. ”
The little guy struggled for a long time, thought about it and thought about it, and finally slapped his thigh and said hatefully: "Okay, the little one will listen to the adult, go and steal the treasure and send it to Lord Duwei." ”
As Li Huaijin expected, when he and Du Yuan returned to the post station, the white jade Guanyin who was hidden in the cupboard by him was indeed gone. Since it was a very important thing, he naturally wanted to ask Yi Cheng for an explanation.
Yi Cheng came quickly, as if he had been waiting for him to summon him, his round body was wearing a dark green official uniform, and from a distance he thought it was a frog rolling towards him.
"Two adults, I don't know why you are in such a hurry to find an official?" Yi Cheng rolled over with his round belly, and the appearance of nodding and hunching was disgusting.
Li Huaijin is really curious, what is the origin of this person, can he be the manager of the post station with this dignity? Ji Chaoge is so fearless, isn't he afraid that such a good thing will come out and lose Nanyang's face?
"I lost something very important, what should you be guilty of as a post bearer?" Li Huaijin didn't wait for him to approach, and gave Du Yuan a look.
Du Yuan took a step forward and grabbed Yi Cheng's collar, and directly lifted the round fat frog from the ground. "It was a gift that we spent a lot of money to buy and prepare for the king of Nanyang, and now it is lost at your post station, you have to pay us."
Although the thing was stolen by the little servant at his behest of the order, it should have been sent to Ying Duwei's mansion at this moment, what will he pay for? Yi Cheng's eyes rolled and turned, and he said with a smile: "The two adults are angry, the two of you lose something is very important, according to the lower officials, it is better to report to the officials." ”
"Reporter? You and I are both officials, who else do you want to report to the officials? You're fooling me! As he spoke, Du Yuan raised his fist, and his body shook in fright, and an indescribable smell instantly filled everyone's nostrils. How dare you fart?! ”
Yi Cheng clamped his legs tightly and said with a bitter face: "My lord, please put down the lower official, the lower official...... Xiaguan is in a hurry. ”
"." Du Yuan pretended to be annoyed and threw him away, only to see Yi Cheng rolling on the ground, ignoring the dust on his body, covering his stomach and running away.
When he ran away, Li Huaijin turned around and walked back to the bedroom, glanced at the things he had packed up, and sat back at the desk with a sneer. "If nothing else, the thing should have arrived in Ying Qingshan's hands. At this moment, Ji Chaoge is in Ying Qingshan's Governor's Mansion, and he should be able to see him soon. ”
Du Yuan nodded approvingly, and said with a hint of suspicion: "Are you sure that thing can really make him tear up the alliance with Qin Yang?" ”
"Naturally, Ji Chaoge is a filial son."
Li Huaijin suddenly came out with such a clueless sentence, Du Yuan was confused when he heard it, and he wanted to continue to ask but heard a sudden sound of armor rubbing outside the door, and then the room was crowded with Nanyang's city guards, and the leader was Ying Qingshan, the commander of Nancheng.
Ying Qingshan was wearing armor and led the city guard, and it seemed that the white jade Guanyin should have been sent to Ji Chaoge. Li Huaijin's heart was bright, but he made a puzzled look on his face, and looked at Ying Qingshan in surprise.
"General Ying, why did you come?" Li Huaijin's body didn't move, and he glanced at Ying Qingshan with an indifferent expression.
The man opposite was too calm, so calm that Ying Qingshan couldn't help but wonder if there was any misunderstanding in this. But if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that the old prince's funeral belongings would be stolen from Li Huaijin's residence.
"Master Li, dare to ask if you have lost something?" Ying Qingshan couldn't ask directly about the origin of the white jade Guanyin, so he had to make a roundabout side knock.
Li Huaijin showed a slightly surprised expression, and quickly glanced at the post outside the door, and a trace of understanding slipped in his eyes. "I lost a treasure, but I didn't want to alarm General Ying so soon."
Seeing him admit it, Ying Qingshan had a very strange feeling in his heart, as if he was ready to be tense, but he didn't expect the other party to reason with him amicably.
"Dare to ask Master Li, where did that baby come from?"
"Bought it." Li Huaijin said calmly, "What's wrong? ”
It's not right, it's the old prince's funeral object, and it was the white jade Guanyin that Ji Chaoge personally carved for two months before he succeeded. This thing, which was supposed to accompany the old prince to sleep underground, suddenly appeared on the market again, what does this mean? Ying Qingshan figured out the key point, and his eyes were as cold as a knife.
Taking a deep breath to suppress the restlessness in his heart, Ying Qingshan asked as calmly as possible, "I don't know where Lord Li bought it." ”
"Ruyizhai, if you don't believe it, I still have a slip here, you can take the slip and ask." Li Huaijin got up a little annoyed and went to the bookshelf, and after looking for a long time, he found a slip from the dictionary and threw it in front of Ying Qingshan.
Ying Qingshan was not angry, bent down to pick up the slip on the ground, and looked at it to see that it was indeed a slip opened by Ruyi Zhai, which clearly said that there was a statue of white jade Guanyin, one hundred taels of gold. "Thank you Lord Li for your cooperation, there may be chatter about this matter, please forgive me Lord Li."
Hearing this, Li Huaijin raised his eyes suspiciously and looked at him suspiciously, and said suspiciously: "I am the one who lost the things, if General Ying can help me find it, Li will definitely be grateful." ”
The thing was placed in his governor's mansion, Ying Qingshan smiled helplessly, knowing in his heart that this white jade Guanyin would definitely not be returned to Li Huaijin's hands. "Farewell."
From Ying Qingshan to go, at most a cup of tea, Du Yuan stood aside with a confused face and watched them play dumb riddles, until everyone left, he didn't understand which one he was singing.
"Huai Jin, what the hell is going on?" As soon as the courtyard was empty, Du Yuan immediately came to Li Huaijin and waited for him to solve his doubts.
Li Huaijin didn't speak, glanced at the direction of the courtyard gate, casually copied the tea cup on the table and threw it over. The tea cup fell in response, smashing at Yi Cheng's feet and splashing fragments, so shocked that Yi Cheng's legs were weak and he almost sat down.
"My lord, my lord is angry, and the lower official is also to help you find the treasure, so he reported to Lord Duwei." Yi Cheng didn't dare to hide anymore, and rolled in from outside the courtyard gate, smiling with flattery on his face.
"Really?" Li Huaijin picked up another teacup, and his slender fingertips slid along the edge of the cup, and round after circle seemed to slide on the tip of Yi Cheng's heart, so shocked that the other party knelt down with a pop. "A mere piece of white jade is worth alarming Captain Yingdu, who commands five thousand city guards?"
As soon as Yi Cheng heard this, he immediately got up from the ground and said mysteriously: "My lord doesn't know, that white jade Guanyin is not an ordinary thing......
Before the words fell, Du Yuan interrupted unceremoniously, "How do you know that it is Baiyu Guanyin, I remember that we didn't explain to you what we lost." ”
"This ......" Yi Cheng knew that he had missed his mouth, his triangular eyes were rolling wildly, and he was picked up by Du Yuan before he could think of an excuse. Adults are angry, adults are angry. ”
Du Yuan sneered angrily, "Angry? You stole such a valuable treasure from us, and you also brought Captain Ying to interrogate us, what else do you have to say? ”
"Wronged, wronged, wronged, not a thief, not a thief." Yi Cheng was so anxious that he scratched his hands and feet, and he couldn't step on the ground even if he tried to pad his toes, so anxious that his face turned the color of pig liver. "Lord Li spares his life, the lower officials are wronged, the lower officials are really wronged."
Holding the round and fat Yicheng in one hand, Du Yuan turned his head to look at Li Huaijin and asked, "Huaijin, what do you say?" Whether you throw him in the river to feed the fish or chop it up and feed the pigs, it's all up to you. ”