Li Xiaoqi and his entourage are really like the rich and noble children who visit relatives and friends, this road is unhurried, comfortable and leisurely, walked for seven or eight days in a row, entered Zhenzhou, Zhenzhou is only four or five days away from Yangzhou, and found the Zhenzhou spy in the long run, Li Xiaoqi carefully thought about the past few days along the way, and personally picked up the pen crookedly and wrote a letter that was finally long and handed it back to the long term, the letter said that Wu Guifei, now the Empress Dowager Wu, looked up and a little contempt for the prince, It is suggested that Beiping should send troops to occupy the Huainan Road when the Taiping Fu and Chizhou battles are exhausted, and open up the land and sea routes to the south, so as to prepare for the next layout of Beiping. The letter was sent in the long run, and Li Xiaoqi set off after a day's rest in Zhenzhou.

When I arrived in Yangzhou, I received the news of Changming and Su Zicheng's reply, compared with Li Xiaoqi and them, Changming was much harder and more difficult along the way, and when passing through Zhengcheng, he was also intercepted and killed by officers and soldiers all the way, and Changming and the dozen or so people he brought were all brave men who had experienced a hundred battles, and rushed back to Beiping with a bloody road, fortunately, only two or three guards were broken, Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, Changming is a bait exposed on the bright face, and it is already a blessing to go back without much loss.

Su Zicheng's letter wrote several pieces of paper, first expressing her agreement with Li Xiaoyi's views, and then ordering her not to stay in Yangzhou, and immediately returned to Beiping from Yangzhou via Huaiyang, he immediately set off from Liangdi to Huaiyang, inspected the garrison from Rucheng and Huaiyang, and prepared for the next step suggested by Li Xiaoyi. Li Xiaoqi opened his eyes wide, looked at the freshly baked pearl uncle in a daze, stayed for a long time, turned to look at Danyue and ordered: "Call Changchang and Xi'an to come in, and Nanning!" ”

After the three of them entered the house, Li Xiaoqi trembled Su Zicheng's letter, and said with a confused face: "In the letter, he said that he changed Changming's name to Mingzhu, why can't I understand this?" You have all been waiting by your side for many years, and no one understands your mind better than you, tell me, what does this mean? What's wrong? Chang Chang looked strange, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, with sympathy in his smile, looked at Nanning and Xi'an, coughed and replied: "The girl said last time, I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates, I have one more mouth, write to the master, look at this meaning, the master is •••••• this is, a little annoyed." ”

"Oh!" Li Xiaoqi seemed to suddenly realize, dragging a long voice to agree, Nanning's heart jumped slightly, carefully looked at Li Xiaoyi, who was full of smiles, but his eyes were cold and abnormal, and he hurriedly explained with a smile: "Girl, this is the rule of our march, and the person who is responsible for the commander's guard, and is also responsible for recording the changes in the battle situation and reporting it every five days. ”

"When the prince first went to Taiping Mansion to marry Princess Funing, this was also the rule? A report every five days? To whom? Emperor? Or uncle? Li Xiaoqi asked step by step with a smile, Nanning coughed awkwardly, and Ai Ai explained: "Lord was marrying at that time, marrying relatives•••••• he was not going on an expedition, how can he use this rule••••••

"Oh!" Li Xiaoyi's voice dragged on for a long time, and at the end he turned a corner: "So that's the case, he went to Taiping Mansion to marry a relative, but it's true, and then he really married Liangdi!" ”

Nanning didn't dare to talk any more, and quietly poked Chang Chang with his elbow, and Chang Yuan hung his head and knelt on the ground, looked up at Li Xiaoqi and explained: "The girl is angry, and the little one •••••• the girl."

"Get up! No need to explain, I don't blame you, I can't blame you, Nanning said, first, this is the rule, second, if you do this, you must have received the order, if you don't have the master's orders, you can't do more of this, get up. Li Xiaoyi's eyes were full of exhaustion, and while speaking, he signaled Nanning to help him up, Nanning hurriedly stepped forward and pulled up the long-term vision, Li Xiaoqi lowered his eyes, threw the letter into the brazier and incinerated it, looked at the long-term and waited for the three of them and said in a low voice: "There are rules, we naturally have to do it according to the rules, you have received the orders of the master, and naturally you have to do a good job, but if there are no rules to look at, and the master has not commanded, there is no need to say more to bother the master, you see, Changming will make a shield for us this time, This was originally a thankless errand, he can do this, it is not easy, now there is no credit, but he has a good reputation as a pearl, why bother?! ”

Chang Yuan hung his head, not daring to say a word, Nanning glanced at Xi'an, Xi'an swept Chang Yuan and Nanning, his feet moved slightly, and he lowered his hand to report: "Girl, I just got the order of the master, and I ordered the little ones to quickly escort the girl from Huaiyang back to Beiping." Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, tilted his head and thought about it and replied: "Thank you, I know, you write a letter to the master for me, I want to stay in Yangzhou for a few more days, and see the governance and economy here, which will be of great use in the future." Xi'an lowered his hand and agreed, Li Xiaoqi didn't say much, waved back the three of them, stood up and went out of the yard for a turn, turned back to the house and looked at the light moon and asked, "What about the wild goose waiting outside?" ”

"Yes! I came with Nanning, and I waited for a while. Danyue replied with a smile, Li Xiaoqi sat straight in front of the dresser and ordered: "Look for plain clothes come out, Begonia will come and comb my hair, no need for the geese to come in, I will go out shopping and eat with her, and the two of you will go together!" ”

"Let Begonia wait for the girl, I'll watch at home, this room is inseparable." Danyue replied with a smile, Li Xiaoqi waved his hand and said, "You don't need to look, those outside are all experts, experts in thieves, and experts in catching thieves and preventing thieves, how can I still use you?" Hurry up and pack up, and I'll take you to the most famous wine shop in Yangzhou to eat and drink! ”

Not long after, Li Xiaoqi changed into a crab shell blue tight short jacket, a blue and white embroidered dark flower skirt of the same color, wore a mutton fat jade hairpin, wore a cyan hat, Danyue and Begonia followed, out of the yard, Luo Yan was already waiting next to the second door car, seeing Li Xiaoqi coming, busy a few steps to greet him, carrying the skirt was about to kneel down and kowtow, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly pulled her up, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite, this is not a place to kowtow, when the heart is dressed, we have to go shopping and eat." Luo Yan smiled and straightened up, bowed her knees deeply, grabbed the curtain in front of the light moon, and respectfully waited for Li Xiaoqi to get into the car, and the light moon took the curtain from Luo Yan's hand and motioned for her to get into the car too: "The girl has something to say to you, I and the light moon sit in a car behind." “

Luo Yan got into the car, and sat at the door of the car with some restraint, Li Xiaoqi straightened her skirt, leaned back on the pillow at will, looked at the restrained Luo Yan and smiled: "You are the best at will, how many days have you been in Yangzhou?" Have you ever been out shopping? ”

"It's been six days, and I haven't dared to go out." Luo Yan moved his body slightly and replied with a smile, Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows and sighed: "You have been bored in the inn for six days?" ”

"How can this be boring, who goes out every day in a woman's family••••••" Luo Yan was halfway through his words, suddenly paused, looked at Li Xiaoqi and explained embarrassedly: "The fifth master is naturally different." ”

"I do like to wander around, I like this•••••• those people who are these things, things or something, very interesting, maybe watch another year or two, I don't like it so much when I get tired of it, okay, let's not talk about this, I didn't have a chance to ask you in detail before, in the future, what are your plans?"

"I'll follow the fifth master!" Luo Yan's answer was simply abnormal, Li Xiaoqi looked at her speechlessly, sighed and then asked: "I didn't say that I wouldn't let you follow me, I asked you, what are you going to do with me?" What do you want to do? ”

"What does the fifth master ask me to do?" Luo Yan looked at Li Xiaoqi with trust in his eyes and asked, Li Xiaoqi raised his hand and stroked his forehead, rubbing it in distress for a long time before he held back his words: "It's not that I let you do anything, I let you do something, you have to have your own ideas first, alas, let's put it this way, such as Danyue, her idea is to marry an honest and safe lover, be good to her, you can accept one or two rooms, but it's best not to take a concubine, and don't have a child who is not born to her, become a housekeeper with me, and the child will have the opportunity to seek fame in the future, if it is not for the material to study, she will enter the house and wait for the little master." , She thinks this kind of life is the most satisfying, I will help her find a lover in the future, and then do not allow concubines, do not have concubines, let her be housekeepers, what about you? Do you want to do that? ”

Luo Yan listened attentively, stayed for a long time, looked at Li Xiaoyi, and whispered weakly: "If I say it, don't be angry, Fifth Master." ”

"Well, you name it."

"I just don't want to be an object, follow the fifth master, that is, be a girl, the fifth master is also a human being, I think out, I don't want to marry, the fifth master knows, I have such a background, unless I marry a rough servant, a peddler pawn, otherwise, but a concubine, concubine through trading, no matter how good a concubine is, it is a valuable thing, and the fifth master is a girl, I will dance, wait for men, do not needlework, do not cook, do not housekee, the fifth master thinks I can do something, send me to do it."

Li Xiaoqi looked at Luo Yan, thought about it carefully and asked, "Will you do business?" Luo Yan giggled when she heard this, and joked while laughing: "If the fifth master wants to open the fence, I think I can do it!" ”

"It's also possible to open the hook bar, but if you want to open it, you have to make the best tick bar, you have to do Kaiping Mansion, no, the best hook bar in Beiping, the best tick bar in the world, can it be done?" Li Xiaoqi asked with a smile, Luo Yan half-opened his mouth in shock, looking at Li Xiaoqi speechless for a while.