There was a noble lady who was not too old in this group of people who was very eye-catching, and she was full of luxury, not to mention her, but she was sitting by the railing near the lake, obviously just smiling and listening to the people next to her, but the noble posture of pressing her hands and knees was impossible to force people to look at.

is so easy-going and dignified, judging from the experience of Xie Wan and his two lives, few people can have it.

"That's the Duchess of the Protector."

Mrs. Wei followed her gaze, and then looked at her with deep meaning.

Yin Yu's maternal grandmother? Xie Wan's heart moved, and then he looked at the past, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of abruptness in his heart. It's Huoda's wife, so it's no wonder that she has such momentum, but the Du family, who is a civil official, held a banquet, and the dignified mother of the crown princess, the Duchess of the Protector of the country, also came over in person?

"Naturally, it's because of Yin Yu that she will come."

Mrs. Wei's face was solemn, and she didn't see Fang Cai's generosity and affinity, "Although Yin Yu is now serving in the garrison camp, half of his life is still hanging in the hands of others. Once Concubine Zheng and the others secretly teamed up with Ji Zhenyuan and them to get something out, it would be difficult to be invulnerable with the power of the Huo family alone. Therefore, in order to keep him, the Protectorate Mansion, which has always drawn a clear line with civil officials, has now begun to lower its profile and get close to the civil ministers. ”

Xie Wan lowered his eyes and groaned.

Mrs. Wei looked at her, "What are you thinking?" ”

Xie Wan said: "I'm thinking that if Yin Yu himself can have a force in the cabinet, then the situation will be very different. Ji Zhenyuan and the others may not be able to cover the sky with one hand, and with his existence, Concubine Zheng and his party can only live cautiously on thin ice. This is for the imperial court. Actually, it's a good thing. ”

Mrs. Wei turned around and faced her.

Xie Wan calmly accepted her scrutiny. If she is not qualified enough to invite Wei Bin to compete for this position, then Yin Yu should always be qualified, right?

Mrs. Wei looked at her for a moment, and was defeated.

"Actually, I invited you out today because I asked you something." She said, "Who is the person who helped your uncle reinstate?" ”

"Yin Yu." Xie Wan still spoke very calmly.

She had guessed that she had something to say to her before, and now that she had said it to Yin Yu first, she had nothing to avoid. This is an agreement that needs to be explained, to be honest. If she wants to rely on herself to persuade Wei Bin to come forward to fight. It takes a lot of effort to succeed.

But since she has a ready-made Yin Yu by her side now, what reason does she have to go far. It is more convincing and appealing for Yin Yu to come forward to preside over Wei Bin's competition for admission to the cabinet, although she has not discussed with him about the government but. As a person in adversity. No one will refuse this kind of help.

Whether Wei Bin is determined to enter the cabinet against her or Yin Yu. It turned out to be only one point, and he entered, which was good for him and for them.

Mrs. Wei looked at her for a long time. He nodded imperceptibly.

"Sure enough, it was him. To tell you the truth, our lord also guessed that it was him. ”

Xie Wan said: "It's because Duan Zhongming used to be Yin Yu's teacher, and the adults guessed it, right?" ”

"Not bad." Mrs. Wei nodded, "But because Duan Zhongming's identity is not something that Yin Yu can use at will today, that's why I have this question." Now that it has been confirmed from your mouth, no matter what means are used, it can be seen that Duan Zhong is secretly not dealing with Ji Zhenyuan. ”

"Madame is right." Xie Wan nodded, "Now among the six members of the cabinet, Ji Zhenyuan already has Yang Xin and Zhang Yang, if they add another person to it, the affairs of Chaogang can only be decided by them." And if Duan Zhongming and Lord Shen Zhao add another person to their side, then at least they will have a tie with Ji Zhenyuan, so that the purpose of containment will be achieved. ”

Mrs. Wei nodded deeply.

"Ji Zhenyuan, they want to support the emperor's second grandson, in fact, it is just for this work of following the dragon and shadowing the descendants, where is it really for the sake of what society? Originally, Du Ge Lao was also upright, and after he arrived, he was also a kind person, although Shen Zhao and they were not very authentic, but they were not so unscrupulous. It's time for someone in the cabinet to go in and balance the balance. ”

Xie Wan looked at her, smiled and said nothing.

Mrs. Wei sighed, and also looked at her and laughed, "Look at us, obviously we are here to visit the garden, but we are talking about these irrelevant things." Come, I'll take you to meet Mrs. Xu, they all have a lot of contact with me on weekdays, they are very good people, and the girls in their family are all well-read and courteous......"

As night fell, Yin Yu led a team of men and horses to patrol the riverbank for routine inspections.

Although it is evening, the shouts of the goods on the dock have gradually dissipated, but the boats on the river are still shuttling back and forth, and the noisy sound makes people unable to relax, but the evening breeze of late spring blows on the face, soft like the song on the sea, and it does not make people look too nervous.

Wu Kui led eight people dressed as soldiers to follow behind Yin Yu, and unlike the rest of the soldiers, they paid close attention to all kinds of corners that were easy to hide, because compared to the order of the docks, Yin Yu's safety was their real responsibility.

Since Yin Yu entered the camp, Wu Kui had brought nine members of the personal guard team who had returned from the East China Sea into his men, so he could continue to protect his safety. Of course, in order not to let people get caught, these were all arranged privately through the Protectorate Mansion.

Now the song houses on both sides of the river bank are lively, and the heavy wind and dust makes the men passing by in high spirits, although there is still some distance from the dock, those wanton jokes can be clearly transmitted to the ears.

There were also many people in the patrol who looked over there, Yin Yu turned around and glanced at them, and those soldiers who were distracted immediately stood upright, not daring to have the slightest crooked thought.

Yin Yu explained to Wu Kui with a heavy face: "Whoever is half-hearted, punish him for squatting for three hours!" ”

After three hours of squatting down, people will faint.

No one dares not to put their minds on their duties anymore, and the voices of those wind and dust are automatically blocked out of the eardrums.

The patrol marched forward with a more rigorous attitude. When they reached the boundary close to the shop, they all stood and prepared to turn around. Yin Yu stood facing the right front at this time, Wu Kui and the others also stopped, and the leading Xiaoqi followed closely behind, caught off guard, and almost hit the back of Wu Kui and the others.

There is a row of small wooden buildings in the front right, which is the same as the camp tent of the garrison camp, but it is owned by the Cao Gang. Yin Yu looked at the small wooden building in the night, as if he saw something, and raised his head slightly to stare at the top.

Wu Kui was about to speak, but he had returned to his normal state and moved forward with his sword.

After walking about twenty or thirty steps, he said as he walked: "Wu Kui leads the team to continue the inspection, and Qin Fang Luo Yong will come with me." Saying that, with a wrong step, he had moved out of the team, and the two people behind Wu Kui also came out at the same time, and this scene was completed from the order to the end, and the whole team did not pause for a second, and the order was not chaotic for half a minute.

Yin Yu retreated to the ancient locust tree on the side of the road, and quickly moved to the side of his camp tent under the cover of the shadow of the tree, and then pointed to the small wooden building opposite under the bottom of the building, and said, "Look at the upstairs." ”

At first glance, there was nothing special about the small wooden building, except for a few wine jars on the windowsill and two men's shirts hanging outside the window to indicate that it was an old man's residence. But Qin Fang's brows froze, and he said, "That dress is not Luo Qi's shirt on weekdays. ”

The small wooden building is the house of Luo Qi, the envoy under Tong Fen, the helmsman of the Cao Gang, this house is just in the southeast of the small building of Yin Yu's camp, although it is separated by more than 20 zhang, but because the window is right opposite Yin Yu's window, and it is inevitable to deal with Luo Qi every day, so he basically knows what he wears and what Yin Yu wears on weekdays.

And as the guardian of the imperial grandson, having a strong sense of observation and the ability to remember is also a necessary skill for them.

The lights on the dock were lit up every night, and the same scene had been seen for a long time, even if it was only a very small anomaly in the night, it could not escape their eyes. What's more, they have already dived to a position that is only three or four feet away from this wooden building.

Luo Yong nodded, stared at the clothes hanging and said: "Look at the softness of the clothing, it is first-class Hangzhou silk, although the placket is just an ordinary edge, but it can be sewn on the soft Hangzhou silk without any wrinkles, it must have excellent workmanship." Such garments look ordinary, but they cannot be made without twenty or thirty taels of silver. ”

Yin Yu hugged his chest, and then said: "Those people in the Cao Gang can't wait to beat the silver directly into clothes and wear it, and no one will spend money and keep a low profile of themselves." Luo Qi is even more interesting, five or six of his ten fingers are wearing gold rings. This is not a member of the Cao Gang, let alone Luo Qi's clothes. But this person can dry clothes here with Luo Qi, so he must be very familiar with him. ”

"Whatever his origins, you get that dress off first."

He commanded.

Qin Fang didn't say a word, took a bundle of thin and long silk rope from his waist, picked up a small pebble from the ground and tied it to one end, and threw it at the clothes. The weight of the rope tied to the stone made it easy to roll down the soft silk shirt on top.

Yin Yu picked up the clothes and looked at them carefully, it was still a little wet, he moved to his nose and sniffed it, frowned and said, "Qianbu Xiang?" ”

Qin Fang said: "What can the Lord find?" ”

Yin Yu put down his clothes and said, "Quickly go and call Wu Kui and them back, and take a few people to go to the area leading to Luo Qi's residence to carefully check if anyone has fallen into the water and who has fallen into the water." Then send a few people to guard Luo Qilou to see if anyone comes down, if someone comes down, don't be alarmed, and follow quietly behind. ”

"Yes!"

As the night grew heavier, the banquet in Dufuli was also held. The female dependents with status were retained to go to the theater garden to watch the play.

Under the introduction of Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. He and others, who had always had dealings with her, became familiar with Xie Wan, not only asked her cordially about the folk customs of Hejian Mansion, but also pulled her to chat about opera. Xie Wan is neither humble nor arrogant, and she is not too tolerant of her thoughts because of their high status, but the way she expresses herself is always graceful and modest, and her performance has won everyone's praise for being dignified and generous. (To be continued.) )