Zhao Mengqi stretched out his hand and caught the waterline flowing from the eaves, and the coldness of his palm cleared his mind.

"It turned out to be a big worm, but it's a little hard to fight......"

Qian Xiaopang got up with a bone, "Ah Lang, this Liu family is in charge of the army, and he is also secretly accumulating private troops, and he is gathering money and food on a large scale, I am afraid that it is a bad plot, the gentleman does not set up a dangerous wall, it is too dangerous here, let's go back to Lin'an immediately, and then let the DPRK send someone to investigate." ”

"Although the fat man is a little timid, this makes sense." It was rare for Wu Qiong not to disagree with Qian Long, and also opened his mouth to persuade, "Ah Lang, if the Liu family finds out your identity, it is difficult to say that they will not jump off the wall in a hurry, after all, it is a conspiracy thief army, and it is enough to commit the crime of rebellion, I think it is better to be careful, take Jiang Niangzi back to Lin'an first, and then deal with the Liu family after being prepared." ”

Hou Tao also spoke cautiously, "Your Highness, the Liu family has been in business for decades, and its power in Wujiang has been deeply rooted, at least thousands of forces can be used. ”

"Perhaps, the Liu family already knows my identity......" Zhao Mengqi shook out the rain in his hand and said unhurriedly, "In retrospect, Liu Weizhen's behavior before leaving was a little weird, maybe he guessed who I was." ”

Hou Tao immediately became nervous, "As long as the people of the Liu family are not stupid, they will definitely think of the attack of the Shui Kou, at that time, Jiang Manhai was playing the banner of Fang Tang, they will definitely worry about His Highness's in-depth investigation, and he suggested that after the Chang Commander arrives, His Royal Highness should leave overnight, if it is waiting for the Liu family to react, it will be too late." ”

"It's possible." Zhao Mengqi looked up at the dark night and rubbed his fingers, "Perhaps, someone is already watching here in the dark." ”

Qian Xiaopang took off the coat hanging on the wall and draped it on his body, "Then I'll go to the Jiang family's old house now and inform Sister Jiang and Mrs. Jiang that they ......."

"Don't worry, you must be calm when you encounter a big event." Zhao Mengqi waved his hand to stop it, with a calm expression, "The worst possibility is that the Liu family knows my identity, but they don't know if I really know their connection with Fang Tang." ”

This tongue-twisting remark made everyone dizzy for a moment, and then heard Zhao Mengqi continue, "Until the last resort, the Liu family will not act easily, otherwise whether they arrest me or kill me, they will end up with a full house of beheading, or flee overseas in a hurry." It's hard for them to accept, and the best thing is that I don't know, so they can make a lantern for their nephew and it's business as usual. ”

"People will have a fluke, in the face of life and death, what choice the Liu family will have, the key question is whether I know, if we leave overnight, not to mention that it is likely to collide with interception, it is equivalent to telling them the answer. This time, even if the Liu family does not jump over the wall in a hurry, they will destroy all evidence and clues as much as possible. In that case, the consequences will be unacceptable to me. ”

After listening to Zhao Mengqi's analysis, everyone thought about it and roughly understood his thoughts.

Hou Tao asked, "Your Highness, do you mean that we don't know anything and stabilize them first?" …… Is that to publicize that the leaders of the water bandits were killed on the spot? ”

Zhao Mengqi shook his head, "Don't do anything deliberately, everything will go according to the normal reporting procedure, just add Jiang Manhai and these big leaders to the battle list, and the Liu family will have a way to investigate." ”

"Then do you want to send a cha to monitor the Liu family?"

"It's still not necessary, the Liu family's local forces are intertwined, and the appearance of people near them will inevitably cause alarm."

"That? How do we know the movements of the Liu family? ”

"Don't worry, if what I expect is good, tomorrow morning, the Liu family will definitely come to the door to test it, and then it will be a game of guessing and guessing......"

"Then we can't do nothing, Your Highness, your safety is the top priority, in case things are not harmonious, how can you protect Your Highness by just commanding this little person?"

Zhao Mengqi thought for a while, "You are reasonable, after finding out the crimes of the Liu family, you also need to use force to clean it up, but if you mobilize any surrounding army, you may not be able to hide the Liu family, the head snake, and the mobilization of Lin'an's troops will go through the Privy Council, and the movement will not be small, so let's write a warrant to secretly transfer the first three phases of Dongwei." ”

"This ...... Your Highness, with all due respect, although Dongwei is (this chapter is not finished!) )

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His Royal Highness built it with his own hands, but after all, the time is still short, how can it withstand the battle? ”

"Hey, don't worry, I won't play with my own little life, what's more, isn't there Gu Qing and the Zhejiang Water Army, and ......"

Hou Tao's eyes lit up when he heard this, "My subordinates understand." ”

It rained all night, and in the morning, it became more and more pouring.

In this weather, there were still people going out, and a two-car boat sailed into Tongli Town, along the river in the town, to the Jiang family's old house.

The car ship is a kind of steamship, which existed in the Tang Dynasty, and generally used a combat boat, just like a car, with oars on both sides of the ship, connected by a solid shaft across the hull, called a car, and four oars in the case of two cars.

At this time, the shipbuilding technology of the Great Song Dynasty was unique in the world, and there were even thirty or forty cars and ships, and the largest vehicles and ships could carry more than 1,000 soldiers, which showed its hugeness.

The vehicle and boat are completely driven by human power, and one car needs to be pedaled by two people, and the speed can be better than that of a sailboat, and it is not affected by the wind direction, so it is very suitable for military use.

But because of the use of manpower, it cannot be durable, cannot run long distances, and is not suitable for civilian use, and large vehicles and ships cannot sail in shallow water, which is also a big limitation.

However, for the powerful class, these are not problems, as long as it is convenient, and most of the rivers used for transportation in the south of the Yangtze River have no problem at all in passing two-wheeled boats carrying more than 20 people.

The two-wheeled ship has a luxurious and refined appearance, and it also has a baffle on the outer side of the oars, which is not only beautiful, but can protect the oars to a certain extent, but it is obviously not a military vessel.

In the cabin of the ship, Liu Xiuren, who had not slept all night, was in a very solemn mood, but he tried his best to make his appearance look light and breezy.

Last night, there was no change in the Jiang family and the tea shop, and the manpower arranged on the canal did not find anything abnormal, which made him feel a little more relaxed in his heart, and things did not develop towards the worst.

Liu Weizhen, who was sitting opposite him, cleaned up in a new look, his clothes were luxurious but not exaggerated, he looked elegant and solemn, but his expression was dazed, and he looked very depressed.

"Uncle, why do we still have to go to Jiang's house, isn't this even more unpleasant to King Yan?"

"Have you been eaten by dogs in all your previous cleverness!? Can't figure this out? What a disappointment for me! ”

For this nephew who was valued in the past, Liu Xiuren is now more and more angry with him, but this action is very important, and he doesn't dare to make a mistake, so he has to be patient to explain.

"If it's just because of your marriage, no matter how unhappy King Yan is, there is no reason to do anything too excessive to our family, but if he has the heart to check our family's old background, then let's not say whether our family has a way to live, at least the foundation of the past few decades will be ruined."

"If we don't know that he is King Yan, then under normal circumstances, you were divorced by the Jiang family, we should naturally come to the door to ask for an explanation and try to save our family, do you think this is the reason?"

Liu Weizhen was hopelessly stupid and understood, "That's right, if we keep quiet, King Yan will think that his identity has been leaked and be vigilant against our family." ”

"That's right, so after you arrive at the Jiang family, you'd better talk less, even if you want to say it, then treat him as an ordinary person, and in addition, we have to speculate whether we know the relationship between our family and Fang Tang from his attitude towards us......

"Little nephew understood."

The Jiang family's house covers an area of less than one acre, but there are more than a dozen rooms, naturally there are not many people, and the area of the Yuewan Tea Shop is not small, and there are many houses, which was originally the place where the orphans were placed.

After Wanwan came back, she asked all the girls to move to Jiang's house, sorted out the place, and opened a tea shop, and the teenagers still lived in the backyard of the tea shop.

In order to avoid suspicion, Zhao Yun's three little ladies went back to Jiang's house with Wanwan, and Zhao Mengqi and these men spent the night in the tea shop.

After getting up in the morning, Zhao Mengqi couldn't wait to take Wu Qiong to Jiang's house, saying that he wanted to eat breakfast made by Wanwan, but in fact, he was more greedy for her beauty.

In Jiang's house, in addition to Wanwan's mother and daughter and orphans, there are six older women, and two veterans of the nursing home, all of whom were found from the Fenghua army, after all, there are not many other Fenghua soldiers, but there are many widows and veterans.

The Jiang family's meal is also quite interesting, and in general, in general, children line up in a regular manner, from small to large, in turn, and they are all safe when they eat (this chapter is not over!). )

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Quietly, the food of the reader is silent.

Wanwan stood beside the big case, holding a big spoon, filling each child's big bowl with food, sometimes giving something to the mouth, or whispering a few lessons, and the smile on the face of removing the veil never broke.

Zhao Mengqi also found a big bowl, which was behind all the children, and Qian Xiaopang also wanted to line up, but he drove them away, saying that they were not qualified.

After a while, it was finally his turn, and he smiled evilly and handed the bowl forward, "Lady, it's hard work." ”

The title of lady, the Song people used it more extensively, men call their daughters-in-law Niangzi, servants also call the master mother and the master's daughter, if it is someone else's daughter-in-law, it is called a certain lady, and an unmarried girl is called a little lady, that is, the emperor calls the concubine, and also adds a surname, called a certain lady.

In this era, don't call someone else's miss, it's easy to be beaten, because like later generations, Fengyue women are called misses, and "Aiqing" is too.

That's why the children just now all shouted Wanwan Niangzi, but Zhao Mengqi shouted like this, obviously not so pure.

Wanwan couldn't help but glance at Zhao Mengqi, but those charming peach blossom eyes couldn't use a murderous aura, not to mention that after removing the veil, under the appearance of the national color and heavenly fragrance, it was even more enchanting, "You are making trouble again!" Isn't it good to eat honestly? ”

"Hey... How can it be said that it is a joke, this is called fun! ”

"Too lazy to pay attention to your ......" qs

said that, but he still filled Zhao Mengqi with food, a spoonful of white rice, poured half a bowl of fish soup, a piece of fried fish, a few pieces of mutton, a boiled duck egg, a few boiled vegetables, and a little salt.

The food is abundant and nutritious, and judging from the children's performance, the same is true on a daily basis, and it is not occasional.

Although Jiangnan is rich in products, ordinary people don't dare to eat it at home, especially mutton, which is a precious thing, and you can buy thirty or forty catties of fish for one catty.

With so many children, it's no wonder that Wanwan is desperate to make money.

It's a pity that Zhao Mengqi still didn't eat with Wanwan, because she wanted to send food to her mother, and they waited for all the children to eat before they ate it.

There is less beauty, but the deliciousness of the food still makes Zhao Mengqi's stomach round.

After the meal, Zhao Mengqi thought about taking a handle and putting away the tableware, but the children didn't give him a chance at all, and went to the pool one by one to clean themselves, and then put them back in the lattice cabinet.

Zhao Mengqi took a few looks, and found that the children were eating very cleanly, there was no leftovers, and there was no residue, the bowl could not be washed, even the fish bones were put away in a basin, and the scene basically did not need to be cleaned.

He was sighing at the consciousness of these children, and the old soldier guarding the door came to report, "Lang Jun, the Liu family is here to ask to see, you see?" ”

"Huh? Isn't this the right thing to ask your housewife and little lady? Zhao Mengqi was surprised.

The old soldier smiled honestly, but there was a shrewdness in his eyes to see through the world, "It's the same to ask you." ”

"Okay...... Zhao Mengqi pinched his chin, "This Liu family came quite early, so let's hang them for two quarters of an hour, and I'll go and discuss it with you little lady." ”

"Okay, old man listens to you." The old soldier walked slowly to the front door with his hands behind his back.

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