Bai Shao came over and helped her choose the dishes together: "If it was before today, I would answer you, Gongzi just borrowed the marriage book to keep Miss Chen by his side." But now I can tell you that Childe does intend to marry her as a princess. ”

"Why?" Banxia glanced at her twice.

Bai Shao said calmly: "Whether it is Miss Yao San, or the young lady of a famous family who likes her son, or Miss Biao Si, they are indeed very good-looking, and their talents are not comparable to Miss Chen. But you don't have to forget what Childe is facing now, or what he will face in the future. Childe wants not only a princess who can afford to be an identity, but also a companion who can go hand in hand with him. Undoubtedly, Miss Chen is such a person. ”

"Just followed Miss Chen to have a corpse examined?" Banxia teased.

Bai Shao glanced at the plucked old hen beside her, and said indifferently: "Perhaps, you should also go and have a look." ”

Banxia followed her words and also glanced at the plucked old hen, "Forget it, I'll just ask casually." ”

"Just ask." Bai Shao put down the dishes in her hand, and when she was leaving, she kindly said, "Although Miss Chen is from a humble background, she is not a person who can be manipulated by others. I doubt that the old lady and Miss Cousin IV are her opponents. ”

Banxia sighed twice, "I thought that Yuejian, Ruolan and Lingyou were the ones who supported Miss Chen to become the princess the most, but I didn't expect you to be better than them." Well, I just asked you on a whim. As for who the princess is, I don't care. As long as Childe thinks she is good, she is suitable, and she is good to Childe, this is enough. ”

"If only you understood." Bai Shao said.

It was dark, and Muyuan Hall was still empty and deserted.

Obviously, Xie Xuan has not returned yet.

Chen Chaoyan didn't ask.

Early the next morning, after learning that Xie Xuan had not returned overnight, Chen Chaoyan sent the maidservant outside the door to invite Feng Shoudao over, and then asked about the unfinished words of yesterday.

"The two people who came before Shi Jiao'er and Shi Zhi lived in the Manfu Inn." Although it was a night later, Feng Shoudao, who had not yet dissipated the shadow of the autopsy, avoided Chen Chaoyan's gaze and replied calmly to her question about the residence of the person who came to Luyang County to check the account books of private iron ore mining as a traveling merchant or visiting relatives, "Yesterday afternoon, I sent someone to the Manfu Inn to ask, and the account books of the Manfu Inn are only kept in the treasury for two years. After two years, it will be burned down. Therefore, the check-in information of the two could not be found. ”

"Then when they came to Luyang County, how did they check the account books, and who checked the account books?" Chen Chaoyan asked.

"This, Wang Da said he didn't know." Feng Shoudao said, "According to Wang Da, at the beginning of each month, he will hand over the account books of the previous month to Qi Wu. How to deal with Qi Wu, he never asked. As for the coming of the account book, how Qi Wu handed over the account book to the other party for verification, he didn't even ask. ”

Chen Chaoyan asked unrelentingly, "What about Shi Jiao'er and Shi Zhi?" How much does he know, or how much does he know? ”

"Like the two people who came before, it was only when Shi Jiao'er and Shi Zhi settled down in Luyang County that Qi Wu told him." Feng Shoudao replied, "According to Qi Wu's instructions, he didn't have too much contact with Shi Jiao'er and Shi Zhi, and only had closer contacts with the Fang shopkeeper of the Silver Hook Cabinet Workshop. ”

Chen Chaoyan asked: "Yuan Qianli, another shopkeeper of the Silver Hook Cabinet Workshop......"

Feng Shoudao immediately said: "Wang Da wanted the Silver Hook Cabinet Workshop to open another black market to sell the stolen goods for them, but Yuan Qianli refused. ”

Chen Chaoyan almost instantly thought that he wanted to use the identity of Qiu Jiu's bandit leader to rob passing merchants. After lowering his eyes slightly and hiding his disgust, Chen Chaoyan looked at the blank paper that he had not been able to write down, put down his pen and got up and said, "Trouble Lord Feng." ”

"This is my business, but I bother Miss Chen to worry about it," Feng Shoudao also stood up, glanced at the white paper in front of her, and said quite ashamedly, "In the end, I haven't found any useful news, so it's a joke for Miss Chen." ”

"Lord Feng's words are serious," Chen Chaoyan softened his voice, "I inquired about the news of the traveling merchants and relatives just to confirm my guess about the purpose of Shi Jiao'er and Shi Zhi's coming to Luyang County, and it is not a big matter. It's my fault that I bothered Lord Feng to run around. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hands and made a salute.

"Miss Chen is polite." Feng Shoudao quickly returned the salute and said, "Miss Chen wants to confirm her guess, and she is also investigating the case." Not to mention this rush, even if you go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, you don't hesitate. ”

The two of them kept politely from the living room to the courtyard gate before Feng Shoudao left.

Chen Chaoyan looked at his distant back, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he turned around and entered the house. Holding a blank piece of paper that didn't remember a word, thoughtful.

Yuejian came back after packing up the leftover tea, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her, "Miss Chen? ”

Chen Chaoyan came back to his senses, and after looking at the blank paper again, he said meaninglessly: "They have been mining iron ore privately for more than ten years, and in the past ten years, there have been two or three rounds of changes in the county guard of Luyang County, right?" Isn't there really anyone who has found out what they're doing? ”

Without waiting for Tsukimi to answer, she said again: "I don't know if it's too late to regret it now." ”

Tsukimi said confusedly: "What do you regret?" ”

Chen Chaoyan said: "It's nothing. ”

Xie Xuan didn't come back until the early morning of the third day.

When he came back, Chen Chaoyan was sleeping deeply.

But I was forcibly called up by Tsukimi.

"Childe is back." Tsukimi whispers a reminder.

Chen Chaoyan didn't get up, but it wasn't because the sudden case woke her up from her sleep, but it still made her very unhappy and said: "Come back, come back, what are you telling me to do?" ”

"Didn't the princess say a few days ago that she would stand by the king's side openly?" Xie Xuan seemed to have quenched the ice, and with the cool voice of the summer night, it came from the direction of the door in a fluttering manner, "This king will give you a chance now, but you can't come over?" ”

Chen Chaoyan squinted and followed the sound to look over. Seeing Xie Xuan, who was illuminated by seven or eight palace lights, he rolled his eyes speechlessly, and then slipped into the quilt and fell asleep: neurotic!

Xie Xuan walked to the house with a low smile, walked to the bed and stood still, and tapped her head covered with the quilt twice with a jade bone landscape fan, "If you don't get up again, you won't see the sun." ”

Chen Chaoyan quickly lifted the quilt, "What do you mean?" ”

Xie Xuan casually glanced at the half of her shoulders that were exposed, "Half an hour later, Lingyou will escort Qiyang to the capital." ”

"Now?" Chen Chaoyan twisted his eyebrows.

Xie Xuan patiently corrected: "Half an hour later." ”

Chen Chaoyan sat up, his eyes calm: "What's wrong?" ”

Xie Xuan looked away quietly, "The matter of Luyang County is over, it's time to go." ”

"Then there's no need to rush it." Yuejian brought clothes, and Chen Chaoyan lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed. Yuejian quickly pressed the quilt, and then quickly glanced at Xie Xuan. Xie Xuan turned around and left. Yuejian pulled up the undershirt that slipped down her clothes for her, and muttered: "Miss Chen, you can have a snack, although the son has written you a marriage letter, but you are not married, you must pay attention to it after all." ”

The words fell, and without waiting for Chen Chaoyan to say anything, she muttered again: "Childe too, knowing that Miss Chen has fallen asleep at this hour, she doesn't know if she wants to come over and let the waiter go into the house to say something." Although there are no outsiders here, no one will go out and talk nonsense, but Miss Chen has not yet arrived, even if she ......"

Chen Chaoyan looked at her with a smile, "Stop and do something, keep talking." ”

Tsukimi's face flushed, "What do you keep talking about?" ”

"Continue with what you just said." Chen Chaoyan lifted the quilt and said while dressing, "What, huh?" ”

Yuejian snorted lightly, "Miss Chen is not ashamed!" ”

"Why should I be ashamed? I didn't say anything. Chen Chaoyan sighed twice, "It's you, what are you blushing?" Are you thinking about some pictures that are not suitable for children? ”

"What a picture that is not suitable for children, phew!" Tsukimi said shamefully, "You don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Children should not be a girl like me who has not yet reached the end of the year, and they can only think about it after they get married, or the ...... of flowers and candles in the cave room" Chen Chaoyan was halfway through speaking, and was covered by Yuejian. Looking at Yuejian's face as if it was congested with blood, Chen Chaoyan couldn't help laughing out loud after pushing her hand away.

"You're still laughing!" Seeing that Yue was going to cover her mouth again, Chen Chaoyan hurriedly surrendered, "Okay, okay, I won't laugh." ”

Tsukimi threatened: "If you want to laugh again, I'll tell Ruolan and let her tell Childe that you want to get married now!" ”

Chen Chaoyan quickly stopped laughing and promised, "I really don't laugh anymore." ”

Tsukimi snorted.

Chen Chaoyan, who was already completely awake from drowsy, hooked her hand, "Okay, don't be angry, let's go quickly." It's too late to go, Lingyou and Qiyang should go. ”

Yuejian didn't hear the ridicule in her words, rubbed her face, and after rubbing the blush off her face, she followed her out of the Star Picking Tower with repeated warnings.

Xie Xuan was waiting for her outside the door.

Chen Chaoyan glanced at the five-beaded round sheep's horn palace lamp carried by the servant and Wenmo, and asked, "Are you in such a hurry to set off, did you find Qi Wu?" ”

Xie Xuan didn't answer and asked, "Miss Chen is reluctant to leave Luyang County?" ”

Don't say it.

Chen Chaoyan simply shut up.

Chen Qiyang was obviously also quarreled in his sleep, although he was tidying up his things, his expression was still clearly sleepy. Seeing Chen Chaoyan coming, he instinctively called 'sister', and then continued to clean up, but his movements became slower and slower.

Chen Chaoyan walked over, pulled him over and hugged him into his arms, and patted his head gently, "Are you afraid?" ”

Chen Qiyang shook his head, but the tears that he had been holding back after seeing her fell all of a sudden.

Chen Chaoyan took out a handkerchief, wiped away his tears for him, and said, "I believe in you." ”

Chen Qiyang's eyes were still very red, and tears were pouring up, but when he heard her words, he couldn't hold back. The eyes that were brushed with tears looked at her very brightly and said, "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely study hard!" ”

"Not only do you have to study well, but you also have to take good care of yourself." Chen Chaoyan said gently, "When I have time, I will go to the capital to see you." ”

"Sister also has to take good care of herself." Chen Qiyang said.

Chen Chaoyan nodded, and after wiping away the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes for him, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "When you get to the capital, if you miss me, you can write to me." ”

Chen Qiyang should be fine.

Chen Chaoyan tilted his head and looked at him with a smile, "Then, I'm going to the capital soon, do you have anything to say to me?" ”