Li Hanning glanced up at the sky when he got off the boat, and it was still early now, so he went to the place where Chu Zhou said yesterday to live temporarily.

It does look like an ordinary house, with a clean fence in front of the door, and you can see that the yard is spotlessly cleaned, and then there are several hollow-shaped houses with chickens and dogs at the door.

It's just that the puppy that was originally guarding the door to watch the door saw Li Hanning coming over and didn't dare to shout, so Li Hanning reached out and lightly buckled the wooden door.

An old man came out of the room and walked over to open the door for her, looking at the strange girl in front of her, Lao Suo's first reaction was who she was looking for, but I was afraid that she was in the wrong place:

"I wonder who the girl is looking for here?"

Li Hanning immediately spoke: "May I ask if there is a person named Chu Zhou who lives here?" ”

When Lao Suo heard this name, he suddenly realized, it turned out that he was looking for him, and then shouted at his yard:

"Chu Zhou, someone is looking for you."

Li Hanning waited in place for a while, only to hear the footsteps coming in a hurry, Chu Zhou had already changed his clothes, and he seemed more energetic than when he saw him yesterday.

Chu Zhou seemed a little surprised when he saw her: "Li Han? ”

He just mentioned to her the place where he lived, but he didn't expect her to remember, and when he found it, Chu Zhou was naturally happy in his heart, but he still had to help this family chop wood, and now he was afraid that he would not be able to leave, so he would inevitably look embarrassed.

Li Hanning glanced at him, his gaze moved down, the skin on his palms was red, and he was late just now, I was afraid that he was busy, and he always had to help with some work under the fence in Luoyang City, which Li Hanning also knew in his heart.

She took out a piece of silver from her waist and threw it at Lao Suo:

"If the money is not enough, I will send someone to send it later, and this friend of mine will need more care from you in the future."

Lao Suo had never seen so much silver, and this was enough for an ordinary family to eat half a year's food, how could it not be enough, but I don't know how this stupid-looking young man they picked up from the river could have such a richly dressed and generous friend.

After Lao Suo reacted, he hurriedly said to Li Hanning: "This silver is enough, the girl is too polite, I won't stand here for a while to delay your talk, if the girl is tired, you can also come in and rest, and a little tea is also prepared in the room." ”

Li Hanning immediately shook her head, she was most afraid of these politeness: "No, I just came to find Chu Zhou and have something to say, stay here for a while and leave." ”

"Okay, let's talk."

The hobbled old man walked back to his room, and Li Hanning watched him walk away before he asked Chu Zhou in front of him, "Are you still used to living here for the past two days?" ”

The implication is naturally to ask them how they are doing to him, if it is not good for him, she can naturally find a way to arrange another place for him, and it is better to go anywhere than to send someone under the fence.

Chu Zhou said: "The people here are very good, the old man is very good, and the workmanship was also proposed by me, I am always embarrassed to eat for nothing here, and I naturally have to help where I can." ”

Chu Zhou scratched his head when he said this, and said with some embarrassment:

"It was too much for you to break the bill just now, I remember this account, and I will pay it back to you when I earn the silver, it will definitely be a lot of money."

Li Hanning doesn't care about these scattered silver taels, it doesn't matter if he pays it back or not:

"You don't have to pay attention to those silver taels, I have an official position in the imperial court and my income is not low, and I usually don't have much use for silver taels."

Li Hanning took out the purse she picked up yesterday from the cloud sleeve and handed it over:

"I'm here to return it, and I remember you saying it's important to you."

Chu Zhou looked at the purse he took from Li Hanning a little stunned, this was the only thing he had to do with the past, it was naturally important to him, it turned out that it was not lost by him.

Chu Zhou looked up at Li Hanning, who was standing in front of him: "Thank you." ”

Li Hanning said: "You don't have to be so polite to me, when I was on the ship, thank you for hiding your identity for me." ”

Li Hanning knew Chu Zhou that night, and already knew where she had gone if she didn't return to her room that night, otherwise she wouldn't have secretly pinned the token of her disembarkation to her.

Chu Zhou didn't explain this, there are some things that two people can tacitly know each other.

Li Hanning remembered what he had said to Xue Rui before: "I met Xue Rui earlier, and he was always worried, so I took the initiative to tell him that you live here." ”

Chu Zhou nodded: "It's okay, it's okay if he knows, General Xue is in a high position, and I didn't go to him because I was afraid of disturbing him." ”

Now that he knows, he can't be sad that he died, anyway, they all live in Luoyang City now, and when this time is over, it's not too late to get together again when they have the opportunity.

Before leaving, Li Hanning glanced at the courtyard in front of him again:

"If you're not used to living here, you can find him or me."

I didn't mention it before because Xiao Ce didn't go back to Luoyang this time, and there were many things that needed to be resolved, unlike Chu Zhou who had anything to do with the Ming Wangfu at this time, in fact, it was also for his good.

Xue Rui looked at Li Hanning and said seriously: "You and General Xue don't have to worry about me, I can see that you should be very busy in Luoyang City, and we will get together again when we are free during this busy time." ”

Li Hanning saw that he had no intention of leaving, but Chu Zhou was relieved that he was living here now, and it might be safer than contacting her or Xue Rui.

Li Hanning said in a deep voice: "I'm leaving." ”

Chu Zhou immediately said: "Be careful on the road, pay attention to safety." ”

Chu Zhou leaned on the side of the door, watching Li Hanning walk farther and farther until her figure disappeared at the end of the street.

He glanced down at the purse he was clutching in his hand.

When did you remember all the things that had been going on?

Yesterday was before the overboard.

He doesn't remember clearly.

However, it was the friends he met on that ship, Xue Rui and Li Hanning, who met in the identity of Chu Zhou, he cherished them very much, and hoped that they would not be swept into the upcoming storm in Luoyang City.

*

When Li Hanning returned to the Ming Palace, the Ming Palace's Mansion was bustling up and down, just what she saw at this moment, the teacups held by the maids changed back and forth several times, and every time a guest came, Xiao Ce would send them to change into new tea.

Sometimes the last guest who just left, the teacup has not been touched, and the tea in it is all warm, so the next person and the next cup are replaced.

Li Hanning heard the maids on the side muttering in their ears: "This is the first guest our Highness has received?" ”

"I don't know, there are a lot of adults who have come here today, and the people who come are guests, but Your Highness has explained that you must not be lazy."

"That's natural, I'll go to the room to carefully check the temperature of some hot water."

It wasn't until the evening that the door of the Ming Palace's mansion slowly closed, Xiao Ce finally got free, and the study room that he had found for a day finally quieted down.

Li Hanning remembered that he hadn't had time to eat anything at night, so he went to the room's room and brought dinner to his study. Xiao Ce saw the food box she was carrying before she remembered that she had used lunch, and she was so busy until just now that she even forgot to use dinner.

In front of him, Li Hanning laid out several dishes in the food box, and a few blue and white plates were still warm, and the steaming heat could be seen.

"Your Highness has been busy all day, let's eat it while it's hot."

Xiao Ce picked up the dishes and chopsticks and looked at her: "Have you eaten at night?" If not, add two more bowls and chopsticks together. ”

Li Hanning took the opportunity to sit on the chair next to him: "I and the rest of the people in the house should have eaten." ”

It's already past dinner time now, because he has always had guests here, so no one dares to come in to remind him, as for Li Hanning, maybe she has returned to Luoyang these days, and she has no appetite and is too lazy to eat dinner.

Xiao Ce looked at her and asked, "Did you go to the dock to investigate the case today?" ”

Li Hanning brought his favorite dishes to him: "Thanks to the token given by His Royal Highness, everything went well today, the scene I saw from the boat was exactly the same as what he said, those officers and soldiers did kill people in the name of dealing with smugglers." ”

All is as expected.

Xiao Ce then asked quietly, "Then have you found out who those officers and soldiers are responsible for?" ”

At the moment, there are no outsiders here, only her and Xiao Ce, and the guards guarding outside are also Xiao Ce's henchmen, this is Xiao Mansion, and there is nothing that cannot be said between them.

Li Hanning replied truthfully: "If it is as I expected, it should be Xue Xiang, he wants to take advantage of His Highness's return to Luoyang to deal with the last batch of smuggled goods, and easily get rid of the salt envoy who knows about this in the name of smuggling." ”

The salt envoy knew too many things, so at this time, he became the prime minister's outcast, and those people on the ship, I was also just in case of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, but I didn't expect that Chu Zhou, an important person, would escape.

Xiao Ce seemed to be very satisfied with what she had found, and she was indeed very satisfied with the fact that she could find out about it.

Xiao Ce glanced at the people around him and asked, "Then what solid evidence did you find when you went out this time?" ”

After all, in their Luoyang, the Xue family is intricately intertwined, and the current crown princess is also surnamed Xue, the Xue family has both prime ministers and generals with military power, and they are already nobles in Luoyang, and if there is no tangible evidence, they can't be moved at all.

Li Hanning pondered for a moment, remembering what Xue Rui had said to her on the boat during the day, although she didn't have any evidence in her hand now, but sooner or later those people would not be able to hold it back, and said to the person in front of her:

"If His Highness needs evidence, I believe that in the next few days, Xue Xiang himself will send the evidence over."