Chapter 19: Dark Help
"Your Excellency, are you alright?" The two Jinlin guards immediately stepped forward and protected He Qingxiao.
"It's fine." He Qingxiao looked up at the restaurant on the second floor, then swept the pedestrians around, and finally looked down at the broken flower pots.
On that day, the girl's words suddenly sounded: "I see that the righteous Shiyin Hall is black, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of blood, and it is best not to walk downstairs on the street recently, so as to avoid the disaster that falls from the sky." β
Yin Tang turned black - He Qingxiao raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows.
What he thought was ridiculous at the time happened today.
Is that girl really proficient in physiognomy?
While He Qingxiao was pondering, a Jinlinwei rushed into the restaurant and brought the perpetrator out.
"My lord, it's these two bastards who fought and made trouble and threw the flower pot down!"
He Qingxiao's eyes looked at the past lightly.
The two who had drunk and made trouble recognized that it was Jin Linwei who arrested them, and they had already sobered up from fright, and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Even the shopkeeper who came out with him turned pale with fright, trembling and complaining.
"You don't have to kneel down and beg for mercy, but you almost hurt someone's life by throwing things while drunk, so in order to avoid making such a mistake again in the future, you will be fined ten taels of silver."
"Ten, ten?" One of them was shocked.
The shopkeeper couldn't wait to cover the man's mouth: "Outside the king, ten taels is the money for a few banquets for you......"
Is this a fool, this is Jin Linwei, if you don't hurry up and send the Buddha away, do you want to send yourself in?
The other drinker reacted much faster: "Yes, yes, yes, not much at all, it's the magnanimity of the adults who don't care about us, so they only let us lose some money and have a long memory." β
As he spoke, he quickly tore off the money bag, took out two silver tickets with a denomination of ten taels, and presented them with both hands.
A Jin Linwei took the silver ticket and glanced at it, and handed it to He Qingxiao: "My lord." β
He Qingxiao stuffed the silver ticket into his purse, walked around the broken flower pot, and walked forward.
Two of his men immediately followed.
Leaving two drinkers and the shopkeeper of the restaurant didn't dare to move for a long time, I was afraid and happy.
He Qingxiao was silent all the way, and did not stop until he passed by a deserted bookstore in front of the door.
"What do you command?"
"You go and check what the situation is with the cousin girl in Duan Shaoqing's Mansion of Taifu Temple."
"Yes."
He Qingxiao walked into the bookstore alone, walked to a familiar corner, picked up a travelogue and flipped through it.
The man's fingers were slender and his bones were distinct, and he didn't move when he turned over and over.
He Qingxiao had already left when Xiaolian was crying on the road that day, so naturally he would not have any guesses, but today's encounter made him too curious about that Kou girl.
Curiosity itself would not let him order his men to check on a woman, but since the girl was proficient in physiognomy and could calculate that he would be injured by a falling object, why couldn't he calculate the shocking horse?
If physiognomy was just an excuse, then how did she know about today's events?
He Qingxiao didn't want to think about the girl with clear eyes in a complicated way, but in this position, he had to be cautious.
The two men returned sooner than he expected.
"My lord, there are many rumors about that girl in the city today. The most outrageous thing is that the Shaoqing Mansion covets Miss Kou's family wealth and wants to kill her...... "A Jin Linwei said what he inquired about.
Another Jin Linwei added: "In addition to this cousin, there is another cousin who occasionally goes to live in Shaoqing's Mansion, and that girl's surname is Qiao-"
He Qingxiao lightly interrupted his subordinates: "There is no need to say anything else." β
The two Jin Linwei glanced at each other, and their hearts were really not wrong, what the adults wanted to know was the cousin girl who was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion.
He Qingxiao pondered for a moment and ordered, "Go and check Duan Shaoqing's whereabouts." β
It was past the time to disperse, and the officials either went home or drank and socialized.
Duan Shaoqing is the latter.
It was this party that made him feel that something was wrong.
It's a restaurant that comes often, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant and the guy are also familiar with each other, why does the guy who serves the food look at him a little strangely?
There is also another wave of people who eat wine when they come in, and they look familiar, as if they are from Honglu Temple, I don't know if it is an illusion, those people always look at him.
Duan Shaoqing was suspicious in his heart, but his face was silent, and he found a convenient excuse to ask Chang Sui to go out and inquire.
After three rounds of drinking, the long follower returned.
Duan Shaoqing knew that it was not good as soon as he saw Changsui's expression, and took the initiative to end the drinking game.
The sky was already dark, and Chang Sui walked ahead with a lantern, Duan Shaoqing was slightly behind, and said in a low voice: "Is there something wrong?" β
Chang Sui slowed down: "Master, I just heard some rumors about our Shaoqing Mansion......
After listening to Changsui's words, Duan Shaoqing's face turned pale, and he said angrily: "What nonsense! These peopleβ"
The rest of the words came to an abrupt end, Duan Shaoqing looked at the man in Zhu Yi who was gradually approaching, and unconsciously stopped.
The man in Zhu Yi walked closer, with a fair face and delicate eyebrows, even if the people he often sees meet again, he still can't help but sigh in his heart that the creation is unfair.
The new Jinlinwei envoy is famous not only for his embarrassing background, but also for his appearance.
"Lord He." He Qingxiao's sudden appearance made Duan Shaoqing's heart beat a drum, but he didn't dare to offend, so he took the initiative to say hello.
He Qingxiao didn't say hello and walk over as Duan Shaoqing secretly expected, but stopped: "Lord Duan, I don't know what happened to Miss Kou?" β
Duan Shaoqing's eyes widened, and he looked at the other party in astonishment.
Jin Linwei inquired about his niece?
What does that mean? Could it be that He Qingxiao heard those rumors and used them to find him trouble?
Duan Shaoqing's mind was spinning quickly, but he couldn't think of anything that had offended this pacification envoy, and then his heart sank.
Jin Linwei really wants to find someone's trouble, why should he be offended.
"Lord Heβ" Duan Shaoqing pondered and spoke.
He Qingxiao explained at this time: "When I went out to run errands that day, I encountered a startled horse on the road, and after stopping the startled horse, I realized that it was Ling's niece sitting in the carriage. I met Master Duan today, and I asked by the way. β
"It turned out that Lord He saved my niece." Duan Shaoqing was deeply stunned, his face full of shame, "I only knew that my niece was rescued by a righteous man who passed by on horseback that day, but I didn't know that it was Lord He." It's really rude, and I will come to the door tomorrow to thank you. β
"With a gesture, Master Duan doesn't have to be polite, as long as Miss Kou is safe and sound." He Qingxiao arched his hand, "Lord Duan is at his own convenience." β
"Lord He, let's go." Duan Shaoqing returned the salute.
Jin Linwei, who was following behind He Qingxiao, glanced back at Duan Shaoqing, who was maintaining a posture of returning the salute, and was curious.
My lord, this is intentionally helping that Kou girl, right?
With these words of the adult, if the Shaoqing Mansion really harbored evil intentions towards Miss Kou as rumored, it would be honest.
I don't know what that girl looks like?
And Duan Shaoqing, who stayed where he was, didn't slowly put his hand down until he was reminded by Chang Sui.