"Lao Li, what's wrong?" came out of Zhao Wenchu's mansion, Di Yan asked with a puzzled expression.

"Don't worry! Let's take another look. ”

Li Zhen smiled mysteriously, pulled and dodged into an alley diagonally opposite, only a moment later, I saw Zhao Wenchu come out of the mansion and get into a carriage, Di Yan asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

"He vaguely said that he didn't know about other people's officials, and I could see that he didn't mean what he said, and he didn't tell us exactly the truth. ”

At this time, Zhao Wenchu's carriage was coming, Di Yan thought about it, and said to Li Zhen: "Go to the inn and wait for me!"

Without waiting for Li Zhen to react, she rolled lightly on the ground, and got into the belly of the carriage with great speed, Li Zhen couldn't catch her, and watched the carriage speed away

The carriage traveled for about a quarter of an hour, stopped in front of a large mansion by the river, Di Yan saw several soldiers standing next to the gate under the carriage, at this time, Zhao Wenchu got out of the carriage and was led into the gate by two soldiers, just when everyone's attention turned to Zhao Wenchu, Di Yan turned over slightly, got out of the carriage, and hid behind a big tree.

"I have an emergency to see Lin Yuanjun!"

"Changshi, please come with me. ”

The door opened, Zhao Wenchu walked into the mansion, through the faint light under the eaves, Di Yan saw the three big characters on the plaque: 'Taishou Mansion', it turned out that this was the mansion of Yangzhou Taishou Lin Qing.

≠∫ Chang ≠∫ Feng ≠∫ Wen ≠∫ Xue, .c◎▽t Di Yan already knew who Zhao Wenchu was looking for, she pondered for a moment, looked up at the wall, she lightly jumped up, climbed the big tree, and quickly jumped to the wall, seeing that there was no one around, jumped into the house, and ran along a small river in the house to the inner house.

The Taishou Mansion covers an area of about 20 acres, and a small river runs through the whole mansion, although Di Yan doesn't know where Zhao Wenchu wented, but she knows that the Taishou Lin Qing's study must be able to see the river, which is a kind of enjoyment for the literati and scholars at this time.

She ran more than a hundred steps along the bushes by the river, and at this time, she suddenly heard Zhao Wenchu's voice, "I'm really embarrassed to disturb the envoy so late, but I have an emergency to say." ”

The sound came from a small courtyard, the courtyard was surrounded by a wall, Di Yan found an osmanthus tree again, climbed up, she hid in the dense leaves, clearly saw the situation in the room, only to see the room was brightly lit, Zhao Wenchu sat by the incense burner and said something, the voice was very low, I couldn't hear clearly, and a middle-aged man was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands, it was estimated that this person was Yangzhou Taishou Lin Qing.

"I got news from the imperial court that Li Zhen was only responsible for guarding the safety of the King of Hanoi, but unfortunately he had already derelict in his duties. ”

"Envoy, what do you say?"

"You don't ask too much, you are only responsible"

When Lin Qing said this, she suddenly thought of something, turned around and closed the window, her voice was cut off all of a sudden, Di Yan was about to jump into the courtyard, she suddenly felt a strange sound in the back of her head, and hurriedly turned to the side, 'Click!' A shiny knife grazed her body and nailed it to the trunk of a tree.

Di Yan was taken aback, and before the second wave of attacks came, she volleyed a volley and landed lightly from the tree, only to see two men in black swinging their swords and swooping towards her, Di Yan didn't have time to think about pulling out the short sword, this sword was the one that Shangguan Wan'er gave to Li Zhen, Di Yan was angry with this one, but she finally accepted it and reluctantly forgave Shangguan Wan'er and Li Zhen's ambiguous relationship.

The short sword was thin and booky, and it was unusually sharp, Di Yan swung her sword to block, only to hear the sound of 'click!', and a sword was actually cut in two by her short sword, and the two men in black were taken aback and took two steps back.

At this moment, more than a dozen black-clothed people rushed around, Di Yan saw that the situation was critical, she seized the fleeting opportunity, jumped backwards, and put her feet on the osmanthus tree, like a light cormorant thrown into the water, and disappeared in an instant.

There was a sudden chaos in the Taishou Mansion, dozens of people carrying lanterns along the river to look for it, the two sides of the river were covered with dense water roses, it was very easy to hide, many people in black used spears to stab in the rose bushes, but they found nothing.

At this time, Taishou Lin Qing and Changshi Zhao Wenchu hurried over when they heard the news, and Lin Qing asked angrily, "Who is it?"

A family member replied: "Envoy Qiqi, we didn't see anyone, but I heard them say that it should be a young woman." ”

Zhao Wenchu's face turned pale

As the night gradually came, Li Zhen stood in front of the window on the second floor and stared at the street, very worried, although he knew that there would not be too much danger, but in terms of time, Di Yan should have come back an hour ago, but she had not returned now, which really made Li Zhen feel uneasy.

'Click!' There was a soft knock on the door, Li Zhen turned around and rushed to the door, and quickly opened the door, only to see Di Yan standing outside the door with a tired expression, Li Zhen pulled her into the room and hugged her tightly in his arms.

"Fool, I'm fine!" Di Yan whispered in Li Zhen's arms.

Li Zhen let go of her and looked at her, only to see that her hair and clothes were wet, "Did you go into the water?" Li Zhen asked in surprise.

Di Yan nodded with a wry smile, "I was found and escaped from the water." ”

Li Zhen was distressed and afraid, he was really a little angry, and said to Di Yan: "You are too willful this time, I won't talk about you when you get under the carriage, but how can Li break in at will, you will have an accident sooner or later!"

Di Yan stuck out her tongue and smiled: "You can take care of me in the future, but I will go back to the room now to wash my hair with hot water, and I will come back to you later." ”

Di Yan finally came back, Li Zhen's heart hanging in his throat slowly let go, he sat down, closed his eyes and rested for a while, he was thinking about the news brought by Di Yan in his heart, and when the door rang slightly, he immediately woke up.

Di Yan walked into the room from the outside, she had changed into a dress, her hair was scattered on her shoulders like a waterfall, she was wiping the water droplets on her hair with a thick cloth towel, her body was filled with the fragrance that had just been cleaned, Li Zhen suddenly remembered the warm fragrance soft body when she hugged her just now, and her heart couldn't help but move.

Di Yan gave him a blank look, sat down opposite him and said, "It's too late, don't think nonsense, listen to me and talk about the main points, and then go to sleep." ”

Li Zhen understood Di Yan's temper, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, holding back the restlessness in his heart, Di Yan saw that he was honest again, so he pursed his lips and smiled: "The harvest tonight is quite big, who do you guess Zhao Wenchu went to?"

"I guess I went to Yangzhou Taishou. ”

"Why?" Di Yan asked, puzzled.

"It's very simple, Zhao Wenchu is the governor of Yangzhou, he can only go out to visit his superiors, if his subordinates can only come to visit him, and he only has Taishou and Guangling Wang above, Li Yuanjia is in Jiangyang, then he can only visit Taishou. ”

"I can't see you're still smart!"

Di Yan said with a smile: "He did go to visit Taishou Lin Qing, and he gained a lot tonight." ”

Di Yan told Li Zhen in detail what she heard, and Li Zhen's brows furrowed, "How does he know that I have been derelict in my duties? Could it be that the person sent to assassinate Wu Yizong has something to do with him?"

"I also think that what he said is very profound, it must be related to the assassination of Wu Yizong, even if he is not a person from his faction, but he is also an insider. ”

Di Yan thought for a while and said: "I still have two doubts, I think I can scrutinize them, one is that Zhao Wenchu and Lin Qing are obviously in a group, so who are they doing things for? Is it for Li Yuanjia, or is it someone else?"

"It's not Li Yuanjia!"

Li Zhen said with certainty: "If they are Li Yuanjia's people, Zhao Wenchu will never betray Li Yuanjia on the West Lake stele, nor will he say that Li Yuanjia has usurpation ambitions, it must be someone else." ”

Di Yan also said softly: "In fact, after my father was deposed to Peng Ze last year, many of his former protégés stopped contacting, this Zhao Wenchu is one of them, I guess he must have found another backstage at that time, this backstage must be the powerful people in the court, either Princess Taiping, or Wu Sansi, with his identity as the governor of Yangzhou, it should be these two people." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Just now you said that there are two doubts, what is the other one?"

"There is also a suspicion that the black-clothed warriors who rounded me up, they all covered their faces, I thought it was another group of people who infiltrated the Taishou, but when I swam out of the Taishou Mansion, I found them with the family, I wondered, why didn't they shout that there were assassins, and they actually covered their faces, as if they were afraid of being recognized, what is the reason for this?"

Di Yan's doubts made Li Zhen a little confused, it was indeed very unreasonable, since he was invited to protect the Taishou Mansion, why did he cover his face and keep silent, there must be something strange in this.

At this time, Di Yan's hair was almost dry, she stretched her waist for a long time, fell on Li Zhen's couch, and said drowsily: "I allow you to sleep next to me, but you are not allowed to be rude." ”

Li Zhen slowly lay down beside her, covered her with the quilt, gently held her in his arms, looking at her delicate face, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and unconsciously, he himself fell asleep.

When Li Zhen woke up, he found that the beautiful woman around him was gone, and when he turned around, the sky outside the window was already bright, he sat up slowly, only to feel refreshed, and walked to the window and stretched his body hard.

At this time, the door opened, and Di Yan walked in with a vermilion lacquered wooden plate, the plate was a big bowl of pork noodles, "I'm hungry, let's eat something!"

Although many Datang civilians skip breakfast and have two eclipses, in fact, people with a little more wealth will eat something in the morning, pad their hungry stomachs all night, Li Zhen is really a little hungry, he picked up a hot bowl of noodles and ate it in a big gulp.

"What about yours, why don't you eat it?" Li Zhen asked vaguely.

"I've eaten, who is as lazy as you, and only got up until now when he slept to tell you, I also went to the state office. ”

"How is it, is there any news?" asked Li Zhen with a smile.

"The state government said that Zhao Changshi fell ill and may not be able to come for a few days. ”

Li Zhen sneered: "He may have guessed that the person who appeared in the Taishou Mansion last night was you, and he was scared in his heart, and he didn't dare to come to the state government again." ”

"Possibly!"

Di Yan took out another note and handed it to him, "This is the new address left by Captain Lu for you, they moved out early in the morning, I told him that you were still sleeping, and he didn't bother." ”

The expression on Li Zhen's face became a little unnatural, Di Yan was in the same room with him last night! Lu Jin must have known, what would they think? Although nothing happened to him and Di Yan, others may not think so.

Li Zhen put down the bowl, took the note and looked at it, but secretly glanced at Di Yan out of the corner of his eye, seeing that she looked calm and did not have any unhappy look, Li Zhen suddenly felt a wave of shame in his heart, even Di Yan faced it calmly, he didn't care about other people's opinions, why should he suffer from gains and losses?

His mood suddenly improved again, and he smiled: "Let's discuss, what should we do today?"

"Aren't you going to go back to ship?"

Li Zhen shook his head and said with a slight smile: "I want to go to Jiangyang County." ”