That night, Liu Xi came, Qin Xun asked people to add a dish of Liu Xi's favorite dish, and called Huang Xiu to come over to accompany him to eat and drink.

Since Ma Hui's incident, Liu Xi has been silent a lot, usually going out early and returning late, and rarely meets Xiao Chenyu and Qin Xun.

Later, he simply moved out, rented a small courtyard next to the county yamen and a few friends in the yamen to live, and occasionally came back to the Xiao family to walk around, and the Xiao family would also have someone to send food and some daily necessities from time to time.

It's just that people in the county government think that Liu Xi and the Xiao family don't have a good relationship.

Liu Xi specially came to Qin Xun today because he had also heard about Zhao Gonggong's persecution of Qin Xun.

"Sister-in-law, otherwise, I took advantage of the convenience of doing things in the county government to kill the one surnamed Zhao, damn, a dead eunuch, and I actually dared to take the opportunity to harm our family."

Liu Xi has been in the county government for a long time, so he naturally has more ruffianism, and his speech is much more public.

Qin Xun put down his chopsticks and looked at Liu Xi opposite: "You don't have to make your own decisions, this is not helping me, but harming me, understand?" ”

Liu Xi scratched his head embarrassedly and nodded to indicate that he understood. It's just that his eyes are a little lonely, thinking that he is really a useless person, Ma Hui looks down on himself, and he deserves it.

"Why did I send my mother and Lu'er to the capital, I was afraid that they would distract me, and you stayed, not because the affairs of this county government are inseparable, but because I need your help."

Subsequently, Qin Xun explained again, which instantly made Liu Xi happy again.

"Sister-in-law, you just have to tell me that I will definitely do things according to your arrangement, and I will never make my own decisions and be self-righteous."

Listening to Liu Xi's assurance, Qin Xun smiled and said gently as if he was treating his own brother: "Don't be nervous, you just do what I explained, you don't care about the rest, even if someone discusses, don't say anything, and then, don't go home for the time being." ”

The more Liu Xi listened, the more panicked he became, and gradually revealed on his face, and began to become a little stiff: "Sister-in-law, why don't you want me to come back?" ”

Although Liu Xi moved out to live, most of the things are still left here, and he still receives a sum of silver from the Xiao family every month, and in the eyes of the Xiao family, Liu Xi is still Xiao Chenyu's younger brother.

The matter that Qin Xun arranged for Liu Xi was not complicated, that is, he used his relationship in the county government to inquire about Zhao Gonggong, and the county order's true attitude towards Zhao Gonggong.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy, after all, it's another level of people, and it's not easy for Liu Xi to get closer.

It's just that the money Liu Xi has spent these days is still useful after all, and those seemingly unimportant people, such as the people who are in charge of sprinkling and sweeping, such as the people in the kitchen, such as the people who look at the front and back doors, such as the catchers, scribes, officials at all levels, etc., have some friendship between eating and drinking.

Besides, the county orders of flowing water and the iron-beaten soldiers, it is impossible to say that these people have better feelings.

"I can't explain everything to you in advance now, so you just listen to me, okay?" Qin Xun has been a little sleep-deprived these days, her face is not very good, and she doesn't have much patience to explain so much to Liu Xi.

Liu Xi also understood that he was not smart, so he agreed.

He slept with Huang Xiu that night, and Huang Xiu chatted with him for a long time, which made him feel confident in his heart, so Liu Xi, who got up early and left the next day, was no longer preoccupied.

When Huang Xiu came to look for Qin Xun, he saw Huzi.

There was a playpiece given to Huzi by Zhao Gonggong on the table, Qin Xun didn't take it, he only felt a little disgusted, after all, it was something that such a person had taken.

It just so happened that Huzi was saying, "I forgot this thing yesterday, and I just remembered to give it to my wife today." ”

Qin Xun glanced at Huang Xiu before he said to Huzi: "You first find a place to put this thing, and when this surnamed Zhao is gone after a while, you can dispose of this thing, this kind of pickled thing used by people keeps dirty hands." ”

Huzi smiled and nodded, and stuffed the playpiece back into his purse.

Qin Xun continued to say to Huzi: "That person surnamed Zhang has dirty thoughts about you, do you know? ”

After all, he was still a teenager, Huzi's cheeks flushed slightly, and he nodded: "I know, I've heard of that kind of thing before, but I've never seen it." I didn't expect people like me to be worried, it's funny. ”

Huang Xiu glanced sideways at Huzi, to say that he was handsome, he really couldn't say that he was so handsome, at least compared to Lu Jiu and Qin Xun, Huzi could only be clear-eyed.

"If I let you go and deal with that surnamed Zhang, are you afraid?" Qin Xun gently tapped on the table and slowly said such a sentence.

As soon as these words came out, Huang Xiu was shocked, however, Huzi nodded in agreement with sparkling eyes, as if he was going to do something good.

Huang Xiu didn't know that this was the third time that Qin Xun and Huzi had done such a "bold" thing.

The first time was to solve Liu Xi's marriage, Huzi, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, went to the county seat alone, found a foreign singer to play a scholar, and accompanied him to Xiaojia Village to seduce Yanzi, and successfully solved Liu Xi's forced marriage.

The second time was to go to Dancheng, and together with Li Siniang, he sold an incense recipe to three families, and then came back smoothly.

To say that to do such a thing, Huzi is much stronger than Huang Xiu.

The reason why Huang Xiu did not refuse to attend the audit was that he would ask Huang Xiu to cooperate in the future, and there was also that Huang Xiu would do things outside on behalf of Qin Xun with full powers, so Huang Xiu had to know all the things and plans.

"You wear this on your body, and if you encounter some danger, it may help you." Qin Xun handed over a piece of incense.

There are two small balls in the incense box, each with a small finger nail-sized incense pill, one black and one white, exuding a faint fragrance.

Afterwards, Qin Xun asked Huzi to go over and whispered the method used.

As he listened, Huzi's eyes lit up and he nodded frequently.

Huang Xiu saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: What kind of master did he follow?

Huang Xiu is going to take Huzi to the county government to see Gonggong Zhao today, of course, to bring Qin Xun, for the birthday of the Queen Mother, Qin's Xiangfang is willing to go all out, even if it is bankrupt.

After hearing this, Gonggong Zhao frowned: "What do you mean by this?" Can the Queen Mother's birthday bankrupt your family? ”

Huang Xiu hurriedly explained that this was a metaphor, which meant that the Qin family's incense workshop would not have two words, please rest assured that Zhao Gonggong.

Zhang Gongzi on the side actually helped Huang Xiu say a few words.

Zhao Gonggong didn't want to continue to investigate, so he only said a few words of pressure in a weird manner, and Huang Xiu could only respond one by one.

When the old eunuch's mood eased down, Huang Xiu talked about the current situation of Qin's Xiangfang: "After our master's father died, the master was too sad, so he scattered all our next orders, and now they are all in the hands of the merchants in Qijiang County. ”

Zhao's father-in-law's face gradually turned pale, and he slapped the table and said angrily: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Huang Xiu was a little panicked, but he still explained stubbornly: "We just sent it out for them to process on their behalf, not just handed it over to them, now we can lose some silver taels, take back what is not done, and hand it over to my father-in-law first." ”

Zhao Gonggong pondered for a while and asked, "If you do this, how can you explain to those guests who have paid a deposit?" ”