"Uncle Su, the wall outside your mansion is so low, and there is only one armor soldier at the door, why is the defense inside so strict?" Li Congwen didn't take a few steps before he saw several groups of armor soldiers coming and going, all wearing iron armor and wearing big swords at their waists.

"You haven't been an official, you don't know, you don't know, it makes sense to arrange it like this.

This short outer wall is to give the Duke of Chu a face, which makes people feel that on the surface, Ezhou is dominated by the Duke of Chu, after all, Old Man Xie has jurisdiction.

As for the internal arrangement, it is to remind the people who enter the palace that no matter how powerful the Duke of Chu is, he has to listen to the imperial court. In fact, this is not the case, but with the precedent of the rebellion of the Eight Kings, your father let His Majesty set this rule. ”

Li Congwen nodded, saw another team of armor soldiers walking by, frowned and asked, "No, the Assassin's Mansion is so heavily guarded, how did the thieves get in?"

Su Qian led the two to a small pavilion, and immediately a servant brought tea, melons and fruits.

Su Qianping withdrew from the servant, picked up a dried fruit and threw it into his mouth, the flesh on his face shook with the action of chewing, "I don't know." It's the first time I've been robbed since I became an official, and I've never been a thief, so who knows how the man got in. It stands to reason that my Assassin Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is not much better than the Guogong Mansion, so there is no reason for thieves to come in. ”

Li Congwen went to take the dried fruit, looked up at Su Qian, and saw that the ghost he said was not the ghost he thought he was, so he breathed a sigh of relief and threw the dried fruit into his mouth.

He lifted one foot and stepped on the stone bench, covered his mouth with his hand, raised his eyebrows a few times, and whispered: "Uncle Su, tell you secretly, I was a thief in Chengzhou this time!"

Ju Yeqian rolled her eyes, she was watching Li Congwen the whole time, so who was a thief? At most, she was an accomplice of a robber.

In fact, she regretted it afterwards, she felt that she should have gone to see how Yang Xiaoyang shipped the 20,000 yuan out, after all, she couldn't understand the fight, especially the fight between Li Congwen and Lao Chen.

Su Qian didn't think there was anything wrong with someone saying that he was a thief in front of him, especially when this person was Li Congwen, "Oh? It turns out that you did the more than 20,000 yuan that was stolen from the Qian family?"

"You know that?"

"The Qian family has made a lot of efforts to build a academy in Chengzhou, how could I not know? The gentleman has already been invited, and it won't be long before the students will be recruited. Su Qian said proudly.

Li Congwen didn't feel anything, but Ju Yeqian exclaimed: "Every inch of land in the city is expensive, you spent a lot of effort and energy to build it, right?"

Su Qian waved his hand embarrassedly and said with a smile: "I just have this little salary, and it is not my turn to contribute, it is all done by Old Master Xie, but the court will not forget my credit." ”

"Then what method does the academy use to accept students?" Ju Yeyan then asked.

"This matter is also explained by Old Man Xie, saying that it should be reported first, and then randomly drawn according to age, which is fairer. Anyway, it's not my business, and it doesn't matter if I'm found to be cheating for personal gain. ”

The corners of Ju Ye's mouth twitched, as if he understood what it meant to be confused......

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Twenty-four years of Anyan, winter. Muyang Palace, early dynasty.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, General Yang has been going to Southern Xinjiang for several months, but there is no war in Southern Xinjiang, and Weichen is afraid that General Yang has taken refuge in the Southern King, and intends to rebel with the rest of the kings. Weichen asked His Highness to immediately remove Yang Qi's military power and arrest him back to the capital for torture!" One person stood up and said loudly.

Only a few people knew that King Nan had secretly defected to the imperial court, and Zhao Qinian was afraid that the ministers would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said: "This matter is absolutely impossible! ”

Another person stood up, "Your Highness, it is indispensable to guard against others. Now that Yang Qi only has 10,000 Shu soldiers and 1,000 royal forest troops in his hands, why not recall him back to the court. If he has a heavy army in his hands after staying, I am afraid that he will no longer be willing to be dispatched by the imperial court. ”

Zhao Qinian was anxious, "Southern Xinjiang is thousands of miles away from the capital, I don't know how long it will take to come and go, what if the military plane is delayed?"

"Hmph, it's better to delay the military plane than for him to take refuge in the Six Kings!"

Zhao Qinian was out of luck for a while, and he didn't know what to do with his mouth open.

Li Jinglan glanced at the few people who were speaking, and said sarcastically: "If General Yang defected to the rebels, how could you still have your life now? General Yang had his own reasons for not moving his troops in southern Xinjiang, and even my eleven-year-old student could see this, how could you wait for an old man to be as good as a child?"

"You ......" The few people who spoke before all pointed at Li Jinglan with a sullen face.

Another person stood up, "Yo, since Li Xiang said that Yang Qi has his reason, can you tell him what his reason is?"

"I don't know. Li Jinglan said with a frank face.

"How dare you speak wildly?" said the man, raising his voice.

"Since Yuan Shilang wants to know, why don't you go and ask General Yang yourself?"

Yuan Shilang flicked his sleeves, "Hmph, thousands of miles away, how can you just go?"

Li Jinglan chuckled twice, "Since you don't want to go, why do you want General Yang to come back?

Yuan Shilang was stunned for a moment, and bowed to Zhao Qinian, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, the minister implores His Highness to send a letter to Southern Xinjiang to ask General Yang's intentions." ”

"This ......" Zhao Qinian shuddered, looked at Li Jinglan, and saw him nodding slightly, before clearing his throat, "Gu knows." ”

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"So Uncle Su, what was stolen from your house, and you made such a big move?"

Su Qian didn't look like a master, he sneakily glanced left and right, covered his mouth and said softly: "My lady's ...... A handmaiden's ...... A shoe...... Stolen. ”

Su Qian's words were said one after another, and even Li Congwen sounded a little bit.

After Su Qian finished speaking, Li Congwen looked at him for a while, and seeing that he didn't mean to continue, he sat up straight and said in a lost voice: "This is the end? What is wrong with this thief......?

Su Qian didn't let Li Congwen finish speaking, he grabbed him more like a thief than a thief, and put his index finger to his lips, "Don't make a noise, it's my wife's intention to make this matter so big, she feels that her maid has been stolen and she has lost face, and she must find out this thief." I couldn't do anything about her, so I had to ask the City Patrol Division to come over and mean it. ”

The corners of Ju Ye's mouth twitched, feeling that this thorn Shi who likes to mess around is still afraid of Mrs.

Li Congwen suddenly nodded and muttered, "Then it's not strange." ”

After speaking, he stood up suddenly, startling Su Qian.

"What's wrong, nephew?"

Li Congwen pulled the folding fan out of his waist and volleyed forward a little, "Uncle, don't worry, my little nephew will find out the thief for you." ”

Seeing Li Congwen's confident face, Su Qian nodded with satisfaction and led the way in front.

Ju Yeqi rolled her eyes and silently followed.

On the way to the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion, the three of them saw several people in blue robes rummaging through the lobby.

"What are they doing?" Li Congwen nodded at the people.

Su Qian made a silent gesture and walked through the lobby before saying: "They are the City Patrol Division, because I only said that I lost something, but I didn't say what it was, so they were going to search all over the house, saying that they were looking for clues, and they were really a bunch of people who couldn't turn their brains." ”

Ju Yeqi paid a moment of silence for the people who patrolled the city.

The three of them came to a small corner in the backyard, where the room was tighter and smaller, where the maidservants lived.

"That's where the shoes were lost, and because of the thieves, I let them go and live somewhere else. Virtuous nephew, you can let go of your hands and feet, just check. ”

Seeing Li Congwen nodded, Ju Yeqian pretended to walk around the courtyard and rolled his eyes,

She asked Su Qian, "Lord Thorn Shi is not afraid that he will show his feet if he does this?"

Su Qian glanced at Ju Yeyan's pale face, waved her hand and motioned her to sit down on the stone bench, and said with a wicked smile: "Actually, the old man has already told Steward Zhou about the situation, and those city patrol divisions are just to show Madame." ”

Ju Yeqi once again observed a moment of silence for the people of the City Patrol Division......

Li Congwen looked left and right for a while, and smiled at Su Qian: "Uncle Su, the hour is not early. This thief won't be found in a while, so go back and rest first. You can just have the servant deliver it to the gate of the courtyard for dinner, and I'll get it myself." ”

Su Qian's fat body finally sat down, and after listening to Li Congwen's words, his round face twitched, and he stood up with both hands on the low stool, and patted Li Congwen's shoulder with a smile, "The virtuous nephew just looks for it, if you can't find it, it doesn't matter, I'll take out the good wine in the house at night, let's drink two glasses." ”

Li Congwen saluted, "Uncle can rest assured." ”

Ju Yeqi didn't believe that he could find the thief, and now she wanted to find a place to feed Xiao Di, "Lord Thorn Shi, Poor Dao will also leave first." ”

"Okay, I'll get you out of the house. ”

Ju Yeqi hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse.

Ju Yeqian followed behind Su Qian, she was a little strange and the attitude of the assassin towards her seemed to be a little different, and suddenly heard Li Congwen's shout from the small courtyard behind her: "Thief, are you there? Come out and see you!"

Ju Yeqian took a deep breath, secretly glanced at Master Shi, and saw that he didn't speak, but silently quickened his pace.

The two didn't say anything along the way, and when they were about to arrive at the gate of the mansion, Ju Yeqian thought about it and asked, "Lord Thorn Shi knows Poor Dao?"

"I have been to Sichuan and Shu before to see the King of Shu, and I know you from the mouth of the King of Shu. ”

"Ah, why did the King of Shu know Poor Dao?"

Su Qian laughed dryly twice, and pointed to the guards of the Guogong family gathered at the door, "They are waiting for you there, you can go back to the Gongfu Mansion to rest earlier." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left, Ju Yeqi looked at his round back, and his brows furrowed.