Chapter 52: Innocent smile
Li Qi strode into Nangong's thousand-household official room, swaggered and sat on Nangong's silent Taishi chair, she swayed from side to side, and suddenly felt extremely comfortable. She picked up a piece of dark nanmu paperweight on the table again, slapped it heavily on the table, and pretended to be angry:
"Uhh
Xu Ke said with a bitter face: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I really didn't know that His Royal Highness would come to Tsing Yiwei in person today, and besides, it's almost noon now......"
Xu Ke suddenly remembered that in the middle of the night yesterday, when he was separated from his senior brother Li Yi, Li Yi had mentioned that his seventeenth sister might come to Tsing Yi Wei today...... From this point of view, I have not told the guards guarding the door to this day, nor have I sent anyone to greet him, which is really rude.
Xu Ke hurriedly gave his hand to Li Qi again, and apologized repeatedly:
"Xu Ke has never been far away, I hope Her Royal Highness the princess will forgive her sins!"
Nangong didn't know what to say, and when he saw Xu Ke like this, he hurriedly bowed down and said:
"Nangong didn't know that Her Royal Highness the princess was here in person, and she couldn't come out to greet her, I hope that Her Royal Highness the princess will forgive her sins!"
Seeing this, Ding Chunqiu, who was behind them, hurriedly knelt on the ground in a panic, kowtowed like garlic and said, "Small...... The little one doesn't know the princess...... It's really Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the little ones have offended a lot, and they have offended a lot! I hope Her Royal Highness the Princess...... Your Highness forgives your sins!"
Li Qi saw that the three big men in the room bowed down to herself again, and knelt down and kowtowed, she didn't feel interesting in her heart, so she grinned, got up from the Taishi chair, walked to Xu Ke's side, and said with a smile:
"Brother Xu Ke, didn't I tell you that you don't have to call me a princess in the future?"
Xu Ke was confused: "If you don't call it a princess, then ......?"
Li Qi said: "What should I call me, have you forgotten?"
"This ......" Xu Ke vaguely remembered that night he rescued the seventeenth princess from the Jinding Mountain on the outskirts of the city from the black tiger spirit's lair, at that time, the princess was going to let Xu Ke call him "Sister Li Qi", but at this time, in front of everyone in the room, he was a little speechless.
"That's it!" Li Qi saw Xu Ke snorting for a long time, thinking that he had forgotten what he promised himself that night, so he changed his words:
"You just like Sister Yiqing, just call me 'Sister Xiaoqi'! You are older than me, I still call you 'Brother Xu Ke'......"
"This ......" Xu Ke's face hesitated, and he still felt that it was not suitable in his heart.
"Hmm......" Li Qi's face suddenly sank, and he pretended to be angry and said, "If you don't agree, be careful that I go to Sister Yiqing and sue you!"
"Okay, good, Sister Xiaoqi......" Xu Ke hurriedly agreed.
At this time, Li Qi should have said the most, "Be careful that I go to my father and sue you!" but she wanted to say, "Go to Sister Yiqing to complain." Who is this "Sister Yiqing"? Everyone present could not help but have doubts in their hearts. Xu Ke's face was embarrassed, what he was most afraid of was being misunderstood by men and women, so he immediately nodded again and again, and hurriedly agreed.
"Sister Xiaoqi, I'm here to introduce you, this is my Qianhu of the Tsing Yi Wei Bei Anping Division, Nangong is silent!" Xu Ke pulled Nangong Bu beside him again, and solemnly introduced him to Li Qi.
Nangong didn't dare to look directly at Li Qi's beautiful eyes, so he hurriedly lowered his head in a panic, and said softly:
"Nangong has seen it...... I've seen ......."
He said in his heart, the princess doesn't like to call her "princess" without illness, so what should I call her? It stands to reason that I am older than Wuqi, and since I should call her "Sister Xiaoqi" with no disease, but the words "Sister Xiaoqi" have already reached his lips, and he still dare not say it.
I don't know why, Nangong Buyu was flustered in his heart since he saw Li Qi for the first time today, could it be just because the other party was the identity of Princess Lingyu? No, even if the other party is a princess, so what, in front of the saint, he is also calm and calm, and the answer is like a fluent, how can he be so flustered in front of a teenage girl today? At this moment, even he himself couldn't help but be a little dazed.
Li Qi didn't pay attention to Nangong's silent flustered and confused expression, but returned to Nangong's Taishi chair and sat down. I saw her pick up the Nanmu paperweight again and slap it on the table, pointing at Ding Chunqiu and asking:
"You...... What's your name?"
Ding Chunqiu was so frightened that he hurriedly kowtowed again, and said in a trembling voice: "Little one...... The younger one's name is Ding ...... Ding Chunqiu...... He...... They all call me Ding ......'Ding Datou'......"
Li Qi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, then he suppressed his smile again, lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice: "Ding Datou, what are you doing in Tsing Yiwei...... Captain?"
Ding Chunqiu hurriedly replied: "The little one is a school captain!"
Li Qi turned his head to look at Xu Ke and asked, "Brother Xu Ke, what kind of official is this captain, and are there many people in charge?"
Xu Ke said in his heart, I don't know what I did wrong today, I actually offended the princess, and I have to help him play a round later. When he saw Li Qi inquiring, he replied with a smile:
"Captain, in terms of rank, it is from the sixth grade, this official position is not big or small in my Tsing Yi Guard, Ding Datou is a captain of my Bei'an Ping Division, and there are about two hundred subordinates under him, right?"
"There are two hundred?" Li Qi couldn't help but be a little surprised: "There are two hundred subordinates in a school captain, how many people are there in your Tsing Yi Guard?"
Xu Ke replied with a smile: "It's not much, I have 3,000 people in the North Anping Division, 2,500 people in the South Anping Division, 1,800 people in the Luan Yi Division, 1,100 people in the Qingjing Division, plus the rest of the scattered servants about 1,000 people, the total is less than 10,000 people!"
"10,000 ......?" Li Qi heard the actual number of Tsing Yiwei for the first time today, she paused and asked:
"Brother Xu Ke, then, can he take care of the two soldiers at the door?"
Xu Ke said: "My sister is asking the two guards guarding ......the door? Captain Ding can naturally manage it!"
"That's good!" I heard Li Qi pick up the Xuanxi paperweight and slam it on the table, and ordered: "Ding Datou obeys the order! This 'commissioner' orders you to immediately take those two guards who guard the door, and each of them will be heavily punished with fifty boards! Also, the guard who claims to be a 'horse' will break my teeth all over my mouth!"
Ding Chunqiu hurriedly responded: "The little one obeys, the little one obeys the order!" the little one ......" he said, but peeked at Xu Ke.
When Xu Ke heard this, he didn't have to guess to think that Li Qi must have broken into the Tsing Yi guard today, and the guards guarding the door didn't know the face of the seventeenth princess, so how dare they let her in at will? The princess ate the closed door soup, so that she wanted to scold the guards to get angry. He secretly laughed in his heart that Li Qi was really a child's temper, but he couldn't debunk the other party in person, so he was busy and echoed casually:
"Ding Datou, since Her Royal Highness the princess has an order, why don't you go quickly?"
"Yes, yes, yes, small one, let's do it...... Let's do it!" Ding Chunqiu slowly got up, still looking at Xu Ke's face. He thought to himself, could it be that I really beat those two guards with fifty sticks? My Tsing Yi guard's sticks are extraordinary, and if those fifty sticks go down, if you don't die, you will be seriously injured. After all, the two guards guarding the door are the people of the Luan Yi Division, and I, as the captain of the Bei'an Ping Division, went over and seriously injured the people of the Luan Yi Division, which is also ...... Doesn't it make sense?
Seeing Ding Chunqiu's hesitation, Li Qi slapped the paperweight again, and reprimanded angrily:
"Ding Datou, why don't you go quickly? You have to personally supervise the punishment, and you must beat those two people's buttocks until you don't go, this 'commissioner' will beat you!"
Xu Ke also waved his hand at Ding Chunqiu, and said with a smile: "Go ahead! Those two people dare to offend Princess Lingyu if they don't know Taishan today, and you will punish them for the princess!" When he said the word "punishment", he winked at Ding Chunqiu slightly and gave a hint.
"The little one is going now! Please rest assured, Her Royal Highness the princess, the little one will definitely beat those two people so that he can't even recognize his father and mother!" Ding Chunqiu got Xu Ke's instructions at this time, and without hesitation at the moment, he took three steps and made two steps, and "escaped" out of the door of the thousands of official houses......
After Ding Chunqiu escaped, Nangong was silent and bowed to Li Qi and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, today my Tsing Yi guards don't know the princess's driver, and if you are slacking in words, I still hope that Your Highness Haihan!"
Li Qi snorted, but said: "You are so boring! This princess has already said, don't call me 'princess'! I came to you today to be worth it!"
Nangong was silent but became more and more dazed, he said in his heart You call yourself "this princess", but you don't let me call you "princess", so what should I call you?
"That's right!" Li Qi suddenly slapped the table again, pointed at Nangong and said: "My third brother has given me an official title, called 'Commissioner Li Qi', you have to call me 'Commissioner Li Qi' in the future!"
Nangong couldn't help muttering in his heart: "'Commissioner Li Qi'? You are a dignified princess, and you are the emperor's favorite seventeenth princess, can you Li Qi's name be called casually by a person like me? Besides, when did I have an official position called 'commissioner' in Tsing Yiwei?"
At this time, Xu Ke shook his head and said to Li Qi: "Sister Xiaoqi, since my senior brother has given you the official position of 'case investigation commissioner', it will be very inappropriate for you to do this today!"
Li Qi was puzzled: "I...... What's wrong with me?"
Xu Ke's face was straight, and he said quite solemnly: "My big cadre 'Beijing Trial Team' has its own duties, your third brother Zhao Wang is the 'main envoy', I am the 'deputy envoy', this Nangong Qianhu is actually ...... 'investigation judge' in the trial team, and your sister Xiaoqi is just a 'case investigation commissioner'." According to the rank of my trial team, the 'Commissioner' is under the 'dictatorship'. But as soon as you entered the door, you occupied the position of Nangong's dictator. Sister Xiaoqi, if you come to inspect us in the name of the princess, it is beyond reproach, but if you come to my Tsing Yi Wei as a 'case investigation commissioner', then you are really overstepping your authority today!"
"Yes?......" Li Qi listened, hurriedly got up from Nangong's silent Taishi chair, and said apologetically to Nangong:
"This Nangong ...... 'arbitrary', and this 'commissioner' occupies your position as an 'arbitrary', which is very inappropriate! Come on, come on, come and sit down!"
Xu Ke said again: "Also, Sister Xiaoqi, Nangong is my brother Xu Ke, in terms of age, he is much older than me, you respect me as 'Brother Xu Ke', and you should also call him 'Brother Nangong'!"
At this time, all the thoughts in Li Qi's mind had followed Xu Ke, she left Nangong Bu's position, came to the position next to Xu Ke and took a seat, and said to Nangong silently: "Li Qi has seen Brother Nangong!"
Nangong was silent and hurriedly bowed in return, just about to say: "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't break Nangong! Nangong will never dare to call her a brother and sister with Your Highness!" But Xu Ke had already helped Nangong silently, and forcibly pulled him to the Taishi chair of the Lord of Qianhu to sit down, while winking at him again and again, signaling him not to be so restrained again.
However, at this time, Nangong was silent, how could he not be restrained?
Although Nangong Buyu was sitting on his own Taishi chair, he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
He wanted to open his mouth to talk to Li Qi, but he didn't know what to say, he wanted to reach out and pick up the tea cup in front of him, but he felt that it was out of place. He wasn't left, he wasn't right, he wasn't sitting, he wasn't standing, he didn't know what to do......
He thought to himself, what is wrong with you Xu Ke today? How can you be so rude to Her Royal Highness the Princess! She is a dignified princess and the emperor's favorite daughter, how can you let her sit in the last seat, but let me Nangong sit on the main seat? This position is just chaotic, you still want her to call me "Brother Nangong", what do you want me Nangong to be? I am just a petty official from the third grade, how dare I be called "brother" by Her Royal Highness the Princess? If this matter is worn into the ears of the Lord of Long Live Lord, my Nangong Yan will have a life?!
In fact, Nangong was silent and thought about it, but he didn't think of the idea. He forgot that the Li Qi in front of him, although she was Princess Lingyu, she was just a sixteen-year-old girl after all. The dull and dull court life is what she is extremely disgusted with, and talking to people freely and getting along with people freely is the life that a girl of her age yearns for the most......
She sneaked out of the palace and secretly came to experience the life of "Tsing Yi Wei Shang Value", just to let herself relax completely, to speak and do things freely, and not to pay attention to the rules of the palace at all. If at this moment, there are still people who call her "princess" and salute at every turn, saying "Your Highness", wouldn't it make her even more bored?
Naturally, Xu Ke already knew the temper of the seventeenth princess.
Although he only met Li Qi twice, and he didn't say a few words, but somehow, he had a sense of déjà vu with Li Qi, and in a trance, he always felt that Li Qi was one of his relatives. When he stayed with Li Qi, not only did he not feel the slightest pressure, but he felt extremely relaxed.
Even if Li Qi doesn't say it, in Xu Ke's mind, he naturally regards her as one of his sisters.
Although she loves to play and make trouble, but her heart is innocent, her character is good, although she likes to take risks, she will always do something out of the ordinary inadvertently, but it is all out of a good heart, she is old-fashioned, bold and willful, and she prefers to do what others dare not do......
Daqian has such a princess, and Daqian is lucky!
Xu Ke walked into the inner room of the thousand-household office, took out the good tea that Nangong Buyu treasured, personally brewed a cup of "Flower Rain" for Li Qi, put it down in front of Li Qi, and he also sat next to Li Qi, and asked with a smile:
"Sister Xiaoqi, what do you want to do when you come to my Tsing Yi guard?"
Li Qi said: "Naturally, it is related to investigating the case and catching demons!"
"There ......are a lot of things related to investigating cases and catching demons now," Xu Ke snapped his fingers and said:
"You can go to Chang'an City to patrol the city; you can go to the pine forest high post outside the city to investigate; you can guard the gate of the city and check whether there are any suspicious people entering and leaving; you can go to post notices to appease the people; you can also go to the morgue of the Chang'an County Ya to see the dead bodies and look for clues about the cat demon's crime......
Li Qi frowned when he heard this.
Xu Ke asked again: "Sister Xiaoqi, which one do you want to do?"
Li Qi couldn't help but raise his head and think about it again, and said, "I don't want to do these things! Brother Xu Ke, is there anything else? It is not only related to the investigation of the case, but also more interesting?"
Xu Ke shook his head and said, "Sister Xiaoqi, investigating the case is not a fun thing......! Just sit here, go through the case files, and help us refer to the details and add up the total......"
"No!" Li Qi pouted: "I want to dress up in disguise, and just like you, go out to attract demons!"
Xu Ke hurriedly waved his hand and said: "How can this be done?" The objects of the cat demon's spell are all young and strong men, you are a girl, how can you attract demons ?......?"
Xu Ke said in his heart, ask you Li Qi to disguise yourself and go out to attract demons, how can this be made! You have a body of golden branches and jade leaves, don't say that you have no ability, even if you really have self-defense skills, in case you are not the enemy of the cat demon and were injured by her spell, who will take this responsibility?!
"Hmph, you big men, just look down on us women!" Li Qi Huoran got up, walked up to Xu Ke angrily, pointed at Xu Ke's nose, and reprimanded:
"Sister Yiqing can disguise herself as a man to go out to attract demons, why can't I?! Tonight, this commissioner is going to let you see how I, Li Qi, caught that cat demon!"
After that, Li Qi also pointed to Nangong who was sitting in the hall and was silent, until this moment, Nangong was silent, but although he was silent, he was still innocent of being blamed by Li Qi.
"Slow!" Seeing that Li Qi was already about to go out, Xu Ke was in a hurry, and immediately shouted.
"What's the matter, Lord Deputy Envoy, if this commissioner wants to investigate the case, don't you allow it?" Li Qiwu pursed his mouth and said angrily.
"Sister Xiaoqi, I didn't mean that......" Xu Ke also stood up and said to Li Qi:
"It occurred to me that there is one thing that must be yours!"
"What's the matter?" Li Qi said with anger turned to joy.
Xu Ke said: "I heard that you went to Tianbao Pavilion yesterday, and you have already said that Murong Gongzi has also joined our 'Beijing Trial Team'?"
Li Qi nodded: "Yes!"
Xu Ke said solemnly: "Murong Gongzi is excellent in martial arts, but he is lonely and conceited, although he agreed to the invitation of his senior brother, he may not be willing to really contribute. Sister Xiaoqi, since you are already the investigator of my Beijing trial team, this deputy envoy will give you a task. From today on, you have to keep an eye on Murong Gongzi all the time, and you must let him participate in my investigation and demon hunting! If you want to go out and disguise yourself to attract demons, you have to let Murong Gongzi accompany you!"
"Okay!" Li Qi clapped his hands and said, "This 'wooden barrel bowl' has subdued a black tiger spirit with just a flute sound, and it must be easy to catch the cat demon! I'm going to find him...... If he refuses to help, I will stay at his house until he says yes!"
"Barrel bowl ......?" Xu Ke scratched his forehead, a little unclear.
"Lord Deputy Envoy, I won't say more to you, without further ado, this commissioner will go to his Tianbao Pavilion immediately!"
Xu Ke looked at Li Qi's back, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Just now, he saw that Li Qi was going out to disguise himself as a demon, and in a hurry, he came up with a plan to let her go to Murong Huan for help. At that time, he didn't have any extra thoughts, just thinking that if Murong Huan was by his side, Li Qi would naturally be safe.
But according to the current situation, this Li Qi went to Tianbao Pavilion like this, and for Murong Huan, I am afraid it is not a good thing. At this moment, Xu Wuxian couldn't help but feel guilty about Murong Huan in his heart.
Xu Ke said in his heart: "Brother Murong, Sister Xiaoqi asked you to hunt demons, originally for the sake of the people of Chang'an, you should take care of it a little more......"
He watched Li Qi go out, and couldn't help but worry about Murong Huan's situation again.
However, in a matter of moments, his concern turned to his head.
Li Qi opened the door of the thousand-household office, and was about to step out with his front foot, but he turned around again, walked to Xu Ke's side, grabbed Xu Ke's arm, and said:
"Brother Xu Ke, you come with me too!"
Xu Ke exclaimed: "Why?"
Li Qi narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "I'm going to Tianbao Pavilion alone, how boring!
Xu Ke hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I still have something to do!" After lunch, I have to go out to inspect with Nangong Qianhu...... I still have to come back when Shen Shi, and there are two more in the North Anping Division that will wait for me to open ......"
Li Qi smiled and said, "Then don't you have to go to Tianbao Pavilion with me first, let's just eat there, okay?"
Xu Ke tried to break free of Li Qi's hand several times, but he was firmly grasped by the other party, his face was embarrassed, and he said helplessly: "No! Sister Xiaoqi, it is enough for you to go to Tianbao Pavilion alone! I really can't leave here...... The deputy envoy is busy with official duties, and the patrol guards outside and the investigation meeting of the guard post are ...... None of them can do without me, and if the deputy envoy is not there, it will be a mess......"
He looked at Nangong again and asked silently: "Brother Nangong, do you say yes or no?"
"Ahem......" Nangong cleared his throat silently, and finally spoke: "Brother Xian, the city patrol at noon, the meeting in the afternoon, Nangong will arrange it, if Brother Xian has something urgent, you can go and get busy first...... There is no need to worry about the affairs here!"
At this moment, Xu Ke really had nothing to say, Li Qi smiled at Xu Ke proudly, and pulled his arm violently, and said: "Brother Xu Ke, don't make excuses, go with Xiaoqi obediently, he Tianbao Pavilion is rich, what if we go to eat his lunch for nothing?" Not to mention ......"
Li Qi winked at Xu Ke again, and said with a wicked smile:
"You can still taste Sister Xiaoyan's craftsmanship!"
"This ...... I'm not going......"
"No way!"
In this way, Xu Ke was dragged by Li Qi's arm and walked out of the gate step by step, when he was feeling helpless, finally, the "savior" came......