According to time calculations, it has been half a month since the Northern Expedition lost contact. In the past, although there were occasional letters from home once every three days, there was never a reason that they could not be contacted for half a month.

A few days ago, high-ranking officials below the rank of Taiwei frequently entered and exited the palace, which had already caused panic in Xianyang City. Now there are people who have returned from the north, and it is rumored that the millions of troops of Qin and Yan and the two countries have been wiped out in Zhaohua City half a month ago. Millions of Beidi have already gone south and are about to break through the capital of Yan Kingdom.

There is even a saying that King Yan promised King Qin that he could marry his mother, the Empress Dowager of Yan, and from then on the two countries of Qin and Yan became a family, so King Qin would send a large army to help Yan recover Yanbei regardless of the consequences. In all kinds of rumors, King Qin is completely a faint monarch who is consumed by profit and does not care about the life and death of his subordinates.

Although it is just gossip, most people in Xianyang City believe it. For a time, every family was gloomy.

No one knows how many times he scolded the captain or that one in private, but they all knew that they were holding back a breath in their hearts. Just wait for a spark to detonate their anger.

On this day, the Cuihong Mansion, which is still somewhat famous in Xianyang City, ushered in a character who can't ask for high incense on weekdays.

Under the cover of several black-clothed people, a thin old man dressed in plain clothes hurriedly walked from an inconspicuous carriage into the Emerald Red Building.

Without waiting for the proprietress to come forward to greet her, one of the men in black had already broken away from the human wall, greeted the smiling proprietress and took out a large ingot of silver from her belt and stuffed it: "You haven't seen anything, you haven't seen anything." ”

The proprietress looked at the large piece of silver in front of her, and naturally understood what to do, and hurriedly instructed Gui Gong to lead a few adults to the warm pavilion in the backyard viewing pool to sit. While instructing a few servants to lift the door panel, he prepared to close the door before the lights were on.

The man in black nodded, slightly approving.

The proprietress smiled and instructed the girls to prepare the best food, and the treasured tea was sent to the backyard warm pavilion.

When passing by a few black-clothed people, the proprietress endured and endured, but after all, she couldn't hold back her curiosity, and hurriedly glanced at the plain-clothed old man in the middle.

This glance was not tight, and the proprietress exclaimed: "Lord Zongzheng!"

The black-clothed men were suddenly startled, and some of the slightly sensitive ones had already pulled out the daggers hidden in their sleeves.

As soon as she blurted out the words, the proprietress also regretted it. However, the old man in the center showed no signs of anger at all, but asked with a pleasant face, "Do you know me?"

"Returning to Lord Zongzheng, this is the property of the Three Highnesses, and the slaves and maids are fortunate to have seen your appearance from afar in the Three Highnesses' mansions. The proprietress bowed down in fear.

The old man smiled slightly: "It turned out to be Yingyuan's child's industry, it's pretty good." Go, and I will tell you something. After that, he motioned to the turtle to lead the way, and led a group of people to the warm pavilion in the backyard.

The proprietress wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and watched everyone walk away before standing up under the service of the two girls.

As soon as he sat down, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he thought of something, and hurriedly ordered the girl to call the bookkeeper.

When the bookkeeper with a cigarette pouch wandered unhurriedly in front of the proprietress, the proprietress raised her foot and kicked him staggered: "When is it, still take the Fushou ointment!" Go and inform the Third Highness, Lord Zongzheng has brought a group of people to warm the pavilion in the backyard, and His Highness has any orders for you to bring it back as soon as possible. Go, go, go. Dongmei, don't be stupid, can he still remember things clearly like this? I don't have any eyesight, help him quickly, take my carriage, if you delay things, only you ask. ”

The little girl Dongmei hurriedly helped the still a little confused bookkeeper to the side courtyard, and after a while, the door of the side courtyard opened, and a dark carriage galloped away in the moonlight.

At that end, as soon as the turtle lord led the adults to the front of the warm pavilion, he was stopped by one of them. The turtle who can be the turtle of this emerald red mansion is of course not a stupid person, and he retired with a face of flattery.

As the door of the Warm Pavilion closed, Lord Zongzheng's originally smiling face immediately collapsed, and he snorted coldly: "How did Yan Shilang do things? Let him find a quiet place, he actually found Yingyuan's industry." ”

"My lord, do you need me to ......," one of the men in black made a gesture to wipe his neck.

"After all, after following me for so many years, there is no credit and hard work, remember to let Lord Yan go more comfortably. Lord Zongzheng waved his hand, and the man in black took the order and walked away through the window. Master Zongzheng picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip: "San'er"

"My lord!" the only gray-clothed man who was standing behind Master Zongzheng and waiting, hurriedly replied.

"Those people who saw me just now, do you remember their appearance clearly?" Lord Zongzheng frowned and looked at the tea cup in his hand, this can also be regarded as tea?

"All three of them remember. The man in gray nodded.

"Just remember, clean hands and feet. Master Zongzheng put down the teacup in his hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped his fingers in disgust.

"San'er will go. After the gray-clothed man who was called San'er took the order to go out, he frowned and looked at the black-clothed man guarding the door: "What about Lin Fan's kid?"

"Third master, Lin Fan went to guard outside the courtyard, saying that there would be someone who would go out of this courtyard to ventilate and report the news, and he would definitely deal with it. Seeing that the third master actually personally asked about Lin Fan's kid, the man in black hurriedly replied.

"Heh, this kid has some eyesight. You are guarding here, the third master, I will come when I have something to do. The man in black guarding the door hurriedly bent down to send him off.

After a while, there was a rapid knock on the door of the Emerald Red Building.

An impatient voice came from inside the door: "Who!

"My lord said that today he doesn't listen to music, doesn't read poetry, doesn't prostitute his father, and doesn't want girls. ”

"Don't do anything? ”

"My lord just came to drink a pot of wine, two cups of tea, and eat three plates of dim sum and four slices of melon. ”

The door creaked open, and the third master stretched out his head to look left and right, making sure that no one was paying attention to it, so he opened the door and muttered in passing: "Your master eats a lot." ”

The tightly wrapped man in the cloak on the carriage had already gotten out of the carriage at this moment, and hurriedly continued: "Recently, people have been in good spirits on happy occasions, and their appetite is naturally much better. ”

When they entered the door, the young man who drove the horse drove the carriage away. The tightly wrapped talent hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "Third master, why are you sitting here in person." ”

"Master Pei's voice of the third master is really tormenting the villain. In the future, Master Pei will soar, and he hopes to bring the villain a hand. The third master hurriedly collected the cloak for Master Pei and hung it up.

"The third master is polite. We are all doing things for Master Zongzheng, so naturally we have to help each other. Master Pei looked left and right: "I don't know where Master Zongzheng is?"

"Lord Zongzheng is drinking tea in the warm pavilion in the backyard, and I have to wait for the rest of the adults, so I won't send it. The third master bowed his hand slightly, and Master Pei was polite.

Just as he slowly passed by the front yard, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that there seemed to be a row of people lying in the courtyard wall. I was shocked, so I quickly pretended not to see it, and walked quickly to the backyard.

The third master snorted coldly and left him alone.