After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1374 Early Preparation
Since he started paying attention to this, he discovered that trucks delivering fresh produce came twice within two hours, which was quite frequent.

It makes sense. The Qi Mansion has been flooded with guests recently, with one group after another coming and going like a revolving lantern, and the demand for supplies is particularly strong.

Weng Su patted his brother's shoulder, his brows lit up with joy: "I've got an idea!"

Weng Xing opened his mouth to ask, but Weng Su hissed, reminding him to be mindful of the situation. How could he just tell everything in public, especially at the back door of Xiaotao Villa?
"By the way, what did you bring out with those things?"

"I have it with me." Weng Xing rubbed his hands, "Just waiting to make a big profit!"

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He Lingchuan's time planning is perfect.

His group arrived in Zhuowei three days earlier than originally planned! This place certainly couldn't catch up with the prosperity of Mangzhou, but there were still several big families in the county, both local celebrities and designated officials and merchants.

Therefore, there is no shortage of food, drink, and entertainment. There are also many restaurants and hotels, and debauchery is common.

Xue Zongwu and his party would arrive in Mangzhou in two days at the earliest, so He Lingchuan would have more than thirty hours to make arrangements.

After entering Zhuowei, He Lingchuan suggested to Fan Shuang that they take a day off and play by themselves.

Zhuowei was not far from the capital, so even if they traveled all the way there, they could still enter the capital before the birthday celebration of King Yao. Fan Shuang agreed immediately, as he was not as strong as He Lingchuan, and he wanted to rest before moving again.

Since the location of the action was chosen to be Xiaotao Villa in Qi Yunsheng, He Lingchuan must first obtain a map of Xiaotao Villa and estimate the movement trajectories of Qi Yunsheng and Xue Zongwu at that time.

Because the task he had to do was to assassinate the general of Yao State in the territory of the Grand Elder of Qingnei Mountain. So, all the preliminary preparations had to be completed within thirty hours, which was actually a bit tight.

What's even worse is that He Lingchuan can only move freely for ten hours at most, and then he must return to Zhuowei to prevent Fan Shuang from finding him.

He still has several consultation meetings to attend in Zhuoyu.

So after bidding farewell to Fan Shuang, he and Dong Rui immediately boarded the Wochan and headed for Mangzhou, forty miles away.

With the help of the wet soil after the rain, the snail toad's speed of escaping underground was much faster than that of the horse on the ground, and it didn't need to take a detour. But it took more than two hours to go back and forth.

Therefore, He Lingchuan was actually active in Mangzhou for only eight hours.

"In these eight hours, you have to survey the entire Xiaotao Villa and get the basic information of Qi Yunsheng." Dong Rui rubbed his hands, "Where should we start?"

With the same tight time and heavy tasks, he has regained the state he was in before the Xushan Project, which is quite exciting!

"There is a very suitable candidate." Just as the snail toad emerged from the ground, He Lingchuan looked at the sky, "My people noticed the old gardener of Xiaotao Villa. Everyone calls him Liu Sou. He has been taking care of the garden for Qi Yunsheng for twenty years. He is very familiar with every flower, tree, brick and tile there."

Dong Rui understood: "You want to secretly ask questions again, right?"

He knew that this guy had a secret method that could pry open the mouths of informants and get information out without their knowledge.

He Lingchuan nodded: "Then, we need to estimate the location where Qi Yunsheng will meet Xue Zongwu, and then send out the Eye Spider to monitor it."

When Xue Zongwu came to visit, Qi Yunsheng would definitely meet him. "Aren't they usually in the study?"

"Not necessarily." He Lingchuan held his usual cautious attitude, "Xiaotao Villa has been very busy recently, with many visiting officials and nobles. Can you guess where Qi Yunsheng wants to meet the guests?"

The area of ​​Xiaotao Villa must be quite large. Who else has the right to care where the owner of the villa goes to meet guests?

"Then how do you estimate it?" There is a lot of randomness.

"Xue Zongwu is visiting us. If the master and disciple just want to exchange a few pleasantries, they can meet anywhere." He Lingchuan clicked his knuckles. "Only when we talk about confidential information do we need to close the door and whisper."

When discussing confidential information, people will subconsciously go to the most familiar and safest place.

Dong Rui supported his chin with his hand and asked with great interest: "What do you think is the most appropriate topic for them to discuss?"

"Xue Zongwu is a staunch royalist, and so is Qi Yunsheng." He Lingchuan asked him, "Who do you think is their biggest enemy?"

“Uh…” Dong Rui was stuck. Isn’t this question too broad?
Oh no, wait, he thought: "Qingyang?"

"Yes, Qingyang." He Lingchuan smiled, "So, we have to find a way to get them to discuss Qingyang's supervision behind closed doors."

"You already have an idea?"

"I will send someone to Xiaotao Mountain to deliver a gift to Xue Zongwu. I think General Xue will accept it with pleasure." He Lingchuan changed the subject and said, "By the way, you can't just drive the snail toad into the Qi Mansion. Qi Yunsheng is a Taoist elder and he is not short of money. There may be various formations where he lives."

He was afraid that the snail toad would get in and not be able to get out.

Dong Rui asked him: "Aren't you afraid that you can get in but not get out?"

"Xiaotao Villa is not a city after all, and the outer wall is no more than two meters high." He Lingchuan stroked his chin and said, "As long as I am not entangled by Xue Zongwu and Qi Yunsheng at the same time, I am still confident that I can leave."

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Three hours later, Mangzhou.

When Liu Sou got off work and returned home, he met a matchmaker who came to his house and proposed a marriage for his granddaughter.

Before the matchmaker had even finished stating her conditions, he had already kicked her out with a gloomy face.

The wife couldn't help but complain: "You are so ignorant of etiquette! In our market, all the matchmakers are Wang Po. If you chase her away, she will go out and say that our family is picky. How can your granddaughter get married?"

Liu Sou sneered: "Don't listen to her nonsense. Let me analyze it for you: the man is not from Mangzhou and has no property in Mangzhou. Will my granddaughter be left with nothing if she marries him? Wang Po is so shameless that she flatters people in various ways just for a little money."

"You're just a stinky gardener, and you still want to look down on others?"

"Three generations of my family have been from Mangzhou. Even if I am a gardener, I am still a gardener of the Qi Mansion! The salary, the people I know, and the ways I know are all better than theirs." Liu Sou said with a spit, "They want to marry my granddaughter, but they are marrying up! If you don't show some sincerity, forget it!"

The couple disagreed and had a big fight.

Liu Sou was depressed and didn't eat dinner. He went out to have a few drinks.

As a result, two drunks at the wine stall started fighting and almost overturned his table. Liu Sou staggered, but fortunately the wine pot was not knocked over.

Finally the storm passed and the drunkard left, but Liu Sou could not drink much tonight, and after drinking a pot of wine he was so sleepy that he could not open his eyes.

He reluctantly walked back home and fell asleep without paying any attention to the old woman's nagging.

This sleep was fragrant and sweet.

When he woke up the next day, he always felt that he had talked to someone in his dream. It seemed that they talked about his granddaughter's marriage, and it seemed that they talked about other things. Well, it was mainly about other things, but he couldn't remember it.

(End of this chapter)