Sunny Vientiane

Meng Shi was very surprised when he was notified by his subordinates. In his opinion, he really had no value to squeeze for Xin Yueming.What's more, at the foot of the imperial city, Xin Yueming's best approach is to stay the same and respond to all changes, at least it's better to move less, but he didn't expect him to have the thought to come to him.

Normally, only the female relatives are at home in the Meng Mansion, and Lord Menghou has not returned from court, so it is convenient for Meng Shidu to move.However, Xin Yueming was standing at the door with the National People's Congress, and the news had already spread in the mansion. Meng Shidu came to the gate very anxiously.

Speaking of it, it is obvious that Her Royal Highness is richer, so she insisted on cheating him, a poor wretch whose father does not love his mother.But this kind of complaint can only be thought about in his heart. On the surface, Meng Shidu still wants to be respectful to Mu Xi, and he has no choice but to order the boy to prepare money and take a few people to the nearby Tianyilou.

It is said that Tianyilou is the property of a relative of the emperor, and no one in Yanjing dares to come here to make trouble.It seems that Meng Shi was terrified by what happened last time, and regardless of the slightly horrifying price of Tianyilou, he booked a room without blinking.

However, when Xin Yueming picked up the menu and was about to order, he caught a glimpse of his fleeting frown.

"Why, Shizi's heart hurts?"

Facing Xin Yueming's naked mocking smile, Meng Shidu had no choice but to maintain his indifferent face, and said firmly, "Young master, do whatever you want, this little money, Meng can still afford it."

"Oh?" Seeing Meng Shidu's behavior of slapping a swollen face to pretend to be a fat man, Xin Yueming smiled, handed the menu to Meng Shidu, and said, "This is your territory, or You order."

Having said that, Meng Shidu was not ambiguous. He took the menu and took a glance at it. He called the waiter to order a few famous dishes in Tianyilou, and then sat upright, his eyes falling on Xin Yueming.

"Master Wu Nian, can you tell me why you are looking for me?"

As Meng Shidu's words fell, Xiao Er carefully closed the door, and the door lock fell with a soft click, completely blocking the slight sound from outside.Tianyilou is worthy of its prosperous reputation and expensive price. The sound insulation effect of the wing room is very good. If the waiter wants to serve food, he must ring the bell on the door to remind the guests in the room.

Instead of answering him, Xin Yueming asked instead, "Meng Shizi, why do you work for King Qi?"

Meng Shi didn't understand Xin Yueming's intentions, but there was nothing unreasonable about it. He said, "What other reason can there be? It's just to stabilize my position as the son of the world."

"Then do you know why King Qi came to you?"

Meng Shidu paused, raised his eyes to meet Xin Yueming's bright eyes under the mask, but couldn't find the answer he wanted in them.He cautiously glanced at Mu Xi beside Xin Yueming who was idly fiddling with the tea set in his hand, and various thoughts flashed through his mind.

The wing room fell into silence for an instant, and Jiang Qianqian boredly flipped through the picture book she had found at a street stall before, and yawned by the way.Jiang Shuihan and Mu Xi missed each other, and they kept silent in a tacit understanding.

"If you don't want to tell, then I'll take a guess."

Even though Xin Yueming was wearing a mask and couldn't see his expression, Meng Shidu could hear a hint of happiness in his voice, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.The current situation does not hold any advantage for Xin Yueming. If King Qi really wants to make a move, Xin Yueming will not be able to stop him.

However, Meng Shidu raised his hand to pick up the cup, his eyes darkened when he lowered his head, the thing was still in Xin Heqing's hand.If something happened to Xin Yueming, it would be even more difficult to get close to Xin Heqing.After all, Xin Heqing also had the mysterious and unpredictable Song Tingchuan beside him. This Song Sovereign was not easy to deal with.

"The reason why King Qi picked you is because you are the most inconspicuous among the dignitaries in Yanjing."

Hearing Xin Yueming's words, Meng Shidu's complexion was not very good-looking, as if he had seen through his cards, but he remained silent.And Xin Yueming didn't show any signs of relaxing.

"He wants to do something in the martial arts world, but the 24 bridges can't be used, and ordinary people can't be sent casually, which will appear disingenuous. And you, Mr. Meng, don't have a good relationship with your family, and your mother's family happens to be in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangnan is the imperial court, to be more precise, the Yellow Emperor, and his work can deceive people's eyes and ears."

"But judging from your reaction that day, it seems that you didn't know Wuweizong had contact with King Qi long ago." Xin Yueming lifted up the slightly long hair in front of her eyes, and gently put it behind her ears, revealing half of her delicate jaw, "So Speaking of which, what King Qi asked you to do is inseparable from Wuweizong."

"I guess, King Qi wants someone from the five great aristocratic families to incite the other families to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Wuwei Sect and snatch something. But judging by your reaction, you may have misunderstood what King Qi meant."

Meng Shidu remained silent, but the corner of his mouth slightly raised an arc. How could he have misunderstood it?Xin Yueming did not guess wrongly about King Qi's intentions, or it should be said that King Qi's intentions were too obvious.

"Alas." Xin Yueming sighed suddenly, shook her head and said, "It seems I was wrong."

Jiang Qianqian, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, put down the script in his hand, and couldn't help asking, "What did you say wrong?" It sounds like what the little brother and Meng Shidu talked about is much more interesting than the script.

At this time, Xiaoer rang the bell on the door, Meng Shidu knocked on the table, the door opened in response, and a scent of fragrance rushed over.With an outsider, Jiang Qianqian naturally couldn't ask any more questions, so he could only scratch his heart and wait for Xiao Er to withdraw.It's a pity that the waiter has no eyesight at all, and the movements of serving the food are very delicate and slow, and he didn't notice Jiang Qianqian's resentment at all.

After finally waiting for Xiaoer to go out, Xin Yueming didn't mention the past, picked up chopsticks and called everyone to start with the food.

"What did you say wrong?"

Facing Jiang Qianqian's doubts, Xin Yueming did not answer for the first time, but just smiled and continued to focus on the food in front of her eyes.The aroma of vegetables on the table attracted her, but Xin Yueming refused to talk about it, so Jiang Qianqian had no choice but to keep silent.

Unlike Jiang Qianqian, Mu Xi and Jiang Shuihan keenly discerned the situation outside the house almost subconsciously, but did not notice the slightest eavesdropping.

Waiting for a table of dishes to be eaten, Xin Yueming said to Meng Shidu, "Meng Shizi, I wonder if you are free recently, and take a trip to the south of the Yangtze River for me."

This meal made Meng Shidu lower his eyebrows and his eyes were pleasing to the eye. The delicious food on the first floor of the sky really lived up to its reputation, and he even felt a little better.

"But why should I go through this for you?"

"It's for yourself too." Xin Yueming stood up slowly, walked calmly behind Meng Shidu in the eyes of everyone, bent down and leaned into his ear and said, "King Qi may have noticed your actions, but you and That person's cooperation is not over yet, and things are still turning around."

Meng Shidu couldn't help sneering, "Young Master Wu Nian, you should think about it. My cooperation with that person may not necessarily be beneficial to you."

"Of course I know." Xin Yueming straightened her back and patted Meng Shidu on the shoulder, "But I have no other choice."

Meng Shidu stared and thought for a while, then replied, "What do you want me to do?"

"It's nothing, just look at the recent situation in the south of the Yangtze River about Wuweizong and the five great families."

"So simple?"

"It's that simple."

Xin Yueming said this easily, but Meng Shidu had to be cautious. He neither affirmed nor refuted. There are banquets in the palace these few days, "I really can't leave. I will act again after I finish my busy work."

Xin Yueming smiled, and the expression on his face did not understand his inner anxiety too clearly, but the change in the slight frown between his brows had already been caught in Meng Shidu's eyes.Wuweizong's overt and secret guards in Yanjing are equivalent to being uprooted. There is no news about the follow-up of the five great families' siege of Wuweizong. It is normal for Xin Yueming to start to feel anxious.

It's not that simple to ask Meng Shidu to go to the south of the Yangtze River to find out information for Xin Yueming.The attitude of King Qi and the court is not yet clear. Before he returned to Yanjing, he didn't even see King Qi.I'm afraid King Qi will find an opportunity to summon him to the banquet in the palace in the next few days.

It just so happened that after the meal, the housekeeper of the Yue Mansion came over, bowed respectfully to Mu Xi, and said, "Tonight, the palace will host a welcome banquet for Prince Nanwu, King Qi asked the princess if she would like to go."

"No." Mu Xi wanted to send the butler away with just two words.

The housekeeper showed a worried look on his face, and said cautiously, "Princess, King Qi means that you must go."

Mu Xi raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "Does he want me to apologize in public?"

Mu Xi's words made the already embarrassing atmosphere even more embarrassing. Xin Yueming was slightly puzzled. Nan Wu was just a prince of the Western Regions. Why did the King of Qi have to let Mu Xi go? Could it be true as Mu Xi said? She apologized in public?

Jiang Qianqian reacted immediately, and covered her mouth with her hand, worried that she might not be able to help but say something.If she didn't think too much, would King Qi want to use Mu Xi to intensify the conflict between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and then find a reason to continue the crusade against the Western Regions?

"This." The butler's smiling face froze slightly, and he said softly, "Princess, His Royal Highness King Qi may harm you, but the general will not."

"No?" Mu Xi couldn't help laughing, with strong mockery, "If he really can't, he should have disarmed and returned to the field!"

"Princess." Speaking of this, the housekeeper couldn't help but become serious, "The general is for the country."

"Of course I know that he is for the country." Mu Xi raised his eyebrows, "So to him, I am just a chess piece that can be sacrificed."

The butler sighed deeply, with helplessness in the corners of his eyes and brows, "Princess, the general has a clear conscience. As for tonight, King Qi said that he will tie you up as well."

"My son." The housekeeper turned to look at Meng Shidu, and said, "King Qi ordered that you must go to the palace no matter what time this afternoon."

What happened?Xin Yueming sat aside and pretended to be deaf and dumb, but her head turned quickly. Looking at the situation, it seemed that something urgent had happened.

"Master Wu Nian."

Xin Yueming nodded and replied, "Housekeeper."

"Today's palace banquet, my lord hopes that you can go with the princess."

Hearing this sentence, Xin Yueming subconsciously clenched his right hand, but he quickly adjusted his expression and said politely to the housekeeper, "Okay, it's really an honor for me to be a commoner to attend the palace banquet."

Hearing that King Qi summoned him, Meng Shidu couldn't hide the worry in his eyes. When the steward left, he got up and said to Xin Yueming, "Let me take a step ahead."

"Don't be in such a hurry." Xin Yueming's lazily voice sounded behind him, in a slightly quiet room, it was more like a ghost walking at night, "Prince Qi probably wants you to go again because he didn't get the things. Jiangnan."

Meng Shidu suddenly turned around, not daring to take his eyes off Xin Yueming's face, for fear of missing the slightest change in his expression, "How did you know, my lord?"

"Guess."

Seeing Xin Yueming answering so lightly, Meng Shi knew that he couldn't ask any more questions, but after the question and answer just now, his beating heart suddenly calmed down.

"Thank you."

Looking at Meng Shidu's far away back, Jiang Qianqian pursed her mouth, retracted her head, leaned on the window sill and asked Xin Yueming, "Little brother, what is the king of Qi thinking?"

"I don't know, at least, I don't know about Mu Xi."

Hearing his name, Mu Xi finally raised the corners of his eyes, but when he glanced at Xin Yueming, they drooped down again, and he leaned on the reclining chair on one side, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Jiang Qianqian was asking casually, but when she heard him say that, she couldn't help asking curiously, "What about other aspects?"

The weather was hot, and the rest of the people in the house knew their identities. Xin Yueming simply took off his mask, revealing his flawless white face, and sat down with Jiang Shuihan to cook tea.Hearing Jiang Qianqian's question, she looked up at Mu Xi, then put it away again, holding the tea pot in her hand, and adding tea to the pot.

"As I said to Meng Shidu, King Qi's action failed. I want him to go to the south of the Yangtze River again and cooperate with the mysterious people from the five great families."

"Is the other party still willing to cooperate with him again?" Jiang Qianqian asked doubtfully, "If he fails again, it is very likely that his identity will be exposed."

"This is not something we should consider." Jiang Shuihan interjected, "The most important thing right now is where Xin Heqing and Song Tingchuan are."

"Yes, yes." Jiang Qianqian jumped up from the seat by the window sill, ran to Xin Yueming and asked, "Aren't you in a hurry, little brother?" Jiang Shuihan had already explained to her before that the general's mansion That person is a fake.

"With Song Tingchuan here, I don't worry about the safety of my eldest brother."

Before Xin Yueming finished speaking, Jiang Shuihan and Jiang Qianqian looked at Mu Xi tacitly, and the two of them suddenly realized, as if Mu Xi didn't know yet.

The eyes of the two were too straightforward, and Mu Xi, who closed his eyes and put on a show, couldn't bear it, so he opened his eyes and said, "I don't know anything about the big and small affairs in the general's mansion. Besides, that person is your own elder brother. Since you think If that person is a fake, that is a fake."

Mu Xi's too calm reaction made Jiang Qianqian worry in his heart, and he couldn't help asking, "Mu Xi, is King Qi really using you?"

"Use?" Mu Xi recalled the memories of his childhood, the fox-like guy played around with him, but he never hurt himself, he couldn't help sighing, "I'm used to it, it doesn't matter anymore."

These words heard Jiang Qianqian's ears, but there was a lot of sadness, and the sympathy for Mu Xi in her heart was even more pity.It's just that she misunderstood Mu Xi's meaning. In Mu Xi's view, apart from He Qinghuan, even the emperor can become a pawn in the hands of King Qi, let alone himself.

Jiang Qianqian was thinking about it by herself, but she didn't notice that Xin Yueming slipped a small note to Jiang Shuihan.Jiang Shuihan was puzzled, and quietly opened the small note. The words on it were flying and dancing, and it was only after careful identification that he could clearly see what was written.When he saw the words on it clearly, the little worry in his heart disappeared in an instant.

He raised his eyes and happened to collide with Xin Yueming, and there was a smile on his face that only the two of us could understand, which filled Jiang Shuihan with joy.Holding the small piece of paper tightly in his hand, while others were not paying attention, he stuffed it into the flame at the bottom of the pot, and instantly turned into a handful of smoke and dissipated in the air.

The flamboyant handwriting, without Xin Yueming's explanation, Jiang Shuihan could guess that it was written by Song Tingchuan.

It's all right, don't worry.

Just these four words are enough to make Xin Yueming relax.But most importantly, Wuweizong's eyes and ears in Yanjing finally recovered.

The author has something to say:

I lost my job recently, and I'm paralyzed at home like a dead fish, and I don't even have the energy to write novels.But I won't procrastinate the pit without filling it. The pit I dug myself must be filled no matter what!

I thought about a bunch of people fighting there before, and I almost fainted. As I wrote it, I felt that Su Jinchen was written as a villain. Of course, to people other than He Qinghuan, he is indeed a jerk of.After all, he is not from the same road, but he and Xin Yueming have no direct confrontational relationship, and the two parties should not fight.In the end, although the big boss came out, it was not yet time to expose it.