The prince is hard to serve

After Xu Da finished speaking, he heard a young man's voice replying slowly: "Master Xu."

The person standing outside the door is He Qing.

After finding out who the voice was from, Xu Da's heart skipped a beat, and he became nervous. He walked around the room a few more times before he regained his composure, and walked slowly to the door and opened it.

At this moment, Xu Da had suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and returned to his original appearance. He looked at He Qing standing outside the door, cupped his hands at him, and said with a smile: "So it's Mr. He, I don't know." Why is Mr. He here free today?"

He Qing glanced at the room calmly, looked away after a while, and said with a smile: "It's rare to be able to have a leisurely day, so I came to relax. I never thought that I would meet Mr. Xu here by chance. It's better to invite you." If we meet by chance, how about relaxing together?"

Hearing this, Xu Da's expression changed slightly, a little cold sweat broke out on his forehead, a little confused: "This..."

He Qing smiled and asked: "Why, Master Xu is inconvenient?" He stared straight at Xu Da without smiling.

Xu Da's heart was shocked, he waved his hands quickly, and hurriedly apologized with a smile: "No, no, why is it inconvenient... It's just that when I come here, I usually call a few servants to wait on me, and sometimes I play crazy, I'm not worried about why Mister will..." He didn't complete the following words, but the meaning he wanted to express was complete.

After listening to the words, He Qing narrowed his eyes habitually, and looked at Xu Da with a smile for a while, "It turns out that Master Xu still has such a hobby?"

With a sneer, Xu Da whispered: "It's just for fun, just for fun." After a pause, he said again: "Please don't tell Mr. Shi, Mr. He, after all, such an interest is really hard to talk about."

With a chuckle, He Qingyi pointed out: "Please rest assured, Mr. Xu, Mr. Shi will not care about this private matter, as long as Mr. Xu does his best for him, that's enough."

Hearing the meaning behind his words, Xu Da quickly cupped his hands and replied: "That's natural, I should do my best to be loyal to your lord."

After a while, Xu Da smiled again: "Mr. He, please come in. I wonder if Mr. He called you a girl? If you haven't, why don't you let me recommend a few for you, what do you think?"

"Then please trouble Mr. Xu." He Qing smiled, and then walked into the room following Xu Da's footsteps.

Sitting down with He Qing, Xu Da felt a little anxious. He was worried that Su Qiyu would break in and be discovered by He Qing, but on the surface, he didn't dare to express it at all. He just kept smiling and talked with He Qing. talking.

Picking up the wine cup on the table and pouring He Qing a glass of wine, Xu Da smiled and asked, "I wonder what kind of girl Mr. He likes?"

He Qing didn't have any doubts, and followed the words, and responded with a smile: "He doesn't pick on someone, as long as he has a gentler personality."

After listening to the words, Xu Da took advantage of the situation and said: "That's easy, I'll go and ask the old bustard to call the calligraphy and chess girl and the calligraphy and painting girl. These two girls are very docile, and they are as good as their names. One can play chess well. , a well-made painting, Mr. He should like it."

After drinking the wine in the glass, He Qing nodded and said: "Then I will wait here for Mr. Xu."

Xu Da filled him with wine again, and said, "No trouble, no trouble, Mr. He will wait here for a while, and I will come as soon as I go." After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out calmly.

When he reached a place where He Qing could not see, Xu Da raised his hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, walked around the building again, and found out that there was no sign of Su Qiyu, then went to find the old bustard , stuffed her with a 100 tael silver note, asked her to call the two girls of calligraphy and painting, and asked her to find a few young men.

Responding with a smile, the old bustard asked again: "Master Xu is still looking for Qingzhu and Qingsong today?"

Xu Da nodded and said, "Let the two of them serve."

Here, after Xu Da left, He Qing stood up, walked around the room, and looked around carefully. After finding nothing, he let go of his frowning eyebrows and walked back again. Sit down at the round table.

He thought he might be suspicious.

But recently Xu Da's behavior is indeed a bit suspicious, and he has to guard against it.

On the other side of the wall, Xie Jingyu took into account the situation just now, and after confirming that Xu Dan could use it, he didn't stay any longer, left a few golden leaves behind, and untied the sleeping holes of a few girls, and then directly left.

After returning to the courtyard in the south of the city, Xie Jingyu went straight to the study.

At this time, both Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling hadn't rested yet, they were sitting in the study and playing chess, seeing Xie Jingyu's return, Mu Ziling stopped, turned to him and asked, "What's the matter?"

After drinking a cup of tea, Xie Jingyu replied: "What Qin Yi said is indeed true. This Xu Da can indeed be used. I observed him in secret for a long time today. His behavior does not seem to be fake. He is indeed here. Wait for Su Qi to speak."

Caressing the chess piece in his hand, Yan Wenhao pondered for a while, and said: "In that case, after nightfall, we will go meet him for a while."

Hearing this, Xie Jingyu asked in surprise, "You want to go in person?"

Yan Wenhao nodded and responded again.

Frowning his brows and thinking about it, Xie Jingyu disagreed and said, "This is inappropriate, I'd better go for it again."

"Wen Hao." Mu Ziling also frowned and called Yan Wenhao, then turned his head to look at him, his eyes full of worry.

"No need to be so troublesome."

Patting Mu Ziling's hand, and turning his head to look at Xie Jingyu, Yan Wenhao thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Even if you go today by yourself, I will go tomorrow, and the rest of us The time is running out, the only chance to enter Shibuyuan's mansion is the first birthday banquet he will hold in two days. If you procrastinate, I'm afraid it's really a waste of time. Besides, with you and An Er and the others here, even if something happens, I can get out unscathed, so Jing Yu, you don't have to be too cautious."

Seeing that Yan Wenhao could not be persuaded anymore, Xie Jingyu could only shrug his shoulders helplessly, and said with a light sigh: "Forget it, what you said is reasonable, and I was too worried."

Yan Wenhao smiled at Xie Jingyu, then turned his head to look at Mu Ziling, took his hand, and said softly: "Mom and, I can't accompany you tonight, you should rest well, I will let Duan Yuan and Long Yi Long Er stays, if something happens, you leave with them, and I will definitely go find you."

Couldn't help holding Yan Wenhao's hand, Mu Ziling raised his eyes and watched him quietly for a long time, his eyes were full of worry, after a long while, he nodded slightly, and said softly: "Okay, you Be careful."

Smiling softly, Yan Wenhao stretched out his hand to touch Mu Ziling's cheek, thought for a while, then moved his head up, kissed Mu Ziling's forehead, and said softly, "Take a good rest, I'm very happy." Will be back soon."

Nodding his head, after a while, Mu Ziling gave another soft "hmm".

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When Xu Da returned to his mansion, it was already approaching the fourth watch.

He remembered that he was in the "Yangliu Pavilion" just now, half drunk, when He Qing inadvertently spoke to Qingzhu and Qingsong, there were inquisitive words everywhere between the lines, he couldn't help frowning, and raised his hand to pinch his temple, His face sank.

Fortunately, he had made preparations from the very beginning, and every time he went to the 'Yangliu Pavilion', he would always call one or two young ladies, otherwise something would really happen today.

But today's incident is indeed very strange. He has been waiting in the 'Yangliu Pavilion' for so long but has never seen Su Qiyu. He originally suspected that Shi Buyuan was suspicious of him and tried him on purpose. It would be such a coincidence to appear there, but after thinking about it, the handwriting on the letter is clearly in Su Qiyu, and Shi Buyuan and the others have never seen Su Qiyu's handwriting, and there is nowhere to imitate it, so it doesn't make sense.

He really couldn't figure out the reason.

Just thinking about it, Xu Da suddenly heard the sound of the door being opened. He immediately stood up, looked at the door vigilantly, and said sharply, "Who is it?"

Walking in unhurriedly, Yan Wenhao glanced at him, and said softly: "Xu Da, or, I should call you Yu Renyu."

Hearing this, Xu Da was terrified, but his face remained calm. He stared at Yan Wenhao and Xie Jingyu, and asked coldly: "Who are you, do you know what crime is for breaking into the magistrate's office at night?"

Looking at Xu Da, Xie Jingyu smiled fearlessly. He shook his folding fan, then took out a letter from his pocket and threw it to Xu Da, beckoning him to take a look.

Xu Da was puzzled, but he still opened the letter. After looking down, he raised his head abruptly, frowned and said, "Are you the ones who invited me to the 'Yangliu Pavilion' tonight?" The content was exactly the same as the letter he had received earlier.

Yan Wenhao didn't have the intention to stay here for too long, and he didn't want to break up with Xu Da anymore. He nodded slightly and said directly: "It's us, Su Qiyu is now in the Fourth Prince's Mansion in the capital, and the evidence in her hand is all It has been submitted to the emperor, but the evidence in her hands alone is not enough to punish Shi Buyuan. Xu Da, I know that you and Shi Buyuan have a sworn feud, and you have been by his side for many years to collect evidence and wait for an opportunity to take revenge. When we came here, we wanted you to help us accomplish one thing, get the two account books in Shi Buyuan's hands, and bring him to justice."

There was no immediate response, Xu Da sized them up for a while, then asked again with a sullen face, "Who are you?"

Looking at each other with Yan Wenhao, Xie Jingyu nodded, then took out a token from his bosom, showed it to Xu Da, "Can you see clearly?"

The token he took out was the token they asked for with Emperor Yan when they set off from the capital in case of an emergency.

Xu Da was not stupid at all, and what he showed over the years were all illusions that confuse Shibuyuan. At this moment, he saw Xie Jingyuliang's token, and after thinking about it carefully, he probably guessed the matter of Weifu, but he didn't He didn't guess Yan Wenhao's identity, but mistook him for Jiang Xi, so he bowed and said, "I have seen Master Jiang."

"Hmm." Yan Wenhao and Xie Jingyu didn't explain, but just answered the mistake directly.

After inviting them to sit down, Xu Da hesitated for a while, and asked, "When did your lord arrive in Suzhou?" He was still worried about the safety of the imperial envoy, and he was afraid that the people he sent would really hurt the imperial envoy. Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It arrived a few days ago." After glancing at him, Yan Wenhao asked again: "Looking at Mr. Xu's appearance, it seems that he has something to say?"

Hearing this, Xu Da was silent for a while, and then he didn't hide anything, and told him exactly what Shi Bu had asked him to do, and finally he said: "Please don't worry, my lord, the people sent by the lower officials are all just It's not really hurtful to put on airs."