Chen Xiaomu pretended to be careless and asked Su Xingran casually, "Honey, it seems that there are really a lot of rich families in this new capital city!"
Su Xingran thought for a while and replied: "Although our Zheng State is not big, Xinjing, the capital, is a prosperous place comparable to Xijing, the capital of Qin State, the largest city today. If it were not affected by this Zheng State, Due to the impact of the war between Chu and Chu, there are even more wealthy households in the new capital!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "Why can't human beings live in peace and rely on negotiation and collaboration to settle disputes? Don't just fight with each other at every turn, leaving corpses everywhere. Isn't it good to live a peaceful life?"
After hearing Chen Xiaomu's emotion, Su Xingran couldn't help but look at him strangely, and said with a chuckle: "Husband, why do you suddenly become like a child who is ignorant of the world! Everyone has desires, and there is no end to desires. How can the dispute be settled by mere words?"
Chen Xiaomu thought about it. After a thousand years, human civilization has developed to a new height, and wars between each other have not been avoided. What's more, this is still in the ancient times when countries were competing for hegemony.
Then Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "It seems that my idea is too simple, but I don't know who is the richest family in New Capital City now?"
Su Xingran pondered for a moment, and said half jokingly, half seriously: "I don't know about this, but Bao Qing, the owner of Bao Fu Ji Buzhuang, should be very aware of this kind of thing!"
"That's right!" Su Xingran's words made Chen Xiaomu suddenly wake up from a dream. He couldn't help but cursed himself "idiot" in his heart. He thought about the amount of silk and satin consumed by rich people in Bao Fuji every year. Based on Bao Qing's shrewdness, he inferred a little. You will know everything at once!
Chen Xiaomu suddenly remembered the clothes he had made for Wei Yuxin at Baofuji yesterday, and he didn't know whether Wei Yuxin had gone to take them away. Thinking of Wei Yuxin, Chen Xiaomu couldn't sit still again. He informed Su Xingran and immediately took off his official clothes. He put on his casual clothes and prepared to go to Bao Fuji Clothing Village. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the princess house, he saw Lu Yi, whom he had sent to keep an eye on him in the morning, sitting in a rented carriage, parked at the gate of the princess house. He tilted his butt and prepared to get out of the car.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xiaomu rushed up to stop Lu Yi and said to him: "Captain Lu, come with me to Baofuji Clothing Village."
"Here." Lu Yi agreed, pulled Chen Xiaomu into the car again, and arranged to sit down in the car. Then he ordered the driver in front of him: "Go to Baofuji Clothing Village."
"How's it going? Have you found the financial backer behind Zhuge Cheng?" Chen Xiaomu asked Lu Yi in a low voice as soon as he sat down.
Lu Yi shook his head gently, "Zhuge Cheng went down and walked around Hubu Street, bought some drinks and cakes, and then returned home. He didn't go anywhere else."
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment and then asked: "Can we find anyone with suspicious identity coming to his house?"
Lu Yi still shook his head and said, "I didn't see this either."
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but murmured to himself: "This is strange!" According to his estimation, after Zhuge Cheng was frustrated in his bid for a title in the palace, he would definitely go to the sponsors behind him to discuss countermeasures as soon as possible after going to court. Now he didn't even move at all. It seems that Zhuge Cheng is not an easy person to deal with!
At this time, the carriage seemed to have passed a small pothole in the road. It suddenly bumped. The amplitude was not too big, but the bodies of Chen Xiaomu and Lu Yi, who were concentrating on talking in the car, rushed forward at the same time, almost falling in the car. Falling into a ball inside, Lu Yi couldn't help but angrily said to the coachman in front: "Old Zhou, watch the road carefully."
"Uh, uh." came the vague reply from the driver in front.
In the car, Chen Xiaomu and Lu Yi respectively straightened their wrinkled clothes and continued the topic. Chen Xiaomu asked, "Is there anyone in front of the Taiwei Mansion to keep an eye on?"
Lu Yi nodded and said, "Yes, I'll have every one of the princess's palace guards hide their heads opposite the Taiwei's palace and keep an eye on them."
Chen Xiaomu patted Lu Yi on the shoulder and praised: "Well, you did a good job."
At this moment, the carriage slowly stopped. Lu Yi opened the curtain and jumped out of the car. He was about to turn around and help Chen Xiaomu out of the car. But when his feet landed on the ground, he couldn't help but be shocked. What was there in front of him was Baofu Ji Clothing Village? An unknown person's overgrown and dilapidated courtyard!
"Old Zhou, that made you...!" Lu Yi was about to yell at the coachman sitting on the carriage, but at this moment, the coachman named Lao Zhou had long disappeared, replaced by a man in black with sideburns. The pockmarked man was holding a ghost-headed sword in his arms and looking at him coldly with a pair of triangular eyes.
Lu Yi couldn't help but take a step back, calmed down, reached out and pulled out the sword across his chest, and shouted sternly: "Who are you?"
The pock-marked man didn't answer, and jumped off the frame and strode over to Lu Yi. Lu Yi's heart suddenly crossed, and he decided to strike first. He jumped up, brandished his sword, and rushed towards the pock-marked man with the wind blowing. Seeing the situation, the big man waved the heavy ghost-head sword in his hand and swiped it above his head like lightning. Lu Yi secretly screamed, trying to change the move but it was too late. He only felt that his wrist was numb, and the sword in his hand flew away!
Lu Yi landed on the ground and rolled, dodging the slash from the pockmarked man. Then he quickly stood up with a "carp kick". The pockmarked man chuckled and said, "You little thief, you still have two three-legged cat skills!" He waved the ghost-headed sword and rushed towards Lu Yi. Lu Yi turned around and ran away. He wanted to lure the pockmarked man to chase him so that Chen Xiaomu could take the opportunity to escape.
Unexpectedly, the pockmarked man had no intention of chasing him. When he saw him escaping, he turned around and blocked the door of the carriage, stretched his head towards the car and said with a smile: "Prince Consort Chen, we are here, why don't you get out of the car quickly. "
"Okay, okay" Chen Xiaomu agreed in the car, while sticking his head out of the car and taking a look at the pockmarked man, he suddenly smiled and said: "Haha, this man, I know you!"
"Know me?" The pock-marked man was obviously surprised by Chen Xiaomu's words. Then he looked at Chen Xiaomu carefully, shook his head and said, "The Prince Consort is joking. I don't remember the Prince Consort at all!"
Chen Xiaomu clicked his tongue and said: "Brother, you are such a noble person who forgets things so much. Please think again about where we met? If you remember, I will award you fifty taels of silver!"
"What, this prince-in-law actually calls me a noble?" The pock-marked man was so flattered by Chen Xiaomu that he felt dizzy for a moment. He felt like he was really a noble, but in fact, he had just been looking at others for half his life. , a martial arts killer with excellent martial arts skills, and now being praised and patted down by someone of such noble status as Chen Xiaomu, it is inevitable that his mind will be filled with random thoughts!
As for what Chen Xiaomu said about rewarding him with fifty taels of silver, he didn't care much about it. After all, the person was in his hands now, so no matter how much money he had, it wasn't all his. He was just curious about his identity. He is so different from the consort of the imperial court in front of him. Where did he meet him? Why can't I remember it at all? "
The pock-marked man was stunned for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a reason, so he simply didn't think about it and said directly to Chen Xiaomu: "Chen Prince Consort, I just use people's money to eliminate disasters for others, so please ask Prince Consort to get out of the car and go with me." Once the errand is over, I won’t embarrass you.”
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "This old friend of mine, I just made a bet with him a few days ago, but I didn't expect that he actually hired someone to kidnap me!"
Chen Xiaomu originally planned to use these words to arouse the curiosity of the pockmarked man, and then talk to him to delay some time, and by the way, he could judge the mastermind behind the kidnapping through the clues in the pockmarked man's words. Unexpectedly, the pockmarked man actually suppressed his anger this time. Out of curiosity, he just urged Chen Xiaomu to get out of the car and follow him.
Chen Xiaomu sighed helplessly, and while slowly climbing down from the carriage, he murmured to himself with a wry smile: "Oh, my old friend is good at everything else. The only bad thing is that he is a little more competitive. It's just a thousand dollars." The bet of two silver coins has made me so embarrassed now!"
Seeing that the pockmarked man just refused to talk, Chen Xiaomu felt a little anxious. He stood upright on the spot, then walked up to the pockmarked man and said with a smile: "Brother, why don't you come back to the princess's mansion with me now, and I'll take two thousand How about I give you two pieces of silver?"
The pock-marked man glanced at Chen Xiaomu indifferently and said with cupped hands: "Chen Prince Consort, please forgive me for not obeying my orders. No matter how much money you give me, I don't dare to disobey the matters that Uncle Qi has told me. You should just follow me honestly." Otherwise, I will have no choice but to offend you!"
"Okay, I'll go with you!" Chen Xiaomu nodded and agreed: "But I have foot problems, so I can't walk too fast or too far!"
The pock-marked man frowned and said calmly, "Do you still want me to carry you on my back?"
Chen Xiaomu pointed at the carriage and smiled: "Brother, isn't there a ready-made carriage? How about we go in the carriage?"
The pockmarked man shook his head and said, "No, the road over there cannot be passed by carriages."
"Brother, what should we do?" Chen Xiaomu asked pretending to be helpless.
The pock-marked man hesitated for a moment, then took out a black cloth belt from his body and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Chen Prince Consort, I have offended you. I have to cover your eyes before I carry you away!"
Chen Xiaomu was not happy when he heard this, and hurriedly argued: "Brother, this is not necessary, is it? Why do you say that your seventh uncle and I are also old acquaintances? Could it be that he has been disfigured recently, and he is afraid that I will see it?" To his majestic appearance?"
Hearing this, the pock-marked man stared with a pair of triangular eyes and said anxiously: "Nonsense, Uncle Qi has been practicing in seclusion in Guanli for nearly a year. How can he be injured and disfigured?"
"Oh! Really?" Chen Xiaomu pretended to be surprised and said, "No wonder I haven't seen anyone else for so long!"
The macho man rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "Don't try to bluff people. Uncle Qi doesn't even know you!"
"Haha" Chen Xiaomu laughed and said, "That's because your seventh uncle sent me money and was afraid that I would ask him for it, so he said he didn't know me!"
''It's getting more and more outrageous the more you talk about it! The pock-marked man said angrily: "I won't talk to you anymore. All the words you said are lies. I'm going to cover your eyes and take you to see someone." "
"Are you going to see your seventh uncle?" Chen Xiaomu asked curiously.
The pock-marked man shook his head and was about to answer when he suddenly heard someone behind him scolding: "Junior brother, you idiot, you have been tricked into talking a lot, haven't you?"
Chen Xiaomu and the pock-marked man were startled at the same time. They turned around to look. Behind them, three masked men in black, with only one pair of eyes exposed, stood quietly behind them. The pock-marked man was surprised and said: "Senior brother, you are When did you come here?”
The man in black standing among the three of them glared at him, pointed at him with the long sword in his hand, and shouted angrily: "Go back, let me handle the matter here!"
The pock-marked man was confused: "Senior brother, this is Master's friend...!"
"Are you going to go away?" Before he could finish speaking, the man in black raised the long sword in his hand again, pressed the tip of the sword against the pockmarked man's chest, and shouted sternly: "If you don't go away, I, Qing Feng, will Jian doesn’t know you are my junior brother!”
Hearing this, the pock-marked man raised his neck and said proudly: "Brother, without Master's words, even if you kill me, I can't get out!"
The man in black cursed: "Idiot, without Master, how would I know you are here? Master is just afraid that you will ruin things, so he sent the three of us to pick you up!"
"Really?" the pockmarked man asked while looking at the two men in black standing next to him.
The two men in black standing on both sides nodded slightly at the same time. Only then did the pock-marked man believe it, and said angrily to the man in black: "Brother, I caught this man, but you took the credit." , I don’t accept it, I’ll go find Master to reason with him right now!” After saying that, he turned around and jumped up a few times, and then disappeared.
The man in black in the middle walked up to Chen Xiaomu and said coldly: "Chen Prince Consort, please hand over your things and we will let you leave. Otherwise, the sword in my hand will slip and hurt Chen Prince Consort." You can’t blame me!”
''what? Chen Xiaomu asked blankly, "Are the three of you asking me for money?" "
The man in black said impatiently: "Prince Consort Chen, you are a smart man, so stop pretending to be confused. Don't you have an idea of what we want?"
''The robbers didn't want any money, Chen Xiaomu was really confused! "Does he have other treasures on his body? He couldn't help but reach out and touch his arms. Something he touched made his heart move. This group of people didn't want this thing. This quantum knife is a weapon that transcends the future. , these people must have traveled from the future world!"
"Prince Consort Chen, do you really want us to do it ourselves?" The man in black thought that Chen Xiaomu was deliberately delaying time, and finally couldn't help but said angrily.
Such speculation made Chen Xiaomu feel so sick that he couldn't bear it. He said, "Brother, I really don't know what you want? You might as well say it clearly!"
The man in black nodded and said: "Okay, since you are pretending to be confused, then I will make it clear, Prince Consort Chen, please give us your treasure called concept!"
"What?" Chen Xiaomu almost couldn't catch his breath. He stared and said in confusion: "Brother, my concept is just a noun, okay? What kind of treasure is that!"
The three men in black looked at each other and nodded together: "Yes, we heard that the treasure called concept is a piece of famous porcelain!"
Chen Xiao's head was already big and he hurriedly corrected it: "It's a noun, not a piece of famous porcelain, okay?"
The man in black in the middle asked doubtfully, "Prince Consort Chen, don't think you are fooling us just because you know two words. Is there any difference between this one and the other? If you insist on saying it is one, then it is one!"
Chen Xiaomu really wanted to cry at this time, and even wanted to die. He really regretted that he used the terms of later generations to show off in front of these stubborn ancient people. It was better now, even if he had mouths all over his body, he couldn't say it. Cleared! "
In desperation, he didn't want to waste time explaining to these people. He probably explained it. The robbers didn't believe it either, so he had to spread his hands and said bluntly: "I don't have any treasure called concepts. What do you think?" My understanding of the term concept is different from mine!”
"Haha, Prince Consort Chen, please don't do this with me!" The man in black sneered: "I had expected that you would not hand over the treasure easily. If Master hadn't told me not to use force on you, I would have I guarantee you don’t even have a piece of good meat on your body right now!”
Chen Xiaomu's eyes suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and he said in a cold voice: "You idiots like you want to touch me, I think you are overestimating your capabilities?" "
The man in black laughed and said, "I think it's you, Prince Consort Chen, who overestimates your capabilities!" After finishing speaking, he turned to his two companions and said, "Go, tie him up and take him away." "
''dare! Let’s see who dares! "As soon as the man in black finished speaking, a woman's scolding suddenly came from behind Chen Xiaomu. Several people looked over and were stunned for a moment!
