There was a banquet today. Nothing happened during the banquet, but many problems arose during the night.
An unusual thief sneaked in, and the family members who had fallen asleep got up one after another.
No one was talking about anything, but it added to the uneasy mood.
The lights in the temporary guest room were on, and Lin Xun was looking around to ask about the situation. This little kid didn't know anything, and he looked like a bigot.
Mrs. Qin was not outside, guarding the oil lamp in the guest room, watching Martian purse her lips and sometimes sneer, as if she still had something to say.
Bai Song was afraid that the bathhouse incident would be exposed, so he wanted to remind Mrs. Qin, but he didn't know how to speak.
One person was trying to calm down outside, comforting his family members and going to bed first.
From the third watch to the fourth watch, Bai Song quietly slipped into Dongxiang's house next door when his family members were all asleep.
Dongxiang didn't turn on the light, but she knew that the young master would come tonight, so she sat at the table and waited.
Bai Song was guilty and sneaky. After entering the door, he turned around and closed the door. Dong Xiang slapped him on the back, which made him startled.
Dongxiang covered her mouth and snickered fiercely, thinking that this young master had a thief heart but no courage, so he was too cautious, right?
"Giggle...Master, it's me."
"Huh..." Bai Song breathed a long sigh of relief, pulled her to sit down at the table, and made a silent gesture.
Dongxiang smiled and whispered: "Master, why should you be nervous? Dongxiang is always looking for the master, how could she say that?"
"Not only for this, but I also want to remind you that Mrs. Qin covets the young master's beauty. She hasn't left yet. You should be more careful and don't give her a chance to get close to me!"
"Pfft!" Dongxiang laughed so hard that she didn't want the young master to be so nervous just to say this.
I covet the beauty of the young master, this is something I can say!
"Why are you laughing? This is a serious matter!"
"Okay, okay... I just don't smile. I think the young master is right. Our young master's beauty is really rare in the world. How can a child like Mr. Lin compare? Fortunately, Mrs. Qin can't bear the loneliness of her boudoir, so... …”
Bai Song was embarrassed and covered Dongxiang's mouth. Fortunately, he couldn't see his face at night, otherwise he would have been laughed to death by this girl.
After talking about his worries, Bai Song breathed a sigh of relief, sent Dong Xiang off and got up to leave.
Arriving in front of the door, Dongxiang suddenly thought of something and called Bai Song to stop.
"What else?"
"I just picked up something near the bathhouse. It's a new thing. I've never seen it before. I guess it was left behind by the thief."
Bai Song became suspicious after hearing this. If the thief was found, he might be able to get some clues.
"Show me."
Dongxiang asked if she wanted to light the lamp, and Bai Song nodded.
When the lights in the hut came on, Dongxiang had already placed the words on the table.
It was a waist badge half the size of a palm, made of wood, with oil wax polishing the surface, and it felt extremely smooth to the touch.
The waist badge has a regular shape, an oval shape, without any carvings, leaving only a notch on the front.
It looks like a word, and it also looks like a strip-shaped mold.
The waistband looks ordinary, nothing eye-catching, but the material is a bit weird.
Bai Song just held it in his hand for a moment, and felt some coolness in his palm. It was icy and felt very comfortable in the summer night.
"What material is this?"
Bai Song looked at Dongxiang and had never seen such wooden products.
Dongxiang also shook her head: "This thing is so weird, it seems to have ice cubes stuffed inside, it's cool."
Bai Song fell into deep thought.
This thing couldn't have been in the yard before.
Because the room where the bathtub is located has been cleaned many times inside and outside, and Bai Song loves to be clean, he asks Dong Xiang to clean it after everyone takes a bath. This happened for many days, but this thing was never found.
Only tonight a thief sneaked in and picked up this thing.
It must be what the thief left behind.
Except for the strange material, this waistband has no special appearance and no clues.
No conclusion can be drawn for a while.
Bai Song kept his waist badge on his body, thinking that he would have the opportunity to inquire about it later, and then left.
…
That night, the lights were brightly lit in the guest room of the prefect's mansion. At the fourth watch, the governor didn't even take off his official uniform and stood by with a livid face.
There was a basin of hot water in the hall, and the water was stained with some blood, giving it a faint blood color.
In front of the basin, the guard gritted his teeth and remained motionless with a livid face.
A doctor held iron scissors with half-squinted eyes and cut off the arrow body with force. Blood spurted out instantly and splashed on the doctor's face.
Several people in the hall were shocked and took a step back.
Only the guard was still sitting firmly, but he didn't care.
"This hero is so capable. He was able to sustain such an arrow injury without any movement."
"Doctor, no need to say more, please take the arrow."
King Shu walked outside the house with a solemn expression, without the smile of the past.
"It is incredible that such a master can exist in such a small private house!"
"Your Majesty, the current situation is not optimistic for us. Can you please report back to the Emperor and send experts here?" Jiang Yu also looked solemn.
"The origins of the Mo family are unknown. The servants in the family are actually masters who have retired from the world for many years. Now they are looking after the Bai family in Mingchun Garden. It seems that Bai Song does hold an important position in the Holy Lotus Sect. The mysterious Holy Envoy It must be him without a doubt.”
Li Zhan hesitated for a long time. Even if he didn't want to, he could only make this judgment.
Various signs indicate that the Bai Song Dynasty was the core of the Holy Lotus Sect.
This made the old prince very disappointed. He had met many people, but no one could be as free and easy as that young boy. Not to mention the Three Kingdoms, just relying on the various methods used in business recently, as long as they grow a little, in the future He will surely become the pillar of the country.
It's a pity that that boy actually embarked on a wrong path.
Jiang Yu had had this idea for a long time, but because of the prince's face, he had been reluctant to speak out. Now he finally got the answer from the prince, and he was instantly overjoyed: "Your Majesty, you finally figured it out! That kid couldn't be kept, even if he was killed by mistake, It’s better than leaving a scourge. But now that he is surrounded by expert guards, we may have already alerted the enemy today. If we want to assassinate him, we still need a complete method.”
Li Zhan thought: "To lure away the three guards around Bai Song, we must have the help of the Shield Prime. Now that he is injured, I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this minor injury will only last three to five days."
While he was talking, the seriously injured guard had walked outside the house at some point, stood behind the two adults, and said something calmly.
In the room, the doctor had already removed the arrowhead and bandaged the wounded man's wound.
The doctor was so frightened that he froze in the room, but the wounded man walked and spoke calmly like a normal person.
Li Zhan looked back at him, his eyes resting on the bloody gauze, frowning and thinking: "On the 35th... the Weihe Lantern Festival during the Xiaoman period is a good time. I heard that the Chen family has invited this person to sit on the No. 1 Flower Boat , Master Jiang and I will also be on the boat, you will be responsible for diverting his guards away, and Master Jiang will be responsible for arranging manpower to wait for the opportunity."
The guard nodded and replied solemnly: "Yes!"
"Where is the arrow?" Li Zhan asked again.
The guard stretched out his hand and handed the arrow he just pulled out from his body to the prince.
Li Zhan held an arrow in one hand and an arrow shaft in the other, his face expressionless.
"The material of this arrow is extraordinary. I have searched the mountains and traveled around the world, but I have never seen an arrow like this. It is too short for a long bow, and too long for a concealed weapon... The key is such an inconspicuous arrow. I can actually hurt you silently?"
The guard lowered his head slightly. He did not admit that he was careless, but apart from the factors of carelessness, the speed and power of this arrow far exceeded that of ordinary bows and arrows. Even a powerful martial arts master would never be able to shoot such a shocking arrow. With his strength, he didn't even see the person who shot the arrow after he was hit by the arrow.
For a top expert, this is a great shame!
"My lord, I have had a head-on confrontation with the other party during this trip. The other party is Jian Shisan who has retired from the world."
"Sword Thirteen..." Li Zhan fell into memories. As a prince, he was not in the world, but some of the most famous figures in the world had heard about it.
"Before Jian Shisan retired, he once destroyed the Thirteen Sword Sects of Tianmen with one sword. From then on, he called himself Jian Shisan. His unique method of using Qi to control swords shocked the world. For a while, everyone in the world called him Sword Immortal. Although his sword control skills are only superficial, his strength cannot be underestimated. If my subordinates fight against him alone, they may have a 70% chance of winning."
"And there were two other people around him who never took action."
The guard nodded. This news made Li Zhan feel troubled, but he didn't seem to care much about the guard himself.
The guard continued: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. During the Weihe Lantern Festival, my subordinates will guarantee that the three people will not be able to interfere."
At this point, Li Zhan waved his hand, and today's affairs are over for the time being. Everything will wait until the night of the lantern festival. Whether the assassination can be successful in one fell swoop depends on God's will.
…
There are still five days left for the Weihe Lantern Festival.
In order to welcome the Lantern Festival, every household is rushing to make lanterns.
Since it is a lantern festival, the Weihe River lanterns are the most important decoration that night.
To make lanterns, paper is indispensable.
Recently, the bamboo paper circulating in the county has become very popular. Not only is the quality far superior to the common vellum paper, but the price is also much cheaper than vellum paper.
The bamboo paper store renovated from the drug store in the south of the city is overcrowded all day long. People are rushing to use the paper to color and dry it. During the lantern festival, they can make various colored lanterns for tourists to buy and sell.
Paper prices plummeted, and merchants who were hoarding goods and raising prices sighed all day long.
Nowadays, businessmen are not thinking about how to make money, but how to recover some losses.
The raw materials cannot be sold, so we can only rush to make paper.
Even if it's not as good as Zhuji's new paper, it's still better than being used as firewood.
For this reason, Miss Chen's family was also very upset.
The Grand Duke of the Chen family came forward and the imperial court purchased some raw materials at low prices. After making paper, it was used for book printing. With the convenience of Shangxian Publishing House, Chen Xirong recovered a little loss.
But these losses are only part of it. There are too many raw materials hoarded, and even if the public comes to buy them, they won't be able to use that much.
He was already upset, but the uncles of the Chen family didn't know what to do. Not only did they not come to help solve the problem, they also used this as an excuse to attack and ridicule him wantonly.
Those uncles have long disliked Chen Xirong. Who wouldn't be jealous of a woman who owns such a large family property?
There was no excuse before, but this time because Chen Xirong insisted on going his own way, the Chen family lost nearly ten thousand taels of silver, making life very difficult for the whole family. Now uncles from all the families jumped out to seize power.
