Even though Xie Yanzhi was reminiscing with old friends, he still noticed Li Yuan out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing her looking straight at Chen Hao, her eyebrows raised slightly.
As the male protagonist in the original book, Chen Hao is 1.8 meters tall according to Li Yuan's visual estimation.
With his good looks and talent, if measured by the handsome guys in the current entertainment industry, he would probably be about the same as the slightly smiling male protagonist she once liked.
However, he is much more masculine than the one on TV.
After all, this male protagonist is the queen of the generals!
As soon as Li Yuan withdrew her gaze, she saw Xie Yanzhi nodding at Chen Hao. Then, while welcoming the two of them into the house, he asked, "Brother Ziran, what do you mean by your words? Are you here specifically to find me?"
"Yes! If you hadn't written to me when you bought this house, asking me to rest here if I ever come to Xinyang Mansion, then you and I might have missed it today!"
Li Yuan knew that they had something to say and was worried about her presence, so she took the initiative and said: "Brother Xie, today is New Year's Eve and distinguished guests are coming, so I will go to the kitchen first."
As she said that, she looked at Meng Peng and Chen Hao calmly: "I wonder if you two have any dietary restrictions?"
"We are all rough people. We don't want to be picky. My brothers and sisters can do whatever they want."
Meng Peng had long known about the relationship between Xie Yanzhi and Li Yuan, and also knew that Li Yuan was divorced.
In his heart, Li Yuan was not worthy of his friend.
But he believed in Xie Yanzhi's vision and knew that he was not the kind of person who would marry a wife at will.
Therefore, although he looked down upon Li Yuan and Li's identity, he was somewhat curious about her and felt that there must be something special about her.
At this time, seeing how discerning a village woman was, I was slightly surprised. At the same time, I thought that Li Yuan's appearance was different from ordinary village women, and I felt like I understood something.
Li Yuan didn't know what Meng Peng was thinking. She looked at Xie Yanzhi and saw him nodding. Then she nodded to several people and left.
Su Mingshan had been waiting at the corridor. When she saw Li Yuan coming, she took Qingsha's hand and asked in a low voice: "Sister Li, who are those two people just now? Why do they seem to have a lot of background to me?"
"The older one is Brother Xie's classmate and old friend, and the younger one is his wife's nephew. I don't know what he does specifically. But I heard from the introduction that the younger Mr. Chen is from the General Protector's Palace."
Su Mingshan's eyes lit up when she heard these words, and she immediately said: "Sister Li, do you think I can ask two distinguished guests to do a favor? They don't have to do anything. I just have to entertain the two guests in my house, and then let outsiders Just know their identities. In this way, whether it is Qin Mansion, Zheng Mansion or Qian Tongpan, even if they want to attack my Su Mansion, they have to consider who I am relying on. Of course, this premise is that they I don’t mind outsiders knowing my identity.”
If something important comes up and it's not convenient for you to reveal your identity, then just give it up!
This was not something Li Yuan could make the decision, so she immediately replied: "Sister Su, I dare not promise you this. I'm not familiar with them, and I don't know why they came this time."
Su Mingshan also knew about Li Yuan's dilemma. She could tell that those two people were familiar with Xie Yanzhi.
And her sister Li is not married to Xie Yanzhi yet!
After thinking about it, she said: "Then I will ask the young master directly later. If it is convenient for him to reveal his identity, he only needs to be a guest in my house, and there is no need for him to do anything. If it is not inconvenient, Just pretend I didn’t ask.”
Li Yuan likes her to be so direct. If she has anything to ask directly, it's best if she succeeds. If she doesn't, she won't take it seriously.
This kind of person is much better than the kind who hides everything in his heart and then deliberately plots.
And it’s comfortable to get along with them!
Because the distinguished guest was here, even though the other party said he could do anything casually, Li Yuan did not dare to do it casually.
At noon, she cooked a braised pork dish, a carrot-cut sweet potato dish, a boiled pork dish, a meat-foamed bean dip, a vinegar-stuffed cabbage dish, a bacon-fried dried cowpea dish, and a radish and pork ribs soup.
Six dishes and one soup, including meat and vegetables. Even though they are all home-cooked dishes, in this winter, even on New Year’s Eve, they are still very rich.
Su Mingshan looked at the cooked dishes one after another and said with emotion: "Sister Li, these dried cowpeas are dried by the Li family'ao people themselves. It smells delicious. But I think they were all prepared in advance? Could it be that you originally prepared these? Are you planning to cook New Year’s Eve dinner?”
"Yes! We have guests here, so we cooked them in advance. Fortunately, I asked Brother Xie to buy a plate of tofu on the street yesterday, and I fried the tofu in advance. Otherwise, I would have to put together six dishes. Still have to think about it.”
She originally thought that as a family of four with two young children, she would just make five dishes and one soup for New Year's Eve dinner, and then make some dumplings to make six dishes.
Just because the guests were coming, she temporarily added a side of shredded sweet potatoes.
It was extremely cold this year, and there was a snowstorm before, so it was difficult for her to buy a fish during the Chinese New Year.
Otherwise, according to her modern practice, the New Year’s Eve dinner must have fish!
When Su Mingshan heard this, she asked: "Then you have done what you want to do for the evening. What will you do next night? How about I ask someone to book a table at Kesiyun now?"
"Don't worry, I'll ask Brother Xie after dinner later!"
Li Yuan said, looking at Caiwei who had been standing next to her studying: "Caiwei, go call Uncle Xie and the others to eat. Today they are at one table, and we are at the same table."
"good!"
Caiwei responded, then raised her head and asked, "Mom, is my face okay?"
"It's okay, it's fine, let's go!"
"good!"
In the study at that time, Xie Yanzhi raised his eyebrows when he heard Meng Peng's words: "Brother Ziran, you want me to find a reason to let Magistrate Zheng, Qian Tongpan and others know that you came from the capital to see me. Then. Did they take the opportunity to invite you to their residence to find out the layout of these residences?"
"right!"
If not for the severe disasters in other places under the Xinyang Mansion except Liuyun County this time, and Chen Yang's letter through the Protector General, how could the emperor have noticed that something was wrong with the Xinyang Mansion?
If I hadn't asked the Minister of Civil Affairs who was in charge of Xinyang Mansion now, how would I have known that Qian Tongpan had been here for many years and had never touched it?
After that, he pulled out the radish and brought out the mud. After careful inspection, he found out that Qian Tongfan and Zheng Zhifu were related by marriage. How could he think there was something fishy in this and asked him to investigate secretly?
After receiving the secret order, he came here overnight in the name of visiting his friends.
Now that the imperial court has been sealed, the emperor does not give him much time.
If he didn't take advantage of the people from the Minister of Civil Affairs' Mansion to find the account book before the letter was delivered, it would be difficult to find it later.
The time given by the emperor was too tight, otherwise there would be no need for him to take action personally.
Things like figuring out the layout of the other party's mansion can be left to the servants.
Xie Yanzhi knocked on the table with one hand and looked at Meng Peng: "You want to check Qian Tongpan, Zheng Zhifu and others, how come you come to visit me in the name of visiting me? If I am not in Fucheng today, what are you going to do? "
