The carriage entered through the side door of the house and stopped in front of a wall adjacent to the neighbor's.
She held the brocade box with one hand and handed the extra snacks to Song Yu: "The three of you go and bring the snacks to the young master."
This is obviously an excuse to turn people away.
Although the three of them were worried about her safety, they still responded without hesitation and left quickly.
When Xiao Yun turned around, he found that the high-walled corridors built in this house and that house had upturned eaves, making it difficult to climb, not to mention climbing.
She regretfully gave up her plan to climb the neighbor's wall and took a detour to knock on the neighbor's backyard door.
After three gentle knocks, someone opened the door a little and looked over with great vigilance.
She said with a polite smile: "Hello, I was asked to come to see the eldest son."
The door was opened, and the attendant who was already somewhat familiar to her said in a relieved tone: "When the eldest son came back yesterday, he said that he would close the door for three days and say no to guests, but there are still many visitors today, so the villain will take this attitude, let's Miss Yang is so happy."
Xiao Yun smiled slightly: "I came at the wrong time."
"How could it be? Our master has been waiting for you since he came back yesterday! Even the young master has asked me several times."
Because of the bet at Zhaixinglou, Xie Heng completely gave up. Coupled with his vicious impression of the prince, he anxiously waited for the opportunity to apologize to the prince.
As a result, the prince received an errand and had no time to pay attention to them for a while.
Xie You then said to wait for the neighbor to come.
As a result, Xiao Yun came only in the afternoon, allowing him to experience the feeling of looking through autumn water.
Xiao Yun, who knew everything well, pretended to be flattered: "I thought the two young masters regarded me as firewood and avoided me. I was very worried before going out, but I didn't expect..."
The attendant choked for a moment, smiled and said, "How could it be possible?" and then silently led her in.
Xie Heng was sitting upright in the living room, but his eyes frequently drifted outside.
Seeing Xiao Yun coming slowly with ladylike steps, she couldn't help but whisper to her brother: "Miss Yang Ba is much taller than ordinary girls, how come she walks so slowly?"
Xie You glanced at him lightly: "I thought that after this incident, you have learned that a gentleman should be careful with his words. Although you are still young, you are almost past the age of the president, so you should be sensible."
Xie Heng tightened his neck and sat upright.
He rehearsed in his mind the process of expressing his regret and guilt to Miss Yang Ba later, and stood up to greet them as soon as they turned the corridor.
As a result, the other party didn't even look at him.
The woman held the brocade box and said directly to her brother: "There is an urgent matter that requires the help of the eldest son."
His brother: "Girl, please tell me. If there is anyone I can help with, I will do my best."
Xie Heng:?
Xie Heng looked at the two of them in disbelief, thinking: My brother thanked the guests behind closed doors, and clearly did not want to be tainted with the right and wrong of the capital. Why did his brother directly agree as soon as this woman opened her mouth?
Don’t even ask what it is!
Xiao Yun handed the brocade box to Xie You: "Please have a private discussion with me after you see the contents in the box."
Xie You opened the brocade box and saw a bright yellow scroll lying inside.
Bright yellow.
If it weren't for the size, everyone would think it was an imperial edict.
After gently opening it and seeing some lines and words on it, Mr. Xie, who had always been calm and composed, suddenly changed his expression and closed the box suddenly.
He kept it secret and stopped talking.
The other two people did not see the contents of the box, sensed the tension in the atmosphere, and did not speak.
Xiao Yun smiled lightly: "Young master, don't be nervous. His Highness has no intention of dragging you into troubled waters, otherwise he wouldn't have let me come to visit you alone with such an important thing."
Xie You quickly calmed down and said to the attendant: "Ruozhu, go and close all the doors, and then play chess with A Heng in the flower hall. If anyone breaks in, tell me that I am unwell and rest in the room."
"If the other party insists on seeing you..."
"Then try to persuade and stop them at the same time to make the movement louder."
Those who dare to force their way in are just those few. If they really do it, things will be serious.
It was also in vain that he created the illusion that "the eldest son Xie refused to stay in the capital and thanked guests behind closed doors."
After arranging everything, Xie Youcai said to Xiao Yun: "When you are away from home, keep everything simple. The aggrieved girl comes into the inner room to talk."
As mentioned before, when the information about Zhu Luan Lane was handed to Xiao Yun, it said that no one lived there.
This false information shows from the side that this house has no trace of habitation.
Therefore, the only inner room that Xie You could choose was his own room.
Xiao Yun looked around with his peripheral vision and commented that "it looks like an inn room that has just been cleaned."
Xie You said "offense", locked the door from the inside, and spread out the map in the brocade box on the table.
It is indeed a map of the capital city.
He sighed slightly: "Your Highness really trusts me."
Xiao Yun: "The main reason is that I believe in your love for the Nine Clans."
Her joke made the air still for a moment.
Xie You's smile faded a little.
It's not that I was scared, it's just that the feeling of being coerced is not comfortable for anyone.
He: "Your Highness is looking for a certain key criminal hiding in the capital?"
Xiao Yun saw that he was unhappy, and his interest continued: "Young Master, why don't you guess who it is?"
"The one who can make His Majesty produce this map must be the Prince Rong who has no news yet."
Xie You looked at the red circles on the map and seemed to realize: "Your Highness has only been awake for a few days, and he can confirm that Prince Rong is still in the capital, and has reduced the location to such an extent. He must have capable people under his command, why do you want to do this?" Are you here to find me? You must not be trying to give our brothers a chance to make up for their mistakes."
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that the other party was trying to drag him onto the pirate ship.
Xiao Yun sighed: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done all the work ahead of this matter. If there are really capable people in His Highness' staff, he will not ask me to bring things to you."
Xie You was pleased that the prince could realize that he was surrounded by waste.
Even if he has no intention of getting involved, he is still happy to see that the royal family and the court can hold on longer, giving them more time to respond.
After calming down a bit, he picked up a few pieces of white paper sandwiched between the maps and found that they were background checks of people near the red circle.
Even though it only contains the person's name, position and relationship, the amount of information is huge.
The details go as far as "the outer chamber of the housekeeper of Cheng's house is the lover of the fifth young master of the prince's house and the grand-niece of Mr. Zhang."
It stands to reason that there will be some discoveries, but these families have no relationship with King Rong except that they have given gifts to King Rong.
In all the civil and military dynasties, the number of people who did not give gifts to King Rong could be counted on one hand.
Xie You realized the problem almost immediately. The prince did not want him to find someone by analyzing clues, but to test him, or in other words, his uncle's understanding of the power in the court.
In recent years, my uncle has often adopted a stay-away attitude, but as the imperial censor holds a supervisory position in Sankilometers, his understanding of cliques and selfish interests is far deeper than others imagine.
Not long after he entered Beijing, he gave him detailed instructions...
Before he could figure out how to respond to this temptation, Xiao Yun, who was sitting across the table, knocked on the table and said, "My lord, if the carriage leaves from your door and my door and rushes to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which road will it take?"
Xie You came to his senses and asked, "When will we set off?"
Xiao Yun: "Well... just when the eldest son brings his younger brother to visit."
This is the moment when the male and female protagonists first meet in the book.
"The people in the carriage..."
"Let's assume they are Mr. Su's family members. I heard that Mr. Su placed the female family members in various places in the city before entering the palace to accompany him. Maybe some of them live in Zhuluan Lane."
Xie You: "A few days ago, there were no family members of Mr. Su in Zhuluan Lane."
Xiao Yun said nonchalantly: "Then suppose they pass by."
In the original work, the heroine did pass by Zhuluan Lane.
But that day she was looking for someone in Zhuluan Lane with great fanfare. The carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion was asked to change its route before it even got close. She also sent someone to escort them all the way to the main road patrolled by officers and soldiers.
Prince Rong would not choose to hijack the heroine's carriage even if his brain was kicked by the author of the original work.
Through the investigation of personnel movements, she was convinced that this kid was still staying in his original place.
Xie You did not delve into the deeper meaning of this "metaphor": "If you take Zhuluan Lane, you must want to be low-key and hidden, so even if you are traveling in a hurry, you will not take the fastest road."
He picked up his pen and slowly drew a route starting from the path east of his neighbor's house and ending at the Prime Minister's Mansion.
On the way, we passed three circled areas.
After Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows, he added four more route branches and said, "I don't know how to deploy defenses in the capital, so this is the only way."
Xiao Yun took the pen in his hand and marked out three roads: "Of these roads, official residences have been raided. If found, they would not wait until now."
She held the pen delicately, but her eyes were sharp: "There are only two ways left. Which one do you think it is, eldest son?"
If she had to do it, she wanted it to be done in one go.
If she alerts the enemy, her advantage will be gone, so she cannot let someone be passive and slow down.
Xie You was silent for a while, then pointed his index finger directly on a certain house on the route he originally drew.
"If someone is harboring Crown Prince Rong, only this family can do it."
One of the Nine Qings, Lang Zhongling in charge of the palace guards, Feng Qing's residence.
Xiao Yun was silent.
But something suddenly dawned on him: No wonder the rebels did not plunder the city, but rushed straight to the palace. It turned out that there was an internal response of this level.
Lang Zhongling can be regarded as a close official of the emperor, and half of the imperial guards in the palace are in his hands.
The imperial guards used by the national division to repel the rebels were commanded by Lin Wei (one of the Nine Qings, responsible for guarding the palace gates).
It sounds okay, but in theory, it is a safer arrangement to let Lin Wei continue to guard the palace gate and order Feng Qing, who is more mobile in the Imperial Guard, to meet the enemy.
As a result, Feng Qing "led a team of elites to guard His Majesty's side."
Those elites were his officers, and only the soldiers were taken away by Lin Wei.
This incident was probably the fault of the imperial master, because when the emperor distributed the reward, he did not leave behind the order of the doctor who "guarded his side".
If such a big traitor is not dealt with, what is Master thinking?
Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xiao Yun forced a smile: "This matter is of great importance, and it is up to His Highness to decide how to deal with it in the future. But His Highness will definitely remember the eldest son's merits."
Xie You: "It would be great if Your Highness could forgive my younger brother's naughty nature."
"This matter will naturally be exposed. You two young masters can stay in the capital as long as you like."
Xiao Yun said very generously.
Anyway, she doesn’t need to pay, it’s just a matter of words.
Xie You saw her rolling up the map and paper quickly, and thinking about the rumors he had heard recently, he said: "The girl doesn't seem to care about her own affairs. In the current situation, she should actually convey His Majesty's will rather than conveying His Majesty's wishes." Walk before others.”
Because it involved the prince, the marriage, which should not have been noticed, attracted too much attention.
With one party dead and the other party supported by the prince, there are obviously more slanderous speculations about Miss Yang Ba than positive comments.
But she didn't seem to be involved.
"It only takes a few words to destroy a woman's reputation, but it takes more effort than you imagine to maintain it."
Xiao Yun raised his eyes to meet his gaze, and smiled like a ghost: "Chen Sanlang changed his mind and regretted the marriage, shirk the responsibility, and all Yang Huan could do was to die to prove his ambition."
"Why can't he die? I thought for a long time and found that what I held in my hands were nothing but empty emotions. They could not be a life-saving straw, but the last straw that broke the camel's back."
"Perhaps I shouldn't be a daughter, sister, or fiancée...but a person with value and choices."
This awakening declaration successfully shocked a certain ancient person and gained "the admiration of the eldest son" × 1.
But before she could be happy, she heard an unexpected sound.
"His Highness has something urgent to do with Bo Heng. If he is disturbed to take a rest, His Highness will naturally apologize..."
Xiao Yun: "..."
At this moment, she felt not panic, but regret.
She regretted not breaking the seventh prince's legs so that he could force his way into other people's mansions.
