The rain in Guangling lasted from noon to evening, but it didn't show any sign of stopping.
Li Chenan sat in the misty rain tower and looked at the fine water splashes on Huaping Lake for a long time.
Wen Xiaowan, this name is on the list of Lijing Division, but she is from the Imperial City Division.
She called herself a slave in front of Shang Di... I guess she came from Shang Di's Peach Blossom Island and was deeply trusted by Shang Di.
After getting along with this businessman these days, based on his knowledge of people in his previous life, he believed that Shang Di was not a bad person, or not the heinous bad person he understood.
Shang Di was obsessed with music, and he also cared about the country and the people.
Master Wu Xichen also said that Shang Di had a pure heart, but could not tolerate the darkness of the officialdom, and suffered the blow of Fan Taohua marrying Zhongli Po, so he stayed away from Kyoto and came to Guangling City.
The picture is roughly the word leisure.
He touched the roster of the Ichthyosaurus Club that was still hidden in his arms. Except for a few small fish and shrimps he knew, he knew nothing about the people in it, and he did not issue an order from the helmsman to recall those people to see him. See.
Wen Xiaowan obviously recognized him today, and the assassination of former helmsman Song Yuanping would definitely fall into Shang Di's ears.
With his wisdom, when he knew that the list was in his hands...just leave it to him. Most of the old members of the Fish and Dragon Society were not good people, especially the master of painting Chang Shusheng.
Let the Imperial City Division deal with them.
Next, the Ichthyosaur Society will be divided into Guangling and will have to recruit new people.
Look at Ye Po again. When the time comes, those people will be left to Ye Po to train.
With this thought in mind, he put the matter aside, took the oil-paper umbrella leaning against the fence, and walked into the rain holding the umbrella.
After calling the master who was drinking, the master and the apprentice left Boi Yu Xiaozhu and headed for Li Mansion.
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Peach Blossom Island.
Tinglan Waterside Pavilion.
Chunlan took the oil-paper umbrella from Shang Di and hung it on the wall. Qiu Ju got a new pair of boots and asked Shang Di to sit down and put them on for him.
Then Chunlan lit a stick of sandalwood, and Qiuju cooked a pot of tea.
Wen Xiaowan stood behind Shang Di, gently squeezed his shoulders, and said softly: "Sir, I have something that I don't understand."
"Why don't you explain it to me?"
"Then Li Chenan...he killed Song Yuanping and became the helmsman of the Guangling Prefecture branch. I have been thinking about it all the way. Could it be that this was the instruction given to him by someone from within the Fish and Dragon Society?"
"Then did Li Chenan get to know a big shot at the head of the Fish and Dragon Society, and that's how he got the position?"
Wen Xiaowan frowned in thought, and then said doubtfully for a moment:
"But I feel something is wrong. Ever since his painting screen spring became famous in Guangling City, I have heard a lot of rumors about him. They all said that he was really a fool. Even in Guangling City, he has never appeared. But how can you get to know the important figures of the Fish and Dragon Society?"
"Besides, even if a big shot from the Fish and Dragon Society comes to Guangling City, and even if he is dissatisfied with Song Yuanping, shouldn't the position of helmsman be selected from people within the Fish and Dragon Society?"
Wen Xiaowan stopped moving her hands, her beautiful eyes were full of confusion, and she shook her head, "I can't explain it, I always think this is too weird."
Shang Di, who was sitting on the chair, stroked his long beard and smiled.
"You are trapped in a strange thinking circle!"
"Li Chenan's ability to become the helmsman of Guangling Branch of the Ichthyosaur Society does not necessarily require him to know a big shot of the Ichthyosaur Society."
"Don't forget that old guy Wu Xichen has been protecting him, and don't forget that Wu Xichen went there in person that night at Zhuoyu Xiaozhu!"
"If we were to list the most loyal people to Zhongli Mansion in this world, Wu Xichen would be ranked first!"
"Think about it, what was Wu Xichen's purpose in helping him kill those people from the Guangling Branch of the Fish and Dragon Society?"
Wen Xiaowan was stunned, and her gentle hands squeezed Shang Di's shoulders again, "So...it is actually Zhongli Mansion that is behind this matter?"
"certainly!"
Shang Di picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "I believe that Li Chenan came into the sight of Zhongli Mansion from the third day of March when the third Miss Zhongli selected her son-in-law through literature."
"Although Li Chenan did not participate in the selection of his son-in-law, his second couplet and his song "Die Lian Hua" probably really impressed the third lady, and thus attracted the attention of the Zhongli Mansion."
"Next, Miss Zhongli was attacked in Erjinggou Alley... Of course, this couldn't be a real attack. Now that I think about it, Miss Zhongli deliberately wanted to get close to Li Chenan, which explains the rumors... that is to say The rumors that Zhongli Ruoshui may have fallen in love with Li Chenan may be true!"
"Otherwise, why would Zhongli Ruoshui give those lands by the Peach Blossom Stream to Li Chenan?"
"Zhongli Ruoshui left Guangling City and went to Yujing City in Kyoto, and he will definitely not leave Wu Xichen by his side!"
"That girl Zhongli Ruoshui is as smart as her grandma. She knows very well what kind of trouble Li Chenan will encounter in Guangling City."
"Of course that boy Zhonglisu also knows his daughter's little thoughts, so I guess that Zhonglisu also wrote to ask Fan Taohua, and then Zhongli Ruoshui also went to Yujing City, so the old lady Fan in Kyoto came for this The future grandson-in-law did something.”
“This is a sure thing!”
"By getting Li Chenan to join the Fish and Dragon Society as the helmsman, Zhongli Mansion can superficially use this to ease the increasingly tense conflicts with Prime Minister Ji."
"With this identity as the leader of the Fish and Dragon Society, Li Chenan can stand firm and even walk sideways in Guangling City!"
"In addition...if Li Chenan can make good use of this identity, he may be able to become a great help to Zhongli Mansion."
Listening to Shang Di's eloquent analysis, Wen Xiaowan gradually understood that there were so many calculations behind all this.
So that boy Li Chenan is lucky?
"But in this case, will the Crown Prince's family think that Zhongli Mansion is standing by the Second Prince's side?"
Shang Di did not answer this sentence because he did not know how to answer.
He has lived on Peach Blossom Island in Guangling City for a long time. Unless there is a special mission from the Imperial City Department, he does not care about the situation in the DPRK at all.
But asking doesn't mean he didn't hear something. He knows very well that the struggle in the palace has reached the point where he can't see anything.
"These things have nothing to do with me."
"I'm in Zhuoyu Xiaozhu today. You must remember what Li Chenan said, believe him, and help him!"
"Besides... you go to the City God's Temple tomorrow and tell the Xia Temple to wish you good harvests in the south of the Yangtze River. The Huo family is getting involved. Shen Qianshan's daughter Shen Qiaodie has left Guangling City."
"Let Xia Miaozhu send people to keep an eye on it, but don't alert the snake. Wait until after the autumn harvest... and see where the food will be transported!"
"This slave obeys your orders... Sir, Li Chenan has the former roster of the Fish and Dragon Society in his hands."
Shang Di grinned: "Originally, I wanted to get that roster, but I don't want it now."
"Why?"
"Chang Shusheng is not that easy to deal with. Wang Zheng Jinzhong, the judge of our Imperial City Division, did not come to Jiangnan and went to Mu Shan Dao to see his son Wang Zheng Haoxuan."
"I can't kill Scholar Chang, so let Li Chenan handle it by himself!"
"I originally planned to go to Kyoto with Li Chenan...Chunlan Qiuju, please pack up, we will leave early tomorrow morning!"
