The moon is at the zenith.
Huo Xi left the Duke of Yan's mansion with Huo Shufan.
Standing in front of the tall vermilion door of Duke Yan's Mansion, Huo Xi turned his head and looked around. The smile on his face became stronger and stronger, and there was an extremely envious light in his eyes:
"This is the real high gate!"
"Magnificent and majestic, even the servants in the house behave in a proper manner!"
"After you get married to the Sixth Princess, you can come and go from such a high house at will!"
"With Duke Yan's support and commitment, our Huo family... although we cannot become such a high-ranking family for the time being, becoming a famous family in Ningguo is just around the corner!"
Tonight, Duke Yan personally hosted a banquet for their grandfather and grandson.
His attitude couldn't be described as cordial, but he wasn't indifferent either.
This is a great honor for the Huo family's grandfather and grandson who came from Guangling City.
Because they have never thought about sitting together with people of this status.
During the dinner, Duke Yan mostly asked about Guangling City.
More questions were asked about Li Chenan.
Huo Xi naturally has his own opinion on this. He has heard Huo Shufan talk about the conflict between Yan Zifu and Li Chenan. The purpose of Yan Guogong's move is of course to know more about Li Chenan, and then he will definitely be able to easily kill him. Li Chenan strangled him to death!
The grandfather and grandson walked towards the carriage.
Huo Xi added: "The Duke of Yan said that he would give the Plum Garden to you as the Prince Consort's residence..."
He got on the carriage, Huo Shufan followed, and the two sat in the carriage. He added: "The renovation of the plum garden should not cost the Duke of Yan anymore."
"Our Huo family's foundation is still shallow. If you want to gain a foothold in Kyoto, even if you marry the Sixth Princess, you still need to have a good relationship with the Duke of Yan. So tomorrow you will send 30,000 taels of silver notes to the Duke of Yan." Come to the government...our Huo family only has a little more money."
"As a human being, the most important thing is to know yourself!"
"The Duke of Yan's mansion gave away Meiyuan in a grand manner, and we have to show something. We can't let Duke Yan look down on our Huo family."
The carriage headed towards Huo Mansion in Kyoto.
Huo Shufan listened carefully to his grandfather's instructions, followed them one by one, and finally asked:
"Grandpa, little sister, it seems that little sister is still interested in Li Chenan. Is there any way to make this happen for little sister?"
Huo Xi stroked his long beard and shook his head without hesitation:
"no!"
"Before this, grandpa was deceived by Li Chen'an and almost made a big mistake... He said nothing but failed to act effectively. Li Chen'an dared to act unscrupulously because he thought he had the backing of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion... This is Kyoto!"
"He has already offended Prime Minister Shang, and now he has offended Duke Yan. Although Dingguo Houfu is powerful, it has not yet reached a level where he can be at odds with the Prime Minister's Mansion and Yan Guogongfu at the same time... If grandpa is from Dingguohou Mansion, The head of the family, under the current situation, should decisively draw a clear line and sever ties with Li Chenan, otherwise, I am afraid that the Dingguo Hou Mansion will also be implicated by that kid and fall into a situation of no return!"
"When I go back, grandpa will be happy and tell Shu Yi that her idea is too dangerous!"
"When my grandson understands, he will also try to persuade his sister."
"Well, the affairs of this daughter's family are all trivial matters. I remember there is another big matter tomorrow... I will go with my grandfather to Honglu Temple to become a disciple of Master Wei!"
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Kyoto Huo Mansion is located to the west of the eighth bridge in the middle reaches of the Yudai River. This street is called Shijing Alley, not far from Jingzhao Mansion, and is considered a prosperous place in Yujing City.
Because it is close to Jingzhao Mansion, this place has always been safe. Even the gangsters in Yujing City do not dare to run wild here. After all, the sword in the hands of Mr. Xiangdong Xiang, the current governor of Jingzhao Mansion, is really good at killing people.
But something unexpected seemed to have happened tonight.
The governor of Jingzhao Mansion, Xiangdong, always sleeps late.
He was reading a book by a lantern in the backyard of Jingzhao Mansion Yamen.
At this moment, a person suddenly rushed into the backyard.
Xiangdong looked up and saw that the person coming was Luo Dong'an, the young master of Jingzhao Mansion, the sixth young master of Duke Luo's Mansion in Kyoto.
Luo Dongan hurriedly came to Xiangdong, bowed his hands, and said with a very serious expression: "Sir, Lord Gangwu has just come to report that the Huo Mansion in Shijing Alley was robbed by bandits!"
Xiangdong frowned and put down the book in his hand: "Did you catch it?"
"Sir, no!"
"Why?"
"Chen Gang said there were twelve bandits, but they were all riding on horses with their faces covered and carrying knives... They were very skilled in martial arts. All fifteen Wuhoupu agents were dispatched, but they were easily knocked down by them!"
As Xiangdong stroked his short beard, Kyoto would say that there was no peace at all. However, under his own suppression in recent years, bandits and gangsters rarely caused trouble in Kyoto.
But something like this happened tonight...
"How many people in the Huo family died?"
"Sir, no one is dead. They were just kidnapped by the bandits. I have ordered the police to go and ask for details."
"Um……"
Xiangdong stood up and looked at the bright moon in the sky. Since there were twelve bandits in this group, all riding horses and carrying swords, the city gate was closed at this moment, so they must have escaped.
He was suddenly startled...could he be a private soldier of a certain family in the city?
It's just that the families with private soldiers have high status, and the family should not be short of money. Why did they send people to Huo Mansion to rob it?
Recently I heard that Huo Baiyang's son of the Huo family was attracted by the Sixth Princess. I'm afraid he will soon become the Sixth Princess's consort... This case happened to happen at this time. Could it be that a certain family is dissatisfied with this?
Not right either!
If they are dissatisfied, they will kill people instead of committing robbery.
It is a troubled time in Kyoto right now. At this time, you have to be careful in everything you do.
"Let's go to Huo Mansion!"
Xiang Dong and Luo Dong'an led several detectives towards Huo Mansion. At this moment, Huo Xi's carriage had arrived at the door of Huo Mansion.
When the grandfather and grandson got off the carriage, they were suddenly shocked because the door of Huo's house was wide open, and there were two policemen with knives standing in front of the door.
Huo Xi walked over in surprise, but was stopped by the policeman:
"Who are you?"
"I am the master of this place!"
The two agents looked at each other. When the older agent looked at Huo Xi, there was a little sympathy in his eyes. At this moment, Huo Xi asked again:
"Master Cha, what...what's going on?"
"Go in, your home has been robbed."
Huo Xi was stunned, and his face suddenly changed. He didn't even take care of Huo Shufan, and he rushed inside.
When he arrived at the main courtyard, saw his housekeeper and learned what had happened, he rolled his eyes and fell to the ground with a sound of "Bang...!"
And at this moment.
Headquarters of Lijing Division.
The fourth princess, Ning Chuchu, looked at the hill-like pile of gold and silver placed in front of her, as well as the banknotes scattered on it, and her eyes widened!
"Chen An really didn't lie to me!"
"The fastest way to get money...is really robbery!"
"Kaiyang,"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Send someone to do an inventory. Don't let any news of this matter leak out. Then... let's find out who else in Kyoto is suitable for robbery!"
Kaiyang swallowed and suddenly realized that His Highness had changed!
Is this really good?
If the matter is exposed and Ji Tai gets the handle, it will probably be extremely detrimental to His Highness the Crown Prince!
"Your Highness, why don't we wait until this news is over?"
"...That makes sense. I'll go back first and tell you how much money I got tomorrow!"
"good!"
Ning Chuchu happily returned to her princess mansion with Zhiyuan, and then she heard the maid's report. Only then did she know that Zhongli Ruoshui had been here in the evening and invited her to go to the Huaxi Villa tomorrow.
She took off her face towel and muttered: "Could it be that this little girl knew that I had gone to see Li Chen'an? Does she want to ask me for clarification?"
