I don’t know how much information Wu Cheng got today. I’m an honest person. I guess I’ve unknowingly been deceived by him, right?
Xiao Mu... uh... what the imperial envoy wanted me to do was to rent a house to Tibetans so that they could keep a close eye on me. Why do I feel like someone has been hired to spy on me? Hey, I don't know why I can do this in my own home. uneasy.
"Brother Li, look, I bought some meat and vegetables, and I asked my wife to show you her skills tonight. Madam, madam!"
As soon as I got home and finished washing the wooden boxes, Wu Cheng came back and shouted loudly.
"Hey." Mrs. Tu opened the door and came out, took the food and went to the kitchen.
I stood the wooden box and bucket under the eaves and scratched my head: "Haha, Brother Wu, you don't have to worry about me cooking. We'll do it after you finish."
"That's so troublesome." Wu Cheng said, throwing a bucket into the well to fetch water: "When aunt comes back, we will eat together. Didn't aunt say yesterday that we are under the same roof, we have to help each other, so there will be more Just two pairs of chopsticks. Haha."
I didn't know how to reply. This person really listened to my mother-in-law. It was really unbearable to keep being so polite. While it was still early, I poured the purchased soybeans into a sieve and sifted them.
"Brother Li, I want to ask you something." Wu Cheng brought water to his wife and came over again.
Are you here to inquire about information again? I became nervous and pretended to be calm: "What's the matter?"
"I heard that our imperial envoy is just the magistrate of Yiling County?"
"Well, that's what everyone said." I nodded, this Wu Guo was indeed a meticulous worker!
"I also heard that the imperial envoy is rarely in the governor's office on weekdays. He always likes to visit privately incognito to understand the people's sentiments?" Wu Cheng wiped the mustache on his lips: "Then... have you ever met the imperial envoy?"
I smiled and said, "I don't know about this. I don't know what the imperial envoy looks like. Even if I have seen him, I wouldn't recognize him."
"Well, that's... eh."
I saw his sad face and asked, "What's wrong? Brother Wu wants to find an imperial envoy?"
"Oh, it's okay." Wu Cheng waved his hand: "Just ask."
"Brother Jianghu, are you back? I asked you to come over." Wang Jiajia's voice shouted from the other side of the wall.
"Hey, here we come."
I ran into Wang Jiajia's yard and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"How are Jianghu? Did you find anything suspicious?" Fatty Wang glanced at my house and asked nervously.
"Master." I took a few steps closer: "Wu Cheng was just asking me about the imperial envoy. I don't know what his intentions are. Is the imperial envoy in the government office these days? Do you want to report it?"
"I heard from Long Yuhan and the others that they haven't seen the imperial envoy for several days. Every day, Lieutenant Mu is responsible for the training of the Sky Eye Team, and then Meng Sima explains the mission."
I felt cold: "What about the imperial envoy?"
"Who knows? When the imperial envoy arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Inspector Lei specially cleaned up the room for him. However, the imperial envoy insisted on letting people live in a small courtyard in the east separately and refused to let anyone serve him. Except Dr. Li from Huichun Hall went to see him every now and then, but he didn't see anyone visiting him, and he didn't even know if he lived there."
"Then...that Wu Cheng, what should I do?" I was a little at a loss.
Wang Jiajia played with her hair in her hands: "What can we do? Of course we will monitor her closely."
"I..." I sighed and pulled Wang Jiajia aside a few steps: "Jiajia, I feel a little panicked. Do you want to find other teams to discuss countermeasures? The imperial envoy is not here, isn't there Li? Rejuvenate? Or ask Su Xiaolu and the others? "
"Then I will ask Sister Mu for you tomorrow and see what she says."
Lady Mu?
My heart tightened, and I suddenly thought of what Madam Mu said at the door of Jianghu Inn early in the morning:
"If someone wants to be sent, you just give the order. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."
She sent Nuan Xin deliberately to show me that she turned a blind eye to Wu Cheng. Could it be that she already knew that he was a meticulous worker? Could it be that she meant for me to just let Wu Cheng do his work and let nature take its course, and I would only be responsible for monitoring
Is everything he does good?
Oops, is that so? I feel a little crazy, and I feel like my brain is running out of energy.
"Jiang Hu, you don't have to be too nervous. Just be normal!" Fatty Wang comforted him.
"Then... we just wait and see what happens?" I asked.
"That's right, that's right, stop calmly!" Fatty Wang patted me on the shoulder. In an instant, both of us were stunned. How could master and apprentice have such a tacit understanding over the years?
I calmed down and thought over Madam Mu's words carefully, and suddenly I became a little excited again.
Since Wu Cheng is acting carefully and wants to do harm to us in Xiangzhou, as a citizen of Xiangzhou City and a spy with an eye of heaven, of course he cannot be spared lightly. It would be too easy for him to tie him up and send him to an official. Maybe there will be others soon.
Let's work it out carefully. Why not pretend as if nothing happened, treat him as a laborer, and wait for the imperial envoy to leave?
Haha, Li Jianghu, Li Jianghu, I didn’t expect you to be not only handsome, but also so smart.
"Brother Jianghu, are you okay?" Wang Jiajia shouted to me.
"Ah?" I came to my senses and saw Fatty Wang staring at me.
"Oh, not bad." I smiled awkwardly: "Suddenly it occurred to me that Wu Cheng bought meat just now. Master, would you like to come over and have dinner with us?"
"Is there meat?" Fatty Wang secretly smacked his lips: "Okay, then I'll bring the jar of wine from home and we'll have a good time together. We'll see if we can get him to say anything useful while he's drunk.
"
"Well, Aye, that's a good idea." Wang Jiajia also became happy. After all, it's a good thing to just eat ready-made dinner without having to cook it.
I shamelessly went home and said to Wu Cheng: "Brother Wu, I'm so sorry. You can have dinner by yourselves. My master just called me and asked me to have wine with him in the evening."
"Your Majesty? Then invite him to come with you. Your master next door is naturally my master. I will go get a drink and get together in the evening. Wait for me!" Wu Guo took the bait and said,
He ran out of the yard excitedly.
"Go out?"
"Oh, aunt, I'll be back soon."
It's grandma's voice.
"Aniang is back?"
"Well, I sold all the bags I made today and bought some vegetables to make up for you." Auntie showed the fish in her hand. There seemed to be some chopped bones and vegetables in the basket.
"That Lady Tu is already cooking, and Wu Cheng went to get some drinks. He said that he would call Fatty Wang and the others over for a party tonight." I leaned into Grandma's ear and roughly explained my plan with Fatty Wang.
Grandma was also a little excited: "Well, after three rounds of drinking, Jiajia and I will drag Lady Tu into the room to chat, and you and Fatty Wang will deal with Wu Cheng."
"Haha, grandma is wise."
"I gonna go see."
I followed my mother to the door of the kitchen and saw that Mrs. Tu was busy by the stove with her child on her back. My mother probably felt sorry for her, so she quickly rolled up her sleeves and quickly prepared dinner.
…
After the sun went down, Fatty Wang and Wang Jiajia came over following the smell of vegetables. Everyone got to know each other and sat down one after another.
"Come on, here comes the fish."
"Braised ribs."
“It smells so good.”
"And boiled meat slices."
"This wine is not bad, it smells delicious." Wu Cheng couldn't wait to fill everyone's glasses.
Not to be outdone, Fatty Wang raised the wine jar at the foot of the table and showed it: "I also brought a jar over. I won't come back until I'm drunk today."
"good."
Everyone raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.
"Uncle Wang, you just said that you work as an errand in the governor's office?" Wu Cheng asked Fatty Wang as he held a bone between his hands.
"Hey, don't mention it. It's just for food." Fatty Wang took another sip of wine.
Wu Cheng did not give up and asked: "Then have you seen the imperial envoy?"
Fatty Wang looked at me furtively, obviously not expecting Wu Cheng to start blatantly inquiring about information at this time.
I grabbed Wu Cheng and whispered to him: "My master is just a small errand. He usually doesn't let anyone mention his errands, for fear that it will be bad luck if people find out."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Uncle Wang, then eat wine, eat wine."
"Well, come on, come on." Fatty Wang's face turned red and he shouted at the top of his voice.
"Yuanyuan, what do you want to eat? Auntie will give you some." Wang Jiajia also teased the child.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
After two days of getting along with each other, Mrs. Tu has relaxed a little bit, and has spoken a few more words to her mother-in-law. After she finishes eating, she will definitely take the child to sleep first, and it should be no problem to take her back to the room.
I just don’t know how much Wu Cheng can drink. I can only hold three bowls of rice at most, and the rest is all up to Fatty Wang. Don’t let him get us drunk.
"Xiao Wu, it's really not easy for you. You came from Yizhou? I'm afraid you have committed a lot of crimes along the way? This child is still so young, why do you want to go so far?" Fatty Wang deliberately asked.
Some topics were discussed, but the wine glass in his hand stopped when it reached his mouth.
I was secretly amused. This Fatty Wang usually only had two sips of wine. Today, he could hold back so many snacks. It was really hard for him. Even though he looked like he had no future, but in the face of business, he couldn't stand it.
Still weighing it clearly.
Wu Cheng drained the wine in his glass again, and then sighed: "I expected to come to Xiangzhou to find my relatives, but I didn't find them. Fortunately, Brother Li took me in, otherwise I wouldn't have had a warm meal."
"Hahahaha, the owner of the dignified Yongqing Inn has come all the way here to cry about being poor and miserable!"
A burst of laughter came from outside the door, which felt very familiar.
"Who is it?" Wu Cheng stood up and opened the door in three steps at a time.
Xiao Mu! No, imperial envoy!
I was shocked when I heard a sound beside me, and the wine glass in Fatty Wang's hand broke to the ground.
"Who are you?" Wu Cheng scolded.
"Aren't you looking for me?" Xiao Mu had already entered the room, glanced at the delicious food on the table, grabbed a piece of meat with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth: "Yeah, not bad. Sit down, let's chat while we eat."
"Um...are you..." Seeing that we were all silent, Aniang asked Xiao Mu with a smile.
"Oh, Aunt Song, just call me Xiao Mu."
"Xiao Mu?" Auntie said with a smile: "You are Xiao Mu. I often hear Jianghu talking about you. Jianghu, you have such a friend and you don't bring him to your home to play?"
"Haha. Li Jianghu, sit down!" Xiao Mu said, grabbing another bone and chewing on it.
"Come on, Xiao Mu, how did you know we were having dinner tonight? No wonder I heard from Brother Jianghu that you were born in the year of dog, and you have a really good nose." Wang Jiajia didn't know his identity yet, so she naturally brought him clean dishes and chopsticks.
, and even joked a few words, which made Fatty Wang blush even more anxiously.
"It turns out he is Brother Li's friend. He was so offended just now." Wu Cheng quickly poured a glass of wine and presented it.
"Just enjoy yourself. I won't drink any wine."
Wu Cheng was stunned for a moment: "Brother Mu, this is a bit...well, Brother Li, look..."
I thought about Xiao Mu's intentions, but I still couldn't figure out what he was causing. Could it be that when Mrs. Mu saw Wu Cheng in the morning, she recognized that he was a spy and reported it to Xiao Mu? So, Xiao Mu just
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