As soon as Li Qing arrived, Little Fatty Dun'er greeted him.
"You're here!" Zhu Gaochi rubbed his chubby little hands, "Have you thought about it? Follow me and you will have meat to eat."
"..." Li Qing couldn't laugh or cry, and pinched his cheek out of habit, "Do you like me so much?"
Zhu Gaochi was not angry when his face was pinched. He said seriously, "If you pinch my face, you are mine."
You're not a big girl. I slept with you, so I wouldn't blackmail you like this... Li Qing said helplessly, "Your Highness, I have a family. I really can't be your first companion."
"Then...then can't you just find them a home?"
Li Qing: "..."
How could your 37-degree mouth say such cold words?
The little chubby boy seemed to realize that he had gone too far. He looked sullen and said sadly, "But I don't want you to leave."
Looking at the little chubby boy with a face full of reluctance, Li Qing couldn't get angry anymore. He thought about it and said, "I will stay here for a long time. If you miss me, you can ask someone to find me!"
"Really?"
"Of course, I never lie to children."
"Pull the hook." Zhu Gaochi stretched out his chubby fingers.
"Hook!"
"Then what is your name?" Zhu Gaochi said happily, "I will let you go find you when the time comes."
"My name is..."
Using a trumpet when going out is a basic quality. Li Qing thought for a while and said, "Mr. Qing!"
"It sounds like it's not your real name." Zhu Gaochi was dissatisfied.
"As long as you can find me, that's fine?"
"That's right." Zhu Gaochi nodded and didn't care anymore.
…
Zhu Gaochi was very generous and hid two chicken drumsticks in his sleeves at noon and brought them to Li Qing.
"Eat, there will be more tomorrow."
"Thank you." Li Qing was not polite, took it and started to chew it.
Zhu Gaochi looked at him infatuatedly... the chicken drumstick in his hand kept swallowing, which made him very funny.
"One for each person."
"Well, okay."
Zhu Gaochi took it and ate it deliciously.
Li Qing asked strangely, "Don't you have enough to eat at home?"
"Yeah." Zhu Gaochi felt aggrieved, "My father thinks I eat too much, and my mother and concubine also asked me to lose weight, but I really don't have enough to eat."
"...But you really need to lose weight."
Zhu Gaochi spread his chubby little hands, "But I'm hungry!"
Li Qing's face was covered with black lines.
After lunch, Zhu Gaochi said, "Don't go to the stage this afternoon. Why don't you play with me?"
"Well, okay."
He is a soft-mouthed cannibal, and together with Little Fatty, he is more likely to come into contact with Zhu Di, and he is happy about it.
In the afternoon, Li Qing met Zhu Di again.
Zhu Di's face was not as bad as yesterday. He was holding his youngest son and talking and laughing with his wife.
Li Qing pricked up his ears and listened for a long time, but he didn't hear any valuable information. It was just a matter of family gossip, and he didn't even mention a word about political affairs.
Time passed by and it was evening.
Zhu Gaochi said reluctantly, "Come back tomorrow!"
"Definitely." Li Qing nodded in agreement.
After returning to the inn and taking a comfortable hot bath, Li Qing picked up a book to pass the time.
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
"Who is it?"
"Sir, there's someone here." The waiter's voice sounded, "He said he's your guy."
Li Qing's heart moved, and he raised his voice and said, "The door is not bolted, let him come in!"
"Squeak~!"
The door was pushed open, and Deputy Qianhu Wang Qian and Liu Hao walked in hand in hand.
"It's really you!" Li Qing showed a smile and said to the waiter, "We have business matters to discuss, please step aside!"
"Hey." The waiter asked, "Do these two guests want to stay at the hotel?"
Li Qing thought for a while and said, "If there is a vacant room next door, open one for them!"
"Yes, yes." The waiter in the store happily responded, "I'll go and sort it out right now."
After the door was closed, Wang Qian stood quietly at the door for a while, then strode to Li Qing and saluted with Liu Hao:
"I have met Lord Zhenfu in my humble position."
"Get up." Li Qing waved his hand gently, "You guys came very quickly. How many brothers have arrived?"
Wang Qian smiled dryly and said, "My lord, we only have a hundred and ten people in total. I am afraid that your lord will be short of manpower because of my humble position, so I came here with Lao Liu first. The main force is still behind. I think it will take about ten days."
The two of them were the same people who started the fire at the bottom of the pot, and they were already familiar with each other.
Li Qing did not exchange too many greetings and said directly: "Since we are here, let's start investigating, starting with the reputation of King Yan among the people."
After a pause, "By the way, Qingshouji should pay more attention!"
The two of them should hold hands.
Liu Hao hesitated and said, "Sir, with so many unfamiliar faces and different accents here, it won't take long for King Yan to notice it. By then...how should we deal with it?"
"It doesn't matter, he knows it as long as he knows it."
Li Qing said indifferently, "Originally, this matter cannot be completely hidden. Just do your job well and don't worry about the rest."
"Yes, sir."
After briefly laying out the work content, Li Qing sent the two of them to rest.
…
In the next few days, Li Qing transformed into a warm-hearted big brother, spending time with Little Fatty every day, and their friendship grew day by day.
Xiao Zhu Gaochi is particularly lovable, and he really likes the little guy.
The palace does not have as many rules as the royal palace. The way Zhu Di and his wife educate their son is more of a freewheeling style. In addition to studying homework at a fixed time every day, they adhere to the concept of "the child is happy as long as he is happy" at other times.
Xiao Zhu Gaochi lived a relatively chic life, much better than brothers Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen in the palace.
It is not difficult to understand. One is royal education and the other is royal education. The systems are different.
If you don't want to be an emperor or become an official in the court, you don't need such strict education. If you really do too well and are too ambitious, you will be afraid of others.
In fact, it was not just Zhu Di's family, but other vassal kings as well.
This is also what Zhu Yuanzhang hopes. Just enjoy the blessings and don't mess around.
The vassal king had a prominent position, and it was particularly easy to investigate. In just a few days, King Yan's reputation among the people was completely destroyed.
"No reputation?"
In the inn, Li Qing was surprised to learn the results of the investigation.
Wang Qian nodded, "That's true."
Liu Hao added, "The King of Yan did not deal with the people and focused most of his energy on the Yuan people. Therefore, he had almost no reputation among the people."
After a pause, he added: "If we really talk about it, it can be considered a good reputation."
He laughed dryly and said, "The feudal prince is considered a good person if he doesn't harm the people."
Li Qing was startled, then nodded with a wry smile, "That makes sense."
"However, King Yan has been doing good deeds to defend himself from the enemy outside the borders. Logically speaking, the people should be grateful to him, right?"
Wang Qian smiled and said, "I heard from my brother who spied on intelligence before that the people of Yuan Dynasty did not come to the border to cause harm, and the King of Yan led his troops to fight them out. I guess the people don't know this at all."
"Besides, does a vassal king need to express his merits to the people?"
"That makes sense!"
Li Qing nodded slowly, feeling better about Zhu Di in his heart.
The same vassal king, King Zhu Di of Yan, was much stronger than King Zhu Feng of Qin.
"Where is Qingshou Temple?"
Since the last time he showed his body, Li Qing has not gone there again. He is afraid that he will chop Dao Yan into pieces.
"King Yan went to Qingshou Temple once the day before yesterday and stayed for about an hour. He didn't go back for the past two days."
Li Qing asked: "Have you been exposed?"
"No." Wang Qian shook his head, "Brothers are all here, which may arouse King Yan's alarm, but if we can't hide with just these people now, then our Jin Yiwei will be too inferior."
After a pause, he added: "By the way, sir, Qingshou Temple is being renovated. According to the information my subordinates found, it was paid for by King Yan."
"Well, I understand."
Li Qing stretched his body and said, "It's been a busy day, let's go and rest!"
The two of them handed over their hands and said, "I resign from my humble position."
Li Qing lay on the bed and sighed quietly, "Perhaps Zhu Di already has that kind of thoughts, but he should only dare to have thoughts.
Regardless of his deeds or his intentions, at least he has been doing good things and has never done anything to harm the people. There is no need for me to find this fault.
Let’s do something practical!
When everyone arrives, let the brothers go deep into Mobei to spy on the military situation, and then give Yuanren a big surprise!"