What was written on the paper was: Check if there are any hidden mechanisms in the house! The two brothers nodded silently, left the room separately, and began to search.
Li Xuan walked around the study room, checked every corner, and even looked through all the books on the bookshelf to make sure there were no signs of hidden mechanisms, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon the two brothers also slipped back and shook their heads at Li Xuan, indicating that they had not discovered anything.
Li Xuan then said: "It seems that the Ding family didn't do any tricks. They really want to reconcile with me."
"That's because he's smart!"
Li Cheng snorted coldly, "You are the imperial envoy appointed by Her Highness the Princess. Although you have no clear authority, you can intervene in everything and send messages to the Princess.
As long as you say one or two bad words, the Ding family will be in dire straits. If he doesn't please you, won't he be uncomfortable?"
Among the two brothers, Li Cheng is quick-witted and good at coming up with ideas, while Li Hong is taciturn but braver. Apart from coveting women, the two brothers don't have much in common, but they complement each other perfectly.
When Li Cheng analyzed the situation in Maplewood City, he spoke clearly and to the point.
"Forget it...my target was not the Ding family in the first place.
When I came to Maplewood City, there were two main people I wanted to keep an eye on, one was Lai Cang, and the other was the Sa family.
At tonight's banquet, you two have only one mission, which is to get to know as many people from the Sa family as possible..." "Is it okay for a woman?"
Li Hong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said.
Li Xuan scratched his head: "Of course there is no problem, but I doubt your charm!"
"How dare you look down on our brothers! When we were in Xianyun City, my father was too strict. It's definitely not our charm that is the problem!"
Li Cheng said angrily, "Tonight I will let you see how powerful our brothers are. I promise to fascinate the women of the Sa family and reveal their deepest secrets!"
"You'd better make their bellies bigger."
Li Xuan shrugged, "Anyway, no matter what method you use, you must establish a good relationship with the Sa family.
I want to find out what their dealings are with the people from the Da Chu Kingdom, and whether they are also connected with those bullshit Black Cloud Thieves!"
As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door.
The housekeeper sent a letter.
It was sealed with wax paint and signed by a certain silk merchant in the city. It looked like a formal invitation.
However, when Li Xuan saw the fist-shaped pattern on the fire seal, he knew that the person who sent the letter must be a bloodthirsty person.
After opening the letter, it turned out that it was not an invitation, but a report on Lai Cang's actions in the past three days.
The content of the report started when Lai Cang got up and had breakfast in the early morning. Every detail was recorded clearly, including how many eggs he ate for breakfast and how long he squatted on the toilet.
Judging from the three-day records, Laicang's activities were very regular and there was nothing noteworthy.
It seems that the tracking time is too short and no valuable clues can be found for the time being.
"The bloodthirsty people did pretty well."
Putting the records into a private space, Li Xuan felt that he had chosen the right person.
With such a work attitude and meticulous and serious sense of responsibility, Xixue people are still valuable to cultivate even if they are less capable.
After all, what the first team needs is not strong men, but loyalty! ...The weather was cold at night, the wind was blowing sharply, the lights were still there, but there were few traces of pedestrians in the city.
Most people choose to spend their time at home instead of going out to the street to catch the wind. However, for noble gentlemen, being in a warm carriage compartment, winter is as warm as summer.
Carriages passed through the snow-covered streets one after another, leaving two clear marks. They passed through Huaihua Street, turned into Sunset Street, and arrived at a high ground by the river.
This highland is where the rich area is located, and you don't have to be rich to live here, you must have a title.
So far, there are only five families on the high ground, and the largest house among them belongs to the owner tonight, the Ding family! Although it is difficult to see the flowers blooming in summer in Maplewood City in winter, the nobles spent a lot of money to decorate the gardens.
It's all white, but the man who is really not afraid of spending money still finds ways to have fun.
Ding Zhen hired dozens of ingenious craftsmen to build many wonderful sculptures out of snow.
When the people attending the dinner got off the carriage and walked into the garden, they saw a snow house in the middle of the garden with a ratio of 1:5, surrounded by dozens of lifelike snow sculptures of animals of various shapes, forming a happy and joyful scene.
The fairy tale-like scene couldn't help but respond with exclamations and applause.
"As expected of being the number one art collector in Maplewoods City, Master Ding's taste is truly amazing.
Snow sculpture, my God, in my impression, snow sculpture is just a snowman game played by children. An iron bucket, a carrot and a broken broom are enough. I didn't expect that after careful design, it turned into a kind of snow sculpture.
Art!"
Some people were so amazed.
Standing on the second floor terrace, Ding Zhen, who was discussing art with Li Xuan, heard such praise, he smiled, turned to Li Xuan and said: "Master Li Xuan, I am obsessed with art, whether it is painting, sculpture or...
I like music very much.
I don’t know if you know anything about Liu Shizhai, but I happen to have a few paintings by Liu Shizhai in my collection. If you like it, pick one and hang it in your study!"
Liu Shizhai is a famous meticulous painting master in the Yunteng Empire. Each of his paintings is a precious work of art and is highly sought after by some wealthy people.
Ding Zhen opened his mouth to send a painting to Li Xuan. This was like giving him a large sum of money! "I like Liu Shizhai very much!"
Li Xuan said unceremoniously.
In fact, Li Xuan has no interest in painting, but since Ding Zhen insists on giving it away, wouldn't it be unreasonable to be too polite?
It would be even more inappropriate if Ding Zhen misunderstood that he had any grudges.
So Li Xuan decided to reluctantly accept it, and it would be a good idea to sell it later or give it to others.
Seeing that Li Xuan accepted it happily, Ding Zhen breathed a sigh of relief even though his heart was bleeding with pain.
All his current efforts are to eliminate the negative influence caused by Ding Yue before. As long as he can appease Li Xuan, let alone one or two paintings, he is willing to pay no matter how high the price is.
"The guests are almost here, let's go meet them.
As far as I know, there are many unmarried girls in Maplewood City who heard that a young and promising imperial envoy has arrived, and they are specially dressed up tonight because they want to dance with you."
Feeling much more relaxed, Ding Zhen also started joking.