The curfew in Chang'an City is useless for Li Xin'an.
He knew very well when and where the Jinwu Guards patrolled the city would appear, so Li Xin'an, who left the East City and ran to the West City for a big fuss, took Sandalwood and craftsmanship to avoid the patrol soldiers from all sides and returned to Wanhua Tower.
Perhaps because of the long-lost presumptuousness, Sandangxiang had already fallen asleep in Li Xin'an's arms due to fatigue.
Wanhua Tower has two back doors, and there are usually more than ten strong turtle men guarding it, but this time, both back doors are wide open and four open.
Li Xin'an walked into Wanhua Tower with sleeping sandalwood in her arms and met Yin Hongzhuang, the owner of Wanhua Tower.
Sandalwood's close maid Shui Bi was wearing Sandalwood clothes, trembling behind Yin Hongzhuang.
Yin Hongzhuang said nothing, just stretched out her hands.
Li Xin'an shrugged and handed the sandalwood over.
Yin Hongzhuang hugged the disciple, brushed away the black hair that covered her eyebrows with pity, and sighed:
"Just this time, I won't be the case!"
"Aunt Yin, I said you should not be so strict with your subordinates. Wanhualou is not a prison." Li Xin'an said with his arms around the back of his head.
"What do you know!" Yin Hongzhuang glared at him fiercely, and was afraid of waking up the apprentice in his arms, and scolded in a low voice:
"Women have to be strictly controlled. Once they are allowed to go out and see the world, they will be caught by those wild men!"
"The only word love hurts the most in the world. Women are no more than men, and they are the ones who suffer!"
Yin Hongzhuang sighed: "I am also for their own good."
"But you have to give them some space, right? If you hold it up, you will die!"
Li Xin'an said: "I see Miss Tan Zhu who just returned from Yanzhou is full of worries. Maybe something big will happen. Aunt Yin, it's better to pay attention to her."
"Hmph! After all, you are also the one who is responsible for Tan Zhu's affairs!"
Yin Hongzhuang snorted coldly: "I have my own arrangements, so don't worry about her."
"Then... Aunt Yin, take care of yourself, and you will take your leave!"
Li Xinan bowed and clasped her fists, then shook her hand at the little maid hiding behind Yin Hongzhuang, "Shui Bi, take good care of Sister Tan Xiang, she drank a lot of wine tonight."
After saying that, Li Xin'an turned around and left.
The owner of Wanhua Tower Yin Hongzhuang walked into the yard with Sandalwood in her arms. The little maid Shui Bi originally wanted to take over the master, but when she saw the owner's thoughts, she didn't dare to say anything, so she had to stand beside her obediently.
"Girl, you said, what should I do with you..." Yin Hongzhuang looked down at Sandalwood who was sleeping, with a confused face.
"master."
In the darkness, a cold female voice came from the sound of the voice.
Her delicate and childish body gradually emerged in the darkness, which was Tan Zhu who had just returned from Yanzhou.
"Bixiao Yuhan's skill...has he practiced?"
"The disciple has reached the fourth floor!"
"Very good, I've caught up with sandalwood." Yin Hongzhuang smiled.
"The two disciples in my Wanhua Building are both second-rank middle-ranked, so why did you pass by Murong Villa?"
Tan Zhu knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "If you want to improve your education, you only need to dye your blood!"
Yin Hongzhuang looked solemn and asked, "Are you really ready?"
"The disciple has made up his mind and will never regret it!"
"Oh...what's wrong...in the past, you were the most kind-hearted and kind-hearted weakness."
Tan Zhu showed a shrill smile, "What's the use of being kind? My children are gone, how could I ever get good rewards?"
"This is a world where good people don't live, and the disciple doesn't mind smearing it a little more!"
"Okay, I'll allow it."
Yin Hongzhuang said lightly: "But now, it's not time to send you out. When the right time comes, I will tell you what to do."
The little maid Shui Bi tilted her head and listened, her face full of big doubts, and she couldn't understand what they were talking about.
...
It was already late at night when Li Xin'an returned to Youxiangju.
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As he expected, Murong Bai was waiting for him.
"What did Ye Qinglan say?" Li Xinan asked bluntly.
"Inquiry about you, and your Highness."
Murong Bai sighed: "I told him to do the errands of the Ministry of Revenue with peace of mind, go back to Jiangnan as soon as possible, and don't cause trouble in Chang'an."
"It's just that I don't necessarily listen to his advice when I see him like that."
Li Xin'an smiled and said, "Ye Qi is like a quarrel child. The more you tell him what he can do and what he can't do, the more he will be against you, and he is very annoyed!"
"I think Ye Qinglan is a man with very few talent. He is very smart, knows who to curry favor with, does not offend anyone, and is also very good at observing his words and expressions. He is worthy of being a person from the Ye family."
"I just don't know what kind of mind is..."
"Ye Qinglan is not bad, but she is a little careful and has the shrewdness of a businessman. When getting along, she always feels like she is being plotted, just like with... you!"
"Me?" Li Xin'an pointed at himself in surprise, laughing and crying, "Forget it, that child shouldn't be as vicious as me."
Murong Bai remembered something, but he stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Li Xin'an asked curiously.
"Ye Qinglan said she wanted to investigate the case of the mysterious disappearance of the Ye family convoy. Do you really want to help him?"
Li Xinan said helplessly: "Since someone asks me to do this, we can't ignore it."
"And he is your cousin. I owe you so I will naturally have to compensate you."
"Besides, is it really just that those who took away those people in the Ye family just simply dealing with Ye Qinglan? The enemy either comes from the Ye family, comes from the martial arts world, or some people in Chang'an."
"It is unlikely that the Jianghu. If someone inside the Ye family wants to kill Ye Qinglan, it will affect the stability within the Ye family, and the relationship between His Highness Li Chu and the Jiangnan Royal Merchants will also shake."
"But if the enemy is a person inside Chang'an, then his target can only be His Highness behind the Ye family."
"After the Nanjian Gu Master case, we have never found a handle for that person. Now, the Ye family members have disappeared mysteriously, and maybe it is a breakthrough."
Murong Bai suddenly realized, "So that's it, I understand."
Li Xin'an pinched his eyebrows in distress, "But I have to convince that guy Xie Liya."
"He's very sorry for me."
"Don't you want to investigate this case?" Murong Bai asked, "Anyway, the Blood Clothes Hall has not made any major moves recently. There are Yuan Sheng and Luo Qing in the basic affairs, and Zhang Quan is about to return to Chang'an, and there is no place for you as the master to use it."
"Hey, hey, don't just say anything so useless?"
Li Xin'an said: "Your Highness is now trying to alienate the Blood Clothing Hall, which is exactly what I mean. Why should I go up with an old face?"
"It's not possible to be open, maybe it can be dark?"
"What's dark?"
"We can investigate the Ye family's case by ourselves."
Li Xin'an frowned and said, "As long as you say this, it's not impossible. It's just that without Your Highness's dispatch, our actions will be much more restricted."
"But that's better than talking about war on paper at home." Murong Bai advised, "Once we really pursue Yang Guozhong, we will seize the opportunity and will be of great help to our future actions."
Li Xin'an puffed up his cheeks, thought for a while, and then nodded in agreement.
"Okay! Starting tomorrow, we will go to Shangzhou City first."
"Me? No." Murong Bai shook his head and denied.
"Why?" Li Xin'an asked in confusion.
"I'm going to the Golden Sands Gang tomorrow, and the God Flower Club the day after tomorrow. Moreover, today the Iron Blood Hall has brought out more than 100 people to force me to show the "Haoran Sword Classic". I was impulsive and let go of my bold words and allowed them to come to challenge."
"I'm afraid I'm going to be in peace these days."
Li Xinan was dumbfounded, "Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?"
"I forgot."
Li Xin'an twitched
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The corner of his mouth wanted to beat the person in front of him.
But there is no way, I can't beat it.
...
Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Liu Tai came to the mansion.
Liu Tailai, who was nearly 60 years old, was still sitting at the desk, writing quickly, and the dim candlelight could not stop him.
For some reason, he seemed very anxious.
Outside the house, a commotion suddenly came.
The two wolf greens raised in his mansion howled, and then seemed to be kicked violently. The two big wolf dogs "whistled" and no longer moved.
The iron armor was firm and heavy and powerful, and the study was walking towards the study.
The crying of women and the pain of men mixed together forced Liu Tailai to put down his pen.
He opened the door and saw a neatly arranged team of imperial guards outside the house.
The general in charge said to him: "Mr. Liu, Dali Temple found that you embezzled 3,000 taels of silver in the national treasury. The saint's life is low and he comes to capture it. We are not moving. Please forgive me, brothers, and make some convenience."
Liu Tailai nodded slowly.
Two imperial guards stepped forward and told him that he was tied to shackles.
Liu Tailai's expression was calm from beginning to end. Before leaving, he only said one sentence:
"I want to see Your Highness."
...
The next day, when it was almost noon, Li Xinan woke up in a daze.
"I've made a mistake. I shouldn't have fought with Murong Bai last night. I couldn't help it for a while..."
Li Xin'an finished washing and was about to go out, but unexpectedly, the door of Youxiangju was knocked on by someone else.
He opened the door and saw a smiling face.
"Ye Qi?" Li Xin'an was extremely surprised, "Why did you come here?"
"Didn't Brother Li say this is your residence? I'll come here if I have time today."
Ye Qinglan smiled and said, "The wine I couldn't drink yesterday, Ye Qi will make up for Brother Li today!"
"Wait." Li Xin'an hadn't sorted it out for a while, "Don't you have to go to the Ministry of Revenue today?"
Ye Qinglan shook her head and said, "Don't mention it. I don't know why today, I want to meet Gao Zhengming, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but they drove me out directly. The whole Ministry of Revenue was in chaos, and no one paid attention to me."
"I went to the Ministry of Rites and the Jingzhao Prefecture Office again. After asking for a long time, I still didn't deal with the matter of the Imperial Merchants."
"The Ministry of Revenue finally gave me a big reply, saying that I would wait a few more days and let me do what I should do first."
"There is no choice but to go to some adults' mansions a few times, give some silver, and wait for the Ministry of Revenue to respond."
Ye Qinglan said: "I have time this afternoon, and I think I'm just here to see you, Brother Li. It's a big regret that I didn't drink the wine from Pipayuan last night."
Li Xin'an was still immersed in surprise. Listening to Ye Qinglan's words, it seemed that something happened to the Ministry of Revenue. What could it be?
"Brother Li? Will you leave?" Ye Qinglan asked.
Li Xin'an sighed, "Ye Qi, I thought about it last night. Your Highness will not agree to you to take risks and secretly ask you to investigate. There are also many inconveniences. My original intention is to take someone else to investigate, and take a two-pronged approach. If you are with me, I can take care of you. I just wanted to set out to Shangzhou, you--"
Before he finished speaking, a rider suddenly rushed over the street and stopped in front of Youxiangju.
The person on the horse's back didn't care about getting off the horse and said anxiously: "Leader Li, Your Highness has an order to let you go immediately."
"What's so anxious?" Li Xin'an asked.
The person who came was panting and glanced at Ye Qinglan beside Li Xinan, without an answer.
"This is Mr. Ye Qinglan from the Imperial Merchant Ye family. He is his highness's friend and not an outsider, but it's okay."
"Yes." said the person who came, "Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lord Liu Tailai, was investigated for corruption and was escorted to jail last night."
Ye Qinglan suddenly realized.
"I see……"
When I looked at Li Xin'an again, I saw that his face turned pale.