Huaizhou, located in the south-central part of Ning State, has seven counties under its jurisdiction, headed by Yunhuai.
In the third year of Shun'an, that is, two years ago, Huaizhou was granted the title of the fiefdom of Prince You, Li Yu. Although this prince was only sixteen years old, he was a pilgrim, so no one dared to offend him.
But yesterday, someone dared to assassinate King You in the city. After receiving the news, the Huaizhou governor immediately launched a search in the city, which has continued until now.
Lin family, back hall.
Lin Kunping clasped his hands and wandered anxiously in the hall, looking out the door from time to time, looking particularly anxious.
He only learned about the news of King You's assassination last night after waking up early. He didn't take it seriously at first, but he heard that the location of King You's assassination was near Linxi Lane in Dongcheng.
It just so happened that he also sent someone to kill Tang Ji yesterday. If the killer killed the wrong person and was traced to the Lin family, then the Lin family's life would be over!
Not long after, Butler Luo walked in: "Master of the house."
"How's it going?" Lin Kunping quickly walked up to him, grabbed his elbow and asked.
Butler Luo replied: "For the record, head of the family, our killer did not take action yesterday."
Hearing this, Lin Kunping breathed out thick air. It seemed that everything was a coincidence.
Then, he sat down on the bright red chair, stared at the green bamboo outside the window, and ordered: "Let the killer prepare well and kill Tang Ji tonight!"
In the past few days, many small cloth shops have turned to Jianghai Chamber of Commerce because they could not bear the losses.
Although the Lin family started out as a restaurant, they also invested a lot in cloth production. It took them many years to occupy the dominant position, but they did not expect that it would be taken away in just two months.
All this is because of that boy who has no hair, and he must pay for it with his life.
But Butler Luo continued to bow and replied: "Master, according to the old slave's investigation, Tang Ji was also present when King You was assassinated, and that boy also saved King You's life. At this time, His Highness King You was living in Tang Ji's home
Recuperate."
Hearing this, Lin Kunping clenched his hands tightly and gritted his teeth and said: "What is the origin of this kid? First he was Yue Shuhua, and now he is King You!"
He raised his hand and smashed it on the armrest of the chair, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly and said: "That's it, let the killer come back first. The city has been unstable recently. Wait until the storm has passed before making any move."
It's not too late for Tang Ji."
"The master of the house is wise." Butler Luo responded and quickly retreated.
Unexpectedly, the conversation between the two was overheard by a figure standing outside the hall.
Lin Zican shook his sleeves angrily, and then walked away quickly: "Tang Ji, just wait for me!"
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"Quick, quick, demolish this whole place for me!"
In Jiang Ran's courtyard, Li Yu was lying on a wicker chair, drinking the grape smoothie made by Tang Jigang, and instructing the palace craftsmen to renovate the courtyard.
Tang Ji didn't say much about this. After all, he had thought about renovating the yard before, but was unable to start the construction due to lack of funds.
It's okay now. Li Yu, this big wretch, plans to live here for a while, so let him go about his business.
Tang Ji used a sharp dagger to break the ice cubes he took from Cheng Tie's house into pieces, and poured the squeezed grape juice into them. After shaking them thoroughly, he inserted a straw made of cattail and handed it to the person standing beside him. He couldn't wait for it.
of wine.
The little girl took it and took a sip, with a happy smile on her face: "It tastes good, it tastes good!"
Tang Ji quickly poured himself another glass. After taking a sip, he nodded with satisfaction. This kind of cold drink is necessary in the summer, otherwise it will be really hot.
After a while, Li Yu came in with an empty cup: "Is there any smoothie left?"
"No more." Tang Ji replied with a wave of his hand.
"Okay, let me drink some grape juice." Li Yu reached for the porcelain pot containing grape juice, but Jiu'er took the lead and held it in his arms.
Tang Ji spread his hands and said with a smile: "Sorry, the grape juice is gone!"
"You!" Li Yu pointed at Tang Ji, then turned to Jiu'er, trying to snatch the grape juice back.
But the little girl was not afraid at all, she held her head high and looked at him arrogantly.
Li Yu thought for a while, but finally did not take action to avoid rumors in the city that His Highness Prince You had molested a young maid from a good family, and complained to Tang Ji: "You know how expensive our grapes are, they are more expensive than what I eat in Kyoto!"
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Tang Ji knew that Ningguo was located in the southeast, and most of the grape producing areas were in the northwest. Those who could eat grapes in Huaizhou were definitely rich people. He put his arm around Li Yu's shoulders and walked out of the house: "Don't worry, I'll give it to you later."
You make a watermelon smoothie, and you can eat as much of it as you want."
Li Yu snorted coldly, suddenly remembered something, pointed at him with his finger, and suddenly realized: "That grape juice is reserved for Miss Jiang!"
Tang Ji's expression changed slightly, as if the secret had been revealed, and he silently lowered his head and coughed twice: "I'm going to see how the kitchen renovation is going."
"Don't leave, Tang Ji, tell me how far you and Miss Jiang have come!" Li Yu suddenly became interested and quickly chased after her.
After a long time, the two of them were sitting in the shade in the courtyard. Li Yu was gnawing on watermelon with his left hand and drinking watermelon stuffed wine with his right hand. He looked at Tang Ji in a somewhat vulgar manner and continued: "Tell me something!"
This guy tirelessly chanted it for more than two hundred times. Tang Ji's ears had learned to automatically block his voice, and he couldn't understand how such a prince could exist.
In an instant, Tang Ji found the topic and asked: "You haven't said who assassinated you yet!"
Hearing this, Li Yu slowed down his gnawing on the watermelon, sighed, and replied: "Who else could it be? If it's not the First Emperor Brother, it's the Third Emperor Brother. I was framed two years ago for hiding the dragon robe, and was arrested."
My father was demoted to Huaizhou, and he was assassinated every once in a while, but this time it was a bigger deal, and I have long been used to it."
Hearing this, Tang Ji suddenly felt sad for the other person. Although they were half-sisters, it would be sad for anyone to be chased by his brother!
"Okay, don't think about those unhappy people, drink the juice!" Tang Ji raised the watermelon juice and touched it with him.
After Li Yu took a sip of watermelon brew, he threw away the worries in his mind and continued to ask: "So, do you have feelings for Miss Jiang?"
Hearing this, Jiu'er, who was sitting in the room holding ice cubes, quickly pricked up his ears, hoping to get the answer from Tang Ji's mouth.
Just at this time, a woman wearing ice lake blue dark clothes walked in from outside the hospital. She smiled charmingly and pretended to sigh: "My dear brother, you are not recovering from your injuries. Your retirement days are not so happy!"
Hearing the sound, Tang Ji quickly covered his arms, his face became haggard, and he slowly stood up, his voice was extremely hoarse: "Sister Yue, why are you here!"
"Stop pretending, I heard everything just now!" Yue Shuhua glanced at him, then walked closer to Li Yu and saluted, "Yue Shuhua from the Nu family is here to see His Highness Prince You."
Civilians had to kneel down and salute when meeting an official, let alone a prince, but Li Yu didn't care and waved his hand casually: "No need to be polite."
Yue Shuhua turned his attention to Tang Ji again and said, "The county magistrate is looking for you."
"County magistrate? Looking for me?" Tang Ji looked puzzled. He probably didn't commit any crime. Why did the county magistrate bring it out?
At this moment, two figures standing outside the door walked in quickly and took the lead in saluting Li Yu: "Your Majesty, Yan Jiong (Wu Mian), pays homage to His Highness King You."
"No gift, no gift." Li Yu responded casually and continued to drink the watermelon brew, not forgetting to offer Yue Shuhua a piece of watermelon.
Wu Mian raised his head and was about to explain to Tang Ji why he came today, but after seeing the other party's appearance, he was shocked and said: "Yes, it's you!"