Yibin Zhongbo took a car late at night and went to Wu Laodang's house to discuss his future in Jinyi's military yamen.
Wu Laodang also lived in Shunyi Fang. Uncle Zhongcheng's carriage quietly parked at the back door of Wu Mansion. When Liu Ruhai passed by, he saw loads of gift boxes being carried by the carriage and quietly delivered them to Wu Mansion.
Is His Majesty Hui Wen going to change to a governor in imperial robes? Of course Wu Laodang can say a few words.
Song Chengming's life was not easy either. Liu Ruhai thought.
He returned to Luoyuan and put down the medicine box in the inner room. The room was silent.
The female puppet disappeared. Cao Xiwan also left.
There was only moonlight in the room, and the floor mat in the corner of the room had been rolled up and disappeared. She carried the bedding back to the empty yard next door. The small package she used to make a pillow was also missing.
There was a plate of roasted sweet potatoes on the table. He smiled and lit the lamp, thinking about asking Songbi to wait on him tomorrow.
In the past half month, he had done everything himself, boiling water, cooking, and doing laundry. He also had to think about how to prescribe prescriptions and prepare medicines to treat Feng Xiaochu. It was too tiring.
It's not that he doesn't know how to do chores around the house, but Cao Xiwan just drags him to raise a wooden puppet. She thinks it's too tiring to raise it alone. Otherwise, why not bring it back to the back alley?
Song Chengming should not have tested Cao Xiwan's medicine with poison.
Liu Ruhai wrote a secret report in code under the lamp. He knew very well that the Qingluo female ghost originally wanted to help Su Jintian deal with the uncles. Biying Palace was enshrined by King Zhao, so the Marquis of Nankang could reap the benefits.
Now she is busy running puppets every day, and it is obvious that she doesn't care anymore.
"Mr. Liu."
As soon as he sealed the secret report, he heard someone calling in the courtyard. He frowned, spread out the blank secret report and put it away casually, and went to the main room to take a look.
Sure enough, there were two small flags in brocade clothes standing in the courtyard on a moonlit night.
They stood at the door with their swords pressed: "The Marquis is calling."
What's wrong with the Marquis of Nankang? Summon him in the middle of the night.
Liu Ruhai carried the medicine box on his back and went to the outer study. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the figures of Cao Xiwan and Feng Xiaochu.
He thought, exposed?
Marquis Nankang caught them all from his yard?
He also wanted to bear more, and would not let Cao Xiwan bear the burden alone, so he saw Cao Xiwan turn around and point: "He told me that there is a secret room underground and there are puppets in the room."
Liu Ruhai silently looked at the hand pointing at him, and Jinyi Fanzi, who was still surrounded by people around the study.
He thought it was his fault for not breaking off the relationship earlier.
This guy Qing Luo!
"He also said that the puppet is very powerful and easy to use. Prince Zhao's family has always wanted to get one to see. If I help him, give me ten thousand taels." Cao Xiwan took it for granted, "Of course I sternly refused. But I
I am not in good health and I would like to ask Mr. Hou for a companion."
Liu Ruhai thought, she really dared to ask for it directly. He said slowly: "There is no such thing."
Song Mingcheng had a sullen face. Of course he didn't believe this nonsense.
"What do you really want? I haven't treated you well enough?"
"Master Hou, you think it's not worth it for me to have a companion by my side? Master Hou is reluctant to give it to me?" Cao Xiwan was surprised. Song Chengming laughed angrily: "Have you ever competed with her?"
"Well," she smiled frankly, "he is no match for me. I didn't even move my sword." She pointed at Liu Ruhai again, "He saw it."
Liu Ruhai always felt that he had a very good temper, and outsiders said that he was extremely wealthy, but at this time he had the urge to beat someone up.
In this case, he was just dragged into the water.
Moreover, has she and Feng Xiaochu truly competed?
He looked sideways at Cao Xiwan and smiled: "That's not a competition."
"I didn't hit her? I didn't win? Did I draw the sword?" She looked at him in astonishment, "You tell the truth in front of the Marquis. I know you hate me for not being bribed."
"..." I want to beat her to death.
In fact, Feng Xiaochu never really attacked her. The strength of the puppet was three to four times that of ordinary people. Feng Xiaochu remembered Cao Xiwan, otherwise he would not have just rolled and fought with her underground, let alone listened to her words.
Liu Ruhai remained silent, but Song Chengming was startled: "Have you really tried it?"
"Yes." She pointed at Feng Xiaochu again, "My men are defeated." She thought again, "But the victory is to be obedient. She seems to be strong enough to help me lead the horse. I am injured this time. Mother Zhao used to
They will all carry me on their backs and run away. I have to find a reliable companion. Xiao Qiao Xiaoshuang made me so sad. As soon as Su Jintian was injured, they no longer saw me in their eyes. They even drew their swords at me."
she said sadly.
Liu Ruhai thought, really? Qiao Qiqiang and Shen Shuangtian were not in the osmanthus forest at all at that time.
Cao Xiwan was nagging, what's the use of raising children? They are all white-eyed wolves. When the Marquis raises his legitimate son, he must discipline him well.
Even Mr. Chen couldn't help but laugh and secretly admired her courage.
Father Chen looked at the masked female puppet with cold eyes. Naturally, he knew in his heart that this was another group of the Marquis's confidants. If the Marquis was displeased by their stories, it would be the puppets who came to kill them.
Song Chengming sat down instead and struck with both palms. The fans retreated.
"Mr. Liu, wait outside."
"Yes, Lord Marquis." Liu Ruhai saluted and stepped back, ignoring her. That bastard Cao Xiwan also looked at her with blank eyes.
However, Liancheng crossed the corridor of the study at this time and walked in. He passed by Liu Ruhai.
The door is closed.
Liu Ruhai put down the medicine box on the corridor, took off his robe and sat by the corridor railing. The night breeze blew on the corridor, carrying the fragrance of spring night flowers. He shook his folding fan and sat leisurely under the siege of the crowd.
It's hard for Liancheng to explain. If he is bribed by Cao Xiwan, this will be a big taboo.
Although the study door was specially designed to block sound, it could not prevent real masters. Liu Ruhai also heard a few words through the door.
"Master Hou."
The Marquis of Nankang glanced at Liancheng, and the second manager Lian had once reported to him that Cao Xiwan usually practiced on the stone bed. In the past, the Marquis hoped that she would be there and guarded the secret room. Liancheng reminded the Marquis these days that maybe Cao Xiwan
Xiwan had discovered it a long time ago.
"Go get some."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
Cao Xiwan watched Liancheng go around behind the desk, open the secret door, and enter the secret passage.
She cursed secretly, is the second manager the manager of the secret room? She thought that he had known about this for a long time. Although there had been speculations, this guy never revealed a word.
Song Chengming was not in a hurry to blame Liancheng. He knew that Liancheng was too busy. What's more, when he was poisoned, even his wife Lou Shuluan praised him again and again. Thanks to Liancheng, who suppressed every room in the house and could not move rashly, Liancheng was so cruel to him.
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He just looked at Cao Xiwan thoughtfully: "What's going on with your illness?"
"I'm sick and have stopped practicing. But there may be a chance to practice at the tenth level of the Nine Transformations of the Netherworld." She said truthfully.
"Tenth floor?!" Song Chengming was stunned.
"Um."
"...There is no tenth floor."
"I can't get paid for free. I have to think about how to practice. There will be the tenth level." She looked back at the Marquis of course.
The Marquis looked at her for a while, thinking deeply, then looked back at Mr. Chen.
Father Chen smiled bitterly and cupped his hands: "I am not as good as Qing Niangzi. I really don't know."
Qin Meng didn't even dare to say he was better than Qing Niangzi. How dare he say he knew what Qing Niangzi was practicing.
Underground, the second steward entered the secret room.
He saw a cell, and there was one person missing in it. But the mute slaves who stayed behind did not notice it. Because the puppets would go crazy for a period of time every night, the mute slaves would avoid hiding in another stone room.
He looked at the few stones wrapped in an old gray robe in the cell, which looked like a human figure lying down.
Who made this dummy?
It couldn't be Feng Xiaochu, then it could only be Cao Xiwan.
How did she get in here among the crazy puppets and make this dummy?