On July 15th of the 21st year of the Great Wei Shengde, the Zhongyuan Ghost Festival.

Today is the time when the gates of the underworld are open, hundreds of ghosts are rampant in the world, and people are retrenched.

On this gloomy and terrifying day, a good news came from the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Yu Nan's disaster relief funds, who had been dragged for a long time, finally arrived in Yu Nan County City safely and handed over to Lu Shiqing twelve days ago.

With this huge amount of money and the generous donation of a wealthy man from Jiangbei, Lu Shiqing, as the imperial envoy sent to Yunan by Kyoto, was finally able to show his strength.

It took less than two months for Yu Nan to cure the flood and properly resettle the affected people.

With a decisive attitude, Lu Shiqing immediately reported the matter to the emperor as he praised the people of Yunan, and said that he would set off to return to Kyoto soon.

Afterwards, a little eunuch who served the emperor's tea said that after reading the good news from Mr. Lu, the emperor laughed three times and said a few good words. He even drank an extra pot of tea that day.

...

The residence of the seventh prince of Kyoto, Wei Tianming.

Wei Tianming, who had been injured for two months, was sitting on a wooden chair in the study, holding a few pages of letters in his hand, with a deep look.

Standing next to him was a strong man in a red and black short-striking uniform, bowing and waiting for Wei Tianming to finish reading the letter in his hand.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, Wei Tianming slowly put down the letter paper in his hand and looked at the dead soldiers raised in the mansion nearby, "What's wrong with Jiangbeiyun's family?"

The dead soldier replied in a slightly hoarse voice: "The people in Jiangbei have not noticed anything abnormal in the Yun family during this period. Half a month ago, the ninth prince wanted to visit the head of the Yun family, but was rejected as usual."

Half a month ago? Wei Tianming knew it in his heart, "Okay, let someone continue to stare at the Yun family, and let someone continue to check whether the Ninth Brother and the Yun family really have nothing to do with it."

After thinking about it, Wei Tianming continued, "Also, remember to let the people in Jiangbei be careful and don't offend the Yun family and cause trouble."

"yes."

As soon as the dead soldier stepped down, Wei Tianming frowned and picked up the letter. Although his eyes were fixed on the contents of the letter, he was thinking about something else in his heart.

A month ago, he received a letter from Lu Shiqing, who had just arrived in Yunan County. The letter not only mentioned Yunan's situation, but also mentioned a man named Liu Wenqing.

He didn't think much about it at that time. Lu Shiqing always had to think about it over and over again when doing things, and he took more precautions against those who were at ease. At that time, he only thought that Lu Shiqing's suspicion was offended.

It was not until he saw the content in the letter that he knew how outrageous he was wrong.

An ordinary Xunyang City businessman actually involved so many people, Liu Xuting, second brother, and Jiangbei Yun's family. These people were connected when he didn't notice it at all.

Fortunately, Lu Shiqing discovered it immediately, otherwise if his second brother and the Northwest Army and the Yun family had a relationship, his plans would have been completed over the years!

Thinking of this, Wei Tianming couldn't help but burst into cold sweat. The letter paper in his hand was tighter and tighter, and the expression on his face was filled with a sense of tolerance.

Second brother, since you have such a big appetite, you have to be careful not to be overwhelmed to death!

In an instant, Wei Tianming had already planned the next plan in his mind.

...

Liuxing Lane, Baifu Yunshu Courtyard.

Huanian, wearing a single green gauze, sat tightly on a pineapple wooden chair in Bai Fuyao's room, and did not dare to move. She looked at Bai Fuyao holding a paintbrush in front of her face with a stiff face.

I saw the woman wearing a plain white gauze dress with a light golden belt drawing something on the paper with a pen, and then looking up at her.

"Huannian, please relax your expression, otherwise it will be a bad look when you draw it with a sad face!"

The poor Huanian's face was even stiff when she heard this. She didn't know what the lady was crazy about today and wanted to paint her portrait. She sat for an hour.

The lady told her not to move, so she only dared to move her lips slightly and whisper: "Miss... isn't it done yet?"

Bai Fuyao was smiling and considerate, "It's almost done, it's almost done! Good Huanian, hold on for another half an hour, it's very soon!"

Huanian was almost fainting when she heard this. It would take half an hour to go. Is this almost healing? She felt uncomfortable all over her body as if she was pricked by a needle, and her face became even more bitter.

Bai Fuyao seemed to see the maid opposite, and continued to be understanding and said, "Huanian, you can talk now, let's chat! Time will pass soon. Hehe~"

Huanian looked helpless. What's the use of moving her mouth? What she wants to move the most now is her body!

Bai Fuyao couldn't hear the maid's voice. While holding a brush and carefully sketching it on the paper, she spoke: "I heard that Lu Shiqing is coming back?"

Huanian was a serious and responsible person. When Bai Fuyao mentioned Lu Shiqing, he thought it was a lady who wanted to know Yu Nan's situation, so he blurted out: "Miss is right. According to the news sent back by Yu Nan, Yu Nan's flood had basically subsided due to the good weather in recent days. When the court's disaster relief funds were delivered to Yu Nan, Mr. Lu had already relied on the materials raised and sent by Jiangbei to basically handle Yu Nan's affairs properly. Therefore, Mr. Lu should have to return to Beijing."

Bai Fuyao chuckled. She had never doubted Lu Shiqing's ability before, "Then we have indirectly helped Lu Shiqing!"

Huanian refused to comment when she heard this.

I heard Bai Fuyao say again: "Has the Seventh Prince ever asked someone to check the Yun family?"

Huanian was a little surprised and thought to himself that the lady was becoming more and more amazing. "Recently, the Seventh Prince's people have indeed been secretly inquiring about the relationship between the Yun family and the Ninth Prince... The Ninth Prince also wanted to visit the Yun family half a month ago, but was politely rejected by Mr. Yun."

Bai Fuyao's brushes kept in her hand, as if she could use them both ways. "The Yun family will naturally arouse the suspicion of the Seventh Prince in the fiefdom of the Ninth Prince, so he will just ask him to investigate. As for the Ninth Prince, she is just a puppet carrying a thread, so she doesn't need to pay attention to it."

"Yes, Miss. The news from Jiangbei mentioned that Mr. Yun also ordered that the same order."

Huanian looked at Bai Fuyao's head-down painting, with a pair of peach-blue eyes under her thick and curly eyelashes. When she focused on the drawing paper under her pen, she looked clear and bright. After looking at it blankly for a while, she suddenly felt a little panicked.

In order to avoid Bai Fuyao seeing the clues, she had no choice but to say anything, "Miss, the seventh prince has found the second prince behind Liu Xuting." After saying that, she regretted it again, feeling that the topic was too stiff.

Bai Fuyao seemed to have not noticed Huanian's thoughts and said, "Well, since the Seventh Prince's people have noticed Liu Xuting, it will be a matter of time before they can find out the second prince."

Huanian felt a little relieved when she heard Bai Fuyao answer her words. However, she had a question in her heart and had not had time to ask, "Miss, how did you know that Mr. Lu would send someone to investigate Liu Wenqing when he first arrived in Yunan County?"

At that time, Mr. Lu had just met Liu Wenqing, not to mention that Liu Wenqing appeared as a charity who helped the victims. Most people would not think of going to find out what they were right away!

But Mr. Lu hurriedly sent someone to Xunyang City just two days after entering Yunan County. This was simply incredible.

Bai Fuyao paused the brush in her hand when she heard this, looked up at Huanian who looked puzzled, and was in a good mood. "Huanian, I can calculate your lady, so of course I can calculate it! Come on, should I come and calculate how many peach blossoms bloom for you and when will the marriage come?"

Huanian saw the lady who looked like she was making jokes and was helpless. I think the lady didn’t want to tell her!

Bai Fuyao felt very distressed. It was not that she didn’t want to say it, but that she didn’t know what to say!

Shortly after Lu Shiqing set out from Kyoto to Yunan, she ordered Huanian to directly issue an order from Kyoto to let something happen to the iron ore in Liu Xuting, Heihe Town. So in fact, all of this was planned step by step by step by step!

She has been very good at observing words and expressions since she was a child. Although she didn't have many opportunities to meet him in the three years she married Lu Shiqing, she thought she still had a thorough understanding of him.

She has always admired Lu Shiqing's ability, otherwise why would an 18-year-old Tanhualang have won the trust of the most suspicious emperor in the world in just a few years?

But people say that the more genius you are, the more you have, the more you have. Lu Shiqing is a distinctive example. Lu Shiqing also has a lot of problems, and the biggest one is that he is too suspicious.

Lu Shiqing always felt that everyone in this world approached him with some purpose, not to mention that he was still in the camp of capturing the reserve, and was even more cautious in doing things.

So no matter who he is, as long as he is close to him, he will attack him indiscriminately, and he must turn his face into the eighteen generations of other people's ancestors and put it in front of him clearly.

Bai Fuyao sometimes wonders if Lu Shiqing had experienced something amazing before, leaving a shadow in his heart, otherwise how could he be so suspicious?

However, Lu Shiqing's suspicion brought many conveniences to her behavior. For example, three years ago, after she was reborn, she inexplicably pounced on Lu Shiqing. As expected, she was pushed away by Lu Shiqing as she expected, cutting off the miserable fate of the three years before her rebirth.

For example, this time, when Huanian told her that Liu Wenqing had already gotten into contact with Lu Shiqing, who had just arrived in Yunan County, she knew that Liu Xuting had accomplished.

When Lu Shiqing first arrived in Yunan, he urgently needed to find someone who was on the surface to do his job. The local county magistrate was said to be a very thoughtful person. Lu Shiqing naturally did not dare to use such a local snake, so Liu Wenqing, who was packaged as rich and wealthy by her, naturally became Lu Shiqing's first choice.

What happened next was completely following her plan.

The suspicious Lu Shiqing hurriedly sent the Seventh Prince's people to inquire about the bottom of Liu Wenqing who wanted to help him. She had already secretly arranged the people in Xunyang City to hold these people until they discovered the business in Heihe Town, and asked Jiangbei to send a letter to Liu Wenqing in time, so that he could show in front of Lu Shiqing that he had to return to Xunyang City immediately.

In this case, Liu Wenqing's resolute departure would arouse Lu Shiqing's suspicion, thinking that Liu Wenqing had to leave immediately because he knew that he was investigating him. Then Lu Shiqing would doubt that there was something hidden in Liu Wenqing that he didn't want him to discover.

When Lu Shiqing sent someone to Xunyang City to investigate Liu Wenqing and tell him about Liu Wenqing's relationship with Liu Xuting, Lu Shiqing would really notice Liu Xuting, who was the younger brother of Liu Xuting, who joined the army in the northwest, and then set out to investigate the matter of Heihe Town.

In this way, the second prince behind him will also surface, and the second prince's plan against Liu Xuting will be self-defeating.

But these are all based on her understanding of Lu Shiqing's character. She did not have the painful life in the Lu family for three years. How could she, a woman in the boudoir, know Lu Shiqing so thoroughly?

In order to avoid causing trouble, Bai Fuyao decided to cover up the past, and she didn't even plan to tell the person closest to her.

Although Huanian saw Bai Fuyao's face was full of smiles, her expression was entangled.

She didn't want the lady to make things difficult for her, so she turned her mindful conversation, "Miss, recently, people outside found that someone was secretly investigating an accident in the Liuxing Iron Mine."

Bai Fuyao was shocked when she heard this, her smile on her face also froze, and she asked with a nervous look, "Do you know who is the person investigating behind the scenes?"

Huanian didn't expect that she just found a topic to attract the lady's reaction. Since the Liu Xuting incident has attracted the attention of the seventh prince, isn't it natural for someone to investigate that something happened in Liu Xuting's iron ore? Why did the lady's reaction be so great?

"Miss, don't worry, the iron ore thing is done by people outside. Even if someone wants to check it, we can't find out."

Huanian thought Bai Fuyao was worried that someone would find Kyoto through the iron ore, so he comforted him.

But Bai Fuyao seemed to have not heard Huanian's comfort and continued to ask stubbornly: "Which one is the person investigating behind the scenes?"

Huanian really couldn't understand what Bai Fuyao was thinking, so he could only answer according to Bai Fuyao, "The person who was secretly investigating was extremely secretive. In order not to reveal our identity, he dared not have too much contact with them."

That is, I don’t know the identity of the person who was secretly investigating.

Bai Fuyao placed the brush in her hand on a pen holder made of emerald jade, rubbed her index finger and thumb with her right hand, lowered her eyelashes, and began to think.

Huanian thought this matter was insignificant because she did not think deeply about it.

There was something wrong with Liu Xuting’s iron ore, and she was sure that she would not attract others’ attention.

After the accident occurred in Liu Xuting's iron ore, the seventh prince would think that the iron ore was under the control of the second prince, and the second prince would think that the Yun family would intervene in the iron ore. They would think that under such a background, no one dared to attack Liu Xuting's iron ore. Therefore, they would naturally regard the accident in the iron ore as an accident.

What's more, once Liu Xuting's incident in Heihe Town was exposed and everyone's attention was paid, they would have no time to take care of it, so how could they care about such details?

But she never expected that someone would peel off the tricks of this complicated incident and noticed the only thing she did directly.

And she didn't even know who the other party was!

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