"It is precisely because the Zou Mansion is a rich family in Yanzhou and a powerful Jining, and their influence on the canal is deep-rooted, so even if they hope that the canal will be dredged and sailed, they may not necessarily have anything to do with our Jinyiwei." Shen Diolan narrowed his eyes and said, "After all, it's not just us emperors and soldiers who support moving the capital this time!"
The companion was thoughtful: "You mean, the Zou family plans to cooperate with the temple princes? But when Song Shangshu visited Yanzhou, there seemed to be no movement in the Zou family?"
"Song Shibo was visiting privately incognito. It's clear that he didn't want to disturb him. Maybe the Zou family was worried that getting involved would make Song Shibo unhappy." Shen Diaolan pondered, "Anyway, after the canal construction started, there will be many families like the Zou family. I got the chance to deal with Song Shibo."
"The Zou family has controlled Jining for several generations. With such a family, Shangshu Song will definitely be tempted." His companion looked at him, "It is said that Shangshu Song also brought Miss Song with him on this trip? You were suspicious of Shandong Wei before. Is it because Miss Song gave you cakes?"
Shen Diaolan's face was calm: "The reopening of the canal this time is for the purpose of moving the capital. This is a major event that will affect generations."
The companion thought silently for a moment and said in a low voice: "Although Song Shangshu has great power and the big families along the river depend on him no matter what, the matter is serious and you and I are both family members. We have been cultivated by our family for many days, and we have encountered such a person. Opportunities, if you don’t repay one or two things, even if the elders in the family don’t say anything, should they be considered for future generations?”
"If you are planning for your descendants, you should think about Lan Yu." Shen Tiaolan said expressionlessly, "It's almost time, we should leave."
His companion frowned and took a while to catch up with him.
... Xi Fuwei still knows nothing about these things. That night, she estimated the time when Zou Yiang released the snake last night, got up in the dark, and rummaged through the suitcase for a set of clothes that would be more convenient for movement. After putting on her skirt and carefully tying up her waist-length hair, she tiptoed out of the building with the dagger she had never left since leaving Xi's mansion, and waited with bated breath in a secluded place in the yard.
She pinched it at the right time, and before long, three people sneakily opened the back door and came in.
Xi Fuwei narrowed his eyes when he saw this. After what happened last night, the entire Fenzhi Building had been carefully inspected. The original dog hole that only puppies could pass through was blocked. The back door It was even more seriously locked.
At this moment, Zou Yiang and the others actually unlocked the door and came in. It was obvious that there was a traitor in this building.
This is not surprising, after all, this is the Zou Mansion, and there will be no shortage of servants willing to make Zou Yiang, the only male heir of the Zou Mansion, happy.
Xi Fuwei was surprised that almost no one was found to be abnormal the night before. It seemed that the traitor's acting skills were very good.
I just don’t know if such a person just wants to please Zou Yiang, or does he have other reasons
She was whirling with her thoughts when she saw Zou Yiang looking around, and in a low voice asked one of the accompanying servants to carry the bamboo basket to the back of Fenzhi Tower. After thinking for a while, he suddenly walked out!
"You, you, you, you, you, why are you here?!" Although Zou Yiang came to supervise him personally because he was worried about his subordinates, he had never done such bad things. He was excited and scared at the same time, and was happily urging him to start. Next, I saw someone coming out of a dark corner. I was so frightened that I took two steps back. My heart was beating so hard that I almost didn't scream!
Through the dim light of a lantern in the corridor not far away, I could barely make out that it was Xi Fuwei. I just came back to my senses. I felt that the robe on my back was soaked with moisture in just a few breaths. Swallowing, he asked in surprise, "It's so late at night... you're a female prostitute..."
I originally wanted to ask a few questions to cover up my behavior. After all, I was young and had not done enough bad things. I had not yet sharpened my composure. Now that Xi Fuwei looked at me with a half-smile, I became even more confident. The voice also dropped.
"I was a little hungry at night and couldn't sleep, so I came out to look for something to eat." Xi Fuwei looked at his expression and said to her heart that this kid seemed to be just on the path to being spoiled, but he still knew that he was afraid and guilty. Really You're so bad, it's 100% the same now: I'm going to torment you, what's wrong
Thinking about this, she said kindly, "Master, what is the person behind you holding?"
Zou Yiang was most afraid of her asking this, so he hurriedly took a step forward, trying to block her sight: "It's nothing... you go back and settle down quickly!"
I was having trouble in my heart, because I was afraid that she would ask why I was here
He was even more afraid that Xi Fuwei would insist on dragging him to see Zou Zhihan and Mrs. Shang.
"Let's take a look!" Xi Fuwei didn't seem to hear his prevarication, and with a light step, she bypassed him and raised her hand to grab the bamboo basket.
The servant holding the bamboo basket tried to push her hand away, but she turned her wrist to avoid it. Before she could react, her eyes blurred and her hands were empty. She saw that Xi Fuwei had already taken the bamboo basket and opened it lightly. !
Zou Yiang felt his heart beating in his throat. While he was afraid that Xi Fuwei would discover his prank, he also had a secret expectation. What would Xi Fuwei's expression be like after opening the bamboo basket and seeing the scene inside
Fear? fear? The beauty has faded? Scream? hysteria
"Crack."
However, after Xi Fuwei opened it, he looked at the light not far away for a moment, without blinking, and even smiled. His tone was light and unconcerned, but Zou Yiang clearly heard the hint. Contempt: "Snake meat? It's not bad."
At this moment, Zou Yiang almost thought he heard wrongly.
"Master Zou, do you want to eat?" Xi Fuwei closed the lid of the bamboo basket and looked at him with a smile, "If you want to eat, I will make an extra portion."
"..." Zou Yiang never thought that things would develop like this. After a moment of panic, he said angrily, "Eat!"
So after a while, in the small kitchen of Fenzhi Building, which was independent of the main building, the flickering stove fire illuminated four people with different expressions.
The two boys who came with Zou Yiang were all but Zou Yiang. Regarding the current situation, because Zou Yiang's expression was changing and he didn't say a word, they both had a blank face and remained silent.
Xi Fuwei was concentrating on cooking this basket of snakes: the knife in the small kitchen seemed to have just been sharpened by the cook, and was very sharp. It was very useful for cleaning up the ingredients that had been dug out of hibernation and were still half asleep after a lot of tossing. of convenience.
She neatly beheaded a bunch of snakes, removed their tails, skinned and cut them off, and called to Zou Yiang: "Do you want to eat snake gallbladder? It is said that it can detoxify and is good for the body."
Zou Yiang had a gloomy face and slowly shook his head.
He is in a bad mood now. According to the plan, he came here to intimidate Fenzhilou, instead of watching Xi Fuwei cook the snakes he used to intimidate them in front of him.
Although Xi Fuwei didn't say anything sarcastic, when Zou Yiang watched her peel off the snake skins neatly, he always felt that it was a silent mockery of himself.
The most depressing thing is that he still can’t say anything!
After all... who said that when Xi Fuwei asked him if he wanted to eat, he said yes
At that time, I felt that this female gentleman, who was three years older than me, was calm and nonchalant when she saw a basket of snakes in the middle of the night. If I said "no eating", wouldn't it be as if I was scared
But now when I look at the pot of snake meat soup in front of me, I feel like my heart is stuck in my chest, and I can't move up and down: Is it because I brought a basket of snakes here in the middle of the night just to deliver food to her? !
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wanted to leave, but he thought that leaving like this would be like running away after being punished by Xi Fuwei. Zou Yiang thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and stayed, leading his two men. He and Xi Fuwei shared a pot of snake meat, and then left in frustration.
After he left, Xi Fuwei tidied up the small kitchen, straightened her clothes, and returned to the building. When she went up, she saw that the door opposite was half open, with her long hair loose and her clothes tied loosely. Fu Chuoxian, his plain white hands gently holding the door frame, was looking at her with a complicated expression.
Xi Fuwei was stunned for a moment, then stepped onto the last step and nodded slightly to her: "Sister, can't you sleep? Why are you standing here so late at night?"
"... What about you?" Fu Chuoxian obviously didn't expect that she was just a little stunned and then acted as if nothing had happened. He frowned and was a little unhappy, "It's so late at night... Where have you been?"
There was a clear question in her tone.
Xi Fuwei didn't pay attention and said with a smile: "I'm going to stop Mr. Zou."
"Did you also guess that he won't give up even if we are in peace today, and will definitely continue to work hard?" Fu Chuoxian raised his eyebrows, blurted out, and then laughed self-deprecatingly, "Of course you will know... you are so smart. .”
"Sister is joking. Didn't sister also guess this, so she got up in the middle of the night and planned to discuss it with me?" Xi Fuwei also laughed and said softly, "Otherwise, how could you find out that I was not in the room, so in Guard here?"
Fu Chuoxian pursed his lips, and then said after a while: "I didn't agree with settling the matter last night, because I knew that Zou Yiang was not the kind of person who would just give up if we gave in. At that time, I thought you were going against all the opinions. You just came here and don’t know much about him. Looking at it now, I think I underestimated you... What was the result of blocking him? "
There was a hint of sourness in her tone unconsciously, "I wonder if I need to call you 'young mistress' in the future?"
"Sister, you think too much." Xi Fuwei walked up to her. Both of them were tall and graceful girls. The lights in Fu Chuoxian's room shone from behind her, adding a bit of gloom to her, but at the same time, it was clear that Xi Fuwei's eyebrows and eyes were painted in white, and there was gentleness in the beauty. Her red lips exhaled like orchid, but her eyes were indifferent. She said softly, "How could I stand against everyone's opinions last night? This Fenzhi Floor, except for the servants, there are just you and me, the Yao family and her daughter! As they said, the Yao family and her daughter only have a place here thanks to the old lady! In this situation, they would make a fuss over such a small matter Get up?"
"As for me, it was easy for me to find such a place to stay. I really don't want to go back and drag my brother down!"
"Three of the four people don't want to make a big fuss. Only my sister is confident... Those servants don't dare to stand up. Who can blame them? So we can only let nature take its course."
Fu Chuoxian's eyes flashed slightly and he said softly: "It's useless for you to tell me all this! Don't forget what the old lady warned you before. Your actions tonight... do you think the old lady will let you go?"