The person who interceded for Yan Xu was a tall and thin man.
His facial features were regular, his expression was calm, and his tone of voice was straightforward, which made her look a bit rigid.
With someone as big as Yan Xu in front, the man looked even more inconspicuous.
Even Mo Junyang didn't notice the man's presence at first.
But based on the clever plea he just said and the unhurried manner in which he spoke, Mo Junyang knew that this man was no ordinary person.
Mo Junyang had several thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show any of them on his face. He just asked in an indifferent tone: "Who are you?"
The man respectfully held his hands in greetings and said, "Sir, my name is Xiao Qijun, and he is a junior master in front of the prefect."
"Master?" Mo Junyang playfully repeated Xiao Qijun's official position, but did not say much, and silently retreated behind Mo Junzhan, continuing to be his invisible man.
It's just that his momentum was too strong. Just after being scolded by him, Yan Xu almost shrank into a grandson and cried for his father and mother.
Even Mo Junyang didn't say anything, and Yan Xu didn't dare to take a breath. He peeked at the adults from time to time and waited for instructions tremblingly.
As for the soldiers below, they didn't even dare to move!
For a moment, the courtyard fell into an eerie silence.
No one on Mo Junyang's side spoke, and no one on the other side of Jiangzhou Mansion dared to move.
Mo Junzhan waited for a while but no one spoke. He scratched his head strangely and looked at Shi Qingxue, silently asking: Sister Xue, how are you now
What's going on with the sudden silence? What should he do
Shi Qingxue waited for a while and saw that Mo Junyang really had no intention of speaking again, so she had to take the initiative to take up the 'translation work', "Okay, the prince is tired from traveling and traveling, and now he is tired. Since the magistrate has come to greet him in person, there should be arrangements Where to stay?"
Yan Xu was overjoyed when he heard that the prince wanted to let him go, and he quickly responded: "I have made arrangements a long time ago. Although my mansion is simple and not as prosperous as Kyoto, it is still a worthy master. I hope the prince will not dislike."
Mo Junzhan didn't want to live in the magistrate's house, be praised by everyone, and have no freedom at all.
However, Shi Qingxue had already agreed for him, so he had no choice but to follow him to Yan Xu's home.
Just when they were about to go out, there was a "squeak" sound and the door of the guest room in the small courtyard was pushed open.
A young and beautiful woman wearing a light pink coat walked out holding on to the door frame.
Her face was pale, showing weakness and confusion as she was recovering from a serious illness, but there was a fierceness in her brows, as if she would not give up until she achieved her goal.
Ye Zhixin woke up from her drowsiness and pushed herself up. Her courage was commendable.
It's just that she woke up at an inopportune time. Everyone's attention turned to Ye Zhixin, and she suddenly became the target of public criticism.
Shi Qingxue glanced specifically at Yan Xu - the Jiangzhou magistrate was still very calm. He just glanced at Ye Zhixin and then lowered his eyes and lowered his head.
On the other hand, the officers and soldiers under Yan Xu were obviously still a little behind in their 'cultivation'. They all looked at Ye Zhixin with bright eyes like evil wolves staring at their prey, for fear that others would not know that their target was Ye Zhixin.
Fortunately, they still had some brains and were not really stupid enough to use force against Ye Zhixin in the presence of the Imperial Envoy.
For a while, everything was peaceful.
Shi Qingxue gave Wei Ziye a look, and the latter immediately walked up to Ye Zhixin and pushed the person into the guest room without saying a word.
Since it's a piece of 'fat', it's better to hide it first.
Afterwards, Yan Xu welcomed the imperial envoy and others back to the prefect's mansion.
Mo Junzhan had his own carriage, so he naturally refused to get into Yan Xu's carriage, and had to be pulled by Shi Qingxue before he would get into the carriage obediently.
Mo Junyang didn't say anything and got into the first carriage.
"Sister Xue, why should we stay at that prefect's house?" Mo Junzhan asked unhappily as soon as he got on the carriage.
The target was still Shi Qingxue, as if Mo Junyang who made this decision was nothing.
Shi Qingxue: "..."
The two people had almost never interacted with each other before, and Mo Junzhan was the one who had least offended Mo Junyang among all the princes.
Why are they sitting next to each other, but they seem to have some deep hatred and don't say anything to each other
"You..." Shi Qingxue asked tentatively, but it was obvious that neither of the two grown men meant to explain.
She sighed helplessly and answered Mo Junzhan's last question: "The purpose of our coming to Jiangzhou City is to find out what happened here. If we don't go deep into the tiger's den, how can we find out what those high-ranking officials are selling in their gourds?" What kind of medicine is it?"
Reckless killing and silence.
Shi Qingxue became more and more curious about what kind of secret was hidden behind Ye Zhixin
Mo Junzhan was not interested in thinking about the yes and no, so he just snorted unhappily: "That's what I said, but what does this have to do with you asking me to pretend to be him?"
Where is his identity? Even if he is not an imperial envoy, does Yan Xu dare to neglect him
Why does he still use Mo Junyang's identity
"It doesn't matter. If you think you can't be an imperial envoy, we can just talk to Yan Xuming when we get to the prefect's mansion." Mo Junyang answered slowly, with a lukewarm expression.
This just hit Mo Junzhan's competitive spirit.
Mo Junzhan almost jumped up, glared at Mo Junyang angrily, and said angrily: "Who said I can't do it well! I have to be an imperial envoy to show you!"
Shi Qingxue: "..."
Please don't make this provocation too obvious, but Mo Junzhan still took the bait!
Mo Junzhan could not imagine that Mo Junyang made such arrangements because he wanted to push someone out to divert some attention for him. He was secretly strategizing for good luck.
Shi Qingxue, on the other hand, saw Mo Junzhan being 'calculated' like this, and felt mixed emotions in her heart.
On the one hand, Mo Junzhan is her good friend, and it is really not her style to watch her friends being bullied; on the other hand, Mo Junyang's purpose of doing this is to find out what is going on in Jiangzhou City, both in public and private matters. It's not easy for her to expose each other.
Shi Qingxue couldn't say anything, and had to help Mo Junyang appease Mo Junzhan, and teach him what to do and what not to do in front of Yan Xu.
After all, most of the time, Mo Junzhan loves to confront Mo Junyang regardless of right or wrong.
As the carriage drove all the way to the Prefect's Mansion, the three of them finally settled on the identity issue: Mo Junzhan temporarily played the role of Prince Rui, the imperial envoy who came all the way from Kyoto, while Mo Junyang was the aide who first scouted out rumors for the prince.
Yan Xu arranged residences for everyone one by one, occupying a large separate courtyard in the backyard of the prefect's mansion.
Magistrate Yan welcomed the man in, wanting to curry favor with him and erase his previous 'mistakes'.
Who would have thought that Mo Junzhan was most impatient to deal with this kind of human interaction, and he was used to the arrogance of "the boss is the boss, I am the second child", and he didn't buy Yan Xu's fault at all.
As soon as he arrived at his residence, he saw off the guests unceremoniously: "This king..."
"Ahem!" Shi Qingxue coughed heavily, interrupting Mo Junzhan's self-promotion.
Only then did Mo Junzhan realize that he was now the 'Prince Rui's Crown Prince', "There is no need to do anything to catch the wind and wash away the dust tonight. I am tired today and need to rest. Master Yan, please come back!"
All the manuscripts that Yan Zhifu had beaten were stillborn, and he couldn't use even half of his sentences, which made his old face turn blue.
But Prince Rui had already spoken. Even though Yan Xu was scolding the imperial envoy for being too arrogant in his heart, he had to respond respectfully on the surface: "Prince, please have a good rest. When you have rested enough, we will talk about the feast." thing."
Mo Junzhan waved his hand to chase people away, not even bothering to say any unnecessary words to Yan Xu.
Yan Xu bowed and left, then returned directly to his courtyard.
As soon as they entered the door, Dutou Tian Ping, who originally went to the small courtyard with an official to fetch people, was already waiting in the room.
When Tian Ping saw Yan Xu, he immediately knelt down and said hello: "I have seen you, sir."
Yan Xu snorted coldly and cursed: "You bunch of trash, I spend so much money on raising you all to be fair and fat. Now I just ask you to do some things for me, but let's see what you do." Are you ready?"
Faced with Yan Xu's furious anger, Tian Ping couldn't help but defend in a low voice: "My subordinates really sent people to the hospital and Beipo Town to investigate. That tall man should be the imperial envoy this time." The subordinates thought Your Excellency, you are so afraid of this person. If you can just deal with this person, wouldn't it solve your major problem?"
"Then have you solved it?" Yan Xu asked coldly.
Tian Ping choked for a moment and said in a rather frustrated tone: "We were about to succeed, but who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin would run out halfway and help them out again."
"Okay, okay, if something goes wrong, it goes wrong, don't talk about things that are done or not. Tian Ping, Tian Ping, you are in big trouble this time!"
"It's my subordinate who did something bad, please punish me!" Tian Ping admitted his mistake faster than anyone else.
Yan Xu didn't mean to feel relieved at all, and sighed in annoyance: "This Prince Rui is so scheming, everyone thought he would pretend to be a commoner and sneak into the city, but no one expected that he would do the opposite and walk in openly.
And the time was so tight that we all were caught! It’s really…”
Not to mention other things, the imperial envoy just reported today's incident to him, which was enough to make him walk around without food.
Yan Xu's career as an official had been going smoothly for decades, but now he suddenly encountered an unprecedented crisis, and he was a little panicked for a while.
Listening to Yan Xu's muttering, Tian Ping felt a little confused and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you think there is a possibility that we have just been deceived now?"
Yan Xu paused and looked at Tian Ping: "What do you mean?"
"The so-called imperial envoy did sneak into the city secretly. He is really the tall man we found before. Just to fool us, he deliberately pushed a servant to take his place. Just to divert our attention?" Tian Ping hesitated? He said his guess.
How did he know that he had unknowingly discovered the truth
But he felt a little uneasy as soon as he finished speaking. Will the prefect agree with what he said