After confirming the token, the general let them in.
Wen Qingzhu didn't hesitate and went straight to the inn that Lu Ce had only given to them before.
Seeing them coming, someone immediately led them to a separate courtyard.
Wen Qingzhu asked them to pack their things in peace, while she sat in the yard and waited.
According to her prediction, the second prince's people should also arrive.
But after waiting and waiting, the second prince's people did not come. Instead, news came from outside the city that the second prince had killed a group of people with random arrows.
After Wen Qingzhu heard this, he stepped forward and continued to sit and wait.
But she couldn't sit still now, because they were bucking the trend and should be very conspicuous according to the situation.
The second prince's ability to accumulate skills step by step shows that he is still capable of doing things.
At least in terms of the stability of his power, although he doesn't have much ability, when he wants to take charge of the military, it is easiest to kill those who have problems.
After waiting and waiting, there were finally footsteps outside.
Wen Qingzhu stood up immediately, and soon the courtyard door was opened, and the person who appeared in front of him—
It turned out to be the second prince!
He was still wearing armor, holding a bloody knife in his hand, inserted it into the scabbard, and strode in.
When he saw Wen Qingzhu, his eyes were very critical, as if he was not satisfied.
But soon the second prince put his gaze on her eyes and suddenly said: "Are you Xiao Shui?"
Wen Qingzhu immediately raised his hand and saluted: "Yes, His Highness the Second Prince."
Seeing how well-behaved she was, the second prince was a little dissatisfied: "Are you the only one here?"
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "Yes! There are others, but they are all people who work for me."
The second prince walked in quickly. Wen Qingzhu immediately moved out of the way and asked him to sit down: "Second prince, sit over here."
Unexpectedly, the second prince ignored her and walked directly into the house.
Wen Qingzhu had no choice but to follow him, watching him look at his still somewhat messy room.
There were only Feitian and Gansong in the house. When they saw them coming in, they immediately bowed their heads and left.
The second prince stopped in the middle of the room, looked at it for a while and shook his head. Finally, he turned to look at Wen Qingzhu and said, "I thought you were a powerful woman, but now you look like that. Although my eldest brother doesn't have many women, people like you, I shouldn’t be entrusted with important tasks by him.”
Wen Qingzhu quickly explained: "I was not entrusted with important tasks by the eldest prince. I just received some instructions by chance, and I have been following the eldest prince's last wish."
After saying this, the second prince walked up with great interest, stretched out his hand to lift Wen Qingzhu's chin, looked at it carefully, and finally said with great dissatisfaction: "The looks are just average, but I still like these eyes."
After letting go, the second prince turned around and sat down, looked at Wen Qingzhu and asked, "Tell me, what do you want?"
Wen Qingzhu looked up at him steadily: "I want to kill the Sixth Prince."
"Oh? The sixth prince is the eldest brother's younger brother. If you do this, it will chill the eldest brother." The second prince deliberately reminded the sixth prince of his identity.
Wen Qingzhu sneered: "It is precisely because we are brothers that I want to do it!"
The second prince suddenly raised his hand, patted it several times, and finally looked at Wen Qingzhu with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
"Okay! Let me help you!"
Wen Qingzhu still did not relax, but looked at the second prince and said, "The second prince's own affairs have not been resolved yet, okay?"
"Can you help me?" The second prince looked at her quietly.
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "Of course! But this matter requires the second prince to trust me!"
The second prince looked at her intently: "What do you know?"
"I know a lot." Wen Qingzhu met his gaze, "If nothing else, I went to Qi State for a while and did nothing. I only did two things, learning Chinese and medical skills."
After arriving here, the second prince slowly stood up, suddenly drew out his sword, blood solidified on the blade, pointed at Wen Qingzhu's neck and asked: "Since you have left, why do you need to come back!"
Wen Qingzhu said without fear: "When I left, I promised the eldest prince. Now that I come back on time, I just keep my promise. Why did the second prince ask me like this?"
The two men faced off silently. After a long time, the second prince slowly put down his sword.
Wen Qingzhu knelt down and said, "Thank you, Second Prince, for your trust."
Looking up, Wen Qingzhu said to him directly: "To show my sincerity, I will handle the poisoning incident in Tianying City. I will give the second prince a satisfactory answer within three days."
"Three days?" The second prince raised his eyebrows, "It's too long. At this time tomorrow, I want to see the results of your processing. If you are really capable, show me what you are capable of over there!"
After saying this, the second prince ordered the tall and thin man beside him, turned around and left with his people.
Wen Qingzhu watched him go without moving a step.
When he was completely gone and someone from the inn came to close the door, Wen Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, his palms full of sweat.
She turned around and saw Zuo Bingning, Tudan, and Beidou walking out.
Wen Qingzhu walked to the table and sat down, his body still soft.
Therefore, her steps were very slow and her movements were also very slow, as if time had been stretched out.
What she didn't know was that in the eyes of others, Wen Qingzhu's steps were exceptionally steady, which made everyone feel at ease.
Zuo Bingning was the one who reacted the fastest. She quickly ran over and sat down, holding Wen Qingzhu's hand that was shaking: "I was really scared to death just now! I didn't expect that the person you were facing at this time was the Second Prince of the Huns. , and he is so calm and composed! He is simply a role model for me!"
Wen Qingzhu wanted to explain, but Zuo Binning had already said first, "I've decided! Even if I can't do what you do, I will stick to you in the future!"
Seeing how confident she was, Wen Qingzhu swallowed his words again.
The yard was quickly tidied up, and Wen Qingzhu always kept the words of the second prince in mind.
It's just that she has just arrived, and she doesn't know much about the things in the city.
The only person who can help her is Lu Ce, but since she has surrendered to the second prince, his people must be watching her secretly.
Wen Qingzhu would not contact Lu Ce at this time, and naturally, Lu Ce would not take the initiative to come to his door.
"One day..."
She murmured to herself, and the waiter outside hurried over and didn't notice anything strange in the house. He just said quickly: "My second uncle is doing a good job in the woodshed and has not been affected."
Wen Qingzhu turned around and looked, and ideas came to his mind involuntarily.
She stood up, pointed outside and said, "Anyway, I just came here today. Your second uncle has been in the city and I don't know anyone. Can you ask your second uncle to show me around?"
The waiter was startled: "This can't be done. Although the second uncle works in the firewood shed, their firewood is supplied to the palace. He is considered to be working for the second prince. If he leaves his post without permission..."
"If this is considered leaving one's post without permission, then you can always take me over for a look, right?" Wen Qingzhu didn't ask for much, he just wanted to find a breakthrough.
Having said that, the waiter had no reason to refuse, so he could only take Wen Qingzhu to his second uncle's place.
What surprised Wen Qingzhu was that the place where the waiter's second uncle worked turned out to be a very airtight place.
There were no windows in the huge iron shed, just a small door.
When Wen Qingzhu approached the firewood shed, he found that the people working here were all old people.
The second uncle of Xiao Er is still very conspicuous among these people, because he is only responsible for directing the slaves to work.
But just like that, Wen Qingzhu still discovered that the second uncle had serious rheumatism.
His meridians were distorted to the naked eye, and his bones didn't look straight at all.
"Second uncle!" The waiter shouted immediately.
His second uncle heard the shouting, looked over with squinted eyes, and limped over quickly: "Why are you here again, little guy? Didn't you come here just now?"
The waiter pointed sideways at Wen Qingzhu and introduced: "This is Master Xiaoshui, the new boss I told you about. She treats me very well. I just entered the city today and I heard you were working here, so I wanted to come and see you." look."
His second uncle looked at Wen Qingzhu with his eyes and slowly looked him up and down.
Suddenly a sentence popped out: "Are you interested in my great-nephew?"
The waiter was startled and quickly waved his hands to defend: "Second uncle, second uncle! Don't talk nonsense! The adults are different from us!"
His second uncle didn't want to see Wen Qingzhu, but Wen Qingzhu didn't care and just took two steps inside.
I happened to see a slave pushing a cart out, with half-wet firewood on it and a musty smell.
Wen Qingzhu frowned: "Is this the firewood sent to the palace?"
"Why! Such good firewood! You don't even look down on it!" His second uncle was obviously very unhappy.
Wen Qingzhu smiled and pointed at the iron shed and said, "Instead of saving firewood like this, why not build a suspended stilt building, which can effectively isolate the moisture and keep it cool in the hot summer."
His second uncle didn't understand anything. Wen Qingzhu picked up a branch and drew on the ground: "It looks like this..."
She explained as she traced.
Graphics are the most intuitive way of communication for the Huns. Following Wen Qingzhu's explanation, his second uncle quickly understood.
Dang Ji turned around and praised Wen Qingzhu: "Sir, you are indeed smart!"
Wen Qingzhu smiled, threw the branch on the ground, turned around and asked his second uncle: "Seeing that you don't have many slaves here, it must be that the palace doesn't need much firewood, right?"
"What can't be used! They still want to use charcoal fire! I heard that they also want silver wire charcoal that can only be produced in Qi State. They say that such charcoal fire has no smoke! As long as it is charcoal fire wood! How can there be no smoke!"
His second uncle put his hands on his hips and looked unhappy.
Wen Qingzhu nodded repeatedly and followed his intention: "It is indeed impossible. There is no charcoal fire that does not produce smoke in this world, but I happen to know that Qi State does have a kind of charcoal called silver wire charcoal, which produces less smoke and dust than a candle. , so it is extremely precious.”
"Is it really true?" The second uncle was stunned, obviously still not convinced.
Wen Qingzhu changed the subject: "This thing is very rare in Qi State. How come the people in the palace know this? The second prince I have always known is not such a person at all. Is there anyone else?"
"That's not true!" His second uncle felt aggrieved when he thought of this incident.
He simply took Wen Qingzhu to sit under a shady shed: "The second prince is better than the previous king, but his women are really more pretentious than the last! I remember that our Huns women are not like this at all! Even the Yan family in front of us Sir, this is not the case!"