After some conversation and dinner, the waiter's second uncle completely trusted Wen Qingzhu.
It was soon revealed that the person in the palace who was most trusted by the second prince was Lord Qiulin, who was in charge of the palace's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
But there is another master, Shi Zhu, who is in charge of all matters in the city, similar to Jing Zhaoyin in the capital.
Zhi Zhu was a remnant of the former King of the Huns and had a high prestige. He did not support any prince, at least not openly.
On the streets, no ordinary people dared to walk on the streets, and most of the shops were closed.
Occasionally, if the door opens, it is always ajar. All the people coming and going are fully armed soldiers, and from time to time, some passing carriages will be interspersed.
Wen Qingzhu naturally sat on the carriage and stopped in the alley opposite the entrance of Qiulin Mansion.
If Amos is the lowest noble, then Qiulin in front of him is obviously the highest noble, but he was newly promoted after the second prince became powerful.
According to the original information, Qiu Lin was just an ordinary middle-class noble, and he had his own territory a hundred miles away from the Tianying River.
Now that he was promoted by the second prince, he came to work in Tianying City.
Qiulin was originally a military commander. Later he came to the palace to manage the internal affairs for the second prince. Everyone thought he could not do it, but he did a good job.
In less than half a month, the chaos after the death of the former Hun King was cleared up.
The methods were sharp and meticulous, leaving even those who originally had opinions speechless.
The stable situation was extremely advantageous for the second prince. Wen Qingzhu even speculated that Qiu Lin was the key figure for the second prince to suppress the fourth and sixth princes.
But she hasn't seen the real person yet, so she doesn't dare to draw any conclusions.
After squatting for a while, Wen Qingzhu turned the carriage around and went to Corpse Zhu Mansion.
Compared with the previous Qiulin Mansion, which was generally guarded, the Corpse Mansion here is full of black armored guards. Judging from the sabers of the guards, their combat power is not comparable to that of ordinary Huns.
This time, Wen Qingzhu and the others were farther away and did not dare to get close at all.
After just a few glances from a distance, Wen Qingzhu asked the waiter to drive back.
When they arrived at the small courtyard of the inn, before they could sit down, someone came outside to report that a distinguished guest was coming and wanted to invite Wen Qingzhu out to meet him.
With a skeptical attitude, Wen Qingzhu got up and followed the waiter out, and soon saw a very familiar person.
Just when she was about to say hello, the man came and said hello: "Master Xiaoshui, I am Gao Lan's younger brother Zuo Lan."
Wen Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly invited him to the private room.
After closing the door, she looked at the man in front of her who looked exactly like Gao Lan, and her expression became more and more friendly: "I don't know what is important about Mr. Zuo Lan coming here this time?"
Compared with Gao Lan's tact and wit, Zuo Lan is more direct: "I came here this time because Master Qiulin asked me to come and invite Master Xiao Shui to come over."
"Lord Qiulin?" Wen Qingzhu straightened up unconsciously.
He took out a token from the left column and handed it over: "Master Xiaoshui, please look at this. This is Master Qiulin's waist badge."
Wen Qingzhu looked at the strange-shaped waist badge on the table, with an animal that looked like a dog and a cat engraved on it, and fell into doubt.
What she knew about the Xiongnu came from books, and the rest came from Dingyuan City’s stereotypes about the Xiongnu.
Along the way, the person Wen Qingzhu met with the highest status was Amos, but he had always been far away from the territory of the Huns royal family, so she did not dare to judge.
While she was hesitating, Master Zuolan sighed: "Master Qiulin knows that the second prince has high expectations for you and respects you, otherwise he would not have let me come here in person."
Wen Qingzhu raised his eyes, his face expressionless, but he felt quite strange in his heart.
The words the second prince left before could not be considered as valuing her, but people on Qiulin's side seemed to have some misunderstandings.
Seeing that Wen Qingzhu still didn't speak, Zuolan took out a wolf-tooth-shaped stone with golden patterns engraved on it.
Wen Qingzhu knew this thing. It was a certain military talisman of the Xiongnu.
At this moment, she couldn't help but stare at it, and even wanted to take it over to confirm the authenticity.
Zuo Column spoke at this time: "It seems that Sir knows this thing. Here is one of the two military talismans in Lord Qiulin's hand. What Lord Qiulin wants to say is that as long as you choose to cooperate with him, this military talisman is yours." of!"
There will never be a pie in the world for no reason. Wen Qingzhu quickly regained his composure and said calmly: "Master Qiulin is the popular person in front of the second prince. He is in charge of the internal affairs of the palace. Is there anything else that can make this happen?" He’s in trouble.”
"My lord has been outside the city before and doesn't know much about things in the city. Lord Qiulin is naturally the person that the second prince trusts, but what the second prince admires most is someone who can lead troops in war, not to mention that Zhizhu is still a member of the late emperor. , so Lord Qiulin must change his status."
Zuo Lan pushed the soldier talisman towards Wen Qingzhu, showing off his attitude.
It's impossible not to be moved.
But Wen Qingzhu understood very well that there were many differences between the Xiongnu army and Daqi army.
They have a higher degree of freedom. Although they also recognize military symbols, they identify more with powerful leaders.
The effect of the soldier talisman is far less than that of Daqi's tiger talisman.
After Wen Qingzhu thought about this clearly, he withdrew his gaze, looked at the left column and said: "Master Xi Zhu and Master Qiu Lin are both people who work for the second prince. Among them, Master Qiu Lin was promoted by the second prince. He really doesn't have to go through this." Don't worry, as long as he goes at his own pace, it will be fine."
"Did Master Xiao Shui meet Master Zizhu first?" Zuo Column's tone suddenly became unkind.
This surprised Wen Qingzhu even more.
She just declined politely. In his eyes, was she already considered a member of Zizhu's side
The second prince just drove the fourth prince and the sixth prince out of Tianying City. There is no reason for civil strife to happen so soon.
"Hmph! It seems that Master Xiaoshui has indeed taken refuge in Zizhu!" Looking at Wen Qingzhu's expression, Zuolan immediately thought that he had acquiesced, and stood up with a cold snort.
Shocked, Wen Qingzhu quickly raised his hand to explain: "Master Zuolan, I have not taken refuge with anyone! The purpose of my coming here this time is just to find cooperation with the second prince! Don't get me wrong!"
Zuo Column stared at her up and down: "Really?"
"Really!" Wen Qingzhu stood up, raised his hand and pressed his shoulder, asking him to sit down.
After changing hands, he got another cup of milk tea for Zuo Lan and handed it over with his own hand: "Master Zuo Lan, apart from the second prince, you are the second person to come to me. I may lie to you about other things, but in this matter, I will absolutely lie to you." I won’t lie to you! I came here to cooperate with the second prince!"
"You mean Lord Qiulin is not qualified?" Zuo Column asked immediately.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but cough slightly. The people on the Xiongnu side were indeed different from those in Daqi. They said whatever they had to say directly.
After sorting out his mood, Wen Qingzhu decided not to show off: "Since Mr. Zuolan came here first, I will tell the truth. The second prince gave me one day to solve the poisoning problem in the city. I am worried here. I don't know. How to start, if Lord Qiulin can help me, at least if there is something, I will definitely go to Lord Qiulin first!"
"Isn't this matter under the control of the corpse?" Zuo Column didn't understand anything, and he immediately discovered the crux of the problem.
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "I did go out just now and asked about the time of the poisoning. I just don't know much, but I finally found out that this matter falls under the jurisdiction of Lord Shizhu."
"So you're going to find Zizhu?" Zuo Column became nervous again.
Wen Qingzhu waved his hands quickly: "Lord Zuolan! You really shouldn't jump to conclusions casually. I'm just a nobleman without a territory. Compared to a nobleman with a territory like Lord Qiulin, I'm completely incomparable, so I can barely bear it. It’s just a word from you adults.”
"Why are you acting like a mother-in-law?" Zuo Lan felt unhappy when he saw Wen Qingzhu keep pushing away.
Wen Qingzhu's heart skipped a beat. Was she too obvious
Since the left column in front of you can be seen, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will notice it.
After a brief thought, Wen Qingzhu decided to reveal some details about himself: "Master Zuolan is indeed very discerning. I did stay in Qi for a while."
"You have been to Qi State!" Zuo Column was shocked.
Wen Qingzhu nodded lightly: "Yes, but don't worry, sir, the second prince also knows about this matter."
Zuo Lan did not speak this time. He thought for a moment, reached out to take back the military talisman, stood up and said goodbye to Wen Qingzhu: "Since your lord still has something to consider, I will go back and discuss it with Lord Qiulin first."
"Master Zuolan, please go slowly without seeing him off." Wen Qingzhu stood up and walked him to the door.
Just as he walked out of the door, Zuo Lan suddenly turned around: "Do you know about my eldest brother Gao Lan?"
"What's wrong with Mr. Gao Lan?" Wen Qingzhu pretended not to know and asked quickly, "Last time he said he wanted to send me a message and asked me to go to the city to choose someone."
Zuo Lan looked at Wen Qingzhu's expression and opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.
He raised his hand towards Wen Qingzhu, turned around and strode away.
After he left, Wen Qingzhu returned to his small courtyard.
The whole yard had been completely renewed. Zuo Binning hurriedly came up to him and asked, "Is that person Gaolan just now?"
Wen Qingzhu shook his head, ordered the waiter to go out to find out the news, and took Zuo Bingning back to the house.
In addition, Gan Song and Feitian were called over.
She directly told them the purpose of Zuo Column's coming, and asked at the same time: "What do you think?"
Feitian said nothing, Gan Song seemed to be thinking, only Zuo Binning exclaimed: "Gaolan has a younger brother?"
"What? You don't know?" Wen Qingzhu felt that Zuo Binning might know something and asked her quickly.
Zuo Bingning raised her hand, lowered her eyebrows and began to think.
After about a quarter of an hour, she suddenly raised her head: "Can you describe it, what is the difference between the high column and the left column? I may have been wrong about some things in the past."
Wen Qingzhu thought for a while and said: "Gao Lan is more sleek and sophisticated, Zuo Lan is more direct, but I feel that Zuo Lan has more power. The way he looks today, he seems to be able to represent Qiu Lin."
Zuo Bingning's eyes looked to the left for a while, and then to the right.
Suddenly, she stood up: "I know! The person who came to Lu Ce that day was Zuo Lan! Not Gao Lan!"
Wen Qingzhu looked at her: "What day? What happened?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the yard.
Wen Qingzhu and Zuo Binning looked at each other, and she immediately held Zuo Binning down: "You guys stay here first! Beidou is outside! I'll go out and take a look first."