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"Ah Choo!" Jiang Shaoyan sneezed when he finally arrived at Yancheng after running around all the way, and stretched out his hand to open the car curtain to look outside.

"Miss." Xiangli stuffed a warm lady into Jiang Shaoyan's hand, reached out and wiped Jiang Shaoyan's forehead: Well, she didn't have a fever, and the lady was in good spirits, she shouldn't have caught a cold, not even after a sneeze If you sneeze again, you can see that nothing is wrong.

"Someone must be talking about Miss!" Xiangli pursed her lips and said.

Jiang Shaoyan smiled, didn't care about this, just counted the days: today's tenth day, the things must have been delivered to Cui Duo, if there was no delay on the way, they might have already entered the palace by now, and if Cui Duo who handled it was clever I guessed something, maybe Huan who was scolding her behind her back!

Just scold, Jiang Shaoyan doesn't care about this, but tells Xiao Wu who is driving the carriage in front: "After entering the city, go to the Yuelai Inn in the city to stay!"

This time, she didn't live in Yancheng Yamen or Fang's mansion, but she chose an inn like Jiang Pingping. At this time, she jumped out of Yancheng Yamen and Fang's mansion, so that she could see what happened in the city more clearly.

Jiang Shaoyan touched her face subconsciously, and sighed faintly: From the former Miss Jiang to the current Jiang Shaoyan, if there is anything wrong with it, it is that her current appearance is too eye-catching.

You must know what disguise changes, a thin person can become a fat person, but it is difficult for a fat person to become a thin person.It would be more convenient for her to hide her whereabouts if she was a girl of normal stature. With her current appearance, just standing here, people can already guess her identity without opening her mouth.

There is no other way, Jiang Shao Yanxin said and entered the Yuelai Inn.

Yancheng is just a small town, apart from the unscrupulous small inns on the side of the road where prostitutes live, the decent inns can be counted on two hands, and Yuelai Inn is neither the best nor the worst. The location is also neither biased nor so eye-catching, it seems quite middle-of-the-road.

Jiang Pingping lives in the Yuelai Inn.He only received news that Miss Jiang Si had come back and asked him to wait, so Jiang Pingping casually ate some breakfast food in the inn, and waited for the carrier pigeon with the window open.

After all, all Miss Jiang Si’s previous news was passed on by flying pigeons, but she didn’t even see a sparrow after waiting all morning, let alone pigeons. It was almost noon. After closing the window and going downstairs to eat, a carriage suddenly appeared in the field of vision.

The carriage was so simple that it could be seen everywhere, and the person driving the carriage in front also wore a huge bamboo hat to cover his figure.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the inn like this, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a little maid jumped out of the carriage first.Before Jiang Pingze could react in his mind, his body had already stopped the movement of closing the window.

The next moment, a familiar and no longer familiar figure appeared in the field of vision.

Looking at the girl who attracted many people's attention when she appeared, Jiang Pingping frowned, but at this moment, he suddenly felt the same emotion as Jiang Shaoyan: Miss Jiang Si is not conducive to hiding her figure like this!

It can be seen that those scouts in the army who scouted the enemy's situation first are all thin and inconspicuous, and there is some reason.

Since he couldn't hide it, the girl didn't plan to hide it either. The girl who didn't wear a hat looked up and waved to him in surprise, calling out, "Mr. Jiang, I saw you in Yancheng." You, what a coincidence!"

Even though this "encounter" look was known to be fake, Jiang Pingping instinctively nodded at her with a smile when he saw the girl's actions and reactions, and said, "Miss Jiang Si is well!"

I deliberately "encountered" in front of the inn, and Miss Jiang Si entered the play very quickly!
However, this reminded him that Jiang Pingping looked up and looked around, and the passers-by who came and went kept their eyes on, not many people looked this way, and there was nothing weird about what he saw.But... this doesn't mean that the two Yancheng yamen didn't arrange staff here.

This is not a big city at all, and it is not difficult to control the movements of the whole city.The Fourth Miss Jiang made a special "meeting" perhaps just to show the other party. Although she is young, she has always been more cautious and careful than him and Miss Fang.

Jiang Pingping watched the "surprised" Jiang Shaoyan downstairs walk into the inn quickly and closed the window, but he was a little puzzled.

Those two from the Yancheng yamen are people who they can confirm have nothing to do with their affairs at the moment. Although they may be friends, they are not enemies either.This time, Miss Fang's matter is troublesome, but it's nothing more than that.

That being the case, why was Fourth Miss Jiang far more cautious than he thought when dealing with those two?Could it be that these two are more difficult in Miss Jiang Si's mind?
Jiang Pingping had some doubts in his eyes, but he didn't have any disapproval or disbelief. If he had met Miss Jiang Si before, he might have thought that these two were still young, no matter how powerful they were, and their experience was far behind Yang Yan and others. He is rich in people, but after meeting Miss Jiang Si, he no longer feels that young people are nothing to worry about.

But at this point in the game, even though the two Yancheng yamen took away Miss Fang San in time, it doesn't mean that they are inferior.Instead, they took the high ground from the start.

No matter how powerful those two in the yamen were, they would never have guessed that Fourth Miss Jiang had arranged for her back from the beginning. They just need to hold back these two and prevent Zhou Fang from meeting with Third Miss Fang. They couldn't get what the two of them wanted.But the trouble also lies here, the two people in the yamen thought of Miss Jiang Si together, Miss Jiang Si had promised to let Miss Fang San see Zhou Fang, so before Zhou Fang was taken away, they had to first Find Miss Fang San.

Thinking this way, Jiang Pingping sighed quietly, stepped forward and opened the door, and Miss Jiang Si, who "met" him in surprise, naturally came to greet him.

After some polite greetings, Jiang Pingping ushered her master and servant into their seats, and then closed the door with his hand.

After closing the door, Jiang Pingzheng was about to speak, but saw the girl opposite put her finger on her lips and booed him.

Ok?Jiang Pingping was puzzled.

The girl smiled, walked to the table and sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, I really don't want to meet you in Yancheng."

Jiang Pingzheng was about to speak, but saw the girl writing on the table with tea on her fingers: "Be careful of the wing!"

Is it the wing where he lives?Jiang Pingzheng was taken aback for a moment, but saw the girl writing and asked him: "Have you noticed that there are guests in the wing rooms on both sides of your residence?"

After the girl finished writing, she looked up at him.

Jiang Pingping, who was still in a daze, finally came back to his senses, and said in his mouth: "I came to live in Yancheng to visit relatives." With his finger dipped in the tea, he wrote: "I haven't noticed you if you don't mention it. There are guests on the left and right sides, but now that this year has passed, the guests on both sides have left, and the night is very quiet."

After writing this, Jiang Pingping's expression suddenly became solemn: It's the first month of the month, and not everyone has such a big house that can accommodate relatives who visit relatives and friends.There are not many inns in Yancheng, and the price of the Yuelai Inn is not high, and the clean rooms are quite popular with ordinary people.Therefore, during the first lunar month, the business of Yuelai Inn was not sluggish. Although it was not too hot, more than half of the rooms were occupied every day.

But these days, guests come and go, it seems that there is no movement on both sides of the house where he lives. Is this... a coincidence?Thinking of this, Jiang Pingping suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and only then did he feel that something was wrong.

When did those two from Yancheng Yamen start eyeing him?How long have you been laying out?He didn't know anything before being reminded by Miss Jiang Si in front of him today.

Looking at Jiang Pingping's slightly changed face, Jiang Shaoyan said with a smile: "So, it's been a long time since Baoling Teahouse didn't have Mr. Jiang's storytelling, and it's quite deserted." While talking, he wrote: "It's okay!"

This is not Jiang Pingze's fault, after all, who would have thought that he would be targeted by two young officials who had never met before?Or, not the two young officials, but Ji Chongyan.

Lin Yan has a lot of cases at hand, so he doesn't have time to watch Jiang Pingping at this moment.But Ji Chongyan was not, Jiang Shaoyan lowered her eyes and smiled: She is wary but understands this opponent who resembles her.

Ji Chongyan, who was able to meddle in the letters from the Yang family's inner house and make arrangements for Jiangnan Road in advance, is an extremely cautious person.The Baoling Teahouse where Jiang Pingping works dares to mention 'what happened 20 years ago' so openly, Jiang Shaoyan doesn't think that with Ji Chongyan's temperament, he will not pay attention to this teahouse.And Jiang Pingping, a storyteller, has been away from the teahouse for so long, so Ji Chongyan will naturally not be stingy with one or two people to pay attention to Jiang Pingping.

Of course, she believed that Jiang Pingping had arranged for people to "visit relatives" early in the morning, and there was no flaw in the theory of visiting relatives, but as far as the Ji Chongyan she knew, she shouldn't give up her attention to Jiang Pingping so easily.

Perhaps the first reason to check "what happened 20 years ago" was for Nanny Chai, but with his intelligence, he must have already noticed something, so he took action against Master Hu and his party during the Dragon Boat Festival last year.

Looking at Ji Chongyan's actions at this time, Jiang Shaoyan felt that he must have started investigating what happened 20 years ago a long time ago.Thinking of this, Jiang Shaoyan couldn't help a little more appreciation in her eyes!
She had never met Ji Chongyan before coming to Baoling, and the original owner had never seen this noble son, but in the original owner's memory, she had heard rumors about this noble son.

Rumor has it that he came from a noble family, with simplicity in the heart of the emperor, and he has an excellent appearance, but his temperament is not as "gentle" as Lin Yan's, and his whole person is more like a rare magic weapon. Yes, but dare not let people approach.

Such a person will inevitably be labeled as 'difficult to get along with', 'dominant and arrogant', especially when I heard that when he was a student in the Imperial College, he often did something to those dudes who were eating, drinking and having fun in the capital, and for this he got a 'ghost' The title of Jianchou' is fueled by these people, and Ji Chongyan is even more "aloof and not easy to get close to".

Such a label of "aloof and not easy to get close to" has become a trait in him, but it almost overwhelms his own abilities and means.

In fact, leaving aside his background and appearance, Ji Chongyan's methods are also extremely powerful, but it is because he is too smart that he cannot be involved.

Jiang Shaoyan suppressed the deep thoughts in her heart, smiled at Jiang Pingping, continued to drink tea and wrote: "When we find Miss Fang San, the matter in Yancheng will be over. Our future is unclear right now, and we are indistinguishable from each other. Don't drag me any further." Two difficult opponents have come in. Even if Cui Duo knows, it doesn't matter, he is far away on the Henan Road, and he doesn't like to cause trouble, if he knows, he will just pretend not to know."

Jiang Pingping nodded in amazement, and while continuing to greet her, he wrote: "Miss Jiang Si, what should we do now?"

Doctor Liu of Liu Rentang also disappeared from the Fang family mansion that Miss Fang San left by herself, and it is unknown where the two of them went.

Jiang Pingping dipped his tea and wrote: "You tell us to send people to follow Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing and the others to see what's going on at the gate of the yamen. They probably haven't met Miss Fang San and Dr. Liu yet."

Many things the girls did were not explained before the layout, such as asking Miss Fang to send people to follow Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing, not necessarily to follow, but to let them know that the people of the Fang family are following.Previously, he and Miss Fang hadn't realized the meaning of this plan, and it was only after following for a few days that he suddenly understood Miss Jiang Si's intention.

It made Miss Fang San and Dr. Liu unable to meet Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing, completely separated from the Fang family, Ji Shizi and others.

Miss Fang San's purpose of leaving the mansion was to see Zhou Fang, and she would not say anything if she did not see Zhou Fang.Dr. Liu is a doctor, and he only obeyed the orders of Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing. Although he was "instigated" by these two people, the alliance is not strong, and he just obeys orders normally.

Right now, these two people are completely separated. Although they can't see Miss Fang San for a moment, neither can Shizi Ji and the others.

"These two chess pieces are now isolated." Jiang Shaoyan wrote while dipping her tea, "Ms. Fang San has Zhou Fang's affairs in her heart, and she is no more resourceful than before. Doctor Liu is just a doctor who obeys orders. Whether it is the will or the The purpose is not firm, and after two days, the two chess pieces have completely become two useless chess pieces that have nothing to do with the two sides."

What she wants is this result: let the two pieces that temporarily belong to Ji Chongyan's side come to the center and become the vacillating side.

"Miss Fang San went with Dr. Liu because Dr. Liu told her about Zhou Fang's serious illness. Miss Fang San asked Dr. Liu to take her out. Although Dr. Liu took Miss Fang San away, there were limited things he could do. Ji Chongyan's help is needed for this matter. Besides, Doctor Liu will definitely not reveal the identity of his internal response in front of Third Miss Fang, and the two of them are like headless chickens looking for opportunities to enter the Yamen of Yancheng."

"I told Miss Fang not to evacuate the people who were watching the yamen not only to prevent Ji Chongyan and the others from taking action in time, but also to prevent the third Miss Fang and Dr. Liu, who are like headless flies, from showing up."

Therefore, the current situation has become a stalemate.

"If this stalemate continues, it will be enough to drag Zhou Fang away." Jiang Shaoyan said, "The most important thing right now is to find the hiding places of Miss Fang San and Doctor Liu."

The situation was analyzed word by word by the girl, as if a layer of fog had gradually broken through, and its outline could be vaguely foreseen. Jiang Pingping nodded clearly, thought for a while, and continued to write on the table with his tea: "Then I Send someone to investigate Dr. Liu's relatives in Yancheng, the two may be hiding in relatives' homes."

Seeing this, Jiang Shaoyan shook her head, and wrote: "There's no need to investigate, the two of them should not be in the house of Dr. Liu's relatives or under the shop of Fang's property."

If it was at the home of Dr. Liu's relatives, Ji Chongyan, who was in control of the Yancheng yamen at this time, would have known about it first, but seeing that there was no movement in the yamen, it can be seen that Ji Chongyan and others did not find anyone.You must know that if Ji Chongyan knew the hiding place of the two of them, Ji Chongyan could send someone to find them even if he himself was unable to leave.

It is not surprising that such a situation occurs.

Dr. Liu is just a doctor. Apart from bringing Miss Fang out, he is of little use. Besides, in order not to reveal his identity in front of Miss Fang, he must cooperate with Miss Fang.

"If I were Miss Fang San, if I wanted to see Zhou Fang right now, I would not only avoid the people in the yamen, but also the people in the Fang family, so I would definitely not hide in places related to the Liu family and the Fang family." Jiang Shaoyan wrote Said, "The place where they are located must have nothing to do with either of them."

Without waiting for Jiang Pingping to give a reaction after reading it, Jiang Shaoyan continued to write: "The inn should not be within the range of the two of them to avoid. We can guess this, and Ji Shizi can also guess it. It should be early. They have been found, so they are not at the inn either."

Besides, there were not many inns in Yancheng, so it didn't take long to check them one by one. If they didn't see anyone, they must not be in the inn either.

After Jiang Pingping stared at the girl's writing on the table for a while, he suddenly felt a little funny, and dipped in water and wrote: "So, the current situation has actually become that Miss Fang and Doctor Liu are hiding. Find?"

Jiang Shaoyan nodded, as if thinking of something, smiled, and wrote: "Miss Fang San has been dazzled by emotions, and has done a lot of stupid things these days. But also because of the support of emotions, this hide-and-seek His ability made me and Ji Shizi feel inferior for a moment, and he is quite capable."

Jiang Pingping: "..." With such ability, I really don't know whether to praise Miss Fang or scold Miss Fang.

Miss Jiang Si's eccentricity seems to be extremely powerful for the people on her side.

After thinking like this for a while, Jiang Pingping wrote: "Then I hope Third Miss Fang hides better, don't be found by Prince Ji and the others before we find her."

Jiang Shaoyan nodded.

Jiang Pingping thought for a while, and then wrote: "In this case, I will send people to help search in the city, and I will also send people to search for the nearby hills outside the city."

For Zhou Fang, Miss Fang San will not go far.But it's been these days, and even the people from the yamen haven't found Miss Fang San and the others, maybe they have left the city.

The mountains outside the city are not high, but they are piled on top of each other. It is easy to hide one or two people.

Seeing this, the girl pondered for a moment, then shook her head, and wrote, "There's no need to waste manpower outside the city, they should be inside the city, and they won't be far away."

Huh?Why?Jiang Pingping was puzzled: It wouldn't take much time to go out of the city!

"Because...Miss Fang San wants to keep an eye on Zhou Fang's movements. She doesn't know much, she only knows that Zhou Fang has committed a capital crime, but the specific death penalty has not yet been given. If she loses her head, what can she do? Prepare early, after all, you have to choose a day for execution, but if it is a glass of poisoned wine, it will be silent, and if she is outside the city, it will be too late to see Zhou Fang." Jiang Shaoyan wrote earnestly, "It was Miss Fang who told her We have an arrangement with Zhou Fang, but it's about feelings, Miss Fang San is confused, otherwise she wouldn't have left with Doctor Liu. We have to look at this matter with Miss Fang San's current muddled thinking."

Right now, in Miss Fang's eyes, nothing is more important than Zhou Fang's safety, so she won't go too far.

"In addition, although Doctor Liu is not considered old, he is also weak on weekdays. In addition, he cannot contact Ji Shizi and the others, so he must feel uneasy and unwilling to go far, so the two must be near the Yamen." Jiang Shaoyan wrote. , "Just look for it nearby."

But if it is nearby, and if it is not the house related to Fang and Liu, and it is not easy to be found, where can it go?Jiang Pingping was puzzled.

The girl thought for a while, and wrote: "Mr. Jiang, do you have a detailed map of Yancheng? You want someone who can draw everything from door to door."

Jiang Pingping nodded, and wrote: "Yes, there are detailed albums of customs and customs for sale at the station outside the city, I will buy them."

Jiang Shaoyan nodded, glanced at the rooms on both sides, got up and said: "Meeting is also fate, I will live in Yancheng for a while, now I have to go out, so I will say goodbye first."

Jiang Pingping let out a "huh" and sent her out the door.

The girl returned to her room without squinting. When Jiang Pingping turned around, he glanced at the door on the other side out of the corner of his eye. After being reminded by the girl, when he looked around, he usually felt that there was no one there. In the wing room, a shadow seemed to flash past faintly.

Jiang Ping lowered his eyes, closed the door and walked downstairs.

After waiting until he could no longer hear Jiang Pingping's footsteps going downstairs, Jueying looked at the young guard with his hands down in front of him, his face pale.

"So reckless, if something happens next time, the master will definitely not spare you!"

Just now he heard the voice of Miss Jiang Si getting up to say goodbye in Jiang Ping's flat room, he couldn't stand still, he was anxious to turn around and leave to tell the prince, but was stopped by Jue Ying.

Jueying looked at the young man and shook his head: "Eavesdropping is something you have to remember to wait for the person to leave before doing anything. If you are deceived and kill yourself, it will be over!"
But fortunately, this Mr. Jiang didn't kill anything, so he has to go back and tell the son.

Today's Shizi should accompany the Duke of the country out of the city.

Jiangnan Road rarely snows in winter, and the same is true for the first few days of the first lunar month. There is no rain or snow, and the sky is fine. Maybe the weather is so good. I heard that the jingtao flowers in the mountain temple outside the city are blooming, attracting many local wealthy households in Yancheng. The squire went to see it.

In Yancheng City, Ji Chongyan had already accompanied An Guogong for a while, and at this time he heard that the peach blossoms were blooming, so he went out of the city with An Guogong to see the Jingtao flowers.

The mountain temple outside Yancheng is a small temple, and it is not well-known in Yancheng. It takes half an hour to walk around it. It is no different from ordinary mountain temples. It is far less famous than the Hanshan Temple outside Chang'an that Duke An saw. head.

"These peach blossoms are blooming beautifully," An Guogong looked at the forest of peach blossoms. The pink peach blossoms were blown up by the wind like a rain of flowers, but it smelled like smoke and mist inside. He sighed and asked, "Did the Fusang monk bring it?"

Of course, Jingtaohua Dazhou is not without it, but it doesn’t deliberately grow to grow behind the mountain temple, and only those Fusang monks who come from overseas to admire the culture of the Central Plains like to bring it behind the temple. There are not a few temples like Dazhou in the whole Dazhou.

Ji Chongyan glanced at the stele engraved with Fusang characters and nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jueying suddenly appearing in his field of vision. He was about to open his mouth to find an excuse, but An Guogong spoke before him.

"If you have something to do, go on your own. Your grandfather and I are as old as you can't get lost. You will go shopping by yourself!"

(End of this chapter)