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Chapter 390 Compromise
In such a huge city, it is naturally not easy to hunt down a person, and it will take more than half a month just to search door to door.

After spending a whole day in vain, Zhang Hongdao still got nothing. When he returned to Junmin Wanhu Mansion in the evening, he saw Jingxuan was already waiting for him.

"Mr. Taining."

"Taisu came here today." Jingxuan cut to the chase and said, "Li Xia went to see him."

Zhang Hongdao was taken aback.

"Li Xia has met Bai Pu? Yunxiu Inn..."

"No need to go." Jing Xuan sighed and shook his head, said: "Li Xia must not be there anymore, he asked Bai Pu to come and have a talk with the old man."

"Have a talk?"

Even though Zhang Hongdao was extremely intelligent, he was at a loss when he heard the words, and couldn't figure out what it meant.

"The ins and outs of the whole thing, the old man will explain to Goro."

Jing Xuan caressed his long beard, and said slowly: "Yang Guo Tong Song was arrested by the Hook Examination Bureau. Li Xia went north to rescue him, bought Liu Zhongzhi, captured Shi Zhang, forced Shi Tianze to intercede, and let Yang Guo go to Shouzhou. After that, Liu Zhongzhi Zhongzhi and Li Xia went to Bozhou and were discovered by the Zhang family, so what happened yesterday happened."

Zhang Hongdao understood it, and said: "I also intend to cover up like this, but there is no evidence, in case Li Xia framed him again..."

"Shi Zhang is hiding in Liu's house." Jingxuan said, interrupting Zhang Hongdao, "This is the evidence."

"what?"

"Shi Zhang is hiding in Liu's house." Jing Xuan repeated.

Zhang Hongdao didn't expect it, and couldn't help being stunned again. He didn't expect that this clue would be brought to the front suddenly.

"It was Li Xia who asked Bai Pu to tell us? Why did he do this?"

"Because the old man has agreed to his conditions, Yang Guo will be released to the south tomorrow." Jing Xuan said, "Oh Wulang, let's stop here, convicting Liu Zhong of going directly to the Song Dynasty is the best result we can achieve. "

"No, sir, let me think again... think again... Li Xia told Shi Zhang's whereabouts so quickly, we must have other ways to use..."

Jing Xuan shook his head and said, "What can we do? Send someone to search Liu's house in Kaifeng? What would he think if Alan Da'er finds any clues? Or Wu Lang thinks that killing Liu Zhong is not enough, and he needs to kill Liu Zhong." Openly identify Liu Taiping?"

Zhang Hongdao still hadn't reacted, and murmured: "It's really not possible. Shi Zhang couldn't be rescued by the Zhang family. It's too easy to be bitten back and become a deliberate frame."

"Or tell Shi Tianze about this?" Jingxuan asked again: "Yang Guo's defection was originally a crime committed by the historians, so we are not afraid that he will turn the blame on the Zhang family? Helping others will not end well , why bother?"

Zhang Hongdao thought about it and said, "Yes, what you said is true. It's best to report Shi Zhang's whereabouts to Alan Da'er, and Liu Zhongzhi's crime must be confirmed."

"Then we can only cooperate with Li Xia."

"Why?"

"Shi Zhang is in Li Xia's hands, he can frame the Liu family, and he can also frame the Zhang family."

Zhang Hongdao asked, "But how can we trust Li Xia?"

"It's trustworthy." Jing Xuan said: "Wu Lang, have you thought about it, why did Li Xia ask Tai Su to be this lobbyist, and to talk to this old man?"

"Bai Pu has a personal friendship with Shi and Zhang's family. Putting the blame on Liu Taiping, a treacherous minister who disregards Han law, rescuing Shi Zhang, and keeping the Zhang family innocent... are all things he wants to see."

"In the past, I only saw Li Xia's ruthless side, but with today's incident, the old man knows that this son is human."

"Humanity?"

"Wu Lang should know what the old man means."

After Jingxuan finished speaking, he waved his hand to express that he would not talk about the inner house, and said: "In short, the old man decided to negotiate with Li Xia."

"It doesn't have to be done as promised." Zhang Hongdao asked: "If you can use Bai Pu to catch Li Xia in your hands, wouldn't it be..."

"Wu Lang is in charge, and the old man is the guest, so it shouldn't be like this." Jingxuan interrupted him again, and said solemnly: "But Dong Weng explained before leaving that if things get out of hand, the old man will make decisions on behalf of Wu Lang. "

"What do father and sir mean?"

"Don't embarrass the old man anymore, okay? There is no room for Goro to be self-willed anymore." Jingxuan's face became more serious, "This is also Dong Weng's intention."

Zhang Hongdao frowned, unable to speak for a moment.

After a long while, he remembered the upbringing of the children of the aristocratic family, bowed his hands and said helplessly, "It is what Mr. Taining said."

"Please Goro stop the search."

"it is good……"

~~
Zhang Hongdao went back to the room and sat down on the chair just now.

He failed to catch Li Xia last year, and wanted to avenge his shame this time.

But I didn't expect that Li Xia didn't even give him the chance anymore, and negotiated with his father's staff over him.

As if to say "You Zhang Wulang can't see the situation clearly, and I don't bother to talk to you", it is more frustrating to suffer this kind of contempt than failure.

Lost in a mess...

After a long time, Yan Shu came in with a sachet and said, "The officials are really serious. They don't even know that the things they wear are left at the door."

Zhang Hongdao raised his head in a daze, glanced at his wife's hand, and then looked down at the belt.

"Where did it fall?"

"I picked it up from the small side door of the west courtyard."

"I haven't been to the west courtyard today."

"Look at what the official said, this sachet can fly there by itself..."

Suddenly, Zhang Hongdao shuddered. He felt a chill on his back, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

"Li Xia?"

"what?"

"He let Bai Mao steal it..."

Zhang Hongdao narrowed his eyes, recalling today's itinerary, and whispered to himself.

"It was clearly still there when I went out...after seeing Bai Mao...yes, it disappeared at that time...it couldn't have fallen outside the mansion...Li Xia must have asked Bai Mao to steal it. Kill me...he is reminding me that he can drive Bai Mao..."

Recalling Bai Mao's distraught appearance, he couldn't help cursing again: "Damn..."

Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, the sachet in her hand had been snatched by Zhang Hongdao.

But when Zhang Hongdao opened it, he didn't see a note inside.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to be disappointed or relieved.

"is it wrong?"

Seeing her husband like this, Yan Shu almost cried.

"Is it because the officials are overthinking? It's not, it's not..."

Zhang Hongdao ignored her, and said to himself: "I can't remember, how did I fall... I can't remember..."

Yan Shu was in a hurry, and hurried out to get someone to ask her.

Zhang Hongdao just sat there the whole time, feeling lost.

After a long time, Yan Shu came back in a hurry, wiped the tears on her face, and said: "It wasn't Li Xia who asked someone to steal it...it fell on the saddle, and it fell when the servant led the horse to the west courtyard...it's not as good as the officials thought. appalling..."

"is it?"

"Really, if you don't believe the officials ask them to ask, what I said is true..."

Zhang Hongdao stayed for a long time, shook his head, and squeezed out a smile, but his eyes were full of bitterness.

"Okay, I'm overthinking, it's not important, it's not important..."

~~
It was night, Yan'er tiptoed into Zhang Hongdao's yard, ran past the pavilions in the mansion, and returned to Zhang Wenjing's yard all the way.

"Fifth brother is okay?"

"I heard from Zhen'er that Wulang went to bed early. It's been a long time since I saw his yard blowing the lights so early."

"I hope Fifth Brother can put it down sooner. If you are careful, you will be high. Only that big liar can make him like this."

Yan'er sat down opposite Zhang Wenjing, supported her head, and asked, "Sister, is this really over?"

"That big liar is so smart. Knowing that Fifth Brother is difficult to persuade, he went to Mr. Taining directly. He never does anything he is not sure of, and it must be a deal."

"Then...he persuaded Mr. Taining and settled the matter, so he is going to leave?"

"Yeah, he's leaving again." Zhang Wenjing also supported her head, her eyes lowered, filled with endless melancholy.

Yan'er was very distressed, and hurriedly asked: "Then... then... don't you want him to come to the house to propose marriage?"

"Originally, it was agreed that I would help him pass the message, but he bypassed me and sent another person to talk to Mr. Tai Ning, but he couldn't meet again."

"Damn."

"It's not hateful, he just... doesn't want to delay me."

"What do you mean you don't want to delay eldest sister?"

"Lied to me that he was going to get married, and refused to use me to spread the word, obviously because he didn't want to get involved with me."

"Why?" Yan'er said, "Elder Sister is so nice."

"I don't think my father and brother will agree, I have to convince them."

"But the big liar is leaving soon."

"Hmm." Zhang Wenjing replied casually, with a thoughtful look in her eyes...

(End of this chapter)