auspicious time has come

Chapter 109

Yin Hai was frantically probing on the verge of being kicked out and punished. Xiao Mu, who had become accustomed to it, didn't see anything strange. He just raised his eyes to look at him from behind the desk, and asked calmly, "You understand again?"

Yin Hai turned the Buddha beads with a smile: "What my subordinates practice is to comprehend the way of the world of mortals. Naturally, they have some experience in such matters..."

"Talking about military affairs on paper is a big taboo for military strategists. It won't be too late to teach you when you get married someday." Xiao Mu raised his pen and dipped his ink in it, without any expression.

"The general's words are wrong. As the saying goes, those in the authorities are confused by the onlookers, and the subordinates can see clearly because they stand outside the game. Once they enter the game, they will be blindfolded and lose their clarity—"

"In the world, whether you enter the game or not, you may not have the final say." Xiao Mu wrote to correct the official document without raising his head: "Now that you have finished speaking, let's go out and stand as usual."

Yin Hai smiled.

Good one as usual.

Vice-General Yin left the study as usual, and stood by the porch outside the study door as usual, blowing the cold wind as usual, and sighed as usual.

"It's really rare for someone like me to risk my life to admonish the Lord to achieve a great cause..."

The close follower at the side heard a thrill, and secretly his heart was surging, and he asked in a low voice: "What is the cause of persuading the general that Lieutenant Yin said...?"

Is it what he thinks it is?
——The imperial court has always been suspicious of this and that, and they are on guard against Dingbeihou Mansion and Lu Longjun in every possible way. If you want him to say, the general might as well do the opposite!
Yin Hai said with emotion: "Naturally, it is a great cause to marry Mrs. Hou."

"Ah?" Jin Sui felt a bucket of cold water poured down his head, and felt that this great cause was even more difficult than the great cause he thought, so he couldn't help expressing his hesitation in his heart: "Vice General Yin, this time Is there... is there really hope?"

In his lifetime, would he really be able to see such a miraculous thing as Mrs. Hou?

"Why not..." Yin Hai looked forward with a smile: "Look, isn't the female Bodhisattva who saves the suffering here?"

If you ask what kind of suffering can be saved?
Naturally, it is the pain of their generals who have not been able to understand for a long time, and the difficulty of being blocked in love.

With a smile on his face, Yin Hai raised his hand to salute, and said loudly: "Painter Ji is back."

Heng Yu nodded and replied: "General Yin—I heard that Feng Yuan has been found?"

This matter is not something that can't be said to be confidential, and there is no need to be cautious.

"Yes." Yin Hai didn't say much, raised his hand to indicate the direction of the study behind him, and said with a smile: "The general is inside. For details, Painter Ji may as well ask the general."

The general took great pains to coax him back. If he stopped and talked on the way, I'm afraid it would be more than a simple punishment.

Heng Yu smiled and nodded, and when he was about to ask someone to pass it on, the door of the study had already been opened from the inside.

The person who opened the door was a follower in black, who made a "please" gesture to Hengyu.

Heng Yu entered the study, Xiao Mu had already put down his pen.

Seeing that the girl was holding the gold-plated hexagonal hand stove, Xiao Hou raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Master Hou, what about Feng Yuan? What did the interrogation reveal?" Heng Yu asked as soon as he came in.

"It's in the mansion, and I've already asked Military Division Yan to interrogate him."

"Mr. Yan?" Thinking of that smiling, kind and kind face, Heng Yu was a little surprised: "Is this trying to convince people with reasoning?"

Xiao Mu was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Well, convince people with reason."

——Confucius is the kind of convincing people with reasoning.

Immediately looked at Heng Yu who was standing there: "Want to see it too?"

"No need, Yan Junshi is wise, and he must be very good at attacking the mind. Then Feng Yuanding can't play any tricks. I will wait with Lord Hou and the result will be."

Xiao Mu: "Then you might as well sit down and wait."

Hengyu nodded, but asked: "Master Hou must have eaten dinner, right?"

Xiao Mu let out a "hmm" and looked at her: "It can't be as lively as your dinner——"

"It's really lively tonight, Mrs. Jiayuan and the girls from the Pei family are all here, I didn't expect that little brother Shunshui can also cook good dishes."

Xiao Mu let out an "anthracene".

"It's a pity that Master Hou is not here." Heng Yu finally said.

Xiao Mu automatically listened to this sentence as flattery, and said casually: "If you call me, how can I not be here—"

Heng Yu immediately showed a smile: "Your Majesty's status is so precious, if you go, it will be a little scary. Besides, what you need most now is to rest, why don't you go out and walk around at will?"

"Is this Marquis so delicate in your eyes?" Xiao Mu frowned slightly half-truthfully.

"Where is there, who doesn't know that Lord Hou is so brave—" Heng Yu hurriedly broke up the topic, and asked without pausing: "Does Lord Hou want to eat lotus cake?"

"?" Xiao Mu was almost caught by the sudden change of topic, and subconsciously replied, "This Marquis doesn't eat sweets."

Heng Yu gave a light "ah", and took out a paper bag wrapped in a handkerchief from his sleeve: "I even brought two yuan for Lord Hou."

"You did it?" Xiao Mu asked immediately.

"I don't have this skill." Heng Yu said: "This time, the matter of Mrs. Miao was successfully resolved, and after the truth came to light, she broke up with the Miao family as she wished. At such a moment worth celebrating, the only thing missing is Lord Hou who contributed the most. Not during the meal, I tasted the lotus cake, which was soft but not greasy, so I quietly brought back two pieces for Lord Hou."

The close follower who opened the door for Hengyu just now widened his eyes slightly upon hearing this.

This kind of behavior made him uncontrollably think of the picture that he would take the leftovers and bones back to the dogs every time he finished eating with his brothers——

How could their Lord Hou eat this kind of thing!

Besides, the origin is unknown!
In the moment of disgust, I only heard my master Hou speak——

"Since what you said is so meaningful, then Ben Hou will have a taste."

Immediately, his expression cracked.

Heng Yu smiled and went forward, offering her both hands.

Xiao Mu took it, opened the veil, and opened the clean oiled paper.

He brought the dim sum to his mouth through the greased paper, just took a bite and chewed, then he heard Heng Yu ask: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

The dim sum is dense but soft, sweet but not greasy.

Feeling this taste, Xiao Mu nodded truthfully.

"Let me just say it." Heng Yu smiled: "Master Hou didn't like sweets in the past, so he must have never met one that suits his appetite."

Xiao Mu quickly ate both pieces of hibiscus cake, and when he swallowed the last bite, his expression suddenly paused.

"You just said... you don't have the skills to make dim sum?" He asked Heng Yu.

"There are already a lot of talents, if you are so proficient in cooking, wouldn't it make others have no way out?" The girl admitted that she was not enough, and she was not the same as others.

But Xiao Hou only focused on one point: "So, you didn't make the dim sum that time?"

"Which time?" Heng Yu was puzzled.

Xiao Mu only said carefully: "After Xi Ren's incident, you once sent a maid to send me snacks to express my gratitude—"

Thanks to Hengyu's good memory, after this reminder, he soon realized: "...that was sent by Mrs. Jiayuan to thank Lord Hou, and asked me to pass it on from there."

Xiao Mu: "..."

"Master Hou mistakenly thought I did it?" Only then did Hengyu realize that he had actually taken the merit of Mrs. Jiayuan.

"No, I just asked casually." Xiao Hou's answer was gradually short and weak, as if he didn't want to look back.

Hengyu understood, coughed lightly, and was about to speak again when someone knocked on the door of the study.

"General—"

It was the voice of Military Division Yan.

Xiao Mu: "Come in."

"General, Master Ji—" Yan Junshi came in to salute, and was not surprised to see Heng Yu there.

"Military Master Yan." Heng Yu raised his hand to salute.

Yan Junshi nodded to her with a friendly smile on his face.

Xiao Mu: "Have you asked?"

"Yes." Master Yan said in a relaxed and peaceful tone, "He is an ordinary little character, and he confessed everything in a few words."

Heng Yu looked at him with admiration, it seemed that Master Yan really knew how to convince others with reason.

Seeing that Xiao Mu hadn't opened his mouth, she asked, "Wang and Qiao must not be the only ones who escaped military service through Feng Yuan's hands?"

"That's right, according to his confession, he has done no less than [-] such things. And as far as he knows, there were three other colleagues who secretly did this in the Yamen of Yingzhou Mansion back then."

While Yan Junshi was speaking, he handed over a folded list: "Here are the names of the colleagues he confessed, and the people who escaped the military service he handled. It's just a long time ago, half of them should really not remember the names gone."

Heng Yu subconsciously looked at the list that was handed to Xiao Mu by his close entourage.

Why is there blood on it?
In just a moment, Hengyu realized——

Probably because her impression of "convincing people with virtue" is too rigid and limited.

Fortunately, her ability to reflect and adapt has always been strong, and she brought her thoughts back to the main business in just a moment: "So after Wang Ming and the others left the city, where were they taken? Is it dead or alive?"

This is the most crucial question.

Junjun Yan said in detail: "This Feng Yuan is not a man with all-hands and eyes. At that time, King Jin's rule was quite strict. In order to send these people out of the city, he had to go around everywhere, so as not to recruit them too frequently. People should pay attention, most people have to wait for the right time to send people out of the city again. Therefore, the man of the Qiao family faked his death and hid in the city for half a year before he was sent out of the city together with Wang Ming. According to Feng Yuan confessed that he sent a total of five people out of the city that time."

"He has a colleague who is also doing the same thing, and a group of people are going to be sent out. The two of them secretly contacted a black businessman who opened a private mine in advance, and sent someone to meet him outside the city—"

Heng Yu frowned slightly.

Therefore, Feng Yuan intends to sell those young men who escaped military service to black businessmen who open mines without permission.

In that kind of troubled world, since it's something that can't be seen, it's not uncommon for this kind of double-dealing.

After all, people who earn this kind of money, since they have taken such a big risk, will naturally not let go of the opportunity to make more money.

"Is it just that simple?"

After the book case, Xiao Mu also asked Heng Yu's doubts.

"Naturally." Yan Jun said: "That night, the people they sent Wang Ming out of the city did not return, and they were found dead in a mountain road the next day, and Wang Ming and others disappeared— "

Heng Yu pondered: "Black eat black?"

"Feng Yuan and the others also guessed like this at the beginning, but after suffering such a dumb loss and losing their lives, they are not willing to let it go, so they searched in every possible way, but they couldn't find anything."

Junjun Yan added: "I haven't found even the slightest clue—"

Heng Yu's eyes changed slightly when he heard the words, and he looked at Xiao Mu.

(End of this chapter)