After the prince enters the play

Chapter 93 093: Did you really like that village girl?

"Money is easy to talk about, do you think I look like someone short of money?" Su Xinyi said with a smile.

"Young master, don't talk nonsense. This man must not be fooled by his appearance. A few days ago, there were people who claimed to be the Duke of the State, and they owed money and were thrown out." The old man said, leaning against the wall with his hands clasped.

Su Xinyi heard that there was a clue, "There are no people in this early morning. I will eat something to fill my stomach first, and it will not be too late for us to discuss business after you are full."

The old man looked at the white bun handed to him by the noble young man across the street, grabbed it without politeness, and stuffed it into his mouth, leaving a few black handprints on the snow-white bun instantly.

If it were ordinary people, they would have turned around and left in disgust, but Su Xinyi was different. Country people, this kind of scene is not uncommon. Many people who have nothing to eat at home are reduced to beggars, and they pay attention to washing their hands.

While eating the steamed stuffed bun, the old man sneaked a look at the expression of the young man in front of him, and found that she didn't show any disgust at all, which made him not sure where he came from.

After eating a big steamed stuffed bun, Su Xinyi handed him another bowl of steaming mutton soup, "Drink the soup and have a drink. There are not enough people in the morning. It seems that everyone prefers to come at night. By the way, before you What’s the matter with the Duke of the State you are talking about, old man, you have to make a draft to brag, which Duke’s family is not rich in gold and silver, how can you be thrown out if you don’t have the money to gamble?”

The old man took a sip of the mutton soup, the taste was quite authentic, but this young man bought it from an old shop, he was quite honest, and he didn't know what news he wanted to inquire about.

"What's there to brag about this kind of thing? The young master can see that the family is well-raised. The things outside are not what you see." The old man took another sip of soup, and the bowl of soup in the early morning Belly, that is a comfort.

"Which family's grandpa is so careless? Tell me about it, and I'll gain a lot of experience."

"Which one else is there, isn't it the one from Duke Qin's mansion."

Sure enough, it was Duke Qin, Su Xinyi's eyes flashed.

"Really?" Su Xinyi looked surprised. "No way, my neighbor's cousin's sister-in-law's natal cousin is an aunt in the Duke's mansion. Why have I never heard such news? Don't lie to me."

"Your relatives who have turned a few corners, how can they know?" The old man sneered, "If you don't believe me, just go ahead at the corner and turn right to the biggest Forte Casino, which is the one that threw it out. There were quite a few people who saw it at that time, and they knew about it as soon as they inquired about it, so what can I lie to you?"

"It turns out to be true. The boy speaks without words. Forgive me. Then I'm curious. Old man, why did you say that he was a Duke of the country without money and was thrown out? Then the Duke of Qin's mansion is a well-known noble family, don't tell me A family with a lot of wealth is almost the same, how can we still be short of this money?" Su Xinyi asked with a puzzled look.

"Little master, there are so many reasons for this person to walk outside." The old man drank the last sip of soup, and for the sake of this bowl of soup, he added another sentence, "Some people like money, some people like power, Some people like Yao Jieer who can warm the bed, so there are many things that people miss about Duke Qin's mansion, don't you think?"

Su Xinyi's heart shuddered, it was indeed the same as what Su Baiwei said, someone was deliberately setting Qin Guogong up, it seemed that the salt merchant really had a problem.

He used beauties to lure Qin Guogong to adopt a concubine, and let the concubine lure him to the gambling table. I am afraid that the salt merchant's plot may not be just the status of a noble concubine next to Shi Zhongqian.

For the sake of being a noble concubine, it is worth spending such a high price to set up such a plan, I am afraid that it is not the capital that will not be able to return.

Businessmen are the most shrewd, they can clearly calculate the gains and losses of benefits, and they will not bother to plan like this if they don't have very profitable benefits.

Su Xinyi thought that this must not be a concubine's problem, maybe it's someone who is behind this or something she doesn't know.

Su Xinyi chatted with the old man for a long time, and not only figured out where Duke Qin got on the gambling table, but also where the beauties that Duke Qin raised lived outside.

Su Xinyi squatted in the corner all morning, and when he got the news, he got up and said goodbye. The old man looked at him in surprise, "Didn't the young master want to buy the news? Why don't you buy it and leave?"

Su Xinyi made a sad face, "I have been talking to my husband for a long time, and your old words are very reasonable. People like me should stay away from right and wrong. I think I have to listen to you."

When the old man heard this, his face immediately darkened, and the smile on his face was a bit ferocious.

Su Xinyi saw that the old man was amused, she squatted back again, and said sincerely: "You are old, don't mess around here, how about I find a place for you?"

"Fuck off, don't be mad at me here. The old man has been begging for a lifetime and wants me to change my career. There is no way." The old man was impatient and wanted to drive him away.

Su Xinyi said happily: "It doesn't matter if you don't leave. I will come to chat with you when I have time. I quite like chatting with you."

Old man:  …

Squeeze a sheep hard, don't you?

"Your old name?" Su Xinyi asked again, "I can't come to see you and call you old man. Isn't this in vain for our chatting this morning?"

"I'm a beggar, what's your name, Zeng Liang?" The old man bowed his head and threw out such a sentence, "Go, I'm upset when I see you. If I haven't earned any money, it's a waste of my morning."

Su Xinyi gave a "tsk", "I don't have any money, so I'm leaving now."

Zeng Liang watched Su Xinyi walk away, leaning against the wall to bask in the rising sun, squinting his eyes and humming an unknown tune, shaking his head.

A few beggars in the distance didn't dare to come over seeing the scene, and the younger one said, "Brother Tian Zao, Master Zeng was deceived by that little boy, right? This is the first time someone has been able to deceive Master Zeng. sharp."

The older boy Tian Zao snorted with grass in his mouth, "That's not necessarily the case, I think that old man probably pretended to be like this on purpose." After saying this, he looked at the person, "Datong, don't If you don’t want anything, go get some food first.”

Bao Datong immediately obeyed and went to find something to eat, but Tian Zao thought about it and got up to follow Su Xinyi, following her from a distance, watching her enter the largest restaurant in Qingjinfang, he waited outside for a while, and then Seeing her come out again, she was carrying a big three-layer food box with the shop waiter behind her.

Tian Zao saw that Su Xinyi had gone far away, so he didn't follow this time, but went to the back door of the restaurant, and soon got the news that that little boy had ordered three meals for Master Zeng in the restaurant for a year!

Tian Zao walked back thoughtfully, and when he returned to the place he always took with him, he saw the big food box from the restaurant he had seen before in front of Master Zeng.

He leaned against the wall and squatted down slowly, somehow recalling the scene where the little boy was joking with Master Zeng again.

Here, Su Xinyi got the news from Zeng Liang, and quickly touched the house of Chu Yingying, Qin Guogong's concubine, stepped on it carefully, and carefully inquired about Chu Yingying's details with the surrounding residents.

Su Xinyi dressed up in men's clothing and looked like a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth. She was most liked by those middle-aged women. In addition, she grew up in the countryside and knew how to deal with these people, so she quickly knew the news she wanted.

Chu Yingying does not go out on weekdays, and the people who live here seldom see her, but every few days, someone dressed like a mother in charge will come to her, according to a message accidentally revealed by the driver , the mother in charge is a servant of a merchant's family.

The news matched, it should be the salt merchant that Zeng Liang was talking about.

Su Xinyi had a clue in his heart, and left after not staying for long.

It would be best to get evidence of Chu Yingying's contacts with the salt merchants, which can prove that they are a nest of snakes and rats, but they are cautious in their contacts, and it is better to find a way to visit Liu Yingying's house.

She definitely can't do it alone. It seems that she really invited her elder brother to help.

As for the way to coax Liu Yingying out of the house, there is no lack of ways. She is an outsider and can't see the light, but Su Xinyi has a good way.

There is also a gambling house, it is best if you can get the money that Qin Guogong lost in the bet.

But breaking into the gambling house is not a good way, you have to think of other ideas.

Qingjinfang is a gold-selling cave, where there are many brothels, gambling houses everywhere, teahouses, restaurants and other places stand in succession on the street.

At this time, before noon, there are already people coming and going, rubbing shoulders, and at night, the lights are feasting, the people are drunk, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, even if you have thousands of dollars, you will eventually have to shake your head here.

The imperial court's control over gambling houses is not so strict, and large gambling houses like Futai Casino, in order to cope with the imperial court's inspection, usually open teahouses or restaurants downstairs, and the upstairs is the gambling house.

The regular customers of the gambling shop go straight upstairs after entering the door. Generally, individual customers order a pot of tea on the first floor, or eat some wine and vegetables, and then go upstairs to gamble after inquiring clearly.

Anyone who can open a gambling shop has no one behind him.

Otherwise, how dare ordinary gambling houses join hands with others to set a trap against Duke Qin.

Su Xinyi was sitting at the tea shop on the first floor of Futai Gambling House drinking tea at this time. The seat by the window, a pot of good tea, listening to the voices coming from the table from time to time, and occasionally she would have a few words with people, Find out what you want to know.

For example, let's inquire about the background of the owner of Futai Casino.

Halfway through drinking tea, I saw another group of people coming in at the door, all of them were wearing official uniforms with knives on their waists, and the leader, Su Xinyi, was very familiar.

Yang Jin.

Yang Jin walked in in a big way, and was about to call the shopkeeper, but when he swept his eyes, he saw Su Xinyi drinking tea with a contented expression.

Although she wore men's clothing, tied her hair in a bun, and had some changes to her facial features, Yang Jin was really too familiar with her to recognize her.

This is a bit scary.

Miss Su Liu was dressed in men's clothes and sat drinking tea in the gambling house. If people found out, she would be drowned by saliva!

Su Xinyi also felt that the fleeting time was unfavorable, why did he meet Yang Jin again?Yang Jin is the personal bodyguard next to the prince. He appears here. Could it be that His Highness the prince is also nearby?
Su Xinyi immediately pretended not to see Yang Jin, stood up and wanted to leave.

It's nothing to fight, the girl has learned some kung fu, it's not something that can't be said.

But it's not a good thing to enter the casino, she can't see the prince and come forward to explain why I appear in the casino, right?
Who knew that she had just stood up and hadn't lifted her foot when she saw His Highness the Crown Prince walking in with his hands behind his back.

Today's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wearing a white robe, and his natural appearance, but now in the hustle and bustle of the market, his cold jade-like face is more and more set off, as if melting snow, unattainable.

Su Xinyi felt a little flustered for no reason, no, why was she flustered?
Can the prince be able to commit murder because of his good looks?
Su Xinyi cheered herself up. She rolled her eyes, thinking about how to slip away quietly. Who knew that the prince would look straight at her when he turned his head.

Su Xinyi: ...

Do you have eyes for the wind?

Su Xinyi tried her best to give the prince a generous smile, but seeing the prince walking towards her step by step, the footsteps sounded like her heart was beating on a drumbeat, and the sound became more urgent.

Su Xinyi couldn't even maintain her smile anymore, when the prince walked in front of her, she subconsciously took a step back.

This retreat was like showing weakness, Su Xinyi felt that he was mentally retarded.

What are you afraid of?
Yan Junchu pointed to the stool, and Su Xinyi immediately sat down obediently.

After sitting down, his face turned black.

Yan Junchu sat down opposite her, and asked someone to exchange a pot of tea.

Su Xinyi looked at the other party suspiciously, and decided to take the initiative to ask, "Why did Your Highness come here?"

Over there, Yang Jin was already talking to the shopkeeper. I don't know what he said, but the shopkeeper's expression was not very good-looking.

Su Xinyi withdrew her gaze, and heard the prince say, "I'm here to investigate the case, why is Miss Six here? This kind of place...you didn't come here."

"Coincidentally, I'm also checking things." Su Xinyi tried her best to maintain her smile and said, she was not guilty, she had serious business to do. "I didn't expect to meet His Highness here."

Yan Junchu lowered his eyes slightly, fumbled for the teacup in his hand, and said unhurriedly, "No matter what you are investigating, this kind of place is not the place where girls come."

"What Your Highness said is that I will leave now, and I dare not disturb His Highness's official duties." Su Xinyi stood up and gave a salute before striding away.

Yan Junchu turned his head to look at Su Xinyi's leaving back, as if he was unhappy.

Walking on the street, Su Xinyi felt that she was not very lucky. Forget it, anyway, she will not have much contact with His Royal Highness in the future, so it is embarrassing to be embarrassing.

Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered what happened to Wushun last time. Now that he hasn't been released, he is probably still investigating.

Wu Shun's back is implicated in the Dongli Palace, and I don't know what will happen to Dongli Princess's follow-up. Go back and ask the eldest brother, the eldest brother must know.

The prince also said that he would ask for credit for his elder brother, and he guessed that he would have to wait for the matter to be clarified.

I hope that when the eldest brother can be promoted to a higher level, everyone will be happy, and the matter of the eldest sister's reconciliation will not make everyone so sad.

Su Yi was on errand today and went out early in the morning. Su Xinyi didn't find him after returning home, but his sister-in-law Zeng stopped her when she saw her smiling, "Sixth sister, I didn't find you when I went there this morning. Something to tell you."

"Sister-in-law, what's the matter?" Su Xinyi hurriedly stopped and asked.

Mrs. Zeng walked over quickly, looked at Su Xinyi and said, "Your elder brother asked me to tell you before going out this morning. When he comes back, he has something to say to you, so you can wait for him."

Su Xinyi's eyes lit up, guessing that it might be Wu Shun's matter, "I see, sister-in-law."

"I happened to go back to my mother's house when you went to Duke Qin's mansion this time. I didn't expect you to do such a big thing. If I knew that the people in Duke Qin's mansion were so disrespectful, I wouldn't go back to my mother's house to be with you." Mrs. Zeng didn't rush Shang felt quite sorry, after all, she was the elder sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, don't say that, none of us would have known that such a thing would happen." Su Xinyi knew that Mrs. Zeng was a considerate person, and that Mrs. Madam was not very satisfied with her, so she didn't want to make any mistakes in the mansion, "Now Big sister is back, there will be a lot of trouble for sister-in-law in the future."

Zeng sighed, "Sister Yun is such a good child, fortunately she is back."

"Yeah, fortunately I'm back." Su Xinyi also felt lucky, if she struggled in the quagmire of Duke Qin's mansion like in her previous life, she really didn't dare to think about what would happen.

Seeing that the sixth younger sister looked tired, Mrs. Zeng immediately said, "You must be tired after coming back from the outside, hurry back and rest."

Su Xinyi nodded, "Then I'll go back first, if my sister-in-law needs my help with anything, just let the girl send a message."

"Okay, I see, let's go." Zeng said with a smile.

She already had a good impression of Sixth Sister, but this time she heard from her husband that she liked Sixth Sister even more in her heart because Sixth Sister showed her face to His Highness the Crown Prince and also made a contribution.

Su Xinyi went back to her own yard. Forsythia was doing needlework under the eaves of the porch. When she saw her, she immediately stood up, "Young lady is back."

Su Xinyi nodded and entered the door, "Is there nothing to do today?"

Forsythia helped the girl change her clothes, and said: "Madame returned to Gaofu today, and I guess she will be back before dinner. Delphinium followed Mammy She to cut the girl's clothes. The fourth girl came to invite the girl to drink tea. The girl went out today, and the maid will return for you."

Su Xinyi nodded, washed her face before sitting down, and listened to Lianqiao asking: "It's past meal time, has the girl eaten? If you haven't eaten, I will go to the kitchen."

"Let's do something simple. I'm not too hungry, so I'll just take a bite." Su Xinyi said casually.

Forsythia nodded, but the girl couldn't make up for the food, so she went to the kitchen and ordered two dishes and one soup, and came back with a bowl of fine silk noodles.

Su Xinyi sat down to eat, thinking about today's affairs while eating, she was a little strange, what can the prince check when he goes to the gambling house?
Isn't he investigating a murder case now?
Does it have something to do with the murder?
There was something tricky behind the Wushun murder case, and it was also implicated in the Dongli Palace. Su Xinyi felt that his brain was not enough. Why did he do it all over again? It seemed that many things had happened.

Another thing she was curious about was, didn't Shang Junyan support King Rong?Why have so many things happened recently? He was an official in his previous life very smoothly, and he should know a lot more than her. Why didn't he hear that he helped King Rong climb up?

This is not quite right.

With his loyalty to King Rong, shouldn't he use his prophet to make King Rong more successful than in his previous life?
There was also the matter of Princess Pingjing looking around. She forgot about it as soon as she was busy. It was impossible to send a message through Qin Guogong's mansion, so she had to think of other ways.

Su Xinyi had a headache thinking about it, she really didn't want to think about Shang Junyan and anything related to him, forget it, it's good for everyone to live in peace anyway, what he wants to do is his business.

***
At this time, Shang Junyan, who was being talked about by Su Xinyi, was in a bad mood, standing outside the window, listening to his mother and sister talking about Su Xinyi.

Since Shang Congqing was humiliated by Su Xinyi last time, he inevitably mentioned a few words to his mother when he returned to his mother's house. Princess Pingjing was naturally unhappy.

When Shang Junyan came over, he heard the eldest sister say to her mother: "Mother, you haven't seen that little hooves look so arrogant, and you forced Junyan to apologize to her. How could she have such a face like a country girl? A villain will be rampant when he succeeds."

"There is also such a thing. Your brother never said a word when he came back." The princess of Pingjing County naturally looked unhappy, "Since the death of Fourth Master Su, Qi Guogong's mansion is really getting worse and worse. Bring back a child. I don’t know what I’m thinking if I don’t talk about good teaching, but actually let it out to make people ashamed.”

"Anyway, I see that Su Xinyi is not a good person. In short, you have to tell Jun Yan to stay away from her. That little fox is so pretty on the polo field because of her pretty face..."

"Eldest sister! What nonsense are you talking about?" Shang Junyan couldn't stand listening any longer, and threw up the curtain and entered the door with a dark face.

Shang Congqing was taken aback by his younger brother's yelling, and said behind his back that he was caught straight, and others would have died of shame, but Shang Congqing didn't care, looked at his younger brother and said, "Am I right? The owner of Runyi County also came on the stage. How could she deliberately show off like her? Isn't she trying to get everyone's attention by doing this? She is from the countryside, and she will make these villains means of doing."

These words are too familiar, the elder sister often said such words in his ear in the previous life.

He always said that Su Xinyi was bad, that was bad, and used her background to talk about things.

It's just that he often went out on business at that time, and he didn't know Su Xinyi well, and there was no relationship between husband and wife. Of course, he was closer to his family and would choose to believe what they said.

But this time, he knew clearly from the beginning to the end, but her elder sister still distorted the facts in front of her...

When Shang Junyan thought of Su Xinyi's words, he felt a sharp pain on his face.

"Sister, I saw what happened with my own eyes. If you hadn't deliberately helped Princess Runyi belittle Miss Su Liu, how could Miss Su Liu have a dispute with you? You are rude first, and you shouldn't apologize. Is it? As for what happened on the polo field, there were so many people present at the time, so it's not something that can be determined by the elder sister's family." Shang Junyan said with a pale face.

Shang Congqing was startled by his younger brother, he came to his senses, and immediately said to his mother: "Mother, did you see it? Look at this, it's clear that I was seduced by that foxy girl. I'm his big sister, just for the sake of it." An outsider scolding me like that? I said that Su Xinyi is not a good person, and I was right."

Shang Junyan's forehead twitched, looking at the unrecognizable elder sister, remembering what Su Xinyi told him in his previous life, but he chose not to believe it...

He just wants to give himself two slaps now.

Seeing her son's reaction, Princess Pingjing's heart tightened. Could it be that his son really fell in love with that village girl?
This will not work!

　The [-]-word update is complete, my little cuties.

　　
　
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