So I play chess

Chapter 243 The Second Doubt

This guard was originally considered to be the cleverest member of Tang Mingyi's team, but compared to the current guards in the hall, he was a down-to-earth person.

"Actually, there's nothing to say. How can the people in the trick shop react when they see an official? It's nothing more than that there is always fear on their faces, pushy attitudes, evasive words, and dilemmas in actions." The guard stared at him. After Li Mao finished speaking, he glanced at Tang Mingyi quietly, and then ended his words, "That's all."

Hua Ji who was sitting next to him listened, laughed "hehe" several times, patted Tang Mingyi's thigh on the left, and then raised his hand to point at the guard: "Is it like brother now?"

"You..." The guard blushed immediately, but he didn't dare to get angry on the spot, and only glared at Hua Ji angrily.

Zhixia, who had just stood next to the eldest lady, almost burst out laughing at Hua Ji's words, but asked Wen Guzhi, who also smiled a little, to get some scattered fruits.

"Miss just finished breakfast, do you want to eat again?" Tang Mingyi and the guard were half-outsiders in Zhixia's hall, and they were ordered by the eldest lady to usually not cover up too much in front of the second highness, but The rest are knowing the basics, so they are a little presumptuous.

Wen Gu coaxed her in a nice voice: "Maybe I can't really eat it, but I always feel that there is something missing at hand, so go and get it."

Zhixia suddenly had an idea: "Then let me get some plums for the eldest lady. Li Mao brought two baskets half a month ago. I picked up some and asked the chef to cook them with honey. I haven't eaten yet."

Li Mao watched all directions and listened to all directions. He was about to talk to the guard at this time, but he immediately interjected: "These plums are good. I took people to pick them out one by one. Only two baskets were picked out of ten baskets... ..."

Li Mao didn't realize that Wen Liang was looking at him expressionlessly in the middle of his speech, so he stopped.Zhixia didn't care about these things, and went to fry the eldest lady with honey.

Tang Mingyi felt a little embarrassed just now because of the guard's reaction, but this guy calmed down his emotions. He only felt that it was a serious scene, and the few present were a bit more relaxed, but it didn't prevent him from telling the guard: "If you have anything to say, don't let the eldest miss ask questions, don't delay the matter."

The guard originally thought that he had got a chance to be a guard. Although he couldn't think of it, there might be some key information in it that others don't know.

However, his prevarication was too conspicuous in the eyes of everyone, and he was refuted jokingly after only a few sentences, and with such an order from His Highness the Second Highness, he put away his other thoughts and explained the situation truthfully.

In fact, when the guard was in the same room with the three flower girls, he did ask some questions, nothing more than how they escaped the murderer, whether they had seen the murderer, or when did they come? The flower stands, where are they from, and so on.

Some of them were repeated with what Hua Ji asked, and some of them were learned later.But at that time, the three Huaniangs were only frightened, no matter how carefully the guard spoke now, they could only hear that it was Huaniang's reasonable fear and defense against the official.

Wen Gu himself believed in Li Mao's ability to see things, but he really couldn't figure out the way to these showgirls and the like. Seeing his attitude now, he can only explain it to him.

What the guard said were all reasonable things, and everyone didn't hear anything strange or special from it, but Li Mao was very satisfied, and only said: "Is it reasonable for Hua Niang to use such an attitude towards officials?" As it should be?"

The guard nodded and said "yes".

Li Mao slammed his mouth, and said: "The problem lies in the four words of what should be. I dare to ask you, let alone this Tongcheng, several of you are from Anping, Guangyang, just say where you are from." , don’t the local officials go to the trick hall?”

Li Mao's question is actually simple, but neither Tang Mingyi nor Hua Ji is really from Anping Guangyang, and Hua Ji speaks proficiently, but he has never answered it a few times and wants to hang out in a trick hall In fact, they only figured out the errands based on superficial means, and Tang Mingyi was even more clueless without knowing more in-depth details, so it was hard for any of them to say anything about it.

And Li Mao didn't know their situation, so he answered his own question after asking: "Let me say this, not only in Anping and Guangyang, but even in Lianzhou, even in the nineteen counties of Dachu, these people are all from brothels. Regular customers, even distinguished customers. The so-called theoretically speaking, in fact, it is often not the case.”

Hua Ji had said it once before, and Li Mao had said the same thing again. Although Tang Mingyi knew that the two of them did not know his identity, but based on his deep-rooted sentiment of sharing weal and woe with Great Chu, he did not hesitate to do so here. I just feel secretly ashamed and can't say much.

"That's the way to say it." Hua Ji took the words directly, "I have also considered this, but our Tongcheng is also different. After all, the prefect has been in charge for a month..."

Hua Ji stopped talking halfway, and Li Mao knew that he had figured it out, so he continued: "The prefect has made strict prohibitions this month, and people who have just come to Tongcheng, of course, can tell at a glance what is going on in the city. Such an atmosphere, but, has the eunuch ever copied any house? Has he ever punished any lord or person in charge?"

Having said that, Hua Ji shook his head first and then nodded, that is, he completely agrees.

"If these flower girls are veterans, it is still unknown whether the eunuch's actions are temporary or long-term. At least for now, this is a temporary limelight, and it doesn't hurt the flesh and blood. It doesn't hurt or itches. Only people who are new to the business, or who aren’t into it at all, would be wary.”

"Taking a step back, none of the original Tongcheng army, and my colleagues in the government office, have ever been to this Xinghuatai? These flower girls don't even know any of them? How come there is no excuse from the beginning to the end? Whose one of them's names are used to get close? Even if you avoid it at the beginning, you will take it to the government office in the end, and don't say it? It's too calm."

Hua Ji had nothing to say, but Tang Mingyi still had doubts: "But when those three people talked to us, they didn't show any more of this attitude, especially that Miss Chu, who even negotiated terms. Doesn't it match what you said?"

"That's the way to say it, but the way it's done is wrong." After Li Mao finished speaking, he asked the guard, "Brother, if you change places, what should you do?"

The guard didn't react for a while, he opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

Hua Ji came directly to answer for him: "Whether it is fierce or kind, it is safe to move out of the identity of Mr. Tang."

"How could I use my young master's power to publicize it everywhere?" The guard said angrily, but he was also angry, but he was powerless, because he also remembered that such a situation often happened in the palace.

"So these three people are not the flower girls, at least not the flower girls who were in the Xinghua Terrace earlier." Tang Mingyi heard it clearly, and picked up a conclusion he was sure of and hurriedly said one, so as not to show his clumsiness.

Li Mao nodded: "This is actually just my conjecture, and I can only say it is unreasonable. I dare not say that it must be the case. But since they want to get rid of Master Sun, they must go out of the city, stop at the gate of the city, and bring them back It's all clear."

That being the case, although Wen Gu was not in a hurry, he did not delay, and gave Wen Liang a signal to send someone to the city gate to make some arrangements.

(End of this chapter)