The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

Although the weather is cold, Fanlou is still bustling with activity.

During the New Year's Day, it is the time when friends and relatives get together, and there is an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages coming and going in front of the door.

However, the road is slippery in snowy conditions, and some collisions are inevitable.

Two men dressed in ordinary clothes but generous in their actions went out with wine belching.

He didn't go far when his sleeve was rubbed by a carriage.

"You're blind, and you didn't even look at who you bumped into!" The slightly older man yelled with a hint of drunkenness.

"That's right, hurry up and get reincarnated!" The young man next to him gave him a weak hand and cursed.

"You must be sick..." the coachman muttered, spat, and drove away.

The young man wanted to scold again, but he was stopped by the man from before: "Okay... I can vent my anger on behalf of my brother. But for those who are away from home, please don't ruin the reputation of our government. I, Li You, will not care about that untouchable." !”

When the young man heard this, he put on a smile and said, "Brother Li is right! I am young and easy to get into trouble. I will need more discipline from my brother in the future."

Li You burped: "You are a good boy. You have only been here for three or four months in the Duke's Mansion. You are quite popular. Even my father praises you from time to time..."

"Hehe... isn't it that Brother Li speaks good words to me every day? Otherwise, there are hundreds of people in the Duke's mansion, who would know who I, Zhao Donglin, am! It's even less likely that Butler Li will know about me." Zhao Donglin laughed playfully. , trying hard to flatter him.

Li You listened and looked at him lazily: "That's because your kid is so smart."

They went out to run errands today, and Li You was lazy, so Zhao Donglin did all the work alone.

Don't finish your errands until dark.

I thought I was going back home, but I didn't expect that Zhao Donglin went to the bank to take out the money he had saved for a long time, and took Li You to Fanlou to have a drink.

Who wouldn't like a person who knows how to get things done and is quick with his hands and feet?

Li You praised Zhao Donglin a few more words, and while they were talking, they stumbled towards Duke Ning's mansion.

"You don't know, it's been a long time since I drank so happily!" The cold wind blew, and Li You sobered up a little, "Since the second prince's accident, our Duke has never seen a smiling face all day long, and he gets angry easily. These days Come on, several batches of people have been sold out in the house! Everyone is in danger. Don’t think that my father is the big boss. In fact, he is the most nervous person. I really don’t know when this day will end. "

The eldest daughter of Duke Ningguo is the second prince’s concubine.

The second prince was ordered to be imprisoned. To Ning Guogong, it was like a sharp sword hanging over his head. He didn't know when he would be implicated.

Zhao Donglin didn't know how to answer the question, so he could only say a few words of dry relief.

Li You also found it boring, so he chatted about other things, such as which girl in the house was pretty and which girl was easy to get along with.

We walked most of the way while talking and laughing.

When passing by the corner alley, I saw a person lying on the ground in the distance.

Both of them were shocked. For such a cold person, that person was motionless. Does he still have a living head?

Zhao Donglin had the courage to move forward, stretched out his hand to sniff and said, "He's still alive."

Li You just came over.

I bent down and took a look. I didn't know how long the man had been lying on the snow. His coat was soaked in snow water, and his lips were purple from the cold.

Zhao Donglin whispered: "Brother Li, I think he is not going to live long. It's none of our business. Go back home quickly."

After saying that, he stepped over the man and pulled Li You to leave.

Unexpectedly, his toes kicked over the man's blouse, and he fell unprepared.

He was about to scold when he saw Li You looking down at something.

"Brother Li, how..." he asked doubtfully.

Before he finished speaking, Li You quickly gestured to silence him, and then helped the man on the ground up: "Quickly, carry him back to the house!"

Zhao Donglin: "..."

Although he didn't know why, but after all, he had just recognized Li You as his boss, so he naturally had no objection, so he gritted his teeth and carried that man on his back.

As soon as he touched it, he shivered from the ice.

This place is still three streets away from the Duke's Mansion. The two of them ran all the way and entered the back room directly from the corner door.

Zhao Donglin panted and threw the person to the ground. Before he could take a breath, he heard Li Youfen: "I'm watching here. Go call me dad!"

Li You's father was the chief steward of the Duke's Mansion. At this time, he was probably still busy with matters. Zhao Donglin did not dare to delay, so he trotted off again.

Just after finishing all the affairs, Butler Li picked up the tea bowl. Before he could remove the foam from the tea, he saw Zhao Donglin running in carelessly.

He frowned and was about to reprimand him when he heard that Li You had "picked up" someone from outside and came back, so he followed him to the back room with a suspicious look on his face.

"What's going on?" Butler Li has been in charge of the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years, and he speaks with a sense of coercion. "Aren't you out on business? How can you bring a stranger back?"

Although they are biological father and son, Li You also accompanied him cautiously: "Father, this person seems a little strange."

Upon hearing this, Butler Li looked at the man on the ground. Under his lifted blouse, he was wearing a gray-brown robe with a pattern of colorful clouds embroidered on the collar.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and understood what Li You meant: "Is this person from Jiangnan Road?"

Officials in the Zhou Dynasty had different grades and subordinates, so their clothes were very different.

The grade is mainly distinguished by color, while the different affiliations are based on the embroidery on the collar.

This person should be dressed as a low-ranking official from Jiangnan Road, subordinate to the deposed envoy Chang Jing.

"My father said before that officials from other places are not allowed to return to the capital as officials unless they report on their duties or take a vacation. This person... his official rank is so low that there is no need to come to the capital to report on his duties. And he almost froze to death in the capital alone. He doesn't look like that. On vacation. Neither of them but dressed as a government official, there must be something weird about this person entering the capital!" Li You was determined.

Butler Li also considered this. He is the steward of the Duke's mansion, so he naturally knows about the feud between the mansion and Chang Jing:

Chang Jing is the crown prince's confidant, and Ningguo Duke's residence is the second prince's Yue family. With the current situation in which the crown prince and the second prince are fighting, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two families are rivals.

Since the incident involving the second prince, Duke Ningguo has been working hard to overturn the case in order to protect himself, but has nowhere to start.

Could this person now... be a breakthrough?

It's just that the timing of this person's appearance...isn't it too coincidental?

He ordered: "Search him."

Naturally, it was Zhao Donglin who did this kind of hands-on work.

He searched the person inside and out and only took out a dusty sign.

"What is this?" Li You took it and turned it over and over, unable to figure out the reason.

Butler Li picked up the oil lamp on the table and poured the oil on the waistband.

In an instant, colorful cloud patterns appeared.

Li You and Zhao Donglin's eyes widened, but Butler Li was not prepared to explain.

He took out his handkerchief, wiped his hands, and asked:

"Where did you discover this person and what was the process? Tell me in detail!"

Li You had known that his father would ask this question, so in order to prevent the drinking incident from being exposed, he had already prepared an excuse.

He only said that he took Zhao Donglin out on errands and came back late because of the cold weather.When he was passing by a corner alley, he found this man passed out on the ground. After he stepped forward to check, he keenly noticed something strange about this man's clothes, so he picked him up.

When Butler Li heard this, he frowned:

Corner Alley is three streets away from Duke Ning's Mansion, and only two streets away from the East Palace.

Is this person going to the East Palace?

He looked at the unconscious man on the ground coldly: "You must keep an eye on this man tonight! It's too cold in this room. Bring two braziers over here and some quilts. Don't let him freeze to death. Wait until dawn , go ask the government doctor to come and take a look at him, and come back to report to me after he wakes up."

"Yes!"

After explaining, Butler Li hurriedly left.

Zhao Donglin hurriedly brought two charcoal basins over, then ran to pick up his quilt and cover them with others.

After he finished his panting work, Li You patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done. I'll go to the back office tomorrow to pick up two new quilts. I told you that my father would reward me."

"Thank you, Brother Li!" Zhao Donglin laughed so hard that his eyes were blinded, and he was busy flattering, "You are so amazing, you can tell this person's origin at just one glance!"

Li You said proudly: "That's natural. From now on, you should follow me and learn from it."

"Thank you, Brother Li, for the tip!"

The sound of iron chains sounded, and the firewood door was locked heavily.

When everyone inside and outside the room became quiet, the purple color on the man's face quickly faded away, and his expression returned to its normal state.

If someone from the Yongjia Hall of the East Palace was present at this time, it would not be difficult to find that this person was the messenger who had just come to the East Palace to deliver the handwritten letter to Chang Jing.