Song Emperor Jiangshan

Because according to several months of observation, this day was the day when Lin Yifei and Wu Hao met.

Xiao Shan used the excuse two days ago that he was sick and wanted to go home to recuperate. Today is his third day at home.

In the first two days, people from the palace came to visit one after another, but they were all stopped by Xiaoshan's adoptive mother Wang Meiniang, but there were two people who couldn't stop them.

One is Qin Xi.About Xiao Shan going home to recuperate, he couldn't hide it from Qin Hui's two men at the oil shop. Complete the task and go.

The other one was Wu Hao, and Wang Meiniang couldn't stop him. When Wu Hao rushed to Xiao Shan's room, Xiao Shan was sleeping with his head covered. Wu Hao lifted Xiao Shan's quilt to confirm that Xiao Shan was indeed sick and recuperating at home. After being scolded by Xiao Shan, he left with peace of mind.

Xiao Shan told Wang Meiniang last night that he has something important to do today, no matter who comes to visit, he must stop him.Because of the situation on the first day, no one came the next day.Today, Wang Meiniang stopped him outside, Xiao Shan thought that his whereabouts should be relatively safe.

Xiao Shan put on a big cloak with a cloak early this morning, and quietly went out over the wall.

Men in Lin'an often wear hats, especially when it snows in winter, they cover their faces so that only two eyes are left. If you walk to the opposite side and don't look carefully, you can't recognize who the other party is. Xiao Shan is also dressed like this. It was tightly covered, and when I was walking on the street, I saw several people dressed like myself. This outfit can be said to be the most common attire of ordinary well-off people, and it doesn't attract much attention.

Xiao Shan's original plan was to follow Lin Yifei. Qin Hui had already bought a house for Lin Yifei in the capital, and Xiao Shan had already found out the location. He pretended to be a hurried passerby, with his hands in his sleeves, and walked quickly in the snow. Unexpectedly, after taking two steps, he was surrounded by a group of little beggars. Those little beggars were naked in snowy weather, walking barefoot, begging with a bowl in their hands.Xiao Shan took out two coins from his purse and threw them into the beggar's bowl. Just as he was about to continue walking towards Lin Yifei's house, he suddenly saw Wu Hao walking across the street.

There was a secret difference in Xiao Shan's heart, he pretended to give money to those little beggars, and stayed there for a while, and found that there was a discrepancy between the matter and the plan - Yu Mo was not able to track Wu Hao.

Xiao Shan hesitated for a moment, then decided to temporarily change the plan and follow Wu Hao by himself.

When he was following Wu Hao from a distance, he found that Wu Hao was also very careful when walking. He would use the reflection of some icy eaves to track back in the inconspicuous corners of the street.

Xiao Shan's cloak is a light brown cloak that hangs down to the ground, and the hiding places he chooses are all places that can make him blend into the surrounding environment.Wu Hao looked at it several times, and even turned his head to observe once, but he didn't find the tail behind him.

Xiao Shan felt that the reason why he didn't see Yu Mo was probably because his tracking ability was not strong and he was dumped by the other party.

Xiao Shan became more and more careful, followed for a full two hours before he saw Wu Hao stop in a shop.

Xiao Shan was excited at first, but when he saw clearly what the store was doing, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

It turned out that he had been to that shop before, and it was a shop for custom-made leather products. Xiao Shan even made a bow for Zhao Yuan here.

Xiao Shan saw from afar that Wu Hao bought a Ju here, he knew that Wu Hao's Ju was broken a few days ago, he thought it might not be the right time to come today, Wu Hao just came out to buy something.Xiao Shan waited in a corner, but after waiting for a while, he found that something was wrong.

He looked up at the sky, because there was light snow in the sky, the sun was not visible, and the light seemed a bit dim, so he could only judge the time by the movement of shadows on the ground.Wu Hao entered this store and has been there for a full hour.

Xiao Shan doesn't think that to buy something, you need to stay in a small shop with an area of ​​more than ten square meters for two hours, because there must be something tricky inside.He waited patiently, and after another half an hour, he saw Wu Hao coming out and walking towards other places.

Now Xiao Shan has two choices, one is to continue to follow Wu Hao, the other is to stay where he is, to see if any special person will go in.No matter which option you choose, you may fail.Because Wu Hao may have something to delay here, so he will get nothing if he stays where he is; if Wu Hao is here to meet and the matter has been completed, then it is impossible to follow Wu Hao to get any more information .

Xiao Shan weighed it in his heart and decided to stay where he was and wait.

As time passed, Xiao Shan noticed that he had been waiting for another two hours, and it was evening.

"Perhaps the follow-up failed this time!" Xiao Shan thought in his heart, when he was about to leave, he saw another person wearing a blue robe walking out from the back door of the leather shop.

That person didn't leave in a hurry, and Xiao Shan had been waiting at the same spot for five hours. During these five hours, Xiao Shan had not seen such a person entering the shop.

Xiao Shan immediately decided that this person was very suspicious, he started to follow behind this person, and after walking two steps, Xiao Shan proved his judgment was correct.In the reflection of the icy edges under the eaves of a house, Xiao Shan recognized that the person in the blue robe was none other than Lin Yifei!

Xiao Shan immediately confirmed one thing in his heart - Wu Hao did have contact with Lin Yifei, and it was a very secret way of contact.If I hadn't been patient and good at disguising and hiding this time, it would have been difficult to find out.

But there is one more thing that Xiao Shan can't be sure of, that is, what is the purpose of Wu Hao's contact with Lin Yifei?Is it possible that it was assigned by Zhao Yuan or for some other reason.Xiao Shan didn't want to act hastily, he thought that making things clearer was the right choice.

Xiao Shan still followed Lin Yifei from a distance, the sky was already dim, and in the evening, because it was snowing in the city and it was getting dark early, there were almost no pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops were closed, only some brothels and teahouses were still open. open the door.

Xiao Shan followed for a while, seeing that Lin Yifei was walking home, he felt a little disappointed, if Lin Yifei went home like this, he would not be able to sneak into Lin Yifei's house secretly: because Xiao Shan didn't step on it beforehand, he didn't want to If there is a disturbance in the middle, it will startle the snake.

But his disappointment quickly turned into excitement.Because just when Lin Yifei was about to enter the house, another son of Qin Hui appeared.

It seemed that Qin Xie was waiting for Lin Yifei near Lin Yifei's house, and Lin Yifei was stopped by Qin Xie before he entered the door.Xiao Shan was far away, and couldn't hear what Qin Xi and Lin Yifei were talking about, but he followed the dim light and could see the expressions on their faces.Lin Yifei's face flushed a little, but he remained calm, while Qin Xun looked domineering, arrogant, and didn't even look at Lin Yifei.

The two seemed to be arguing, Xiao Shan didn't dare to get too close, he just prayed silently in his heart: argue louder, argue louder!

As expected, Qin Xi lived up to Xiao Shan's expectations, he was accompanied by two servants, and the three of them stretched out their hands together and dragged Lin Yifei away from the door of his house.

Xiao Shan followed immediately. He knew that although Qin Xie was a bit stupid, the two servants beside him could tell from the way they walked that they were very skilled. Xiao Shan didn't dare to get too close because he was afraid of being discovered. Only about 200 meters away.

Lin Yifei looked a little reluctant, but in the end he was surrounded by Qin Xie and his two servants and entered a brothel.

Xiao Shan waited for a while, walked around outside the brothel, and then quietly climbed up to the second floor to check. When he saw Qin Xie and Lin Yifei talking in a box, he entered through the gate of the brothel. Entered this rather famous house in Lin'an City.

Xiao Shan had never been to the Washing House before, and he was surprised when he entered. He found that the scale was very large. There were not only charming girls, but also children with heavy makeup.

As soon as Xiao Shan entered the door, he was stopped by the bustard, who smiled all over his face and said, "The official is new here? What do you want to play?" After that, Xiao Shan asked, "Is there any private room on the second floor?"

Although he asked this question, his eyes looked at the private room where Lin Yifei and Qin Xie were.The old bustard immediately said: "Yes, yes, but the place you looked at, officer, is gone, and the three rooms on the left and right have been occupied!"

Xiao Shan regretted that he couldn't eavesdrop on the conversation between Qin Xie and Lin Yifei next door, and he didn't want to give up just like this. In order not to attract attention, he asked the old bustard: "What's the most fashionable thing here? Call me over here!"

The old bustard pointed to a boy in his teens who was wearing heavy makeup and neon clothes, and said: "This official, everyone in the city really likes this now!"

Xiao Shan was a little surprised, he remembered that the book he had read said that the imperial court once issued a decree to ban male prostitutes, but he did not expect that this decree would not work right at the foot of Lin'an City.

Surprised, Xiao Shan didn't care too much, the boy immediately stepped forward, leaned on Xiao Shan's chest, and said in a loud voice, "Officer, I miss you so much!"

A pungent fragrance rushed into Xiao Shan's nose, and Xiao Shan noticed that two more merchants went up to the second floor with boys in the same dress in their arms. If he slowed down, the private rooms on the second floor might be gone.So, resisting the pungent scent, he half-hugged the boy in his arms up to the second floor and entered a private room.

The layout of the room is very elegant, incense is burning in the copper stove in the room, and the curtains are lightly wrapped around, like a red mist. The boy who came in with Xiao Shan lowered his head and asked: "Is the official wanting to listen to the music? Still want to play chess?"

Xiao Shan had been thinking about how to get to the next door to Qin Xi and Lin Yifei, when he heard the boy ask, he thought for a while and said, "Let's play chess! The music is very loud!"

The little boy answered yes, and went to fetch the chessboard, just as he turned around, Xiao Shan spotted a hand knife and slashed at the back of the boy's head. The little boy immediately fell into a coma, and he would not wake up for an hour. come over.

Xiao Shan didn't quite know whether someone would come to deliver tea and water in the middle of this kind of box. In order to avoid being found out that he was not in the room, he stretched out his hand and tore off the tulle from the boy's body, and spread it on the table. A white blanket on the bed was thrown to the floor, and the boy was put into a lewd pose, and then the curtain on his own bed was lowered halfway, and the pillow was placed in the quilt to make a human shape.

At that time, even if someone pushes the door and enters, what they see is that the guest is watching the naked man on the bed, and they will only think that the guest has a strange taste and will not bother him anymore.

After finishing all this, Xiao Shan took off his coat and only wore a close-fitting black night gown. He opened the window and looked around. His room was far away from the room where Qin Xi and Lin Yifei were talking. It's still far away, and you have to climb through five rooms against the wall to get there.

Xiao Shan took a deep breath, put an hourglass for timekeeping in the room in his bosom, turned out the window and closed the window outside, tightly clung to the edge of the window with both arms, and pressed his body against the outer wall, Climbed towards the room where Qin Xi and Lin Yifei were.

It was snowing heavily outside, and it was bitterly cold. For the convenience of movement, Xiao Shan only wore close-fitting clothes. When the wind blew the snowflakes, many snowflakes fell on Xiao Shan's neck, which was really cold.

Not long after Xiao Shan climbed, he climbed outside the room where Qin Xie and Lin Yifei were. Because the candlelight was shining through the window, Xiao Shan didn't dare to probe his head, fearing that his figure would be reflected on the candlelight, so he could only curl up and try his best Leaning out the window while listening intently to the conversation in the room.

But it's okay if you don't listen to it, your heart will beat wildly when you hear it.

The two people in the room were still arguing. The first thing Xiao Shan heard was Qin Xi's voice. The voice was a little annoyed and arrogant, but the content of the conversation was about himself: "Lin Yifei, what are you? You said that Qin Shan has no problem and is a reliable traitor, but you doubt him?"

When Xiao Shan heard Qin Hui talking about himself behind his back, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Qin Hui has not doubted himself so far.

What the two of them are discussing now is indeed about the spies of the Prince's Mansion of Pu'an County, but Xiao Shan doesn't know why these two people are arguing here because of such things.

It turned out that Qin Hui was very happy to see his own son coming to join him, and seeing his son was stable and reliable, so he gave Lin Yifei a task to contact the spies in Zhao Yuan's mansion, to inquire about the situation regularly, and report immediately if he found any abnormalities.

In order to show off his talents in front of Qin Hui, Lin Yifei naturally did everything he could, but Qin Hui was the one who broke things down.

When Qin Hui learned that Qin Hui did not ask him to handle such a big matter, but actually handed it over to Lin Yifei, he was very dissatisfied. In addition to Wang's instigation, he was worried that Lin Yifei would take away his position in the Qin family, so he looked for Lin Yifei everywhere. trouble.

This time, Qin Xi came here specifically to trouble Lin Yifei.

He stopped Lin Yifei at the door and forcibly dragged him to the brothel, not because he didn't forget to prostitute when he was talking about business, but because he was afraid that Qin Hui would find out that he went to find Lin Yifei privately, so he chose a place where Qin Hui's minions had nothing to do with him. talk about things.

At the beginning, Qin Xi accused Lin Yifei of being unfavorable in handling affairs and finding faults everywhere, and then asked Lin Yifei if he found any abnormalities.

At first, Lin Yifei didn't want to pay attention to Qin Xie, a stupid and arrogant guy, but he couldn't stand the threat of the two mighty guards beside Qin Xie, so he said that he suspected Xiao Shanyou's problem. About Qin Hui.

Qin Xi didn't like Xiao Shan either, but in comparison, he hated this Lin Yifei even more.Hearing Lin Yifei questioning Xiao Shan at this time, he loudly reprimanded Lin Yifei, saying that the other party was useless, too bad, where did he hear the news?

Of course Lin Yifei was not to be outdone, and finally couldn't hold back, and said, "It's the news from Commander Wu! He has always been very reliable, at least a hundred times more reliable than Qin Shan!"

Qin Xi didn't take it seriously, but Xiao Shan's hands and feet felt cold when he was outside!

Although he had always doubted Wu Hao's identity, he was still extremely shocked when he heard Lin Yifei's words confirm this with his own ears.Immediately he began to worry about Zhao Yuan's safety.

But I heard Qin Xi ask: "Wu Hao? If you say he is reliable, he is reliable? But I don't believe it. I'm going to tell my father that you have ruined my Qin family's affairs by fishing in troubled waters! Are you sure?"

But I heard Lin Yifei say: "Of course it's not just about Commander Wu, there are other people too!"

Qin Xi asked: "Other people? Those other people? Did my father actually tell you the list of those people?"

Lin Yifei said: "This is a major matter for Mr. Qin, please forgive me for not telling me!"

Qin Xi said: "What kind of thing are you? Don't tell me, don't tell me that I broke your legs today! Let's see if my father will value you as a bastard!"

Xiao Shan applauded Qin Xi secretly in his heart, and was in a trance for a moment: Qin Xi is actually a traitor sent by Zhao Yuan!

Immediately there was a sound of beating and oops in the room, it must be that Lin Yifei was beaten by Qin Xi's men.

Lin Yifei's voice was trembling with anger, but he still had to endure it: "Since you want to know, then I'll tell you! But you can't say it, I'm afraid the walls have ears!"

Qin Xi snorted, and opened the window above Xiao Shan's head as soon as he stretched out his hand. Xiao Shan felt a shadow above his head, and he hurriedly moved his body closer to the wall.

Qin Xi's voice came from above Xiao Shan's head: "Outside is the street, why do walls have ears, you just refuse to say! Don't think that my father values ​​you, and you will have a backing! Tell you, I am the son of the Qin family!"

Then there was the sound of Lin Yifei spitting something, Xiao Shan didn't know whether Lin Yifei was spitting blood or spitting, but he heard the rustling sound in the room, obviously Lin Yifei was writing.

After a while, Xiao Shan felt Qin Xi leave the window, but the window was not closed yet.I heard Qin Xi's voice again: "It's ugly to write a few words! There are only four people? Do you still have secrets? Tell you, you have to come and explain to me everything you do in the future, otherwise, hehe !"

Lin Yifei's voice was tired: "Official Qin, how many spies will there be in a mere palace? I have told you everything you want to know, can I go?"

Qin Xi's voice was full of complacency: "Go away! If you dare to fight against me, you will feel better sooner or later! If you dare to complain in front of my father, I will depose you!"

Xiao Shan heard the sound of the door being opened in the room, and heard footsteps, it was obviously Lin Yifei who walked out.

But the sound of the door closing was not heard, and Qin Xi's voice sounded: "Since we have come to the brothel, brothers have worked hard this time, and it is in my favor to teach that boy surnamed Lin a lesson. I invite everyone to spend the night!"

A guard beside Qin Xi advised: "Officer, it's getting late, why don't you go back earlier!"

Qin Xi refused, and walked out of the room, and the voice rang out: "Buddhist, call your little lady Yunshi!" The other two guards rushed out of the room together, and Xiao Shan heard the three people's voice. The footsteps were all walking outside, and they should be facing away from him. This was a rare opportunity. He suddenly raised his head, and with a sweep of his eyes, he saw the piece of paper written by Lin Yifei on the table.

There are five people's names on it, and Wu Hao is on it!

Xiao Shan's eyes flickered, and he saw that the shoulder of one of the guards seemed to be wrong, so he immediately shrank his head, and he heard the guard say: "Officer, there is something I didn't take!"

Qin Xi's footsteps sounded, and he returned to the room: "I almost forgot about this thing! I'm going to give this to my father, and see that Lin Yifei, whom he trusts, is not reliable at all. I said it! Using this kind of person, isn't it going to ruin the big thing?"

Qin Xi took prostitutes in the room again. He called two prostitutes. One male prostitute closed the window because it was inconvenient for others to watch. went to the room.

Xiao Shan took out the hourglass from his bosom, and the whole process took less than half an hour!

He walked back along the original path, feeling back slowly, his hands and feet were freezing cold, and when he came back, he saw the little boy he called earlier was still lying on the ground, Xiao Shan stretched out his hand to touch him, and the other boy was almost frozen just like him. It became ice cubes.

He didn't want anyone to know that he had gone out, so he hugged the boy to the bed, and after covering him for a while, he felt that their bodies were gradually warming up.

The boy opened his eyes in Xiao Shan's arms, and asked in a daze, "Guard, why did I seem to have fallen asleep just now?"

Xiao Shan said: "It's okay, is this your first time receiving guests?"

The boy shook his head: "No, it was the first time it was sold to a big shipbuilding businessman."

Xiao Shan saw that the boy was very young and hadn't developed at all, and he just reached his chest, so he couldn't help asking: "You are still so young, and you are a boy, why do you do this?"

The boy lowered his head and said after a while: "My parents were originally from Jiangbei, they were killed when the Jin soldiers came, I was only nine years old, and I was bought here by the matchmaker, why don't you do this? "

Xiao Shan did some calculations, this boy is only eleven or twelve years old this year, and when he was nine years old, it was around ten years in Shaoxing, and as far as Xiao Shan knew, he was almost ready to negotiate peace at that time.Xiao Shan doubted the authenticity of these words, so he asked: "Aren't all the Jin soldiers in Jiangbei at that time?"

When Xiao Shan asked this, the boy couldn't help crying, and said sobbingly: "Yes, my family is originally from the Central Plains. At that time, Grandpa Yue's army arrived outside the city of Bianjing, and my parents were very happy. , and the folks moved out food to reward the army. Unexpectedly, the court wanted to withdraw the troops, and Grandpa Yue withdrew after receiving twelve gold medals. Those people who had rewarded the army were killed by the golden soldiers... My parents, I also died at that time, because I was young, I escaped by hiding in a basket, and then I tried my best to escape from the north, but I didn't expect to meet Ren Yazi as soon as I came here."

Xiao Shan sighed in his heart, he didn't know what to say, the little boy saw Xiao Shan's expression was gloomy, and asked: "Officer, did I say something I shouldn't? I'll sing you a song son?"

Xiao Shan shook his head, guessing that Qin Yu would not leave so soon, he decided to wait for him to leave before leaving, so he got up and put on his clothes, and said, "No need, I will leave after a while."

The boy looked at Xiao Shan timidly, and asked after a while: "Is it because the slave's service is not good enough to make the officials unhappy?"

Xiao Shan said: "No, I had a good time just now, otherwise I wouldn't sleep with my arms around you."

Only then did the boy feel relieved, seeing that Xiao Shan didn't speak, he didn't dare to speak, he just sat blankly, and he didn't come forward to flatter him.

Xiao Shan waited for a while, opened the crack of the door and looked, he was waiting for Qin Xing to leave, Xiao Shan estimated the time, at least he would have to wait for an hour, unexpectedly, he saw Qin Xing with two guards after a while A departing figure.Xiao Shan wondered in his heart: Didn't this family call three people, and it was over so quickly?

Xiao Shan waited for another half an hour, and after confirming that Qin Xi had left, he opened the door and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something, took out a silver ingot from his bosom, and brought it to the boy he "prostituted", saying: "This is for you, take it by yourself, doing anything casually is better than doing this. A man should aim everywhere, and should not be a small restaurant where people play with him."

The boy raised his head, looked at Xiao Shan, and wanted to say something, but he never spoke, and finally just nodded.

Xiao Shan didn't stay too long. After making two circles and confirming that there was no tail behind him, he walked towards his home, still jumping over the wall to enter. When he came to his room, he saw Wang Meiniang was guarding outside. with.

Xiao Shan walked over and called out: "Mother, I'm back!"

Wang Meiniang pulled Xiao Shan over, brought him into the room, and said: "Today, two people you know came to see you, I sent them away, but there was one person who couldn't, he was sitting outside! Are you going out to meet him, or let him come in to meet you?"

Xiao Shan didn't ask who it was. Today Qin Xi cooperated with him to get the list of spies in the palace.

Xiao Shan is thinking about how to tell Zhao Yuan about Wu Hao, what if Zhao Yuan still doesn't believe what he said?

Wang Meiniang asked again, Xiao Shan said: "I'm sick, why go out to see him, let him come in to see me!"

After saying that, he took off his coat indiscriminately, stuffed it into his closet, lay on the bed, and was thinking about how to go to see Zhao Yuan, when he heard a voice saying: "Your Highness, the dog is awake, only the body No, I can’t get up, I’ve offended you so much, please forgive me, Your Highness!”

Xiao Shan was taken aback, he never expected that Zhao Yuan would come to visit him.But Zhao Yuan's voice was already heard: "It's okay, I'm fine today, I just happened to pass by."

While speaking, Zhao Yuan had already walked into the room.