Assassin A

Fifteen days after Cen Shilang was taken into custody, he was very lucky to have a three-day rest.

Thirty'er, who was closest to him on weekdays, was envious of all kinds, and came looking for him with two clothes: "Brother Fifteen, can you mend it?"

Fifteen looked up and tilted his chin to the side, "Put it over there."

There was already a pile of messy and crumpled clothes on the table.

Thirty'er groaned strangely: "Ah! Whose is this? They're so dishonest." As he spoke, he flipped through his hands and sniffed, "Well, there are 22's, and he smells the most sweaty. There are eight, there are thirteen, these beasts! They have no conscience!"

"Well, you are all the same way."

Fifteen's hand is sewing the belt of the first grader.I saw him pinching the needle and nimbly weaving through the fabrics, like a swimming dragon, the seams were thin and dense, and there were two mended pieces at his feet.

Leaning over and looking at his shoulder for a while, Thirty'er smiled and said, "No wonder Seventeen said you are rough-hearted. Hey, I have to go."

Fifteen paused: "Be careful all the way."

Thirty'er had already walked to the door, turned around and smiled: "Okay!"

Bending back and forth the fabric between the fingers, Fifteen concentrated on sewing and mending.

He likes this rare tranquility, concentrating on the work in hand, watching the thin needles flickering, pulling the thread, flattening, and the sewing is really good.

Careless?

Fifteen smiled smugly.

The afternoon sun shines through the window paper to illuminate the small house. After mending the last piece of clothing, I stretched and stood up.Their clothes wear out quickly, and it is very easy to catch branches and other things when they are lurking.Although Mr. Li has never withheld their food and clothing, but there are always careless people, and a hole is made in the upper body of the new clothes in two days.

Walking outside the door and standing by the wall, the sun is warming my body, making me sleepy...

Fifteen touched a small note hidden in his bosom.

Sister Hong handed it in two days ago. At that time, it was a fine-painted rose. After roasting it with fire, you can see two lines of small characters under the rose.

"Sanli Lane in the south of the city, persimmon trees are planted on both sides."

Fifteen changed into the blue cotton padded robe that Sister Hong bought for him years ago, and took a piece of silver that was rewarded by the adults during the Chinese New Year. When he came out of the second uncle's hut through the secret passage, the old man was taking a nap.

He moved the mechanism lightly, and lifted the cabinet with both hands to avoid the creaking sound. As soon as it was closed, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and his back felt numb, and then his arms went limp.

Exclaimed: "Second uncle, one of my own!"

"Can't my own people avoid my soybeans?"

Fifteen turned around and picked up a handful of "hidden weapons" from the ground, with a dark face: "Second Uncle, you used kidney beans this time, not soybeans."

The old man sat cross-legged on the kang and smiled kindly, understating: "Oh, I took the wrong one. You are dressed like you are going to work, do you have a token to leave the house?"

Shiwu hurriedly took out a small pack of shredded tobacco from his pocket: "When you watched the New Year, I happened to be watching the work, and I didn't give you any tribute. This is a good shredded tobacco brought back from the south..."

The second uncle silently grabbed a handful of fried iron broad beans and waved his hands, so scared that Shiwu immediately jumped to the side: "Don't! If you hit this thing, you will be disabled!"

"Isn't that going to be serious?"

Helpless, I had no choice but to say: "I want to go see Fourth Brother and Sister Hong. It was a bit troublesome to come back from the south the first year, causing them to lose their residence. The news that Sister Hong came the other day changed to a new place. I got the adult's invitation during the Chinese New Year." I want to send some to supplement them."

The second uncle weighed the iron broad bean in his hand, squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "You go, you must come back within two hours."

Fifteen was overjoyed, rushed to the door and was about to pick up the curtain to go out, but in the end he was hit by the iron broad bean hidden weapon again in the hollow of his leg.

The second uncle snorted: "Stinky boy! Keep the shredded tobacco."

Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there are still a lot of gifts for relatives visiting during the festival, such as packaged snack boxes or cooked cattail bags.Now that the festival is over, these things are piled up on the counter.

The young man saw a simple and honest guest coming in, wearing a brand-new green cloth robe, and the folds of the clothes were not stretched out.Wearing new clothes on purpose, came to the store again and stared at those gift boxes, probably going to visit relatives.

The buddy smiled, the boss told me to sell the leftovers as soon as possible, I didn't expect someone to be taken advantage of today!

Leaving aside the matter of the box, he pointed to the bulk snacks in the store and boasted, and even tasted a small piece of jujube puff pastry with a small bamboo clip, "Do you like it?"

The guest scratched his head: "It's delicious."

The man stretched his neck, and said mysteriously: "Look at this box, how beautiful it is, cheer up! There are this kind of pastries in it, and other pastries, and a box with a package of [-] big money, you come several?"

"Well……"

The guy continued his efforts: "Are you going to visit relatives? They say that good things come in pairs. You can bring two boxes, how decent they are!"

"Uh... two hundred dollars, it's a bit expensive."

"Okay! For your good looks, you can see that you are a very filial and kind master. I will drop you twenty big bucks for a box. You two, and I will spare you ten big bucks. How about it?"

The guest was dumbfounded, and rolled his eyes to calculate how much it was.

The guy smiled: "350 money, two boxes."

The bully was finally stunned by the clerk, and he paid for the snack box.

The buddy sucked his teeth and secretly had fun. During the New Year’s Day, this box was only 150 yuan a box, and the silly boy spent an extra [-] yuan for no reason, and probably thought he had taken advantage of it in his heart!

Quietly, he counted fifty coins from the silver cabinet and stuffed them into his pocket. The clerk happily wiped the counter with a rag, and glanced out of the corner of his eye, huh?Why are there so few boxes?

Fifteen silently carried four snack boxes, with only a mischievous smile in his eyes on his dull face.

Dare to hack my money?

Obviously, it was 170 boxes before next year, but now I have to ask for [-] boxes!Take two more boxes of you, let sister Hong and fourth brother feed the fish with snacks, and give your kid a memory.

In this part of the capital, the old men who pass by casually may have a lot of history, even if they are ordinary people, there are rich and noble relatives who can't keep up with each other.

Calculator?Or being calculated?

It's hard to say.

Standing in front of a small courtyard, there are two persimmon trees, one on each side.

Look at the gate courtyard wall, blue bricks and gray tiles, much better than the previous house.

There were two boxes under his armpit, two in his right hand, and two big carp tied with straw ropes in his left hand. Fifteen called out: "Sister Hong! Sister Hong!"

The fourth brother came to open the door.

Walk into the yard and look around.Not bad, there is a strong screen wall, there are inverted seats, and the yard is spacious.Although the pomegranate trees and crabapple trees are now dry branches, when spring blooms, the courtyard will be full of singing birds and fragrant flowers.

Sister Hong leaned against the door frame with the cotton curtain, and waved to him with a suppressed smile: "Come in, the room is warm." The corner of her eyes twitched: "Have you met the guy who wants to extort money from you again? Four snack boxes! How many?" Did you buy one?"

Huh?Everyone knows him well.Fifteen entered the room, rubbed his hands, covered his ears and smiled: "I bought two, and I spared two."

The fourth brother was also happy, "Did you buy two and follow along? Come and sit on the kang."

On the kang table are a plate of melon seeds and a plate of five-spice peanuts.Fifteen casually grabbed a handful of peanuts, looked around while eating, "This time the house is good, and the layout is good. Is there anything else you need?"

Sister Hong also took a handful of peanuts, rubbed them in her palms and blew them, and the peanuts flew all over the ground and stuffed them into his hands: "You are still so greedy when you eat!" Then she said: "If you have money, you can still be short." What? Look at the furniture and bedding, they are all new."

Fifteen squinted his eyes and smirked, and turned his eyes on the fourth brother: "Then sister Hong should also find a new person to lie next to her, how warm are the two of them in bed at night? Ouch~~"

Being so close, it hurts to hit melon seeds on the forehead.

The fourth brother couldn't hold back his face, so he made an excuse to make tea and hid, leaving fifteen alone to bear the toughness of a woman.

Sister Hong raised her eyebrows, and her handsome eyebrows were full of murderous intent, "I went to the south to learn badly! The people in the camp probably don't know about your flamboyant guts, right? Today, I will whip you twice for second uncle, and let you Nonsense!"

Shiwu said solemnly: "The one in the south has a pretty face, and is quite serious in private. Compared..."

They looked at each other, tacit understanding.

Sister Hong rubbed the peanuts again and gave him the peanut: "Eat here tonight, I'll stew the fish you brought."

"No, I came out secretly today. The second uncle knew that I was here to see you, so he let me go for two hours. I went back late to make things difficult for the second uncle. Seeing that you and the fourth brother have a place to stay, the house is good , I'm relieved."

After speaking, he stood up and patted his robes, "I'll chop some firewood for you, and then I have to go."

The fourth brother immediately flashed in: "Don't be so busy, I won't waste a single arm to do this. Now that you have the money, don't come here all the time. The adults are very suspicious, and we are not allowed to move around too much in the camp." Close. Don't get involved, you will be whipped when the time comes."

Fifteen Yi smiled: "It's okay, I can't."

Sister Hong stopped him, winked and asked Chu Si to go out to see if there was any trouble.

After a while, the fourth brother came back and waved his hand, "No one."

Only then did Sister Hong say, "What kind of person did you and Nan Bian provoke?"

Fifteen Yi was stunned: "The people from Qingnan Palace have found them?"

"I didn't find it here, but last time the two tails just went out of the capital to avoid it for a while, and they touched it back a few days ago. I went to the old house several times, and asked the neighbors where we moved. You This job is not clean, if adults know about it, it will be broken."

He made eye contact with Chu Si, and said, "Why don't we both cut off these two tails?"

Fifteen shook his head: "Don't! This should be the order of the King of Qingnan. Before I left, they said that I would only be allowed to come back for a year. They thought I was from the tea country, and they probably wanted to take me back. When I return to my lord , See if there is any arrangement for another meeting."

The fourth brother asked: "If they suspect you, they must go to the tea village to inquire. Are there arrangements?"

Fifteen thought for a while, "I didn't arrange it, but my lord must have one."

All three fell silent.They knew how powerful Mr. Li was.

At this moment in the palace.

Li Zan savored the tea leisurely, and answered unhurriedly across a Baizi Naochun embroidered screen: "Is there anything else that Chen Guifei has to worry about?"

A pleasant voice came from inside: "King Geng is a hero among men, and the outside affairs are not something that women like me can consider. It's just that after the water conservancy corruption case of the Ministry of Industry, I don't know if King Geng's thoughts are still the same as before. ?”

Li Zan looked down at the young leaves floating in the tea bowl and smiled slightly: "No change."

Concubine Chen Guifei raised her voice a little: "Even if that group of people disregarded the country and society, enriched private pockets, corrupted the government?!"

Li Zan burst out laughing: "The imperial concubine is worrying too much. I will not be partial to any side, whether it is the crown prince or the second prince, as long as it is not good for the country, I will never tolerate it. Let me go."

"Little Uncle!"

Li Zan stood still, turned his head, and saw a luxuriously dressed woman coming out from behind the screen. Although she was a little old, it was not difficult to see that she was once magnificent.

"Master Li, do you know that you made a big mistake?"

The corners of the woman's lips are slightly raised, her eyes are determined, and she has a well-thought-out plan.

Li Zan thought for a while.

This title changed from King Geng to Xiaohuangshu, and then to Master Li.It subtly represented his three identities, but the last call from Master Li made him quite tempted.

When Li Zan was Master Li, he only represented Xuanji Camp.

A woman's heart, a woman's heart.

Li Zan sat on the carriage back home and closed his eyes to rest.

The meaning of Chen Guifei's words is nothing more than that only by choosing a wise master can the world be peaceful, otherwise like him, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.Even if the corrupt officials are eradicated now, as long as Empress Liu and Taifu Liu dominate, the prince will ascend to the throne in the future, and after Zhang San is removed, Wang Wu will emerge.

Li Zan rolled his eyes.The prince is by no means a mediocre person, but the second prince is even better. The empress dowager and Chen Guifei are evenly matched, one north and one south...

You really misjudged me, Li Zan.

When the first emperor gave him the token of Xuanji Camp, it was destined that he would not have any bias towards anyone. If he is also loyal to Li Zan, it is this country, not a certain person!

Then, he must want to watch the two factions compete, and the capable will prevail.

What good is the throne?Which generation is not scrambling?

You can rob yours, but as long as I am here, don't think about bringing disaster to the country and the people, and covering the sky with one hand!

After returning to the camp on the fifteenth day, he was recruited by Mr. Li again after dinner.

There is work.

Fan Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry.

On the fifteenth and first day of the lunar new year, they lurked into Langzhong's mansion until a quarter after midnight.

One opened the door, the other watched.

The door opened, two black shadows entered the room, and the door closed again silently.

After a while, Shiwu came out with a person on his shoulders, after the first day of the first day of the junior high school was broken.

Langzhong's mansion is quiet, only the sound of the wind.

After sending the person with the black cloth hood over his head to a hut in the side courtyard of the palace, someone took over everything.

Master Li only said: "Go down and rest."

The two withdrew and went back to the courtyard of Xuanji Camp side by side.

Fifteen suddenly said, "Next time you carry it, it's very heavy."

First day of junior high school: "You lost in the boxing game."

Fifteen: "Well..."