The villain is far from my CP!

He Cheng opened his mouth, but didn't know whether to say it or not.

How could His Royal Highness be like Qi Jingmin?

It is said that the two are similar at first glance, but Qi Jingmin is a fool in his bones, and his highness...

He Cheng didn't know how to describe it, but Chang Cen's image suddenly popped up in his mind.

If you have to find an adjective, then Qi Changting is actually a person like Mr. Chang in his bones.

No, it's much better than Chang Cen. Master Chang abides by the ancient etiquette almost to the point of rigidity. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is foolish and loyal.

"It's okay, maybe I'm a little tired." Qi Changting's voice returned to normal, "What time is it today?"

"Report to Your Highness, the third day of August."

"Oh, when is the Jiji ceremony for the prime minister's daughter?" Qi Changting asked again.

He Cheng responded, "Ah, Miss Ye's birthday should be September [-]th."

September twenty.

There are less than fifty days left.

He rushed back from Jiangdu to Dongdu. It took him 20 days to ride a horse at normal speed, but he had less than [-] days left for flood control, of which [-] days were needed until the appropriation from the DPRK and China was in place.

The remaining [-] days may be enough to repair the dam, but dredging is a big project, and there is definitely no time to go back to participate in Ye Huan's Jiji ceremony.

Ye Huan is the prime minister's daughter, and she can get engaged after Jiji. If any prince marries her, it means that she has the support of the current prime minister and his huge roots.

Qi Changting himself doesn't like Ye Huan, and even more dislikes relying on nepotism to gain support, but he must never let Qi Jingmin marry.

If Qi Jingmin can stay and take charge of dredging...

While thinking about it, Qi Changting rubbed the fan in his hand, the expression in his eyes changed.

A lot of building materials are needed to build a dam, and there are many places where you can move around, so there is plenty of oil and water.However, most of the dredging is manpower, and there is not much benefit to be gained. Qi Jingmin will not be happy.

But he could first make Qi Jingmin think that the only thing to do is to build the dam. After Qi Jingmin took the bait and asked the emperor to take over the matter, he could propose dredging. Qi Jingmin could never say that he was only willing to build the dam but not dredge.

Although the dam built by Qi Jingmin may not be usable at all in order to fill his own pockets, but...

"hiss!"

"Your Highness!"

pat.

The bright red liquid hit the floor.

A flying blade with the width of a little finger suddenly shot out from the fan bone, nailed to the wall with the fan owner's blood on it.

The young man lowered his eyes, silently watching the blood oozing from his right hand and splashing flowers on the ground, he closed his eyes, and a bit of embarrassment flashed across his face.

Is this still him?

Holding the wound medicine, He Cheng stopped in his tracks, looking at Qi Changting's expression, his heart suddenly felt sore.

The person in front of him is only 17 years old, but he has already experienced life and death that ordinary people's children will not experience at the age of 27 or even most of their lives, so that...

"Go to Bai's house tomorrow, and invite Miss Bai to the sheriff's mansion. I need to find her." A faint voice interrupted He Cheng's thoughts.

"Ah, why don't you call me to the inn?" He subconsciously asked.

Qi Changting tilted his head, looked into He Cheng's eyes, and said seriously: "I and her are only talking about business, understand?"

"!" He Cheng swallowed dryly.

"Yes!"

Ever since Bai Qiao thought about the flood control incident that day, he had an intuition that the hero would come to her again, and waited and waited, and finally waited for He Cheng again in the morning of this day.

Bai Yifeng was more active than Bai Qiao, and greeted him very enthusiastically, but the words between the lines made He Cheng frowned.

The guard remembered the master's reminder last night, and couldn't help but said: "My son and Miss Bai are talking about business."

Bai Yifeng's complexion suddenly turned ugly:

The Bai family is already waiting to be married, and this Mr. Qi is still using business as a cover?

"Brother Guard," Bai Qiao appeared in time to block Master Bai's unspoken absurd words, suppressing his anger towards the old man and deliberately asked, "I don't know what's the matter today, my lord, so that you have to come to the door in person?"

He Cheng saluted respectfully, "Today we are going to the governor's mansion, my son is afraid that the girl will not be able to enter the mansion by herself."

Sheriff's office? ! !

The government office of the fourth-rank officials!Ordinary people dare not even approach that place!

Master Bai's eyes widened suddenly, and he didn't dare to say a word.Seeing He Cheng leaving with Bai Qiao and Yue Lan, he couldn't move.

Bai Qiao got into the carriage, finally heaved a sigh of relief, took a handful of mint-flavored air from the sachet on his waist to wake up, told himself over and over again that he would leave this ghostly place soon, and almost suppressed his anger.

The wooden wheels rolled over the bluestone slab with a grunt, and stopped slowly after about two quarters of an hour.

The sound of a horse snorting came from the side of the carriage. It was He Cheng who got off his horse and stepped forward to report.

"You were called away by Master Chang just now?" There was a faint voice from outside the car.

After a while, there was a knock on the car door, and He Cheng's voice sounded: "Miss, get out of the car first, and go to the teahouse with me and wait for a while. My son and the county governor have something to say."

Baiqiao obeyed.

The sheriff's mansion is divided into inner and outer courtyards. The outer courtyard includes the government office for promotion and some small side rooms. The inner courtyard is the sheriff's study, living room, and the place where the government office keeps files and other important secrets.

The teahouse He Cheng was talking about was actually a small room in the outer courtyard. He made a cup of tea for Baiqiao and left.

It was Yuelan's first visit to the official residence of a fourth-rank official, and she was very excited. She stood behind Baiqiao and looked here and there, while Baiqiao was sipping a cup of tea, thinking about Qi Changting's purpose for calling her here this time.

Suddenly, a loud "bang" came through several doors and curtains.

Yuelan was so frightened that she trembled, and she and Baiqiao looked at each other in blank dismay.

Immediately afterwards, someone shouted and cursed, not far from them, and seemed extremely angry.

Bai Qiao frowned, stood up and walked outside.

"Miss," Yue Lan grabbed her sleeves and said nervously, "This is the government office of a fourth-rank official. Is it not good for us to run around here and there?"

that's true……

Bai Qiao stopped and frowned slightly, but for some reason, she always felt something was wrong in her heart, don't worry about it.

"It's okay, the secrets are all in the inner court, and the outer court should have nothing to do with it," she thought for a while, and finally pulled Yue Lan back and said, "Well, you go outside to call someone, and I'll go see what's going on."

After finishing speaking, she didn't wait for Yuelan to say anything else, so she went out first.

As soon as she went out, she finally knew what was wrong. There was not a single yamen servant in the outer courtyard. No one came to check on such a big commotion just now.

"Get out of here!" The man's voice sounded again.

Bai Qiao quickly followed the sound to find the room where the quarrel was held. Inside was the sound of a middle-aged man coughing violently, and the sound of someone's heavy footsteps quickly approaching the door, obviously also angry.

Bai Qiao: "..."

Hey, what happened to the sudden embarrassment of breaking through the quarrel between boyfriend and girlfriend!

She could hear the unkindness contained in those footsteps, but it was too late to hide.

Whoa!

The door slammed open from the inside!

The first thing that catches the eye is the hem of the light blue robe, and the black soap boots strode across the threshold, and then suddenly stopped.

"!" Qi Changting? !

Isn't he in the inner courtyard with the sheriff? !

Bai Qiao stared at the boy who suddenly appeared with wide eyes, what's going on!

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Question: To you, Ye Huan is...

Qi Changting: The daughter of the prime minister's mansion.

Question: What is Baiqiao to you...

Qi Changting: White Bridge.

Question: What else?

Qi Changting: Old... Wife?