Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The news from the Gu family came back after lunch.

Not long after Ji Wuyan returned to the courtyard, he was preparing to complete the formation diagram in the afternoon and hand it over to Qingshan for arrangement tomorrow. Unexpectedly, as soon as the drawings were spread out, the secret guard came, saying that Shangguan Chu was not here. Seeing that the news came from the Jiangnan Gu family, the secret guard knew that the girl wanted it, so he sent it to her.

A thin envelope that has not yet been opened.

Ji Wuyan glanced at the other party, who had already tightened his stomach and lowered his head, with an expression similar to Qingshan's, very straightforward, "Don't worry, girl, no one has seen this news. The master has given orders, whatever the girl wants, No one else has the right to access the news except himself and the girl."

Ji Wuyan didn't mean that, but he was curious when he heard this. While opening the envelope, he asked casually, "I heard that your news is organized and preserved by a dedicated person, so who is responsible for sorting out my news?" Neither Right to check, how to sort it out?

The secret guard replied, "As for the investigation of the girl, except for the matters that are directly handed over to the girl, the rest are all with the master. No one among the subordinates is responsible for this task. As for how the master organizes them, the subordinates don't know."

The hand that opened the envelope paused slightly. Due to the accident, Ji Wuyan looked over with slightly raised eyebrows, and then nodded, "I know... you go down first. Thank you for your hard work."

The other party immediately saluted and withdrew.

It was silent when it came, and it was silent when it left.

Ji Wuyan then looked at the letter in his hand. The paper used for his brother's secret letters had an inconspicuous dark pattern facing the light to prevent the message from being dropped without being noticed. The only people who knew about this were probably Ji Wuyan, his brother and the old man who made the paper. However, he also knew nothing about this old man Ji Wuyan. He only knew that the old man had never seen anyone else since he joined his brother's employ. .

Of course, the treatment is extremely generous.

The elder brother has always acted like this. He never hesitates to pay in gold and silver. He likes to make good use of money and goods. He also believes that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward - after all, he can give out "big rewards" that others cannot give. While Ji Wuyan was thinking to himself, he lowered his head and looked at the letter in his hand. It was just a piece of paper and just two sentences, but it made his fingertips tremble and his face turned pale.

Gucuo... was imprisoned, imprisoned by his relatives and compatriots.

No wonder, since he returned, there has been no news.

"Girl, we are going to make some pastries. Do you want mung beans or hazelnuts..." Ziqiu came over with flour on his face and hands. When he saw Ji Wuyan's solemn expression, he paused and called tentatively, "Girl?" Girl...what happened?"

Behind him was Jie Feng, who had been carrying the little yellow duck wherever he went these past few days. He followed behind, focusing on the little duck. He lowered his head and touched it while interjecting, "Brother Yinuo likes sweet-scented osmanthus cake. How about we stop?" How about making some sweet-scented osmanthus cake?" The child also had flour on his nose, which was white and very cute.

Ziqiu raised his hand to wipe it off for him, but he forgot that his hands were all covered with flour. With this wipe, Jifeng's entire nose turned white. She smiled coquettishly, but didn't remind her. She just withdrew her hand and said, "No, we don't have osmanthus. It's not the season for osmanthus now. We only have mung beans or hazelnuts..."

Ji Wuyan turned his head and looked, "Yinuo... is it Chen Yinuo? Is he in our house?"

Jifeng, who had a white nose, leaned out from behind Ziqiu and nodded, "Yes! Miss, don't you remember brother Yinuo? He came to see Grandpa Chen. We happened to be making cakes, so I thought of sending some to him. I heard that he is here to help Grandpa Chen... It's just a pity that he can't make the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Brother Yinuo likes."

The child was chattering and even knew the other person's favorite pastry. It seemed that he and Chen Yinuo got along very well. However, there are few children who don't like it... Ji Wuyan waited patiently for him to finish, and then said warmly, "It doesn't matter, whether it's mung beans or hazelnuts, as long as it's a gift from you, Brother Yinuo will like it."

The child's eyes lit up instantly, "Really?"

"Yeah." Ji Wuyan nodded, "Go ahead and make some more hazelnut cakes and give some to your third brother. He's been busy lately and I guess he won't be able to eat sometimes."

"Okay!" After answering, he turned around and ran. After running a few steps and seeing that Ziqiu didn't follow, he came back to drag Ziqiu. Ziqiu hesitated, but still called tentatively, "Girl?" The girl's expression when she looked at the piece of paper... How should I put it, as if... she wanted to kill someone, which was worrying.

However, that feeling only lasted for a moment. The girl looked particularly gentle at this moment. She smiled at herself, waved her hand and said, "Go and do your work. I will also go to Mr. Chen's place to have a look."

Everything looks extremely normal. The expression on that moment seemed like his own hallucination... The child kept tugging, and it was obviously not a good time to get to the bottom of it. Ziqiu smiled with a smile on his face, pretending to be relaxed, After telling Ji Wuyan to come back early and have snacks while they were hot, he took Jifeng back to the kitchen with a heavy heart.

……

Mr. Chen has hardly been able to leave the hospital for the past two days.

No one in the city was heard to be infected with the epidemic, and there were no specific cases. Ning Xiuyuan sent people to Dali Temple to steal the relevant records and send them to Mr. Chen. However, even so, too little was known. He wanted to find out in a short time. It is still extremely difficult to develop countermeasures internally to nip problems in the bud.

Chen Yinuo also came to discuss the epidemic with Mr. Chen.

The two of them were crowded in a small study room, and they didn't know how long they had been there. When Ji Wuyan passed by, he saw that there was a candle that was about to burn out on the table, and the table was covered with spread out things. There were a lot of books piled on the ground. Chen Yinuo was sitting in the middle of the pile of books. He looked equally tired, and his eyes were stained with black blue.

Seeing Ji Wuyan, he wanted to stand up and say hello, but he had been sitting for a long time and his legs were numb. He fell back halfway up and smiled sheepishly.

Ji Wuyan didn't care, and waved his hand to let him sit peacefully. He only glanced at the messy room and asked Mr. Chen, "What's going on? Do you have any clues?"

Mr. Chen raised his head and glanced at Ji Wuyan, shook his head, nodded again, and said it was a little bit, then looked at Ji Wuyan again, and then asked, "Xu Siniang...is it..."

Ji Wuyan was surprised. How could this little old man know the news if he couldn't go out? He knew it, so was there any need for Shen Luoxin to hide it?

Mr. Chen pointed to the record that was just delivered today, "New. The bones of the prince are gone. Apparently someone in Dali Temple is sick... I guess it's Xu Siniang..." After saying that, he sighed. I am not familiar with Xu Siniang and have no interaction with her, but... Xu Siniang is Shen Luoxin's mother.

"Did you tell her?" he asked.