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In the next few days, there will be no bad news, but precautions should not be taken lightly, and everyone still has to stay busy.
The emperor summoned Yunhe to discuss with officials from various ministries where the money came from.Yizhimei and the others were outright doing chivalry and fighting for justice near the capital, while secretly investigating the traitor.
Some officials are indeed corrupt, but they are just small benefits and insignificant. Their plan has been leaked twice, and the consequences are immeasurable. If this person is not found out, Ming Dynasty is bound to collapse.
In the middle of the night, the moonlight is cloudy and the dew is heavy.The wind blows in the treetops, and a dog barking is faintly heard in the deep alley.Li Gexiao and Sanniang slept in each other's arms, and heard the slight sound of footsteps, Li Gexiao woke up first, and gently shook Sanniang to wake up, seeing a figure jumping over the window and leaving.
Xiaomei, who was in a light sleep, was also awakened, quietly got up to follow, and saw a figure going to Yunhe's house.Xiaomei followed closely behind, her steps felt familiar. Seeing that he had broken the paper on the window, Xiaomei threw the throwing knife out.
Li Gexiao Sanniang arrived, and the three of them wanted to open the door to check Yunhe's situation, but a candle was lit in the house, and the door opened in response.
Xiaomei asked Yunhe worriedly: "Are you okay?"
Yunhe shook his head: "I woke up early in the morning, my palace is heavily guarded, how did this person get in?"
Li Ge said with a smile, "I'm afraid it's the people inside us."
Xiaomei was thoughtful, the figure just now was indeed familiar.
"We must be more careful in the future."
On the second day, Xiaomei and Li Gexiao Sanniang Bupleurum came back from an errand, and the guard came to report: "Young Master He, someone sent a letter saying that Young Master Qi was injured in the accountant's office."
Xiaomei immediately went to see the messenger. "How did you hurt? Is it serious?"
Li Gexiao and others also followed.The person who reported the letter replied: "We helped unload the goods, but for some reason the beams of the house collapsed, and sawdust got stuck into Mr. Qi's body."
When he arrived at the work site, the doctor was bandaging Qi Xijin's wound, and the ground was stained with blood.Xiaomei moved closer to check the wound.Li Gexiao winks with Sanniang, and Sanniang immediately jumps onto the beam to investigate.Li Gexiao looked around and found that no one was injured except Qi Xijin. It was a bit strange that such a strong beam would suddenly collapse.
Qi Xijin has repeatedly emphasized that there is nothing serious about him, and no one deliberately harmed him.Xiaomei only saw half of the wound, the superficial part did look like a sawdust prick, but there were faint traces of sharp weapon scratches in the deep part. The sneak attacker he injured last night was not sure where the wound was, but his own weapon was not sure where it was. Will be wrong.
When they returned to the palace, Qi Xijin thanked him again and again, and Li Gexiao Sanniang Bupleurum left first.Xiaomei had tens of thousands of questions, but thinking that she was not fully sure not to startle the snake, she didn't mention a word.
Qi Xijin apologized tremblingly: "I'm sorry, senior brother, for causing you trouble."
"You were the one who got hurt. How could you be so careless? Don't go to work these few days, and take care of your body first. I'll prescribe a prescription and ask someone to cook it for you."
Qi Xijin hurriedly called: "Brother, will you never treat me sincerely no matter what I do?"
"Why ask that?"
"Actually, I was hurt and very happy. I thought you could give me more care, but you are still so cold."
Xiaomei remained calm and said coldly, "We've all grown up, it's time to learn to take care of ourselves."
Qi Xijin mocked: "I thought you wouldn't be like Master, but you are all the same and look down on me."
"I don't look down on you, no one will look down on anyone, only you will look down on yourself."
"But no matter what I do, you are just talking to me, and you will always treat me as an outsider."
Xiaomei didn't answer, and there was nothing strange about it, he really cared about his shortcomings, not as much as Gege Sanniang Hu Gege, even Yunhe who had known each other for a few months.He said: "Everyone's life is different, and you will have things you care about."
"But I care about you." Qi Xijin called out, "I found you after looking for you for so long, I don't want to be separated from you, brother."
Xiaomei was stunned, not knowing how to answer for a while.He really never thought that Qi Xijin would come to him specially.
"Why don't you answer me? Brother." Qi Xijin begged, "I don't ask you to give me much care, I just want to be able to follow behind you. I am willing to do whatever you want."
Xiaomei was full of questions and feelings, she didn't know how to address him, her bright eyes flashed eagerly but she didn't know how to speak, he really didn't think about having someone follow him, let alone a junior whom he hadn't seen for many years.When Qi Xijin said such straightforward words, he couldn't figure it out.
Qi Xijin still didn't give up, and begged wronged: "Brother, can you let me follow you?"
Xiaomei bit her lips anxiously: "I... I'm sorry, I don't like others to follow."
Qi Xijin's aggrieved face gradually calmed down.Xiaomei explained: "I mean, we all have our hobbies and people we care about, and we will live our own lives in the future—"
"Is it because of Li Gexiao and the prince?" Qi Xijin asked coldly.
Xiaomei was stunned.
Qi Xijin's long and narrow eyes slowly widened, and he looked straight at him: "Since when did you like this kind of life? You are with them, worrying every day, fighting with your own life, isn't that right?" The you I know."
Xiaomei didn't answer, just looked away quietly.He doesn't want to say anything more, this is the meaning of his life, although he doesn't realize when he started to change, but now he believes in the righteousness of the world.
Qi Xijin sneered: "You don't even know when you changed, right? I really didn't expect that one day, you would be in the company of these gangsters and the court's dignitaries. What I didn't expect was that , you are still with a man, you did such a disgusting thing."
"Qi Xijin, shut up." Xiaomei shouted angrily, "My business has nothing to do with you." After finishing speaking, she walked away.Qi Xijin said behind him, "I really don't want to see you like this."
After leaving the house, Xiaomei was still furious.How did Qi Xijin become like this?
Going to find Gege, the conclusions he came to were even more surprising.
Sanniang said: "The beams of the house were clearly cut with a saw. We also asked about it. At that time, Qi Xijin was the only one in the house."
Li Ge said with a smile, "I knew this conclusion a long time ago. I suspect that he leaked all our plans. It's just that I don't understand why he would do this. We've only known each other for half a month."
Xiaomei said: "I also suspect that he was the one who pretended to be me before. He is the only one who is familiar with me and Master. It's just that he was not good at learning at the beginning, so how could he be so proficient?"
"Find a chance to try him."
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