Early the next morning, Qiao Qiancheng and Qicheng quietly left the city.
At noon, Qiao Qiancheng galloped on his horse and led Qicheng into the city gate with great swagger.
Dismounting in front of the gate of Qiao Mansion, Qiao Wanji and Mrs. Qiao took Qiao Tai. The three of them had been waiting outside the gate for a long time.
“Brother!” Qiao Wanji greeted him with red eyes.
"Uncle." Mrs. Qiao called with a hint of guilt.
Qiao Taiyi saluted Qiao Qiancheng with complicated emotions: "Uncle."
"Go in." Qiao Qiancheng nodded slightly.
In Zhanshi Mansion, Ji Kuan came to Meng Renping's official room.
"General Qiao has returned to Qiao Mansion." He sat down under Meng Renping's koan.
Meng Renping raised his eyes and looked at Ji Kuan, who was sitting in the first seat on the left side: "How many people did you bring?"
"One, his original entourage, is now also a soldier of Qicheng." Ji Kuan detailed, "There is another one, named Qiguan. He did not follow him to Beijing this time, but he probably stayed in Lingnan. . ”
Meng Renping was about to speak when he opened his mouth and thought of something, then looked outside.
Ji Kuan noticed: "Don't worry, not only Gao Yuan, but also Xing Zhi is guarding the door. No one can get close, and no one can hear our conversation."
Meng Renping nodded, but to be sure, he lowered his voice an octave: "Before His Highness left the capital, I don't know who he sent to talk to Qiao. General Qiao has returned to Qiao Mansion today. He has obviously already conducted an interview. I don’t know what the outcome of the interview will be. "
"You don’t know, how could I know?" Ji Kuan was very self-aware. In His Highness's mind, he has to be ranked behind Chi Nan. If Chi Nan doesn't know about it, it is even less likely that he will know about it.
Meng Renping didn't really expect to know who it was from Ji Kuan's mouth. He just talked about it and asked. When he heard the expected words, his eyebrows were dull: "Next, Miss Qiao will be buried, and General Qiao will be buried." After seeing Miss Qiao off for the last time, she had to leave Beijing and return. Lingnan..."
He really wanted to find out the person who was entrusted by His Highness to interview Qiao Qiancheng, but because His Highness was not in the capital at the moment, not to mention that there was a reason that His Highness did not say, because His Highness left Regarding the matter in Beijing, it is hard for the East Palace to make too big a move.
The East Palace does not move, it is the focus of people from all walks of life.
If there is any movement in the East Palace, I am afraid that someone will turn it upside down. At that time, it will be very difficult to completely cover up His Highness's secret trip to Lueyang.
After all, all of those characters are old gingers.
Under such circumstances, it is better to seek stability.
"Would you like to meet me?" Ji Kuan asked.
Although he did not explicitly say who he wanted to see, Meng Renping also knew who Ji Kuan was referring to. It was not that he had not thought about this move. In fact, long before Ji Kuan entered Zhan Shifu to find him, he was sitting After the public case, while handling official duties, he was also weighing the feasibility of this move in his mind.
Finally shook his head: "General Qiao is not an ordinary general, but one of the Four Expeditions Generals. He is the capable general of General Yun, the general of the auxiliary country, and the most important Zhennan general of the Wei Dynasty. He Now in the capital, seeing him Yi, it is impossible not to attract anyone's attention after seeing him, especially His Majesty's attention."
Because every move by him or Fu Feng represents something. The East Palace represents His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, neither he nor Fu Feng could act rashly before His Highness returned to the capital.
Ji Kuan was naturally aware of this scruple. Otherwise, he would have found a chance to see Qiao Qiancheng himself, and there would be no need to ask Meng Renping. But after hearing this, he still did not give up: "Except for you and me, His Highness was able to send a third person to see General Qiao, which shows that this person has the trust of His Highness. His level of trust is definitely no less than that of you and me. More likely than you and me. Can you really hold back and find out this person’s identity?”
Meng Renping glanced at him: “How can I hold back?” So what if you live there? Do you dare to go see him just to find out who that person is from General Qiao? "
Ji Kuan pursed his lips and said nothing.
Meng Renping said again: "Taking a step back, even if you and I can get an honest name to meet General Qiao, General Qiao will also tell us who the person he is interviewing is as you and I wish. Who, what can I do if I know?”
He was curious and wanted to know who the person in the capital was, but his curiosity was not as important as the responsibility on his shoulders and could not break through his reason.
When Ji Kuan heard the above-board name, his mind was spinning very fast at this moment. He ignored what Meng Renping said, so what if he knew it. He struck with both palms: "Miss Qiao is buried, isn't this the last thing to do? Is it an honest name?"
"The relationship between your Ji family and Qiao family is so close that you can go to the funeral?" Meng Renping asked calmly.
After being reminded of this, Ji Kuan immediately returned to reality and slumped down: "That's not true. Who knows that our Jim and Meng Mansion belong to His Highness, and General Qiao has never tried to seize the throne? How can the Qiao family be accommodated in muddy water? How can you get close to my Ji family without the daily rituals and New Year gifts?"
Meng Renping nodded and said, "So don't think too much about His Highness. News?”
"Don't worry, your highness is fine." Ji Kuan didn't know what happened or what he experienced after his highness went to Lueyang, but there was still news about his highness.
After sitting for a while and chatting some more, he got up and left.
Before leaving, he was stopped by Meng Renping, who suddenly remembered something else: "I'll see you at Baolai Tower at 2:00 tonight."
Ji Kuan didn't even look back and raised his hand. He waved and said, "I know."
He agreed without even asking why he wanted to meet at Baolai Building.
Meng Renping laughed.
Meng Shisan has completed the matters assigned by Li Shou, and the arrangements related to his brother Meng Renji are also proceeding smoothly. If there is no definite answer from Qiao Qiancheng, he still needs to get Qiao Qiancheng's answer. Only after Qian Cheng tested his brother could he know whether Qiao Qian Cheng could comply with her request. She had already left the city for Qingbei Mountain.
Last time Shuishe came back from Qingbei Mountain and carefully explained the information he had found to her. At that time, she thought of Qingbei Mountain and went to the tombstone mentioned by Shui Shen to see if there was any There really was another demon lingering around, but she still had something to do, and there was also the important matter of meeting Qiao Qiancheng as instructed by Li Shou, so she really couldn't get away.
No way, I have to wait.
When everything is over, she can climb to the top without any distractions, find the source of the fragments in her dream, and find out why she was struck by lightning for no reason and took over this body.
At any moment after entering the world, she never forgot to find the answer.
Kite returned to the Meng Mansion in the afternoon. She reported to Meng Shisan: "After the appointment was made last night, the maid went to the agreed pier in the east of the city to meet them. The maid was very cautious, and she Wearing a black shirt and skirt, wearing a black gauze hat, the whole body is covered, and the true face is not revealed from beginning to end."