Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

After getting the token from Gou Zi, Xiao Chenze and Shen Li discussed it for a while and realized that they would not have time to get the token tonight, so they quickly went to the yard that had been arranged in advance.

Ever since the last assassination attempt, Xiao Chenze secretly arranged for his people to come to Mizhou, bought a yard as a medicinal material merchant, and settled down there.

The yard was full of people he brought back from the northern border, who were hiding here disguised as Manager Lu, Butler Feng, and several waiters.

Manager Lu and Butler Feng did understand medicinal herbs, so they took this group of people and were busy every day, either going to the deep mountains and forests to buy medicinal herbs from the mountain people, or going to the drug store to negotiate prices.

Given the importance of Michigan, the government conducts regular inspections of the permanent population that resides here.

Manager Lu and Butler Feng knew how to behave. Whenever a servant came to the yard, they would greet him warmly, have him check everyone's background, invite him to sit down and have tea and chat, and quietly fill his pockets with money.

He treated the government officials very well. Not only did they not cause trouble, but they would occasionally stop by their place to rest when passing by on patrol. As time went by, they became familiar with each other.

A lot of information about the government was thus obtained by Manager Lu and others through chatting.

On the first day of arriving in Mizhou, Xiao Chenze met up with these people and learned about the situation in Mizhou. He learned that the governor of Mizhou was going to celebrate his birthday in two days, and many local gentry and wealthy families had received invitations and would go to the mansion to attend the banquet.

After discussing with Shen Li, the two immediately decided to get the token that day.

For the past two days, he has been staying quietly in the house, copying the photos of the bills taken from the secret room.

The next day.

Xiao Chenze asked everyone to leave and called Shen Li out from the space.

For the sake of Shen Li's reputation, he told Shopkeeper Lu that he came here alone. He always let Shen Li stay in the space and only came out when he was in the room.

At that time, Manager Lu and others were very worried about him and kept asking him how he got here, whether there was any danger on the way, and whether he was being watched by anyone.

Xiao Chenze shook his head and said solemnly to everyone, "Just do what you need to do. Don't let anyone know I'm here. Also, if I'm out on business, I don't know when I'll leave. Don't worry if you can't see me. I'll be back when I'm done."

So Manager Lu reserved the most heavily guarded room at the back for him to live in. Normally, he would not even dare to bring him food or tea unless he called him.

Shen Li came out of the space, took out her camera, and looked through the photos she had taken one by one.

Xiao Chenze spread out the paper, Shen Li helped grind the ink, and the two began to copy.

I was quietly transcribing when suddenly, a loud voice came from outside, "You've never been here before, how come this is also where the medicinal herbs are stored?"

Then came the cautious and attentive voice of Shopkeeper Lu, "How dare I put any medicinal herbs here? This is the room reserved for my master."

"Oh? Your master? Has he ever been to Mizhou? How come I've never seen him?"

"I haven't been here before, I really haven't been here before. We are busy buying medicinal herbs from various places, and the master has always lived in the capital and rarely comes out. But the master's rule is that no matter whether we come or not, we must stay at the master's house, so that we can live comfortably when we come."

"Well," the loud voice was getting closer, "this house is quite hidden. If we hadn't come here to look for the dog today, we wouldn't have come here before."

"Yes, yes, your Excellency is right. If the dog belonged to the Magistrate's wife, why did it escape and disappear?"

Shopkeeper Lu spoke very loudly, intentionally letting Xiao Chenze hear it and trying to hide it.

"Who knows? It was just walking beside the lady, and then suddenly it took off running here. The brothers couldn't stop it," the officer said, as if he had thought of something. He asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you've hidden something shameful here, and the lady's dog has smelled it?"

"Oh, sir, I dare not say such things carelessly. I am the most honest person. How could I dare to hide anything shameful? Please don't scare me, sir."

house.

Shen Li and Xiao Chenze put away their things and quickly slipped into the space.

With a creak, the door was pushed open from the outside, and two officers walked in, followed closely by Manager Lu.

As soon as he came in, Shopkeeper Lu looked around. The room was so quiet that not even a mosquito could be seen.

"You've cleaned this place quite well," the officer walked in, looked around, and then spoke again, "If you didn't know, you would think someone had been living in here all along."

"Where does anyone live? This is the room reserved for the master, and we dare not trespass," said Shopkeeper Lu. "It's just our custom to sweep and tidy up every day. This is so that if the masters suddenly come here, there won't be any sudden chaos."

Another officer looked at Shopkeeper Lu in surprise, "From what you said, your master shouldn't be a small-time troublemaker."

Shopkeeper Lu waved his hands and said with a smile, "I dare not speak nonsense in front of the official. My master has some connection with the Guanyong Marquis Mansion."

The Marquis of Crown and Bravery!

The two officers' expressions changed drastically.

The entire southern border is garrisoned by the Yan family army of Guanyong Hou. It doesn't seem false that they have a connection with Guanyong Hou's mansion and can talk about it openly.

"Hey, look at you, how can you say that?" The two officers' attitudes changed instantly, and they smiled broadly, "That's exactly what you did wrong, brother. With this relationship, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Shopkeeper Lu remained modest as ever, saying to the two, "My master has instructed us not to brag about our whereabouts. If you hadn't asked me where my master lives today, I wouldn't have dared to show off."

After saying this, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, looking like he was forced into a corner.

The two officers dared not stay inside any longer and hurriedly retreated, bowing to Shopkeeper Lu and saying, "Come out quickly, come out! We dare not fill the noble's room with the stench of our sweat. You, old man, are so unkind! Your master is so noble and you didn't even tell him. We brothers should always take care of him, right?"

Shopkeeper Lu followed him out, turned around and closed the door, saying politely, "Even so, I have caused you all a lot of trouble. The officials have already taken good care of me. I will always remember your kindness in my heart. Thank you very much, officials."

As he spoke, he habitually took out two bulging purses from his sleeve pocket and handed them over, "This is a small gift. I'd like to buy you a cup of tea. Please accept it."

The two officers exchanged a glance and, for the first time, refused to take the purse. They pushed their hands away and smiled, "Brothers, we still have to go find your beloved dog. We won't bother you any more. We'll come have tea with you later. See you later."

Shopkeeper Lu chased after them and stuffed his purse into their waists, saying politely, "Your Excellency is so busy, how could he have the time to come to our place? I'm inviting you to have some tea, I just hope you don't mind."

A few people pushed and shoved each other, and the sound gradually faded away.

Shen Li looked down at a white pug squatting in front of her. The puppy was sticking out its tongue and smiling at her flatteringly.

"Are you the magistrate's wife's dog as they say?" Shen Li asked.

The dog chattered and nodded quickly.

"Why are you here?" Shen Li continued to ask.

The Pug laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits, revealing his tiny teeth, which made people laugh.

It barked a few times, and Xiao Chenze couldn't help laughing and said, "Why is this guy so stupid?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the dog started barking at him fiercely.

Shen Li waved her hand, signaling the dog to shut up, and said to Xiao Chenze, "It said that it smelled a strange smell in here when it was outside, so it ran over to take a look."