Chapter 1374 Preliminary Preparations

Since he noticed this, he found that the trucks delivering fresh produce came twice within two hours, which was quite frequent.

It makes sense. The Qi Mansion has been full of guests recently, and the demand for supplies is particularly strong.

Weng Su patted his brother's shoulder and was delighted: "I have an idea!"

Weng Xing opened his mouth to ask, but Weng Su hushed and reminded him to pay attention to the occasion. In public, or at the back door of Xiaotao Villa, how can he tell everything openly?

"By the way, did you bring those things out?"

"I brought them." Weng Xing rubbed his hands, "Just waiting to make a big deal!"

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He Lingchuan's time planning is perfect.

His group arrived in Zhuowei three days earlier than originally planned! This place is certainly not as prosperous as Mangzhou, but there are still several big families in the county, both local famous families and designated officials and merchants.

Therefore, there is no shortage of food, drink and entertainment. There are also many restaurants and bars, and there are always sensual pleasures.

Xue Zongwu and his party will arrive in Mangzhou in two days at the earliest, so He Lingchuan has more than thirty hours to make arrangements.

After entering Zhuowei, He Lingchuan suggested to Fan Shuang that they take a day off and play by themselves.

Zhuowei is not far from the capital. Even if everyone travels all the way there, they can enter the capital before the birthday ceremony of King Yao. Fan Shuang agreed immediately. He is far less physically fit than He Lingchuan, and he also wants to take a break before moving.

Since the action site is chosen to be Xiaotao Villa in Qi Yunsheng, He Lingchuan must first get a map of Xiaotao Villa and estimate the trajectory of Qi Yunsheng and Xue Zongwu's actions at that time.

Because his job is to assassinate the general of Yao State in the territory of the great elder of Qingniu Mountain, so it is a bit urgent to complete all the preliminary preparations within more than thirty hours.

What's worse is that He Lingchuan can only move freely for ten hours at most, and then he must return to Zhuoyu, so that Fan Shuang can find him.

He still has several consultations in Zhuoyu.

So after saying goodbye to Fan Shuang, he and Dong Rui immediately took the snail toad and set off to Mangzhou, forty miles away.

With the help of the wet land after the rain, the snail toad's underground speed is much faster than the horses on the ground, and there is no need to take a detour. But it will take more than two hours to travel back and forth.

Therefore, He Lingchuan's actual activity time in Mangzhou is only eight hours.

"In these eight hours, you have to survey the entire Xiaotao Villa and get the basic information of Qi Yunsheng." Dong Rui rubbed his hands, "Where do we start?"

The time is also tight and the task is heavy. He has found the state before the Xushan plan. It's a bit exciting!

"There is a very suitable candidate." Just as the snail toad emerged from the ground, He Lingchuan looked at the sky, "My people noticed the old gardener of Xiaotao Villa, and everyone calls him Liu Sou. He has been taking care of the garden for Qi Yunsheng for 20 years, and is very familiar with every flower, tree, brick and tile there."

Dong Rui understood: "You want to secretly ask for information again, right?"

He knew that this guy had a secret method that could pry open their mouths and get information without the informant knowing.

He Lingchuan nodded: "Then, we have to estimate the location where Qi Yunsheng will meet Xue Zongwu, and then send the eyeball spider to monitor it."

Qi Yunsheng will definitely meet Xue Zongwu when he comes to visit. "Aren't they usually in the study?"

"Not necessarily." He Lingchuan held his usual cautious attitude, "Xiaotao Villa has been very busy recently, with a constant stream of visiting officials and nobles. Can you and I predict where Qi Yunsheng wants to meet guests?"

Xiaotao Villa must be quite large, and no one else can tell where the owner of the villa wants to meet guests?

"Then how do you estimate it?" It's very random.

"Xue Zongwu came to visit, and if the master and apprentice just exchanged a few words, they could meet anywhere." He Lingchuan pressed his knuckles, "Only when talking about confidential matters do we need to whisper behind closed doors."

When discussing confidential matters, people will subconsciously go to the most familiar and safest place.

Dong Rui supported his chin with his hand, and was very interested: "What do you think is the most appropriate topic for them to discuss?"

"Xue Zongwu is a staunch royalist, and so is Qi Yunsheng." He Lingchuan asked him back, "Who do you think is their biggest enemy?"

"Uh..." Dong Rui was stuck, this question was too broad, right?

Oh no, wait, he thought of it: "Qingyang?"

"Yes, Qingyang." He Lingchuan smiled, "So, we have to find a way to let them discuss Qingyang's regent behind closed doors."

"Do you have an idea?"

"I will send someone to Xiaotao Mountain to deliver a gift, and give it to Xue Zongwu. I think General Xue will accept it with pleasure." He Lingchuan changed the subject, "By the way, you can't drive the snail toad directly into the Qi Mansion. Qi Yunsheng is a Taoist elder, and he is not short of money. There may be various formations where he lives."

He was afraid that the snail toad could get in but not out.

Dong Rui asked him: "Aren't you afraid that you can get in but not get out?"

"Xiaotao Mountain Villa is not a city after all, and the outer wall is no more than two meters." He Lingchuan stroked his chin and said, "As long as I am not entangled by Xue Zongwu and Qi Yunsheng at the same time, I still have the confidence to leave."

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Three hours later, Mangzhou.

When Liu Sou got off work and went home, he met a matchmaker who came to the house and proposed marriage for his granddaughter.

Before the matchmaker had finished her conditions, he drove her out with a gloomy face.

His wife couldn't help but complain: "You are too ignorant of etiquette! In our market, all the matchmakers are Wang Po. If you drive her away, she will go out and say that our family is picky. Will your granddaughter still be able to marry?"

Liu Sou sneered: "Don't listen to her nonsense. Let me analyze it for you: In fact, the man is not from Mangzhou and has no property in Mangzhou. Will my granddaughter be left with nothing if she marries him? Wang Po is so shameless that she praises him in various ways for those two small amounts of money."

"You stinky gardener, still want to despise him?"

"Three generations of my family have been from Mangzhou. Even if I am a gardener, I am still a gardener in the Qi Mansion! The salary, the people I know, and the ways I know are all better than theirs?" Liu Sou said with a spit, "They want to marry my granddaughter, but they are all marrying up! If you don't show some sincerity, forget it!"

The couple disagreed and had a big fight.

Liu Sou was depressed and didn't eat dinner. He went out to drink a few glasses of wine.

As a result, two drunks at the wine stall started fighting and almost overturned his table. Liu Sou staggered after being hit, but fortunately the wine pot was not overturned.

Finally, the storm passed and the drunkard left, but Liu Sou's alcohol tolerance was very low tonight. After drinking a pot of wine, he was too sleepy to open his eyes.

He reluctantly walked back home and fell asleep regardless of the old woman's nagging.

This sleep was sweet and fragrant.

When he woke up the next day, he always felt that he talked to someone in his dream. It seemed that he talked about his granddaughter's marriage, and it seemed that he talked about other things. Well, it was mainly about other things, but he couldn't remember it.