The pear blossoms in Xuyuan Qingyuan are all over the courtyard, and when the wind blows, they scatter around like snowflakes, and the random flowers are alluring to the eyes, only listening to the wind and the dance of flowers.

It has been five days since Xiang Changning left Beijing, so he hastened to the north, and Xu has already arrived in northern Xinjiang.

Xu Yuanqing's people have been staring at Shen Qiwen, and Xiang Changyuan's people are staring at Shen Yuze, and they will know as soon as there is any trouble.

After the arrangements were made properly, Xu Yuanqing's uneasiness eased a little.

Xunniang came from outside the courtyard, raised her hand to block the fluttering pear blossoms, squinted at the blue figure under the pear tree, and walked straight over, the table was covered with white flowers, the tea cups and pastries were all submerged in the flowers, Xu Yuanqing propped his head in a daze, Seeing her coming, his eyes moved slightly.

Xunniang brushed off the petals on the stool with her sleeve and sat down, and said softly, "My son, my master asked me to ask you when to take the Gu, if you delay it, I'm afraid the insects will not get used to the effect of the medicine."

Xu Yuanqing rubbed his eyes, looked at the child dozing off in the corridor, with a dazed expression, "I have something to do tomorrow Qingming, the day after tomorrow."

"Okay." Xunniang nodded, "Did Mr. Xiao deliver my letter?"

"Well, I heard that you moved here, so he asked someone to bring it to me, and it's on the desk in the house."

Because Li Yiming went to the northern border with Changning, the mansion was short of manpower to handle affairs, so Xunniang moved into Xu's mansion, and it was convenient for Chang Lao to help him.

Xunniang got up and went to the house to pick it up. There were forty or fifty letters in half a year, and they were packed in a big box. Xunniang took some effort to move them out.

If nothing happened, she took it under the pear tree and asked Xu Yuanqing to take a look.

Xu Yuanqing glanced at the crumpled letter and smiled, "Your business is doing well."

Looking for a mother is actually looking for scarce medicinal materials to resell at high prices, and the source of customers is rich people from all directions.

She gave half of the letter to Xu Yuanqing, with a sad face, "Forgive me for asking for medicine, please help me to see if there is any other letter."

Xu Yuanqing shook his hand and showed half of his wrist. He was always thinking about nothing, so he just found something to distract his attention.

His slender fingers opened the letter, his eyes scanned the words on the letter, and he put it aside after roughly knowing the content.

Several consecutive letters were business dealings, Xu Yuanqing shelved them expressionlessly, and finally saw one with a different content, he hooked the corner of his mouth, "Other things, including this?"

Seeing his teasing face, Xunniang stretched out her hand to receive the letter in a daze.

Among the business letters, suddenly there was a piece of paper that read, "The battle situation is treacherous, please leave the shopkeeper quickly and pray for disaster."

Signed - Sanbai

Xunniang frowned slightly after reading it, and murmured, "It's really strange, it's not a debt collection."

Hearing this, Xu Yuanqing looked up at her with great interest, and then passed the letter over.

The letter from the same person was not a debt reminder, but a word urging her to leave.

Xu Yuanqing was not in a hurry to open the letter. He took a look at the inscription "Sanbai" on the envelope, and handed the letter to her.

Seven or eight of the more than 20 letters that have been opened are from him. Xunniang was puzzled, and cast a suspicious look at Xu Yuanqing, "What kind of novel way of asking for money is this?"

Xunniang is not an unreasonable person, but she met this "three whites" by chance, and knowing that he lives in northern Xinjiang, she recruited him into a group and gave him silver to ask him to find medicine at his convenience.

This is not the first time that blood fennel has cooperated with him. He delivered the rare medicinal materials in time before, and the business cooperation is very pleasant every time. The only failure is blood fennel.

Xu Yuanqing brushed away the petals on the table, pushed the teacup cakes aside, laid out all the opened letters on the table, and clicked on the most recent letter with his fingertips, "I don't care if you want to be in debt or not, just say you don't think so.Is the content of the letter interesting?"

"Huh?" Xunniang stood up, staring at the letter to read, suddenly startled, her back felt chilly, and the warm spring breeze couldn't stop the chill.

"September 25th, October 9th, October 17th..."

Xu Yuanqing read the date of signing, Xunniang's expression gradually became dignified, and her brows were furrowed.

"Xunniang is doing business in northern Xinjiang, think about it carefully, these hours." Xu Yuanqing's expression also became serious, he stood up and looked down at the letter, and continued to open the letter about this person in a leisurely manner, "As he said, 'the situationChange', is there an answer?"

The time when these letters were signed coincided with changes in the battle situation in northern Xinjiang. Most of them were attacks by the Xiang family army, and there were also attacks by the northern slaves, which almost affected Qizi City several times.

Every coincidence is bound to be tricky.

Xunniang stared straight at the letter, gritted her teeth, "I met this person once, and met him by chance while collecting medicine in the mountains, so we did business with him and did not reveal our identities to each other."

Seeing her nervousness, Xu Yuanqing said softly, "Don't jump to conclusions, let's have a look." He continued to open the letter and handed it to her, "No matter who he is, he doesn't hurt you."

Every word in the letter was full of worry, and Xunniang was just terrified. This person is so clear about the situation of the battle, he must not be the herb picker she thinks, but she has been in contact with him many times.

Xu Yuanqing raised his eyes and asked, "What is the explanation of the blood fennel?"

Xunniang: "I don't know him too well and dare not use it too much. I only found him after the blood fennel had a problem the first time. Later, he wrote to say that he made friends and found him. However, he was targeted by thieves and lost. He was in a hurry.If I do, I’m afraid I won’t be able to help me for a while.”

"Do you remember the time?"

"It seems to be..." Thinking about it, Xunniang suddenly widened her eyes, shook her body, and looked at Xu Yuanqing in disbelief.

Seeing her flustered expression, Xu Yuanqing nodded, handed her all the letters in his hand, thought for a while before asking, "Is it true that Xunniang only met him once?"

Xunniang racked her brains to think, the first time she met herbalists, and then she went to Qizi City to arrange hidden stakes, it was so good to meet the enemy's sneak attack, she was captured, and after being rescued, she received a letter from Sanbai, askingWhether she is safe or not, and give her some medicine.

Thinking about it carefully, the medicine was only available in the army. At that time, she just wanted to leave as soon as possible for the rest of her life after the catastrophe. She didn't think much about it. Looking back now, there are doubts everywhere.

Xunniang slapped the letter on the table, bit her lip, and said with a sad face, "A soldier."

"Hey, it seems that you have unintentionally cast a spell on others, making them miss you day and night." Xu Yuanqing knocked on the letter deliberately, with a meaningful expression on his face, "He thought you were in northern Xinjiang, right?"

Xunniang sighed, "My son."

Xu Yuanqing smiled, "Ah Yuan will come later, I'll ask him to check for you." He blew away the flowers on the teacup, raised his hand to pour tea, rinsed the cup and then poured tea for her, "Ask Ayuan to ask himBrother, there should be news soon."

"Thank you, my son." Xunniang took the teacup listlessly, staring at the letter with a lot of thoughts, her heart was in a mess, and she still couldn't calm down after taking a sip of tea. Your Excellency, the teacup said, "I'd better go by myself.It’s best to explain it yourself.”

"Go." Xu Yuanqing took off the jade pendant around his waist and gave it to her, it would be more convenient for her to see Changbo.

Xunniang left in a hurry, when the wind blew the letter paper on the table, Xu Yuanqing hurriedly pressed it down, saw Zuo Yue woke up and yawned, and urgently called him to help put it away together.

Zuo Yue pressed the letter with both hands to prevent the wind from blowing it away. Seeing Xu Yuanqing tidy up patiently, he read the letter boredly, "North and south? Is my friend from the north or the south?"

Xu Yuanqing thought about it. The person who sent the letter thought that Xunniang was in northern Xinjiang, so he should be in the south. According to the content of the letter, he inferred that his position in the army is not low. The capital belongs to the south. The negotiations in northern Xinjiang have not ended, so he should be stillStay in Beijing.

"The capital city."

"Then it's not very convenient for them to meet." Zuo Yue lay limply on the table, staring at the letter with both eyes, "Fortunately, the letter was delivered to Mr. Xiao, otherwise we would have missed it."

Xu Yuanqing looked at the storyteller in front of him, and said with a smile, "A Yue, if you have time, you should also inquire about this Sanbai news. If someone finds the news about Sanbai, you must be very happy to find my sister."

Zuo Yue grabbed the letter that Xu Yuanqing wanted to take away, stared at the inscription and expressed doubts, "Sanbai? Isn't it Bo?"

"Really?" Xu Yuanqing turned his head to look, "three" and "white", the distance between the two words is not close or far, it is true that two interpretations can be made, he read a few more letters, and there is a gap between the signatures of several lettersNarrow is very similar to the word "Po".

"Hey, how come the son has a letter from my brother?" Xiang Changyuan came at some unknown time, tilting his head to read the letter together, blinking his eyes full of doubts.

Hearing the words at first, Xu Yuanqing's head slapped, and the scattered clues floating in his mind in the past were connected into a line. He exclaimed, "Xiang Changbo!"

Xiang Changyuan looked at him excitedly, held the letter and looked at him, "What's wrong?"

Xu Yuanqing was overjoyed, and spread the letter in front of his eyes, "Look carefully, is it Xiang Changbo's handwriting?"

Looking intently at Xiang Changyuan, he smacked his lips, "My eldest brother and I don't write letters very often, and I really can't remember the handwriting. One time, when my elder sister was injured, he replied on his behalf. I saw that the signature was like this."

"Yes." Xu Yuanqing put the letter down with a smile on her face.

Xiang Changyuan was at a loss, "What's wrong?"

Zuo Yue also happily held the letter and smiled, "This letter came in a timely manner, otherwise, Elder Sister Xun will leave when the son is ready."

The speaker had no intention of the listener, Xu Yuanqing's smile froze immediately, his thoughts were running extremely fast, and his head ached.

Seeing that his face turned pale, Xiang Changyuan hurriedly supported him, with a worried look on his face, "What's wrong?"

Xu Yuanqing looked down at the letter, frowned slightly, and pondered, "It's really timely."

Xiang Changyuan: "What about looking for a mother?"

"Going to find your elder brother."

"My elder brother is not at home, he said he has something to do with Xiao Yu'an."

The two realized something at the same time, and their expressions changed suddenly.

"wait for me."

Xiang Changyuan left in a hurry, couldn't wait to walk through the main entrance, borrowed the strength of the pear tree to climb over the wall, Xu Yuanqing followed suit, his body skills were not as agile as Xiang Changyuan, it took a little effort to climb over the wall, and when others turned over to Xiang ChangyuanLong gone.

Zuo Yue was shaken by them one after another, staring at the wall blankly, hesitated to speak, pursed his lips and scratched his head, consciously went to Uncle Xu to chase after him.

After climbing over the wall, Xiang Changyuan saw someone calling him a code word, and his heart rose in his throat, and he followed that person through the streets and alleys, but it was still a step too late to hurry.

There was a commotion from the street in the distance, and there were sharp exclamations one after another. His heart tightened and he said, "It's over."

He climbed over the wall continuously to the roof, looked down, and saw an arrow flying towards Xun Niang, who was dodging in the street.The figure was extremely fast, and he pushed Xunniang away, and then the arrow passed by his shoulder, almost hurting the scattered people.

A wave of unrest followed by another wave, two arrows followed, Xun Niang turned over and dodged one, but unexpectedly the other one followed her, she couldn't dodge in time, the person who rescued her rushed towards her againHe ran to block the arrows with the dagger at his waist.

The two looked at each other, surprised in their eyes, startled at the same time, and said in unison, "It's you!"

"Brother!"

Xiang Changyuan hadn't finished speaking when an arrow flew across the sky. Xiang Changbo couldn't dodge his distraction. The arrow cut through his arm, and the blood instantly soaked the green robe.

Xiang Changyuan panicked on the roof, and fell to the ground after a while. Xunniang was at a loss to support him, and pressed the wound for him.

The imperial guards came late, and when they saw the injured person, the yelling stopped abruptly, and they panicked for a while.

Xiang Changbo trembled all over, his lips turned white, Xunniang hurriedly tore off his clothes to look at the wound, the color of the wound was dark, her expression changed drastically, she turned to Changyuan and said, "Poisonous!"

Saying that, Xunniang tore off his clothes and tied his arms, took out a bottle of medicine from her bosom and fed it to Xiang Changbo first, to suppress the poison first.

Xiang Changyuan hurriedly put him on his back, and watched the nervous and trembling imperial guards warn coldly, "If you dig three feet into the ground, you will find the murderer!"

Xunniang supported Xiang Changbo, "Look for my master."

When they reached the corner, Xu Yuanqing saw them, and hurriedly patted the car wall to make Uncle Xu stop. He opened the door, and Xiang Changyuan and Xunniang helped the dying Xiang Changbo into the car.

With the sound of hoofbeats, Xiang Changyuan and Xiang Changbo quickly arrived at Changlao's home, seeing the situation, Changlao got up immediately to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

He forcefully tore off Xiang Changbo's clothes, asked Xunniang to get a bamboo basket, let out the little green snake he had raised to take poison, and when the snake was brought back, he found medicine to feed to Xiang Changbo, and after a while, he gave Xiang Changbo his lips.The color returned to normal, and the breath was stable.

Xunniang reported to Changyuan and Xu Yuanqing, who were guarding the door, that they were safe, and the two breathed a sigh of relief.

Xunniang turned around and closed the door, saying in a deep voice, "It's coming towards me."

Those arrows were aimed at her impartially, and the arrows were smeared with poison, which clearly wanted to kill her. If Xiang Changbo hadn't appeared in time, she might have died on Xuanwu Street today.

Xu Yuanqing's thousands of thoughts couldn't come together, his expression was stern, his brows were furrowed, "Who wants you to die?"

"Shen Qiwen, princess?"

Both of them had a feud with her, and both hated her to the bone.

Xu Yuanqing shook his head, Shen Qiwen, Lu Qiuling and others were all staring at him, it was impossible to order someone to assassinate him in the street without anyone noticing.

Xiang Changyuan's eyes showed killing intent, and he gritted his teeth, "Shen Yuze."

The hidden guard who led him the way when he climbed over the wall and left the Xu Mansion was the one who was in charge of watching Shen Yuze, which meant that this matter was written by Shen Yuze.

"It's him?"

Xunniang was surprised. Shen Yuze wanted to instigate her against Lu Qiuling last time, but Xunniang didn't respond. She thought there was no deep hatred between them, so how could he hate him so much, wishing she would die in the street?

"Xun'er, boil the medicine!"

There were always calls in the room, and Xunniang restrained her thoughts, nodded slightly to Xu Yuanqing, and only went to boil the medicine after getting a response.

Xu Yuanqing took Xiang Changyuan away from the yard and walked down the corridor, "Ayuan, didn't your people notice Shen Yuze's actions?"

Xiang Changyuan shook his head, Shen Yuze didn't move, but beside him was a master with treacherous whereabouts, Xiang Changyuan could barely escape his detection, let alone other people.

The intention of staring at Shen Yuze was to warn him not to act rashly, but he still refused to be safe.

Xu Yuanqing: "There are many doubts about this matter. I sent someone to send a letter to Mr. Chen. He will not settle it hastily. Don't worry."

"Yeah." Xiang Changyuan nodded, and now he was most worried about Xiang Changbo, his thoughts were confused and he couldn't figure out why.

"I'll take my elder brother back first."

Xu Yuanqing: "I'll call Uncle Xu to see you off."

Xiang Changbo couldn't hide his injury in full view of the public. His toxin has been detoxified, so as not to spread rumors and his family members are worried about finding him, it is better to go home as soon as possible.