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Although many people gathered around Jiang Nian's insect repellent, after a while, even the tasteless water started to get a bit boring. So they dispersed to see what other insect repellents looked like and how effective they were.
Guizhi, who was blocked outside by everyone, was finally able to meet and talk with Jiang Nian.
"Miss, what did you see just now? What were you looking at?"
"Nothing." Jiang Nian retracted his gaze and turned his eyes to Guizhi, "What's the matter?"
"That's right, young lady. Although the results of this competition are mostly fair—after all, the people have sharp eyes—it's inevitable that there will be some people with ulterior motives."
"Miss, if you put the insect repellent on this table, if no one is watching, I'm afraid someone else will steal it and use it. Do you need Guizhi to watch it?"
Jiang Nian pondered for a moment, remembering that the insect repellent was replaced with a fake one after the rice fields were arranged. Even if someone stole it to check the ingredients in the insect repellent, the final result would be the same as that of Xu's pharmacy, and the insecticidal effect would be worse. There would be no mistakes, and if someone came to her door, she would have a reason to argue, even though she shook her head.
"No, I'm still useful for other things."
Meng Jian's people are still watching in a corner here. If someone is watching all the time, they might take some extreme measures if they stop watching. Guizhi is an unarmed woman, so it's better for her not to stay here to avoid any mistakes.
Jiang Nian was thinking about what to do next. He looked up and saw that Guizhi was a little reluctant. Then he smiled and said, "Don't worry. No one can find anything wrong with the insect repellent here."
Guizhi still wanted to persuade him, but after seeing Jiang Nian's particularly determined mind, she stopped thinking about it. She was afraid that Jiang Nian would get annoyed if she said too much.
Seeing that Jiang Nian had her own pace, she nodded and pointed towards the carriage: "I've made some food in the kitchen. I was applying insect repellent to the rice fields just now, so I couldn't tell you. Now that you have some free time, you should go and eat something first."
On the first day of the competition, the most important part was to let people watch how to use the insect repellent, and then tell everyone what improvements this new insect repellent had over the old one, and what reasons gave people to buy it.
Now that this series of things has been completed, the audience is gathering in other places to watch, and some people are walking back to Pingzhou City in twos and threes to prepare for dinner. Jiang Nian looked around and saw that there was no figure that looked like Meng Jian, so he nodded and said:
"I happen to be hungry too, let's go eat something first."
I had been busy spreading insect repellent on the rice fields for the competition all morning. Now I returned to the carriage to rest. When I smelled the fragrance of food, I suddenly thought of Xiao Yingzhu.
He said he would come to check on her this morning, but she was nowhere to be seen. So did that mean he was going to the warehouse to check out her new insect repellent formula?
After putting the food in the bowl into his mouth, Jiang Nian looked around, his eyes paused, and he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Just when I was thinking about Xiao Yingzhu, Xiao Yingzhu herself came.
She hasn't finished her meal yet. Isn't this a little too close to people's livelihood?
Jiang Nian put the bowl and chopsticks in Guizhi's hand, took out the mirror in the carriage and looked at himself. After seeing that there was nothing wrong with his appearance, he turned around and looked for him.
Xiao Yingzhu looked like she had just arrived here. She had changed out of the moon-white clothes she had worn in the morning and put on a casual outfit that was not too conspicuous, as she did not want to attract other people's attention.
But even though he dressed modestly and didn't wear any extra accessories, even his hair was casually tied up and pinned with a wooden hairpin, his aloof and beautiful face still attracted a group of passers-by who looked over there.
Jiang Nian walked over quickly, took a look at his unusual casual clothes, and suddenly smiled, "I didn't expect you to change into something before coming out. I thought you had something to do and wouldn't come after meeting him this morning."
Xiao Yingzhu raised her eyes to look at the carriage behind her. Even though she knew what she was preparing in such a hurry just now, her casual and cold brows softened a little.
"When you came here, you were surrounded by others and didn't see me."
"Does he have anything else to do this afternoon?"
Jiang Nian thought about it and decided that the next thing he would do was to wait for the insect repellent to take effect. As long as he ordered people to guard the rice fields that belonged to him for the competition, there was nothing else to do, even though he shook his head.
"There's nothing else to do... Is there anything else you want to do?"
Xiao Yingzhu's eyes flickered slightly, a fleeting emotion hidden in them: "There's a lighting festival next door. If you have time, why not go and have a look?"
......
Jiang Nian thought that maybe after all these things were over, they would make an appointment to go somewhere to relax.
It could be the spring scenery of a boat trip in Jiangzhou, or the bustling streets of the capital.
The place for the invitation should be on the stone bridge overlooking the lotus pond, or in a quiet and unique courtyard, in a teahouse with a long history, or beside a bamboo forest somewhere.
In short...it must not be a place with rice fields right next to it!
Seeing that Jiang Nian's expression suddenly changed, Xiao Yingzhu didn't want to ask at first. He was silent for a while, and suddenly his eyebrows and eyes showed a little interest.
He recently had to deal with the censor who knew about his cooperation with Jiang Nian, so that Meng Jian would not use Zhu Wang as a tool to pry open information and cause some unnecessary trouble.
But Zhu Wang seemed to know that Xiao Yingzhu was going to attack him, so he fled overnight and ran to Jiangzhou, the next door to Pingzhou.
If he escaped with a secret, something strange would definitely happen if nothing was done. Xiao Yingzhu had no intention of playing hide-and-seek with an unimportant person. Even if he ordered people to investigate, he would personally capture him when he settled down.
Not long after the secret guards left, they brought back news that Zhu Wang might have wanted to take away the money he had made in Pingzhou. After arriving in Jiangzhou, he wanted to rest and stayed in an inconspicuous guesthouse.
——Zhu Wangke still had a lucky mentality, thinking that Xiao Yingzhu was still busy doing other things and would not be distracted to take care of him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhu Wang settled down and took a rest, information was passed to Xiao Yingzhu.
Therefore, Xiao Yingzhu wanted to go to Jiangzhou to meet the Censor in the evening. She happened to hear that there would be lights set off tonight, so she asked Jiang Nian about it.
But does this really come naturally?
Jiang Nian's thoughts were still on the incident of being seen eating on the roadside by Xiao Yingzhu. He didn't notice the carefulness beneath Xiao Yingzhu's nonchalant appearance, nor did he try to find the omission in his words that he had deliberately left out, so that she could chase him and shout a word called "tsundere" to see the vivid expression on Jiang Nian's face.
Seeing Xiao Yingzhu in front of him silent, Jiang Nian came to his senses belatedly. Recalling Xiao Yingzhu's past behavior, he suddenly had an idea and asked directly: "Is there something going on in Jiangzhou? Are you going to deal with it?"
Xiao Yingzhu nodded: "Zhu Wang went there."
Zhu Wang?
Jiang Nian had been through so many things recently that she almost forgot about the existence of such a person. It was only when Xiao Yingzhu pointed it out to her directly that she remembered.
"Is he preparing to escape?"
"Um."
Although the matter of taking advantage of both sides is not a big deal, it is a big deal when considering the things involved in the cooperation between Xiao Yingzhu and Jiang Nian.
Once this news is leaked, it will not change Xiao Yingzhu's original plan, but it will cause them more unnecessary trouble.
Jiang Nian smiled knowingly: "So you want to invite me to the lantern festival there?"
Xiao Yingzhu glanced at her and said, "You can also consider it as a way to deal with Zhu Wang."
Jiang Nian was amused by these words, and his expression relaxed a little. His heart, which had suddenly jumped up, calmed down again.
She thought that Xiao Yingzhu suddenly had nothing to do and wanted to ask the two of them to go out and play.
But it's a good break from the busy schedule to go and admire the lights there.
"I see. I'll go back later and redecorate. Where will I meet you?"
Xiao Yingzhu raised her eyelids with a hint of meaning and looked at the car parked behind her, where Guizhi was standing with her rice bowl in her hands, looking stunned.
Jiang Nian turned his head and met the stunned Guizhi's eyes, smiling at her even though he was embarrassed.
He was so happy to see Xiao Yingzhu that he forgot about Guizhi.
But this child is usually not very smart, so I can just fool her with a few words and let it go.
"It's okay..." Jiang Nian turned his head back and spread his hands slightly towards Xiao Yingzhu, "She's very easy to talk to."
The implication is that it is easy to deceive.
When Xiao Yingzhu saw the action of lifting it up casually, she seemed to think of the action that Qin Lan did most often before. Her gaze paused for a moment and then moved away.
"There's nothing else to do. It's still early, so you can go back and have dinner."
Jiang Nian nodded, remembering that Guizhi was still watching from behind, she restrained her movements and pretended to be the same as when she first got along with Xiao Yingzhu.
"Well, then I'll go back first."
She bowed politely to Xiao Yingzhu. Perhaps because she had been too familiar with him recently, Jiang Nian wanted to laugh while bowing. She pursed her lips and turned to walk towards Guizhi.
Guizhi was holding a bowl of rice. The food in her hand had not yet gotten cold since Jiang Nian had been away for a while. Seeing Jiang Nian reaching out to take the half-eaten bowl from her, and catching a glimpse of the cold and indifferent gaze behind Jiang Nian, Guizhi shuddered, lifted the curtain of the car and sent Jiang Nian inside.
Jiang Nian didn't understand why, but he still followed Guizhi's slightly nervous movements.
After Jiang Nian sat firmly in the carriage, Guizhi leaned over and came in, placing the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
"These meals have gotten a little cold from the wind. Let's ask the chef in the mansion to heat them up and eat some of what we haven't eaten yet."
Halfway through her words, Guizhi looked out the window with some fear. Only when she didn't see Xiao Yingzhu did she feel relieved.
"Just now, I saw the young lady talking to Duke Xiao, and Guizhi was almost scared out of her wits!"
Now when she saw Jiang Nian, she could still recall the scene when Jiang Nian suddenly ran over when he saw Duke Xiao. She was really scared at that time and thought that Duke Xiao would punish the young lady for her lack of etiquette.
Seeing that Duke Xiao doesn't seem to want to pursue the matter, I'm lucky.
Guizhi patted her chest with lingering fear and sighed, "Miss, have you heard the rumors about Duke Xiao?"
She was still thinking about Xiao Yingzhu outside, so she lowered her voice a little: "When Guizhi went to the teahouse earlier, she heard someone talking about Duke Xiao. They said that he often went to brothels in the capital, and that he was cruel and had killed countless people with his knife..."
These rumors were widespread among the people, and most of them were the result of distorted interpretations. Furthermore, Xiao Yingzhu rarely appeared in public, and most of those who had seen him personally handle matters had been killed by him.
The most widely circulated version on the market now is the one in which Xiao Yingzhu wears red clothes, has a pair of fierce eyebrows, and can cut off the head of anyone if he looks into her eyes.
Seeing Guizhi whispering in her ear, Jiang Nian suddenly smiled and asked, "Although the outside world has spread widely, Guizhi, have you forgotten that I went to Cang County with him just now?"
"We spent a lot of time together, and we locked eyes several times... I just saw him too."
Meeting Guizhi's eyes, which were somewhat questioning and somewhat shocked, Jiang Nian smiled.
"It's better to listen less about Duke Xiao in the future. After all, most of the rumors about his private affairs don't really apply to him."
On the surface, she and Xiao Yingzhu are only allies now, but she wants people around her to know that those scary rumors are just a false image of Xiao Yingzhu's easily misunderstood side.
Jiang Nian blinked, but Guizhi in front of her was still a little dazed, so she looked away first.
She has ulterior motives.
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