Chapter 45 [Talk about gossip]
Li Sicong looked at the anxious look on Magistrate Li's face, and thought of something, and burst out laughing. His father probably wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight!
The second most luxurious Tingfeng Courtyard in the Li Mansion is adjacent to the most luxurious guesthouse, Yulan Courtyard. At this moment, Magnolia Courtyard, the governor of the Li Mansion, was pacing back and forth nervously in the corridor between the two courtyards.
It would not be a good idea to invite our savior to stay in the inn now, and we cannot move the distinguished guest from the capital!
"The people from these two courtyards have never met each other, right?" Magistrate Li grabbed the maid who came out of Jiang Lili's courtyard.
"Not yet. The distinguished guest from Yulan Courtyard has already gone to bed." The maid replied.
Magistrate Li breathed a sigh of relief.
Oh! What sins did he commit in his previous life to have such bad luck?
Magistrate Li wanted to weld the gates of the two courtyards shut.
He ordered the housekeeper, "Find someone to watch over here. Don't let these two bastards in the yard run into them. Otherwise, I, no, our entire Li Mansion will be finished!"
The butler quickly responded solemnly.
After repeated emphasis, Magistrate Li returned to his room and slept soundly.
Little did they know that the evil women in the two courtyards had already been secretly "colluding" with each other.
Hou Xiaoxiao was sitting in the courtyard eating persimmons and enjoying the cool air when suddenly a little head popped out from the opposite wall.
Hou Xiaoxiao was so shocked that she forgot to eat the persimmon in her hand, "Oh my god! Little pear!"
It turns out that Li Sicong told her that the surprise for tonight is Jiang Lili!
She had been looking forward to this day since she left the capital, but because of the maids and guards sent by the empress dowager, she couldn't go find Jiang Lili.
Jiang Lili, who was climbing over the wall, was also very surprised to see Hou Xiaoxiao. Li Sicong had just sent her a message, asking her to climb over the wall, saying that there was a surprise waiting for her next door.
I never thought that my best friend who shared the lower bunk in high school actually lived next door!
Jiang Lili was riding on the wall. The wall didn't look high when she climbed up, but it was quite scary when she came down.
"Hey, Sister Xiaoxiao, hurry up and pick me up!"
Hou Xiaoxiao quickly ran over and picked up Jiang Lili with skillful movements.
When they were in high school, they were boarding students and were not allowed to leave the school. Sometimes when they were hungry or wanted to pick out magazines or comics, they had to cooperate with each other to climb over the wall at the back door of the school.
Jiang Lili was extremely surprised to see Hou Xiaoxiao. "Weren't you in Beijing a few days ago? How did you get here so quickly? I've been gone for a long time!"
"How could your legs be so fast that I had to change horses several times on the way?"
Hou Xiaoxiao quickly pulled Jiang Lili into the house.
Jiang Lili thought about it and agreed. They could walk fifty miles a day and still get stranded due to an accident, while Hou Xiaoxiao had a professional team to pick her up. She had read in a book before that a BMW could travel five hundred miles a day, not to mention that Hou Xiaoxiao could change horses at the post station.
Jiang Lili looked around as she entered the room: "Are your maids and guards asleep?"
Hou Xiaoxiao nodded: "I slept. In order to let us meet, Li Xiaoguan added some ingredients to the fire-clearing lotus seed soup he sent them."
These words made them look like a pair of wild mandarin ducks having a secret meeting.
"Little Pear, you've lost weight."
Hou Xiaoxiao looked at Jiang Lili's pointed chin. She remembered that Jiang Lili still had baby fat on her face in high school, and with two sweet dimples, she looked so sweet to her heart.
"But it's still much better than that zombie selfie you posted to the group chat right after you came here."
The expression on Jiang Lili's face immediately cracked: If we don't mention that selfie, we are still good friends.
Hou Xiaoxiao rummaged through the wooden box she brought: "Come, come, look at the good stuff I brought you from the capital."
"I'll give you half of the secret golden medicine and detoxification pills given by the Queen Mother."
"This imperial medicine is much more effective than what you can buy on the market today. It's so precious that the Imperial Hospital only produces less than ten bottles a year."
"This is the hidden blade given to me by the Queen Mother to save my life. It contains a secret, and was forged by the royal craftsmen."
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Hou Xiaoxiao picked out all the things that are not available in modern times and gave them to Jiang Lili one by one. Jiang Lili was so moved that she almost cried.
"Would you like to save some for yourself? Aren't you going up the mountain too?"
"Don't worry, people from the Miao tribe will pick me up when I go up the mountain."
Hou Xiaoxiao put her hands on her hips and laughed wildly: "Hahaha, this can be considered a public-funded visit to my family! The Queen Mother paid for me to meet you."
"The original owner of this body of mine had a deep grudge against you. They all thought I hated you to the core."
Jiang Lili listened to the benefits the Queen Mother had given Hou Xiaoxiao, "Hahahahaha, who could have imagined!"
"I arrived in Linzhou City yesterday and will be leaving the Li Mansion for the Miaojiang Tribe tomorrow morning. I had planned to wait until I got to the Miaojiang Tribe to find out more about the situation before reporting back to you. I didn't expect that we would meet here now. Li Sicong's plan was really clever!"
Hou Xiaoxiao and Jiang Lili were discussing the details of what happened when she entered the palace that day: "Empress Dowager Yu promised me many benefits and asked me to persuade my native tribe to ambush the Zhaoping Marquis family in the Qinglin Mountains."
"Our families have conflicting interests, so in their view, I will definitely carry out this order and force you to death."
Hou Xiaoxiao's mother's family is one of the big families in the Miao tribe. Hou Xiaoxiao's grandfather was able to achieve remarkable success with a small number of troops on the battlefield in the northern border because he brought Miao people with him to cast a poison on the barbarians entrenched in the northern border.
However, the Miao people and the poisonous insects they carry are not as effective as those in the northern climate, so the method of poisoning is not popular due to the limited conditions. It can only be used as a backup to achieve a surprise victory at a critical moment.
As a military family, the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion has elites in various aspects such as tactics, military force, equipment, etc., which are far ahead of other military generals.
"I have to carry out the orders of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Qingning, so you must be prepared when you reach the Qinglin Mountains. But don't worry, I will do my best to pass on the news to you."
She could only try her best to prevent her family members from opposing Jiang Lili, but the instructions from Emperor Qingning and the Empress Dowager were to be conveyed to the leaders of the Miao tribe.
Jiang Lili kept everything Hou Xiaoxiao said in mind.
"Hide if you can. I'll reveal their route to you. Since you're outnumbered, it's best not to engage in a head-on confrontation."
Hou Xiaoxiao warned, "The Miao people can poison people through water and food, so try to avoid drinking water from the mountains. Just drink bottled mineral water."
After a while, Li Sicong also climbed over the wall.
Hou Xiaoxiao and Jiang Lili are discussing the shopping list for going into the mountains, which will be sent to Xiaopang the purchasing manager tomorrow morning to deal with the possible dangers that may be encountered during this trip into the mountains.
Li Xiaoguan pondered: "I have to buy mosquito coils, right?"
Jiang Lili clapped her hands: "There's also an electric mosquito swatter! Have Xiaopang charge it and send it over."
She suddenly thought of something: "Are those poisonous insects afraid of fire?"
Hou Xiaoxiao recalled the information her grandparents had told her about the Miao tribe: "Some poisonous insects are afraid of fire, while others are not. Once I get the details, I'll go back to the tribe and quickly take some photos and make an illustrated guide of poisonous insects and plants for you!"
"Sure, sure!" Jiang Lili exclaimed in amazement, it was so cool to have a double agent like Hou Xiaoxiao on the enemy side!
Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. As the night deepened, the three of them finalized the shopping list for Xiaopang to purchase.
When Hou Xiaoxiao saw the items on the list, she suddenly felt that the ones who should be afraid were not Jiang Lili and her group, but the Miao tribe who had never seen their modern technology and cruel life.
"I have to tell my family not to mess with you, or else there will be consequences!"
Li Sicong also said to Jiang Lili, "I will arrange the four bodyguards to protect you tomorrow. They are all reliable people that Sister Guan Yue and I have chosen. You can rest assured."
It feels so wonderful to be led by two big guys. Jiang Lili feels very safe!
"By the way, I want to share a piece of gossip with you!"
After the three of them finished discussing the main business, they chatted while eating melon seeds.
Jiang Lili and Li Sicong pricked up their ears when they heard Hou Xiaoxiao's words. They were already sleepy, but they were no longer sleepy when it came to gossip!
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