When I looked up, the boat was docked.

Immediately, the servants and boatmen on the boat all came out and started to get busy on the docking side. Wu Yanqiu was standing far away on the deck on the other side with a few people from the Imperial Guards, and walked over carefully at this time.

I looked at him.

The originally calm, even a little dazed look became extremely clear at this moment, as if I had just had a dream and was dragged into the memories of many years ago, making people a little confused. But now, looking at the busy figures in front of me, I felt the constant ups and downs of the waves under my feet and the faint smell of water pouring in the river breeze, the distance between reality and memories was immediately highlighted suddenly.

Li'er had already walked over with Gu Ping and said happily: "Mom, we're in Yangzhou!"

"Um."

I nodded, maybe there was still a little bit of unretracted mind immersed in the dream of the past. I looked up at the pier and the seemingly familiar scenery, and I was a little confused for a moment.

Back then, I tried my best to leave the city and arrived at Jinling on the south bank.

At that time, I was just determined to find Li'er and find my daughter. Even if there was a sea of ​​fire in front of me, I had to go through it. But now I have forgotten it. Have I ever thought at that time that I might be facing such a situation now?

What should I do to face this situation?

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Following Pei Yuanhao's people ashore, Li'er is already familiar with each other. Seeing her rushing over the crowd, I frowned. Just as I was about to call her, Gu Ping next to me had already stepped forward and stopped her and said, "Li-Li'er, there are many people here, don't run around."

"oh!"

Li'er was stopped by him, but he was not at all unhappy. Instead, he still looked excited and ran back to me and said happily: "Mom, this place is so fun!"

"Is that true?" I was worried about Chang Qing in my heart, and I was not in the mood to joke with her for the time being. I just smiled faintly, but Li'er still said excitedly: "Really, I like this place very much!"

I said perfunctorily: "Then, where are we going to play today?"

“…”

She was stunned for a moment, and did not answer me, but turned around and looked at Pei Yuanhao: "Where are we going to play?"

Pei Yuanhao met her gaze and looked at me again.

Then he said, "Let's go and go for a little bit of a market."

“…”

Li'er nodded happily immediately, but when I heard what he said, I was stunned for a moment.

Go to the market?

Pei Yuanhao took us across the river to Yangzhou for a trip, but went to the market?

This is completely inconsistent with his identity and his historical temperament. It can even be said to be an incredible thing. I even thought I had heard it wrong, but he smiled and touched Li'er's head, and then said, "They said they were there, and I heard that the morning market was still very lively."

I frowned even more.

Is he serious?

Let me tell you what happened next, he was really - to be honest. Wu Yanqiu asked several guards from Yangzhou Prefecture to lead the way in front, and of course it was not very popular, but our group still seemed to be in a vast way and went directly to an abandoned old wharf not far from the wharf.

As soon as I got here, I felt very lively, with the sound of water and the sound of people. A stone bridge that almost penetrated deep into the river turned into a lively market. The fishermen who came to fish together in the early morning and hawkers were all here. The stone bridge was very wide, about two or three meters wide, with people walking in the middle, and simple stalls were set up on both sides. The wet bamboo baskets and wooden boards were covered with various parallel goods, including small fish that were less than one finger wide, crackling and big fish that were almost half a human, and lively prawns, and a large area of ​​watery and almost transparent peach blossom fish that were spread out on the ground, reflecting the sunlight and reflecting dazzling silver light.

Most of the people here have seen such markets, and Lian Li'er has seen many in Jixiang Village. On the contrary, Pei Yuanhao, although his face was still tense, saw that he was being stumbled by Li'er to see those things, and he knew that he probably felt it was very fresh.

I just followed them lightly and looked at them from time to time.

Gu Ping followed me, and the excitement around him could not disturb the calm expression on the young man's dark face. He kept looking at the surroundings with great attention, looking alert.

Just as I was about to let him relax, I heard Li'er shouting loudly in front of me: "Mom, come quickly!"

I sighed and followed me. It was a fisherman selling a basket of green shrimps. The shrimps were very fresh and jumping around. Several of them jumped out of the bamboo basket and jumped on the ground. Li'er reached out to pick them up and threw them into the basket. She laughed so hard that she kept saying, "Mom, the fish and shrimps here are so fresh!"

"Um."

“I want to eat too.”

I looked at her with a smile: "Didn't you just say that you shouldn't beat the carp in the river in March?"

She was stunned for a moment.

At this time, the boss smiled and said, "Oh, Madam, it's already summer, so why don't you say anything about March? Besides, the water is warmed early this year and the shrimp roe have already been gone. Madam, it's a blessing to eat it. How many shrimps do we have to eat in the river? We only eat that little bit, how much can we eat?"

Pei Yuanhao stood aside and listened quietly, smiling at the corner of his mouth: "How is that?"

The boss said again: "Look at how decent the master and his wife are, and they are so delicate, how can they not eat fresh ones? Look at my shrimp, which is foggy in the early morning, and they are all jumping around."

As we spoke, as if to prove his words, a few shrimps jumped up and splashed our faces.

I listened to his words, and the water splashed on my face with a fishy smell, as if a cold water was poured down, which immediately made me frown gently, but Li'er didn't notice the strangeness in his words and my displeasure. She giggled in the water, and turned around and said to me: "Mom, can you buy some, okay?"

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But at this time, Pei Yuanhao also wiped the water stains on his face and turned to Li'er and said, "Let's eat less, we don't want to eat all the fish and shrimps in the river."

Li'er nodded immediately.

He looked at me again: "How about it? Let's buy some?"

His attitude was half unfamiliar and half close, but in the eyes of the shrimp seller, we were like a family. This kind of atmosphere that was almost kissing you, as if the family made me feel a little uncomfortable, or difficult to bear. But looking at Li'er's happy smile, I couldn't bear to refuse stubbornly, so I said reluctantly: "Just be happy."

When Li'er heard this, he immediately went to pick shrimp happily.

Pei Yuanhao glanced at me and said nothing. He turned around and accompanied Li'er to choose. The two of them chose some fresh shrimps. After that, Pei Yuanhao turned around and left. Wu Yanqiu immediately brought someone up to pay.

He glanced at me and smiled faintly.

At this time, Pei Yuanhao and Li'er were attracted by the fish on the next stall. I took two steps slowly, landed beside him, and smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, this has always been hard work."

He didn't know why I suddenly started chatting with him, but immediately said respectfully: "Madam is so serious."

"I have been busy all these days, and I haven't had time to talk to Lord Wu in detail."

"I don't know what my wife wants to talk about?"

I looked at the two figures, one big and one small in front of me. Although they seemed to be relaxed, my mood was a little heavy and I said softly: "I heard from Li'er that something seemed to have happened yesterday?"

Wu Yanqiu immediately glanced at me.

"Yes. It's because the officials are not protected. Fortunately, the emperor did not blame him." Wu Yanqiu said, and said again: "I hope I didn't scare Princess Li."

I was slightly stabbed by the name "Princess Li". Wu Yanqiu also felt my face change, but I did not get too entangled in this detail, but asked, "Have you caught it?"

Wu Yanqiu looked at me with a smile: "Madam... still care about the emperor's affairs?"

I smiled faintly: "Didn't Lord Wu see that the one who follows your emperor now is my daughter and myself."

"Sorry, the official said nothing."

Wu Yanqiu nodded to me faintly and said, "Actually, madam, don't worry too much. This time the emperor went south, and the Imperial Guards were very safe to protect. Yesterday, it was because Du Yan wanted to catch the assassin. The emperor also said that he was too aggressive and was injured."

Too aggressive...

When I heard these four words, my heart couldn't help but move.

If Du Yan, as the Imperial Guard, protected the emperor's safety and arrested assassins outside, this is definitely his duty. Why would Pei Yuanhao give him a "too aggressive" evaluation? Could it be that-

Pei Yuanhao doesn't want him to catch the assassin at all?

By the way, I have guessed before that if the origin of those assassins is excluded from Jinling and Xichuan, then the assassins are likely sent by powerful and powerful gentry who are affected by the new policy and hold a grudge against the emperor. Pei Yuanhao probably also knew that he was now against them, but at least he still maintained a superficial peace. Those people were just doing some small moves and did not make a big wave on the table.

However, if the assassin was captured alive by Du Yan, if the interrogation came out, Pei Yuanhao would not be able to suppress such a big thing. After all, he could not ignore the assassination of the emperor even for the sake of face. If he asked those people, once they rushed to resist the court, the surface calmness would not be maintained. It is very likely that wars would be set off in various places like Jinling before.

That is the biggest obstacle to the new policy.

That's why Pei Yuanhao said that Du Yan was "too aggressive".

In other words, he was almost certain that the identities of the assassins who came to assassin him were-

I couldn't help but frown.

But then he thought, if this is the case, it shouldn't be me who is worried about it, and I have other things to worry about - Du Yan is not a person at the center of the power struggle, so he doesn't understand so many secret competitions between you and me, but now Pei Yuanhao has designated him as "too aggressive" and doesn't know what he will do.
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