From the beginning to the end, Ban Xiyu had a polite smile on his face.When she heard Qi Lian's words, she just smiled, and continued: "Meeting is fate, meeting you all by chance today, isn't it fate in the dark?"

After finishing speaking, Ban Xiyu skipped the topic, and immediately asked: "Speaking of which, recently, Xunjiang Town seems to be a bit uneasy. There are many bandits inside and outside the city?"

Hearing this, Qi Lian said in surprise: "Why does the princess know about this?"

"Oh?" Ban Xiyu: "I also met by chance. To tell you the truth, this time when we were on our way to Xunjiang Town, we met bandits, so we had to abandon the official road and take a rough road instead. the way."

She said: "It's just that we are new here, so we don't know the real situation. Mr. Qi has traveled all over the world and has rich experience, so he must be more informed. I wonder how much you know about the bandits around Xunjiang Town?"

"So that's how it is!" Qi Lian suddenly realized: "I said, how did I meet you on that remote road? It turns out that the root cause is—"

After speaking, Qi Lian sighed, and said, "When it comes to those mountain bandits, I have to mention the flood in Nanhuai Mansion a while ago."

"The origin of bandits is also related to the flood?" Ban Xiyu frowned slightly.She lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Could it be that those bandits are actually the people of Nanhuai Mansion who were displaced by the flood?"

Qi Lian: "My concubine's guess is right, it's true - since the flood, a steady stream of refugees have poured into Xunjiang Town. But Xunjiang Town is only so big, it really can't accommodate so many refugees. "

Hearing these words, Ban Xiyu's expression gradually became serious.

She could probably guess what was going on.

The number of refugees that Xunjiang Town can absorb is limited. In order to deal with the excess refugees, the government of Xunjiang Town must drive some people out of Xunjiang Town.

And refugees who have no shelter and no guarantee of food and clothing, if they want to survive, they must take the other extreme path-to become bandits and make a living by robbery.

Qi Lian said: "I think, my lord, the bandits you met on the way should be refugees from Xunjiang Town." He sighed:

"I think they are all poor people, but they are forced to do nothing after all. Since the empress knows about this, I hope you will mention it to the prince, so that the people are not disappointed with the Daxuan court."

Ban Xiyu said: "This is natural. I will order someone to inform the prince to deal with the matter of refugees. Thank you for today's matter."

"Your Majesty, you don't need to say thank you."

After the two politely said these two sentences, there, hearing the sound of silence, they walked over quickly.

Wen Jisheng maintained a courteous attitude on the surface, but subconsciously glanced at Qi Lian with hidden sharpness in his eyes.But he just glanced at it hastily, then looked at Ban Xiyu and said:

"It's getting late, and my mother must be tired from the long journey. Why don't you go back and rest for a while, and let's talk about other things tomorrow?"

Ban Xiyu raised his eyes slightly, just in time to meet Shang Wenji's gaze, so he said: "It's getting late, then we won't bother Mr. Qi, let's leave."

As she spoke, she stood up and ordered: "The accompanying guards have worked hard, Qingshuang, please arrange it, let everyone settle down earlier, just leave a few people on duty tonight."

She paused, glanced lightly over Wen Jisheng, and immediately said: "I still have a few words to explain about the refugees, Wen Huwei, you come with me."

This meant to talk alone, Wen Jisheng agreed, and immediately fell behind to follow Ban Xiyu's pace.

They left the post hall in tandem.At the same time, Qi Lian in the back shook his folding fan and looked at the direction they were going away, and couldn't help smiling meaningfully.

After a while, the waiter who delivered the food at the post station brought the food: "Master, here are the side dishes and wine you asked for, and I put them here for you?"

Qi Lian put the fan in his palm and said: "Please send the food to my room, and what's more, bring the wine after chilling—Xiaoyi, let's go, let's go back too."

"Yes. Master, be careful where you step, and the villain will support you."

*
There are no other people around, and there is no scruple to speak when hearing the silence.He first looked outside the courtyard and saw that there was no one around, so he closed the door with confidence.

He turned around, looked at Ban Xiyu and asked puzzledly: "That pharmacist looks weird, why did you really agree to go with him and talk to him so much, in case he has other plans?" What should I do? You are too defenseless."

Wen Jisheng recalled Qi Lian's face that was as beautiful as an evildoer, and felt unhappy in his heart.

Qi Lian's eyes were too shrewd, as if he was calculating something all the time, he was very uncomfortable seeing him.

Ban Xiyu poured him a cup of herbal tea: "You don't have to be impatient, just sit down for a while—how can I not know your concerns? That's why I deliberately got close to him."

Wen Jisheng wondered: "This is strange. Since you are suspicious, why don't you avoid him, but go up to him instead?" He didn't understand the reason, and his tone of voice was a bit sad:
"I said that you are too calm and calm. I seem to be in a hurry behind me alone. You get along with him naturally..." It seemed that he was redundant...

Wen Jisheng said the last sentence quietly in his heart, with the same careless expression on his face, but his eyes were secretly watching Ban Xiyu's reaction.

Hearing his words, Ban Xiyu laughed.

She only thought that Wen Jisheng was a little unbalanced because of being left out, as if she was joking, so she followed the other party's words to comfort her:
"I'm sorry, sorry, I really wronged you along the way. It's just that I have other considerations for doing this. If you think about it, we ran into refugees on the way, and then there was the long snake rushing towards the carriage.

"The horse was frightened, and Qi Lian appeared immediately. It all seemed too coincidental."

Ban Xiyu analyzed: "Although I don't know much about birds and beasts, I also know that cold-blooded animals like snakes will not take the initiative to attack people unless we violate its territory."

Wen Jisheng followed her train of thought and speculated: "But we are walking on the road well, there is absolutely no possibility of offending the 'snake', but it is a bit strange that the snake is attacking our horse.

"Do you suspect that the snake was not an accident, but someone did it on purpose?"

Who is the person who deliberately caused trouble, this point does not need to be further scrutinized.

"But he is a drug dealer, why would he do this? What good does it do him?" Wen Jisheng thought for a while, and then said: "Hmph, I don't think it's wrong, it's probably aimed at you !"

Wen Jisheng speculated that Qi Lian wanted to get in touch with Ban Xiyu through this crooked way.Ban Xiyu is Princess Xuanping, and if she has a relationship with her, he will naturally be able to get on line with Fu Guan.

He thought about it further, businessmen are all profit-seeking, and they will never do things that are not beneficial.

Qi Lian has already sacrificed a lot for the epidemic, and there are not many medicinal materials left, so he probably paid a lot of money for it.No matter how high-sounding his words are, he is a businessman after all.

At this point, he must fill the hole in other places - such as borrowing Fu Guan's power to open the door to the capital for him, so that the Qi family's shop can gain a firm foothold in the capital.

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