Seeing Baozi looking so solemn, Yi Qing thought something serious had happened, so she ordered the boat to be rowed over.
When Lu Tianxun saw the Qi family's painted boat approaching, he thought it was just Xiao Duo who wanted to see him and didn't think much of it. "Misfortune comes from careless talk. Although Young Master Ke is not an official, he should still be cautious in his words and deeds."
"Are you going to inform on me?" Ke Jianxun scoffed.
"I'll tell Uncle Emperor. Uncle Emperor should be very interested in who can decide others' official careers in the court." Standing at the bow of the boat, Baozi looked righteous.
Yi Qing was even impressed by Baozi. She really hadn't taught him this.
The people on the opposite boat all burst into laughter. Although Baozi's words were righteous, his small stature gave a kind of cute contrast.
"Who's your Uncle Emperor? Do you little brat know what we're talking about?" Ke Jianxun mocked.
"I only need to remember who you are and what you said." Baozi wasn't angry.
"Then remember it. I'd like to see what your Uncle Emperor can do to me." Ke Jianxun opened his fan with a swish, showing an overbearing air.
Lu Tianxun stepped aside. "As far as I know, General Xiao has no elder brothers. The only person who is on good terms with General Xiao, older than him, and can make General Xiao allow his son to call him uncle is only one person."
"Don't play mystery here. I..." Ke Jianxun felt the surrounding go quiet and immediately shut up.
General Xiao?
There seemed to be only one person whom General Xiao's son could call uncle, and it was Uncle Emperor.
Ke Jianxun's face gradually turned green. He thought Lu Tianxun was setting him up. "Why didn't you say he was General Xiao's son?"
"Does it matter whose son he is? We just need to know if what he said is right." Lu Tianxun turned to Baozi. "Since you're here too, come and have a look."
"Yes." Baozi saluted.
The boatman adjusted the position and was going to build a trestle between the two boats. Xiao Jinghan walked out of the painted boat, grabbed Xiao Duo and jumped directly onto the opposite boat. Everyone hurriedly saluted.
"Thank you, Headmaster, for taking care of him." Xiao Jinghan let Xiao Duo stand beside Lu Tianxun.
"He's my student. It's my duty to take care of him." Lu Tianxun bowed.
After putting down Xiao Duo, Xiao Jinghan went back. This kid had been longing to come to the poetry gathering, and he also thought this kid was in the way on the boat.
Everyone didn't dare to underestimate Xiao Duo anymore. Who would dare to provoke General Xiao's son?
"Did you just let Baozi go over like this?" Yi Qing was a bit worried.
"He wanted to go, so let him have a look." Xiao Jinghan looked at Yi Qing. "Don't worry. I sent him over. No one would dare to provoke him."
Yi Qing remembered the backs of the big and the small in Li's Village. Although they had little contact, they seemed to understand each other better. Was this the tacit understanding between men?
Xiao Jinghan continued to deal with official documents. Yi Qing and Sang Sang prepared lunch together and didn't notice that other boats had approached theirs.
Suddenly, they heard a splash. Yi Qing and Sang Sang were both startled.
"Someone has fallen into the water!" someone shouted outside.
Their boat also shook slightly. Worried about Baozi, Yi Qing rushed to the deck in a hurry. Xiao Jinghan also came to the deck.
"Who fell into the water?" Yi Qing was a bit nervous, but she had already guessed who it was.
Bai Yutang was struggling in the water. Then she saw Yuan Hecong swimming away. "Young Master Yuan, save me!"
Everyone on the boat also shouted, "Young Master Yuan, Miss Bai is about to drown. Save her quickly!"
"Shame on Young Master Yuan, who is known as a gentleman, but he actually refuses to save someone in danger!"
"Yes. Is Young Master Yuan really going to watch Miss Bai drown?"
...
"Which of you isn't just standing by and watching!" Yi Qing roared. "Miao'er!"
Xue Miao'er shrank her neck. "I can't swim."
At this moment, a wooden board fell into the water. Deng Xiao leaped down, grabbed Bai Yutang and threw her onto Lu Tianxun's boat.
Bai Yutang was soaking wet. When she was thrown among a group of men, a large space was immediately left in the middle.
"Miss Bai, are you okay?" Ke Jianxun took off his clothes and covered Bai Yutang with them.
Yuan Hecong didn't board this painted boat but was rescued by the boatman on Yi Qing's boat.
Bai Yutang gritted her teeth. She didn't expect Yuan Hecong to refuse to save her.
"That Young Master Yuan is really..." Ke Jianxun was about to complain when he saw Deng Xiao standing on the boat and immediately shut up.
Deng Xiao looked around. "It's official business. Everyone here needs to be inspected."
Lu Tianxun came out and saluted. "May I ask what the matter is, Commander Deng?"
"Confidential." Deng Xiao ignored him.
Xiao Jinghan had already grabbed Xiao Duo back and took Yi Qing into the room.
Yi Qing thought Deng Xiao was really mean. A drowning woman's reputation would be ruined after being rescued, but he still threw her among a group of men. There were really people willing to be cuckolds.
"How is Young Master Yuan?" Yi Qing asked Sang Sang beside her.
"Young Master Yuan is okay. He just needs to change his clothes." Sang Sang saluted.
There were only Xiao Jinghan's clothes on the boat. Yuan Hecong's clothes were a bit too big. He came out to salute.
"Thank you, General Xiao, for saving me." Yuan Hecong saluted.
"Was someone who pushed you into the water?" Yi Qing asked directly.
Yuan Hecong was a bit confused. "My falling into the water was indeed not an accident, but when I looked back at the moment I fell, I didn't see anyone. I just felt a force."
Yi Qing looked at Xiao Jinghan, who frowned.
"There's an internal martial art that can hurt people from a distance." Xiao Jinghan guessed.
Although this kind of martial art was too mysterious, even if it couldn't hurt people from a distance, it was possible to make someone stumble, not to mention that the boat wasn't very big.
He thought things were getting more and more troublesome. Maybe, as Yi Qing said, the other side had set up a big trap.
Just as they were discussing, someone reported outside that Deng Xiao had come.
"Let him in." Xiao Jinghan said and glanced at Yi Qing. It was really strange for Deng Xiao to appear here at this time.
"General Xiao." Deng Xiao bowed.
"Commander Deng comes at a good time." Xiao Jinghan was a bit hostile.
"I'm entrusted by someone." Seeing there were outsiders, Deng Xiao didn't say it directly.
Yuan Hecong had heard that General Xiao and Commander Deng had always been on bad terms. Why did it seem that their relationship was okay? And it was too much of a coincidence that they both showed up today.
"I'm here to find Young Master Yuan. Please come with me, Young Master Yuan." Deng Xiao was quite polite to Yuan Hecong.
Yuan Hecong stood up and saluted Xiao Jinghan. "I'll visit your mansion to thank you another day."
After Deng Xiao took Yuan Hecong away, Xiao Jinghan looked at Yi Qing.
"I'll go and see Baozi." Yi Qing tried to slip away.
Xiao Jinghan grabbed her wrist. "Did you ask Deng Xiao to investigate Bai Yutang before?"
"Sort of." Yi Qing didn't hide it.
"I see. I'll also investigate this matter." Since he knew that Duke Di had been poisoned, Xiao Jinghan had also become vigilant about this matter. It was just that Bai Yutang's identity hadn't been re - investigated yet, and he still didn't want to believe it.
Yi Qing originally thought Xiao Jinghan was going to settle the score with her. Since he was talking about this matter, she became proud. "Do you know you were wrong?"