[ABO] The Sparrow in the Threshold

Qianqiu still failed to regain freedom, but the long winter has passed.

It's not that he can only stay in the west courtyard of the Yin family, but no matter where he goes, he will always be accompanied by the two servants arranged by Yin Qiansui, to protect him in name, but in reality to monitor him without any cover.As Yin Qiansui himself said, he will never be given another chance.All the businesses under him were under the name of Yin Qiansui, and Tianye was the only one around who could be sent by him.

He would go out occasionally to see the mansion where Silver Sparrow once lived, or to enjoy the west coast.

It was as if Silver Sparrow had taken his life away, and he had nothing to do.

Only Danlong would come to him from time to time, and the two of them would either go to sit on the gaming tables in the Red Leaf Hall for a while, or walk aimlessly on the streets of Wangdu.For someone who is used to running around, this is also like torture; he began to understand how Yinque was feeling at that time.

"The news of this month has also been sent. It is true that no one has seen Cheng Yinque. I am sure that he is not in the Southwest Islands at all..."

The warm sunlight fell through the gaps between the branches, reflecting spots of light on the ground.He and Danlong walked aimlessly along the shade of the tree. Danlong took out a brown paper bag and handed it to him while talking: "I hired six people and searched for two months in the southwestern islands. These are The report they sent back."

The man didn't answer: "Don't watch it."

"He's really not there," Danlong said, "Even if you knew where he was, he wouldn't be found so easily by us...With his intelligence, if he tries to hide, he won't show any signs."

They were in the courtyard of the Yin family, even so Yin Qiansui still followed them five or six meters away, for fear that the man would disappear in an instant.

"...Maybe he went to the east, Yin Ke was born in the east..."

"It's impossible for him to be in the east. The second prince's people have already gone to the east to look for it." Danlong said, looking back calmly, and lowered his voice, "I think you should consider the two What happened in the next year...it's less than two years now."

"Yin Qiansui won't let me go, he's afraid of me." The man lifted his chin slightly, and looked indifferently at the building in the west courtyard not far away, "Send someone to the west and north to look for...or you want There is a way to help me, let me go out..."

The words at the end of the sentence Qianqiu spoke vaguely, before Danlong could answer, he quickened his pace, striding towards his residence as if something important had happened.Danlong frowned inexplicably, and hurriedly followed: "What's wrong?..."

Danlong's movements were a little slower, before he could catch up, he saw the man stop in front of the flowerbed.

He looked suspiciously at the man's gaze - in the courtyard of the Yin family, which used to be only grass and trees, there were more red and white camellias that were not yet in bloom.Just as a gust of warm spring breeze blew by, the camellia that was about to bloom swayed gently in the wind, reflecting the sunshine in spring.

The man stood there, looking down at the flowers.

He has been with Qianqiu since he was a teenager, and he is familiar with Qianqiu's character.Qianqiu is different from the old man and Yin Qiansui. Although they are also members of the Yin family who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, Qianqiu never bothers to hide his ambitions. Even when he laughs, he always laughs unruly.But at this moment, there is indeed something different about him.

Unknowingly, the wild nature was worn down by something, and he looked down at the flowers, looking lost and helpless.

Danlong's footsteps slowed down a bit, and when he came to the man's side, he heard him ask deeply: "...I really want to see him."

"..." Danlong didn't know what to answer.

But the man doesn't need him to answer, maybe he is just forced by the heavy sense of loss at the moment, and if he doesn't ask anyone for help, he will die.Without raising her head, Qian Qiu continued, "I only know now that you are right."

"……what?"

"The follower who followed him in Chengjia was also me," Qianqiu said, "I fell in love with him early on."

"What you said..." Danlong smiled wryly, "It makes me feel like you are not like Yin Qianqiu."

"Hmm." The man responded inexplicably.

"...If, if he really never shows up again, are you going to be so passive that Yin Qiansui will attack you."

"I don't know," Qianqiu raised his hand, combing his hair back with his fingers anxiously, revealing his long and narrow eyes, "I don't want to use my brain."

"You have to think about it."

"Well, but I don't want to think about it."

The camellia tea finally bloomed, just like Yinque said, it finally bloomed in spring after surviving the winter in the capital and a few snowfalls.It's just that no one will cut it out, put it in a beautiful, translucent vase, and put it in the bedroom for a man.

And just like Danlong's words come true, no matter how many people are sent to look for it, there is no news of becoming a silver bird.

There are constantly new businessmen rushing to settle in Wangdu and connect with the Yin family, and the glorious married family in the past gradually fades in people's memory.

Spring goes and autumn comes, and winter comes again.

Men often dream of Silver Sparrow, most of the time they dream of him being superior, and very rarely they can dream of what happened to them in the north.What he dreamed was not of them dying in the mines, but of them eating in some unassuming little shop when they first arrived in the north.

To be more specific, before eating, Silver Sparrow snuggled up to his shoulder, listening to the soft sound of dry wood burning in the fireplace together.

He didn't lose to Yin Qiansui, but he did lose.

In the game with Yinque, he suffered a crushing defeat.

-

"The Cheng family is the richest man in the west."

"...Didn't the family die three years ago?"

"It's not the married family from the previous royal capital, it's another one!"

"Oh, what happened to the Cheng family?"

"We are recruiting people now. You don't need to go to the west, you just recruit people in the capital... It seems that you have opened a factory in a neighboring city, and you need manpower. The treatment is exaggerated!"

This kind of discussion has been heard everywhere recently, and every time there is a new topic.The second prince was sitting on the second floor of a certain teahouse waiting for someone, and the words of the common people downstairs just floated into his ears. He wanted to continue listening with great interest, but unfortunately, the person he had invited had already arrived.

"I've been waiting for a long time. Something on the road has delayed me for a while." Yin Qiansui opened the door curtain and walked in, sat down opposite him, "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"

The second prince turned his head and glanced at the aluminum box beside his legs, which contained the profits that the mine would distribute to the third child this season.He really suspected that Cheng Yinque was ordered by the third child, but no matter how hard he checked, there was almost a sliver of evidence, and the third brother's words were watertight—"It was my fault. I didn't think that Cheng Yinque was so powerful. I should have given it to you earlier." He took a relaxant."

The second prince could only give up.

He said casually, "Have you heard of that... the Cheng family in the west?"

"heard."

"Could it be Cheng Yinque?"

"I thought so too at first, so I asked someone to find out." Yin Qiansui said, "It doesn't seem to be Cheng Yinque. My people found a name and went to see the head of the process family, saying that he was disabled. "

"Disability?"

"Well, I'm blind in one eye, and I usually wear a hat and an eye patch, and act very low-key."

The second prince picked up the teacup thoughtfully: "...is the richest man in the west? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"He seems to have started as a wine seller. He has four wineries in the west, and the procedures are complete. He has obtained the qualification for public brewing and ceded [-]% of the profits to the government; the flu at the end of spring, the second prince do you remember?"

"Ah."

"The Cheng family ordered all the herbal medicines in the Southwest Islands a year ago, as if they knew there would be a flu." Yin Qiansui smiled, his eyes were a little deep, "This person is very powerful and courageous. Don’t dare to gamble like that.”

"I know it's not uncommon to have the flu. The empire always comes once every spring." The second prince said, "Have you ordered it? All the herbs in the southwestern islands? Even your Yin family doesn't have enough liquidity."

"Indeed, but he doesn't need to pay such a large amount of cash at all." Yin Qianqiu continued, "I only found out about it. It is said that he personally went to the farmers who planted herbs, and monopolized all the herbs at a price [-]% higher than the market price. Yao Nong; but what he wants is not a spot product, but a [-]% deposit, the second year's harvest, and a special contract."

"It can still be like this..."

"As long as the price is right, you can do whatever you want. If the price is [-]% higher, I will agree to it. As you can imagine, the supply of the medicine is in short supply during the flu season, and the Cheng family sold all of them with a [-]% price increase... just this." As soon as he went, he earned a winery and came back."

"You seem to admire him."

Yin Qiansui smiled even wider: "A person who knows how to do business should be under my Yin family's flag."

The second prince sighed slightly: "I don't care about business matters, as long as it doesn't become a silver bird.... You should also be careful, don't forget, I am not going to have a good time, and neither will the Yin family."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I only want to catch Cheng Yinque more than Your Highness."

-

In the bedroom of the third prince, Danlong was lying on the bed, smoking lazily, flipping through the newly acquired book.His upper body was bare, his shoulder blades protruded due to his posture, and there was still some fine sweat sticking to his skin.The man was lying next to him, stroking his waist casually with his hands, as if he still wanted more.

The man suddenly said, "Stay with me tonight?"

"Not tonight, I want to have breakfast with the old man tomorrow morning." Dan Long said, "What's the matter, are you acting like a baby?"

"Nonsense." There was no sense of reproach in these words, the man hooked his mouth, and pinched the soft flesh of his waist, "Then go back early, it's not convenient for me to send someone to see you off, Don't go back too late."

"So I wanted to chase someone away," Dan Long quickly closed the book, "Then I'll take a shower."

"Well, let's go."

The man's gaze fell on him all the time, watching him get out of bed and put on his pajamas casually, with soft hair hanging on his shoulders, and walk towards the bedroom door with bare feet.At this time, the maid came in, holding a kraft paper bag in her hand.

Danlong only thought that he had something to do, so he went to the bathroom without saying anything.

The maid hurried in, bowed by the window and saluted, "Your Highness, someone sent this here."

"Who?" The third prince took the paper bag, pinched the cotton rope and quickly bypassed the buckle, "Did it come directly to you?"

"I don't know who it is, but it was directly stuffed into the hand of the maidservant when she went out to buy something from the palace." The maidservant said, "There is also a note that says it is a gift for you, I hope you will open it yourself."

During the speech, the man has already pulled out the contents.

There were only a few thin pages of paper inside, and he took out one of them, and his expression became serious after reading the first line.To him, the content on the paper is [-]% good, but it is a pity that it is all printed with ink, it will be better if it is handwritten.However, the content of the last one is slightly different, it is what the sender wrote to him——

"Your Highness, long time no see. Do you still like this gift? How profitable is the gold mine in the north this year? I have even bigger surprises waiting for Your Highness to see, but please keep it a secret from Danlong. I will wait for you at Hongye Pavilion."

The third prince's face suddenly became ugly.

"...You are so courageous, you dare to come back...Cheng Yinque."

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