[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

I used the contacts of Zhang's family to sort out the consumption data of the prefect's family, and I also checked out the prefect's relatives along the way.After sorting out everything myself, I only selected two-thirds of the materials and planned to give them to Kui Huangyi.After looking at it, my father took half of it.After thinking about it, I decided to remove another half, and only planned to give one-sixth of the files to Kui Huangyi.

"Master Aoi's picture is not small." After talking about the business, his father got up, picked up the scissors, and trimmed a few pots of bonsai placed by the window. If he is familiar with it and wants to investigate deeply, he naturally wants our assistance. It’s okay if we keep a few more hands first, if he wants it, he will find a way to get it.”

I helped to clean up the branches and leaves that my father had cut off, and asked casually, "How do you know that his plans are not small?"

"Why do you think a county magistrate can be so greedy for ink? Of course there are people above." Father said with a smile, "Or you think that you are as young as Kui Yushi in a remote county, how could you visit Long Qing County? Could it be that they are here to picket the officials? They just want to follow the vine and pick the big fat melon."

"He played so big," I took the branches and threw them away, "What should we do?"

Yan Tian walked over at this time, "Miss, Master Kui sent a letter saying that he will visit the residence in the afternoon."

Father said: "Ze Lan, why don't you represent the Zhang family to deal with Kui Huangyi this time? As long as you are careful not to expose your strength too much, it will be fine."

I waved for Yan Tian to respond, "Ah, it's really not difficult." No wonder it's not difficult.So far I have only seen him three times, and he forced him into the pirate ship three times, which shows that Kui Huangyi is a very troublesome person.I am most afraid of encountering this aggressive type.

"Hahahaha!" My father laughed wickedly, "You are a rising star. You don't have to be a talented person from the National Examination School. With Kui Huangyi alone, you can revitalize the Zimen Kui family." He winked at me , "Hehe, it seems that when you choose a son-in-law for your father, you need to find someone with a gentle temper~"

I smiled and said, "Is your topic jumping a bit? We're not in a hurry, don't just marry me off casually." I wiped my hand with a handkerchief, "I don't hate Aoi-sama, I just found it too nerve-wracking to deal with him."

Father suppressed his smile and put down the scissors, "There are even more difficult people in the mall. I really don't know what you will do in the future."

"Father." I walked over and patted the back of my father's hand.

My mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to me. During the 16 years I traveled here, we, father and daughter, lived together.I am an old girl, and my father is already old this year. No wonder he is always worried about how I will stand on my own after a hundred years.According to him, if he really can't find a suitable husband's family, he will simply let me take over the business and set up a female household. He is also teaching me about business.However, he felt that it was too miserable to be alone like this.

"If you are over 20 years old, it will be difficult to find a good family." The father counted his fingers, "It would be great if Zelan was a son, but now even if she marries someone, people have to be picky about not having both parents. If it is a man, the woman has to I'm glad I don't have to serve my mother-in-law. Every time the matchmaker tells you about people who are either greedy for Zhang's family wealth, or poor scholars with high-sighted eyes, they are all crooked."

"Ah, I'm really sorry that I'm not a son." I smiled and helped my father to have breakfast.

"My daughter is fine too." My father followed my long hair, "You look like your mother."

"Yes." Although I have never seen my mother after time travel, I still lowered my head and echoed softly.There is a Chinese-style portrait of my mother hanging in my father's study, but I can't turn the abstract idea into a realistic impression. I only know that my mother seems to be a very gentle and docile person.

Gentle?submissive?I?

I smiled and didn't say much, I just accompanied my father to recall the mother's topic every day.

After breakfast, it began to rain again outside.I walked across the small bridge and flowing water in the courtyard with a green oil-paper umbrella, and the little girls doing odd jobs complained that the rain had wet the place, which increased their workload.Yan Tian, ​​who was by my side, gave them a soft drink, telling them to be quiet.I smiled and patted her hand, telling her to go to rest too, and I went to the rain-listening pavilion in the lake by myself.

In this Nuoda mansion, I am the only one who can watch the rain in a leisurely mood. Even my father has to pay attention to his precious pots.

I put away the umbrella, put the umbrella on the edge of the pillar, and sat on the stone chair.

Swish!

Another summer rain.

Not long after, I saw a figure approaching faintly in the bridge.I stood up and took a few steps forward to meet him.

"Good afternoon, Aoi-sama."

Kui Huangyi put away the umbrella and nodded to me in return.

He looked at the stone chessboard in the pavilion, and I smiled and reached out to him.He thought for a second before sitting down and holding the white piece.After I sat down, I picked up the sunspot.

At the end of the game, I beat him by a small margin.

We didn't start talking until the chess pieces were put away.

"Next time, I will stick to the sunspot," he said.

I look at him.How can anyone always play white stones on purpose?Kui Huangyi had to play two rounds with me before giving up.Now let him voluntarily give up holding white pieces, is it a compliment to my chess skills?I shook my head and laughed, and started to make tea.

"My lord is different from girls in my boudoir, so I don't have so much leisure time to think about these little things."

"For me, you can put away your rhetoric." He got up a little and took the tea I handed over, but the sharpness in his mouth was completely opposite to his gentle movements, "Miss Zhang, the Zhang family is just playing things off. ?” Forced my family to contribute.

I turned and picked up the papers I had discussed with my father that morning and handed them to him.

He quickly uncovered it, "That's all?"

"That's all." I picked up the teacup and smiled.

"The things that have been taken by the Xiao family over the years in Zhangfu will be returned after the case."

I pretended to be stupid, "Isn't this originally belonged to the Zhang family?" In fact, the property has been double-handed by the government. It is very difficult for us to get back all the things. It is already a benefit, but it is not enough, not enough for the Zhang family to make great efforts to help him tear down the magistrate.

Kui Huangyi put down the things in his hands, and clicked on the document with one hand, "I want the details of the Xiao family's property in Yuanyou City." Yuanyou City is the capital of Heizhou.

I was still smiling, "Today's weather is really nice." Hey, hey, I should give a price before making any conditions.What was taken away from the Xiao family, at most, would be a little less profit from the business, and a little more money to clear the checkpoints. Why did the Zhang family get involved too deeply?

With his hand on the table, he tapped it with his fingers, "Does the Zhang family want to join the Quanshang Federation?" The Quanshang Federation is the largest merchant alliance in Caiyun Kingdom, and its power is even qualified to compete with the imperial court and the largest noble, Caiqi home business.More importantly, they pursue brilliance.

As long as you have the ability, you can climb to a high position, even if you are a woman.

Swish swish!

The rain outside was hitting the ground vigorously. In the pavilion, Kui Huangyi, who was sitting opposite me, was waiting for my answer.

I put down my teacup and laughed, "The Zhang family is already a member of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce. Should you tell me what kind of position you can find for me in the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce?"

"It's you, not your father?" His eyes were fixed on mine.

I smiled and turned my head to avoid it, looking at the rain scene outside the pavilion, "Why do you need to ask knowingly?" The Zhang family does not need the Quanshang Federation, and I am the one who needs the Quanshang Federation.Kui Huangyi would put forward this condition, targeting the Zhang family who was worried about their only daughter.It's like hitting a snake and hitting seven inches.

"The Heizhou branch of the All-China Federation of Commerce has voting rights for the secretary seat." With a bang, he knocked on the stone table again, "Of course, you have to show that you have the strength to get this position." The way to show your strength is to watch Can I find information for him that satisfies him?

I clapped my hands and asked Yan Tian to bring him another document.In addition to what I gave him before, I have already given him half of the information I can grasp so far.These materials are not of great value to the Zhang family itself, but when the information is exposed, it will also expose my family's connections and sphere of influence. It is obviously unwise to hand over all of them.

"That's all?" He flipped through the files.

"Yes." I said with a smile, not intending to give any more, "The Zhang family doesn't know much about Yuanyou City, but I can tell you who to ask for the information. The money needed for turnover, The Zhang family can come out, but whether you can find what you want from the other party depends on your own ability."

He pondered for a moment, nodded and made the deal.

While we were talking about good things, the rain hadn't stopped.

Even I was a little surprised that I would agree so quickly when Kui Huangyi offered this condition.

Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, I left him to have lunch at Zhang's house.Today, both of us had enough clothes, so we didn't hide indoors, and we ate directly in the pavilion under the rain scene.After the meal, the rain still didn't stop, so Kui Huangyi played another game with me, and still lost to me a little.

When I was clearing away the chess pieces, I watched him look at the engraved characters on the pillars of the pavilion, so I said, "That is the character my father and mother mentioned, they are both good at cursive script."

Kui Huangyi got up and approached the pillar, looked at it for a while, and then pointed to the lowest position of the pillar.

I smiled and said, "This is my handwriting. The bottom ones were written by me when I was young. You're laughing at me."

When the rain stopped, Kui Huangyi left, and I got up to see him off.

The next day I took Yan Tian and went to Wuliting, intending to watch Lin Mu and Li Wenxian play chess.As soon as I got off the sedan chair, I saw the two brothers and sisters from Zhifu Xiao's family waiting at the Wuli Pavilion.The little boy next to Li Wenxian gave me a wink, and I shook my head helplessly—they must have taken Lin Mu's lead.The longer Lin Mu's temper grows, the more childlike he is, and he likes to lose his temper indiscriminately.Li Wenxian is older, with a stable temperament, unlike Lin Mu, but he never cares about Lin Mu's temper when facing outsiders.

I nodded to the Xiao brothers and sisters, then went up the steps of the pavilion, and waited beside the two adults with my hands down.

Lin Mu touched his bald head and shouted, "It stinks, it stinks!"

Li Wenxian didn't care about him, just immersed himself in playing chess, so I had no choice but to answer, "Master Mu, what is it?"

Lin Mu yelled loudly, "There are two stinky chess baskets, how can it not stink?"

"..." I caught a glimpse of the faces of the Xiao brothers and sisters that were as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Clinging to celebrities failed, but was labeled a stinking label instead.

Lin Mu is not afraid of them, but now it is difficult for me to directly tear myself apart with the magistrate's family.I was about to say something to round things up when I caught a glimpse of Li Wenxian looking at me with a half-smile.

Okay, you go play, I don't care.

I lowered my head and stood beside the two elders to take over the work of the little boy.

After being taunted by Lin Mu a few more times, the brothers and sisters of the Xiao family couldn't hold back their faces, and they went away by themselves on the pretext of the hot weather.

"Xiao Xiaolan, what are you afraid of?" Li Wenxian put his hands in his sleeves and looked at me with a smile.

"Hmph," Lin Mu turned his nostrils to the sky, "it's a disgrace, the word "Lan" was smeared for nothing."

I laughed.Speaking of which, Lin Mu also ridiculed me.I stretched out my hand to collect the chess pieces, and said with a smile, "Be careful sailing for thousands of years. When I land on the shore one day and stop sailing, I will be bold." If I am really a troublemaker, Lin Mu will be the first to I slapped and flew, and Li Wenxian kicked me second.

"Their ship," Li Wenxian narrowed his eyes with a smile, "isn't it about to sink?"

I thought of Kui Huangyi's face as cold as ice, and I was overjoyed.The Titanic crashed into an iceberg, and the outcome was doomed.

I told them all of Kui Huangyi's recent actions. Li Wenxian, like my father, sighed that there are people in the Kui family.After I put away my things, I sat on the other side and asked about the Aoi family.As far as I know, "The Story of Caiyun Country" does not mention the Aoi family very clearly. Now that people of the older generation frequently mention the Aoi family, I asked one more question.Li Wenxian said that back then, as the retainers of the Zi family of the royal family, the Kui family was in full swing, and there were many children in the clan who bullied others, but if it was said that they committed heinous crimes, none of them committed heinous crimes.He said that it was the current king who disliked the nobles and set up a situation where the nobles bit their bones and killed each other.The Kui family was framed by other nobles during this struggle, and in the end all the families were executed, leaving only the young Kui Huangyi to extend the blood of the Kui family.

Li Wenxian talked about this past incident lightly, but my palms felt cold when I heard it.I opened my mouth, but still didn't ask, whether Li Wenxian and Lin Mu, who knew that Kui's family was framed, went to protect them.

I guessed the answer, so I dare not ask.

Lin Mu and I played a few games against each other, and we left after watching the sky turn dark.

On the way back, I was thinking, is this what my father said to see the general situation clearly?If Li Wenxian and Lin Mu went to Baokui's house and got in the way of the king, there would be no day for them to retire now.It sounds cowardly to protect one's life wisely, but I think it takes more courage for the two old men to choose to protect one's life wisely than to remonstrate with death.

That is the courage to protect the safety of the family behind you even if you have no conscience.

I began to understand why Kui Huangyi's attitude towards Lin Mu was not good, but Lin Mu tolerated him in every way, even his usual petty temper would not be used against him.

Just as she was thinking about something, she was called out by Yan Tian behind her.I looked up and saw that the magistrate's son Xiao Jin was leading his troops to block my way.

"Miss Zhang," Xiao Jin waved the folding fan in one hand, "the scenery by the river is very beautiful, is Miss Unknown free, let's go enjoy it together?"

I said no time will you go?I avoided his outstretched hand, and smiled angrily, "Master Xiao, what are you?" I gave Yan Tian a wink by the way, asking her to find a chance to sneak out and call for rescuers.

Heizhou was originally a martial artist, but I was kind enough to learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that are useless.

I took a step back, and Xiao Jin laughed even more happily.

"Miss Zhang, I won't force you either. You just need to give me a seal, and I'll go to your house to propose a marriage right away. Then, hee hee, we'll have a good relationship. Don't worry, I know your family status is not good. Okay, but with your wealth and talent, I can definitely convince my father to at least let you be my concubine."

Should I immediately thank you for your kindness?

"Miss Zhang should be satisfied too?" Xiao Jin took another step towards me.

I sighed, pulled out the hairpin in the usual way, and pointed it at my throat, "Xiao Jin, if I die here, what do you think my father will think?" Will he still give you my family's money?After all, he is still greedy for my family's property.

Xiao Jin froze for a moment, forced a smile and said, "My dear Zelan, you dare not."

Who the fuck is your good Zeelan?

I scraped the hairpin down my throat lightly, and blood dripped out.We confronted each other for a while, Xiao Jin was still defeated and left, not daring to force me to death.Surprisingly, when Xiao Jin forced me, his younger sister Xiao Gui was also there.Although her usual style doesn't suit me, I haven't heard of her character being problematic. I really didn't expect her to look at her brother with a cold face and "rob the civilian girl".

What she said before she left made me wake up.

She said softly, "I don't know good from bad."

I froze in place for a while.

Dare to love Xiao Gui also thinks it is a kind of gift to let me be her brother's concubine.

When Yan Tian helped me go back, I sighed to her: "People's hearts are not old."

Yan Tian turned out a pair of dead fish eyes, "You can just say it if you want to scold your mother, and I will go out and talk about it? Don't bother those ancient people who don't do anything, they are too innocent."

I glared at her, then burst out laughing.This girl!

When I got back to the mansion, I omitted this section and only recruited the steward of the mansion, asking him to arrange two strong servants to accompany me.The steward answered everything one by one, and finally mentioned another matter.

"You said the governor of the state has come to Longqing County?" I frowned, "What is Mr. Kui doing?"

"Lord Kui is also paying attention to what's going on there," the steward pointed to the direction of the county government, "There seems to be a lot of communication with the governor of the state over there."

This is the big fish Kui Huangyi wants to catch.

I remembered that the Xiao brothers and sisters dared to rob me just now, so I asked again: "Is there any abnormality in the recent financial situation of the prefect Xiao?"

"No. The biggest move is to send a heavy gift to Zhou Mu. I heard that this gift is so heavy that even the daily expenses of Zhifu Xiao's family will be reduced."

I sent the steward away and sat down in the study alone.

The Xiao family robbed people, the state capital came, Kui Huangyi...

Which song is this singing?

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