It's better to marry a devil

At night, Liao Qiyun lit a fire next to the carriage. The carriage was not spacious, and Ye Guqing still had injuries on his legs. Liao Qiyun let Ye Guqing sleep in the carriage, and he laid a blanket on the spot and fell asleep.

Liao Qiyun, who was idle and bored along the way, told Ye Guqing about his past.Originally, Liao Qiyun was a boatman, but because he couldn't stand the captain's arrogance, he got off the boat in a fit of anger and started to run with the caravan.It's a pity that the leading captain encountered some troubles later, and the caravan had to be disbanded.Liao Qiyun wanted to go home, but he happened to meet Ye Guqing and Hong Xiyue halfway there.

Ye Guqing asked about Liao Qiyun's good martial arts, the other party scratched his head and told him that his old neighbor next door taught him since childhood.Suddenly, Ye Guqing became interested in this peerless master hidden in the countryside,

Lying in the carriage with his clothes on, Ye Guqing didn't feel sleepy at all listening to the howling of wolves and tigers from time to time in the woods.Thinking of Hong Xiyue who was probably following them, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Because Hong Xiyue still had injuries on his body, although he had recovered well in the past few days, the bumpy road was always unfavorable to the wound.The medical conditions here are so poor, if one gets infected, even with a close friend like Chang Yangzi, it might be fatal.

Ye Guqing tossed and turned on the carriage and didn't fall asleep, but turned out to urinate instead.Getting up and getting out of the car, Ye Guqing helped Liao Qiyun pull the blanket on his body, then stood behind a clump of lush grass and untied the belt of his obscene pants.Just waiting for Ye Guqing to finish and prepare to go back, she felt that there seemed to be something under her feet.Ye Guqing looked at it by the moonlight, and was immediately covered in white sweat.

On the ground, a snake as thick as a child's thigh was spitting out its core at Ye Guqing.Ye Guqing knew that the snake's eyesight was extremely poor, and it could sense the outside world only through the bright red core and the scales on its body.With such a big snake, Ye Guqing was not sure that he could handle it.So I had to hold my breath and try not to move to let the snake go away from me.

It's just that Ye Guqing forgot that he put water in the grass just now, when the snake kept sliding around, Ye Guqing suddenly understood in his heart.Secretly said: "Heaven's evil is still forgiven, but self-inflicted evil cannot live...

Just when Ye Guqing was hesitating whether to wake up Liao Qiyun, the snake suddenly turned around and crawled towards Ye Guqing.Seeing the big snake gradually approaching, Ye Guqing felt the hairs all over his body stand on end.Just as he was about to open his mouth to shout, he felt his waist tighten and he flew into the air.Before Ye Guqing figured out what was going on, he heard the person holding him behind his ear say, "Don't move."

Ye Guqing naturally recognized Hong Xiyue's voice, and looked back at Hong Xiyue who had a tense expression, but he gave him an annoyed look, and then stretched out his hand to turn his face away.Hong Xiyue returned to the place where Ye Guqing and Liao Qiyun were sleeping just now with some help from those bushes.Hong Xiyue put the man on the ground, strode over, and kicked Liao Qiyun who was sleeping soundly.

Liao Qiyun sat up and rubbed his eyes. Seeing Hong Xiyue with an angry face in front of him, he thought he was dazzled.

"Brother Hong, why are you here?" Liao Qiyun stood up holding the blanket.

"I'm lucky that I'm here, otherwise you wouldn't even know Zijin was dead!"

It wasn't Liao Qiyun's business that he encountered a snake when he went to the bathroom. Seeing Hong Xiyue like this, Ye Guqing hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing.

"What's going on?" Liao Qiyun asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's nothing, but just now I accidentally encountered a snake when I got up at night. Hong Xiyue has a quick temper, brother Liao, don't worry about it."

"Shut up!" Hong Xiyue looked at Ye Guqing with a gloomy face and said, "Don't forget that what you are wearing is Ah Li's body, if you don't cherish it, I have to protect it."

Ye Guqing is not a good-tempered person either, when he heard Hong Xiyue's words, his heart suddenly became angry.He let go of Hong Xiyue's arm, moved two steps to the side and said, "So, you followed us because of this skin? That's really troublesome Mr. Hong. Don't worry, in my life Before I get tired of living, I will protect this skin better than you."

Seeing that Hong Xiyue's expression changed successfully, Ye Guqing turned around with a smile and said to Liao Qiyun: "It's getting late, we have to hurry tomorrow morning, brother Liao, hurry up and rest."

The conversation between the two made Liao Qiyun confused. Hearing what Ye Guqing said, he nodded his head in response, looked around with the blanket, and found the place just now to lie down.

The three of them dispersed, leaving only Hong Xiyue standing there quietly watching Ye Guqing climbing into the carriage, secretly regretting.

In fact, Hong Xiyue's original intention was not like this, he just wanted to blame Ye Guqing for not being so careless outside.But what he said with anger in his heart was completely opposite to what he wanted to express.The moment he said it, Hong Xiyue regretted it, but after seeing the other party's eyes slowly turning cold, Hong Xiyue slowly swallowed back the explanation that had come to his lips.

Standing quietly beside the carriage, with the curtains drawn down, Hong Xi Yue moved her legs and finally walked over.

Since you misunderstood, let's misunderstand, and he originally had such a meaning. Although Ye Guqing's understanding was not completely correct, it was not bad.Since he came to protect Ah Li's body, he had the right to protect him nearby.

Ye Guqing, who had closed his eyes, opened his eyes in surprise when he felt the carriage shaking. After seeing clearly that the person who came was Hong Xiyue, he sat up with his hands on the carriage wall.And Hong Xiyue didn't seem to see the other party, walked to Ye Guqing's side, took off his shoes and lay down.

"What are you doing here?" Ye Guqing asked.

Hong Xiyue closed her eyes and replied unconsciously: "It's nothing, just protect it nearby."

Ye Guqing couldn't help being annoyed when he heard Hong Xiyue's almost rogue answer, and stared at Hong Xiyue for a while in the dark carriage, Ye Guqing felt that his behavior was really stupid enough, so he also turned his back on Hong Xiyue lay down.

The three of them slept until dawn, and when Ye Guqing climbed out of the carriage, Liao Qiyun, who had dark circles around his eyes, looked at him blankly, then lowered his head and continued to boil his hot water.

Ye Guqing glanced at him suspiciously, found out the clear water installed in the back of the carriage, washed briefly, walked to Liao Qiyun and sat down.

"I'm sorry last night. I didn't expect him to blame you."

Hearing Ye Guqing's apology, Liao Qiyun waved his hands at him with a tired face: "It's nothing. But, Brother Ye, what did you mean by what you said yesterday? The more you think about it, the more it feels wrong. It's like you resurrected from a dead body?"

Hearing this, Ye Guqing smiled: "Then do you think I look like me?" As he spoke, Ye Guqing reached out and grabbed Liao Qiyun's wrist, "Look, my hands are warm, maybe I'm still cultivating What about taller ghosts?"

When Ye Guqing's voice fell, Liao Qiyun burst out laughing.Just when the two were chatting happily, I saw Hong Xiyue walking out from the bushes. Seeing that the two were very close, he immediately walked in front of them with a dark face, standing between Ye Guqing and Ye Guqing. sat down.

Ye Guqing, who was squeezed, frowned and didn't say anything, just sat aside.Stretching out his hand, he felt that the bread pierced on the branch was already hot, so he took it off and handed it to Hong Xiyue subconsciously.The other party stared at the bread in front of him for a moment, then took it with both hands, and ate it like a groundhog.

Seeing the other party's happy face, Ye Guqing was a little puzzled for a while, but later remembered that the two were still in the 'cold war period', so he acted as if he had bowed his head and admitted his mistake first.But seeing the smiling face of the other party, Ye Guqing didn't want to say anything, so he just let him think.

Because Liao Qiyun didn't have a good rest at night, Hong Xiyue drove the car when he was on the road.Fortunately, the road ahead was not as difficult as before, and there was no fork in the road. The three of them walked for a long time in a carriage and finally found a village when it was getting dark.

Staying overnight in the village, after replenishing the water and food needed on the road, the three of them hurried on their way.On the way, Liao Qiyun habitually talked to him, and Hong Xiyue had a grudge against him from the very beginning and didn't pay much attention to him. In order not to embarrass Liao Qiyun too much, Ye Guqing and Liao Qiyun were the only ones talking along the way.Hong Xiyue, who didn't like to see Liao Qiyun, was even more dissatisfied with Liao Qiyun. Liao Qiyun, who understood the reason, was very helpless.

Five days later, the three of them took a shortcut and finally came to Suijiang City.Ye Guqing found his temporary residence according to the address on the steward's letter.

Butler Hong Xiyue recognized him, so Ye Guqing just introduced Liao Qiyun to the butler, and also told a few people about his plan.When the housekeeper heard that he was more respectful to Liao Qiyun, he seemed to have left Hong Xiyue in the cold.

They have been on the road non-stop for the past few days, even Hong Xiyue and Liao Qiyun, who are proficient in martial arts, can't bear it, let alone Ye Guqing.After the housekeeper arranged the place, Ye Guqing dragged his tired body into the room and fell asleep on the bed.

The three of them slept in the room until the lights came on and woke up one after another. Ye Guqing had been on the road for the past few days and didn't even bother to take a good bath.Now that he has the conditions, he will naturally wash himself well.Just as Ye Guqing came out of the bathtub after washing, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Ye Guqing hurriedly pulled off the inner coat she put on it from the screen next to her and put it on, before he could fasten the belt, she saw Hong Xiyue walking over.

Hong Xiyue originally thought that Ye Guqing hadn't woken up yet, so he wanted to take the opportunity to see if his leg injury was healed.He didn't expect to see Ye Guqing half undressed as soon as he entered the door.

Leaning against the bed with his arms crossed, Hong Xi Yue raised his eyebrows at him and said, "Oh, what a picture of a handsome man coming out of the bath."

Hearing Hong Xiyue's ridicule, Ye Guqing couldn't help but twitch.He put on his clothes expressionlessly under Hong Xiyue's scrutinizing eyes, and took a dry cloth towel to wipe his hair until it was half dry before turning his gaze to Hong Xiyue.

"Are you here for something?"

"There was something just now, but now it's gone." Hong Xiyue said, walked to the table and sat down, poured a cup of tea and drank it.

Ye Guqing knew he was joking, so she didn't want to talk to him.He wiped his hair on his own, put on his coat and walked out of the room.Seeing this, Hong Xiyue hurriedly followed out.

At this time, Liao Qiyun had just come out of the room, seeing Ye Guqing and Hong Xiyue coming out of Ye Guqing's room one after the other, thinking that they were reconciled, and just about to laugh and joke, Hong Xiyue beat him severely Gouged out a look.

Liao Qiyun, who was stared at, was a little puzzled, turned to look at Ye Guqing, but the other party walked past him expressionlessly.

At this time, the butler had already prepared the meals downstairs, and when he saw a few people coming down, he quickly opened the chairs for them to sit down.The old butler was not considered an outsider, Ye Guqing let him sit at the table and after the four of them finished eating, they started talking about buying a ship.

According to the old steward, the family that sold the boat was one of the few Zhao families in Suijiang City.Because I have switched to other businesses in the past few years, I don't want to do this boat running business anymore.Ye Guqing wanted to buy their two boats, and the Zhao family offered three hundred thousand taels of silver.The old steward asked an experienced boatman to have a look. The age of the two ships should be about three years, and they should still be usable for ten years. It won't be a loss either.

What the old housekeeper said was good, but if you want to be sure, you have to wait for Ye Guqing to see it for yourself.Ye Guqing took a sip of tea, thought for a while and said: "Butler Liu, you and I will go to Zhao's house again tomorrow, and the boat issue must be resolved as soon as possible."

"Hey, good. Young master, the journey is okay. I heard people say that there was a flash flood near Qiyang. You didn't catch up, did you? I was scared to death in those few days.",

"The good luck ran out. We happened to catch up with the mountain flood. Fortunately, Mr. Hong came to rescue me, so I escaped unharmed."

Hearing what Ye Guqing said, Steward Liu hurriedly got up and bowed to Hong Xiyue who was sitting casually on the chair next to him.

Unexpectedly, Steward Liu would be like this, Hong Xiyue was a little at a loss for a moment, turned to see Ye Guqing looking at him, turned his head and smiled at Steward Liu: "Saving him is just a matter of convenience, why apologize, and even if you have to It’s not your turn to thank you, is it?”

Hearing this, Ye Guqing lowered his head and smiled, stretched out his hand to pour a glass of water, got up and held it in front of Hong Xiyue with both hands: "Master Hong, this glass is my respect to you, thank you for saving your life."

Hong Xiyue didn't expect Ye Guqing to really thank him, and looked at him for a while, feeling a little overwhelmed.Seeing this, Ye Guqing picked up the tea cup and raised her head to drink the water in the cup in one gulp.

"It's getting late, let's all go back and rest. Steward Liu, remember to wake me up early tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Ye Guqing got up and left the lobby to go upstairs.

Butler Liu felt that there seemed to be something strange between his young master and Hong Xiyue when they first arrived.The few words Hong Xiyue just said made Butler Liu feel even stronger, but before he could figure out what was wrong, he saw his young master give orders and get up and go upstairs.

After Ye Guqing left, Liao Qiyun and Liu Butler also left looking for reasons.Hong Xiyue was left alone sitting on a chair with a stiff smile on his face, looking at the direction Ye Guqing left.

Suddenly, Hong Xiyue suddenly walked over, Hong Xiyue put away his smile and turned his head, only to see a man in his thirties standing in front of him with a squinting expression.

"What's the matter?" Hong Xiyue rolled his eyes, and stretched out his hand to straighten the hair scattered on his chest.

"It's nothing, I just want to invite you to have a glass of water and wine."

Hearing this, Hong Xiyue stood up slowly, approached the man with a smile on his face, picked up the half jug of wine that was just left on the table and handed it to the man's mouth: "Why don't I invite you? "Speaking, Hong Xiyue squeezed his chin and poured it down.

Seeing the man's face flushed from choking, a cold light flashed in Hong Xiyue's eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew wider.When half of the jug of wine was finished, Hong Xiyue threw away the jug in his hand, looked at the man coughing while clutching his chest, clapped his hands as if something unclean had been stained, turned and left.

Not long after Ye Guqing returned to his room, Housekeeper Liu knocked on his door with a letter.Opening the door to let Butler Liu in, Hong Xiyue unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

The letter was sent from Xuancheng, and the steward said that one-third of the wooden boxes Ye Guqing ordered had been made, and each box was numbered according to his arrangement.Fang Guanshi was afraid that the paint would fade after a long time.Just let the master craftsman engrave the number on it on his own initiative.After explaining some trivial matters, Ye Guqing gave the letter to Steward Liu after a cursory glance.

Because he had slept all afternoon, Ye Guqing didn't feel much sleepy at this time.I took a pen and paper from Steward Liu, thought for a while, and wrote out the future development plan in my mind.

Ye Guqing's plan is basically to copy the process of modern shipping, but because it is not as advanced as modern technology, some places can only be simplified.

After working hard all night, Ye Guqing finally wrote out the plan.Later, a form similar to the packing list was created, but it was much simpler than what had to be filled out before.

When the sky was getting dark, Ye Guqing organized the papers on the table and put them in a small box.Knowing that Steward Liu would not call her so early, Ye Guqing stretched and went to bed for a while.When the housekeeper came to call, Ye Guqing washed up, changed his clothes, and followed him out.

The Zhao Mansion is easy to find in Suijiang City, the largest gatehouse in the east of the city is there.Butler Liu and Ye Guqing came to the door of the Zhao Mansion by car and handed over invitations. After a while, the butler of the Zhao Mansion arrived late.

"Mr. Liu, this is..." Zhao Manor's butler looked at Ye Guqing and asked.

"Oh, this is my young master. I want to visit Master Zhao recently, about the business we talked about before."

Steward Zhao didn't take Steward Liu seriously before, thinking that the other party just came to take a look, and the price was so high that someone from a small town like him would definitely not buy it.Unexpectedly, the other party's master actually came.Now, Steward Zhao didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly brought the other party to the living room, and trotted to the main courtyard to invite someone.

Ye Guqing thought that the Zhao family was very powerful in Suijiang City, and the other party must be not young, but Ye Guqing couldn't help being surprised when the head of the Zhao family came out with Butler Zhao.Because the other party is very young, he looks only a few years older than Ye Guqing.Looking at the other party in a blue brocade suit, he looked extremely capable.With a soft smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, he looked like a modest gentleman at first glance, but looking closely at his eyes, Ye Guqing knew that this person was definitely not easy to deal with.

Ye Guqing was thinking in his heart, but his face remained calm, he got up and cupped his hands to the Patriarch of the Zhao family and said, "Besides, Ye Guqing, people from the house came to visit Boss Zhao earlier."

"I'm Zhao Yunpeng, Mr. Ye, please sit down." Zhao Yunpeng stretched out his hand to ask Ye Guqing to sit down, and then told Steward Zhao to have a cup of tea.

"Yes, of course I remember this. Mr. Ye must have heard what Mr. Liu said. Do you think our boat can satisfy you?"

"I just arrived in Suijiang City yesterday. If it's convenient, I'd like to go to see the ship again. As for the price, I want to wait until after seeing the goods. What's Boss Zhao's opinion?"

Hearing this, the smile on Zhao Yunpeng's face deepened, he nodded and said in agreement: "This is natural, how about it, I happen to be free in the afternoon, how about I take Mr. Ye to see it in the afternoon?"

Seeing what Zhao Yunpeng said, how could Ye Guqing disagree.The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Ye Guqing and Steward Liu returned to the inn where they were temporarily staying.

At this time, Liao Qiyun was chatting with someone downstairs, but Hong Xiyue was nowhere to be seen.Ye Guqing knew in his heart that nothing serious would happen to this person, so he didn't ask any further questions.Called Liao Qiyun and Liu Butler to go upstairs together.

As soon as he entered the room, Liao Qiyun hurriedly asked, "Brother Ye, how is it going? Is everything over?"

Ye Guqing drank the tea poured by Butler Liu and shook her head slightly at Liao Qiyun.Immediately Ye Guqing repeated to Liao Qiyun what he had said to Zhao Yunpeng in the Zhao residence.

"I have been a boatman for several years. If I go in the afternoon, I can help you look good."

Ye Guqing originally planned to take Liao Qiyun with him, but when he heard what he said, he nodded in response, remembering the boat price, Ye Guqing asked: "Oh, that's right, brother Liao, you grew up here since childhood, Do you know the approximate cost of a ship?"

Hearing this, Liao Qiyun mulled over his teacup and said, "I have a brother who worked in a shipyard before. I heard from him that a ship usually costs 15 to [-] taels of silver. The Zhao family's ships are very famous in the surrounding area. , It should be around two hundred thousand taels of silver. I heard from Mr. Liu before that they bid three hundred thousand taels of silver for the two ships. If it really only took three years, then this price is still worth it."

Hearing this, Ye Guqing nodded and stopped talking, thinking in his heart that it would be more or less appropriate after seeing the boat in the afternoon.After pondering for a moment, Ye Guqing remembered the plan he wrote last night.So he got up and took it out of the box and handed it to Butler Liu.

"Steward Liu, you have been with your father for many years, and you should know a lot about business. This is my little idea. Please help me see if it can be used."

Steward Liu couldn't help being surprised when he heard the sound, but he still accepted Ye Guqing's plan.

Seeing that nothing happened, the two got up and walked out of the room.But when Liao Qiyun and Liu Butler just walked to the door, they saw Hong Xiyue standing at the door holding a soup bowl and raising his hand to knock on the door.The two made way for him by mistake, and after he entered, Liao Qiyun closed the door for him very considerately, and then left with the bewildered Guanshi Liu.