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Coming out of Cui Ke's room, Shen Xu's face was serious.

He had only secretly guessed Huai Chu's identity, but at this moment, the simple curiosity of the past was fulfilled, Shen Xu not only did not feel relieved, but his heart became heavier.

The fact that the Shen family was able to sit alone as the number one salt merchant in Yangzhou was inseparable from the support of the imperial court. He also knew a thing or two about Shen Danchi's dealings with the palace, but he never expected such entanglement.

Standing on the path in the field, Shen Xu looked at the wilderness in the distance, and took a long time to let out a deep sigh.

Being demoted to the countryside, I still can't escape those intricacies. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes by accident. I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune.

Cui Ke wanted to meet Huai Chuan, but Shen Xu wanted to, but there was nothing he could do to help.

Linqing made dinner and waited at home, and only saw Shen Xu's figure when it was dark.

Quickly went up to ask: "how?"

Shen Xu said listlessly: "I have entrusted you with one or two, and I will go to a private school to teach in a few days."

Linqing was overjoyed. Firstly, the expenses of the family were settled, and secondly, he was able to send this idiot to teach without having to arrest him to do farm work. Of course, there was also a little selfishness. Now that he had a job, it seemed that he had truly settled down. The uneasiness and uneasiness seemed to have finally dissipated.

He cooked a table of delicious dishes, including eggs and pork, so the craftsmanship is naturally another matter.

"Wash your hands and eat." Linqing greeted, and then muttered: "I'm afraid I need to prepare more pens and inks in the study room, and I need to make new clothes, so I can't lose my dignity in front of the students. I don't know if the school is cold or not. Don't move some firewood over there..."

Shen Xu picked up the rice in the bowl absently, still thinking about Cui Ke's words.

Linqing finally realized that something was wrong with Shen Xu, "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Xu glanced at him, "It's okay, I'm just a little tired." He casually took a few mouthfuls of rice, then put down the bowl and chopsticks, "I'll take a rest first."

Linqing looked at his back, hesitated to speak.

But asking him to be a gentleman, isn't he so unhappy?

Lin Qing lowered his gaze, his joyful mood was disturbed by Shen Xu's indifference, and he lost his appetite.After tidying up the dishes, he brought hot water to the room, ready to have a good talk with this idiot.

They can't just go to the school with a face. They don't know how long they will stay in this village. They finally got a way to make a living.

However, when he entered the room, he was surprised to see that the idiot was not lying on the bed, but was sitting at the table with a brush in a daze on the paper.

The candlelight flickered, reflecting Shen Xu's face in a trance.

Linqing was also stunned, "Aren't you asleep?"

Seeing him coming in, Shen Xu put down her pen, "I can't sleep."

Lin Qing couldn't help but wonder, this person who has been ransacked and can still sleep like a pig can't sleep sometimes?If it weren't for the night, Lin Qing really wondered if the sun was coming out from the west.

He walked over and put the tub on the shelf, "Wash your face."

Shen Xu got up obediently and came over, took the towel that Lin Qing had twisted, and wiped her face.

Linqing stared straight at him.

Is this still the Shen Sansui who would not come out to wash his face every day until he lost his temper?God knows how difficult it is for Linqing to coax him to get up and wipe his face every day, but this time he responded as soon as he called, Linqing really wanted to rush out to see if the moon was coming out from the east.

Shen Xu was still distracted, and after washing her face, she sat back at the table, picked up the brush again, and was in a daze again when she was about to write.

Linqing really felt that something was wrong with him at the moment.If Shen Xu really didn't want to teach, she would definitely roll around and play around, instead of sitting quietly in a daze like this.

After washing her face with the water that Shen Xu had washed, Lin Qing finished tidying up, closed the door, and then closed the door, walked over to light up the candle, sat next to Shen Xu, rubbed his hand and rubbed ink, and asked: " What's wrong with you? After you came back from Mr. Cui, you didn't say a word, but did Mr. Cui make things difficult for you?"

Shen Xu sighed, shook his head and said, "Mr. has a strong character, and I have more than admiration."

"Then why do you look so out of your mind?"

Shen Xu turned her head to look at him, then looked back at the paper, and sighed again.

There are too many things involved in the matter of the Shen family, Linqing is an outsider, so he can't talk about it, and he doesn't want to involve the innocent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Linqing couldn't help but feel disappointed. Although the two of them lived together under the same roof for more than ten days, they ended up sharing different dreams. In Shen Xu's case, he might not be considered a close friend.

He stopped talking at the moment, and looked down at the ground, both worried and sad.

Shen Xu was full of annoyance, he put down the hand holding the pen, put it down and picked it up again, but he still couldn't make a pen.Sighing, he said softly, "Brother Lan, brother Lan, you are really harmful."

Lin Qing raised his eyes, looked at him with a frown and pursed lips, "How did Mr. Zhang harm you?"

There was a hint of resentment in his tone.

Shen Xu knew that he had misunderstood, smiled, and said: "I'm talking about my cousin Shen Danchi, and Jinglan is his word, not talking about Zhang Lan, the son of the family you were in."

Lin Qing looked away in embarrassment, two blushes flew across his face.

Even though the two had talked about the Zhang family before, when it came to the Zhang family, Lin Qing couldn't help but think too much.There was always a sense of uneasiness in his heart, fearing that one day Shen Xu would take a corner and send him back.

Just like just now, when Linqing heard the word "Brother Lan", Linqing's defensiveness was instantly aroused, thinking that this idiot regretted messing with him again.

Now it's all right, let this idiot see a joke for nothing.

Lin Qing blushed, twisted her sleeves and dared not raise her head.

Shen Xu really wanted to talk to someone to relieve the depression in his chest, so he said: "You should know my cousin, he and Zhang Lan are also good friends, you should have met in Zhang's house before."

Lin Qing nodded, "I've seen it."

That is a more casual dude than Shen Xu, even if he has never seen him before, how many people in Yangzhou don't know Shen Danchi's name?The head of Shen, who owns the largest salt industry in Jianghuai, Huainan, even the president of the salt merchants has to be courteous when he sees him.

It's just that his whereabouts are unknown now, and he has been wanted by the court.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Shen Xu, and his heart suddenly became clear.

Shen Xu sighed, looked at the candle light and said in a daze, "I don't know where he is now."

Did the steward catch up with him? If he did, would the steward put down his grudges and stay with him or not.

In the past, he only felt that the two had a tacit understanding that was incomparable to others. When Shen Danchi was about to marry Miss Qiao's family, Shen Xu once saw the steward looking at the couple from afar, with an incomparably cold and lonely look in his eyes.At that time, he only thought that the steward was wishful thinking, and he even took good looks at this person because he saw through his thoughts.Later on Shen Danchi's wedding night, he left his lovely wife and went after the manager. Shen Xu was stunned, and then realized that the two were originally in love with each other, but they were suppressed by each other because of the secular world.

Before recovering from the astonishment, under an imperial decree, the Shen family collapsed within a day.Shen Xu vaguely guessed that this matter had something to do with the steward, but never thought that such a shocking secret was hidden behind the little steward.

There was a moment of ups and downs in my heart, and I couldn't calm down.

He was not only moved by his cousin's silence and forbearance for many years, but also moved by the friendship of the steward who endured humiliation and was willing to give up revenge for his cousin and go far away.

In the past, when playing in the world, there was little luck in the romantic world, only to say that the world is full of flowers, passing through thousands of flowers, and staying in the body in vain.

Only then did I know that there is still true love in this world.

It is not surprising that men and women have vowed to each other, and there is also such a touching friendship between men and men.

Linqing saw the brilliance in his eyes, thinking that he was feeling sad when he thought of Shen Danchi's miserable situation, and comforted him: "For a capable person like Mr. Shen, I don't think he will let himself go to a dead end."

Shen Xu put down his pen, and said softly: "I used to only see him cynical, wandering around the streets every day, and he must be a part of any new and strange things. The Miss Qiao's was born beautiful. Although the two of them pointed out their marriage contract, my cousin did not." I never cared about it. Miss Qiao always came to him and only paid attention to him for a while. I always thought that he was able to live happily because he was born in the same family, with so many people helping him, and he just wanted to be happy and unrestrained That's good." He couldn't help but sighed, "It's only now that I realize that his happiness in front of others was never his sincerity."

After finishing speaking, there was another burst of hesitation.

Lin Qing didn't know why he suddenly remembered the old things today, more than half a decade had passed since the house was raided, and Shen Xu was so heartless all day long, he thought this person didn't care, but he didn't expect that there was still a feeling of sadness hidden.

Lin Qing was not good at comforting others, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, so he sat down with him and sighed together.

"Do you know why my cousin suddenly left his wealth and beautiful family, and disappeared without a trace overnight?" Shen Xu asked.

Linqing shook his head.

Shen Xu said, "He's gone to chase after the book."

Lin Qing opened his eyes wide.

Shen Xu nodded under his surprised gaze, "My cousin loves not Qiao Wanmei, but the steward."

Linqing was shocked. People in Yangzhou City had different opinions about Shen Danchi's disappearance overnight. Some said he fled with money, some said he was kidnapped, and some even said that he suddenly realized the secret and went to become a monk.

But no one expected that he fled privately for a man.

Linqing was unable to utter a single word for a long time. A person like Shen Danchi is simply a legend in Yangzhou. He is also the focus of people's conversations in the Jianghuai area. No one would have thought that he would do something for a man that would bring disaster to the entire family. Madness comes.

Shen Xu sighed softly, "Love and love, can people really lose their minds and lose their minds?"

It doesn't even matter that the other party is a man.

He doesn't even care that the other party is the person he loves the most.

Touched in Lin Qing's heart, he glanced at Shen Xu, then lowered his gaze, and said softly, "Yes."

Shen Xu shook his head, "I have never experienced the taste of it. Although I have read a lot of touching stories written in poems and songs, I always feel that they are illusory and beautiful things made up by the predecessors. Even if they are not made up, they are also mixed with artificial emotions. Unexpectedly, there would be such deep affection by my side."

Linqing sighed in his heart, there was more than one Shen Danchi who was affectionate.

Shen Xu stopped talking, picked up a pen and waved it on the rice paper.

After he finished writing, he looked in Linqing, and there were only four words on the paper, "not to fly".

Looking back, Shen Xu had already got into bed and lay down.

Lin Qing sat silently for a while, carefully put away the rice paper, blew out the candles, and climbed onto the bed.

There was nothing to say all night, and the two of them woke up the next day, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Accustomed to Shen Xu's lazy and useless appearance, Lin Qing didn't know what to do when he suddenly saw his worried appearance.Fortunately, the fellow recovered quickly. When Linqing came back after making breakfast, the fellow returned to a sluggish look, teasing the rabbit with a vegetable leaf.

Shen Xu stretched the vegetable leaf to the rabbit's mouth, the rabbit bit it, Shen Xu lifted it, and the rabbit lifted its front foot.After two bites, the rabbit couldn't stand up anymore, and fell down staggeringly.Then Shen Xu stretched the vegetable leaves to its mouth, and repeated this several times, the rabbit fell to the ground and swayed dizzily.

Lin Qing's heart ached when she saw it, so she put down the strip and came over to protect the cub, "Don't bully it!"

"Why am I bullying it? I'm feeding it." Shen Xu said.

"You put the vegetable leaves there, and it will eat by itself."

Shen Xu didn't like this rabbit anyway, not to mention that there was a lump of tender meat in front of him that he couldn't eat, just the name of the rabbit made him feel aggrieved, but he couldn't persuade Lin Qing, so he could only spread his grievances on the little girl. on the rabbit.

Reluctantly, he poked the rabbit who was looking for the direction of the sky, the rabbit was knocked down by him, stared for a long time before standing up with its paws, a pair of crystal clear red eyes stared at Shen Xu with infinite resentment.

Linqing said angrily: "You still bully it!"

Shen Xu shrugged and withdrew his hands.

After dinner, the two packed up and went out, planning to go to the school to check the situation first, if there is something missing, take advantage of these two days to buy it quickly, don't wait until school starts to rush to add things.

Xuetang Road is not far away, just walk another mile north from Aunt Wang's house, and when the two arrived at their destination, they stared at each other.

Shen Xu: ...

Linqing: ...

Shen Xu:! ! !

Linqing:! ! !

They roared inwardly: This house is more than a little bit better than the small dilapidated house they lived in!Is there a wing in the back?If so, just move here!

The author has something to say: Should I write "Young Master" first and then "Young Master"...

Are you a bit confused about what Shen Danchi is talking about...

In fact, I just want to express that Idiot Shen has become a little bit more enlightened about love and love... What, you said that his IQ can't be enlightened?Well, that means he's starting to get curious...