The most unlucky crossing in history

Half of the Zhong family's business is based on the sea. Even if Zhong Qiyun doesn't want to leave after marriage, even if he doesn't want to go back to Hangzhou, in the hot summer, after receiving the No. 30 letter from Liu Wangcai, when he received the invitation from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, Zhong Qiyun also had to leave Jingzhao City.

Zhong Qiyun got up early in the morning to pack his things and was ready to go, with a sad face, looking at his lover who was going to the morning after cleansing his face, he still couldn't hold back and hugged him into his arms from behind.

"Ask Yuan, ask Yuan, I don't want to go to Hangzhou..."

The cloth towel in Xie Wenyuan's hand hadn't been put down yet, and there were servants waiting beside him, Xie Wenyuan only glanced at the servant who was already dumbfounded, and seeing that he quickly bowed his head and retreated, he sighed lightly: " The Zhong family takes the sea as their business and lives by the sea, so you can't stay in Jingzhao forever."

Turning his head and kissing Xie Wenyuan's ear lightly, Zhong Qiyun hugged his lover's waist tightly, and sighed sadly: "That being said, but... this year, you and I have never been separated. I really miss you...Hangzhou is too far away...I haven't returned to Hangzhou since I went to the northwest last time. There are too many things to deal with now. I'm afraid I will return soon not coming..."

Wei Wei leaned back in Zhong Qiyun's arms, Xie Wenyuan lowered his eyes, of course he knew how many things Zhong Qiyun had accumulated.

Zhong Qiyun never avoids him when doing things, Xie Wenyuan is very clear about how many letters Zhong Qiyun needs to deal with every day, and the most frequent letters are those cities along the coast.

Zhong Qiyun's ability in the sea is the foundation of his fortune, but it is also the shackles of the sea that cannot be separated from him.Even though Zhong Qiyun has personally selected and cultivated navigating talents such as Yang Xiangdong in the past year, there are still some shortcomings. Today's maritime career is still inseparable from Zhong Qiyun.

Although there are letters exchanged every day, there are only so many things that letters can handle. After all, Zhong Qiyun can only go to see many things in person.

"Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is a meeting of middle and middle-level merchants, and your current status and status are indispensable." Merchants in the Great Dawn Dynasty will hold a chamber of commerce in Jinling City every two years, inviting merchants from all over the country to discuss important business matters. The fate of merchants and even the prices of materials in the country, etc., because of the huge volume and the complexity of the things involved, even the imperial court will secretly inquire and pay attention.

The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce has been Hu Yanzhang for the past ten years, and it is time to step down this year. As far as Xie Wenyuan knows, Zhong Qiyun is the most vocal in the country.

Zhong Qiyun knew what Xie Wenyuan meant, he shook his head and said: "They just want to find someone to take advantage of the trouble, now that Tan Yuanyong gave me this empty job, it is even easier for them to find someone to take the blame after committing crimes, the benefits Not much, but a lot of things, and in the end it’s not a good thing.”

Xie Wenyuan laughed and said: "Businessmen are all vying to be the president of this chamber of commerce, so as to run amok in the business world, but you have made it worthless."

How could Hu Yanzhang not understand how much convenience Hu Yanzhang gained through the position of president?Merchants value profits over righteousness. How can there be no friction and grievances among the hundreds of merchants in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce?I'm afraid there are too many hidden hooks.

But the position of the president is very special. As a mediator among hundreds of merchants, as long as one sits on it, according to the regulations of the chamber of commerce, he can freely wander around and do business among hundreds of merchants. How many advantages does this have? Self-explanatory.But Zhong Qiyun looked like trouble was coming.

"It's really useless in my opinion..." Zhong Qiyun's eyes fell on an ambiguous red mark under Xie Wenyuan's clothes. Recalling the scenes of last night.

Zhong Qiyun paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice became a little lower: "I'd rather spend this time with you than to waste my energy dealing with chores for that benefit..."

Being so close to Zhong Qiyun, Xie Wenyuan could naturally feel the changes behind him, his slightly sinking voice fell to his ears, Xie Wenyuan moved his eyes, and said: "Some things don't just mean you won't fall if you don't want to." on the body."

Xie Wenyuan turned around to face Zhong Qiyun, looked carefully at Zhong Qiyun's eyebrows and eyes, and said slowly: "You pull the Zhong family to grow up like a servant, circling around the country, and the imperial court will stamp their feet and feel bored thinking of the Zhong family's momentum. , not to mention the merchants in this world? The bigger the Zhong family is, the more things you have on your shoulders."

"I understand that as long as I don't delegate power, as long as I still think about the Zhong family running rampant in the middle school, I will be even more involuntary in the future." Looking at Xie Wenyuan, Zhong Qiyun said: "The Zhong family monopolizes all shipping, Land transportation and even the trade of foreign objects seem to have boosted the big navigation industry at the moment, but in the long run, it may not be a good thing in a few decades. There is still sludge under the clearest water, let alone the Zhong family?"

"I have also struggled many times, thinking about whether to slowly disperse the power of the Zhong family to He Minqing, Liu Wangcai and others, but since your accident in the northwest, I understand that I cannot let it go. Now that you and I are in high positions, only absolute power and Ability: I can help you in a crisis, not become your burden, and I can protect myself in this world, but even if I understand it in my heart, I still can't bear to part with you..."

Xie Wenyuan stared at Zhong Qiyun, "How long will it take to get back?"

Zhong Qiyun thought for a while, "I'm afraid it will be at least three months."

Xie Wenyuan nodded, and it took a while before he said: "People from afar seem to have forgotten something."

"what?"

"You are never alone." After saying this, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he leaned over and kissed Zhong Qiyun who was stunned in place.

"Go early and come back early." Jingzhao's dry summer wind blew up the gauze curtain of the bedroom, leaving behind Xie Wenyuan's words.

After Xie Wenyuan went to court, Zhong Qiyun, who was still suppressed, seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. With a smile on his face, he called the brothers in Chengfengyi to rush south to Hangzhou.

When Liu Wangcai and others saw Zhong Qiyun who had finally returned to Hangzhou, they almost wept with joy.

The effectiveness of Xie Wenyuan's words made Zhong Qiyun energetic and energetic to pick up the accumulated affairs and deal with them, unwilling to delay a minute or a second. The high efficiency made Liu Wangcai amazed.

In mid-July, Zhong Qiyun arrived in Jinling the day before the Jinling Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce held, just after finishing the matter of imitating the Black Whale at Zhong's shipyard, and seeing the water test of the ship was correct. Accompanied by Liu Wangcai, He Minqing, and Yang Xiangdong.

This is the second time for Zhong Qiyun to participate in the chamber of commerce after so many years in Dazhu. The last time he came, he just walked around and got to know some people in the business world. After coming back in just two years, he has already become a character that everyone is admiring.

Knowing the intention of the chamber of commerce this time, Zhong Qiyun had a flawless smile on his face, and was able to deal with many merchants with ease and ease.

There were a total of seven days before and after the large and small meetings of the Chamber of Commerce, and on the day of the meeting to elect the president, even Wu Bingzheng, the parent official of Jinling City, rushed here.

Now that Zhong Qiyun is an "official businessman" in the court, although it is a false position, but at least his rank is there, Wu Bingzheng should be more polite when he sees it.

"This is the Patriarch of the Zhong Family, Zhong Qiyun, and the Zhongdong Family!" Wu Bingzheng, who was thirty-five and in his prime, saw Zhong Qiyun with a smile on his face at this time, and cupped his hands to say hello.

Wu Bingzheng's official uniform is conspicuous, Zhong Qiyun has seen him since he entered the door, and now seeing him coming, he also cupped his hands and reported his family name: "Exactly! I'm under Zhong Qiyun, the name is far away. I think you are the governor of Wu who is praised by everyone in Jinling City. ? I have heard about the great name of the governor of Wu for a long time, and today I can see that it is really magnificent!"

Wu Bingzheng shook his head and smiled: "Hey, where is it, Boss Zhong really thinks that he is a dragon and a phoenix among people, and his appearance is extraordinary!"

"Inspector Wu praised..."

In front of the merchants, Zhong Qiyun asked Wu Bingzheng to sit at the top after booing and intimacy with Wu Bingzheng for a while.

It is said to be a meeting, but in fact, the representatives of the merchants selected by all parties can enter the meeting to discuss. In the huge hall, there are seventeen representatives from east, west, south, north, each with three staff members, plus serving tea and water. In general, there are about seventy servants in this hall.

There are too many people and there will be no place to be quiet. There will always be disharmony in the discussion. Zhong Qiyun never expresses his position first. He only waits for everyone to quarrel. After Hu Yanzhang calls him to speak, he will say the last sentence .

And Wu Bingzheng, who was sitting next to him, would not say a word during the business meeting.

When the discussion about the sale of porcelain this year continued to be noisy, Zhong Qiyun started chatting with Wu Bingzheng instead.

"Speaking of which, I have some connections with today's Prime Minister Xie." Everyone knows that the Zhong family went crazy to rescue them during the Northwest War. The Zhong family has now been completely labeled as Prime Minister Xie. Wu Bingzhen, an official, knows this better than anyone else. , Now talking with Zhong Qiyun, he couldn't help mentioning Xie Wenyuan.

Suddenly hearing Xie Wenyuan's name, Zhong Qiyun regained his energy. He looked at Wu Bingzheng and asked, "Oh? There is such a thing?"

"That's right. Prime Minister Xie was the top student in high school in the palace examination, and my humble servant was also the second in the list that year."

Zhong Qiyun, who never thought that there was such a level, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "That is really a fate! Zhong admires such talented and knowledgeable people as Governor Wu and Prime Minister Xie the most. Wonderful."

"If it's wonderful, then Prime Minister Xie was the one who deserved these two words." Wu Bingzheng took a sip of the tea, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I remember that the question given by the late emperor in the palace examination only had two words - 'Junmin' That day when I met the emperor for the first time with many palace examiners, most of the words were not easy to talk about. After listening to the questions, they all talked about the relationship between the emperor and the people in a superficial way. , and it even talks about the fact that the people in the south of the Yangtze River were responsible for the chaos in the imperial court..."

Listening to Wu Bingzheng talking about Xie Wenyuan's palace examination back then, Zhong Qiyun seemed to see a young Xie Wenyuan standing on top of the hall, slightly bowing his head and talking eloquently.

When Wu Bingzheng said, "After Prime Minister Xie finished speaking, there was no one in the hall to speak for a long time", Zhong Qiyun raised the corners of his lips, and there was a smile in his eyes: "It must be a blessing if I can see the situation back then."

"That's right." Wu Bingzheng sighed: "You are really admirable at such a young age. Speaking of which, I was a talented scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, and I was very arrogant, but after that day, I accepted this job." The fearless arrogance gave birth to the intention of making friends with him, and after posting the announcement, I once traveled with the prime minister and his party..."

Having said that, Wu Bingzheng looked at Zhong Qiyun with a smile, "I suddenly remembered something."

"what?"

"Boss Zhong is the word 'far away'?"

Zhong Qiyun didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this matter, but he also nodded in response: "Yes, it's from someone with great talent and far-sightedness."

Wu Bingzheng smiled: "Yuanren, Zhong Yuanren, hahaha, if we talk about fate, Boss Zhong must have some fate with the prime minister. I remember that after the palace examination that year, when the prime minister and others were enjoying the peach blossoms, they used to fight poems and drink. One topic is based on the title."

Zhong Qiyun was taken aback when he heard this, and his heart trembled slightly.Immediately he heard Wu Bingzheng say: "The prime minister just chanted the sentence 'Tao Mingyu asks the Yuan, and the boat ends up far away'".

Suddenly, Zhong Qiyun's heart skipped a beat, his eyes widened and he forgot to speak, only the poem that Wu Bingzheng said just now was left in his heart, "Tao Mingyu asks the abyss, and the boat ends up far away".

Ask Yuan, Yuanren...

Is that what it means?

It turns out that what Xie Wenyuan said that day did not mean this alone?

His heart suddenly jumped wildly, Zhong Qiyun's eyes lit up, and he stood up abruptly, the smile on his face couldn't be concealed no matter what.

In the hall where things were being discussed, Zhong Qiyun got up so suddenly, which caused everyone in the hall to look at him.

Others don't know what's going on with Zhong Qiyun, but Liu Wangcai, He Minqing, and Yang Xiangdong who have been listening to the conversation between Zhong Qiyun and Wu Bingzhen are very clear.

Although they didn't know who took Zhong Qiyun's characters, and it was the first time they heard that Zhong Qiyun's characters had such a layer of "fate", but when they heard that poem, how many people knew the relationship between Zhong Qiyun and Xie Wenyuan I immediately understood what was going on, and seeing Zhong Qiyun's reaction now, I thought it was the first time I heard of it.

He secretly thought that something was wrong, and before they could speak out, Zhong Qiyun stood up with a change of expression, and the faces of several people changed a little, and Liu Wangcai was even worse. Leaving the conference, go straight back to Jingzhao!

Liu Wangcai hastily shouted in a low voice: "Boss! Don't rush..."

It's just that before Liu Wangcai finished speaking, Zhong Qiyun, who stood up over there, said, "Can everyone listen to what Zhong said?"

Hu Yanzhang raised his hand: "Boss Zhong, please tell me."

Zhong Qiyun looked around, and then said: "I don't think the price of ceramics in the middle school will rise for the time being. Although the cost of materials has risen a little, but now that the war has stopped, if the price rises at this time, I'm afraid it will ruin the reputation. Chamber of Commerce In addition, there are many merchants, and people will take advantage of the opportunity, and the gains outweigh the losses. As for the benefits you talked about, Zhong thought, he might as well earn them back from foreign countries. I think everyone still has their chances. Talking nonsense, it's really not worth it, Zhong suggested that it's better to end it sooner."

After expressing his meaning, Zhong Qiyun sat down and said nothing more, and for the next discussion, Zhong Qiyun also uncharacteristically, directly named and stood, and ended the topic as soon as possible.

After the election of the chairman of the chamber of commerce was over, Zhong Qiyun hurried back to Hangzhou after the banquet.

After that, it would take a month to sort things out, Zhong Qiyun compressed it to half a month, and he finished everything in early August.

Seeing with his own eyes how his boss was doing things, Liu Wangcai naturally didn't dare to let Zhong Qiyun stay in Hangzhou for even an hour. When Zhong Qiyun personally pushed the boat northward, Liu Wangcai still couldn't help sighing: "Someone can make me think about it. It's pretty good too..."

It was already the [-]th night of August when Zhong Qiyun returned to Jingzhao, but it was still much earlier than the expected March.

Before that, he had been busy with the affairs of the Zhong family and had not had time to send a letter to Xie Wenyuan stating his return date. Now that he was back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xie Wenyuan did not come back and still stayed in the Zhengshitang.

In the past when he was in Jingzhao, before nightfall, Xie Wenyuan would almost always return to the mansion with political affairs, but if he was not at home, Xie Wenyuan would not come back.

Butler Cao didn't expect that Zhong Qiyun would come back one month earlier, and when he entered the mansion, he shook his head and said, "It just so happens that you're back. My lord is really not in a good mood these days."

Zhong Qiyun, who was going to pick up Xie Wenyuan after putting down his things, asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's not a matter of the new champion. I heard that my lord has a lot of political opinions, and he also has a lot of opinions on political affairs. The Holy One and my lord are very fond of him. I was promoted to the governor of Jinzhou before. I want to train and promote him. When I returned to the court, how did I know that this person refused in court, and bluntly said that he would stay in the capital, even if he was only a small scribe, which made the Holy One very angry and disappointed the adults."

"Being a scribe instead of being a governor?" Zhong Qiyun wondered, "This is unbelievable."

Cao Guanjia said: "That's right, my lord appreciates his talent, but he didn't know it was like this. Now that the imperial decree has been issued, but he doesn't follow it, what do you say..."

"If you resist the edict and don't obey it, is it worth your life?"

"My lord wants to protect him, but the emperor doesn't want to really kill him, but the imperial decree has been passed, and it's hard to get off a tiger. Is it troublesome to try to provoke him?"

Zhong Qiyun shook his head after listening, "There are all kinds of big people in the world."

After saying this, he didn't say any more, he asked his servants to prepare the carriage, and he went towards the Zhengshitang without stopping.

It was almost noon when Xie Wenyuan handled the political affairs, and the night was dark and the wind was high, and the gentle breeze made people sober.

As usual, after leaving the Political Affairs Hall, the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion rushed to the door and waited. Xie Wenyuan said goodbye to his colleagues and walked towards the carriage first.

He got in the car and opened the curtain, and when he saw that smiling face, Xie Wenyuan was stunned.It wasn't until someone pulled his arm into his arms that he came back to his senses.

The familiar embrace, familiar voice, and familiar smell all made his heart beat out of order. When Xie Wenyuan raised his hand to hug Zhong Qiyun back, Xie Wenyuan even trembled for two minutes.

"Didn't you say you can only come back in September?"

"Yeah, I can only come back in September..." Zhong Qiyun hugged her lover whom he hadn't seen for two months tightly, blinked his reddish eyes, "But I think you can't sleep because of thinking about it, You can only get up at night to deal with business."

Xie Wenyuan didn't speak any more, but hugged and kissed Zhong Qiyun tightly.

When the kiss made his lips turn red, and when the lovesickness that had accumulated for two months eased for a while, Zhong Qiyun lowered his head on Xie Wenyuan's neck and kissed him, then looked up at Xie Wenyuan, and said with a low laugh : "Thank you sir for deceiving me so hard..."

Xie Wenyuan laughed, and said helplessly, "When did I lie to you?"

"If I hadn't met Inspector Wu Bingzhen in Jinling, I'm afraid you would never have told me what 'distant people' means."

Xie Wenyuan was startled, but then he understood what was going on, and there was a rare embarrassment between his brows, and then he said: "It also means being talented and far-sighted."

"'Tao Mingyu asks Yuan, Fan Zhou ends up far away'." Looking at Xie Wenyuan, the smile in Zhong Qiyun's eyes deepened, and he couldn't help teasing: "Brother Ying Shu, why did you choose such a word for Zhong? Zhong is really curious."

Seeing Zhong Qiyun's proud expression, Xie Wenyuan frowned slightly: "If you feel bad, you can change it."

"No, no, I like it very much!" Zhong Qiyun quickly denied, and said straight: "I like it to the extreme!"

Xie Wenyuan laughed lightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "What else can you say for?"

Xie Wenyuan's words fell into Zhong Qiyun's kiss again...

In the days that followed, Zhong Qiyun went to Chengfeng Station to do errands during the day, and when he arrived at Youshi, he rushed to the Zhengshitang to pick Xie Wenyuan back home with him.When Zhong Qiyun returned to Jingzhao, Xie Wenyuan didn't stay in the Zhengshitang often, and most of the time he could leave at the same time, but sometimes he would delay a little when things needed to be handled in the Zhengshitang.

August 29th is Xie Cheng's birthday banquet, and he prepared early to give something to the old general. Zhong Qiyun sat in the carriage and waited before Youshi, but today Xie Wenyuan came out a little later, and it was already Youshi when he got into the carriage the end.

"There is a delay today."

Handing Xie Wenyuan a wet cloth towel to wipe his hands, Zhong Qiyun shook his head: "What's wrong today?"

"It's about the new champion."

It was only then that Zhong Qiyun suddenly remembered what Steward Cao had mentioned a few days ago. After thinking about it, he asked, "I heard from Steward Cao that he would rather resist the edict than leave Jingzhao, which is strange. So how is he now?"

"The Holy One borrowed a pretext to promote another person to be the governor of Jinzhou, and he stayed in the History Editor Pavilion."

"You really became a scribe?" Zhong Qiyun clicked his tongue twice: "Butler Cao said that you have been worrying about his affairs for a long time."

Xie Wenyuan smiled and shook his head after hearing this: "It's not that I'm worried, I just feel a little pity..." Thinking about the number one scholar, Xie Wenyuan still said: "But this person really likes those The world of history books is so big, it is also a good thing to have honest people who write and record history, and it is also a good thing to be a court historian in the future."

Speaking of this, the breeze lifted the curtains of the car, Xie Wenyuan happened to catch a glimpse of the person walking out of the Zhengshi Hall, and he motioned Zhong Qiyun to look, "It's this person."

Zhong Qiyun followed his line of sight and saw a rather familiar person. After thinking for a while, he remembered where he had seen him before: "Ah, it was him!"

"Do you recognize?"

"That's right, he was the person I met in the teahouse last year who talked about ancient history with me. I never thought that he would become the current number one scholar. In my opinion, he does have some unique insights into history." Zhong Qiyun said He stretched out his arms to hug Xie Wenyuan, and asked casually, "What's his name?"

"Qin Chaoyi".

Zhong Qiyun nodded, didn't ask any more questions, just looked at Xie Wenyuan with a smile, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Wenyuan."

"Ok?"

"I remember you taking a bath tomorrow..."

Xie Wenyuan: "..."