The most unlucky crossing in history

"There is a saying: the prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." Xie Wenyuan said, "Are you trying to attach yourself to me?"

Zhong Qiyun shook his head: "No, I just want to discuss a business with you."

"Oh?" Xie Wenyuan became a little interested, "I heard what you said... It's just a plan to do one thing, if this 'business' is done, then there will be no more involvement in the future , go their own way?"

"Yes." Zhong Qiyun sat on Xie Wenyuan's side, and said with a smile: "Master Xie's eyes are like mirrors, and you can see that I am very afraid of you."

"When I get here, I won't hide it anymore. To be honest, Mr. Xie, what are you thinking about and planning? I can't see it, and I can't figure it out. If I am so attached to you , after all, it is all controlled by you, I have tasted the taste of life being held in your hands once, and I don't want to taste it a second time."

Xie Wenyuan laughed when he heard this: "Then, did you guess what I want you to do?"

"How do I know."

"Since you don't know, why are you willing to do 'business' with me?"

Zhong Qiyun shook his head: "I am a person with no background and background means. A big man like you is willing to talk to me, and he will definitely not do it for a moment. Come talk to me in your spare time."

In short, in Zhong Qiyun's view, if Xie Wenyuan had no plans in mind, if he was useless to Xie Wenyuan, it would be impossible for Xie Wenyuan to talk to him.

"You do understand."

"I can't help it. I'm scared by you. I'm afraid that if I don't think about what happened to you, I might be fooled by you again."

Xie Wenyuan picked up the cup and took a sip of tea slowly, "Didn't you say you believed me when you were in prison? Was that a lie?"

"That's not true, I really trusted you."

The hand holding the tea paused slightly, Xie asked Yuan, "When did you find out that I was going to kill you?"

"......I do not know either."

Speaking of this, both of them suddenly fell silent, clearly close at hand, but completely unaware of what the other was thinking.

The night wind blows and the trees creak and rustle outside the window. After a long time, Xie Wenyuan said: "You haven't said what you want me to do for you."

"I don't want you to do anything." Zhong Qiyun poured a cup of tea by himself, put his elbows on the table, and looked straight at Xie Wenyuan, "When will Mr. Xie go back to Jingzhao?"

I don't know why Zhong Qiyun asked this, thank you

Wen Yuan thought for a while and said, "The second day of next month."

"That's the day after Miss Hu's birthday? I heard that the first day of next month is Hu Ningyun's 15th birthday. Are you planning to leave after Miss Hu's birthday?"

Xie Wenyuan understood what Zhong Qiyun meant when he heard this, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you want to go to Hu Ningyun's birthday banquet?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded: "Master Xie, you also know that I am planning to take the road of merchants now. The Hu family has a high status in the business world and in the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, I want to build a line to make myself more alive. And I happen to be I heard that on the first day of next month, Hu Yanzhang will host a banquet in the Hu Mansion to entertain guests from all over the world."

"It's just that if you want to enter the Hu family, you need to get a letter of invitation from the Hu family, but I don't have that."

There is a tradition in the Daqing Dynasty that a girl is an adult at the age of 15, and the elders in the family will hold a banquet to entertain relatives and friends to show that it is time for the girl to get married, and many families also take this opportunity to make marriage arrangements for their daughters. Even those who have been engaged for a long time will announce to the neighbors at this time, so that those who come to congratulate can celebrate together.

Hu Ningyun is the only daughter of the Hu family, and the Hu family is also a wealthy businessman in the imperial court, and she is not engaged now. Hu Yanzhang and his wife have already made rumors that they want to take this opportunity to choose one of the many young talents to be the leader. The Hu family rides the dragon to make a fast son-in-law.

It is said that it is the 15th birthday, but it is actually the day when Hu Ningyun chooses his son-in-law.

Close to the Hu family?Xie Wenyuan thought, this is a good idea.

"You want to be Hu's son-in-law?"

As soon as Xie Wenyuan said this, Zhong Qiyun, who was drinking water, spit out a sip of tea: "Ahem, cough, cough, why did you suddenly mention being a son-in-law?"

Zhong Qiyun looked surprised: "Where did you think? I have never seen Hu Ningyun before, how could I marry her."

Xie Wenyuan said: "If you haven't met, you can't marry? You should know that if you become the son-in-law of the Hu family, you will be indescribably rich and prosperous. Do you know how many people in the world want to marry Hu Ningyun today? "

When Xie Wenyuan said this, Zhong Qiyun remembered the customs of the Dazhao Dynasty.

"Thank you sir, I'm not familiar with Hu Ningyun yet." Zhong Qiyun couldn't laugh or cry: "In your opinion, I, Zhong Qiyun, am a person who relies on women to make a fortune?"

Xie Wenyuan also smiled: "That's not true, I just thought that if there is this opportunity, it might be a way to take a shortcut."

"Let's forget it. I haven't met him before, and I don't know if I will like him. If I don't like him, how can I marry him? Anyway, I still want to marry someone who is on my heart."

Xie Wenyuan glanced at Zhong Qiyun and didn't speak.

Zhong Qiyun said again: "What's more, I can't rob Mrs. Xie of your wife. Even if I want to rob, I can't rob."

"What do you mean by that?"

"What's the point? Master Xie's words are meaningless. It has been spread all over Hangzhou City, saying that Hu Yanzhang prefers the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to be his son-in-law of the Hu family."

Zhong Qiyun moved again and said: "It is said that Miss Hu is also pleased with you, my lord. You said that everyone has her own heart, so why should I join in the fun?"

Xie Wenyuan's face remained unchanged, and he said flatly: "It's better for you to believe less in such hearsay."

"Oh? What does your lord mean, this is all fake?"

"nature."

"Then I heard that you went to Hu's house on purpose a few days ago, shouldn't it be fake?"

"Madam Hu is related to my mother's family." Xie Wenyuan said here, and then asked: "You just said 'a few days ago'? So you already knew that I was in Hangzhou?"

"..." Zhong Qiyun was silent for half a minute, "Hey, although I know it, but meeting you today is really unexpected, I can't hide from you in a hurry, of course I can't deliberately look for you. "

"I didn't say it wasn't an accident."

"Hahahahaha, that's true," Zhong Qiyun said, "If what happened tonight wasn't an accident, it would be really terrifying."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhong Qiyun was stunned for a moment when he saw Xie Wenyuan.

Zhong Qiyun's eyes suddenly lit up, and his mind suddenly became active.

Looking at Xie Wenyuan's appearance, it doesn't mean that he is really indifferent?

"It turns out that you don't care too much, do you?"

Zhong Qiyun said this in a low voice, Xie Wenyuan didn't hear clearly, "What?"

"nothing?"

Zhong Qiyun cleared his throat, but he didn't dare to say any more, he was afraid that if Xie Wenyuan heard it clearly, he would pull out the sword next to the bookshelf and finish him on the spot.

It's better for him not to be too presumptuous.

"However, I really don't have the intention of getting married now. Since the Hu family has a banquet, many merchants will definitely go there. I went to the Hu family just because I wanted to take the opportunity to meet some people, expand my network, and go into business. , I never have too many friends, but I am afraid that if I do something, I will be attacked by the enemy, and there will be no one to help me."

"...You just want me to lead you in? You don't need me to introduce you?"

"I don't need to bother Mr. Xie, ah, of course, if Mr. Xie can call me Brother Zhong or Qi Yun in public at that time, then I, Mr. Zhong, will be even more grateful."

Xie Wenyuan naturally understood Zhong Qiyun's meaning, staring at the person in front of him, he nodded slowly, "It's just such a small matter.

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"It's not a trivial matter, but it is a major event in my life for Master Xie to call me brothers and sisters." Zhong Qiyun said: "Since you have accepted this matter, Sir Xie, can I hear what tasks you want to assign to me now? It’s good to prepare me mentally.”

"It's not too much trouble for me...... Are you shipping goods recently?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded: "I plan to make a living by boat in the future."

"How long has it been?"

"And it's only half a month."

Half a month... Xie Wenyuan thought about the time, and said again: "In the past half month, have you ever seen any strange things among the boats passing by at Qiantang Port or when sailing on the sea? Or have you encountered any strange things? What kind of weird person?"

"Strange thing?" Zhong Qiyun recalled, and said: "I haven't noticed this, I have only traveled by sea twice, except for offshore fishing boats, I have never seen the rest..."

"nothing?"

Zhong Qiyun suddenly remembered one thing, "If you want to say the strangest thing you saw, it should be the last time when you returned to Hangzhou, you saw a few new cargo ships loading goods at the port."

Xie Wenyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "What are you pretending to be?"

"It's in a sackcloth bag. I don't think it looks like cloth or rice."

When they came to Hangzhou, they did not transport rice or silk, but loaded and unloaded goods in linen sacks...

When Zhong Qiyun said this, he also faintly smelled an unusual smell.

"You want me to secretly investigate the whereabouts of these ships?"

Xie Wenyuan shook his head: "That's not necessary, you can just sail the sea as usual, but I really want you to pay attention to where the ships are going and where they are coming..."

"Well, that's easy."

"I haven't finished yet." Xie Wenyuan glanced at Zhong Qiyun, and continued: "Of course, I want you to remember whether the people on board are the same group as before, whether there are more or fewer people after each trip. gone."

For some reason, after hearing this, Zhong Qiyun suddenly felt his scalp numb and his back feel cold. It seemed that something was changing rapidly during this quiet period, but the people in Hangzhou didn't notice it, and he was the same. Xie Wenyuan mentioned that it is impossible for him to find out...

Zhong Qiyun took a deep breath and asked again, "I want to ask you something."

"You said."

"Is Hangzhou City no longer safe?"

"..."

Xie Wenyuan frowned slightly and did not answer.Zhong Qiyun didn't know that this was the default.

"My good life hasn't started yet, so..."

"You don't need to worry too much," Xie Wenyuan interrupted Zhong Qiyun's self-sigh: "You just remember that everything will be in the future."

Write what you see in the letter, and every month I will send someone to your residence to pick up the letter.For those ships, I only give you one piece of advice, you must not pay too much attention to them, I am afraid that you will burn yourself at that time. "

"Okay, it's getting late, let's talk about this today." Xie Wenyuan stood up and gave the order to evict the guests: "I will ask my servant to take you back."

The topic ended so quickly that Zhong Qiyun couldn't help but click his tongue twice, "You master, I thought you would let me stay tonight. Now that it's past time, wait for me to drive back in the middle of the night. I'm afraid it will be dawn just after sleeping for an hour."

"I don't like living with other people."

"Then you can't do this. What should you do if you marry a daughter-in-law? Could it be that Yunyu drove her out of the door?"

Xie Wenyuan laughed: "If you say one more word, I can't guarantee that I can save your life tonight."

"Okay, I'll go." Zhong Qiyun stood up and walked out of the room with Xie Wenyuan.

He opened the door but no one greeted him. The little servant boy who was supposed to be guarding had already fallen asleep while sitting sideways under the eaves. He didn't wake up even when Xie Wenyuan walked in front of him.

Zhong Qiyun chuckled lightly and said, "The Yunting in your house doesn't look more than fifteen or sixteen years old, right? It's the age when you grow up and love to sleep. No wonder it's cold and windy, so he can sleep well."

"Yunting." Xie Wenyuan called out.

The little servant boy woke up when he heard the sound, and when he saw his master standing in front of him, he knelt down and kowtowed in panic: "Master, master, Yun Ting is not lazy, just, just..."

Xie Wenyuan waved his hand: "No problem, if you are sleepy, go back to your room."

"Yunting is not sleepy!" The little servant boy hurriedly picked up the lantern beside him that had been extinguished long ago, trembling, "The little one will take wax to guide the way for the master."

"No need."

Zhong Qiyun saw that the young man was hesitating, so he said: "Your master told you to go back, you just go back, there are lanterns on the road now, there is no need to lead the way."

"This..." Yun Ting looked at Zhong Qiyun, then at Xie Wenyuan.

Xie Wenyuan: "Go back."

"Yes......"

After people stepped back and left through another path, Zhong Qiyun looked at Xie Wenyuan and said with a smile, "Master Xie is a good master, but he is too indifferent, and everyone in the house is afraid of you."

"What's with you?"

"It doesn't matter." Zhong Qiyun shrugged, "However, you let the young man go, I don't know the way to your house, who will take me out later?"

"There are people waiting in the front hall, you can see them after crossing this covered bridge."

"Okay, then I'll take my leave."

Zhong Qiyun cupped his hands at Xie Wenyuan.

A few clouds floating in the night sky slowly covered the full moon, a gust of wind blew from Xie Wenyuan's side, and Zhong Qiyun smelled the cool breath that he smelled in the boat again.

Zhong Qiyun was a little dazed, and suddenly clenched his fists when he came back to his senses.

"Thank you for asking Yuan."

Xie Wenyuan's eyes moved when Zhong Qiyun called his name for the first time, and then those Yuan-like eyes became calm again, unable to see clearly.

"how."

"Why did you let me go then?"

The voice of the voice fluttered in the night sky until it completely dissipated. Zhong Qiyun waited for a long time but did not get an answer.

Shaking his head slightly, he turned around and walked forward. After a certain distance, he said loudly: "No matter why, I still thank you for allowing me to fake death and regain my life as you said that day."

The author has something to say: Thank you for your encouragement and comments, okay~~

Just now I have become a habit of typing with my fingers, and I have written a lot. I am sorry for Qi Yun, and I am sorry for Brother Yue.I'm guilty.