The undercover agent sent by the imperial court

Naturally, there were not only Ling Xuan on this boat, but also some other characters from Jiangnan. The advantage of being in contact with such people is that everyone is smart and they all look at Ling Xuan's face and talk.

It doesn't matter what you say, Ling Xuan responded with a smile, "Young Master Ling is indeed a good-looking talent." After all, I am a prince.

"Thank you, Lord, for your compliment." The young man tried his best to bend over with a straight face.

"En." Ling Xuan responded casually, "The merchants in the south of the Yangtze River also rely on Mr. Qi to take care of them here."

The man with the long beard stroked his beard and laughed, "It's all because of the prosperity of the dynasty and the safety of the people that we can achieve this. The prince also dealt with the state of Chu, directly attacked the state government and killed the king of Chu in the palace. How can we small people compare to that?" of."

The people around all said, "It's really a joy for the prince to take the head of the king of Chu from the thousands of troops." "I heard that the towns on the road surrendered directly after hearing the heroism of the prince." "The prestige of the prince If you think about it, no one knows it, even the people of Chu country respect the prince."

Although these people's words became more and more outrageous, and they praised one more than the other. Ling Xuan was completely unmoved. He couldn't see any joy and just smiled lightly. He didn't say good or bad, while speculating about Ling Xuan. While thinking, some people continued to talk, some stopped talking, and finally Zhifu said, "Okay, don't say these things when you come out to play."

Ling Xuan leaned against the side of the boat and waved his hands casually, "Don't worry about me, I'm here alone to enjoy the scenery."

The people around slowly dispersed, Ling Xuan rubbed his head, and propped himself on the pole of the boat, "Look, it's probably like this, and I don't know what will become of it after it is spread."

Yin Tianming looked at the officials in the distance and smiled, "What they said is not all false, isn't it you who hit Chu?"

"That being said." Ling Xuan looked at the gradually dimming night sky and the dotted lights, "I just don't like them discussing me like this."

"Then I will help you seal their mouths. I want to say that but you don't agree?" Yin Tianming stood beside Ling Xuan and sighed, "I feel that you are not suitable for the royal family."

"Why." Ling Xuan turned his head while supporting the boat pole with both hands and asked, "I think I am very suitable to stay in the royal family."

"Because you don't like to take responsibility?" Yin Tianming said with some uncertainty, "You are not the kind of person who will work hard just because you are a member of the royal family, and you have not been self-motivated until now?"

"I think I'm still self-motivated?" Ling Xuan thought for a while, "For example, can I travel thousands of miles to Chu State?"

"And run away when it's time to work?" Yin Tianming asked with a smile, "Ling Xuan, you only went because you thought it was interesting, and you can leave it to Dong forever."

What is this inexplicable feeling of being exposed, Ling Xuan looked away, "Yes, is it?"

"Although I don't quite understand why, I always feel that I can understand what you are thinking." Yin Tianming also looked at the lights that lit up in the distance, "These people are too boring."

"Because they are not at the same level, it seems that they have a sense of estrangement no matter what. Even if they force themselves to blend in, they are just barely caught in it." Ling Xuan sighed slightly, "It probably feels like this."

When the two of them were silently beside the boat, a person sneaked up from behind, "Jade Prince Gui'an."

Ling Xuan turned around and said, "You are, just now... that young master?"

"Xiao Chen is... Cao Min is the eldest son of Qi Jinhuai." The boy said with a blushing face.

"Master Qi." Ling Xuan nodded slightly to show that he understood, "Master Qi has something to do with this king?"

"Caomin has been looking up at the figure of the prince, so he couldn't help but came here. I'm sorry for disturbing the prince." He said and knelt down quickly, in a very small kneeling position with his legs folded together, occupying only a small space in front of him. Location.

"Get up." Ling Xuan and Yin Tianming looked at each other, then looked back at the boy who had stood up again, "How old are you this year?"

"Return to the lord, Caomin is sixteen this year." The young man bowed down respectfully.

"It's good to be young and promising." Ling Xuan suddenly remembered his 20-year-old age with emotion.

"How could it be?" The young man raised his head and smiled, "How can Cao Min deserve the prince's praise? Cao Min has heard of the prince's reputation since childhood, and it is the honor of Cao Min's life to meet the prince today."

This person is serious. After discovering this, Ling Xuan rarely evoked a faint smile. Although it was not big, it was far more real than before. "The Chamber of Commerce here in Jiangnan is managed by the Qi family, right?"

"Yes." The young man nodded, "The Qi family has always been ordered by the emperor to manage the merchants in Jiangnan here and has never failed."

He said with a little embarrassment of a young man, "Caomin Bucai has been helping my father manage the Jiangnan chamber of commerce. Although he has not made great achievements, he has always been down-to-earth."

He said he didn't like being discussed by others, but he didn't like being surrounded by hypocrisy. Yin Tianming looked at Ling Xuan's face much better than the impatient expression just now, "What's the name of Mr. Qi?"

"The name of the grassroots is Qi Huai." Qi Huai also respectfully bowed to Yin Tianming.

"I just heard that you are already taking over the family business?" Yin Tianming looked at Qi Jinhuai, who occasionally looked here from a distance, "Your father can let go at only sixteen. It's quite capable."

When has this been said?Ling Xuan kept a calm expression and watched the two talking, Qi Huai stood there without saying a word and answered Yin Tianming's question, "Cao Min Bucai is quite talented in business and Taoism to take over the family affairs so early."

Ling Xuan stood a little tired, and sat on the spacious guardrail with his hands propped up. The two of them just waved their hands because they were attracted by their actions, "It's okay, I will sit down for a while and you can talk slowly."

"The peasants are terrified." Qi Huai bent down, "If the prince is tired, would you like a chair like the peasants?"

Ling Xuan turned around easily, "No need, you don't have to be so particular about going out to play."

Yin Tianming leaned against the guardrail and turned his head to look at Ling Xuan in the dark night, "Is Mr. Qi still doing something?"

"Caomin will leave now." Qi Huai responded and turned to leave, and Yin Tianming also sat next to Ling Xuan with his hands on his hands.

"It seems that you are satisfied with this person?" Yin Tianming asked with his head tilted.

"Actually, I don't even see what he looks like." Ling Xuan said in a deep silence for a while, the other party was either kneeling and talking or standing up and keeping his head down. It's because he can't look up, and this person is too nervous to look up too much.

"That's right, I didn't see it either." Yin Tianming nodded in agreement, "It's just that I didn't expect that this character can be a good businessman?"

"The most important thing to be a businessman is to be exquisite." Ling Xuan said with the half-baked business knowledge he had learned before, "Don't look at him like this, he doesn't know what he would be like in another place."

"Father." Qi Huai walked to Qi Jinhuai's side and shouted, "I'm back."

Qi Jinhuai nodded and raised his wine glass, "What did you say to the prince?"

"I just chatted with the young man next to me, and the lord just gave me a few pointers." Qi Huai smiled faintly, and couldn't see the appearance of the young man just now. Although he was 16 years old, he was also a man of eight feet. It was just a gesture. Putting it too low makes Ling Xuan always feel that this person is very short. With a height of 1.8 meters, he stands out from a group of officials. He is a man with the unique atmosphere of Jiangnan.

Even among a group of old fritters, he was able to do a job with ease. As he said, he seemed to be quite talented in Shang Dao. Qi Jinhuai was also very satisfied with his eldest son.

The Qi family manages merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, they belong to the imperial merchants and directly serve the royal family. They also have a house in the capital. They go to the capital at a fixed time every year, managed by the household department, and assisted by the official department. This is probably the case. .

After Qi Huai finished speaking with the magistrate, he subconsciously looked at the place just now. Ling Xuan was still sitting there, with a casual posture, because he said that he didn't like others to disturb him. At this moment, no one caught up with him. In the past, I went there with great determination, because the prince would not want to attend such a boring thing again, if not, it might be the last time, so I wanted to get close to that person once.

The prince who is four years older than himself has always been a dream in Qi Huai's heart, or a dream, unlike when he grows up, he will find that his father is not omnipotent as he imagined, Huangpuxuan, Prince Yu has never been troubled, no matter what it is, it will not affect the indifference and peace on his face, and he has always stood at the apex of the dynasty and led his people.

Even the current emperor Huangpuwen used to just assist the prince. Qi Huai took his eyes back and didn't dare to look at him, but the prince didn't even care about the throne. Even if he didn't care, he was still so powerful and beautiful.

The banquet didn't last long under the protagonist's indifference. When I found out, Ling Xuan's words were gone, and the paper prepared on the table was spread out and wrote, "The boat moves, the lake is bright and autumn, greedy to see Young people believe in boat flow' a poem.

The people around couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "I knew that the prince's literary talents are outstanding, and a single word is hard to find, but today I saw it."

"Let's put this list in the magistrate's mansion. In the future, we in Jiangnan will also have a signboard." An official suggested.

"Is it inappropriate to use Wangye's words as a signboard?" Qi Huai suddenly said with a smile, "I'm just a rough person, but I can't comprehend the true meaning of Wangye's words, why don't we frame it and put it in the wits building? .”

The prefect nodded, "Then Qi Huai, you can take it to frame."

Qi Huai's hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly, he folded his hands together and bent down, "Thank you, Lord Magistrate." At this time, Qi Huai was indeed grateful to the Magistrate. It would be nice to get the calligraphy and painting of the prince, even if it was only temporarily.

It was just a little bit offending the official who said it just now, Qi Huai put away the words himself while thinking about it, "If I think about it, I will attract a lot of talented people who come here."

There have never been many talented people in Jiangnan, but if this picture is posted, it is expected that many people will come to this state, and the magistrate's nod is obviously the same idea.

Now that the prince is gone, the group of people didn't stop at the shore. After the magistrate got on the carriage and left, the rest of the people left in a scattered way. Qi Huai said goodbye to the officials with his words in his arms, and escaped when he got into the carriage. The attendant who wanted to take the item frowned and looked down at the paper carefully, "Don't touch this piece of writing."

The attendant backed away quickly, and Qi Huai carefully got into the carriage before saying lightly, "Let's go."

Qi Jinhuai glanced at Qi Huai, "You're not feeling right today, your emotions are leaking out."

Qi Huai's hand holding the writing was steady and he only smiled slightly when he heard his father's words, "My lord father is worrying too much. If you don't keep your face when you see the prince, then it's really wrong."

Qi Jinhuai nodded when he remembered that Qi Huai was only sixteen, "It's a pity that you are not young enough to convince the public, otherwise it would be better if the Qi family was handed over to you earlier."

"My child will work hard." Qi Huai lowered his head and said, Qi Jinhuai nodded and said nothing.

When Qi Huai went back, he took the words into his room, unfolded them, pressed them with a paperweight, and finally covered them with a layer of white cloth before he dared to touch them carefully. He almost couldn't help it when he heard the official said that he wanted to use them as a signboard. Ah, Qi Huai looked at the white cloth with a morbid expression, as if he could see the elegant and unrestrained font underneath, with Ling Xuan's unique free and easy, indifferent attitude.

It's just a group of rough people who actually said to use Wang Ye's words as a signboard, Qi Huai twisted his face slightly and then quickly adjusted, "My lord, you have become more powerful and beautiful more than ten years ago, it's really fascinating Fascinated."

"Although the talents in the south of the Yangtze River are not as intelligent as you, but I think they are worthy of your name." Qi Huai knelt down and rested his forehead on the side of the table, sighed deeply, "The world doesn't understand you. I can only dare to say such words here.”

"The grassroots dare not dirty your ears. What you guard is not us mortals but your country. But as a grassroots in this country, I love you so deeply, respect you, admire you, and be able to be yours." Your people are the greatest honor in my life."

"From now on, the grass people will always be loyal to you."

Qi Huai once met Ling Xuan 11 years ago. That was when Ling Xuan came to Jiangnan. Qi Huai remembered this person ignorantly with his indifferent look and attitude of not paying attention to anything. The news of this person is full of news, the Seventh Prince's battle at Pingpo, and the Seventh Prince's shocking wisdom.

Even Huangpuwen's ascension to the throne did not dispel Qi Huai's longing for Ling Xuan. It was because he didn't care about the throne. Qi Huai's first reaction after knowing Huangpuwen's ascension to the throne was this. Ling Xuan seemed to disappear in the next few years. Qi Huai He has been quietly waiting for her return.

The Wulin was wiped out. When Qi Huai heard the news, he just took it for granted and took the lead in opening a martial arts gym to divide the last force in the Wulin.

It wasn't until Chu State's destruction made Prince Yu reappeared in the streets and alleys that his heroic deeds were everywhere, but Qi Huai thought that the prince probably did this with impatience and indifference.

The moment he saw Prince Yu again, Qi Huai understood that the prince has never changed, he is still the same as that indifferent child, even if he is smiling, even if he responds to the words, the prince is still aloof and different from ordinary people. exist.

never change.