A touch of the slanting sun shines on the weeping willows, a young man stands sideways with his sword on his back and his head up, the weeping willows cover his eyebrows, the blue hair towel imprisons his black and shiny hair, the breeze blows, the hair is over the slanting sun, the young man's face is bright and deep, masculine, and he is handsome.

"Brother He Xiu, if you hold on for a while, He'er will be fine immediately. ”

Guan Zhihe sat in front of a desk, holding a paintbrush, drawing a full-body portrait of him, just because his kung fu was not deep and his grip was jerky, He Xiu had stood stiffly for nearly three incense sticks, and couldn't help but relax his limbs, and was stopped by her.

"He'er, hurry up, I can't support it anymore. ”

He Xiu didn't dare to move, and squeezed out a urging from his lips, but Guan Zhihe ignored him, lowered his pink neck, and calmly traced his deep eyes.

After soaking in the third hole for three days, the bones on He Xiu's face had undergone earth-shaking changes, and his body had become masculine and shiny, and his height had jumped to a full eight feet.

Guan Zhihe also became more and more obsessed with him, and today while the sun was shining, on a whim, she dragged him to the backyard and shouted to draw a full-body portrait of him.

Seeing that Guan Zhihe was so inclined to love herself, He Xiu also posed more seriously and let her toss.

Guan Zhihe hung the painted portrait on the side of his bed, dancing and boasting.

"Brother He Xiu, in the future, the first person He'er will see when she opens her eyes every day is you, hehe. ”

"Haha, I have the Mu Sijian that you gave you, and you have my portrait, so that we will have some sustenance when we are separated. ”

He Xiu also tilted his neck to admire the other side of himself, jokingly said to her, both of them looked at each other affectionately, and soon, each other's cheeks rose with shame.

"Brother He Xiu, the Zhou family competed with us for the business of farm tools the day before yesterday, and I don't know what the situation is now. ”

Guan Zhihe first provoked the ambiguous atmosphere and asked him about the current situation.

"Brother Qiao hasn't informed me yet, but I think the Zhou family must be angry now......"

"He'er, Brother He, I have something important to report. ”

He Xiu and Guan Zhihe met and smiled: "Brother Qiao, I'm talking to He'er about you, hurry, come in and talk about something." ”

Qiao Shenming pushed open the door, said hello to Guan Zhihe again, and said, "Brother He, your idea is very effective, the people have left the Zhou family's shop one after another, and bought nearly five hundred farm tools from us, but it is ......."

He Xiu watched his face change from joy to sorrow, so he hurriedly asked, Qiao Shenming replied: "However, in the past few days, people from other towns have come to inform our government that their daughter has gone missing in Qiman Town, to be exact, she disappeared when she was buying seeds and farm tools. ”

"What?" He Xiu opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "How many girls are missing, has the Guo Mansion taken over these cases?"

"I don't know the specific number, but listening to the housekeeper of the Guan Mansion, it seems that the Guo Mansion did not take over these cases, but found an excuse to shirk it. ”

Qiao Shenming informed him of the news he had just heard, and Guan Zhihe said indignantly: "What a cowardly murderer, I, Guan Zhihe, swear not to share the sky with him." ”

"He'er, don't be angry first, listen to Brother Qiao's words," He Xiu said to Qiao Shenming again: "Brother Qiao, among those women who disappeared, are there local women in Qiman Town?"

"No," Qiao Shenming shook his head and said: "The meaning of this murderer is very clear, he just wants to challenge our Guan family, Brother He, these women are missing outside our and Zhou family's shops, in case they are held by Guo Fu, we will not be able to deal with it." ”

"Yes, we are at war with the Zhou family and the Chang family everywhere, we have to watch out for them, the Zhou family will not do this for the time being, because they also have indirect responsibility for this matter, but the Chang family is afraid that it is difficult to say. ”

He Xiudu walked in the living room of the bedroom, and said what he thought while thinking about it, and Qiao Shenming poured out the results of his analysis: "Brother He, what you said is true, the Chang family is pouring grain back and forth, there must be his abacus, we have to be careful." ”

"Brother He Xiu, this Chang family is too unreasonable, we have humbled them again and again, but he wants to make us bad in everything, if I want to say it, he will completely collapse their family, so that they will never turn over. Guan Zhihe gritted her teeth and said fiercely.

The two laughed dumbly after hearing this, and felt that Guan Zhihe was thinking about the problem a little too simply: "He'er, just now Brother Qiao said that the Chang family has its own abacus behind its back, and it is not so easy to completely beat their family." ”

"Report ......"

There was a hurried shout from outside the door, and the three of them pushed the door out at the same time, and Guan Zhihe was the first to ask, "What is so panicked." ”

The family who reported the news didn't have time to say hello to them, and quickly said the content of the report: "The iron tools we used to build farm tools are about to run out, and the little one went to ask the Chang family for the iron tools set five days ago today, and was told by the shopkeeper that Chang Gongzi broke our contract and handed me liquidated damages on the spot." ”

After the servant finished speaking, he bowed his head and left.

"This Chang family would rather pay liquidated damages than cooperate with us, what do they want to do?"

Qiao Shenming frowned, his eyes narrowed slightly, his mouth was full of broken words, and he walked forward and thought about it.

"I'm afraid we'll have to ask Mr. Sha about this. ”

He Xiu gritted his teeth, turned his head to look at the West Wing Courtyard, and walked quickly, Guan Zhihe was eager to know the answer, and followed with Qiao Shenming's thoughts.

Sha Jiannan's bedroom had already fallen with thick dust, and He Xiu guessed that no one had walked into this house for at least five days, so he sighed secretly and sat in place.

Guan Zhihe was about to open his mouth to ask for countermeasures, but was stopped by Qiao Shenming's eyes, and let him think alone.

"Brother Qiao, how long does it take to open an ironsmith shop?"

After half a sound, He Xiu blurted out a sentence, and Qiao Shenming replied without the slightest hesitation: "We have ready-made ones in the store, but the iron needs to be mined, and the mining approval document must have the big seal of the government, if it is all available, I think it will not take thirty days to create the iron tools needed for agricultural tools." ”

"This previous requirement can be solved in the blink of an eye, but at this juncture, it is even more difficult to ask Guo Fu for approval, Brother Qiao, where is the Chang family's iron mining?"

"Pure Treasure Mountain next to Bailing Mountain!"

"Next to each other?" He Xiu closed his eyes, kept repeating these three words, and said after a while: "I remember that there was a nursery rhyme in my childhood, and I vaguely remember that the second half of it is, the rain falls into the sea, and everything becomes one vein. Brother Qiao, according to this nursery rhyme, will the veins be connected as well?"

"That's right, how did I forget about this, this vein is a vein, haha, Brother He, this nursery rhyme won't be made up by you, right?"

He Xiu smiled silently, how could they understand his own personal experience, and just asked: "The lease period of Bailing Mountain is still more than ten years, which is enough for us to mine and use, Brother Qiao, you must find the most trusted person to take over this matter." ”

"No, I have to manage it myself, and I can't rest assured that the stakes are high. ”

When He Xiu saw his solemn expression, he knew that he was still worried about that matter, so he persuaded: "Brother Qiao, the business of the Guan Mansion is all over Qiman Town, you can't do everything yourself, you should still have enough confidence to trust the people under your hands." ”

"Hmm...... Brother He is right, don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, this is what the master often teaches me, okay, I'll find a suitable person to take over the management. ”

After watching Qiao Shenming leave, Guan Zhihe couldn't help but say the words in her heart: "Brother He Xiu, the look in your eyes just now is very similar to when your father was thinking about the problem, you say, is this fate?"

"Hehe, He'er laughed, Uncle Guan's experience is not comparable to that of me, a hairy boy, but I still believe that fate exists. ”

Guan Zhihe didn't answer and grinned, He Xiu took her into his arms with one hand and said, "Let's go, let's go to a place and meet someone." ”

"Where are you going, who are you seeing?" asked Kwan Zhihe.

"Don't ask, you'll find out when you go. ”

Walking through the alleys, the two walked out of the north gate and came to a remote apricot forest, at this time Zhanguan Zhihe wanted to ask, but He Xiu sealed her thin lips: "Don't ask anything, wait quietly." ”

Guan Zhihe was even more dizzy by his words, but she still stood there obediently and waited quietly.

He Xiu also crossed his hands on his chest, sat on a piece of bluestone, and looked intently in the direction of the north gate.

A heavy footstep raised the vigilance of the two, and Guan Zhihe clenched his arm and saw a thin old man approaching.

"How's it going?"

He Xiu didn't call him by name, but just coldly threw a bag of silver ingots into his hand, the old man weighed the bag of silver ingots with one hand, and replied: "Hehe, or your Guan family is generous......

"How's it going?"

He Xiu didn't have the patience to listen to him talk about other nonsense, he just wanted to know the news that he had spent money to buy.

"Childe stays in the door with Xiao Daoren all day every day, and the old man doesn't know what they are doing. ”

After the old man finished speaking impatiently, He Xiu glanced at Guan Zhihe and asked, "Could it be that you have never heard anything?"

"Hey......

The old man looked at them with a wicked smile, and Guan Zhihe threw a piece of gold to him and said, "What did they say?"

"Hehe," the old man said with his teeth on the gold ingot, "Actually, it's nothing, I walked under Guo Gongzi's door that day, and overheard them repeating a sentence......

The old man smiled sneeringly when he said this, Guan Zhihe was about to throw another gold ingot to him, but He Xiu stopped him, shot killing intent into the old man's eyes, and said: "I seriously injured Guo Zhenxing and Xiao Daoren that day, I guess you also saw it, hum, you are a smart person, you don't need me to remind you again and again." ”

For a moment, the fragrance of apricot blossoms in the entire forest was covered by He Xiu's murderous aura, and the old man's whole body shuddered.