At night, after the Hangji Temple, the sky is full of stars.

Suddenly, a pretty figure swept past the shadows of the trees in front of the court, and jumped up the stone steps until it reached the front of the gimbal.

In front of the gimbal, there is a lantern hanging under the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, which is a lantern called "Qi Dead Wind", which is very strong and durable, and will not be extinguished even in windy weather. The candlelight shines through the white sturdy cover, reflecting on the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, reflecting the thriving figure of a person.

Still with a knife-like face, sharp and cold eyes like a falcon, the only difference is that today he wears an indigo blue wide-sleeved robe, and the mountain wind lifts his robe, scattering and flying, as if it wants to merge with the tree. In front of him, a tea table was set up, and the tea set of Ruyao Sanqing emitted a faint light under the white light. But his expression was leisurely, pouring himself a drink, as if everything around him did not exist.

Obviously someone has arrived, but he is familiar with it, and the arrogance exuded from the inside and the outside makes people not feel uncomfortable at all, but feel that he was born to be like this.

"Young master. Ding Lingling stepped forward and saluted.

The man who was called the young master casually "um", took a sip of tea, I don't know if today's tea is particularly delicious, or the starlight under the night sky makes him feel comfortable, and there is finally a smile on his cold iceberg-like face: "How is the situation over there in Jiangnan?"

Ding Lingling frowned slightly, and the expression on her face was a little solemn: "Back to the young master, most of the things in Jiangnan have been done again, but there are some troubles in this transportation?"

"Oh?" the young master raised his eyebrows, "Jiangnan is far away from Shengjing, and the road is far away, most of which is by water. So, something is wrong with the waterway?"

Ding Lingling nodded: "In the water towns of Jiangnan, general freight is transported by water, and goods from all over the country must rely on water transportation to the capital and nearby provinces, as well as items from the capital and nearby provinces that need to be transported to the nearby provinces in the area of Jiangnan. This water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River has always been in the hands of a rich gentleman named Su Yihu. ”

"Su Yihu?" the young master pondered for a moment, "The richest man in Jiangnan?"

Ding Lingling nodded and said: "The young master is very right, this person's family has been in charge of Jiangnan Cao Yun for generations, and has hundreds of merchant ships and a group of slender men, specializing in repairing the silt at the bottom of the river to prevent the river from being blocked and accidents. This person has been operating in Jiangnan for generations and has deep roots. If we want to make things easier, we have to deal with this person. ”

The young master drank all the tea in the cup: "Then can't you go to find Su Yihu? What, isn't he there?"

Ding Lingling shook his head: "Young master, Su Yihu has passed away. ”

"Oh?" the young master's face was still indifferent, "If that's the case, isn't it enough to find his son?"

It is a matter of course for the father to inherit the inheritance of the son.

Ding Lingling said again: "This person has no children and only one daughter. And this Su Yihu's daughter married in the capital, and not long ago I heard that she also passed away a few years ago. ”

The young master turned his head abruptly, looked at Ding Lingling, and a trace of interest gradually appeared in his eyes: "Su Yihu's daughter is dead, so the power in charge of Jiangnan Caoyun has fallen into the hands of her husband?"

Ding Lingling shook her head again: "Her husband has also passed away." ”

"Oh?" the young master furrowed his eyebrows, "the dead are quite clean." ”

Ding Lingling continued: "My subordinates have inquired, when Su Yihu died, he only left all the property of the Su family to his daughter, but this Jiangnan Caoyun was entrusted to his most trusted cronies around him during his lifetime, an old man named Wang Changling. ”

"Then wouldn't it be okay to just hand the post to that old man's mansion?" The young master asked casually while playing with the cup in his hand, "What's the matter, that old man Wang is not here?"

In his opinion, this seems to be a superfluous question, looking at the whole world, who dares not to give him the face of the dignified treasure hall? If that is the case, he is impatient.

However, he is a principled person, and he will not be so rude that the other party will not allow it, so he will throw the other party into the sea to feed the fish. Moreover, he believes that in this world, those who dare to disobey him should not have been born yet.

Ding Lingling said: "The post was handed in, but it was quickly returned." The other party didn't see us, and said that it was such a big business, and we just handed a post in, which was too insincere. ”

"Sincerity?" the young master frowned, isn't it sincere to send a large basket of abalone and sea cucumber as a greeting gift?

As if he had guessed what the young master was thinking, Ding Lingling shook his head and said, "Young master, the meeting gift we sent over will be returned by the other party." They said that they had to see the young master no matter what, after all, such a big business, if there was a mistake, they couldn't afford it, so it was better to be careful. ”

The young master sneered: "So, they can't trust us over there? Jokes, it's really jokes, looking at the whole world, when did our Baojiantang do things that cheated and deceived? Moreover, when did our Baojiantang never believe in their words? Why did they question our integrity?"

Ding Lingling shook his head slightly: "This subordinate doesn't know, maybe this Wang Changling is a cautious person, or perhaps, since he took over Jiangnan Caoyun, he hasn't taken such a big list, right?"

"No way. The young master shook his head, "If it is said that they have not received a big order, then what have they relied on to transport the dispatch of grain and grass and the dispatch of guns and weapons to the army for marching and fighting over the years? Isn't it the hundreds of merchant ships that have been transported from the south of the Yangtze River? That Wang Changling is not only Su Yihu's most trusted cronies, but also the person entrusted with important tasks, so I am afraid that a bigger list will also be taken." This seat is just curious, why are they unwilling to transport this little thing in the treasure hall today? According to this seat, it is not false that they are timid and afraid of things, but they have to see this seat, which is really suspicious. ”

Ding Lingling raised her head in amazement: "Young master, do they have any intentions?"

The young master put down the teacup and stared at her: "Could it be that anyone in this seat can see it if they want to?"

Ding Lingling couldn't help but feel a chill rise from the bottom of his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to touch his gaze. To be honest, for so many years, except for particularly important figures, the young master will appear in front of people. However, even if he appears in front of people, he will wear a silver mask and not show his true face, which is because Baojiantang has been established for about decades, but there are very few people who can see the true face of the young master.

Except, of course, Ding Lingling.

"The matter over there in Jiangnan must be dealt with as soon as possible. The young master didn't care whether others could do it, and directly gave a death order, "Within a month, if they can't get rid of that old man Wang, tell them not to appear in front of this seat again." ”

Ding Lingling also knew that the matter was very important, and he didn't dare to intercede for the people over there, so he answered "yes", and he wanted to repair the book and send it to Jiangnan to convey the young master's order. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard the young master say: "That fifth girl of the Gu family, have you made any recent moves?"