The content of the small book is not so complicated, it tells the story of a fierce and fierce county magistrate and his wife. Of course, Kaoru Yutai's focus is not here, and when he scrolls up and down, his eyes seem to be shining with golden light.

Tang Mo's movements were suppressed by Ye Chi, but he refused to disclose the specific day of the duel, and the battle with Le Tong seemed to be inevitable, so after returning from the official office the next day, Kaoru Tai went to Le's house with Ye Chi.

Perhaps because they have been rivals since several generations ago, the Lejia and the Tang family are far apart. When the two arrived, it was already a watch, after all, it was summer, and the sky seemed to be white, and even a little cool.

What is unexpected is that the Lejia is not more casual than the Tang family, but is heavily guarded, there are more than a dozen people guarding the door alone, and there are countless inside, which is really unusual.

The escort led by him was a cupola in his thirties, and his sharp eyes noticed the two of them, and he recognized Kaoru Yutai at a glance, presumably Ye Chi was beside her, but he still said without fear: "Lord Tantai, I don't see guests in Yuefu today." ”

Kaoru Tai didn't seem to see him, and was about to continue walking inside, but was stopped by Ye Chi. He waved his hand and said gently: "This brother, we want to visit your son, can you please report it?"

He is always polite and generous when he speaks, which makes people can't bear to refuse for a while. Pigtails pursed his lips disdainfully, admittedly hesitant, while another guard behind him pulled him back and muttered something in a low voice.

Kaoru said: "Lejia has practiced martial arts for generations, and pays attention to treating guests with martial arts, so I just go in." ”

Ye Chi was a little surprised: "Treat guests with martial arts?"

"Yes, since we have something to visit, we naturally have to make a few moves. Kaoru Tantai turned to the guards in front of him, and suddenly curled the corners of his lips and sneered, "You guys...... Don't play with fire, little monster. ”

“……？”

Not only Ye Chi, but even those people in Lejia were stunned.

Today's Kaoru Tai seems to be ...... What's wrong? She doesn't usually sneer like that, and she laughs so stiffly, as if she was deliberately trained.

Did someone feed her with something weird?

Seeing Kaoru Yutai walking over, those people were even more frightened, and retreated quietly, and after a while, they had already retreated to the door, and many people fled in the wilderness.

Seeing that his friends were all gone, Chongtian Braided became even more sad. At this moment, a crisp and bright voice broke the silence: "-- go down." ”

When the words settled, I saw a young man in his early twenties walking out of it, his wide robe looked very lazy, as if he hadn't been out of the house for a long time, his face was a little unusual, but he was still handsome, presumably it was Le Tong, the son of the Le family.

After seeing him, Chongtian's embarrassed face became a little ugly, and he whispered: "Childe, the second master won't let you come out......"

"Heh, have my words completely become deaf ears?" Le Tong glared at the man, walked towards Kaoru and Ye Chi, and waved his hands, "Two adults, please go back, if you come to me because of the battle post, the government will inevitably be too idle, right?"

Kaoru Tantai wanted to explain the consequences of the battle post, but thinking that the other party was just sarcastic, he didn't speak. Ye Chi didn't mean to stay, but said: "Le Gongzi looks like he is sick, it's not good to fight Tang Gongzi rashly?"

"If he wants to fight, I'll fight with him, but—" Le Tong looked at him faintly, lukewarmly, "The plot has nothing to do with me, he loves to believe it or not." Drop-off. ”

With that, he turned and went back to the house, as if he was deliberately ruthless. Seeing his figure disappear outside the corridor, the guards finally breathed a sigh of relief and squeezed at each other.

Kaoru Tai followed Ye Chi out of Lejia, and seeing what he was thinking, he reminded: "If you order it as the state pastor, it doesn't hurt to take that place." ”

Ye Chi raised his forehead and said, "We still don't want to do such a violent thing." ”

That night, Kaoru Tai thought that Ah Yao should have gone home a long time ago, but found that he had been sitting in the house waiting for them to come back, and carefully leaned into her ear and said, "Sister, have you read the book that Master gave you?"

"I saw half of it. ”

After hearing this, Ah Yao's little eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

"It's beautiful, it's well written. Kaoru Yutai nodded confidently and smiled at him, "The protagonist is also worth learning." ”

Ah Yao held his face, and a feeling of relief arose, compared to the precepts, it was still a small book that had a greater impact. When he had asked the question, he hopped and went home with his butler.

After he left, Kaoru Tantai lit a lamp, sat in the room and looked through the book, and the more he read, the more wonderful he felt, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

The next morning, the morning light was faint, and the morning sun was rising, and Kaoru received an invitation early in the morning, saying that several calligraphers in the city were going to hold a poetry party, and Le Tong invited Ye Chi to go to the banquet with her.

This invitation came by coincidence.

Le Tong is not familiar with them, it is clear that there were some conflicts just yesterday, and today he invited someone to dinner, which seems to be like making amends, but looking at the reaction of those guards, it seems that Le Tong himself is not in a good situation in Lejia, and there may be something greasy in it.

When Chang Su was preparing the horse, he sent another letter to Ye Chi, whispering something in his ear, and after reading it, he just put it in his sleeve, and his expression was not unusual.

Kaoru Tantai stared at him for a moment and said, "I have a question. ”

She returned to a serious look, which made Ye Chi not surprised, and asked with a smile, "What?"

"You...... Is it really because of the water conservancy in Takizhou that he was demoted?"

It's a question she's wanted to ask for a long time. Before the construction of water conservancy in Takizhou, there must be officials who carefully investigate and list the consequences of rash construction. She could see that he was thoughtful, not a person who was bent on going his own way, so ...... Maybe there's something behind it that she doesn't know?

"Not bad. This answer did not surprise her, "At the time, the officials of the Ministry of Industry stressed to me that this was not appropriate, but I did not listen to them, and now I really regret it." ”

It's not so much regret, it's better to say that his tone is helpless, and there is a bit of joking, and he looks up into the distance, as if he is avoiding something.

"Then will you go back to the capital?"

Xu didn't expect this question, Ye Chi looked at her with some surprise, and said with a faint smile: "Maybe." However, I am now the state pastor of Qinzhou, so I naturally have to take care of this place first. ”

Kaoru Tantai was silent, looked at him, and did not speak.

The venue of the poetry meeting is in a secluded Beppu near the outskirts of the city, surrounded by dense woods, where few people come and go, but it is very lively inside. They were greeted by an elderly butler, who did not specify who the owner of the mansion was, but who led them to their seats.

There were several merchants in the city, and there were several women sitting at a table near the corridor, and even Chu He and a few attendants were also invited, and when they saw Ye Chi, they smiled and their faces bloomed: "Lord Ye, you are here, the lower officials have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Ye Chi smiled and said: "Lord Chu doesn't have to be polite, the lower official ......" He paused halfway through his speech, and looked at Chu He's appearance and would not change his words for a while, and he caught a glimpse of the music pupil who invited them.

Le Tong put on a robe, his figure looked a little thin, it seemed that he was indeed sick, he held a wine jar and beckoned to the two, and said politely: "Lord Ye, Xiaosheng was reckless yesterday, I hope you will forgive me." This poetry meeting is jointly organized by several of us, so you can enjoy it. ”

In addition to the fact that the Lejia and the Tang family were unhappy with each other, the fundamental reason for the contradiction was that they were both salt merchants and had almost formed a monopoly in Qinzhou. Although Le Tong is young, he has already taken over the family business, and he feasted Ye Chi at this juncture, if it was a bribe, the means were a little clumsy.

The courtyard was lit with bright red candles, and several literati and artists had already begun to chant poems. Le Tong didn't sit with most people, frowning at every sip of wine, which looked like medicinal wine. His complexion is fair and soft, like a handsome white-faced scholar, almost worlds apart from Tang Mo.

"I don't know...... Xiaosheng, can you ask Lord Ye for something?"

After a long time, Le Tong suddenly spoke, looking uncertain. Ye Chi nodded and responded, "Young Master Le, please speak." ”

Yutai Kaoru looked at him, guessing that this request was probably related to the Tang family, but the other party said: "Lejia's shop is in Xiaosheng's name, and Xiaosheng asked for a notarization that can be transferred through a guò firm." Ignorance...... Can you ask Lord Ye to be this witness then?"

Several people were stunned, thinking that his move tonight was to give Tang Mo a war letter, but they didn't expect him to sell the family business.

Ye Chi was also slightly surprised, and said slowly: "Can you take the liberty of asking, who does Le Gongzi want to sell the shop under his name to?"

"I can't disclose it for the time being. Le Tong shrugged his shoulders, his hands clenched unconsciously, and took another sip of medicinal wine.

Yutai Kaoru was puzzled: "Since you have already received Tang Mo's battle post, and now you are changing shops, are you retreating from the battle?"

"Tang Mo's kid just likes to fight, and this son is accompanied. Le Tong looked at her faintly, and said with a smile, "The Tang family protects him tightly, and he has never been involved in things like shops, so I disdain to fight with him." ”

Indeed, compared to Tang Mo, who solved everything by brute force, Le Tong was much more experienced in dealing with people. Whatever his purpose, he did not bribe or make excessive demands, but it was not an exaggeration to ask the governor to be a witness.

Seeing that the two of them were deep in thought, Le Tong waved his hand and smiled, his face soft: "Adults don't have to answer now, Xiaosheng is not in a hurry." ”

His polite appearance was indeed much more pleasing than Tang Mo's, and he got up and walked to the depths of the corridor. Kaoru Yutai looked around, her beautiful face was lined with red candles, and suddenly said, "Lejia's guards didn't follow." ”

Ye Chi nodded and said quietly, "You also noticed?"

"Well, Lejia is so heavily guarded, there's no reason why Letong doesn't take anyone with him when he travels. She paused and analyzed, "Maybe something happened to Lejia, otherwise he wouldn't want to sell the family business with a promising future." ”

Ye Chi heard the sound and looked at the place where Le Tong disappeared, but he was patted on the shoulder, and then there was a strong smell of wine, it turned out that Chu He, who was already drunk, ran over, and said with a glass of wine: "Come on, come on, Lord Ye come to drink!"

He was followed by several guards from the capital, but no one could stand him. Ye Chi was forced by him to stuff a wine glass, hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't want to drink, then Yutai Kaoru suddenly took the wine glass, and said calmly: "You didn't drink much of the wine I gave you last time, since you can't drink it, it's up to me." ”

Without thinking about it, she drank the wine in one gulp, handed the cup back to Chu He, and said, "Lord Chu is so out of shape, it's not good to pass it to the capital." ”

Xu was frightened by this sentence, Chu He Dengshi sobered up a little, and was supported back by the attendant. Ye Chi looked at Kaoru Tantai and was about to express his gratitude, but found that her face was a little unnaturally red, and she rubbed her eyebrows vigorously.

"Yutai, what's wrong with you?"

Kaoru Tandai waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and suddenly let out a big hiccup, looking a little painful. She doesn't look like a person who pours a glass, and it can be seen from the amount of alcohol she drank before, could it be ......

Ye Chi was startled, and was about to stop Chu He, but who knew that Yutai Kaoru stood up suddenly, and hit the table, the whole person seemed to be very energetic, pinched his chin, and sneered: "Heh, are you satisfied with what you see?"