The first-class Chen Dagongzi was now preparing to arrange work and then go south to Yangzhou for the New Year, he sent a letter to Zhenjiang, and had no intention of going there again, but Mrs. Chen sent a report ordering him to go and stay for a few days anyway. Only then did Chen Ji know that the Xie family had been funding Mrs. Chen and Chen Qi's life in Yangzhou, and Xie Daozhong even used his connections in the officialdom to open the door for them, and brought Chen Qi into the Yangzhou yamen and became a big official.

Even if the old man of the Chen family is dead, as a flourishing family, the Chen family is far from being reduced to the point where it needs help to survive, and Chen Fuping's case has been suppressed, obviously the boss also understands in his heart that there is a gap in it, and this old case will be pressed down forever and forever - at least it will be longer than the time that Aixin Jueluo ruled in this land, until the relevant twists and turns are destroyed, and even the history books will not be entered.

Of course, Chen Ji understood that this was the Xie family's expression of goodwill to him and their firm stance on the marriage of the Chen Xie family, but this heavy favor made him a little breathless, except for trying his best to be good to the Xie family, he didn't seem to be able to find any good way to repay the Xie family. He put his mother's letter on the table, pressed his fingers on it, and tried to recall Wanlan's appearance in his heart, but suddenly understood the reason why his mother had to drag the family to follow him when he was appointed as the magistrate of Yueyang.

It's really ...... It's too far away, no lover or couple can stand the test of distance, he still remembers the initial amazement and love for Wanlan, but all he can remember is these feelings of nothingness.

He pushed open the office door and descended the milky white European spiral staircase. As the New Year approached, the business of Conley Foreign Bank became more and more prosperous, and he walked all the way over, greeting the aunt and wife of Zhenbeizi's family, greeting the aunt and grandmother of the Cen Shilang family, and even some famous people with strong backgrounds had to take good care of them. For a big man, this job is boring and tight, and a scholar rules the country and the world, where can he do such a small and low thing?

Chen Ji smiled at a blonde and blue-eyed foreign woman, greeted her, and then walked to the counter where the diamonds were displayed beside her, intending to pick out a piece of diamond jewelry to bring to Wanlan as a gift, but he hesitated when he stood by the counter - the Xie family has a lot of daughters, and they can't favor one over the other, just to give Wanlan such a treasure.

But if everybody sends it...... He pursed the corners of his lips and leaned slightly to leave.

But the waiter in a suit and vest behind the counter greeted him and asked him with a smile: "Manager Chen, buy something for your wife?" ”

Chen Ji nodded to him to say hello, and since he had already spoken, it was inevitable to say a few words of greeting, and the waiter said with a mysterious smile that he was going to show him something, and then bent down to take a piece of diamond jewelry from the counter.

Chen Ji glanced at it, and his eyes were immediately attracted, it was a pair of earrings, the clear diamonds were polished into the shape of water droplets, and the smaller ones were worn on the earlobes, with the pointed ends downward, while the hanging ones were large and clear, and the pointed ends were upward, one large and one small were all smooth lines, without any superfluous decoration, because they were valuable enough.

He was a little moved, and recalled Wanlan's face, such thick and beautiful eyebrows, wearing a dress like a foreign princess as noble and elegant, if you can call such an earring, it can be called "the waist is like a stream, and the ears are bright and moonless".

The waiter said proudly: "Beautiful, I came to see Luan Beizi a month ago, and asked me to keep it, he went home to buy the silver, as if he was going to please the Hua Dan of the Heqing class, but he seemed to have caused some trouble in the past two days, and was locked up in the house by King Qing, so he didn't give up, and asked people to hand over the note." ”

He was happy to talk about himself, but he didn't notice that Chen Ji's expression had sunk - Zailuan, Zailuan, the loyal minister who worked hard for the Qing court had died, and he only got a punishment of being locked up in the palace, and he was still in the mood to please a play.

"How much?"

The waiter was stunned: "What did you say?" ”

Chen Ji repeated again: "This, how much is it?" ”

The waiter smiled embarrassedly, seemed to hesitate, and said euphemistically: "It's not a small amount, even Zailuan Beizi has to be picked out from the house." ”

Chen Ji smiled stiffly and raised his chin: "Wrap it up for me, it's a little pretty, I'm going to take it and give it away." ”

The waiter's expression was even more dumbfounded: "Can ...... But ......"

"I'll pay the price, don't worry," he leaned sideways against the glass display case, his eyebrows softened a little, and he smiled again: "Count it in your sales." ”

The waiter suddenly smiled, and his words were even more groveling and flattering, there are not many people in this foreign company who know his family background, or not at all, Shoda Miko once planned to make a fuss about his identity, so as to raise the value of Conley Foreign Company, but he was persuaded to dispel the idea with a decent reason - this is the capital, the capital of the prime minister's concierge and the third official.

Xie Daozhong has Xie Daoyong to rely on, and Xie Daoyong can also carry out the Xie family's generational lintel to occupy a high point in etiquette, three hundred years ago the Southern Ming Dynasty was in danger, the Manchu Tartar butcher knife was in the city, Xie Wenhui, who was the magistrate of Zhenjiang at the time, led the people of Zhenjiang to surrender to Prince Yu, consciously shaved their hair and was easy to wear, and gave up their names to protect the heads of all the people in Zhenjiang.

At that time, Shi Kefa was still alive, compared with the stubborn Southern Ming court, Junjie, who knew the current affairs, was naturally easy to win the favor of those in power, Xie Wenhui was immediately awarded the title of first-class duke, and pretended to plan to promote him to the official and transfer him to the capital, but Xie Wenhui refused on the grounds of "willing to be a corner of Zhenjiang in the Great Qing Dynasty". That night, he changed his name from "Wenhui" to "Immortal Chen", but the three characters Xie Immortal only appeared on the tablet he enshrined in the family ancestral hall - a secret that his father, Chen Fuping, knew when he was in Zhenjiang.

The former titles have long been reduced by the successive generations until they no longer exist, and the Xie family has lived in Zhenjiang for generations, carefully serving as officials, never making any political achievements that alarmed the emperor, and never causing any trouble to be noticed by the capital. Until today, three hundred years later, the strict family motto left by Xie Yuchen seems to be useless in front of a junior, but when he went to the capital to become a Beijing official, he still did not make any commendable career.

Chen Ji held the valuable jewelry in his palm, and picked out some foreign silverware with novel styles and packed them together, and when he walked into the office, he was still thinking about the legacy of this ancient family, which coincided with the old alcohol king.

The wealth is also big, the property is also big, and the descendants are also in great trouble, if you ask what this reason is, the children and grandchildren are bold, and they are not afraid of any major events, and they will not give up if they do not lose their wealth; The wealth is also small, the property is also small, and the future generations are also small, if you ask what this reason is, the children and grandchildren have less money and are timid, and this micro-industry knows how to protect itself, and it is too frugal.

The heroes in the peaceful and prosperous era need to protect themselves, but in this troubled era where the wind and rain are like obscure roosters, only the emperor needs to protect himself.

There will always be a day......

He arrived in Zhenjiang when he was four days before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and planned to stop here for two more days before leaving for Yangzhou, but Xie Daozhong suggested that he would bring Mrs. Chen and Chen Qidu to Zhenjiang, and this plan was mentioned before he came to Zhenjiang, and no one objected, but Xie Huaian said to Wanlan in private: "Brother Yuji may not agree." ”

Wanlan thought to herself, a person like Chen Ji, as long as he still wants to be a good husband and wife with her, he will not be willing to get too many benefits from the Yue family, he is used to owing favors to others.

Xie Huai'an has a good impression of the eldest aunt of Xie Fu, and most of the children who are decent will silently worship an unruly person in their hearts - not necessarily a child, Taibai poems have been passed down to this day, and the style of the Wei and Jin dynasties has also been praised endlessly, isn't this synonymous with unruliness? He is very worried that Chen Ji's current behavior will not be treated by Xie Daozhong, and now that Chen Fuping is dead, Chen Ji is about to become the Xie family's fast son-in-law, but he is afraid that Xie Daozhong will have to criticize him.

Wanlan didn't care much, his father couldn't control him at the beginning, could it be that his father-in-law had more weight? If the handwritten letter she received earlier was not enough to make any waves in her heart, the appearance of the living Chen Ji in front of her, smiling at her, and talking to her was enough to overturn the doubts and hesitations that arise when she is calm and alone. She watched Chen Ji come over step by step in the hall, wearing a dark blue cotton robe, dressed plainly and with a noble bearing, standing beside Xie Daozhong was neither humble nor arrogant, talking and laughing freely.

She was concerned about the etiquette to be observed between fiancés, and only looked in the hall, and then quietly withdrew. Chen Ji saw her leave in the afterglow, his heart relaxed, and he began to recall his every move again, lest he lose his grace.

Xie Daozhong talked to him in a class, and Mrs. Qin arranged for the servant to move his bags to the neatly packed guest room, Xie Huai'an expected it to be good, and his father-in-law was really not very satisfied with what he was doing, to be exact, he should be very dissatisfied, so he proposed to ask Xie Daoyong to find an errand for him in the yamen.

Chen Ji said: "It's really my sin to let Shibo bother about my nephew, but my father's affairs are calm, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to enter the yamen now." ”

Xie Daozhong also took this into account, and looked at Chen Ji's meaning, and he didn't have any intention of resisting entering the official table, so he didn't say anything more, he knew the importance of officialdom, and he didn't ask anything more about this matter, he changed his mind to care about his food, clothing, housing and transportation in the capital, and asked what books he had read recently.

After chatting for a while, Mrs. Qin came in with the girl, said where he lived, and greeted his mother and brother well, Huai'an and Wantian Wanxian sisters were all in the same room to accompany the guests, only Wanlan avoided herself, he endured chatting for a while, and then seemed to inadvertently greet Wanlan well.

"Sister Lan is very good, and she is also very busy," Wan Tian said with a smile: "I am learning to manage the inner house from my mother, and I should ask Ah Xian to teach her to speak foreign language, and not long ago I accompanied my father to go to Beigu Mountain to watch the snow." ”

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