The house that the potter said was built on the edge of Jimo City, so it was far away from the bustle and crowding of the city center, and it was indeed a rare secluded place. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The scale of the house is not small, in front of it is a two-story pavilion, the main entrance is facing the street as a commercial use, and behind the pavilion is several rooms for the owner's daily living, which together enclose a small courtyard. In the courtyard, a stone mill, an old well, and a few apricot trees were planted, which were full of green and yellow apricots at this time.

Qingyin looked around inside and outside the house, and he was still satisfied with this house. In the troubled times of the Warring States Period, the Zhou rites were deserted, and luxury enjoyment was not only the right of the nobles, but also some wealthy merchants began to pursue the comfort and ornamentation of the residence, such as the owner of the house, the merchant of the Chu State. The furniture in the house is readily available, lacquer case, lacquer table, seat screen...... Whether it is lacquer, carving, or painting, all of them are meticulous and exquisite, low-key and luxurious, simple but ingenious, which shows that its owner has good taste. In this way, there is no need for Qingyin to bother to buy, and he is indeed a character who does not like trouble.

The merchants of the Chu State followed behind Qingyin, and saw that he had watched him for a long time, but he had not said a word, and he couldn't figure out whether he had the intention or not. The weather was hot and sultry, and the slightly fat figure of the merchant of Chu State was really unbearable to follow Qingyin in and out, and some thin sweat oozed from his forehead, and he wiped it with a silk handkerchief before saying: "Sir, I can't find a second one in the city in this house, I don't know what Mr. means?" ”

Qingyin nodded, "Yes, it's not bad." ”

After receiving the affirmation, the businessmen of Chu State were a little relieved, and echoed with a smile: "Because something happened at home, I had to go back, so I couldn't bear to make a move." ”

"Oh?" Qingyin raised his eyebrows and glanced at the merchants of the Chu State lightly. Naturally, business people are not profitable, and even if things are tricky at the moment, they will not make a losing deal for no reason. Knowing it but not breaking it, Qingyin smiled slightly, pretending to be in trouble, "It's just ......"

The heart of the merchant of Chu State who had just put it down was raised again, in fact, this house today is going to be sold no matter what, and it is better to lose money than to be empty! It's just that if you lose money, you will feel distressed and painful. said without a trace: "If there is any difficulty in sir, you might as well say it directly." ”

"When I first came to Qi Country, I naturally didn't have much money to spare, and the price was ...... A piece of Yingzhan is indeed a bit much. After Qingyin finished speaking, he frowned and sighed helplessly, "I've been bothering for a long time, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry, I'm leaving." He turned around and left without looking back.

The merchants of Chu never expected Qingyin to come here, they were a little stunned, seeing Qingyin's clothes and acting like the son of a certain country or a nobleman, he thought that he would kill a young man who was not familiar with the world, even if the small abacus was wrong, Qingyin had some brains, and pressed the price with him, and then he pretended to be embarrassed to back down, and he also seemed to be generous. It was originally a safe and profitable deal, but what is the situation, just leave with your sleeves and leave? The merchant of Chu State was a little depressed for a while, and finally met the buyer, and he had to say with a smile: "Sir, stay here, we can discuss the price in detail." ”

Qingyin stopped and turned around, restrained his smile, and suddenly felt that the way mortals were polite on the surface and secretly speculated on people's hearts was really hypocritical and boring, so he didn't want to talk nonsense and politeness with the merchants of Chu State anymore. A pair of clear and gentle eyes were like ancient wells without waves, thin lips opened lightly, and Yun said slowly and lightly: "Two years ago, the Qin State attacked the Chu State and defeated the Chu army, the Chu army lost 20,000 soldiers, and the Qin army killed the Chu general Jing Que. The king of Chu was afraid, so he sent the crown prince Mi Heng as a hostage to sue for peace with the Qi state. ”

The face of the merchant of Chu changed slightly, "Sir, this, what does this mean?" ”

"What do you mean?" Qingyin smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, "Now that the King of Chu has died in the Qin State, Chu Proton Mi Heng is eager to return to China and take the throne, shouldn't he go back with the crown prince?" ”

After hearing this, the merchant of Chu State turned pale, changed his previous appearance with a gentle smile, and looked at Qingyin with caution and vigilance: "Who are you?" "He was originally a nobleman of the Chu State, and he entered the Qi State as a merchant just to hide people's eyes, but in fact to secretly protect the prince of the Chu State. Because some of the nobles of Qi knew him, it was inconvenient for him to appear in Linzi, so he chose Jimo City, which was relatively far away, but he didn't expect to be recognized by Qingyin today. If the king of Qi knew that he was in the state of Qi, he would suspect the purpose of the original peace of the state of Chu, and he was afraid that the king of Qi would be dissatisfied with the state of Chu, which would be unfavorable to the prince, and would also affect the future diplomatic relations between the two countries. The more Mi Long thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his eyes looked at Qingyin sharply, and he had already moved to kill the young man in front of him.

How Mi Long was thinking, Qingyin was naturally clear, and said with a shallow smile: "It doesn't matter who you are, and you don't need to be nervous, if you want to tell others in the next place, you won't come here alone today." It's just that Qingyin deliberately paused and smiled meaningfully, "It's just a suggestion to step down, don't be smart in the future, be careful to be mistaken by cleverness." As he spoke, he put the Chu State gold coin, which looked like half a turtle shell, on the lacquer case, and gently tapped it twice with his slender and beautiful fingers, "Half a piece of Yingzhan, it's enough to buy this house!" ”

Mi Long looked at the half of the Yingzhan on the lacquer case, and saw that his identity and careful thinking had been picked by the other party, and he was a little embarrassed for a while. He thinks he has a lot of knowledge and has read countless people, but he can't see through the young man in front of him, he can't guess through it, and he feels that he has countless secrets hidden in him, like an abyss that is not shocked, and more like a sea of turmoil. Mi Long looked at Qingyin steadily, wanting to remember his appearance, if the young man in front of him chooses a career, he will see you again in the future, and he is definitely an opponent that should not be underestimated. But no matter how hard Mi Long tried to remember, Qingyin's appearance was like a bamboo basket drawing water to him, and he couldn't capture it at all.

Just when Mi Long was puzzled, he heard a warm voice in Qingyin and said: "I can have such a place to live in Jimo, and I think there are some ways to do it, and I want to gain a foothold here, and as for the Yi Division, I hope to help you with one or two." ”

Qi State adopts the method of dividing the country and the field, and for the governance of the field, the thirty families are one yi, and the Yi is set up in the Yi Division, as long as there is an identity report in the Yi Division, then as long as the superiors do not go to the inventory, you can sit back and relax.

Mi Long put half of the Yingzhan on the table into his sleeve, and returned to his previous simple and gentle appearance, as if what had just happened had never happened, and nodded again and again, "Since the deal has been negotiated, I should try my best to do the follow-up things, and the rest will be handed over to the next, Mr. should rest assured." Mi Long remembered one thing and added: "Before I went out for business, my wife and children were not around, and the back house could not be empty for a long time, so I hired an old couple to be responsible for the daily cleaning and care." The old couple of the Wang family have passed the age of sixties, have no children and no daughters, and now that the house has changed hands, they naturally have nowhere to go, and they hope that Mr. will leave them behind. ”

"Go and stay, but if they wish."

"That'...... In the next generation of the two old people, thank you Mr. first. ”

Qingyin bowed slightly, didn't say anything more, and walked towards the second floor of the attic. After standing for a while, he also turned to leave.

The sun sinks in the west, sprinkling the last little afterglow on the world.

Qingyin stood at the window on the second floor, a pair of clear and gentle eyes calmly staring at the sparkling waves outside the window, glowing with golden water. In the evening, the breeze took away a little coolness from the heat of the day, and occasionally passed by the window, stopping to linger, gently lifting the silver headband he used to tie his hair, and gently brushing his inky hair across his cheeks. Childe is like jade, gentle and noble, no matter how you look at it, it is a very beautiful picture, so beautiful that people don't want to look away.

It seems to be enjoying the scenery, but Qingyin's attention is not on the scenery, frowning slightly and meditating, her slender and beautiful fingers gently knocking on the window lattice, one at a time, very regular. Since he has a commercial house, he can't waste it, and there must be means to make a living in the world, he is not a prince and general, second, he doesn't want to be born as an official, and third, he doesn't have an inch of land, even if he wants to sit and eat empty, he can't eat too obviously. So, after thinking about it, Qingyin waved his sleeves and proposed a name for the house, and his fingers swiped a few times on the well-trimmed maroon mahogany plank, all in one go. As soon as the fingertips were raised, the two big characters of "Yaqu" jumped out, vigorous and powerful, three points into the wood, and elegant and free like a swimming dragon. The slender and beautiful fingers picked up the edge of the plank, looked closer to the eyes, and was quite satisfied, so he casually threw the plank out of the window, and the plank flew out and stuck firmly at the junction between the first and second floors.

The sky was getting dark, and the darkness was struggling to swallow the last of the light.

After Qingyin hung up the hanging banner with the word "荼" written on it, what should be done is almost done, and it will only take a few days to prepare before you can open your door to do business. Although Qingyin knew in his heart that his so-called business might be even more bleak than the previous weaving and embroidery business of Milong, it was better than nothing!

Surrounded by darkness, the feeling of loneliness and loneliness is all too familiar, but at this time, Qingyin remembered Ye Qian, who was sick in the potter's house by him, and sighed leisurely, I don't know if the girl is better? Sure enough, after entering the mortal world, he also learned the problem of mediocrity disturbing himself, when he left the pottery shop, in order to prevent accidents, he added mana protection to Ye Qian, where is there any need to worry about her being in danger at this time?

Qingyin shook his head helplessly and stopped thinking about it, he had nothing to do, he stood at the window with his hands and enjoyed the scenery for a while, looking at it, but the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up a shallow smile, a little disdainful, and a little mockery, the so-called Six Realms Qingming is like this? As the sun sets, the bustle of the daytime fades and the noisy streets quiet down as people return home. At this time, black and white alternated, yin and yang were mixed, but those monsters who relied on sucking popularity to cultivate and liked to emerge day and night began to move, and the hustle and bustle became active. The calm eyes were dyed with a little melancholy, and his thoughts seemed to have crossed a thousand years, and he returned to the place where the grass was rubbing, and the smile gradually condensed on his lips, and the clear voice seemed to remember something, he frowned slightly and sighed lightly, reached out to close the window, and turned to go downstairs. Cutting off the right and wrong outside, since you can't control it, and you can't change the established facts, then you can do it out of sight and out of mind.

The old couple of the Wang family were enjoying the cool under the apricot tree in the courtyard, and when they saw Qingyin walking out from behind the pavilion and walking in their direction, they hurriedly supported each other and stood up, and politely said 'sir'

Qingyin bowed slightly, although it was a little awkward, he still called them 'old man', and said with a shallow smile: "Are the two old men willing to stay?" ”

"As long as Mr. doesn't dislike us for being old, we husband and wife should do our best." Wang Lao's name is 'Wang Yu', and he is also a famous old man in Jimo City, he worshiped Confucianism when he was young, and his wife Wang Meng was a childhood sweetheart, and his relationship was very strong, but Wang Meng could not have children, and Wang Yu stubbornly refused to marry again, and the two have never had children. Both then and now, this old couple is deviant enough in the eyes of the world.

"In this case, we will be a family in the future, so why should the two of you be polite to me! When I first came here, I didn't know much about the customs and habits of Qi State, and I was a child, so I was afraid that I would have to rely on two old people in the future. ”

They are old, and I am afraid that they will have to wait for them in a few years, and I think that no one will want them to be troubled, and they are worried about where to go, but I didn't expect Qingyin to take them in. Wang Yu was naturally grateful to Qingyin, and when he heard his words warm, he couldn't help but have red eyes: "Where, where, Mr. is polite, if you can use the place of our old couple, you can tell us, we can't eat and drink here for nothing, innocently drag Mr." ”

Qingyin still smiled warmly, "How can it be dragged down" looked at Wang Meng with his eyes, "I heard that the old man is also full of poetry and books, but it saves me from going to find a teacher again." ”

Wang Mengfang heard Qingyin say that there was another child, and heard him say that he wanted to find a teacher, so he naturally understood, and hurriedly looked around, but there was no one, "I don't know, where is the child that Mr. said?" ”

"I'll leave her somewhere else and get her back when I'm safe here."

Wang Meng nodded, the joy in his eyes couldn't be hidden, and he couldn't help but pull her husband's sleeve. Because she has no regrets about having children, she has an indescribable love for children.

Wang Meng's mood, Qingyin naturally understands, and inevitably has to instruct, "The child is young, and he has not been determined, and I hope the old man will not be too spoiled." I am afraid that she will be raised arrogant and domineering, and she will not be able to find someone willing to marry in the future. ”

Seeing that Qingyin was half-joking and speaking easily, and was gentle and kind, the Wang couple was naturally no longer restrained, and after the three of them chatted for a while, they went back to rest.

A few days later, when everything was stable in Yaqu, Qingyin took Ye Qian back from the potter's house. The little girl's disease, after healing, has grown some flesh, two small pear vortices can be faintly seen on both sides of the corners of her mouth when she laughs, her skin has become white and ruddy, and her big bright eyes are becoming clearer and smarter, as if she can speak.

"Wow! It's beautiful! Ye Qian stood at the door, looking at the patchwork courtyard with wide eyes and amazement, the Wang couple also tied a swing with hemp rope between the two apricot trees in the courtyard, she looked very fond of it, but because Qingyin was around, there were still some small constraints.

"Do you like it?" Qingyin looked at Ye Qian's little face overflowing with joy, and touched her head with a light smile, "Go and see." ”

"Hmm." Ye Qian nodded very hard, and ran towards the yard with his legs. After running around for a while, he looked back at Qingyin who was standing not far away, and asked, "Master, will this be our home in the future?" ”

The warm afternoon sun sprinkled through the cracks in the trees on the white clothes with a clear sound like snow, and he seemed to be infected by Ye Qian's excited appearance, his calm and waveless eyes had a little warm smile, and he nodded slightly. At this time, the quiet courtyard was leisurely bathed in the sun, and Qingyin only felt that his heart was warm and quiet that he had never had.

"Great!" Ye Qian was so happy that he was about to jump up, "I like it here!" The silver bell-like laughter echoed in the courtyard for a long time, and it was also the happiest day she had ever had since she was born.