Lingcheng is not a big city, it is only because of the seaside that it is extraordinarily prosperous, and Dayu is the best among the surrounding countries in terms of sea navigation, and it is also the farthest country that ships sail farthest. Therefore, all the places near the sea are relatively wealthy, and they are more prosperous than the inland.

Xiao Qiao remembered that His Majesty had several ocean-going fleets in his hands today, but he didn't find out who he gave them until he died, and for this reason, the Seven Princes were so angry that they smoked. It was one of Dayu's best ocean-going fleets, and the wealth he brought back from each voyage was comparable to a year's treasury revenue.

They would stay in Lingcheng for a day, and let the guards and retinue go and hire ships and pack their things. Originally, Master Li was planning to meet with the county commander of Lingcheng, but Xiao Qiao decided to rent a boat by himself. This trip was originally to let Xiao Qi gain experience, and Master Li did not object to this.

Lord Li only thinks he is cautious, but Xiao Qiao knows that the prefect of Huicheng, which is not far from here, has something to do with this corruption case, although he is not involved, but he knows the things that are not far from ten.

Once they have contact with the local county magistrate, it will not take two days for the prefect of Huicheng to know about it, and then the people on the Jiangnan side will also know. This time, he hoped to capture all the people quietly, thinking of the news from Xia Ling, Xiao Qiao narrowed his eyes, it was time for them to exercise.

"Brother Xiao, Shuzhu said that the rich businessman here wants to recruit his daughter, let's go and have a look." Hu Li ran in from outside the inn, and excitedly pulled Xiao Qiao to go out, "Shuzhu said, it's to throw hydrangeas to choose a husband, I haven't seen it yet." And, on my way back, I heard from the people here that the daughter of the rich merchant was very beautiful. ”

Xiao Qiao sat firmly on the chair, letting Hu Li chatter, Hu Li talked for a long time, and found that Xiao Qiao didn't move at all, and was puzzled, "Brother Xiao, what's wrong?" Is there a problem with throwing hydrangeas to recruit relatives? ”

Xiao Qiao shook his head, "No problem, is Xiaoli going to pick up the hydrangea?" ”

Hu Li let go of the hand holding Xiao Qiao's arm and waved his hand again and again, "Of course not, I just haven't seen it." When I read the script before, there were all kinds of strange ways to recruit relatives by throwing hydrangeas and recruiting relatives in martial arts. ”

Xiao Qiao pulled Hu Li into his arms, gently hugged his waist, tilted his head slightly and whispered in his ear, "I thought Xiao Li had grown up and wanted to get married......

For the first time, Hu Li was held in Xiao Qiao's arms like this, and his back was attached to Xiao Qiao's chest, which was not as thin as it seemed on the outside, but thick and powerful. Hu Li could even feel the pressure brought to him by the solid chest behind his back, and he moved his body awkwardly, but the arm that Xiao Qiao held around his waist tightened.

Xiao ...... Brother Xiao, you ......" Hu Li was so frightened by Xiao Qi's sudden movements that he stammered, and the tips of his ears were slightly red.

"Huh?" Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li stammering with amusement, his face was red with embarrassment, and he chuckled and let the person go, "What's wrong with me?" ”

As soon as Xiao Qiao let go, Hu Li took a few steps back, looking at Xiao Qiao looking at him with a smile, and inexplicably felt that his face was getting hotter and hotter.

Xiao Qiao narrowed his eyes lightly and smiled heartily.

Hu Li was stunned for a moment, it was the first time he took a closer look at Brother Xiao's appearance, it turned out that Brother Xiao was so good-looking. Moreover, it was the first time he had seen Brother Xiao smile like this...... Like this...... I can't tell the feeling, Brother Xiao seems to have starlight in his eyes.

Hu Li's stunned appearance pleased Xiao Qiao, and Xiao Qiao felt a sense of accomplishment that he could attract Hu Li. He pulled Hu Li forward, bent his eyes and bent his fingers to scratch Hu Li's nose, "Is it good-looking?" ”

"Beautiful...... Yes! Hu Li nodded blankly, looked at Xiao Qiao's instantaneous chuckle, suddenly came back to his senses, and exclaimed, "Brother Xiao, you ...... You're playing tricks on me! I...... I'm going to find Shuzhu to take me to see the hydrangea throwing, hum! ”

Hu Li ran out in a panic, and he didn't see the door before it opened, and hit the door with a "bang". Hu Li covered his forehead, and all of a sudden painful physiological tears flowed out, and the tip of his nose was red and looked so pitiful.

Xiao Qiao didn't care about teasing Hu Li at this time, so he hurriedly went over and took away Hu Li's hand covering his forehead, looked at the red patch on his forehead, and secretly scolded himself for teasing too much.

Xiao Qiao gently rubbed his forehead for him, and knocked Hu Li's head helplessly, "If you don't look at the road when you walk, will you still be so frizzy in the future?" ”

Hu Li pursed his mouth, twitched his sour nose, and looked at Xiao Qiao aggrievedly, "I just didn't see it all of a sudden...... It's not often like this......"

"Okay, okay, come here, I'll rub some ointment for you," Xiao Qiao led someone to sit at the table, and he went to the side to get a small box of transparent ointment, "This is given by my grandmother before leaving, it is a famous medicine for wounds, and it will not hurt if you rub it for a while." ”

Hu Li touched his forehead, in fact, he just hurt when he touched the door leaf, and then it didn't hurt. However, seeing Xiao Qiao lowering his eyebrows and gently rubbing the medicine for him, Hu Li didn't say anything, and even secretly used his spiritual power to make his forehead even redder.

"Alright, it'll be fine soon." Xiao Qiao looked at the forehead that was getting redder and redder, and he couldn't laugh or cry, but he wanted to try Xiaoli's reaction, but the reaction was too big, and he actually hit the door!

"Let's go, aren't you going to see the hydrangea toss?" Xiao Qiao put down the ointment, took Hu Li's hand and walked out. Hu Li struggled with his hand, but he didn't break away, and pursed his mouth embarrassedly, "Brother Xiao, let go of me, I'm not a child anymore." ”

Xiao Qiao looked back at Hu Li, who began to blush again, with a smile, "Well, Xiaoli is not a child anymore." However, I'll take it by the way, and if I hit something again, it's not as simple as a red forehead. ”

was poked in the sore spot, Hu Li shut up and stopped speaking, just looked at the place where his hands were held by the wide sleeves of the two of them, and he was unconsciously.

Shuzhu and Chi Ji looked at each other when they were left in the inn, Shuzhu wanted to reach out and touch the feathers of the red halberd, but was dodged by the red halberd at once.

The stupid master actually left me here, angry......

The place where Shuzhu said to throw hydrangeas was not far away, just diagonally opposite a teahouse, Xiao Qiao couldn't take Hu Li to the crowd below to squeeze around, so he led him up to the third floor of the teahouse. The view here is good, you can see the hydrangea throwing, but you will not be hit by the hydrangea inexplicably, because the windows here are surrounded by a circle of delicately carved railings for safety.

"Yo, you're also here to throw hydrangeas?"

Xiao Qiao was just about to take Hu Li into the box and sit down, when he saw Master Li walking up the stairs, "Teacher, are you here for tea?" ”

"No, no, no, I'm here to throw hydrangeas." Master Li walked into the box, sat by the window, pointed to the place where a lot of people had gathered not far away, and said, "It's the first time I've seen someone who throws hydrangeas to recruit relatives, so why don't you come to see it, it's to increase your knowledge." ”

Hu Li's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this, and he didn't care about being held by Xiao Qiao's hand, so he sat down next to Master Li, "Yes, I've only seen all kinds of recruits in the book, and I've never seen it in life?" Master Li, you said that if the hydrangea hits a person that the daughter of a rich businessman doesn't like, will she marry or not? ”

Master Li laughed, pointed at Hu Li for a while, and then explained: "No, they must have stipulated the requirements of the person who receives the hydrangea, and even if the girl who receives the hydrangea doesn't like it, it won't be too embarrassing." It only takes a few days to say that the eight characters don't agree with the outside world, and most of the people at the bottom are just to watch the excitement, and no one really cares who a girl is married to. ”

Hu Li pursed his lips, looked at the masked girl who had come out of the attic opposite, and sighed: "This girl from a rich merchant must have read too much of the book, and I guess this girl must have some shortcomings or hidden diseases, I heard that she is nineteen years old this year, and she hasn't married yet!" ”

Xiao Qiao poured him a glass of water and said, "Isn't it possible that she is too good to find a match?" ”

Hu Li drank all the water in the cup, waved his hand, and looked too naïve as a young man, "How is it possible, there are so many excellent girls in the imperial city, and in the end, except for those special reasons in the filial piety period, they all got married." ”

Xiao Qiao shook his head, Master Li also laughed, Hu Li looked at them inexplicably, was he not right?

"The girls of the Imperial City are not worried about getting married." Xiao Qiao touched Hu Li's head, "You think, there are so many dignitaries and nobles in the imperial city, so many good sons, and the girls can always pick a satisfactory husband." ”

Hu Li nodded as if he didn't understand, and the attic not far away had gathered more and more people because of the girl's appearance. Xiao Qiao looked over with Hu Li's gaze, most of the people gathered under the attic were some people watching the excitement, but the girl standing in the attic made Xiao Qiao feel a little familiar.

Wait, he remembered, wasn't that the Linglong who served by Xiao's mother's side later? How could she be here, the identity of Linglong who was found out at the beginning was a girl from Xiao's mother's cousin's family, and she should live in Ancheng, not far from the imperial city.

Xiao Qiao narrowed his eyes, and Hu Li poked Xiao Qiao's palm dissatisfiedly, "Brother Xiao, what are you looking at?" ”

Xiao Qiao listened to Hu Li's sour tone, smiled and squeezed his palm, "If you see an acquaintance, let someone confirm it later." ”

Master Li looked out of the window curiously, "Where?" ”

Xiao Qiao pointed to the attic, "It's there, wait for someone to confirm whether it's or not." It's just that he shouldn't be here at this time. ”

Master Li didn't have much curiosity about this, so he didn't ask any more. Hu Li followed the direction of Xiao Qiao's finger to the end, but he didn't find anything strange.

"You don't know each other, and you can't find it if you look at it." Xiao Qiao smiled helplessly, and put a piece of dim sum for Hu Li and put it in his mouth, and Hu Li was instantly distracted by the umami dim sum in his mouth.

The result of throwing the hydrangea was as Master Li said, and the rich merchant made a long list of requirements. Receiving the hydrangea alone is not a success, the person who receives the hydrangea must be of the right age, have enough ability to make the girl live a good life, and there must be no concubines at home...... In short, it was a long list of requests, and in the end the girl did not find a suitable one, as if it were a farce.

By the time they returned to the inn, the entourage had already rented a boat and had all the men, so they could lift anchor and leave the harbor early tomorrow morning.

Xiao Qiao asked Xia Yi to check the girl who threw the hydrangea today, and by the way, to check if there was any special person around the girl. In her previous life, how did Linglong get to Xiao's mother, or did the girl just look like today.

Xiao Qiao never expected that Linglong's identity was more useful than he imagined, especially the grandmother beside her, which was beyond Xiao Qiao's expectations.

It's really hard to find a place to step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!