"You've lost weight." Ling Ziyun looked at Ji Cheng and said. It is said that the eighteenth change of the female college is eighteen, but Ling Ziyun feels that Ji Cheng, who is about to turn sixteen years old, has changed amazingly.

Today's Ji Cheng makes Ling Ziyun feel a little strange and alienated, when he was in Jindi before, although Ji Cheng looked good and read a lot of books, he had no sense of distance from each other, but now Ling Ziyun feels that Ji Cheng is like a piece of jade that has been gradually polished, glowing with a smooth light, and it is priceless, as if he was in the past.

As for the distance Ling Ziyun felt, Ji Cheng didn't notice it at all, she even looked at Ling Ziyun a little greedily. It seems that he has grown tall again, he was born tall, and now he has risen a little higher, and he should be about as tall as Shen Che.

In fact, Ji Cheng lost weight, Ji Cheng felt that Ling Ziyun had lost a lot of weight, so thin that his cheeks were sunken, and because of the stubble on his cheeks, he looked more and more thin and a little haggard.

"You've just lost weight." Ji Cheng replied.

Ling Ziyun looked at Ji Cheng, he didn't know what to say, before he came, he had a thousand words to say to Ji Cheng, and wanted to persuade her to go back, but when he saw her at this time, he couldn't say anything. The wind in Jindi was too strong, Ling Ziyun looked at Ji Cheng, even he himself was reluctant to let her go back.

"Brother Ziyun, why did you come to the capital at this time?" Ji Cheng asked.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, there are many mountains to climb from Jindi, and in winter, the mountains are covered by heavy snow, and it is very difficult to get from Jindi to Jingshi all the way, so Ji Cheng may not have received news from her father for a long time, and she is naturally surprised to see Ling Ziyun at this time.

Ji Cheng's eyes fell on Ling Ziyun's hand, he retracted his hand back, but Ji Cheng had already seen that his fingers were red and swollen like carrots, and it was to freeze in a hurry.

Ji Cheng looked at Ling Ziyun again, only to find that he also had a few cuts on his face, because he was hidden in the stubble, he could only see it when he got close.

Ling Ziyun smiled embarrassedly, "I've had thick skin and thick flesh since I was a child, it's nothing. ”

Ji Cheng walked to the door and gave an order to Liu Ye'er who was guarding outside, and then walked back again, "Brother Ziyun, are you here for the ordnance business?" ”

Ling Ziyun touched his head, "Uncle Ji has come to my father several times, and my father is a little worried, so I told him that I came to the capital to ask you." ”

Ji Cheng nodded, and was about to open his mouth to tell Ling Ziyun about this matter, but saw him wave his big hand, "Don't, you don't really have to tell me, little rabbit." ”

Well, the little rabbit is the nickname that Ling Ziyun gave Ji Cheng, she was snow-white when she was a child, although Ji Cheng felt that she was tanned like carbon, but compared with Ling Ziyun, it was also called a white, so Ling Ziyun called her a little rabbit.

"You know me, as long as you speak, I never say a word. It's just that my father is nagging tightly, and I want to come to Beijing to see you, so I came. Ling Ziyun said with a big grin.

He said it easily, but he bet the entire Ling family unconditionally and trusting Ji Cheng. And people like Ji Cheng, in the past few years, they have been calculating and calculating, and everything they want needs to be planned by themselves, but Ling Ziyun is different, he always holds the truest heart and offers it with both hands.

Ji Cheng remembered the past in Jingshi for most of the past six months, and he knew more and more that he had given up something, and his tears could no longer stop flowing.

Seeing Ji Cheng crying, Ling Ziyun was so anxious that he was like a cat scratching, and suddenly returned to Ji Cheng on one knee, he was stupid and didn't know what to say, so he only took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe Ji Cheng's tears.

Don't look at Ling Ziyun's five big and three thick, but when he wiped Ji Cheng's tears, his hands were as light as sniffing flowers.

Ji Cheng looked at the old yellowed handkerchief, and couldn't help but ask, "You still have it?" ”

When Cheng played with Ling Ziyun at that age, she didn't cry less, and the crying child had the truth of eating candy, she understood it since she was a child. At that time, there were many girls who liked Ling Ziyun, but Ling Ziyun only had Ji Cheng in his eyes.

When Ji Cheng cried, Ling Ziyun wiped her tears, she disliked Ling Ziyun's rough sleeves, and later Ling Ziyun switched to Ji Cheng's handkerchief to wipe her tears, every time Ji Cheng went out Ji Cheng didn't even have to bring a handkerchief, Ling Ziyun must have brought enough. Ji Cheng just didn't expect that after so many years, Ling Ziyun still had the habit of carrying her handkerchief with him.

"Get used to it." Ling Ziyun smiled again embarrassedly.

Ji Cheng burst into tears and said with a smile: "Brother Ziyun, get up quickly, the man has gold under his knees, what are you kneeling for me?" ”

"If there's any gold, I'll give it all to you." Ling Ziyun coaxed Ji Cheng and said.

As he was talking, Liu Ye'er brought in the snake oil ointment, and Ji Cheng asked Ling Ziyun to sit down, "Stretch out your hand." ”

Ji Cheng didn't avoid suspicion, she took Ling Ziyun's hand and carefully smeared snake oil ointment for him, I don't know when it started, there is no big difference between her and Ling Ziyun, they are as close as brothers and sisters, but the feelings do not come from family affection.

Ling Ziyun stupidly looked down at Ji Cheng, who was focused on applying medicine to him, thinking in her heart that she hadn't changed at all, she didn't look down on him, and she still cared about him.

After Ji Cheng finished smearing him with the medicine, Ling Ziyun couldn't help but say, "Little rabbit, can you go back with me?" ”

Ji Cheng didn't speak, and only avoided Ling Ziyun's eyes by cleaning up the ointment.

"If the two of us join forces this time to suppress the Tan family and the Chen family, at that time, even the county guard can't help but give us two faces, and you won't have to worry about Zhu Jijun's bastard thing happening again." Ling Ziyun said.

It is impossible to say that she is not tempted, Ji Cheng also feels that this person from Jingshi is really tired of living, but she is now riding a tiger, and she is not sure what Shen Che will say about her.

At least we have to wait until this matter is really done, and there will be bargaining chips between me and Shen Che in the future, and then we can talk about the follow-up.

It is said that with Ji Cheng's temperament, he should fish Ling Ziyun as a way out for himself, for example, although Ji Cheng rejected Shen Jing, he never said it clearly, this is the meaning of leaving a way back.

But for Ling Ziyun, Ji Cheng was reluctant, no one could say what would happen in the future, even Ji Cheng himself never thought about falling into such a situation half a year ago.

"Brother Ziyun, when I left, I made it clear to you, and now what I am looking forward to most is to see you become my own son, and I will be his godmother when the time comes." Ji Cheng said.

"Are you still blaming me, little bunny?" Ling Ziyun asked. In the past four years, Ling Ziyun has regretted every day, his mother threatened him with her life and did not allow him to come forward to help Ji Cheng, Ling Ziyun had no choice, if it weren't for this, Ji Cheng would leave later, and he wouldn't just watch her leave.

"I never blamed you, Brother Ziyun." Ji Cheng said: "You know that I don't want to mention the original thing. ”

Ling Ziyun's expression immediately darkened.

Although Ji Cheng was sad in his heart, he couldn't reveal it at all, so he teased Ling Ziyun to speak, and broke the matter of arms trading and mining to talk to Ling Ziyun.

Ji Cheng didn't say a word about Shen Che's side, he only said that he felt that his eyes were wide open when he came to Jingshi, the pattern of Jin was too small, if they had been attached to the Tan family and the Chen family, sooner or later they would be big fish eating small fish in the future.

Ling Ziyun could still listen carefully at first, but he hadn't seen Ji Cheng for too long, listening to her delicate and glutinous voice, and then looking at her petal-like face, a cloud of mist arose in his mind, and it rained, and every drop of rain reflected a face.

When Ji Cheng returned to the Shen Mansion, she remembered Shen Cui's matter, she wanted to go back to the house to change her clothes first, but the Xianyun beside Shen Cui hurriedly ran over, "Miss Cheng, go and see my girl, she cried like tears when she came back from outside, and asked her without saying anything, and Mrs. went out again." ”

Ji Cheng naturally didn't care about changing his clothes, and went directly to Shen Cui's house. When Ji Cheng entered, Shen Cui didn't cry anymore, but just sat on the bed with a wooden expression.

Ji Cheng turned his head to Xianyun and said, "You go out, look at the door, I'll talk to you girl." ”

Xian Yun went out as he said, and Ji Cheng sat down on the embroidered pier at the head of Shen Cui's bed, "You went to see Qi Zheng, what did he say?" ”

Shen Cui lowered his head and squeezed out a sentence for a long time, "He said that his mother is not very good, and he is dragging his sick body around to show him, and he can't be unfilial." ”

Ji Cheng raised his eyebrows, "Did you sue him that you were pregnant?" ”

"He said that he couldn't hurt me, if others knew that I was pregnant and married into the Qi family, I would not be able to hold my head up and be a man for the rest of my life." Speaking of this, Shen Cui began to cry, "I originally thought he would be very happy." As he spoke, Shen Cui's tears began to flow again, the handkerchief could no longer be stopped, and finally he simply wiped it on the quilt.

"And what are you going to do?" Ji Cheng asked.

"I don't know, I don't know." Shen Cui shook his head and said. The current situation is clearly that Qi is not in a hurry to marry Shen Cui, because he has taken Shen Cui to a good grasp. As for Shen Cui, he was anxious to marry Qi Zheng decently in order to solve the ugly thing in front of him.

"Did Qi Zheng say when he would come to the Shen family to propose?" Ji Cheng hit the nail on the head and hit the nail on the head.

Shen Cui shook his head, "He said that my mother would definitely not agree, and he would be furious, his mother is not in good health now, and he can't stand any stimulation, otherwise if he leaves, he will have a troubled conscience for the rest of his life." ”

Qi Zheng is really as Ji Cheng expected, now that he is not in a hurry, he can hang things up and not care, the Shen family wants to marry Shen Cui's daughter decently, I am afraid that they will have to pay a big price.

"You better tell your aunt quickly, otherwise what will you do if Qi Zheng really marries another girl?" Ji Cheng said.

"He dares!" Shen Cui screamed.

"What is he afraid of, can you still confront him face to face?" Ji Cheng asked rhetorically. Could it be that Shen Cui dared to say to people that she was pregnant with Qi Zheng's child, and Qi Zheng abandoned it from the beginning?

Ji Cheng really didn't understand why Shen Cui was so afraid to tell Ji Lan about this, didn't she know the consequences? Of course, Shen Cui understands the truth, but people just have that kind of inertia, knowing that they have to face the storm, they always think that they can delay it for a day.

Shen Cui saw that Ji Cheng had been letting herself talk to her mother, and she completely understood that Ji Cheng couldn't help in this matter, she couldn't help but be indignant, she knew that this was the case, how much did she tell Ji Cheng about this matter, but gave her a reason to look down on herself.

"Shut up!" Shen Cui pounded the bed and said, "You don't understand anything." "I don't understand how painful she is now, I just force her, force her.

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Cui a little weakly, not knowing how her aunt taught Shen Cui to be so virtuous.

Suddenly, Shen Cui sat up, glared at Ji Cheng and said, "Ji Cheng, you remember, if you spread this matter today, I will call it good-looking!" ”

It's not a threat at all, it's just pretending to be vicious.

"I'm not going to say it." Ji Cheng said lightly.

"Are you so proud now? I didn't listen to what I said at the beginning, and now it's like this? Shen Cui looked at Ji Cheng hatefully.

Ji Cheng couldn't understand why Shen Cui had such a big temper at him, "I'm not proud." You are my cousin, and you are also the sister of Sister Qian and Sister Jing, we are a family with both prosperity and loss, and I will only feel distressed and uncomfortable when you are like this now, and there will be no pride. ”

Shen Cui closed her eyes, she also knew that what she said was a bit excessive, but she hated her from the first time she saw Ji Cheng, this person was as perfect as a dummy, as if everything that was said and done made sense, it was all right, and she was like a piece of rotten wood more and more.

The fate of people is so strange, and it doesn't mean that others will like you just because you are good. Sometimes a glance at a person is enough.

Ji Cheng couldn't do anything about Shen Cui like this. She also realized that Shen Cui and her were natural opponents, like the fact that she was pregnant, she was afraid of it, she just wanted to sue herself, Ji Cheng had a headache at the thought of facing Ji Lan's accusations.

Ji Cheng kept asking people to look at Shen Cui's courtyard, but Shen Cui didn't tell Ji Lan about it that night, but stopped early, and Ji Cheng also admired Shen Cui's heart.

Now that Shen Cui has rested, Ji Cheng also went to her haven to take the moon fast, since she stopped the tranquilizer, she began to sleep less at night, and went to the moon to relax a little more.

This Lanyuezhai should have been a cramped and suffocating place, but it gave Ji Cheng a sense of security, and he didn't open the windows around, so he didn't worry about being spied on, as soon as Ji Cheng entered Lanyuezhai, he kicked the shoes on his feet and lazily fell on the lazy shelf, and the six-petal begonia box she brought contained melon seeds, pine nuts and walnut kernels, this is Ji Cheng's favorite snack.

Ji Cheng rested the account book on his lap, grabbed the snack in one hand and sent it to his mouth, and flipped through the account page with the other, and her plan for the business line in the Western Regions had already appeared in her mind.

Originally, Ji Cheng arranged for Shopkeeper Mei and them to go to the Western Regions to expand their territory, but now that they have the line of Jing Shijun, the foundation has been laid, and what they need is how to plan and establish their own commercial kingdom.

This businessman's profit is just to buy low and sell high, what matters is the news, Ji Cheng pondered to form a caravan to travel between the Western Regions and the Central Plains for a long time, as well as to transport goods between the countries of the Western Regions, not only responsible for his own business, but also to undertake business outside.

This is one of them, and the second is that the inn has to be opened to the countries of the Western Regions and the important trade towns, and it is not a small inn with a small fight.

With its own caravan and its own foothold, it is easy to carry out a qiē road. Although there is some foundation now, it is still far from enough.

Ji Cheng's brain is getting more and more excited, although she also forces herself to read some "Book of Songs" and "Yuefu" to be elegant, but in fact, for her, those are not better than boring books.

Ji Cheng was enjoying his pastime, but he heard the sound of a copper bell, and the next moment the stone gate made a "quack" sound. Ji Cheng sat up straight, and only had time to receive his toes without shoes and socks under his skirt, but the soft satin beaded embroidered shoes that had been kicked off were scattered in the west corner, and one fell on the low cabinet in the east.

As soon as Shen Che came in, he saw the two irregular shoes, but he didn't mean to look at them, but his habit was to go anywhere, first of all, to look at the surrounding environment first, those two embroidered shoes were so conspicuous that he couldn't see them if he wanted to.

Ji Cheng adjusted his sitting posture, knelt on his lap in an orderly manner, and smiled at Shen Che, "Is Cousin Che looking for me?" ”

"It's a bit of a problem." Shen Che sat down opposite Ji Cheng, picked out the tea set and began to make tea again, these things were still left by him last time, but the water for boiling tea was brought in by him just now.

Ji Cheng is no longer surprised by Shen Che's behavior as a master, but he really loves to drink tea and really loves to make tea.

After Ji Cheng knelt for a while, he felt that his legs were a little numb, but he finally crooked his body and no longer held it in front of Shen Che.

After Shen Che put Chozi on the stove of the lotus seat, Ji Cheng heard him say, "Ling Ziyun has arrived in the capital today?" ”

Ask while knowing the answer!

"Hmm. Uncle Ling still had some doubts, so Brother Ziyun ...... So I went to Beijing and wanted to talk to me in person. Ji Cheng said, "There shouldn't be any big problems on the Ling family's side, since Uncle Ling has approved him to go to Beijing, this is his intention." ”

Shen Che didn't continue this topic, as far as he was concerned, there were some things that he could grasp the progress, but the specific plan was Ji Cheng's business.

As the master, he didn't speak, this atmosphere was inevitably a little depressing, Ji Cheng had nothing to say, in fact, she really had something to say, "That, did Nan Gui tell you about the fifth sister?" ”

Shen Che didn't have time to listen to Nan Gui's reports every day, usually they wrote abridges, and Shen Che didn't read them directly, the news here had to be filtered again.

But Shen Che did know about Shen Cui's matter, after all, it was not a trivial matter, and the people below couldn't figure out his thoughts, so he still reported it.

Shen Che glanced at Ji Cheng, "I know a little." ”

Ji Cheng thought to herself, it's good to know, then Shen Cui's matter is on the top of a tall man, and she doesn't have to bother.

"What are you going to do about this?" Ji Cheng asked curiously.

Shen Che replied nonchalantly, "What can I do?" ”

Ji Cheng blinked a little confusedly, "If this matter is not handled well, it will inevitably affect the reputation of the girls of the Shen family, I thought you would ......"

Shen Che smiled when he heard this, "Our three rooms have long been separated, even if it has little influence, Ah Qian has already made a marriage, and Ah Qi's affairs will not affect anything." ”

That's too ruthless, isn't it? Ji Cheng thought to himself, then what kind of did you blackmail yourself for Shen Cui's business?

Ji Cheng originally thought that he could pry Shen Che to make a move, this matter was indeed as Shen Che said, and it would not have any impact on the other girls of the Shen family, but it would have a great impact on Ji Cheng. If this matter is not handled well, Ji Cheng, who lives in the third room of the Shen family, is estimated to be detained.

"But the old ancestor is only afraid that he will be sad." Ji Cheng said.

Shen Che lifted the choshi on the stove and poured the teacup, and said slowly: "This kind of thing has its own three aunts' cooking." I have an easy way to smooth this matter, but if this happens, the third aunt and Shen Cui will not be able to learn a lesson for the rest of their lives. ”

When Ji Cheng heard Shen Che call Shen Cui's name, he knew that he was still angry in his heart, and he guessed that Shen Che was blaming himself in disguise.

Ji Cheng was silent, everyone who has been a sister since ancient times has such grievances, and if she is naughty and naughty as a sister, adults will blame her for not taking a good look at her.

Ji Cheng was also holding his breath in his heart, so he simply ignored Shen Che anymore, and couldn't help but think of Ling Ziyun in his mind, afraid that only her brother Ziyun would be on her side at any time and everything, regardless of anything.

"What, you still feel wronged?" Shen Che sneered and pushed the tea to Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng took the teacup and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"A smart person like you shouldn't fail to see that something is wrong with Shen Cui." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng was so angry that she almost didn't bite her lip, she did see that something was wrong with Shen Cui, when she was hunting in Nanyuan in the autumn, Shen Cui simply couldn't see a figure all day, there were too many things happening at that time, so even though Ji Cheng saw it, he didn't say anything.

"I saw a little clue, but I didn't know that Ah Cui would be so bold." Ji Cheng didn't use the word inappropriate.

"Do you dare to say that you don't mean to sit on the sidelines and wait to see her suffer?" Shen Che asked again.

Ji Cheng was forced to ask by Shen Che a little wolf, she did have such a dark mind.

"Since you chose to stand by and watch at that time, now she provokes such a thing and affects you, and it is also the cause of your own planting." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Che and suddenly understood why Shen Cui hated himself so much. Is it that when he preached, he also made people want to splash all the hot tea in his hand on his face like Shen Che?

"So, the second son, this is waiting to see us learn a lesson, right?" Ji Cheng put down the teacup and said coldly.

"So quickly changed from cousin Che to the second son?" Shen Che smiled.

Ji Cheng tugged at the corners of his mouth, but he still couldn't laugh in the end, and finally squeezed out a sentence, "There is only the second son, and there is no cousin." ”

Ji Cheng felt that her breathing was a little uncomfortable, and her head began to hurt, she raised her hand and rubbed her temples, she thought that she was not suitable to face Shen Che now, she didn't want to say ugly words, and she was taught by Shen Che that she couldn't see the current situation clearly.