While talking and laughing, Ji Zihe raised his head and happened to see Qi Xiangsi standing in the corridor, he was stunned, and was about to say hello, but he couldn't help the words that came to his mouth.

The friends on the side didn't notice his strangeness, and were still talking about the things just mentioned, a few people passed under the corridor where Qi Xiangsi was standing, and Ji Zihe stopped after walking far: "Brother Ren, I remembered that something fell in the pavilion just now, you go first, and I'll come when I go." ”

"Then we'll go and wait for you in the front."

Ji Zihe nodded, and when he turned around to find someone, the corridor was already empty, he walked in the direction of the garden, and after entering, he didn't find any trace of Qi Xiangsi, and was about to turn around and go out to look for it again, when a voice came from the direction of the rockery on his side: "You are looking for me." ”

Ji Zihe turned his head to look, and Qi Xiangsi was standing next to the rockery, as if waiting for him.

"Miss Qi Qi." Ji Zihe changed his words quickly, he really wanted to find her, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm abrupt." ”

"Let's take a step and talk." Qi Xiangsi turned around and walked towards the back of the rockery, Ji Zihe hurriedly followed, and went up from the steps behind the rockery.

Qi Xiangsi stood on the cloister waiting for him.

"If I'm not mistaken, Ji Gongzi is from Zhuzhou, how could he come to the Qi family." There was no greeting, Qi Xiangsi went straight to the point, in her impression, Qi Herui did not have any familiar colleagues in Zhuzhou, or came all the way from Zhuzhou to Kyoto to attend the wedding banquet.

"The Qi family and the Ji family have some business dealings, and I came to congratulate my father on behalf of my family." Ji Zihe looked at the already slim girl in front of her, the same as three years ago, her momentum was still so strong.

"Business matters don't need to be congratulated by Mr. Ji in person."

"My family also has a business in Kyoto, and I come and go occasionally, and I happen to meet a happy event for the Qi family, so I should come to congratulate him."

Qi Xiangsi was unmoved, raised her eyes to look at him, the meaning of her eyes couldn't be clearer, she didn't believe it.

Ji Zihe had something hidden in his heart, and the purpose was not only that, so he couldn't resist it: "I haven't seen you for a few years, don't you want to know how Brother Fan is doing?" ”

"Three years ago, his marriage was decided, and now he should be a father." What should Qi Xiangsi care about them, she can't even take care of herself.

"He's not married yet." Ji Zihe's eyes flashed slightly, and he quickly looked at the roof beam in the corridor, "He has been thinking about the Qi family since he went back, and the marriage has been set for more than three years, and it has been delayed." ”

Qi Xiangsi was stunned, and the feeling in his heart was also inexplicable: "Why is he not married, dragging other girls, it is not benevolent." ”

Ji Zihe saw that her tone was a little soothed, and the big stone in his heart fell slightly, brewing to make some foreshadowing for what he said later, he coughed lightly: "I know him all these years and know what his temper is, I haven't given up looking for you for several years, and I took the risk to buy the Qi family's house, when I first returned to Zhuzhou, he wanted to stop this family business, but the Yang family refused, and my uncle and aunt were."

There is no need for him to continue to say that Qi Xiangsi also knows what his cousin is doing this for, for his sister, and for the reason why he failed to insist on staying in Wanxian County back then, leaving her and her younger brother in exile and separated from her sister and brother.

It's not that there is no complaint, it was her own uncle's house, but when it was needed most, it was empty overnight.

But if you want to blame, who is not to live, she is not qualified to ask others to make any sacrifices for the Qi family.

"You go back and convey to him, my sister Quanxia will not want him to be like this, the Fan family is such an incense for him, he has to feel guilty, just live his own life in the future, and stay away from the affairs of the Qi family." Qi Xiangsi didn't want to mention that, "If you want to come here just to convey this, you can go back now." ”

"Hey." Ji Zihe didn't expect her to react like this, why didn't this girl be moved at all, "I haven't finished talking yet." ”

Qi Xiangsi stood on the steps and looked at him, and returned what he said to him: "Didn't Ji Gongzi come to congratulate him by the way." ”

Ji Zihe looked at her and was defeated again: "Actually, I took the opportunity to come here this time." ”

"My cousin asked you to come."

"The Ji family did receive a wedding card." Originally, it was indeed enough to send someone to give a gift, but how could he let go of such a good opportunity, "It turns out that I want to make an appointment with you to meet you when I see you." ”

Meet?

Qi Xiangsi recalled what he meant, and frowned: "He also came to Kyoto." ”

The girl was too smart and not good, so he didn't have time to say what he was going to say, so he had to nod and admit: "I just opened a medicinal herb shop a while ago, and he has been looking for a chance to meet you." ”

"What is he doing in Kyoto?" Qi Xiangsi's face sank, "Let him go back to Zhuzhou!" ”

"You disappeared after buying the house that day, and then someone died in the tavern, and I saw it outside the house that day, and we thought it might have something to do with you, and then we found out something."

"It's not that I told him not to look into these things again." Qi Xiangsi interrupted him, his brows furrowed, "He shouldn't have come to Kyoto, you go back, let him get out of here quickly." ”

"Listen to me, he really found some clues, actually"

"Ji Gongzi, I think you are lost, this is the direction of the inner courtyard, and the other side is going to the front hall."

Without waiting for him to speak, Qi Xiangsi in front of him suddenly changed his expression and looked at him very kindly, Ji Zihe was stunned for a moment, and his words stopped, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and he turned around to see that the second master of the Qi family was walking towards them with a smile.

"I said where it was, it turns out that Ji Gongzi is here."

Qi Henian looked at Qi Xiangsi again, the smile on his face did not retreat, but he hid his scrutiny: "Why is Minying here." ”

Qi Xiangsi replied calmly: "This son got lost and happened to bump into it." ”

"Master Qi, this Qi Mansion is really big enough, it's really not good to have someone to lead the way." Ji Zihe smiled modestly, "It's a joke, if I hadn't met this girl, I'm afraid I would still be wandering around." ”

Qi Henian smiled: "Then Gongzi Ji will go out with me." ”

"I'm tired."

Ji Zihe followed Qi Henian out of the garden, and when he was halfway there, Qi Henian suddenly asked him: "Ji Gongzi knows our Minying." ”

Ji Zihe was stunned, Qi Henian was looking at him with a smile, looking very kind, but it made him feel alarmed in his heart, and for no reason he felt that his words were secretly sharp.

So the look on Ji Zihe's face turned embarrassed, and in order to hide the embarrassment, he also dodged: "I heard that there is a girl in the Qi family in the Tai Hospital." ”

After finishing speaking, there was a silence, the reason why the Ji family intersected with the Qi family was because the Ji family was also a big business in the medicinal herb business, and the difference was that no one in the Ji family was an official.

The hierarchy of officials and merchants in the Great Li Dynasty was obvious, and the nobles of the family looked down on people like the Qi family who were officials and had a clear track of doing business, let alone those merchants.

Therefore, if the merchant wants to climb up, either the children of the family will take the exam, or they will find an official family to marry.

The most suitable thing is to find a Qi family like this.

After Ji Zihe finished speaking, the embarrassment and silence of the five girls of the Qi family in the Tai Hospital seemed to have this idea, through the merchant's family, it was still a medicinal material business, if it was possible to find a daughter-in-law who knew medicine, it would be more suitable, if this was still a doctor, wouldn't it be icing on the cake.

"Ji Gongzi is not young, is he?" Qi Henian had an even more smile on his face, "I met Mr. Ji a long time ago, and at that time, Mr. Ji was discussing marriage. ”

Ji Zihe looked solemn: "Four years ago, my family set a family affair for me, and she suddenly fell seriously ill half a year before she got married, and she died a month later. ”

Qi Henian sighed: "That's a pity." ”

"Anyway, it's also a wife who will marry into the door, it's really pitiful that she has no name and no point, and I haven't talked about marriage again in the past few years." Ji Zihe smiled, "It's also because I'm busy taking care of the family business for my father, so I don't have that mind." ”

"I see." Qi Henian pulled the words to his niece, "Then according to Ji Gongzi, how about our Minying?" ”

"Miss Qi." Ji Zihe didn't have a soft mouth when he boasted, "I have a dignified appearance, I have this ability at a young age, even I am not as good as her, Master Qi, a woman like her, I am afraid that the threshold of the Qi family is about to be broken." ”

Qi Henian smiled silently, Ji Zihe was embarrassed, and coughed lightly: "Master Qi, my father asked me to greet you." ”

"Your Ji family's business has come to Kyoto, so it can be seen that you have taken good care of it in the past few years." Qi Henian patted him on the shoulder, meaningful, "The family wealth is endless, and the years are over, but you are still short of starting a family." ”

Ji Zihe followed and smiled: "Master Qi will take care of it." ”

Both parties had their own thoughts, went to the front hall, and talked about business all the way

In this garden, Qi Xiangsi sat in the pavilion and couldn't calm down for a long time, not far away Qi Minqing and the maid finally found her: "Fifth sister, where did you go, the sedan chair to welcome relatives is coming soon, let's go to the front to see." ”

After that, he picked up Qi Xiangsi and went to the front yard.

When they arrived, there were already firecrackers in the distance outside the mansion, followed by the lively sound of suona drumming and beating, getting closer and closer, and stopped when they arrived at the gate of Qi Mansion.

Qi Minqing pulled her to stand in front, looked at the battle parked outside the house, and whispered: "Fifth sister, I heard that people who march and fight are very rude, I don't know what the sixth brother-in-law looks like." ”

"You'll see it soon." Qi Xiangsi pulled her, and then stretched out and went out.

As soon as the words fell, he came in, not because of the rough and wild spirit born in Qi Minqing's mouth, but because of the physique of ordinary marching people, due to their age and status, they were mature and steady.

The prince of Yueyang followed the bride, and he was also very polite, and he came in to share the sugar and dividends, just to let people in as soon as possible, the children played hard, and after taking enough sugar, they forgot all the orders of the elders, and finally Qi Yanlin and them symbolically embarrassed them, and let them enter the house smoothly.

The crowd retreated a little, Qi Minqing pouted and didn't know what he was thinking, and only when he entered the front hall did he pull Qi Xiangsi and muttered: "Fifth sister, sixth brother-in-law looks a little old, I heard that his children are about the same age as me, isn't that only four or five years younger than the sixth sister." ”

Qi Xiangsi raised his hand and pressed her head: "You still have this heart." ”

"I'm not worried." Qi Minqing pursed her lips and didn't say any more, she was just envious that the sixth sister, who was also a concubine, could marry into such a good family, but she felt a little strange because she was going to be the mother of two children as soon as she got married.

No one can guess whose thoughts, after worshipping his father-in-law and mother-in-law in the front hall, Qi Yanlin came out with Qi Minlan on his back in Yirongxuan.

When I arrived in the front hall to say goodbye to my parents, Qi Minlan's wedding dress complemented the wedding dress of King Yueyang, and under the eyes of many envy, Qi Minlan got on the sedan chair, and the team to receive her relatives gradually moved away.

Qi Herui and Gu stood at the door to see each other off, until the sound of blowing was no longer audible, Gu turned around and went back to the courtyard, and greeted some of the guests who were about to leave.

By the afternoon, the guests in Qi Mansion were basically gone.

Mrs. Qi sighed that marrying a daughter was not as lively as marrying a daughter-in-law, Wang smiled and helped her back to Biqiu Courtyard, here Fang helped Gu clean up the front yard, and Qi Xiangsi, who returned to Siyi Courtyard, sat under the grapevine trellis, still holding the paper that someone stuffed into her hand when the guest left just now.

Jade came over with snacks and tea, and when she saw her frowning, she opened her mouth and persuaded: "You didn't eat much at noon, Mother Han boiled chestnut soup, and you can eat some later." ”

Qi Xiangsi pinched the cup and didn't move, half a ring, she got up and walked back to the study, and told Jade to watch outside, no one was allowed to disturb without her permission

When Qi Xiangsi called Jade in, it was already early the next morning, Qi Xiangsi stood by the window as if he hadn't slept all night, and some ashes fell in the copper basin next to the desk, Qi Xiangsi handed a letter to Jade: "You go to the shop, give this to Xiaoliu, and get the account book." ”

Listening to the hoarse voice of his own girl, Yushi hurriedly asked Lilac to bring the hot porridge: "I'll go now, you drink some porridge first." ”

After going out, Jade asked Lianxin to make herbal tea to moisten the girl's throat, and when she left Qi Mansion, it was just dawn, and the market was very busy.

When Jade sent the letter and received the account book and came back to Qi Mansion, she bought some favorite snacks for the girl in the guest house, and in the evening, Jade sent the account book that Qi Xiangsi had finished reading back to the shop, and Qi Xiangsi packed up her things and went back to the hospital.

Early the next morning, when the sky was still gray, Qi Xiangsi took Lu Li out of the palace and went to Jinyang Street.

After entering a teahouse, she left through the back door of the teahouse about a quarter of an hour later and got into a car.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the foot of Mt. Tamako, east of Kyoto City, Qi Xiangsi lifted her skirt and walked up the steps, and saw people waiting there in an octagonal pavilion halfway up the mountain.

The morning sun was lazy, shining into the pavilion from the east side, gently caressing every inch of the shade falling in the pavilion at night, Fan Zhu stood in the pavilion and paced back and forth, his expression was not relaxed.

He was afraid that his cousin would be angry, and even more afraid that she would not come, Ji Zihe, who had been comforting him for more than half an hour, was also out of words at this time, turned his head and looked at the mountain road, with a happy face: "It's here." ”