On this day, in the boundary of Yongcheng, another scene appeared.

"Huh, isn't this the steward of the county guard?"

"Why do you look sad?"

"You don't know yet, it's the old man from the Shang Mansion who is going back to the house. ”

"Eh, are you talking about the old man from the Shang Mansion coming back?"

"Ouch, who else could he be, that was a plague god, and whoever offended him would not end well. ”

"Eh, you two be quiet, let Master Shang hear it, and I will definitely punish you!"

When a carriage entered Yongcheng, the steward of the county guard mansion immediately stepped forward and immediately said: "The county guard mansion has set up a banquet for Lord Si Zhi to receive the wind and wash the dust, and I hope that Lord Shang can come to the banquet." ”

"Nonsense! As a court official, I am responsible for picketing, so how can I interact with local officials at will?"

"When you go back, you will tell the county guard, if the old man comes to visit one day, it is because he found out that your family has corrupt and misdeeds!"

As soon as he heard this, most of them were loyal and dutiful high-ranking officials, and when the steward of the county guard heard this, his face was bitter, this merchant was really as unkind as rumored.

When the carriage left in a whirling way, the crowd slowly dispersed.

"Excuse me, are you the steward of the county guard?" After the crowd dispersed, a beautiful woman suddenly walked out, followed by a young man who did not smile.

"Ah, I am. The steward of the county guard agreed.

"My husband is the head of the Ling family, and I want to go and see the county guard in a while, I wonder if it can be convenient now?" The woman handed over the bundle, and in addition to the jerky, she also brought a string of five baht coins to him and asked.

It is a kind of gift given to each other by superiors and subordinates, relatives and friends in ancient times. In ancient times, when students and teachers first met, they would first give gifts to show respect, which was called "shuku". It has been practiced as early as the time of Confucius. In the Tang Dynasty, the gift of binding was still used in schools, and it was clearly stipulated by the state, but the weight of the gift varied according to the nature of the school. Teachers are also required to observe proper etiquette when accepting this gift. The send-off of the bundle shows the respect of the students for the teacher. For example, it is given or offered by a pot of wine, a bundle, and a dog. - "The Book of Rites: Shaoyi". Bound by the shackles of new life, it is frequently changed. ——Zhang Ling, "Supervisor Yin Qin, Many Students Have No Experience, and Send Them to the Provincial Settlement and Please Return to Benyi to Encourage Shu Wangsheng to Advance and Benefit" ("Quantang Wen", vol. 173).

"No problem...... Let me go back and report to the county guard, and then let the Ling family master go." This steward is obviously also a sensible person, knowing that the woman in front of him must be the family member of the head of the Ling family, and she is here to find him to find out.

"Thank you for your cooperation. The woman bowed to the steward.

"This ...... I heard that although she is the concubine of the head of the Ling family, she often visits the major families in Yongcheng on behalf of the head of the Ling family. "One of the men seemed to recognize the woman.

"No matter what she wants to do, it represents the will of the Ling family master, let's go, I'll go back and report this matter to the county guard when I wait for this." ”

"Yes. ”

After saying that, several people pulled up their horses and hurried back to the county guard's mansion.

At the same time, among the merchants.

Looking at today's empty resting place, Ji Qing looked confused.

Usually this point should have been full of people waiting for him to start telling stories, why ...... today? There must be something wrong here.

"Weird...... Aren't you coming to listen to the book today?"

"Ouch, rhubarb, I've finally found you!" Wei Baiqi seemed to be in a hurry.

"The master suddenly came back from Xianyang today, how dare you come to sit and listen to books, you have to find something to do by yourself, lest you be regarded as a thief and a cheater!"

"Ha, the master is back?"

"Rhubarb, you haven't seen the master, you must remember to be cautious and cautious!" Wei Baiqi's voice trembled slightly when he mentioned the merchant master.

"Brother Wei, is the master really so terrifying? How do you feel...... You all seem to be afraid of him, huh?"

"You are a newcomer, you won't understand the horror of our merchant lord at all!" Wei Baiqi made a gesture of silence, and his voice was lowered a lot.

"Huh?"

"It is said that the former Taifu made fun of the master on the spot at the banquet, and in less than a year, the master found out that he had made a mistake and his reputation was ruined!"

"Supposedly?"

"I also heard from my friends who worked in Xianyang that the former lieutenant had no quarrel with the old man because he looked at each other on the street, and he was seriously ill a month later and was forced to resign!"

"Xianyang's friend?"

"Also, the predecessor Zongzheng, the predecessor Fengchang, and the predecessor Shaofu...... They also ......"

"Stop, stop, Brother Wei, you don't need to say it anymore. ”

"In short, it's just a sentence, our lord is a bad omen who can walk and jump, whoever offends is unlucky, right?"

"Shh......h Don't be heard!" Wei Baiqi was so nervous at the moment.

"It's okay to say that the old man is a bad omen. ”

Wei Baiqi and Ji Qing looked back, wow, is it such a coincidence, the two of them were discussing this here, and the main owner appeared.

The middle-aged man with a scar on his face in front of him is the old man of the businessman, Shang Xin.

There was also an old man beside him, although he didn't make a sound, Ji Qing could obviously feel that this old man was very strong.

"The old man is the head of the Great Qin Xiangguo, specializing in supervising hundreds of officials and reporting lawbreakers, and for many people, it is indeed a great omen. ”

"Bai Qi, I haven't seen you for more than a year, have you made any progress in your military body?"

"Bai Qi naturally doesn't dare to slack off, master, please rest assured. ”

"Uncle Yuan, you can take him to the school for an exam. ”

"Yes, sir. The old man, who was called Yuanbo by Shang Xin, agreed.

"Uncle Yuan is the number one master of our Shang Mansion, and his strength is enough to lock the ground sevenfold, I will definitely suffer later, you have to pay attention to yourself, don't make any mistakes, let the master find out, I can't save you." ”

“...... Wouldn't our lord's revenge be a little too strong? Ji Qing finally realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and he seemed to have inadvertently provoked a person he couldn't provoke.

"Who are you?" Shang Xin asked.

"The villain Ji Qing was just admitted to the house by Miss Shang Li half a year ago and became a diner. ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are Ji Qing, it is better to be famous than to meet, the old man really didn't expect that it turned out to be a young handsome man. ”

"The old man has heard a lot about you when he was in Xianyang, and today, I finally see your true face. Shang Xin showed a hint of a smile, and only those who knew him would understand that this was a sign when he was in a good mood.

However, when Shang Xin smiled, the eye-catching scar on his face also trembled, and he looked very mad.

"Uh...... The lord is overrated, overrated. Ji Qing hurriedly smiled, thinking to herself, is this old man really Miss Shang and her father? The father and daughter don't look like each other at all, and the more they look at it, the more they feel fierce!

"Daddy, you go too fast, your daughter can't keep up. ”

"Also, Daddy, why did you suddenly come back this time, my daughter is not ready to welcome Daddy home. Shang Li seemed to be very excited, presumably because he hadn't met Shang Xin for more than a year.

Shang Li hugged Shang Xin's arm, which looked very similar to the situation when a daughter hid beside her father and was coquettish.

"Li'er, don't you just want your father to come back, why don't you go to the study with your father?" Although Shang Xin still had a straight face, his tone was much softer than just now.

"What's the matter, my daughter wants to prepare some good meals to be filial to her father. ”

"That's right, Ji Qing, you can come too. ”

"Eh, did you call me?"

"Who else is there besides you here, the old man also has some things here, I want to ask you face to face. Speaking of this, Shang Xin showed that "kind" smile like the king of Hades in the world.

After three rounds of drinking, Shang Xin spoke.

"Ji Qing, the old man heard when he was in Xianyang, you won the top spot in the Yongcheng Festival, or the rumored Jiuli capital, when I saw it today, it was really a young hero. ”

"The lord has won the prize, the prize has passed, haha. Ji Qing scratched her head.

"And yet...... The old man has asked people to investigate many times, but he has not been able to find your origin and life experience in the territory of Qin State. ”

"The only record is the household registration that Li'er reported for you before. ”

"I wonder if you can tell the old man which country you are from?"

Oops, I came through this matter, no one knows about it except Lao Ling, even if I say it, who will believe it, I don't know the customs of other countries, and if I talk nonsense, I will definitely be debunked by this merchant master on the spot.

"Ji Qing, why don't you answer?" Shang Xin's expression at the moment was very subtle, as if he had already eaten Ji Qing's confidence.

"Sir...... That one...... I. Ji Qing's expression was nervous, he didn't know how to speak at all, if he said the wrong thing, wouldn't he be caught by Master Shang?

"Hahahaha, Rhubarb, your expression is so funny now!I've never seen you so nervous in front of people, Daddy is amazing!" Shang Li burst out laughing, breaking the dull and tense atmosphere.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore, if you keep playing, Rhubarb will definitely be frightened by you!" Shang Li also played the role of an intimate little padded jacket at this time.

"Hmph, don't scare him like this, the depression in the old man's heart is really hard to eliminate, but telling a story is so procrastinating, the old man wants to know right away, the fighting emperor Cao Cao Cao Mengde, who can turn his fighting spirit into a horse, has not caught up with the fighting spirit Liu Bei Liu Xuande, who ran faster than his horse, did not ......" Shang Xin is a little more human at the moment, knowing that complaining to his daughter about the "bad ending" of Ji Qing's story.

"I knew that Daddy was so obsessed with fighting the Three Kingdoms, so my daughter wouldn't only copy one copy every time and send it to Xianyang for you. ”

"Uh...... It turns out that Mr. Shang is also a loyal reader of mine. "Ji Qing has a black line at the moment, this old man is actually scaring himself, it's too terrifying.

"You don't know yet, Daddy's face has been injured before! It's okay not to laugh, but when you laugh, it will look hideous and terrifying, so it is often used to scare those who don't know what it is. Shang Li was already laughing like crazy at the moment.

What else could Ji Qing say? I could only laugh with the father and daughter.

Well, it seems that it's a real father and daughter, and both father and daughter have such a funny side in their personalities.

"Everyone has privacy, and the old man never asks about his origin, but only his words and deeds...... You speak up for righteousness under the city, this is righteousness, live up to the loyalty of your friends, and angrily reprimand Miao Yu for being unkind and unjust, this is loyalty, worthy of the kindness of the master's family. ”

"In the old man's opinion, everything you do is worthy of the oath you made when you were a corporal, and Li'er has a good eye for people. Shangxin also gave a pertinent evaluation at this time.

"Hee-hee, I'm amazing!" Shang Li was praised by Shang Xin, and his little face was full of pride at this moment.

"Ji Qing, the old man's glass of wine, I will salute you. Shang Xin picked up the wine glass in front of him.

"Thanks to the old man's praise, Ji Qing thanked him. At this time, Ji Qing also picked up the wine bowl in front of him and replied to Shang Xin.

"By the way, Daddy, do you have anything important to do when you come back this time? Shang Li asked.

"Alas, this time I came back mainly to deal with the marriage between you and Miao Yu, in Xianyang before, Miao Hou has asked me several times for marriage......" Speaking of this, Shang Xin seems to be a little unwilling, but the Miao family is not an object that merchants can offend, and I am afraid that there is a bit of a dilemma at the moment.

"My daughter won't marry Miao Yu, since the Miao family is so aggressive, my father will go to ask Uncle Yin to come forward to solve this matter. ”

"Not this time...... Because of Lord Sangkoku, he has been missing for a long time. Shang Xin frowned, and seemed to be very nerve-wracking.

"Eh, why did Uncle Yin suddenly disappear?"

"This matter has been hidden for a long time, but it has finally been exposed recently, and it must soon spread to Yongcheng. ”

"Ji Qing, you probably don't know much about the situation in the DPRK and China, and now the Great Qin has been divided into two factions and opposed to each other. ”

"One faction is headed by several veteran nobles such as Miao Hou, and the other faction is respected by Qin Yin, the great master of my Qin royal family. ”

"And I am a business letter, and the assistant is Lord Qin Yin. ”

It seems that the Qin State is not very stable internally, to put it bluntly, it is the open and secret struggle between the old nobles with real power and the Qin royal family.

"Lord Qin Yin didn't know why, secretly left the Qin State, previously said that he would return within two months, but he did not return within the time limit, and his whereabouts are still unknown, causing the Miao family to take advantage of the situation, and now he wants to take the opportunity to seize the power of the court. ”

"So this marriage, my father really can't get back. ”

Ji Qing's complexion gradually became ugly, did Shang Li really have to marry Miao Yu's lewd villain?

She's just a child, how can she be?

"Unless...... Now we can find a suitable reason to delay it for three or five years. ”

"By the way, Daddy, you can't marry for three years during the period of filial piety!" Shang Li said amazingly at this time.

Shang Xin's face turned dark, and he looked at Shang Li's head like a chestnut.

The corners of Ji Qing's mouth twitched, Miss Shang's joke was getting bigger now.

"What does the old man mean...... Send you to the Academy Palace to practice, if you can become a bachelor, you can make your own decisions about marriage!"

"If Lord Qin Yin was still there, he would still be able to go to Xianyang Academy, but now...... It's not safe there, it seems that you have to stay away from the Qin Realm for a while and go to the Luoyi Academy!"

"Is it the Luoyi Academy Palace under ......the jurisdiction of the Zhou royal family?" Shang Li rubbed the big bag on his head, hiss, and a little painful.

"It's because of the distance that I can leave this political whirlpool, without further ado, let's set off in three days, and ...... Ji Qing, since Li'er is going to enter the palace, there is no place for you in Yongcheng, and you may be in danger if you stay in Yongcheng for a long time, so you will follow the old man to Xianyang at that time. ”

"Xianyang?" Ji Qing was stunned for a moment.

Is this going to be separated from Shang Li?

"There is one more thing that the old man wants to ask. ”

"Master, please say, Ji Qing must know everything. ”

"Who taught you the secret of papermaking? ”

"Sir...... Are you sure you want me to say it?" Ji Qing looked a little embarrassed.

"Actually, it's like this, I met a hidden master by chance, he called himself Nanhua Zhenren......"

The so-called Nanhua real person is actually the Nanhua old immortal in the popular sense, who is the master of Zhang Jiao, Yu Ji, and Zuo Ci in the classical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In the romance, he passed on the three volumes of the Book of Heaven to Zhang Jiao, so that he could save the world, and gave the Taiping Qing Leader to Yu Ji, and the Dunjia Book of Heaven to Zuo Ci.

In addition, Zhuangzi has the "Nanhua Sutra", so it is also called Nanhua Zhenren, Li Bai in his "Dapeng Fu" called Zhuangzi Nanhua old immortal.

"Nanhua old immortals, the heavenly machine is in the lacquer garden. Spit out the lofty theories, open the mighty strange words. It is strange to Qi Harmonic and talks about the fish in Beiming. I don't know how many thousands of miles it is, and its name is Kun. Transformed into a large peng, the quality of the embryo is muddy. Take off the mantle on the island, and open the feather at the gate of heaven. Brush the spring flow of Bo Lan, and the morning of Fusang. The universe is dazzling, and the mausoleum is Kunlun. A drum and a dance, the smoke is hazy and dusk. The five mountains were shaken, and the rivers collapsed. - Li Bai, "Dapeng Fu".

Shang Xin asked Ji Qing at this time, but he actually asked the wrong person, because Ji Qing is best at making up stories.

After all, he couldn't really confess the papermaking skills that Ling Hao gave him, the two of them were both traversers, so why should the traverser be embarrassed by the traverser?