Three days later, with the help of Wei Han, he spent three thousand taels of silver to set up the guards, and then stole back Zhantian's body at night to bury him properly, after all, no one really wants to avenge the grievances of the Xuanguo people, and since the peace talks have become the king of Hai Liang has also left, no one really wants to pursue the assassin's affairs.

Xia Chen found a reliable guy for the antique shop this day, and she decided to at least take care of the shop for him before the shopkeeper came back, and she always felt that she owed Zhan Tian something.

Five years later......

People in the whole Anyang and even the entire Dayun Kingdom know that the restaurant with the best business in Anyang today is the Dawn Restaurant, and the most famous wine here is called Zhuangyuanhong.

In fact, although this restaurant is luxurious and unique, although this champion red is rare in the world, but the Dawn wine will not be heard in the world in just two years after opening, the most important reason is that the owner of this restaurant is not only a teenager who has just turned 14 years old, but also the champion of martial arts last year.

Speaking of this young champion, more legendary than several other famous sons, he not only has a peerless appearance, but also both civil and military, the emperor also personally gave a nickname "Fuyao Gongzi", on the one hand, it is to appreciate his sword skills, on the other hand, it means that his future is immeasurable.

There is an elegant garden in the backyard of Dawn Restaurant. The clear water surrounds the steps, and the blue pond reflects the bamboo green. There are three or two wooden houses, and there are flowers in front of the steps. At this time, although it is autumn, the garden is still delicate and willow green.

Xia Chen walked alone among the flowers, the warm afternoon sun shone on her a little lazy and sleepy, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Wei Han knocking on the courtyard door to come in, she turned around and wanted to go back to the house, but was stopped by him. "Chen'er, why are you avoiding me?"

"My ears are almost cocooned by you."

Wei Han touched his nose: "I will never mention marriage today, I only drink." ”

"There is wine. You go to the front and drink. ”

"Chen'er, you are too unrighteous, there is a way, there are blessings and hardships. I was forced to marry by my father and didn't dare to go back, so you comforted me a few words. ”

"Come less, you are clearly blessed or not! Zhang Shangshu's daughter, the young lady of Li Shilang's family, and the seventh princess are all good-looking, and there are ...... There are no less than 20 famous ladies before and after, and none of them have caught their eye? ”

"Chen'er! It's not a question of whether you look at it or not, you know I don't want to get married at all. ”

Xia Chen turned his head and left: "You're almost twenty years old, right?" At this age, the dolls of other sons are running all over the ground. ”

Wei Han followed her closely: "Isn't Shaoze also married?" And Feiyun. They're older than me! ”

"It's your business to compare and drag each other, why do you come here to complain about me for three days and two ends, who am I provoking?"

Wei Han suddenly said seriously: "Chen'er." I heard that the Ninth Princess has taken a fancy to you. ”

Xia Chen was stunned: "Huh? Who do you listen to? ”

"Prince!"

Xia Chen raised his eyebrows: "This ...... The emperor won't agree, right? I don't have an official or a knight. ”

"That's not for sure, you insisted on refusing to be an official at the beginning, but you promised the emperor that he would accept the appointment at any time if necessary."

Xia Chen shrugged: "I'm Wu Zhuangyuan." There is no war at the moment. How many generals are eating at home, even if it is not my turn to fill the gap for a while. ”

Wei Han pulled her to the pavilion and sat down: "Why don't you want to be an official or a general, why do you go to the martial arts championship!" ”

"Advertising, I don't want to be so famous for my wine here?"

Wei Han was stunned, and then seemed to remember something: "This year, the north has not been peaceful, first horse thieves and bandits have frequently harassed, and now there are often small groups of troops haunted, and natural disasters for many years, the Great Cloud Kingdom has no money to give to the Xuan Kingdom." Now many people in the DPRK and China are clamoring for a fight again. ”

"Humph! At the beginning, I had to deal with it no matter what, and the harsh conditions were all accepted. Now that I have no worries about my life, I am starting to worry about money again! Xia Chen scoffed.

"Chen'er, I have always been the main battle, using the hard-earned money of our people to fatten the Xuanguo army, what is the difference between this and feeding the wolves with their own sheep, when the sheep are gone, the wolves will still eat people after all."

"What's going on over there in Xuanguo?"

"They are now strong soldiers, and their ambitions are naturally starting to swell! However, Emperor Xuan's temperament has changed greatly for some reason in the past two years, and not long ago he stabbed a minister to death in public in the court, and after the death of Helan Zongfu, the commander of the Xuan Army, his position has been vacant, and he should not tear his face for the time being. ”

Xia Chen smiled faintly: "People's hearts are insufficient!" It's a matter of time before you fight. ”

"yes!"

Xia Chen sighed with emotion: "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. Before I went to the Western Regions and passed through the north, it was really getting more and more desolate, many people were starved to death, and I heard the shopkeeper say that the situation in Jiangnan was not much better, the taxes were too heavy, the harvest year was barely maintained, and a little natural and man-made disasters were also ruined. ”

Wei Han shook his head and sighed: "Don't talk about this." ”

"Hmm." Xia Chen reached out and poured him a glass of wine.

"Chen'er, the shopkeeper had to leave Anyang because of Zhantian's affairs, and transferred the antique shop to you, and now it is also running well, you really have a talent for business!" As he spoke, he glanced around: "This restaurant and that store are both being taken care of, so you haven't thought about opening another branch or something?" ”

Xia Chen pulled the corners of his mouth lightly: "If you are willing to take care of it, I can consider it." She didn't want to make her business bigger, but she always felt that the situation was unstable, and Zhan Tian insisted on letting Zhan go to Jiangnan, which seemed to imply that Anyang might change.

Wei Han shook his hand again and again: "You spare me, I can't do it." It's just that you heard that your aunt and cousin spend all day drinking and doing nothing outside, and they say that you, the head of the family, are selfish and eat alone. Why don't you just get them a shop, and let them know that they know that money is not so easy to make, and think about how much effort you put into this restaurant in the first place. ”

Xia Chen smiled faintly: "Open a shop for them, and it's not that I want to clean up the mess if I turn around and lose money." ”

"You can make an appointment with them for three chapters first, and you will be responsible for your own profits and losses."

Xia Chen thought for a moment: "Well, let me think about this again." "At the beginning, Xia Zhongyang wanted to turn her into a good-for-nothing son, but now his son is already an idle waste. It's time for them to taste what it is like to fall from the sky to the earth.

According to reliable information, Xia Zhongyang has also had a very comfortable time at the border in the past two years, and now the war has started again. You can find something big and small to pull him off the horse.

Wei Han looked at her with a salivating face: "Chen'er, do you still have the wine you brought back from the Western Regions?" ”

"You still want to drink? I brought back more than 100 jars, and you drank most of them alone, and now there are less than 10 jars left. "There are storage rings, but space is limited.

"Chen'er! Don't be so stingy! But if you really can't bear it, come to the altar of your own mountain wine? Or maybe it's a hundred fruit wine. Wei Han pleaded.

"I really can't help you, what a big man. is still playing tricks at every turn. Xia Chen couldn't laugh and cry, and then called the maidservant over and told her to go and get two jars of wine.

Wei Hanxi smiled and said, "If Shaoze and Feiyun come again." You say you're gone. But seriously, I think your home-brewed wine is no worse than the wine of the Western Regions, and it has a different flavor, and the mountain grapes are ripe again. And you've got that vast expanse of mountainous land. You can brew a lot of it today, right? ”

Xia Chen glanced at him: "You are really eating in the pot and worrying about the pot!" ”

When the wine was brought, the two chatted while drinking, and Xia Chen said: "Fengyue Gongzi and Wuchen Gongzi still have no news?" ”

Wei Han nodded: "Two years ago, Hua Manlou came back and stayed for two days and left, and there has been no news so far." ”

Xia Chen frowned slightly: "It seems that they haven't found Bi Lingzhi yet, and I don't know if Shang Wuchen's poisonous injury has recurred!" "Two years ago, when Hua Manlou came back, she happened to go back to Qingzhou to visit her grandmother's family, but she didn't catch up. She is still haunted by Zhantian's incident, but fortunately, she finally lived up to Zhantian's trust, and the shopkeeper Zhan is now living well and has adopted two orphans. During the holidays, she would visit them when she had time. Last year, the shopkeeper of the New Year's Exhibition gave her the white jade belt, saying that it would only add to the melancholy of seeing things and thinking about people. This shows that he has been able to let go of the pain of losing his son.

"Chen'er, there is one thing that I wonder about, Hua Manlou has been away for so long, but the Hua family's business doesn't seem to be affected."

"What's so strange about this, just take my two shops pù as an example, I won't have any problems after a year and a half. Doing business is the same as being a general, the important thing is to know people and make good use of them, rather than doing things yourself, otherwise you will be tired and die. Saying this, she knew in her heart that Hua Manlou must have someone around him to deliver the news.

At this time, Yueniang came over and said, "Chen'er, Wei Gongzi is also here." ”

Wei Han smiled: "Yueniang can teach those girls new songs and dances again." ”

Yueniang bowed slightly: "I just want Chen'er to take a look, Wei Gongzi may wish to enjoy it together." ”

Xia Chen said: "Tell them to come here to practice." ”

"Okay."

Wei Han watched Yueniang leave and said, "Chen'er, now many restaurants in the capital have begun to follow you, but there is no place where the girls and singing and dancing can compare with you." ”

"Really? Then we'll have to think of some new tricks, or we'll be nothing special when they learn all the strategies we have. ”

Wei Han said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't say how good the wine made by Lu Gongzi, who can learn that you have to take the martial arts exam for business!" ”

Xia Chen ignored him, and Chong Yueniang said, "You go and get busy first, and I'll talk about these things when I come back from the Western Regions." ”

Wei Han was a little surprised: "You're going out again?" ”

"Well, on the one hand, I have to buy some more wine, and on the other hand, the shopkeeper is now running a silk business, and silk may be sold at a very high price in the states of the Western Regions, so I want to contact a few merchants for him."

"That's right." Wei Han said and drank all the wine in the cup.

Xia Chen smiled slightly: "Let's find Brother Cen and Brother Yue to get together tomorrow night." ”

Wei Han sighed: "I'm afraid that only I can accompany you now, Shaoze's father is sick, and he will leave to visit Qingzhou tomorrow morning." As for Feiyun, because General Yue disagreed with the matter of the red kite, he took the red kite to the border in a fit of anger. ”

"When did you leave?"

"Last night."

Xia Chen smiled and said, "It's okay for someone like me to be without my father and mother." ”

Wei Han showed pity on his face when he heard this: "Chen'er, don't say this kind of thing again, okay?" I've seen how you've come over the past few years. ”

Xia Chen stretched out his arms: "I'm still lucky, how many people work harder than me, but they still can't eat." ”

"Chen'er, I don't think you're lucky, not to mention how much effort you've put in, just that this courage and wisdom are not for everyone, some people would rather be content with the status quo that is not good, and dare not take a step. Thinking about the things you experienced when you first went to the Western Regions, I don't dare to say that I can come back alive when I encounter it, although I am familiar with the road now, I have to be careful in everything. ”

"I know, thank you."

"Chen'er, never be polite to me."

Xia Chen's heart was warm, but it was a little sour, Wei Han had helped her a lot in the past few years, but their relationship had a feeling of not advancing but retreating. Now they can be considered close friends, even like relatives, but they are by no means lovers, and as they grow older, that past seems to have become a child's home-like memory.

She also had the urge to explain to him that she was a daughter, wanting to see if there would be any changes, but she didn't say it after all, because Wei Han still spent a lot of time drinking, and she had never been sure of her intentions, let alone any fetters and troubles that would affect her career. A qiē and a qiē all show that they are not in love with each other.

Yueniang took six young women to perform a song "Moon Linglong", the courtyard was a little deep, and the crimson willows remained. If you want to sweep the moss and stop the broom, the front of the stairs is a flower mark. I don't feel that the shadow of the flowers has been heavy, and the autumn breeze is even more sorrowful. frowned and looked at the cold moon, and the moon came down in Tsing Yi.

Wei Han clapped his hands and said, "Interesting, you wrote this word again?" ”

Xia Chen blinked: "How is it?" Perfect for you, right? She didn't read less Tang poems and Song lyrics, just take one out and show it off, this one was written by her to play, she felt that the poems were mostly sentimental, she wanted a good ending, so that the infatuated girl would finally wait for her beloved, not to mention that for many men, a tryst with a beautiful woman is a beautiful thing, and you can't always sing and cry at the dinner table.

"Haha, if it were my last sentence, I wouldn't have to."

"Also, everyone in Anyang City knows that wherever you go to the third prince of Wei, they are all heartbroken. I said you should get married quickly, and you should let those girls go. ”

"Chen'er, what about me, do you know how many women are heartbroken for you, I will at least comfort them, but you don't even look at people, I said what kind of girl do you like?"

Xia Chenpi said with a smile: "I only like silver, when I make enough money, I will definitely find ten or eight!" Hey, it's you who should be anxious now, I'm still young. ”

"I'm not old."

Yueniang smiled and said, "Chen'er, are you satisfied with this song and dance choreography?" ”

"Of course satisfied. Yueniang, you don't have to worry too much, not many people who come to us really know how to appreciate singing and dancing, just pleasing to the eye. ”

Yueniang whispered: "Chen'er, you are wrong about this, there have been several song and dance studios of the moon master to ask for music, and a musician from the palace came yesterday." (To be continued......)