can make the second master Ji complain in front of his wife and daughter, and the degree of busyness of the old man can be seen, so Ji Xiaotang will ask.

"It's nothing." Although Second Master Ji complained, he was reluctant to say more, and only told Ji Xiaotang that it was difficult for him to find Master Ji these days, although there was an excuse every time, but Second Master Ji still felt a little strange.

He didn't want to say more, so Ji Xiaotang didn't ask.

"Did Daddy see Big Brother when he came back?"

Master Ji replied that there was no.

"What, you have something to find Xiaomu?" Second Master Ji asked Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaotang shook his head, "When I came back, I happened to meet my eldest brother. I saw that he seemed to have come out of his uncle's study, and he was in a state of disgrace, thinking that he was writing an article, and when I asked him, he said no,...... Didn't say what it was. ”

"Oh......" Second Master Ji frowned slightly, "Wait until I have a chance to ask your uncle." If there is something difficult, you should also speak up and discuss it as a family. ”

"That's right." Mrs. Ji agreed very much with this.

Ji Xiaotang also nodded.

At this moment, Ji Xiaomu mentioned in their mouths was in the upper house of Fanghua Hall, slowly drinking fragrant tea, and was stunned.

Yang turned out of the back room and was a little surprised when he saw Ji Xiaomu's appearance.

"Xiaomu, what are you thinking, thinking like this." Yang remembered that when she just entered the back room, Ji Xiaomu's current posture had passed, and it had been about two teas, but Ji Xiaomu's posture had not changed at all.

Got closer. Yang saw the teacup in Ji Xiaomu's hand.

The fragrant tea in the teacup was almost full, and Ji Xiaomu didn't drink tea at all, but he held the cup like this for a long time.

Ji Xiaomu was awakened by Yang's voice. When he came back to his senses, he hurriedly put the teacup on the low table at hand.

"Didn't you say that you were not feeling well, did you go to rest, why did you come out again?" Ji Xiaomu asked Yang with concern.

"I've had a break for a while and I'm feeling better." Yang sat down across the low table, "Xiaomu, what are you thinking?" What's the trouble? ”

Ji Xiaomu hesitated for a moment.

He and Yang are cousins and brothers, they have known each other since childhood, and their temperaments are quite compatible. They are all people who love to read. became husband and wife, and the relationship between the two became closer.

Yang has never been a talkative person, let alone an eventful person, as long as Yang asks. Ji Xiaomu never deliberately hid anything from her.

But today's thing. Ji Xiaomu hesitated.

"What's the matter, isn't it easy to say?" Yang asked again.

"It's not hard to say." Ji Xiaomu still decided to tell Yang, "I'm just suspicious ......."

"Suspicious of what?"

"You know, my father has become more and more obsessed with Feng Shui metaphysics over the years......"

Yang nodded, she naturally knew about this.

Master Ji not only indulged in the study of Feng Shui metaphysics, but also made many friends in this area, including court officials, abbots, Taoist monks and temples. There are also some so-called "immortal chiefs" whose origins are not clear.

Master Ji was very generous to these friends of his.

And Ji Xiaomu found out that it was just recently. The relationship between Master Ji and these friends has become closer, not only going out to meet these people in a row, but also inviting people to his home several times to talk secretly.

That's not all, Ji Xiaomu found another thing today.

"What's the matter?"

"My father gathered some people and seemed to send them to do something."

"Where to go, what to do?"

Ji Xiaomu didn't hear what he was doing, but he vaguely heard where he went.

"It seems to be going to Qingyuan's hometown."

"Didn't my father tell you, nor did he discuss it with the old lady and second uncle?"

"Nope." Ji Xiaomu shook his head. Master Ji not only didn't tell him, but when he bumped into the question, he also flickered, and finally simply ordered him not to ask.

Master Ji hasn't discussed anything privately with Second Master Ji recently.

In fact, Ji Xiaomu was very sure that Master Ji did this completely without hiding it from Mrs. Ji and Second Master Ji.

“…… The second uncle came, and my father also had an extra arm. The so-called brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are gold. What is the matter with my father to hide from my second uncle? Wouldn't it be better to discuss with the second uncle, wouldn't it be better to have one more idea and more effort? Moreover, what is the father's business to hide from you, the son? The more Yang thought about it, the more strange he felt.

"Xiaomu, did you guess something?" Yang looked at Ji Xiaomu.

Ji Xiaomu frowned and sighed: "Father is too obsessed with Feng Shui metaphysics. Don't you know that the ancients had a saying, one life, two luck and three feng shui. I'm afraid my father will go astray......"

"That's right." Yang suddenly realized.

Ji Xiaomu glanced at Yang and did not continue to explain. He knows the Yang family, and although the Yang family has a smart temperament, he is too simple in the world. She must not have been as deep as he thought.

Therefore, in this matter, even Yang cannot share his troubles.

What should he do, he can't stop Master Ji if he doesn't listen to him, and he can't stop him from sending someone to "explore" the feng shui of the Ji family's blessed land, so should he tell Second Master Ji about this?

If Master Ji just asked people to explore the feng shui of the Ji family's blessed land, he could actually not say it, after all, he didn't believe that Second Master Ji would change the feng shui pattern of the ancestral cemetery for himself, and this matter would eventually be a false alarm.

Master Ji sent someone to investigate and came back, so he was relieved. Master Ji Er's side didn't notice it. The family is still the same as before.

However, what if......

What if Master Ji wasn't just probing......

"Father wouldn't do that." Ji Xiaomu muttered, as if he was sure of something.

Yang looked at Ji Xiaomu worriedly.

Since she was a child, it was the first time she had seen Ji Xiaomu so entangled and embarrassed.

……

Yeonhwatang

In the wax moon, the weather in the capital is dripping into ice.

In the house on Yanhua Hall, it is as warm as spring. There was a fire dragon burning in the house. There was also charcoal burning in the smoker. When they came from Qingyuan, Ji Xiaotang's family brought enough silver money, charcoal and firewood used in the courtyard on East Road. I bought them all myself, so I had plenty of money.

Ji Xiaotang sat on the kang, with a hand stove in his arms, and was doing needlework with Mama Cheng, Jin'er, and Xiu'er.

It is a daily relaxing leisure time between master and servant.

“…… This capital is much colder than our Qingyuan, and I can believe the rumors that my nose and fingers are frozen. Jin'er said while embroidering a handkerchief.

Everyone laughed at her.

"Silly girl, that rumor is true. But they deliberately said it to bluff you. Mama Cheng smiled.

"How can it be true, bluffing me again?" Jin'er didn't understand.

"It's true, but it didn't happen in the capital. Then we have to go further north, near the place of the North Barbarian. Everyone is not used to it when they first enter Beijing, and the weather in Qingyuan is really warm, which makes it colder here. …… This year. Just medium. In the past, it was colder than this. Mama Cheng said.

"Is it true?" A few girls asked Mama Cheng to talk more. Ji Xiaotang, the girls in this room like to listen to Mama Cheng talk about the ancients.

Mama Cheng didn't speak.

Jin'er and the others all looked at Ji Xiaotang, and the pleading look in their eyes couldn't be more obvious.

Ji Xiaotang couldn't help laughing: "Mama, just tell the big guys about it." ”

Mama Cheng opened her mouth unhurriedly.

Just as she was talking about the interesting part, the little girl Bi'er walked in softly from outside the door. Bi'er came to Ji Xiaotang's side and whispered in Ji Xiaotang's ear.

Ji Xiaotang's hand holding the needle and thread paused.

Mama Cheng had already stopped her mouth when Bi'er came in, and now when she looked at Ji Xiaotang's face, she guessed that there was something important. Ji Xiaotang has always been happy and unremarkable, but at this moment, he is obviously a little excited.

"Go and bring the man." Ji Xiaotang instructed Bi'er.

Bi'er immediately went out.

No need for Ji Xiaotang to order. In the room, Mama Cheng stood up with Mama Cheng as the capital, and Mama Cheng gestured to a few girls. Jin'er and Xiu'er stayed, and Yao'er and the others quietly retreated.

"Ayo sent someone." Ji Xiaotang said.

"Lord Qi finally has a letter!" Mama Cheng, Jin'er and Xiu'er were all happy for Ji Xiaotang.

Soon, Bi'er led Cheng Dazhong to come.

Ji Xiaotang recognized Cheng Dazhong, and it can be said that he was the most familiar person with Ji Xiaotang beside Qi Younian.

Cheng Dazhong is a personal guard by Qi Younian's side, leading the official position of a hundred households, and is Qi Younian's most powerful person. Cheng Dazhong's loyalty to Qi Younian and the Qi family is beyond doubt.

The family has followed the Qi family as a soldier since their ancestors, and was later promoted, and has been a powerful general of the Qi family for generations. Now Cheng Dazhong's fathers are all following the old mighty Hou, and his brothers are following the juniors of the Qi family.

Cheng Dazhong and Qi Younian have grown up together since childhood, although their identities are different, they are no less than brothers in love.

It was precisely because of him that Ji Xiaotang did not avoid suspicion and asked Bi'er to directly lead him to Yanhuatang to meet.

Cheng Dazhong saw that Ji Xiaotang was busy bowing and bowing, and called the county lord in his mouth.

Obviously, he already knew about Ji Xiaotang being named the county lord.

"Hundreds of households don't need to be polite, get up and talk."

Cheng Dazhong still finished saluting, and then stood up, respectfully handing over the burden on his back, along with a handwritten letter from Qi Younian.

As soon as he saw the size of the burden, Ji Xiaotang knew that this must be the specimen of the mountain eagle that Qi Younian promised to make for her.

Ji Xiaotang carefully placed the letter on the table, and asked Jin'er and Xiu'er to help her open the baggage.

Taking out the specimen of the mountain eagle from the box, even if Ji Xiaotang didn't know this line, he couldn't help but admire the exquisite craftsmanship of the specimen.

Lifelike!

"It's the same as the real thing, it's weird and scary, but it's also really majestic and beautiful." Jin'er couldn't help but say.

Ji Xiaotang has a few girls who serve closely, Jin'er's temperament is the most straightforward and spicy, and she is spoiled by Ji Xiaotang, so she dares to speak the most.

"It's rare to ......" Ji Xiaotang gently stroked the feathers of the mountain eagle. Qi Younian is now extremely favored, but at the same time, he is also facing great pressure. Under such pressure, it is not only rare to be able to send the specimen back to her in the tense march!

asked Jin'er and Xiu'er to accept the specimens, Ji Xiaotang asked Cheng Dazhong to sit down, she didn't read the letter, and only asked Cheng Dazhong carefully about Qi Younian's situation, which naturally included the situation in the army.

Cheng Dazhong had already been advised by Qi Younian, as long as Ji Xiaotang asked, he knew everything and said everything.

Ji Xiaotang is a person who can be completely trusted, and he is equivalent to a strategist of Qi Younian, either providing information or providing strategies, helping Qi Younian win several big battles.

After answering with Cheng Dazhong, Ji Xiaotang quickly grasped the latest developments in front of Shuzhong, which was more detailed and real than what Ji Er brought back from the court.

Ji Xiaotang also asked Qi Younian about his physical condition, diet and daily life, and knew that Qi Younian was all right, and he was a little relieved.

"How is the itinerary of hundreds of households arranged?" Ji Xiaotang asked Cheng Dazhong again.

Cheng Dazhong came back this time, and he went to do an errand under Qi Younian's clear order, and then he went to Xinhuatang to deliver a letter to Ji Xiaotang in private.

“…… After receiving the palindrome from the yamen, I will leave for my home tomorrow. ”

Cheng Dazhong's schedule is naturally very tight.

"I have a reply to Ayou, where are the hundreds of families staying?"

The Cheng family has a mansion behind the Weiwu Marquis' Mansion, and Cheng Dazhong came back this time and planned to go home for a night.

Ji Xiaotang made an agreement with Cheng Dazhong that Cheng Dazhong would come to get the letter at the end of tomorrow.

After explaining everything clearly, Cheng Dazhong got up and said goodbye. Ji Xiaotang hurriedly asked Mama Cheng to take out the reward seal and a set of cotton clothes that had been prepared a long time ago and gave it to Cheng Dazhong.

The reward for Cheng Dazhong is different from that for others, it is a letter of fifty taels of silver.

Cheng Dazhong was not hypocritical, and accepted the things after thanking him. Ji Xiaotang treated him differently, not because of the silver, but about the extremely fitting and warm cotton clothes.

Let Bi'er go to send Cheng Dazhong, Ji Xiaotang picked up the letter on the table.

Seeing Ji Xiaotang reading the letter, Mama Cheng withdrew with Jin'er and Xiu'er.

Ji Xiaotang took the letter and did not open it immediately, but read the envelope carefully and repeatedly. On it is the handwriting of Qi Younian that she is familiar with, which is round and introverted.

Ji Er has repeatedly praised Qi Younian's words, Ji Xiaotang's own handwriting is good, but she also likes Qi Younian's words very much.

If she is not Ji Xiaotang, then she is very happy to be Qi Younian. Qi Younian is the person she admires and identifies with the most among all the people she has met. Her feeling for Qi Younian is as if the two have known each other for many years.

Many years may not be enough, she thinks, maybe they have known each other for several lifetimes.

On the envelope, as they had agreed, the name of the recipient was Master Ji San.

After seeing enough of the envelope, Ji Xiaotang slowly opened the letter and looked at it.

There is only one word on the letterhead, "Tang", a simple word, but it seems to have been copied many times by Qi Younian. Seeing this word, Ji Xiaotang knew for the first time that a person's thoughts could be expressed so vividly through a simple word.

By the time Ji Xiaotang finished reading the letter, it was almost time to hold the lamp.

Recommend the weak face to complete the classical romance "Jinping Story" (to be continued......)