The carriage left Su Mansion, Song Mao lifted the curtain and looked at the wind and snow outside, and then turned his head to confirm to Song Kai that he had prepared the gifts.

"The ginseng I bought last time...... Then it is to ask Lin Fu and Lin to write the words...... Well, the ginseng is placed in the middle, it is inconspicuous, Qin Shi's favorite is calligraphy and painting, and he should like this character......"

Song Kai has been by Song Mao's side for many years, he is cautious and reliable, these things that have been explained for a long time cannot go wrong, and the reason why Song Mao confirmed it once is just that there is nothing to do. For the conversation between Fang Cai and Su Wenxing, he was really a little emotional, this nephew's lack of ability and vision really made him sigh, but at present, it is really unthinkable.

Of course, in terms of family affection, although Song Mao and the Su family are close, it is impossible to say that there is any flesh-and-blood family relationship with this sister's nephew. In his hometown, he didn't have much contact with his cousin, who was the second lady of Su Mansion, and later made a little fortune, and the Su family spent a lot of money to invest in him, and he kept it in his heart, but this is basically for Mrs. Su and the Su family.

Time has passed, and now he is in Zhizhou, and in the past, Su Fu was a big help behind him, but now it is just icing on the cake. If the second room of the Su family can control the entire Su family in the future, it will naturally have some benefits for him, but the relationship is actually not big. After all, Su Wenxing and him are closer relatives, if he can control the Su family, everyone's interests will be closer, but with the qualifications of this nephew, whether he can manage the Su family well is actually between the two, and he may be affected in the future.

And if Su Tan'er controls the Su family, the girl is capable, and she is more able to judge the situation, and her identity as a governor of the state will definitely come up, and in fact, this help will not change. And because of their own existence, even if the younger sister and nephew can't get the management of the Su family, they will actually still retain the identity of the Su family, have some small power, and have no worries about food and clothing, so that they can not only become a link between themselves and the Su family, but also may not be a good thing for Wenxing, who is not capable enough.

He was hesitating in his mind whether to make such a choice, of course, now that Mrs. Su was still alive, he naturally took care of his kinship and was closer to his sister and nephew. He had heard of the reputation of the water tune song head before, of course, he inquired recently, but the news he got was a little strange, if he was really a fame and reputation, for the sake of his nephew's request, he would also easily expose it. It was something that only needed to be considered in the evening, he looked at the gifts, shook his head, and left it behind.

Seeing his expression at this time, the housekeeper Song Kai handed over the gift slip over there, and then smiled: "Master, it has been several years since Duke Qin resigned, but recently I heard that the situation in the north is complicated, there are frequent disputes in Jinliao, and there are voices in the court to revive Duke Qin. ”

Song Mao shook his head and paused for a moment before speaking: "I'm afraid it's difficult, Master Qin left that day, and the situation is complicated." The Blackwater Alliance, Master Qin shouldered all the blame, in fact, he carried the black cauldron for other people, if it was an ordinary matter, it would be easy to say, but in terms of the situation in recent years, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover......"

The Wu Dynasty has been weak in the past 100 years, the Liao people have been committing borders, the Wu Dynasty has sued for peace twice, and the treaties signed are all criticized, the Tanyuan Alliance 65 years ago lost power and humiliated the country, almost cut off the will and possibility of the Wu Dynasty to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, to six years ago in the Black Water Alliance, the annual currency that needs to be paid has almost been nearly doubled, and it is a slash in the hearts of many patriots.

At that time, the Liao army went south, and Qin Siyuan, who was the secretary of the ministry, was the main one to resist, and even went to the front line to supervise the battle, but later the front line lost several battles, and the main peace faction had the upper hand, and after deciding to negotiate peace, it is said that Qin Siyuan, who was a little disheartened, rushed back from the starry night on the front line and took over the mission of peace.

It is said that when he walked up to the Jinluan Palace, his body was not taken off, his beard and hair were messy, his clothes and armor were torn in several places, he was smoky and burning, and his hands were also injured, which seemed to be extremely tragic, and everyone thought that he was going to die to admonish him, and the official family who had only succeeded to the throne for a year at that time hurriedly asked someone to stop him, who knew that he did not want to object, but he wanted to shoulder the discussion and this thankless thing.

At that time, there were naturally various voices of opposition in the court, saying that he was not good at supervising the war on the front line, how could he still bear the responsibility of negotiating peace, and it was clear that he wanted to obstruct it and sabotage the peace discussion. However, most of the people who know a little bit also understand that those defeats are not the responsibility of this Shangshu, who has always been a civil official, and after discussing this matter for two days, the above really handed over the responsibility of negotiating peace to him. ,

Subsequently, the alliance of the black water, the sum of the total number of zeros, almost doubled the annual coin, but considering the situation of the Wu Dynasty, the Liao people promised that the lack of money and cloth could be offset by various items such as ceramics and treasures. At this time, the Tanyuan Alliance had already passed a jiazi, and the Liao Kingdom was developed, and the demand for these items had increased. After the peace talks were reached, although the official family did not mean to deal with him at that time, Qin Siyuan was disheartened, and resisted the defeat of the war and the many crimes of the peace. He lived in seclusion in Jiangning. Until now, it has not been revived.

“…… I'm afraid that even if the above really makes Master Qin's comeback, with Master Qin's state of mind, he will ...... in the next few years I won't be out of the mountain again. Song Mao thought, shook his head like this, the car was quiet for a while, and Song Kai over there remembered something and lowered his voice.

"Master, I heard that Duke Qin was extremely capable of doing things back then, and he seemed to be informalistic in many things, but no one dared to criticize him on this matter. In recent years, there have been endless disputes between Jin and Liao, and the villain has also heard some sayings, saying that the alliance of Heishui was considering the prosperity of the Jin State back then, and repeatedly asked the Liao State for trade rights without success, so he designed to use a large number of luxury goods as bait to stir up disputes between the two countries. After the signing of the Blackwater Alliance six years ago, the imperial court not only paid tribute to the Liao State, but even smuggled out a large number of porcelain treasures, and even rouge gouache flowed into the Jin Kingdom. And the next year, half of ......"

Song Mao frowned: "Who is talking about this?" ”

"The fourth young master in the family has discussed this matter with others, which seems to be the speculation of the fourth young master himself......"

"Fourth." Song Mao sighed, "Using the power of a country as a bargaining chip to stir up such ideas is too whimsical, Ah Hui doesn't do his job, he only thinks about it all day long...... But whether it's true or not, don't talk about it to anyone. ”

"The villain understands."

As he spoke, the carriage had arrived at its destination. To say that Song Mao and Qin Siyuan are not really masters and apprentices, but Qin Siyuan was in charge of the Ministry back then, and Song Mao later took some connections, after the other party left office, although many people no longer have contact with Qin Siyuan because of the Blackwater Alliance, as long as he comes to Jiangning, Song Mao, who has always been well-versed, will come over with the gift of a disciple.

In his life motto, the icing on the cake is not as good as charcoal in the snow, Qin Siyuan's two sons are also in the officialdom now, although they are still below the fourth grade, but Qin Siyuan carried the black pot for a large number of people at the beginning, and with his background here, it is very likely to be used by the official family in the future. Especially looking at the recent situation, it is not impossible for Qin Siyuan to be resurrected in a few years.

After living in seclusion in Jiangning, Qin Siyuan's place of residence was not luxurious, it was just a simple scholarly courtyard, and Song Mao's disciple gave him a famous post, and he was invited in after a while. Later, I found out that there was already another guest here, this gorgeously dressed old man Song Mao had never seen it before, but he wanted to come with an extraordinary identity, and after Qin Lao introduced it, Song Mao understood the identity of the other party.

Chengguo princess Kang Xian Kang Mingyun, although this old man is not involved in the court, but he is the uncle of today's saint, with a great reputation in the literary world, to be able to get acquainted with him, for the official himself, it is naturally a great help, and he hurriedly visited as a disciple.

Qin Lao has little to do with this disciple on weekdays, but he has come every year in the past few years, and of course he is also kind at this time, he was appreciating some calligraphy and painting with Kang Xian, and at this time he pulled Song Mao who happened to be in his meeting to come over, Song Mao was also flattered for a while, but although he was talented, he was much worse than these two people, and he didn't dare to interject, just stood aside respectfully, listened to the two talk and talked, and occasionally asked him, he opened his mouth to answer, thinking that he could go to the princess's mansion in a few days to pay a visit.

It was also in this atmosphere that there was the sound of footsteps outside, followed by the voice of Qin Gong's concubine Yunniang: "They will enjoy the paintings in the study, and the prince will go in...... Uh, this is ......" Qin Lao and Kang Xian were studying a long scroll, only to see Kang Xian looking at it carefully, and said casually: "It's here, I really don't know what kind of objects can surprise the old man......" Qin Lao laughed. Then, I saw someone push open the hidden door and walk in. ,

This person thought that he was also very familiar with Kang and Qin, but he saw that he was wearing a cyan robe, but he was carrying a jar in his hand, and to Song Mao's surprise, the person who came was only in his early twenties. The man came in, originally smiled and wanted to speak, but when he saw Song Mao, he was also slightly stunned, Song Mao thought to himself that this was probably the nephew of Kang and Qin, and he was about to introduce himself, but Qin Lao had already opened his mouth.

"Ha Luha, Liheng, you can come, come to see you, this is the old man's disciple, Song Mao, Song Yufan......"

The young man smiled and arched his hand: "Brother Song, fortunately." ”

Afterwards, Song Mao heard Qin Lao say: "Yu Fan, this is my little friend ...... Ming Gong" He said, "Ning Yi, Ning Liheng." ”

Song Mao's pupils changed slightly, and then he showed a simple smile: "Young Master Ning...... Could it be that when did the bright moon have Ning Yi and Ning Liheng? Ha Lu Ha, long admiration. ”

After a few words of greeting, then I saw Kang Xian and Na Ning Yi talking casually: "Didn't you say that some good things were brought, could it be that they are in this jar?" ”

"Ha Lu Ha, naturally." Ning Yi put the jar on the table casually, "It just so happens that Brother Song is also here, so I'll try this Songhua egg today......

Kang Xian was slightly stunned, and then shook his head with a little crying and laughing: "It's a shame that the old man is still thinking about what a novelty, and he can't think of some food." Ning Yi boy, this matter is not the old man's boasting, today, the old man has never eaten many dim sum dishes, I am afraid that you are going to be a little ugly today...... Oh, this looks like a salted duck egg, although it looks different, so pickled is nothing more than a salted duck egg, you can not pickle a flower to make a ......"

Ning Yi laughed: "It's just that a flower was pickled for you to see......"

Song Mao didn't have much interest in sweet and salted eggs, he was now in Zhizhou, and he had always been restrained in front of these two people. At this time, I watched a few people laughing, and then the little concubine Yunniang brought a basin of water from the outside, and brought a few pairs of dishes and chopsticks in, and she was also quite familiar with Ning Yi......

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