Cao Yi was about to go in, when a Zhongnan man dressed in fancy clothes next to him stepped forward quickly, bowed and saluted: "This is Cao Gongzi, right?" If you are going to the appointment of the head of my family, that is, the richest man in Yangzhou, please come with me and I will show you the way. ”

Cao Yi looked at the middle-aged man with playful eyes, and said in a low voice: You and I should not have met before, how do you know that I am the person who is the head of your family to feast? ”

The middle-aged man bowed his head again and said: "Back to Gongzi Cao, you are in the carriage of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, and people who pay a little attention can see it, plus you are so young, and there are few people who come to Mingyulou during this time period, so the little one guesses that you are here Gongzi Cao." ”

Cao Yi showed a clear smile on his face and nodded: "Lead the way ahead!" ”

However, the middle-aged man did not immediately turn around and lead the way, but glanced at the guards who followed Cao Yi closely, and said with a respectful face: "Master Cao, if you see my master, you can only bring one guard......

"You!" Gongye Yuanzhou immediately spoke up and pointed at the middle-aged man with his finger, but Cao Yi stretched out his hand to block him, "Brother Gongye, you can go in with me, and the others are waiting outside." ”

"Childe ......"

"It's okay, otherwise I wouldn't have brought only these people." Cao Yi shook his head and said to Gongye Yuanzhou, then turned his head, "Okay, lead the way!" ”

The middle-aged man bowed to Cao Yi again, and then half-turned around and stretched out his hand to lead the way in front.

"I don't know what to call it?" When he walked into Mingyu Tower, Cao Yi suddenly asked.

"The little one's name is Gao Qizhi!"

"Hehe, the ambition is high!" Cao Yi smiled.

Gao Qizhi half-turned around again, turned his head to Cao Yi and said: "The son said that he laughed, the name was taken by his father, but he was a little stupid and didn't get famous, but after all, he still has to beg for a living, thanks to the master, let me get an errand in the Liu family." ”

"Oh? How is it, is the Liu family treating you well? ”

Gao Qizhi's figure, which was originally leading the way in front, suddenly paused, but the pause was only for a moment, and if he didn't observe carefully, he couldn't find it at all. “…… Pretty good. ”

"That's good, just now I saw Brother Gao and I felt like I was familiar at first sight, very kind, if Brother Gao is not happy in Liu's house, you can come to work under me, I am also new to Yangzhou, I need you such a local Yangzhou, excellent work ability, and know how to observe words and emotions of the right-hand man." Cao Yi looked at Gao Qizhi with a mysterious smile on his face and said with a smile.

"Childe...... You're laughing again. Gao Qizhi turned his head to Cao Yi and said, with an unnatural smile on his face.

"You just tell me and laugh, after all, everyone has their own ambitions, but when you have this idea, you can come directly to the Drunken Immortal Building to find me." Cao Yi smiled and said in a calm tone.

"Drunken Immortal Building?" Gao Qizhi, who was still leading the way in front, paused for a very short time and muttered in a low voice, although it seemed to be talking to himself, but this whispered words were still heard by Cao Yi.

Cao Yi showed a knowing smile on his face and explained: "It hasn't opened yet, it's normal if you don't know, but it will open in more than half a month!" ”

If this Gao Qizhi really doesn't have any ideas, he can just ignore the past, or don't think about what Cao Yi just said, but he not only listened, but also raised questions, which means that he listened in his heart and thought about what Cao Yi said. That's why Cao Yi showed that knowing smile just now.

Then the two didn't chat again, Gao Qizhi calmly led the way in front, and Cao Yi didn't talk to him again in the back, but it can be seen from the corners of Cao Yi's slightly raised mouth that Cao Yi is still in a good mood at the moment.

From the first time I saw Gao Qizhi, it can be seen that Gao Qizhi's status in the Liu family should be okay, after all, on behalf of Liu Defa, he greeted Cao Yi outside, and judging from the fabrics on his body, they are all very high-end, at least in terms of treatment, it should be very good.

If it was just like this, Cao Yi would not have a later dialogue. The reason why he asked this was because he saw a few footprints on the robe on the thigh behind Gao Qizhi, which could only be seen by careful observation, so it should have been kicked by someone at noon or morning today, because it was behind him, so it was not noticed by Gao Qizhi, so it was still left on it.

Looking back at it, I thought of the red mark on Gao Qizhi's right face that I saw before, and if I guessed it in combination with the footprints, it was very similar to the finger print, very much like being slapped by someone......

In this way, someone kicked him and even slapped him just now, putting all the circumstances together, this person is Liu Defa nine times out of ten. That's why Cao Yi deliberately said those words, if he can really dig him up, then it will be of great help to his business in Yangzhou, and it is very likely to be of great help to Cao Yi to deal with the Liu family in the future, after all, Gao Qizhi knows the Liu family well.

But even if he can't dig it up, Cao Yi has no loss, and it may even be that because he and Gao Qizhi mentioned it like this, there will be a deeper estrangement between Gao Qizhi and the Liu family.

Gao Qizhi led the way in front, and after turning around, he finally came to the door of an elegant small courtyard, and before he entered the door, he could hear the beautiful sound of silk and bamboo coming from inside, if he was not mistaken, it should be the guzheng, Cao Yi listened for a while, and judged so in his heart.

"Master, Gongzi Cao is here!" Gao Qizhi stood at the door of the small courtyard, first knocked on the head of the copper shop, and then said respectfully.

"Hurry up, please come in!" There was a shrill voice from inside, which was not very comfortable to listen to.

Then Gao Qizhi opened the gate of the courtyard and let Cao Yi in with his right hand. Cao Yi nodded slightly at Gao Qizhi, thanked him for leading the way, and walked in in the latter's daze, and naturally Gongye Yuanzhou followed Cao Yi into the courtyard.

As soon as Cao Yi entered the door, he saw a huge Roshan sitting on the wide Taishi chair, but although the size was huge, the Roshan still stood up flexibly, walked a few steps forward around the table, and stopped just right, waiting for Cao Yi to move forward.

Cao Yi naturally noticed the small details in this, and smiled unconsciously in his heart, but Cao Yi pretended not to see it, and still stepped forward quickly and saluted at this piece of meat: "Boy Cao Yi, I have seen the head of the Liu family!" ”

"Haha, he is worthy of being the first talent in Jiangning, and he really lives up to his reputation, he looks like a jade tree in the wind, and he is handsome."

"The head of the Liu family has a good reputation!" Cao Yi responded politely.

Just now, when Liu Defa praised Cao Yi as the first talent in Jiangning, the guzheng that had been playing suddenly paused, Cao Yi turned his head and glanced at the direction of the guzheng sound, and saw a woman with white skin like snow, a pair of phoenix eyes and bright eyes with a small nose and Yin Tao's small mouth sitting there playing the guzheng, it seemed that she herself had noticed her gaffe just now, her face was slightly red at this time, and Cao Yi looked at it, and hurriedly lowered her head to play the guzheng intently.

Liu Defa didn't know if he had noticed the subtle changes in the middle of the guzheng performance, but when Cao Yi turned his head to look, he chuckled and said to Cao Yi: "Cao Gongzi, that is the head of Mingyulou, Xin Ni Xin girl." ”

At this time, Na Xin Ni Ni also happened to finish playing the song, and when she heard Liu Defa introducing her, she quickly stood up, bowed to Cao Yi, and made a crisp voice like a yellow bird: "Little woman Xin Niyi, I have seen Cao Gongzi!" ”

"I've seen Miss Xin, Cao Yi is so polite!" Cao Yi also immediately returned the gift.

"Cao Gongzi, let's sit down first, let's talk while eating......" Liu Defa's shrill voice came again, Cao Yi turned around and nodded, and sat next to Liu Defa under Liu Defa's guidance.

When Cao Yi sat down, he also noticed that Liu Defa's chair seemed to be one size bigger than his own, but even if it was one size bigger, it looked much firmer, and when Liu Defa sat down, the chair still made an overwhelmed moan.

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