After the more than 1,000 businessmen who were shortlisted for the third round got the information, they got together to discuss, and the content of the information was all about the introduction of the national debt, and everyone speculated that the third round of assessment was related to the national debt, so they began to carefully study the information, and even inquired about the relevant matters of the national debt, and at the same time made corresponding preparations according to their own guesses.

After Lu Jing completed all the work in the second round, he rested at home for two days while helping Daiyu organize the Mid-Autumn Festival activities.

As early as the beginning of August, Daiyu completed the planning plan, and announced the content of the event on the same day.

The women's three competitions are Dou Xiu, Dou Kitchen and Dou Cao, and the men's three competitions are Dou Li, Dou Jump and Dou Skill. In addition, on August 15, a lantern quiz will be held, which is open to both men and women.

Lin Daiyu specially took out one hundred taels of activity funds and one hundred taels of reward funds for this event, in addition to the rewards of the participants, each first place can get five taels of silver, the second place three taels of silver, and the third place one or two silver plus a hanging money.

After hearing this, everyone in the Lu family chose the projects that suited them, some to show their skills, and some to reward them, but no matter what the purpose was, they were all gearing up and ready to show their talents.

After many days of preparation, the fun activity officially began on August 13, and the venue was in the Zhuzhu Garden.

The women's fighting activities are carried out in the wind bamboo forest and the plum blossom garden, while the men's are carried out in the peach blossom garden, separated by the Yiqing Pond and the Tingyuxuan, and each side does not interfere.

On this day, the Jiangzhu Garden was very lively, and at the right time, the sisters invited by Lin Daiyu arrived one after another, Feng Xuan, Xu Lan, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai who came to join in the fun.

After Shi Xiangyun heard about this from Tanchun, he took the initiative to follow Sanchun, firstly, he wanted to relax, and secondly, he planned to ask Daiyu for some advice.

Xue Baochai wanted to take this opportunity to meet Lu Jing again to see if he could inquire about the selection of imperial merchants.

Lin Daiyu and Lu Zhiyu warmly took several people to Moyan Pavilion, and also expressed a friendly welcome to the arrival of Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai.

After everyone gathered, Daiyu displayed the needlework prepared by the maids in the past few days.

Feng Xuan, Xu Lan and others were already very curious about the activities organized by Daiyu, and at this moment, they saw sixteen pairs of exquisite embroidery work, and they suddenly became interested, especially when they heard that Daiyu invited them to come here to serve as judges, their interest was even stronger, and they all tasted it seriously.

In addition to Qingwen's works, the sixteen embroidery works are all Suzhou embroidery techniques, the patterns are mostly flowers, plants, clouds and birds, and the embroidery patterns are mostly embroidered pillows, purses, palace fans, etc.

Xue Baochai's mind was not here, and while everyone was appreciating the work, he secretly glanced at Ying'er.

Ying'er understood, so she asked where Lu Jing was, and after hearing that Lu Jing was also in the garden, she quietly left the Moyan Pavilion and walked all the way to Yiqing Pond.

Yinglian came over from Lu Jing with the maid, and was about to go to find Daiyu, when she saw a strange maid on the bridge, seeing that she was in a hurry, worried that who brought the maid was lost, so she asked her identity.

Ying'er was asked for a while and didn't know how to answer, so she had to excuse herself and say that she had something to report to Lu Jing: "I came with my girl, can my sister take me to Lord Lu." ”

Yinglian secretly doubted in her heart, if the lady sent someone to report, she should also find the maid in the house, so she asked, "What are you looking for my master?" The master is now in the front yard, and it will be inconvenient for you to rush over. ”

Ying'er was a little anxious and said: "I have met with Lord Lu, and today I have some family matters to find Lord Lu." ”

Seeing that Yinglian's face was a little hesitant, she hurriedly said: "If my sister doesn't believe it, can you pass it on my behalf, my sister is grateful." As he spoke, he took out the silver taels and wanted to bribe Yinglian.

Yinglian was a little skeptical when she heard this, and when she saw her actions, she was a little unhappy in her heart, and finally under Ying'er's repeated requests, she first took Ying'er to Tingyuxuan to wait, and she went to report the matter to Lu Jing.

Lu Jing was organizing a fighting competition, that is, wrestling his wrists, and when he heard Yinglian's words, he guessed that Ying'er should be instructed by Xue Baochai to find herself, so she came to Tingyuxuan, and then asked Yinglian to find Daiyu first.

Ying'er was nervous and worried that she had messed up her errand, when she suddenly saw Lu Jing come in, her face suddenly showed joy, and she was busy saluting and greeting.

After Lu Jing excused him, he asked, "Why did you come here?" ”

Ying'er hurriedly replied: "It was my girl who asked the slave to come to find the adult!" ”

"Why did your girl ask you to find me?" Lu Jing continued to ask.

Ying'er hurriedly said: "My girl wants to ask the adult about the imperial business, the girl also said that Lord Wanwang is merciful, please meet my girl, my girl is very difficult, I often see the girl crying secretly these days!" So saying, he knelt down.

Lu Jing nodded, sure enough, it was the same as he guessed, it seemed that Xue Baochai's purpose for coming over today was mainly for himself, and after thinking about it, he said: "You get up first, I'm waiting for your girl here, if she doesn't arrive in a quarter of an hour, let her tell my wife about the matter!" ”

Hearing this, Ying'er hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you, my lord, the slave will go and invite my girl over!" ”

After speaking, he hurriedly ran out, found a gap, and told Xue Baochai about it.

After Xue Baochai heard this, after handing over his score to Daiyu, he found an excuse, and came to Tingyuxuan alone, seeing that there was no one left and right, he hurriedly pushed the door and entered, and saw that Lu Jing was inside, his face turned red, and he was busy with a salute.

Lu Jing looked at Xue Baochai, who was a little shy, and had an illusion of cheating, so he hurriedly put aside his distractions and said straight to the point: "You want to ask about the content of the third round of assessment?" ”

Xue Baochai nodded slightly, with a little expectation in his eyes.

Lu Jing groaned: "I believe you have already guessed, the third round of assessment is to sell treasury bonds, to be honest, this round is not suitable for you to come forward, with your brother's ability, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve good results, if the Xue family wants to win, it is better to prepare more money." ”

Xue Baochai's expression suddenly darkened when he heard this, his brother's temperament is indeed not suitable for business, but now the Xue family has no money, so he begged: "Please give me advice on whether the Xue family has any other way out?" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "Although this round is a team battle, it is also a personal battle, it depends on who sells more, if you can take advantage of the Wang family and the Jia family, you can find more buyers and have the possibility of winning." ”

After hearing this, Xue Baochai had a plan in his heart, hesitated, and continued to ask, "Do you know the situation of the Xue family?" ”

Lu Jing was a little curious when he heard this, so he nodded and said, "I know a little!" ”

Xue Baochai plucked up the courage to ask: "The little girl wants to ask the adult, how should the Xue family deal with themselves?" ”

Lu Jing looked at Xue Baochai, but she didn't expect her to be able to understand the situation, so she reminded: "Stay away from the Xue family, stay away from the Wang family, don't involve too much." ”

Xue Baochai was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect Lu Jing to give such an answer, his face was a little flustered, with the current situation of the Xue family, many things depend on the Jia family and the Wang family, how can they break off the involvement with these two families, this matter is difficult, he didn't think about it for a long time, and then looked up at Lu Jing and said, "How should Baochai deal with himself?" ”

Lu Jing was even more curious, Xue Baochai actually asked himself about this matter, thinking of Ying'er's words just now, he gave the answer: "As long as you stay away from Jia Baoyu!" ”

Xue Baochai's heart moved after hearing this, but he fell down again in an instant, and he also wanted to stay away from Baoyu, but his family was weak, and his fate was not up to him, so he couldn't help but feel even more gloomy in his heart.

Lu Jing saw that there was some sadness in her eyes, so she reminded: "If you want to save yourself, you might as well be outstanding, if you can see the queen mother, maybe it will change." ”

After Xue Baochai heard this, he looked at Lu Jing's eyes full of gratitude, and then saw that Lu Jing didn't want to say anything else, so he left with a little reluctance.

Lu Jing saw Xue Baochai's somewhat complaining expression, sighed, walked to the door, but saw a handkerchief, thinking that it should have been dropped by Xue Baochai, so he picked it up and checked it, and saw that there was a small poem on it:

The lonely lamp sighs and flutters, the wild goose is gone, and the hatred is left behind to lock the eyebrows. Since the lotus blooms late, it lives up to the east wind.

The best times are all dreams, the mountain alliance is empty, and the wind and frost and swords attack each other. There are no bees and butterflies to admire the fragrance, and the sleeves are full of red.

After Lu Jing saw this wave of sand, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Xue Baochai was also sentimental, but it is understandable to think about it, Xue Baochai's fate has been manipulated, and what she has experienced now has changed a lot compared to the original, and it is not surprising that she has such feelings.

At the same time, he guessed that this handkerchief should have been deliberately left by Xue Baochai, and when he thought of this, he read it carefully, and found that there seemed to be some kind of hint in the words, and when his heart moved, he stuffed the handkerchief into his arms.

Xue Baochai did not leave immediately after going out, but hid behind the stone, and when he saw Lu Jing put the handkerchief in his arms, he suddenly felt a little shy and happy in his heart, and did not dare to continue to stay, so he was busy covering up his shame and returning all the way back to the Moyan Pavilion.