Zheng Qingzhi's sedan chair drove through the streets and alleys, and the gaps in the sedan curtain were closed one by one, which actually allowed him to capture a familiar figure, as the familiar figure flashed, Zheng Qingzhi's heart was inexplicably shocked, and then hurriedly lifted the sedan curtain to look.

Seeing that the familiar figure was looking around on the street, Zheng Qingzhi, who was thinking slightly, immediately asked the sedan chair driver to stop, continued to look at the figure looking around, and walked out of the sedan chair after thinking for a while.

Qingqiu, as a close attendant of the queen, suddenly appeared here, which made Zheng Qing subconsciously realize that it is very likely that the queen will also be not far away, even if the queen is not there, I am afraid that the purpose of Qingqiu's appearance here is not very simple.

Looking around at Qingqiu, who was looking for Ye Qing's traces, when he turned around, he found that Zheng Qingzhi was walking towards him with a smile, his face stiffened slightly, and his mind was thinking quickly about how to deal with this Hubu Shangshu.

"The slave has seen Lord Zheng." Although Qingqiu is the queen's close attendant and is extremely trusted by the queen, he can still maintain an excellent humility when dealing with people on the surface.

Although whether it is an official in the court, or a maid or eunuch in the palace, they all know that today's Qingqiu is by no means as simple as it seems, but no matter what, Qingqiu is extremely sleek and cautious in dealing with people, and will never leave others with the so-called arrogant handle of relying on the queen's big tree.

"Zheng has seen a nobleman." Zheng Qingzhi returned the salute with a smile, and then continued: "Zheng passed by here, and happened to see the nobles here, and the nobles looked around, but ...... Looking for someone? ”

Qingqiu didn't dare to tell the news that the queen was not far from here, let alone shake out the fact that the queen was waiting for Ye Qing in the apricot garden, and as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, he had to smile and said: "The slave is looking for Lord Ye, after all, the slave and maid are also sent by the Imperial City Division, and Lord Ye is the commander of the Imperial City Division, so he ......." ”

"Oh, isn't Lord Ye also nearby?" Zheng Qing's heart was shocked again, and he hurriedly asked quietly.

Qingqiu didn't dare to say something too false, he was afraid that if he happened to meet Ye Qing's words after saying his specific purpose, then at that time, no matter what kind of words he said, I am afraid that he would not be able to bring his lies back.

Therefore, the words between half-truths and half-truths, coupled with the dispatch of the Imperial City Division as an excuse, so even if Zheng Qingzhi wanted to investigate deeply, there was no way.

"The slave and maid seemed to see Lord Ye's figure just now, so they searched around, but they didn't find it, maybe the slave and maid recognized the wrong person." Qingqiu's attitude has always been very humble, which naturally makes Zheng Qingzhi very useful.

"I don't know ...... Lord Zheng is this?" Qingqiu didn't want to say more on the topic of finding someone by himself, so he asked while Zheng Qingzhi was smiling and looking around.

"Oh, it's okay, just go around, there's a teahouse in front of me, and I'm going to go over for a cup of tea." Zheng Qingzhi pointed to the alley not far ahead, and then said: "It's better to meet by chance, the nobles are also quite busy on weekdays, Zheng naturally doesn't dare to bother, and today happened to meet here, I wonder if the nobles are willing to appreciate their faces and let Zheng do the east once?" ”

The weather in Lin'an City until noon was already hot in June, and Qingqiu, who had been looking for Ye Qing's traces for a long time, even if he wanted to refuse at this moment, there was no good excuse for a while.

If you want to use the excuse of rushing back to the palace, then the reason for his appearance here will not stand up to scrutiny, not to mention, Zheng Qingzhi did invite him a few times before, but he refused, so this chance encounter obviously really gave Zheng Qingzhi a chance.

The two walked on the streets, and along the way, almost all of them were Zheng Qingzhi talking, and Qingqiu was listening.

Regarding Zheng Qingzhi's several faint attempts about the prince, Qingqiu also said very tactfully that he was not very clear, and Zheng Qingzhi obviously did not intend to easily change the topic on the issue of the prince.

From time to time, he sighed a few times, saying that the prince is now eleven years old, and the matter of choosing the crown princess should also be put on the agenda.

In this way, Lord Zheng is intentional...... Choosing a concubine for the crown prince? Qingqiu saw that Zheng Qingzhi had been talking endlessly, so he had to follow the topic to try.

"The royal matter is the matter of our courtiers, the crown prince is the prince of my Great Song Dynasty, and the matter of choosing a concubine is naturally also a major matter of the country. Although Master Shi is busy with court affairs on weekdays, he is also quite concerned about the crown princess. Zheng Qingzhi looked at Qingqiu, who was not very interested in this issue, so he had to bring out Shi Miyuan's official authority.

"As far as the slave maid knows, the queen has no plans to choose a concubine for the crown prince for the time being. The crown prince is only eleven years old now, which is still too early. Qingqiu raised his head and looked at the plaque in the teahouse, and suddenly realized in his heart why Zheng Qingzhi came here to drink tea.

The rumors in the market seem to be absolutely not groundless, Qingqiu sighed slightly in his heart.

Hongchu teahouse, originally a seven-word poem made by Zheng Qingzhi: light red pouring green wipe the waist, high reflection of the slanting sun across the blue sky. Half like a jade belt, synthesized into a five-color crystal bridge.

And Qingqiu, who is the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, even knows that as Shi Miyuan's right-hand man, most of Zheng Qingzhi often chooses here when accepting bribes and talking secretly with officials who want to be promoted and transferred.

Therefore, it can be regarded as a secret stronghold set up by Zheng Qingzhi for Shi Miyuan's party and personal gain, and a large number of literati will come here on weekdays to dance and write ink and recite poems to cover up the real livelihood of this teahouse.

So now, whether it is an official in the Lin'an court or officials from all walks of life, when they want to go further in their careers, but they don't directly find Shi Miyuan's door, they will come here to try their luck first.

Zheng Qingzhi and others are like door gods, and they are strictly screening those officials who have requests for Shi Miyuan, so that some officials who know about the Hongchu Teahouse often regard the Hongchu Teahouse as a way to get close to the official book.

As a result, the reputation of the Hongchu Teahouse, the nickname of the Xiaoyibu Teahouse, began to gradually spread in a certain range of circles.

Officials want to be promoted and dispatched, in addition to the official department located in the palace of the six bridges, now there is a small official department located in the city, and there are even sometimes more officials gathered here than the real official department located in the palace.

Ye Qing glanced at the eyes of several pairs of tea guests looking at this side, although most of the tea guests were dressed up in ordinary shirts, but in Ye Qing's opinion, he could still slightly smell the smell of officialdom on these people.

Especially some small officials who can't get into the eyes of powerful officials like Ye Qing at all, they seem to be everywhere in the teahouse, they are different from the officials who start to act in a low-key manner after reaching a certain level of official position, but they hope that others can see that he is an official of the Great Song Dynasty, and he can't wait to let everyone see the small official authority.

The dispute between the scholar and Ye Qing made everyone look sideways, and it also made Ye Qing feel more troubled by the current situation, precisely because these were not big or small, and there was no official he knew to watch, so that he had no way to face the encirclement and crusade of more than ten scholars.

At this time, in addition to not letting him leave, the scholars also did not let the little girl who caused today's trouble leave, and even because Zhu Shijie saluted him and called him sir, these scholars were even more curious about Ye Qing's identity.

Even Xie Daoqing raised his head and looked at Ye Qing again in some surprise, in her opinion, the uncle in front of her was a powerful man in the north, a powerful minister, and a military general who led troops to fight, how could he teach others arithmetic?

And looking at Zhu Shijie's reverence to the point that he was about to throw himself to the ground, and the eyes of the little lady Xu who was also extremely grateful and admiring, Xie Daoqing was also very curious, what arithmetic did Ye Qing teach Zhu Shijie, and he was able to make people respect him so much.

Zhu Shijie's time to come to Lin'an is not short, and it is precisely because of Zhu Xi's relationship that he successfully entered the circle of Lin'an literati, and Zhu Shijie is quite accomplished in both poetry and arithmetic, so among these literati in front of him, he is also quite influential.

As for why Zhu Shijie was able to establish a relationship with a scholar surnamed Zheng, Ye Qing only heard the little girl whispering in her ear: "Zheng Shichang studied under Mr. Yan Shi Lu Yan, and like Mr. Zhu, he highly respected science, so they knew each other. ”

The scholar surnamed Zheng Mingshichang looked at Xie Daoqing and Ye Qing bowing his head and whispering, the jealousy in his eyes was even stronger, he couldn't see at all that the middle-aged man in front of him was comparable to him, and he was able to make Xie Daoqing whisper in Ye Qing's ear so disregarding the suspicion of men and women.

Ye Qing nodded clearly, then looked at Zhu Shijie and said, "I'm a little tired of wandering, so I came here to rest, I didn't want to...... I met you here. ”

Xie Daoqing, who was on the side, nodded hurriedly after Ye Qing finished speaking to Zhu Shijie, wanting to tell Zheng Shichang and the others who surrounded them that the uncle really didn't bully him, and the two of them just wandered around here, and then came in to rest.

But her movements, in Zheng Shichang's opinion, are like adding fuel to the fire, Zheng Shichang, who was already in love with her, and was jealous of her and Ye Qing, heard that Xie Daoqing was actually shopping with Ye Qing, and then when he was tired of shopping, he came here to drink tea and rest, and instantly gave birth to a share, which was Xie Daoqing took Ye Qing over to show off his power and persuade him to die.

"In that case, then this tea money is not enough." Zheng Shichang glanced at the broken silver on the table and said coldly to Ye Qing.

Xie Daoqing habitually stared at a pair of big watery eyes again, looked at Zheng Shichang who itched Ye Qing's teeth in disbelief, and then looked at Ye Qing who was smiling calmly: "This is not enough?" But a pot of tea ....... ”

"This teahouse was opened by my Zheng Mansion, and I naturally have the final say on how much a pot of tea is, so if I say it's not enough, it's not enough." Zheng Shichang ignored Zhu Shijie, who was whispering intercession next to him, and still stared at Ye Qing tightly and said.

"Could it be that this is a black shop?" Ye Qing smiled and said, "I just don't know, are other people treated the same as me?" How expensive is a pot of tea? ”

It has long been seen that Zheng Shichang deliberately embarrassed himself because of Xie Daoqing's relationship, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head again.

At this time, from time to time, they would look at the lively tea customers, but suddenly they all looked at the door of the teahouse, as the teahouse guys bent down and bowed enthusiastically at the door, Ye Qing saw the tea guests in the hall, and suddenly most of the people hurriedly stood up, and some even lowered their heads and quickly sorted out their clothes, as if they were going to see some big man next.

Qingqiu followed Zheng Qingzhi into the teahouse, and first saw a large number of tea customers, with the sound of tables, chairs and benches moving, one by one, with a humble smile, his eyes were on him and Zheng Qingzhi beside him.

"Prepare a fine private room, I have distinguished guests here today, and as for the others...... Let them come back another day....... Zheng Qingzhi seemed to say to the guy who was standing in front of him respectfully, but he could find that many tea guests standing up in the hall showed a little disappointed look in an instant.

It's just that before they came back to their senses, they saw Zheng Qingzhi's gaze, and they couldn't help but sweep towards Ye Qing's side, after all, in the entire hall, everyone else was sitting at a table in twos and threes, but only in the corner by the window, there were more than ten people around.

What shocked Zheng Qingzhi even more, and even wanted to turn around and leave the teahouse was that among the more than ten people, he also saw a middle-aged man with white temples and a figure that was half a head taller than everyone around him, looking at him and Qingqiu next to him with a smile at the moment.

Seeing Ye Qinghou's Qingqiu, for some reason, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Zhu Ye'er let himself look for someone, he originally thought that he had no way to go back to the errand, but he didn't expect to meet the person he was looking for here.

When Qingqiu sighed in his heart, he noticed that Zheng Qingzhi was originally calm and calm, with a calm smile, but at this moment, it was full of shock and nervousness.

Without even thinking about it, Qingqiu could guess that it was obvious that Ye Qing's appearance here would make Zheng Qingzhi next to him look like this.

"Lord Zheng, then let the irrelevant tea guests come back another day, it is estimated that Lord Zheng has no intention of entertaining them today, right?" Ye Qing's eyes were still full of scholars, so he had to say a little loudly to Zheng Qingzhi in the distance.

Zheng Shichang didn't know who Ye Qing was talking to, but when he heard the words Lord Zheng, he couldn't help but look back, and when he saw Zheng Qing, his face couldn't help but be happy, and he hurriedly ran over and said, "Dad, why are you here." ”

With Zheng Shichang's words, Zheng Qingzhi's expression became more solemn, and the tea guests in the teahouse also began to leave one by one under the whispered explanation of the guys, and some of the tea guests who left, when leaving, would look at Ye Qing suspiciously, and then look at Zheng Qingzhi.

When the tea guests passed by Zheng Qingzhi, they would involuntarily bend down and salute, and all of this was also seen by Ye Qing one by one, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker.

"Zheng Shichang is Zheng Qingzhi's son?" Taking advantage of the tea guests leaving, and the scholars around him were also being ignored by Zheng Shichang, but they didn't dare to disobey Zheng Qingzhi's order, and beckoned them to leave, Ye Qing asked Xie Daoqing, who was also a little stunned next to him.

Without waiting for Xie Daoqing to answer, Zhu Shijie was about to salute and leave with the other scholars, but Ye Qing waved his hand and stayed: "If there is nothing urgent, you might as well sit for a while, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I want to hear how you are doing in arithmetic now." ”

After talking to Zhu Shijie and his wife, Ye Qing sat down at the table just now, and then whispered to Xie Daoqing, who was sitting next to him, "How could your father agree to your marriage to Zheng Shichang......." ”

Before Ye Qing finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xie Daoqing with a red face and dissatisfaction: "How can there be, I ...... My father didn't agree, okay? It was they who insisted on proposing marriage again and again, and my mother and my grandfather did not agree. ”

"So you agreed? But the family disagrees? As the tea guests left, after the main owner appeared, Ye Qing was in the mood to tease the little girl next to him again.

Zhu Shijie and his little lady Xu Shijie, who were sitting opposite, looked at Ye Qing teasing Xie Daoqing for a while, and then turned his head to look at Zheng Shichang and the three who were walking over here.

"Xiaguan Zheng Qingzhi has seen Lord Ye."

"Slave Qingqiu has seen Lord Ye."

Zheng Qingzhi and Qingqiu saluted Ye Qing who was sitting next to him at the same time, and at this time, Zheng Shichang, who had just embarrassed Ye Qing, couldn't close his mouth in surprise, looked at Ye Qing in disbelief, and then hurriedly turned to his father with a solemn expression.

"Your son's temper is not small, but thanks to Lord Zheng coming in time, otherwise, I, Ye Qing, wouldn't know how embarrassed I would be today. Thank you, Mr. Zheng. Ye Qing said to Zheng Qingzhi with a smile.

"Don't dare, Lord Ye is serious. It's the dog who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he offended you, and I hope that you don't want to be like him. The lower official hereby makes amends to you. Zheng Qingzhi was nervous at the moment.

Ye Qing's appearance here was enough to shock and frighten him, and his son, who was not long-eyed, even brought people to surround them, and he was simply looking for trouble!

And what made Zheng Qingzhi even more puzzled and worried was that Ye Qing actually appeared here with Xie Qubo's daughter, which made Ye Qing's purpose here even more intriguing.

Xie Qubo was arrested the day before yesterday, and suddenly disappeared from the prison of the Criminal Department yesterday, although not many people know about this matter, but as Shi Miyuan's confidant, he almost knew about it at the same time as Deng Youlong, Han Yanxuan and a limited number of other people.

Now that Ye Qing is with Xie Qubo's daughter, one has to wonder whether Ye Qing also intends to participate in this matter, and whether he also intends to win over Xie Shenfu.