Nanyang City, Yuzhou, this century-old city is famous all over the world because of a family, people in the world can not know who is in charge of Nanyang, but they know that the entire Yuzhou is the Xue family has the final say, and the successive emperors who are as strong as the Great Zhou seem to have acquiesced to this statement.

In the entire Nanyang City, the Xue family can't say how wide the area is, and there are no too tall buildings in the entire Xue Mansion, even the regulations do not exceed the regulations in the Great Zhou Law.

But it is such an ordinary mansion that is in charge of the affairs of Yuzhou. Xue Yang, the governor of Yuzhou, did not return to the government after returning from Beijing, and came to Xue Mansion as soon as he entered the city.

Xue Yong is very old, and he has been living in the depths of Xue Mansion, and he will not see anyone easily, but the news he brought back from the capital is really important and must be stated in person, and he went to a small courtyard under the leadership of the housekeeper.

There was a burst of chime sound inside, Xue Yang frowned, and Xue Yong seemed to be stuffed deeper and deeper. The housekeeper motioned for Xue Yang to wait outside, walked into the small courtyard first, and reported: "Master, Lord Xue is here." ”

There was no word coming from the house, so the butler just stood motionless in the courtyard with his body bowed, and after waiting for a while, there was a long chime sound in the house.

The butler walked to the door and said, "My lord, go in." ”

Xue Yang thanked him, tidied up his clothes a little and walked into the courtyard, stood still outside the house, and said respectfully: "The younger generation has seen the head of the family." ”

Putting down his shoes, Xue Yang gently opened the door, only to see that the curtain in the room was not opened, and through the gauze curtain, someone could be seen sitting cross-legged in the room, and Xue Yang knelt down to the figure and saluted. said: "The junior came back from the capital and brought a message. As he spoke, he took out the letter and held it above his head.

A Taoist boy in Taoist clothes walked out of the tent, took the letter in Xue Yang's hand, and bowed down and walked in. Xue Yang was not surprised, as if he already knew that this was the case, he just knelt on the ground and waited patiently.

After waiting for a while, an old voice came from the tent, "I remember that this Yao Lian didn't say that he wanted him to disappear back then?" ”

Xue Yang was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and replied: "At that time, after all, he was born as a champion, so it was not easy to start. ”

"Can't I make up for a mere champion in Yuzhou?" Xue Yong wondered.

Xue Yang felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and he didn't speak, but slowly lowered his head and listened quietly.

"The old man doesn't have so much energy to waste on this kind of thing, you can do the affairs of Yuzhou yourself, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have let the old man be patient with your methods to the limit, you should know the consequences." Xue Yong said.

"Juniors understand." Xue Yang replied.

"Let's go down, a Yao Lian is not to worry about, but the little grandfather should pay attention." After Xue Yong finished speaking, he picked up a small hammer and gently knocked it on the chime, a crisp sound came out, Xue Yang saluted, and slowly withdrew from the hut.

The meeting time was extremely short, but Xue Yang just came to ask for an attitude of the Xue family, after all, none of the Xue family's family was selected for the Spring Examination, and the two people who came to Yuzhou for the main examination this time are also the sworn enemies of the Xue family in a sense, especially the Yasukuni Gong Lin Yuan, and they can't afford not to pay attention to it.

Coming out of the Xue family, Xue Yang went back to his house, but he didn't have a clue that there was a person hiding in a tree not far away, silently writing down the time and place, this is the secret son planted by the town government department near the Xue house, and is only responsible for recording the people the Xue family visits every day. Lin Yuan has also come to Yuzhou, and the collection of intelligence has begun.

In the capital, Lin Yuan has nothing to do today, so he plans to go to Luoxian Tower to see, although it has been closed, but Lin Yuan can still go at any time if he wants to eat, Yu Shi followed behind, holding two boxes in his arms, and his movements were also very careful, thinking that he was carrying some valuables.

Today is the day when Lin Yuan invited a few friends and collaborators, Li Xiandao started to prepare early, and when he saw Lin Yuan coming first, Li Xiandao hurriedly let him into the building.

"Where's Miss Qingqian?" Lin Yuan looked around, but didn't see Li Qingqian, so he asked.

"In the back kitchen, the guests who came today will be honored, and she said that she will cook herself." Li Xiandao said with a smile.

Lin Yuan nodded, went upstairs, and just walked halfway, there was a sudden movement at the door, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Zhang Gu, the Marquis of Huaiyin, and said with a smile: "You came early." ”

"Haha, I heard that Miss Qingqian cooked in person today, so I naturally want to come early." Zhang Gu laughed.

The two went to the private room together, chatting in the room, and after a while, other people also arrived at the place one after another, Shen Bin did not bring Lin Jia today, and came to the banquet alone, Lin Yuan asked curiously: "What about my sister-in-law?" ”

"I haven't been feeling well for the past few days, so I didn't let her come." Shen Bin said.

"Serious?"

"It's okay." Shen Bin seemed to remember something after speaking, and said, "Don't talk about this, I heard that you are going to Yuzhou after the year?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and did not deny it. Seeing the news confirmed, Shen Bin frowned and said, "There are difficulties, Yuzhou is the territory of the Xue family." ”

"Even you think so, it seems that Yuzhou has a big problem." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"What's the problem?" Zhang Yao said curiously.

"You all say the Xue family in Yuzhou, this is the problem." Lin Yuan said. Zhang Yao and Shen Bin didn't understand the meaning, but Zhang Gu was thoughtful.

Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, Lin Yuan shook his head and smiled: "This world belongs to the Great Zhou, not the Xue family." If you have to say that this Yuzhou is the Yuzhou of the imperial court, and now the land of Yuzhou only knows the Xue family, but not the imperial court. Isn't that a big deal? ”

Zhang Yao and Shen Bin glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly, although it was a bit exaggerated, but this was the case. At this moment, the dishes were all together, and Lin Yuan said: "Don't talk about state affairs, come and eat vegetables." ”

Everyone pushed the cups and changed the cups, and when they were halfway through eating, Lin Yuan looked at Li Xiandao and said, "Uncle Li, we will start preparing for the competition after the beginning of spring, and the time for the end of spring is just right." ”

Li Xiandao nodded and said, "I have discussed with several companies before, and I plan to expand the competition this year and expand the scope to the whole country." ”

"Will it be too big?" Zhang Gu worried.

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "This year's heat is not decreasing, take this opportunity to win it in one fell swoop, the time is just right." ”

"Where's the prize?" Zhang Gu asked, this year's competition prize money is quite high, and now the scope will be expanded, the prizes will remain the same, and the attraction will not be great.

"Naturally, it's doubled, and as for how much, it depends on how much money you can make this time." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Zhang Yao admires Lin Yuan very much, and now that he is cooperating with the Yasukuni Mansion, he has made a lot of money in the stove business alone, not to mention the Wanbao Building that will be opened in the next year to do auctions full-time, but it is not impossible to make money every day.

"The advertisement is, Uncle Li, you can discuss with Zhang Yao for the time being, he has more contacts with chambers of commerce in various places." Li Xiandao nodded, advertising is a more important part of the game, and Li Xiandao dare not take it lightly.

"After the beginning of spring, my main energy will not be on the capital, you can discuss something, and everything will be Huaiyin Marquis." Lin Yuan said.

Zhang Gu did not refuse, because he had already discussed it with Lin Yuan, but he just said it today, after all, the people present had not dealt with him too much.

After the banquet was dispersed, Lin Yuan came to the backyard, and saw Li Qingqian standing in the courtyard, looking at the sky, and slowly walked over, Lin Yuan looked in the direction of Li Qingqian, and muttered: "There are no stars in the sky, what are you looking at?" ”

Li Qingqian, who was thinking about something, didn't realize that Lin Yuan came behind him, and a voice suddenly appeared in his ears, and he was suddenly startled, turned his head to look, and glared at Lin Yuan with some disgust.

Lin Yuan scratched his head, smiled, and took out two boxes from behind him and put them in front of Li Qingqian. said, "Open it and take a look." ”

Li Qingqian glanced at Lin Yuan, not knowing what it meant, but still opened the box, his eyes fell on the box, and exclaimed: "This is?" ”

"Do you like it?" Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Li Qingqian's face instantly turned red when she saw this, nodded without speaking, and her fingers swiped over the vase inside, which was a pair of bottles made of glass with a plum blossom pattern on it. Li Qingqian is the first time to see such a large glass bottle. To be honest, it still amazed her.

Seeing that Li Qingqian liked it, Lin Yuan was also very happy, this was the first time he had given a girl something in a real sense, and he really had no experience in the two lives, and he was a little nervous at first.

"It cost a lot of money." Li Qingqian asked.

Lin Yuan waved his hand and said, "It's not much money, just like it." That arrogant posture made Li Qingqian laugh, but he had never seen Lin Yuan's side.

Seeing Li Qingqian smiling happily, the image of the whole person was a little different, looking at that beautiful face, Lin Yuan subconsciously reached out to hold Li Qingqian's pretty face, and the surrounding atmosphere was a little ambiguous for a moment.

Li Qingqian stopped laughing, and looked at Lin Yuan with a red face, and the faces of the two got closer and closer. After Li Xiandao dispersed from the banquet, he sent the others away, and as soon as he turned around, he disappeared Lin Yuan's voice, turned around and heard laughter from the backyard, so he walked over, and as soon as he came to the backyard, he saw Lin Yuan holding Li Qingqian's face, and subconsciously coughed a few times.

Lin Yuan and the two heard the cough, so they came back to their senses and hurriedly separated. Li Qingqian was already embarrassed at the moment, glared at Lin Yuan fiercely, turned around and fled back to his room, and Lin Yuan was a little embarrassed, but then he hated Li Xiandao a little, he didn't come early or late, but he came at this time, glanced at Li Xiandao, and said lightly: "Let's go." ”

"Grandpa doesn't send it if he walks slowly." Li Xiandao didn't seem to see Lin Yuan's eyes, he was also a little afraid at the moment, Li Qingqian's identity was over there after all, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't match the Yasukuni Mansion, Li Xiandao was really afraid that Li Qingqian would be ruined, after his master died, he also regarded Li Qingqian as a daughter, hoping that she would have a good home, but he felt that she was really inappropriate with Lin Yuan.

"Looks like we're going to talk to her." Li Xiandao glanced at the direction of Li Qingqian's room and shook his head helplessly.

On the way back to the house, Lin Yuan thought back to the scene just now, and suddenly laughed, Li Qingqian's appearance just now was really cute, but he had never seen that look.

Yu Shi was a little confused by Lin Yuan's laughter all the way, he didn't know what made Lin Yuan so happy, seeing that Lin Yuan was in a good mood, Yu Shi said: "Young Master, a letter came from Jinzhou today." ”

"What? Did your dad write from you? Lin Yuan asked.

Yu Shi shook his head and said, "No, it was sent to the house, and Uncle Lin said it was the Wang family." ”

"The Wang family? The Jinju royal family? Lin Yuan wondered.

Yu Shi nodded, and Lin Yuan asked, "What do you say?" ”

"No, but I'm very happy to see Uncle Lin, it seems to be a good thing." Yu Shi said.

"Okay, I'm starting to look at my face." Lin Yuan looked at Yu Shi and smiled.

Yu Shi looked at this somewhat unreliable master with black lines, seeing that Yu Shi's face was not very good, Lin Yuan didn't care, Yu Shi has always only buried his head in work, and he is really not as smart as Cai Quan, and it is a good change now.

"Let's go back and talk about it, if it's urgent, Uncle Lin has come to me earlier, maybe it's the end of the year, a letter of greetings from the Wang family." Lin Yuan guessed.