"Long time no see." Chen Ji rubbed his palms, smiled and pressed towards the guard in front of the door.

The young guard was so frightened that he almost didn't come up in one breath, and stumbled: "You, why are you here again!"

Chen Ji raised his hand and patted the young guard's shoulder, and said sincerely, "I'm here to find your commander."

The young guard wanted to cry without tears, and the adult had been talking to this guy under the big tree not far away, and looked at him several times provocatively, and his heart rose to his throat again and again, for fear that this guy would not open the pot and put on small shoes for him. He wasn't worried that he would be punished by adults for stopping someone, he was just worried that the guy in front of him who was not honest no matter how he looked at it would add fuel to the fire.

Finally sent away this plague god, and his little liver fell back halfway, and immediately lifted it up again, almost overflowing to the outside of his throat.

There was a blockage in the throat, and suffocation came to him.

"Master Jun?" A pair of hands swayed in front of him, and a sincere worry reached his ears. The young guard came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Childe, I'll report later."

"Mmmm, there's Master Lao."

The young guard immediately replied, "Don't dare," turned and ran in.

Chen Ji didn't have to wait long, and was allowed to enter.

The house is a courtyard with three entrances, and the backyard is a garden with exquisite pavilions and pavilions, and the place for people to rest is still on the drawings for the time being, Fang Jingyu doesn't pay attention to these, compared to Liaodong, what kind of scenery is this soft and glutinous scenery, of course, having said that, he doesn't mind digging a pond here and catching a fish.

Chen Ji broke in in a hurry, and he was a little interested.

I really don't bother to give a good face.

Chen Ji sat down next to him, "I was talking about business just now, and I asked about some private matters this time." ”

Fang Jingyu didn't bother to glance at Chen Ji, and he could guess what the private matter was by listening to the tone. He immediately said: "It's really nothing wrong to like someone, as far as I'm concerned, I even admire you a little, but you should also understand what kind of person the girl you like is." You may be able to give up everything for her, but she still has all sorts of concerns. ”

"Chen Ji, you can be alone, but there are so many threads around people, even if people are willing to accept you, in the end, you can't pull these intertwined entanglements, and you will only give her more harm."

"You don't mean that if you like someone, you want to give her happiness! Aren't you doing these things now to block her? ”

Chen Ji looked at Fang Jingyu, who suddenly opened his mind, and said, "Why did you suddenly understand?" I didn't do this before, but with your awareness, I think Miss Rongyin will be happy to listen to you. ”

"." Fang Jingyu raised the fishing rod in front of him, but no fish were hooked.

Chen Ji followed: "I also understand, but I can't bear it and I like it." That's why I need your help, only when we figure out the intricacies and straighten them out, and then meet a suitable time, we will pull out these threads and ...... them in one shot."

"Easy to say."

Chen Ji changed his comfortable posture, "Isn't it a brother?" ”

Fang Jingyu tilted his head, his eyes were firm, "Never." ”

“……”

Chen Ji inexplicably, some people have a feeling of being deflated.

“…… Sining's identity is actually not that complicated, she is the daughter of the queen's sister's family, and the granddaughter of the first lord of the dynasty, Xu Guogong...... My father died very early in Liaodong, but he still hasn't gained a good reputation! For this reason, the mother became ill, and passed away not long after, the old man couldn't bear it, took the person back to the Xu family, changed his surname, and raised it in the name of the eldest son, and usually suffered a lot of anger. At that time, she was only the queen of Princess Zhao, and she had no children under her name, and she took the children over to raise them for a few years, and then several children died early, and she was even more distressed by Sining. Just because His Majesty intended to marry her to King Jing's Mansion, the mother put on a lot of faces, but she just dragged it out and didn't make a clear decree. Of course, in the court, anyone can see His Majesty's determination, and in order to put an end to some gossip, His Majesty asked the old prince to bring people back to the Xu family. This time, Lao Guogong went to Shandong to inspect the troops, and the days were long, and he was worried that the child would be bullied at home, so he brought people over. ”

“…… In addition, some officials who inherited Sining's father's love back then also cared a little too much in private, especially some old subordinates back then. If it weren't for the Xu Guogong Mansion, they would have planned to take the child over to raise it. Among these people, my former Shangguan and now Song Wenlong, the commander of Liaodong and Liaoyang, are even more fanatics. ”

Fang Jingyu glanced at Chen Ji, and it was self-evident.

Chen Ji bowed his head, and after a while, he laughed again, "In short, the top priority is to pull out the nail of Jingwangfu." ”

"Heh, if you really have that ability, General Ben will help you play the book when you block the future."

"I'm serious." Chen Ji said, his mind was smashed, and he didn't know where to go.

——

Chen Ji, who wandered around Dengzhou, embarked on the road back to Qingzhou.

Before leaving, Chen Wenxuan sent him a long way, and then he asked Gui Chun to send Chen Wenxuan back, and when Gui Chun came back, he really embarked on the way home.

Not long after he left, Sun Jiayu had already heard the news and rushed to meet Chen Wenxuan, but he went back "grayly", after all, Chen Ji suddenly killed a horse pistol and hit him squarely.

Chen Ji hugged Sun Jiayu, smiled and walked out of the door, letting Chen Wenxuan blush and worry behind him.

In addition to a shop on the street not far from Chen's house, the mutton business, found an empty seat to sit down, Chen Ji asked for a bowl of haggis soup As for Sun Jiayu, it seemed that he ignored him directly because he was too angry. After taking two sips, Chen Ji called the shopkeeper and asked for a bowl of noodles, and when he was waiting, he also pulled Sun Jiayu to chat about homely things.

"We have a business relationship first and foremost, don't think that you can get close to the water! Brother Sun, we cooperated well last time, and I hope that neither of us will do anything to make each other unhappy. ”

In the face of this undisguised warning, Sun Jiayu smiled wryly, "Brother Chen said with a smile. ”

Chen Ji shook his head, "My sister was married, and then because that guy raised a little wife outside, he couldn't resist the legitimacy in the eyes of some people, and the result was not very good in the end. ”

"I'm not against you contacting her, after all, even if you have bad intentions, at least it helped her get out of the shadows and rekindle the hope of life." Chen Ji paused, "Brother Sun, I am sometimes very unreasonable, you should have heard of what kind of reputation I was before, and even asked someone to inquire." On the other hand, whether it is in business or personal affairs, I have also found someone to find out your details. Of course, I won't use these things to do anything different to you, whether it's business or private matters, I don't want to come into contact with you as a person. I'll tell you very clearly. ”

"Brother Chen might as well speak up."

"Where have you got?"

Sun Jiayu was stunned.

Chen Ji continued: "I don't deny that so far, you don't look like a bad person, but you are at home...... Let's talk about status, I feel a little embarrassed. Not to mention those guys who are eyeing you, just talk about your filial piety, if you really want to make any progress with my sister, this will be your most tormenting link. You can't disobey your elders, and you can't promise anything to my sister, so for that reason alone, I must deny you contact. ”

Chen Ji's eyes condensed slightly, "I'm ruthless, even I'm afraid of myself." ”

Sun Jiayu raised his eyebrows and said, "Now that Brother Chen knows, I can only have a showdown."

Chen Ji waved his hand, "No, I hope you can think about it before you talk about it, but the person you want to confess to will not be me." ”

Sun Jiayu's face was puzzled.

Chen Ji said: "I'm going back to Qingzhou."

“……”

Chen Ji got up, called the shopkeeper, and asked why the noodles hadn't come up yet.

Looking at each other, there is a lot more complicated scrutiny.

——

Chen Ji is very uncomfortable, inexplicably uncomfortable.

On the way back to Qingzhou from Dengzhou, he didn't say a word, which worried Gui Chun. Xiao Ran has already received a new mission and is temporarily staying in Dengzhou to help.

When the convoy returned to Qingzhou, it was already mid-March.

——

Dengzhou Songxi, not long after receiving the news that Chen Ji left Dengzhou, Chen Guo's threshold was stepped on by many people, and the first people to come over were young people of the same age as him. Especially the seventh uncle's family who was holding the deed of the old mansion in his hand. Sending away this wave of young people, in the evening, it was the parents who came to visit Chen Guo's father. Of course, it was inevitable that Chen Guo was also called to accompany him.

In the flower hall, Chen Xiushe, Chen Guo's father, was talking to the guests and called Chen Guo to be in charge of serving tea. During this period, the seventh uncle Chen Hua met him by chance, so he shouted and said that he had a conversation.

I asked about the recent schoolwork, and then I said a few words about the situation in Zongxue, such as taking care of Chen Song. Chen Guo has all responded, as for Chen Song, the demon king of the mixed world, he doesn't deal with him in the sect, and it really can't be said that he cares about it.

Chen Hua obviously didn't really know anything about Zongxue, and this kind of right to speak was only a matter of time, so in the end, he naturally asked Chen Ji what he thought about the old mansion.

Chen Guo pretended to be ignorant, and then he was vague.

The Songxi Chen family has developed so far, in addition to the Chen Zhiyu family of the sect, there are a few others, and they are about to be counted, but they really have to invite the family tree out. For example, Chen Hua and Chen Song's father and son, in fact, they cannot be regarded as the direct descendants of Chen Songxi, and I am afraid that there are seven suits between the two sides, and the generations here are all confused.

is also the same, these people enjoy the benefits of the Chen family, but in the end they still have a lot of resentment, strange things, but they are never willing to think more about what they should do. Don't say that giving back to the family, at least you can't lag behind, right? In fact, he is doing a lot of things that he thinks is right behind his back, digging into the corners of his family.

This time against Chen Xiujie, I am afraid there are also some reasons.

Chen Hua has always complained to the family that he wants a house.

As for why he finally got the old mansion of Chen Ji, I'm afraid there are many words.

Unable to ask something from Chen Guo's mouth, Chen Hua was a little angry, but after all, he was on other people's territory, so he endured it.

Sending everyone away, Chen Guo was shouted to him by Chen Xiushe, and said a few words of encouragement, and finally did not forget to remind him not to get too close to Chen Ji for the time being, as for the root cause, he was purely worried that Chen Ji would damage Chen Guo. Chen Zhishe has no opinion on his cousin Chen Xiujie, but he has great resentment when educating his son. Earlier, he asked him to "produce filial piety under the stick", and he didn't want to listen to it, but now it's okay?

Of course, in the face of major matters of right and wrong, he naturally stood on Chen Xiujie's side.

It's just about the house, in fact, it also involves the people of the Zong family, and his father didn't speak, so he didn't want to act on his behalf.

In the final analysis, everyone's eyes are only staring at Chen Xiujie's ancestral business. The other houses have a big business and are not easy to eat. Chen Xiujie's room is so thin that it is almost extinct, and the appearance of these people is inevitably much more ugly.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven, Chen Xiujie actually returned to Dengzhou to be an official. I heard that Chen Ji also started a business, and he is doing very well. Of course, I'm worried about whether it will be settled after the autumn.

Chen Guo listened to his father's words, and finally hesitated, so he didn't tell his father about Chen Ji's entrustment.

However, this little bit of caution was quickly seen by Chen Xiushe.

After asking, he talked about the salt farm recorded in Chen's name.

Chen Xiushe was stunned: "Didn't the imperial court take back the right to dry salt in the salt field?"

Chen Guo shook his head, "Chen Ji said that there may be people who use salt farms to sell illegal salt. ”

Chen Xiu was furious and said, "Is this looking for death?"

Chen Guo lowered his head and did not answer.

The moon stars are scarce, and it is very suitable for doing big things.

Different from the calm Songxi, a small fishing village not far from Dengzhou Port, since the closure of the salt drying field outside the village, everyone has no way to make a living, and some people have returned to their old business and began to go to sea to fish, but recently piracy has been rampant, and it is difficult for fishermen to have a big harvest. In order to make a living, some people began to secretly dry salt, and then began to sell it through certain channels, although it will be a lot of price pressure, compared to going to sea, it is much more stable, and it is much easier to feed a family.

At first, everyone was worried about patrols and searches, but after a period of covert development, the scale has returned to the spotlight. And some people have also released words in private, and the government has opened the way.

Of course, in order to sell face, there are many rules here. As a result, a closed salt mill suddenly came to life, bringing huge benefits to some people.

On this day, a middle-aged man who claimed to be a relative walked into this small fishing village called "Mulu", because he was holding the road certificate of the master's house, and he was not hindered too much.

On the way to the village, the middle-aged man looked at the idle stones drying on the seashore and asked curiously: "Why don't you dry salt here?"

The leader smiled innocently, and then said distressedly: "The guests don't know, it was originally sunburned, but later I heard that the salt merchants in the south made some small moves, so they were banned."

"Oh, I heard that this is the salt field of the new Denglai prefect Chen Xiujie Chen?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, "Is the guest really a relative of the Chen family?" ”。

The middle-aged man laughed, "Yes."

……