"What are you going to do?" When Zou Yiang saw her come back, he knew that this method was effective, so he immediately became arrogant, raised his head, and said, "Then it depends on your next ......."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xi Fuwei turn around decisively, and quickly changed his mouth, "Hey, hey, do you need to say this?" Now everyone who comes to my father, speaking of which, apart from the imperial court to move the capital and open a canal, is there anything else? ”

Xi Fuwei didn't hear it, and continued to walk without looking back, Zou Yiang could only catch up, and said while chasing, "What are you doing?" You don't believe I know what they talked about? You look down on me too much! Even though my dad doesn't want me to be there when he talks to them, don't I eavesdrop? ”

"You're a good eavesdropper!" Xi Fuwei answered, glanced at him, and said, "Otherwise, how do you know that we are talking in the women's school?" ”

She sneered, "I just can't understand why you're telling me what you overheard?" ”

Zou Yiang said: "It's not that you don't want to ask for silver? ”

"You're twelve, too." Xi Fuwei stood still, looked back at him, and said calmly, "It's not an ignorant child, and the two of us are not very close, such an important matter, how did you come to tell me a gentleman who studied with me?" ”

"Does this matter?" Zou Yiang said, "What's the matter? Now along the canal, especially the section of the river that will be connected, who is not negotiating? Our ancestors of the Zou family were developed by the canal, before the canal was congested, it is said that the ancestors of the family at that time also cried bitterly, thinking about discussing with the upstream and downstream people, whether they could raise some funds to dredge, and not to lose the roots of the family. But at that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, and there were really not enough manpower and money and food, so I could only watch the good canal be so deserted. Now that the imperial court is willing to open the river, who can not care? ”

Xi Fuwei squinted, looked him up and down, and suddenly asked, "Madame asked you to come?" ”

“…… What do you mean? Zou Yiang shrank his head and snorted a little inwardly, "Didn't you just hear that I was going to tell you what my father was going to do recently, and immediately ran back?" Why don't you want to hear it now? Then I'm too lazy to blow the wind here in the middle of the night...... I'm leaving! ”

He walked a little way with his head held high, and seeing that Xi Fuwei didn't mean to stop him at all, he walked back again and said, "So I hate you the most among my sisters' female gentlemen!" ”

"You really hate me the most, but unfortunately, Sister Fu has always thought that you hate her the most." Xi Fuwei sneered, looked down at him, and said, "So much so that now I see you like a mouse seeing a cat, I'm afraid I'll run into you!" ”

Zou Yiang was a little annoyed and angry, and he didn't speak for a while.

After the two were relatively silent for a moment, Xi Fuwei slowed down her tone: "You can't blame her for this, after all, who would have thought that the reason why you took the initiative to trouble her three times and twice was not because she was unpleasant, but on the contrary, you looked at her the most pleasing to the eye?" ”

“…… You know that, why doesn't she know? Zou Yiang pursed his lips, and after a while, he whispered, "Is this a fan of the authorities, or does she hate me at all?" ”

Xi Fuwei was speechless for a moment: "If Sister Fu's father was still here, she might have thought of it a long time ago." But her father is gone, her family is in the middle of the road, and she came to your house to be a female gentleman, how can she not be a little cautious about you, the son of the Zou family? At this time, when he was troubled, the first thing people thought about must be whether this mission can be saved? If I can't keep it, what will I do? What to do at home? Who has the mind of the wind and snow! Besides, you should also know that the old lady summoned me before, right? With such a stark example, don't say that Sister Fu didn't notice it, even if she did, she would definitely not take a step beyond the thunder pool! ”

He also said, "And I have something unpleasant to say, although you are the only male heir of the Zou family so far, the Zou family still can't take your turn to be in charge!" It's not a good thing for you to be interested in Sister Fu at this time! ”

In fact, she didn't know that Fu Suixian had always maintained a respectful and distant attitude towards Zou Yiang, and she couldn't see the mind of this Zou Gongzi, but according to Fu Suixian's intelligence, even if she knew, she would definitely pretend not to know and try to keep a distance from Zou Yiang.

After all, although Zou Yiang is a proper golden beetle son-in-law in Yanzhou Mansion, before he can be the master of the house, it can only be a tragedy for a girl like Fu Suixian, who is not in the right household with him.

Whether it is Mrs. Zhuang or Zou Zhihan and his wife, how can they agree to him marrying a wife who is four years older than him and is still in a bad family?

“…… In fact, it didn't get to the point where I wanted to marry her. Zou Yiang scratched his head a little upset and said, "On the day she unveiled the list book and entered the house, her mother wanted to test her piano skills in person." I had nothing to do, watching from behind the screen, while she was sitting in the hall in a goose yellow shirt and a light green skirt...... Probably that's what Mr. said, Gu Pan Shenghui, right? And then I just wanted to talk to her more. But she doesn't seem to want to pay attention to me? ”

Xi Fuwei said: "I don't even want to ask you, and I know how you talked to her, it's nothing more than all kinds of picky and belittled...... So who wants to bother with you? ”

Zou Yiang sighed wistfully: "I understand it now...... She still has a bit of a character in the end, and she refuses to be like a maid, even if she is scolded, she must come up immediately! ”

When these words came out, Xi Fuwei frowned and said: "Sister Fu is also a good family no matter how down-and-out she is, and she has been the eldest lady before, so it's too much for you to compare the maid to her, right?" ”

"I said the wrong thing." Zou Yiang was not in high spirits at the moment, and he didn't want to quarrel with her, so he directly admitted his mistake, groaned, and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this, let me tell you about my father's side...... Two days ago, several big families in Yanzhou Mansion came to visit my father for the following reasons...... Well, I forgot what the reason was, it doesn't matter anyway, it's just a disguise. In the final analysis, it is to discuss the matter of the opening of the river by the imperial court. ”

Xi Fuwei said "um": "And then?" ”

"Then I eavesdropped a few words during their conversation, almost that they think that the Wen family in Dongchang Mansion has been soaring recently, Dongchang Mansion is adjacent to our Yanzhou Mansion, who knows if the Wen family will be greedy and insufficient, and they are not satisfied with the pervasiveness in their own mansion, and they still want to reach out to Jining?" Zou Yiang said, "Otherwise, why did you come to our mansion last time with the pearls of the Dingguo Mansion and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu to come to our mansion to toss?" ”

It has been a while since Mrs. Zhuang's birthday, and Xi Fuwei originally thought that her entanglement with Wen Xianyun would cause the old lady's birthday to be harassed by Xu Jingyuan on her birthday would soon come out, but who knew that there had been no movement, obviously the Zou Mansion had carried out a strict seal.

"It turns out that Zou Fu doesn't know about Song Jianiang and Shen Steallan at all." Listening to Zou Yiang's words at this moment, Xi Fuwei thought to herself, "So the arrival of Xu Jingyuan, Song Jianiang and Wen Xianyun is thought to be led by Wen Xianyun, and Xu Jingyuan and Song Jianiang are both coming over to be helpers at his instigation?" ”

After all, Zou Mansion has been in Yanzhou all these years, and there is no reliable backstage in Yingtianfu, so it is naturally difficult to understand the relationship between the powerful.

And from Xu Jingyuan's side, he also preferred the Zou Mansion, or the guests who came to the old lady of Hezhuang that day, to think so, in order to protect the reputation of the two eldest ladies.

"If it wasn't by mistake, but on purpose, then Xu Jingyuan's side must be thinking that if the matter leaked, let the Wen family act as a scapegoat." Xi Fuwei thought, "I don't know if I can find an opportunity to make a fuss here?" ”

Shen Stealing Lan is unreliable, it would be great if he could kill the Wen family with the help of Xu Jingyuan and Song Jianiang.

However, these are all speculations at present, and she has no way of knowing the specific details, so she can only think about it.

"These are the thoughts of the big families in Yanzhou Mansion, so what about your father?" She groaned and asked Zou Yiang, "Do you agree?" Or does he have other ideas? ”

Zou Yiang frowned and said, "My father has been prevaricating all the time...... In the end, everyone was very disappointed and left. ”

"Prevarication?" Xi Fuwei was surprised, "Why? ”

If ordinary people along the river don't take a stand in such a big event, it's okay...... Because maybe there is no chance to speak at all.

But such as the deep-rooted canal clan of Zou Mansion, a word and deed can affect the entire Yanzhou Mansion, at this time not to express a position, or not to find a backer, it is a bit of a death: it is true that the dynasty is not peaceful now, and Emperor Yongle himself is still in the north to conquer it!

Therefore, in the two matters of moving the capital and opening the river, the upper echelons must hope to proceed as smoothly as possible and not to cause extraneous branches.

However, this kind of thinking is just to ask the people who are specifically responsible not to take the initiative to cause trouble.

And not to make them afraid!

Since the emergence of the imperial examination and the decline of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, when has the serious imperial court been afraid of the local clans?

In particular, although the Zou Mansion is rich, it is far worse than the gate valve family that dominated one side in ancient times...... At that time, who did not raise a bunch of private soldiers from famous families, as well as granges with trenches and arrow towers, sometimes the royal family declined a little, and the royal forest army may not have the elite of the big clan's personal soldiers.

After the Wen family of Dongchang Mansion, which is not far from Jining, has chosen to be a backer, what will happen to the Zou Mansion who has not found a backer?

Anyone with a long brain knows that it must be a piece of fat.

The ownerless kind.

Everyone wants to take a bite.

With the concerted efforts of several parties, is it difficult to change the family in charge of Jining?

It's not difficult at all.

Therefore, neither Mrs. Shang nor Xi Fuwei can understand Zou Zhihan's vague approach so far.

"How do I know?" Zou Yiang said as a matter of course, "I'm still young, and I still eavesdropped on their study conversations, and I didn't let them listen!" Where do I know what my dad thinks? If I knew, I would have told my mother a long time ago, and I would have told you what I was doing? ”

Xi Fuwei glanced at him, and said in her heart that it was really Mrs. Shang's meaning.

Otherwise, her identity has been exposed, and no matter how magnanimous Mrs. Shang is, it is impossible for her only son to come to her in the middle of the night.

"Mrs. Shang did this, obviously feeling a little unbearable for Zou Zhihan's delay and prevarication, and planned to use Jinyiwei's hand to force her husband?" Xi Fuwei thought about it and said to Zou Yiang: "I know about this, it's not too early, hurry up and go back to rest!" ”

Zou Yiang said: "Don't you have anything to say?" ”

Is this Mrs. Shang asking for an answer? Xi Fuwei thought so and said, "Wait for two days." ”

She had to discuss it with Shen Weilan.

“…… You. Zou Yiang wrote it down and wanted to leave, but after taking two steps, he looked back at her with a tangled face, "You ...... Mr. Ouyang Really not tempted? ”