Although because of the locust plague, the people were panicked. Su Ziheng did not stop the construction of Sujiazhuang, and Bailu Academy also opened classes normally. As for the matter of sacrificing the Dragon King mentioned by Li Baoshu of the village, Su Ziheng gave full authority to the housekeeper Qian Lu and sister-in-law Zhang Wanqing.

That morning, he had just finished teaching the addition and subtraction of ten-digit numbers in the College and was resting in his office in the College. Hearing Liu Sijun hurriedly running in to report, there was a family member of the Zhao Mansion outside, who brought Zhao Chengwen's letter.

Su Ziheng instructed Liu Sijun to bring the family in, took the letter in his hand, opened it and saw that it was Zhao Chengwen who invited him to enter the city to talk about it, saying that he had something important to discuss.

Since Su Ziheng moved to Sujiazhuang, he rarely met with Zhao Chengwen, but he met with Zhao Wan'er, the eldest lady of Zhao Mansion, more often. Although he didn't know what Zhao Chengwen was looking for, he still chose to agree.

He simply replied with a letter and asked the Zhao family to take it back. Then arrange for Shi Meng to prepare a car and take Liu Sijun to Zhao Mansion together.

It's very chaotic outside now, bringing Shi Meng is safe and guaranteed, and if you really want to meet someone who is not good for you, you can have a reaction time. Don't look at the fact that he has insisted on practicing the "Reverse Chaos Yin and Yang Technique" in the past few days, but the progress is not ideal, and compared with Shi Meng, I don't know how much worse.

If Shimeng is a big river, Su Ziheng is probably not even a small stream now, at most it is an irrigation canal that has just been dug out. It is enough to see the gap between the two.

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"Uncle, please inside, my lord has been waiting for a long time."

After Su Ziheng's carriage drove into Zhao's mansion, Zhao Fu, the butler who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and warmly led him into Zhao Chengwen's study.

Liu Sijun finally went back to Zhao's mansion, said goodbye to Su Ziheng, and went to see her little sister Xi'er.

Shi Meng stood loyally outside the study, guarding Su Ziheng's safety. Since he followed Su Ziheng, he has never been hungry for three meals a day. Because of the good food, the strength of the body has increased a lot, and the kung fu has also increased a lot.

It's just that every time Su Ziheng asked him to learn calligraphy in Bailu Academy, it was like asking for his life. If it weren't for Su Ziheng tempting him with delicious things every time, it is estimated that he would not even be able to write his name by now.

The housekeeper Zhao Fu personally served Zhao Chengwen and Su Ziheng a cup of hot tea, and then cautiously withdrew. Only then did Su Ziheng realize that Zhao Chengwen's purpose of talking to him today was not simple.

Zhao Chengwen picked up the cup with his left hand, flicked the lid of the cup with his right hand, blew the tip of the tender green buds in the teacup, and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, this is the newly picked Longjing before the rain this year, specially transported from Jiangnan, the taste is not bad, you can taste it." ”

Su Ziheng followed his example, picked it up and opened the lid of the cup, sniffed deeply, and suddenly his nose was filled with a fragrant aroma, and he couldn't help blurting out praise: "It's so fragrant, it's really good tea." ”

Zhao Chengwen said with a smug smile: "Literati like to crush tea and add various spices, such as green onions, ginger, salt, etc., and even put mutton fat, which is called sencha." However, the old man is not used to drinking that kind of tea, and then the little girl inadvertently brewed tea directly with boiling water, although the taste is a little bland, and it is a little bitter, once you drink it, it also has a different taste. ”

Su Ziheng smiled, "Actually, this way of drinking tea is the most correct." The way of sencha like that is too complicated and will be eliminated sooner or later. ”

"It's good if the virtuous nephew likes it, and when the virtuous nephew leaves later, you might as well bring more tea back." Zhao Chengwen saw that Su Ziheng really liked it, so he did not hesitate to cherish the good tea he brought not far from Jiangnan.

Su Ziheng arched his hand and said: "In this way, thank you uncle for your generous gift." ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Zhao Chengwen mentioned today's intention, "Has the virtuous nephew heard about the locust plague recently?" ”

Su Ziheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "Although the little nephew is far away outside the city, I have heard of such a major event as this locust plague. ”

Zhao Chengwen said: "Does the virtuous nephew know the origin of this locust plague?" ”

Su Ziheng's heart was shocked, his mind was like lightning, and he said secretly: "Could it be that this Zhao Chengwen already knows the origin of that bug?" Did Zhao Wan'er tell him? The base did fall into Zhao Wan'er's hands for a while. ”

But on second thought, it shouldn't be. Only herself and Pandora know about the Zerg, if Pandora tells Zhao Wan'er, there is no reason why she won't tell herself?

Zhao Chengwen's voice suddenly lowered very low, "Virtuous nephew, I only mentioned this to you, you must not spread it." According to the old man's partner in the Mengyuan Empire, the locust plague broke out from the Moxi grassland. Now basically the Moxi grassland is destroyed and no grass grows, and later I don't know what method the Mengyuan Empire used, but it actually let the locusts move and enter the territory of Liangzhou. ”

Hearing this, Su Ziheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it turned out that Zhao Chengwen did not really know the origin of the locust leader, but said the source of its outbreak.

It's just that this is not a big deal, why did he hold back his subordinates and tell himself secretly?

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Zhao Chengwen continue: "The people over there told the old man that there have been changes in the Mengyuan Empire recently, and it seems that the Great Khan of Meng Ke is secretly dispatching the troops of the grassland, and it seems that he wants to take advantage of this locust plague to launch a large-scale attack on Liangzhou. ”

Su Ziheng was stunned for a moment, he was still thinking about Zhao Chengwen's words just now, but he didn't react, "This is the news he got from the partners of the Mengyuan Empire, so in this way, this Zhao Chengwen is still in collusion with the people on the side of the Mengyuan Empire." No wonder I don't dare to let my subordinates know, if this is to be spread, I am afraid that it will be targeted by the imperial court. ”

Now is the critical period of the imperial court's Northern Expedition, if you know that there are people in your territory who collude with Mengyuan merchants, with the arbitrary and arbitrary character of the current Xia Emperor, it is not surprising that you will raid your family and exterminate your family.

Su Ziheng's face changed slightly, "Uncle, why did you tell your little nephew about such a serious matter?" ”

Zhao Chengwen stroked the long beard under his forehead and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the virtuous nephew, the relationship between the old man and Meng Yuan has almost been broken. Even if the court investigates, it can't find the old man. And the things here in Xining Mansion, as well as the business of the Zhao firm, the old man also dealt with them, but he didn't understand them. ”

Su Ziheng said: "Uncle is moving so fast, so in this case, Uncle should leave Xining Mansion soon?" ”

Zhao Chengwen nodded and said, "That's right, in a few days, the old man will leave Xining Mansion with his family." Externally, he announced that he was old and unwell, and he wanted to go back to Jiangnan for medical treatment, and at that time, all the affairs of the Zhao family firm here in Xining Mansion would be transferred to Wan'er for handling. ”

Su Ziheng was stunned, "Why doesn't Miss Wan'er go with her uncle?" ”

Zhao Chengwen sighed and said, "The old man also asked Wan'er to go with her, but the girl didn't agree. said that if the whole family left together, he was afraid of attracting Xu Xiuping's attention, and everyone would not be able to leave at that time. ”

"Moreover, Xining Mansion has not been able to completely handle everything for a while, and nearly a quarter of the shops and goods have not been disposed of. Wan'er said that she would wait for her to stay here, and after everything was dealt with, she would go to Jiangnan to find her husband. ”

Su Ziheng frowned slightly, "Then I don't know if my uncle called my little nephew to come over today, but it was to help Miss Wan'er deal with the affairs of the business?" ”

Zhao Chengwen shook his head and said: "The old man has handed over the affairs of the business bank to Wan'er to handle it with full authority, so there is no need to worry about the virtuous nephew." It's just that the old man is worried that Wan'er will be very unsafe when she is alone in the city, so he wants to entrust Wan'er to the virtuous nephew to take care of it. ”

Su Ziheng laughed loudly: "This is no problem, when the time comes, let Miss Wan'er go straight to the Su family manor, just so that you can sit with my sister-in-law." ”

"In this way, everything will be left to the virtuous nephew."

"Uncle is too polite, Sujiazhuang was originally the Zhao family's manor, Miss Wan'er can treat it as a home, and she can come and go freely at any time."

Zhao Chengwen smiled, but didn't say anything more. I thought in my heart that after two people have lived together for a long time, they must have some feelings.

In this way, there is no need to see Wan'er continue to operate for the Zhao family, she is almost over the age of double ten, and she has not yet married, which makes herself and her mother very uneasy, for fear that she will be lonely for a lifetime in the future. It's hard to have a man she can see, but she can't let it go so easily.

must do everything possible to make the two of them come true.