On the way back, Fang Jinshi was thinking all the way, what kind of person Zhao Kai would send to keep an eye on him, and when he drove the carriage to a congested intersection, Fang Jinshi thought to himself, first discuss the eldest brother and listen to his opinion.

He turned around and came to Jinxianzhuang, and when he arrived at Jinxianzhuang, Fang Jinshi parked the carriage and walked in, and when he arrived at the living room where Shi Quan would be on weekdays, Shi Quan and Feng Wan were sitting there chatting, as soon as Fang Jinshi came in, Feng Wan saw him first and said, "Come here to pick up people so early?" ”

Fang Jinshi was stunned: "Who to pick up?" ”

Feng Wan joked to him: "Of course it's your little heart, who else can there be?" Didn't you find another one? ”

Fang Jinshi understood that she was talking about Xue Ling, and asked, "Is she here?" ”

Feng Wan said: "You don't know that she is coming, husband, husband, husband within one zhang, you don't know that she is so far away from you, how can this be done, she doesn't want to go back and divorce." ”

She was naturally joking, Shi Quan glared at her and said, "Just you can speak." ”

Feng Wan smiled lowly and said, "No matter how much I say, my brother can't bear it." But to be honest, brother, this one is closest to me, diligent and down-to-earth, much stronger than your two, you two, always polite to me, it seems too raw. ”

Shi Quandao: "You're chewing your tongue again, is this what you should say?" ”

Feng Wan said: "What's wrong with saying this, I didn't say anything about it, I just let my brother's wife and concubine come over and sit when they have time, don't give me this sister-in-law to see me, this is also wrong?" ”

Shi Quan said to Fang Jinshi: "Don't listen to her nonsense, those people in your family are well-read and have never learned a lot of etiquette." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "What my sister-in-law said is also right, my sister-in-law has always been straightforward, what do you say, I didn't know my sister-in-law on the first day, and I have never heard her talk nonsense." ”

Feng Wan said happily: "Brother said this, sister-in-law, I love to hear it the most, I'm not like your eldest brother, my brain is old-fashioned and stubborn, like a brother in the world, I don't know how many more concubines and concubines are in the outer room, and Lang Qing concubines are willing to fight and suffer, isn't it normal?" ”

Shi Quandao: "Okay, I'll go find a few women to be concubines tomorrow." ”

Feng Wan said: "If you can learn to be as considerate as a brother and can coax women, I have no opinion, you can't even coax me, how can you deal with other women?" I think you'd better save your mind. ”

Shi Quanzhi had nothing to say, so he hurriedly pushed her out and said, "Brother has been here for so long, you still don't want to invite someone over." ”

Fang Jinshi listened to his husband and wife's teasing, it was very interesting, Shi Quan pushed Feng Wan out of the door, turned back to the other party Jinshi and said seriously: "Brother, don't like to listen, in short, I think that since people are following us, we have to be single-minded, right?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "What the eldest brother said is that he really couldn't control himself before, and he won't in the future." ”

Shi Quan patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's it, it's enough, you have one wife and two concubines now, it's really enough." ”

Fang Jinshi said seriously: "I must take my eldest brother's words to heart." ”

Shi Quan poured him a cup of tea with satisfaction, Fang Jinshi sat down and said: "Today, I was summoned by the Holy Grace and passed on the holy decree, and I was not allowed to be the official of the three envoys, and I was changed to Suzhou and Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau as the deputy envoy for disposal." ”

Shi Quandao: "Then is this up or flat?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "The position is promoted, and now the captain of the Jiajia Cavalry is from the fifth grade, but the dispatch has become much more leisurely, and he has no real power." ”

Shi Quanxi said: "It's good to be promoted, my brother has already done from the fifth grade, my brother is really happy for you, you are still so young, you will be able to become a more important official in the future, last time you told me that you were going to serve as the third envoy, I have been worried that you are not familiar with it, you can't do it, now step by step, lay a good foundation, this is better." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It turns out that the eldest brother has been worried that I have risen too fast. ”

Shi Quan said embarrassedly: "It's not like this, it's just that I see that others work hard to get a reputation, and after another decade or two years of experience, only a few people can achieve your position, my brother is afraid that you will be too smooth, and you will fall too much for granted, and I always feel that it is better to fight steadily than to have big ups and downs." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Where did I go well, I just didn't want to tell the eldest brother about my difficulties, when it was really cold and warm self-knowing, bit by bit in my heart, okay don't talk about this, I have to go back to Huaidong this time, or in charge of the four seas business, this time I want to do whatever I want to do business, even the official family supports me, it is better to move Mianxian Zhuang to Huaidong, we brothers work together, the eldest brother only comes to do, I only come to sell, within a few years, I must make Mianxian Zhuang the first cloth village in the world." ”

Shi Quandao: "You have mentioned this several times, and it is not easy to move away the business that has been done for several generations." ”

Fang Jinshi actually had other ideas, he knew that this time he would definitely not move Shi Quan, so he didn't say anything more, Feng Wan led Xue Ling into the door, Fang Jinshi asked her, "What are you doing in the back?" Don't make any trouble for your eldest brother and sister-in-law. ”

Feng Wan said: "How could it be, she learned to make clothes and embroidery from me." ”

Xue Ling approached Fang Jinshi's side, approached his arm and said, "You come to pick me up?" She looked up at Fang Jinshi's eyes, her eyes were full of affection, before Fang Jinshi could speak, Shi Quandao: "I can only go back after drinking today, and my brother has been promoted again, how can I not celebrate." ”

Feng Wan said: "If you want to drink, you can always find a reason." ”

Shi Quandao: "What I'm saying is the truth, my brother has been promoted today." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to drink this wine today, and today the official family not only promoted me, but also found me a trouble." ”

Shi Quandao: "What's the trouble?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "The official family said that he sent an old man in his Yunwang Mansion to my house, and asked me to take care of him for the rest of his life." ”

Shi Quan was also surprised and asked, "What kind of old man is it?" ”

Fang Jinshi smiled bitterly: "I don't know, the official family only said that he has a special identity, and he can't let outsiders know the identity of this person." ”

Shi Quandao: "This is a strange thing. ”

Feng Wan said on the side: "Since the official family asked you to do this, I must let you understand what he is doing this for, why don't you ask on the spot." ”

Shi Quanbai glanced at her and said, "It's really ignorant, do you think those who are big officials can speak clearly?" What's more, it's an official family, I think this matter needs to be handled carefully, but I'm afraid that the official family doesn't trust you and deliberately arranges someone to be by your side. ”

Fang Jinshi admired Shi Quan a little, he deserved to have been in business for so long, and he thought of this at once, he sighed and said: "I'm afraid that people have been sent to my house at this time, and the official family has personally ordered me not to easily reveal the identity of this old man, let alone use excuses to push him out of the door." ”

Feng Wan said: "Isn't there no one else in your family at this time?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "There is only one old man who guards the door. ”

Feng Wan said: "Then you don't go back tonight, the old man who came out of the Yunwang Mansion is only afraid of a lot of temper, maybe he doesn't want to nest fire in his heart, and he wants to be angry with you, there is not a single maid in the house, I must see that you are not pleasing to the eye, in my opinion, I will go back with a few maid servants early tomorrow morning, and let him make trouble, it is better than you go back at this time, he doesn't eat one night, and he can't starve." ”

Fang Jinshi couldn't help but start admiring this sister-in-law, he really thought about them everywhere, but Shi Quan said: "This old man is personally entrusted by today's official family, how dare you slack off?" Is it really dead? ”

He turned to Fang Jinshi again and said: "But what she said also makes sense, you two go back as well as you go back alone, first find a way to probe this old man's tone, accompany him to eat and chat, and find out his temperament, it is inconvenient for the two of you to go back, even if he has a big temper, you can find a way to slip away, and find some maid servants to go back with you tomorrow, that's it." ”

Fang Jinshi heard that Shi Quan's words were very reasonable, so he nodded and said: "This is the best, he will rely on me to support him in the future, so he won't give me too much face as soon as we meet." ”

Xue Ling said disappointedly: "Then can't I go back with you?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "You will still live with your sister-in-law tonight, and you will go back tomorrow." ”

Xue Ling said in a low voice, "I haven't seen you for a few days. ”

Feng Wan came over and took her hand and said, "It's a serious matter for my brother to go back alone, and it's not a matter of accompanying any woman, you have been here for a long time, but there is only one night when you don't sleep in the same bed, and it's over after you endure it." ”

Xue Ling was embarrassed to tell her, turned around shyly, Fang Jinshi also smiled, and said to Feng Wan: "Then she will continue to trouble her sister-in-law to take care of her tonight." ”

Feng Wan said: "I'll talk to her tonight and ask how you tricked her." ”

Fang Jinshi laughed, his mood suddenly relaxed a lot, he said goodbye to Shi Quan and his wife, went out to catch the carriage home, when he was about to get home, it was already dark, there was a fire in the distance, the fire could be seen from so far away, Fang Jinshi thought: It's best not to kill someone.

When he arrived at the door of his house, the old man who guarded the door opened the door, Fang Jinshi drove the carriage into the door, and he was just about to jump down, when a person flashed out from behind the wall: "Are you Fang Jinshi?" ”

Fang Jinshi saw that this person was wearing the clothes of the Imperial City, and he was a little eunuch of the Yellow Gate, and hurriedly said, "Exactly." ”

The little eunuch of the Yellow Gate said: "You can be regarded as coming back, we have been waiting for two hours." ”

Fang Jinshi hurriedly jumped down and bowed to him and said, "I'm sorry, Fang just ......."

The eunuch of the Yellow Gate stopped him and said, "There is no need to gossip, you come with me." ”

Fang Jinshi followed the little eunuch of the Yellow Gate to the main room of his house, and saw eight guards in front of the palace with knives standing around the main house with serious expressions, looking closely at his main room.

Fang Jinshi saw this situation, his heart was a little drummed, the little eunuch of the Yellow Gate stood in front of the door and said: "Fang Guanren, when the palace of King Yun, the sedan chair was carried into the house, we withdrew, and when the people got on the sedan chair, we entered the house and carried it out, when we got to you, I waited for the sedan chair to go out, and we came to guard when the people entered your house, none of us saw the corners of the sedan chair, can you believe it?" ”

Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "Of course I believe in my father-in-law." ”

The little eunuch of the Yellow Gate said: "That's good, the person is in your hands, and I will go back to hand over the decree later." With a wave of his hand, eight guards gathered in front of the door and followed the little eunuch of the Yellow Gate out of his gate.

Fang Jinshi stood at the door of his main room, adjusted his breathing, and dared to slowly and gently push the door.

Fang Jinshi coughed first, and told the old man inside to pay attention to someone coming in, he even felt that these people from the palace really didn't think much about other people's feelings, this main house was the house where he and Liang Cuirong lived, and it was really inappropriate for them to bring people here.

Fang Jinshi walked into the room, to his surprise, there was no one in the house, there was a Nanmu wooden box inlaid with golden brass flowers on the ground, this wooden box is not big, it looks pleasing to the eye regardless of color and surface, just this wooden box is like a work of art, the wooden box is not locked, just casually placed on the ground.

Of course, this wooden box was not from Fang Jinshi's house, it was brought by the people who carried it here, but there was no one in the house, and the people who came could only bypass the four screens and go to his inner bedroom.

Fang Jinshi was slightly angry, he felt that it was too rude, he slowly walked through the screen with heavy steps, just in front of the window at the door of his bedroom, a woman was looking out the window with her back to him, Fang Jinshi looked at her back from her back, her figure was extremely graceful and well-proportioned, she was medium height, her hair was not tied up and hung down to her waist, she was wearing a blue and white deep coat, she hung low with one hand, and held the window with the other, Fang Jinshi saw that her fingers on the window were very slender, and her wrist was as white as Haoyue, this slender hand would never be the wrist of an elderly man.

This woman stood in front of the window and looked out of the window, the sky was red and bright in the direction she was looking at, all in the direction of the fire, the distant fire was cast on her shoulder, bright or dark, Fang Jinshi wanted to cough to get her attention, but finally held back, he just stood behind this woman, quietly looking at her back, her back is so good-looking, it will be so fascinating, Fang Jinshi started from her hair behind her back, moved his gaze inch by inch to admire, and saw her heels, This woman wore a pair of blue embroidered thin-soled shoes, she stood there casually, and she would also stand her legs straight, no matter how long she stood there, her toes would not be loose and become a figure of eight, always but upright, this is after strict training and long-term habit, Fang Jinshi knew that Yun Nu'er was also like this before, this woman stood there, there was a bit of Yun Nu'er's shadow, or it looked like Yun Nu'er.

After a long time, the sky on fire in the distance was not very bright, this woman sighed deeply, this sigh made Fang Jinshi hear, as if he came from time and space hundreds of years ago, and finally let him hear, the woman slowly turned around, the light outside shone on her face, Fang Jinshi appeared in front of a small face with exquisite facial features, Fang Jinshi saw the woman's appearance and figure, and he could barely breathe.

This woman looks like she is twenty-four or five years old at most, she definitely doesn't belong to the old man, her complexion is fairer than that of Liang Cuirong, whom Fang Jinshi is proud of, her figure is even more difficult to find fault with than Jinmian's, her dignified appearance and burst out of temperament, and Yun Nu'er is indistinguishable, her eyes are brighter and more beautiful than Xue Ling, she concentrates all the advantages of Fang Jinshi's family and even the beautiful women he has seen on her alone, you can hardly find any fault with her at this moment.

She just turned her head so casually, looking at Fang Jinshi and not speaking, her eyes were a little bit so quiet and melancholy, Fang Jinshi deeply adjusted his breathing, and burst out two words for a long time: "It's you?" ”

This incomparably beautiful woman lowered her eyes, spit out a mouthful of orchid, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid I can't think of it, and I can't think of it." ”

This woman is the world-famous flying general Li Shishi.

When Fang Jinshi saw her, he immediately remembered that since the last time Master Li accompanied Liang Hongyu to his house to listen to Huang Jinmian play the piano, he turned back to Huang Jinmian and said that she was Master Li, and after he and Huang Jinmian arrived in Pingjiang Mansion, Huang Jinmian in the boudoir also showed him a "secret word", a "juvenile tour" written by the literati Zhou Bangyan, Fang Jinshi wrote it down at that time:

And the knife is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and the slender hand breaks the new orange. At the beginning of the temperature, the beast smoke continued, and the relative sitting was in tune.

Whispered to ask who to stay, the city has been three watches. The horse is slippery and the frost is thick, so it is better to go to rest, and there are few people.

Only Master Li in the world can afford the eight words "and the sword is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow", which was also written by Zhou Bangyan to Master Li.