Fang Jinshi sat on the second floor of Sihai Qianzhuang, sipping the best tea, listening to the shopkeeper Hu After reporting some of the accounts of the tea house and the preparation of the goods to go to sea, he said approvingly: "Very good, very good." ”

At this time, a guy outside came to report that there were two officials who asked to see outside, Fang Jinshi asked them to come in, it turned out to be a messenger sent by Yuwen Xuzhong in the capital, Fang Jinshi accepted the letter and rewarded them with a bunch of money to go back, and turned back to Shi Hao and said: "You guess first, what is the content of this letter." ”

Shi Hao thought about it and said: "Most of us did this against Mr. Meng Da, he sued the Horse Mansion, and Mr. Yuwen appeased and scolded the official family on behalf of the official family, and persuaded him." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "I guess not, Cai Meng won't make this move at this time." ”

After he finished speaking, he opened the letter, this letter is very short, but only a few words, this letter just said, let Fang Jinshi settle the affairs of the merchants of the four seas, and find a suitable time to go to the king of Bianliang City.

Shi Hao took it and read it, and said happily: "This is a good thing, you have made meritorious contributions, and you are a hero of great merit, and the other heroes have already been added to the rank and won the reward, don't forget you, summon you to meet at this time, that is your turn." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "You mean, I should leave immediately?" ”

Shi Hao said: "Of course, don't go late and have vacant official positions for others to occupy, plus the DPRK and China have just stabilized, and the ministers and generals who support them together are all there, and there are many people who speak for you." ”

Fang Jinshi smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Yuwen asked me to settle down the affairs of the Four Seas Merchants, and then go to Bianliang City one day, indicating that the official family summoned me, and I am not in a hurry, I entered Beijing this time, and the good luck is really unpredictable, I hurriedly came back from the capital without saying hello, that is, I knew that I had committed the big taboo of Zhao Sange, and I didn't dare to meet him, I wanted to wait until the days were longer, he could raise his noble hand, and lightly let go of the matter." ”

Shi Hao said: "What is the big taboo? ”

Fang Jinshi said: "On that day, the soldiers robbed the palace, I was afraid that there would be changes, so I used King Jing's men and horses to enter the imperial city with a secret passage, thinking that it would be a countermeasure, in case of emergency, but I didn't expect to use it in the end, this time as a precautionary and did not inform the prince of Yun in advance, the imperial city has a secret passage and can ambush soldiers, as the imperial city envoy, what will Zhao Sange think?" What do you think as an official today? ”

Shi Hao let out a long breath after hearing this, and said, "You have always been cautious, and you have left a few hands in chess, why didn't you think about this layer in advance this time?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It's not that I didn't think of it, at that time, I discussed with King Jing for a long time, and finally decided that I could only do it preparedly, I hope I can't use it, but I didn't expect that the situation forced me in the end, and I still had to do it, there are some things in the world, I know that the consequences are serious, and you have to do it." ”

Shi Hao said: "Maybe...... Maybe you're thinking too much, didn't you often say before that Third Brother Zhao is benevolent, righteous, and approachable? You are also doing this to force the palace to succeed, he will not not understand, Mr. Yuwen, they will definitely speak for you. ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Third Brother Zhao may not take it to heart, but if you become an official, you may not think about it much, as the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, in the past, I drank and played chess with Lord Yun, talking and laughing, but now I am shocked when I hear his summons, and it is Mr. Yuwen who writes to me on my behalf, not the official family who sent someone to come, there must be something that cannot be said." ”

Shi Hao sighed again and said: "I always thought that you were all strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, and you knew everything in your hands, but it turned out to be ......, what are you going to do?" Don't you want to enter Beijing? ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Now it can be delayed for a day." ”

Shi Hao was speechless, not knowing what to say, Fang Jinshi said again: "Don't care about this for now, what's going on with Li Jiupo's platoon gang?" ”

Shi Hao said: "There is no movement, after their people came to ask for money and were rejected once, they didn't come again." ”

Fang Jinshi nodded and said, "It's okay, send him a post, just say that I want to welcome a concubine into the door and invite him over for a glass of wine, and let Wang Gui personally send the post over." ”

Shi Hao agreed, and then asked, "Will he come?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "How do I know, but if it were me, I would definitely come, and if I don't come to him like this, I won't be able to get along with money." ”

Shi Hao didn't say anything more, and arranged it, Fang Jinshi said these words, and felt in a bad mood, so he simply went home early.

The sunset shone into the house, making people feel that the house was very bright, Fang Jinshi slowly walked into the main house, and heard a woman in the house whispering and laughing, he turned the screen, and saw Liang Cuirong and Liu Huanqing, two sisters, sitting at the table chatting and laughing.

Liu Huanqing saw him come in first, and shouted, "Fourth brother-in-law." ”

Liang Cuirong looked back at him and said, "Why did you come back so early today?"

Fang Jinshi smiled and said, "There's nothing going on in the store, so I'll come back early, what are you doing?" ”

Liang Cuirong sighed and said, "I'll help her change her clothes." With scissors and needlework on the table, Fang Jinshi said, "When did you start learning to make clothes?" How did I not know you would change clothes? ”

Liang Cuirong said: "Won't you still be able to learn?" ”

Fang Jinshi said casually: "Learn well." ”

Liu Huanqing stood up, took a step or two towards Fang Jinshi, stood in front of him and stretched out his arms, and asked, "Fourth brother-in-law, what do you think of the clothes that my fourth sister changed for me?" Is it good-looking? ”

She stood there, her eyes slanted and looked at Fang Jinshi with an indescribable look, Fang Jinshi only noticed at this time that Liu Huanqing drew her eyebrows today, her face seemed to be covered with thin powder, and her lips were a little redder than before, Fang Jinshi knew that she didn't know how to make up and draw her eyebrows before, and she shouldn't do this at this time at a young age, although her makeup was already very light, but Fang Jinshi had been dangling in the women's pile for a long time, and she could see it at a glance.

She asked Fang Jinshi so directly in front of Liang Cuirong if his clothes were good-looking, it was a little bit like that, with Liang Cuirong's shrewdness, she wouldn't feel something, which made Fang Jinshi feel very embarrassed, avoided her eyes, glanced at Liang Cuirong, and pretended to be nothing: "It's good-looking, your fourth sister's craftsmanship is really good." ”

He suddenly realized that Liu Huanqing's clothes today are exactly the same as Liang Cuirong's clothes today, but Liang Cuirong's clothes are very light azure, she is a girl, and the color of her clothes is a little heavier.

Liu Huanqing retracted her eyes, looked down at her clothes and said: "I don't have the white skin of my fourth sister, and I don't look as good as my fourth sister...... I didn't feel that way either. ”

Her words were no longer what the simple and cute little girl could say before, but at this time, Liang Cuirong was next to her, but she just smiled and didn't speak, letting Fang Jinshi deal with it alone, Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say, "Who said you weren't good-looking...... This sleeve seems to be a little longer, let your fourth sister see, do you want to change it a little shorter? ”

He was anxious to change the topic, but he really didn't know what the little sister behind him would say, Liu Huanqing really raised his arm and looked at it: "Really?" I don't think it's long. ”

There were obviously a few scratches on the back of her right hand, and Fang Jinshi saw it and said, "The big black cat scratched the back of your hand last time, isn't it okay?" ”

Liu Huanqing said: "The old wound has not healed, and the new wound has come again." She rolled up her sleeves to show Fang Jinshi, there were also a few scratches on her thin arms, Fang Jinshi was taken aback and said: "It's so serious, find Lang Zhong to find some medicine to apply, this big black cat is so fierce, don't raise it, I'll go back and find a docile one for you to raise." ”

Liu Huanqing said stubbornly: "I don't want to, I'm going to raise it, I've raised it for a long time, it will be tamed when it knows me, and it won't scratch me anymore." ”

Her words reminded Fang Jinshi of when he bought this big black cat, Liu Huanqing said that this big black cat looked like himself, and Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say: "If you really want to keep it, keep it." He turned his head to Liang Cuirong and said, "Your sister's arm is injured like this, and she won't find some medicine for her, and she will still watch there." ”

Liang Cuirong came over at this time, pulled up Liu Huanqing's sleeve and looked at her arm and said, "You don't say anything if you catch it like this, I'll go find medicine for you." ”

She led Liu Huanqing out to find medicine, Fang Jinshi sat in the house and drank a cup of tea, Liang Cuirong came back alone, and then asked people to start preparing dinner, since she didn't mention Liu Huanqing's arm, Fang Jinshi was also willing not to mention it.

The two of them were eating and talking, and Fang Jinshi asked, "Xiao Bu, the purpose of their coming to Jiangnan, do you have eyebrows?" ”

Liang Cuirong said: "They came to find some carpenters, blacksmiths, etc., and some craftsmen will be brought to the west, Yelu Dashi and my father's Yunnei Prefecture need some craftsmen, there are too few such people in the west, not enough." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Who would go so far to the northwest?" I'm afraid it's hard to find. ”

Liang Cuirong said: "As long as you give a lot of money, there are still people who are willing to go, and not everyone is like you Fang Gongzi, you can't spend enough money, they used to just teach the locals, and they didn't need too many people to go." ”

Fang Jinshi snorted, and Liang Cuirong said again: "My father sent someone to write me a letter, do you want to read it?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "No need, you can tell me the content of the letter." ”

Liang Cuirong said: "My father said that Yunnei Prefecture City is now stable, and my brother also knocked down the six counties and one government of Xiazhou in Western Xia, which is connected with Yunnei Prefecture, and now Yunnei Prefecture is no longer an isolated city." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It is not easy for your father and brother to hold on to the lonely city for so long, and he still captured the city of Western Xia, and I don't know how he did it." ”

Liang Cuirong said: "Western Xia is the weakest now, Yelu Dashi sent some soldiers to assist, it was not difficult, it was not difficult to defeat the Great Song Dynasty occupied by Roufu County, but my father was reluctant to build more enemies, for fear that he would fight from all directions, so he deliberately reconciled with Song, and Ningren County, which was occupied by the Jin soldiers, was also planning, but the Jin soldiers were powerful and needed to find an opportunity." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Jin Bing may not have given up the idea of attacking Yunneizhou, after the death of Liao, Yunnei Prefecture is in the land of four wars, your father is defending the city, admirable, just change to me, I will definitely not do this, the general direction is wrong, even if there is a small victory, it will not help." ”

Liang Cuirong said: "What will you do?" ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Abandon the city." ”