Li Xiu was being pulled forward by Qi Niang, but he didn't expect Qi Niang to stop suddenly, and called out Li Chengdao's name, at first he thought Qi Niang was talking nonsense, after all, he had only seen Li Yuan and the bearded guest yesterday, although he knew from them that Li Chengdao was coming, but it was impossible to be so fast, and with Li Chengdao's character, he should not appear in Yangzhou so recklessly.

However, what Li Xiu never expected was that when he followed Qi Niang's gaze, he really saw Li Chengdao standing in front of a stall selling fried corn seeds not far away, holding a copy of Qi Niang's favorite fried corn seeds, and at this time he also saw Qi Niang and Li Xiu, and his face also showed a look of shock and ecstasy.

"Chengdao!" Qi Niang saw Li Chengdao was also excited with tears in her eyes, and when you snorted, you stepped forward quickly to meet him.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a familiar voice next to me: "Sir, why did you come out, I just looked for you and Sister Qi Niang everywhere to prepare for dinner!" ”

Li Xiu heard the prestige, but saw Li Ke coming from behind with a smile, which made him also startled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop the excited Qi Niang, and then turned his head and signaled Li Chengdao to go quickly, after all, Li Ke was his cousin, although Li Ke was still young when Li Chengdao left, but maybe he could still recognize him.

Li Chengdao also saw Li Ke coming from behind Li Xiu at this time, although Li Ke has grown up, but his appearance is rare and a little bit like when he was a child, which made him immediately recognize his cousin, when he also glanced at Qi Niang, and then lowered his head and turned around and left, but just took two steps, but he was very reluctant to turn his head and look at Qi Niang, and then he strode away.

"Hey, that person ......" But it was Li Chengdao's reluctance and Qi Niang's stupid gaze that also made Li Ke find Li Chengdao who left not far away, but it is estimated that he did not recognize Li Chengdao, but he felt that the other party's back was very familiar, and Qi Niang's gaze at the other party was also very strange, so he let him look at the other party a few more times.

"Ke'er, are you done?" Li Xiu was also startled when he saw Li Ke seeing Li Chengdao leaving, so he hurriedly changed the topic.

"I'm done, but I'm really sorry sir, I didn't even have time to entertain you and Sister Qi Niang for lunch, and now I have asked people to prepare a table of wine and food, just waiting for you, sir!" Although Li Ke glanced at Li Chengdao's back a few more times, he didn't care too much, and replied with a smile at the moment.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Li Chengdao and Li Ke was still very good, and among the third generation of the Li family, Li Chengdao was the oldest, Li Ke and Li Chengqian had been playing behind Li Chengdao's ass since they were children, but when Li Chengdao was forced to leave, Li Ke was only six or seven years old, and Li Chengdao has changed a lot over the years, so although Li Ke saw Li Chengdao's back, he felt familiar, but he couldn't recognize that the other party was the lobby brother who had been playing with him since he was a child.

"That's great, Qi Niang shouted that she was hungry just now, so I took her out to buy something to eat to fill her stomach!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time, and quietly pulled Qi Niang's sleeve as he spoke, which made Qi Niang, who was in a daze, finally react, and then nodded lightly, but still did not speak.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Li Ke also immediately invited them back to the trading house, behind the trading company is a very large courtyard, which has many separate rooms built to facilitate businessmen to discuss business, and Li Ke also set up a banquet in one of them, personally entertaining Li Xiu and Qi Niang, after all, he invited the two of them to come today, and he can't even ignore lunch, right?

Originally, Li Xiu and Qi Niang were also hungry, although they planned to buy something to eat, but they met Li Chengdao before they could buy it, so now both of them are also hungry, and the wine banquet prepared by Li Ke is also very rich, it stands to reason that the two should have eaten a big meal to fill their stomachs, but in the face of such a sumptuous meal, both of them have no appetite, and in the end they barely ate some under Li Ke's warm hospitality.

"Ahem~, Ke'er, are you still going to stay here this afternoon?" Li Xiu suddenly coughed dryly at this time, and then raised his head and asked Li Ke.

"Yes, the trading company has just opened, and although we have made a lot of preparations before, we still found a lot of problems in the actual operation, so I am afraid it will be difficult for me to walk away in the past two days." Li Ke nodded as a matter of course.

"I guess that's the case, I just happened to have some things to deal with in the afternoon, so I won't be here with you, and you don't have to worry about me, when I leave, I'll say goodbye to you!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, his current mind is all on Li Chengdao, so he is in a hurry to leave here to find Li Chengdao.

"This ......" Li Ke hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. will be busy if you have something to do, if there is anything that needs students, you must not be polite, after all, in this place in Yangzhou, I still have some influence!" ”

"Haha~, I won't be polite to you if there is something, so be it, Qi Niang and I will leave first, you also have to pay more attention to your body, don't be too tired!" Li Xiu stood up as he spoke, and Qi Niang next to him followed.

Seeing Li Xiu leaving, Li Ke also stood up to see him off, and only stopped under Li Xiu's persuasion when he was outside the trading company, and then watched Li Xiu and Qi Niang disappear into the sea of people on the dock.

After Li Xiu and Qi Niang left, Li Ke returned to the room alone, then closed the door and sat down, and after a long while, he whispered: "Mr. left in such a hurry, is it related to the person just now?" In addition, there is Sister Qi Niang's reaction, and why does that person feel so familiar to me? ”

Li Ke has always been shrewd, and naturally noticed Qi Niang's abnormality, and at the same time, Li Xiu was also anxious to leave, and all this was obviously related to the back he saw on the dock before, which made him feel extremely curious about that familiar back, and quickly recalled in his mind where he had seen each other, why did the other party feel so familiar just a back?

At the moment, Li Ke recalled the people he was familiar with one by one, speaking of which, as a prince, he was usually strictly protected, so most of the people he could contact were also the people around him, and his social contacts were not as wide as ordinary people, so he quickly recalled the people who were familiar in autumn, but he didn't find such a familiar back in his memory at all.

"This is impossible, when I saw his back just now, I felt very familiar, and even the other party was a very close person, how could I forget such a person?" Li Ke couldn't think of who the other party was, and he couldn't help but say to himself strangely at the moment.

However, Li Ke is not a person who gives up easily, at the moment he went through all the people he knew again, and even the relatives and friends he knew in Chang'an City thought of it, but when he thought of some of his uncommon relatives, he suddenly stood up, and said with surprise on his face: "How is it possible, it is him!" ”

At the same time, Li Xiu and Qi Niang also hurriedly came to the location where they met Li Chengdao before, but although there were still a lot of people here, there was no trace of Li Chengdao, which made Qi Niang very disappointed and whispered to Li Xiu: "What should I do big brother, Chengdao won't have left, right?" ”

"Don't worry, with Chengdao's character, even if he leaves, he will definitely send someone to report to us, and he should be chasing the uncle and them, so Chengdao's ship should be in the port!" Li Xiu was very sure, and his eyes kept scanning the surroundings when he spoke, because he felt that Li Chengdao should not go far.

"Then let's take a look, I designed the boat they asked for last time, maybe he still came on my boat this time." When Qi Niang heard Li Xiu's words, she immediately pulled him to go to the dock to see the boat, but this made Li Xiu smile helplessly, because there are more than 1,000 ships on the dock, if you look at them one by one, I'm afraid you won't be able to see far until dark, and there are so many boats designed by Qi Niang, how can she remember one of the ones she built?

However, Qi Niang had lost her mind at this time, and Li Xiu knew that it was useless to persuade her, so she could only come to the dock, where there were many people and goods, sometimes there was no place to walk, and from time to time there would be a cart pulling goods passing by, and the road would be blocked, which also caused them to walk very slowly, and they had to be careful not to be squeezed into the water.

It was also when Li Xiu and they just looked at a few boats, but suddenly a boy came over, the other party was about six or seven years old, although he was a little dark and thin, but his eyes were big, his clothes were shabby but neat, he was estimated to be a child of a poor family on the dock, and the family was well disciplined, not as dirty as other children on the dock, and his appearance was also cute, plus he was young, and the guards around Li Xiu didn't care too much.

However, when the child walked to Li Xiu's side, he suddenly stuffed something into Li Xiu's hand, and then turned around and fled, but was grabbed by the guards, and the other guards were also panicked, after all, they were worried that this child would be unfavorable to Li Xiu.

"It's okay, let him go!" At this time, Li Xiu felt that the other party had stuffed a paper ball in his hand, which made him happy in his heart, and then ordered the guards to release him, but as soon as the guards let go, the other party ran away like a smoke.

At that moment, Li Xiu turned his head to look around, and then called Qi Niang to a secluded place, and then opened the paper ball in his hand, but when he saw the handwriting on it, Qi Niang was also happy and almost jumped up, because it was Li Chengdao's handwriting.