The quiet life in the upper courtyard has also become busy because of the shine at Ji Yuanhou's birthday banquet, there are often strangers who have never met before come to invite Wu Ye to drink, Linzi Eight Immortals have changed back to Linzi Seven Monsters, and several other people no longer treat Wu Ye as an equal because of Ji Yuanhou's sentence Wu Ye's son, and maintain an appropriate distance between words, this distance has not reached the level of embodying dignity and inferiority, but there is already a distinction between high and low, only Yan Ying has not changed his attitude towards Wu Ye from beginning to end, still hooking his shoulders and back, and there is no positive shape.

Wu Ye didn't deliberately explain to anyone, he still got along with everyone as usual, did not refuse people thousands of miles away, and did not deliberately pretend to be polite, and seemed to be shallow and profound. Gradually, the evaluation of Wu Ye by the doormen in the upper courtyard has invisibly risen to another level, this young man has a calmness that is not commensurate with his age, he is not arrogant because of Ji Yuanhou's favor, nor is he deliberately modest and self-defeating. In the eyes of others, this is undoubtedly an excellent quality, whether it is innate pure character or acquired self-discipline and self-improvement, it is worthy of praise, so everyone untied the knot in their hearts and made friends with Wu Ye sincerely.

At noon, Yan Ying and Dongfang Chou brought a pot of wine and were about to find Wu Ye for a drink, but they happened to meet Wu Ye being led out of the courtyard by Steward Qiu. Steward Qiu is the chief steward of the Bai family, and he only obeys the dispatch of the old lady of the Bai family, he came to Bai Luo's doorman mansion, obviously the old lady of the Bai family meant, and the steward Qiu naturally recognized Yan Ying and Dongfang Ugly, and said with a smile: "It's unfortunate that the two of you have invited Prince Wu Ye today, I'm afraid you can't accompany the two to drink." ”

Dongfang Ugly said with a smile: "It's us who disturbed Steward Qiu's errands." Pulling Yan Ying to make way for Steward Qiu, Steward Qiu led Wu Ye away with a smile on his face, and Wu Ye secretly winked at Yan Ying and Dongfang Ugly.

Looking at the departing figure of Steward Qiu and Wu Ye, Dongfang Chou asked, "Wu Ye's trip doesn't look good." ”

Yan Ying said: "This kid is lucky in life, he can always turn evil into good fortune, not to mention that sooner or later he also wants to see the old lady, he is now on the rise of fortune, and the result of this trip should not be too bad." ”

Dongfang Chou sighed and said: "The Bai family has a woman who has just grown up, and once she was chosen to be on the king's side. ”

Yan Ying also had a sad face, and the two of them returned to Yan Ying's residence and drank sullen wine.

The old lady of the Bai family and the Marquis of Boyong Tian Bo met in the early years, and the Tian family also stayed in the Qi country to develop after helping Qi, when the Tian family focused on assisting the Qi Heng Gong dynasty, the Bai family took over the horse whip of the Tian caravan, and the two generations of Bai people worked hard to develop the business from the Tian family to the eastern countries into a giant merchant across the continent and connecting the five heroes and ten countries, and the merchants of the Bai family can be seen in any country, they are not only involved in the market, but also the war business between countries is also a lot of their figure, Yan Ma Qin Bing Jin Jia Wu Dao, There's no business they don't do. Such a business tycoon closely related to the countries, and the current ear holder is the old lady of the Bai family who was given the title of Jiuquan Bo by the King of Qi.

Wu Ye often heard Bai Luo talk about the old lady of the Bai family, and gave him the impression that the old lady Bai acted decisively and did what he said. In fact, Wu Ye wanted to meet this Jiuquan Uncle for a long time, but Bai Luo always said that the old lady was not available, so he didn't arrange a chance for Wu Ye. I didn't expect Old Lady Bai to take the initiative to find herself, the main reason must be the reason for Ji Yuanhou's birthday banquet, no wonder how many people have sharpened their heads to find a chance to become famous, as long as they mix up a little fame, why worry about not having a chance to get ahead. Like Wu Ye, who can become famous in a fight and become famous, is simply an encounter that many people dream of. Naturally, Bai Luo's good intentions are indispensable to this, if it weren't for Bai Luo's full help behind his back, Wu Ye might not even be able to enter the door of Ji Yuanhou's Mansion.

Hehe, Hongshui, I haven't heard of it.

Manager Qiu sent Wu Ye to Old Man Bai's door and respectfully reported: "Uncle, Master Wu Ye has brought it." Then motioned for Wu Ye to go in alone.

Wu Ye lifted the curtain and saw at a glance that the old man Bai was lying on a rocking chair reading a book, and the old man was reading Zhuangzi's "Theory of Things". Wu Yong once had a relationship with Zhuangzi, and when Wu Ye talked about this everyone, his face was full of reverence, praising Zhuangzi as a great sage, and later Wu Ye also read Zhuangzi's treatises, but he didn't expect Zhuangzi's treatises to be written very plainly and unpretentiously, often using animals as metaphors for reality, and the truth is simple to understand, aiming to be reasonable, rather than showy.

"The Theory of Things" is one of Zhuangzi's masterpieces, with a total of seven chapters, starting from the realm of Ziqi without self and ending with Zhuang Zhou's dream butterfly, talking about the avenue of all things being one. At first, Wu Ye was confused, thinking that he could understand every sentence, but he didn't understand what it meant when put it together, and after pondering it several times, he gradually became a little clearer, and then went back and read it from the beginning, and found that his previous experience still seemed to be biased, and through continuous comparison and confirmation, he could grasp the truth of one out of ten. I don't know what Old Man Bai gained from reading "The Theory of Things".

Old Man Bai slowly turned the page of the book and continued to read, completely ignoring Wu Ye, who had been standing at the door.

Wu Ye was not in a hurry, and stood quietly at the door waiting for Old Man Bai to speak.

When Old Man Bai flipped through the book for the third time, he glanced at Wu Ye out of the corner of his eye, and found that this young man had a calm face, not impatient or impatient, admiring the painting in front of him, so he coughed.

Wu Ye walked to the teapot and carefully poured a cup of tea and served it to Old Man Bai.

Old Man Bai took the teacup, looked at Wu Ye seriously, and snorted lightly, Wu Ye took a few steps back and stood there straight, still not overwhelmed by Old Man Bai's momentum.

After taking a sip of tea, Old Man Bai seemed to point out and said, "Come back in two years, now you are not enough." ”

Wu Ye bowed deeply and said, "Can you ask Uncle Jiuquan to take care of Bai Luo in the past two years?" ”

Old Man Bai said: "With a cup of tea, you want to trouble me." ”

Wu Ye took a deep breath and said firmly: "I will use the land of a country to ask Jiuquan Bo for a promise. ”

Old Man Bai put down the book, lay down on the rocking chair relaxedly, closed his eyes slightly, and said leisurely: "There are a lot of people in the Bai family, and the city is small, so I am afraid that I will not be able to live." ”

Wu Ye said: "The rivers are all you can drink." ”

Jiang, Beijiang, He, Nanhe, the two lifelines of the origin of the continental clans, traversing the Central Plains.

Old Man Bai didn't know whether he thought Wu Ye's tone was too loud, or he was tired from reading, his breath gradually calmed down as if he was asleep, and he commanded in a light sleep: "Then you go and get busy, don't leave anything behind." ”

Wu Ye didn't wait any longer, and respectfully exited the room, Steward Qiu had been standing outside the door and waiting, and when he saw Wu Ye coming out, his face was not as disappointed as expected, but his eyes were bright and full of fighting spirit, so he guessed the result of the conversation between the uncle and Wu Ye.

Steward Qiu stretched out his hand and said, "Young Master Wu Ye, please come with me." ”

Wu Ye followed Steward Qiu all the way to the depths of the mansion, the Bai family's family business is indeed too huge, and the old man Bai's mansion is surrounded by many core figures of the Bai family, and Steward Qiu took Wu Ye through the mansions of these core people one by one, if he met someone, Steward Qiu would selectively introduce Wu Ye, but only to the point, not for too long.

The two of them spent the whole afternoon in the courtyard of Old Man Bai's mansion, and the news soon spread throughout the Bai family, Bai Luo's father Bai Xuan frowned slightly when he heard the news, came to the desk and picked up a book at random, and read it quietly, coincidentally he was also holding Zhuangzi's "Theory of Things".

Bai Qi, the eldest son of Jiuquan Bo, was playing chess with someone, and when he heard the news from the next person, he held the chess piece in his hand, and thought for a long time that he didn't fall into pieces, and suddenly the chess piece in his hand was broken into pieces, and Bai Qi angrily lifted off the chessboard and let the next person get out. As soon as the subordinate was frightened and retreated to the courtyard, Bai Qi called him into the house again, and ordered him to look at Bai Pan and Bai Jin immediately, and not let them act rashly.

It was getting dark, Steward Qiu and Wu Ye finally walked to their destination, this was Jiuquan Bo's arsenal, the guards opened the door of the warehouse, and Steward Qiu went in by himself, letting Wu Ye wait outside the door. After a while, Steward Qiu walked out with a densely perforated silk armor in both hands, this silk armor seemed thin, but Wu Ye held it in his hand and found that it had a weight that was not commensurate with its appearance. Steward Qiu said: "Uncle said that there are many dangers in going to sea this time, your own force is too low, only Zangming is in your body, there is more than enough attack, and the defense is insufficient, this close-fitting silk armor is given to you." ”

Although Steward Qiu did not explain the origin of this silk armor, it can be felt from his cherished attitude that this is by no means an ordinary silk armor.

Wu Ye didn't make the slightest pretentiousness, took the silk armor and thanked Steward Qiu again.

On the way back for the two, Steward Qiu was walking in front and suddenly said, "No one jumped out, don't you feel much more relaxed?" ”

Wu Ye was not complacent at all, but said with a little disappointment: "Bright arrows are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to prevent." ”

Steward Qiu said without looking back: "There are so many roads, go farther, and when you are strong enough to come back, you don't have to worry about anything." ”

After a pause, Steward Qiu said again: "Miss Bai Luo is actually very bitter, don't hate her." ”

Wu Ye shook his head and said, "No." ”

Steward Qiu said, "I mean later." ”