The more Su Qin spoke, the more emotional he became, and he said with a lot of feeling: "However, people pursue wealth and wealth, and the pattern is big and small, and the bird's bird and the bird are not the same. The poor should not be deceived, and the rich and noble may not be high-minded. If I had been content with the status quo back then, like the average rich person in Luoyang, with 2,000 acres of good land close to the city wall, I would have been very satisfied, and I didn't want to take another step forward, would I still be worthy of returning home to the six countries? ”

Sister-in-law Su listened to her brother-in-law's words, she didn't understand very much, and was stunned for a moment, but quickly figured out the general meaning, and said: "Where can a small businessman have a mind like Ji Zi, and our ancestors don't know that the tomb is smoking, and there is such a big man." ”

Sister-in-law Su's words made everyone laugh again, and everyone felt that she had brought some things that were originally clear to irrelevant places.

Su Qin was talking with his family and friends, and before he knew it, it was noon. Father Su had already arranged the handymen at home and prepared a large banquet, and the neighbors around him also came to help cook. The second and third hundred people sat down in the hall of the Su family and the room where a few cases could be placed, and the Su Mansion lined up a lively banquet at noon that day.

Su Qin raised his glass to toast everyone, and everyone also congratulated him on his ascension and wished him good health. Su Qin toasted for a round, but found that one or two very important people were missing. He felt strange: "Today, when I return home with glory, why does this feeling of lack of people linger all the time?" ”

He glanced at a gap and quietly asked Meng Ting beside him: "Why am I always unsteady, as if a certain muscle in my body is sore?" ”

Meng Ting looked at her with concern and replied, "Is it that Ji Zi has been working hard all day long, and his body can't bear it?" ”

Su Qin shook his head and said, "That's not it, my body can still hold it, but I just seem to feel that there is something missing, and my heart is very unsteady." ”

Meng Ting said "oh", she looked around, her face suddenly changed, Meng Ting hurriedly said: "Ji Zi may be busy and dizzy, why didn't you notice that Zhang Yi and his wife are gone!" ”

Su Qin heard Meng Ting's words, and then he woke up from his dizzy state, he scanned the surrounding crowd, trying to find clues about Zhang Yi and his wife, but Rao was he carefully examined over and over again, and still found nothing.

Father Su saw that Su Qin suddenly stopped drinking, his expression was flustered, Father Su was puzzled, so he asked; "Jizi, what's wrong with you?"

Su Qin was absent-minded at the moment, and replied to his father casually: "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired." ”

Father Su heard that Su Qin was tired and felt sorry for his son, so he said in front of everyone: "Ji Zi has been going to the banquet for days and is overworked, let's let him rest for the time being." Come, come, let's let Ji Zi take care of himself, and the rest of the people will have a drink today. ”

Everyone interjected: "Jizi, go rest, you don't have to accompany us." ”

Su Qin was worried about the whereabouts of Zhang Yi and his wife at this time, and just wanted to get out of the banquet, look around, and listen to his father to relieve him, he was both grateful and happy, he stood up and walked out of the hall.

Meng Ting cared about him and came out with him. Immediately afterwards, his cousin Su Dai also found an excuse, stopped drinking, stood up and chased after Su Qin.

The three of them walked out of the hall with their front and back feet, and Su Qin was about to go to the gate of the mansion to find someone, when Su Dai shouted from behind: "Brother Ji stays, are you looking for Senior Brother Zhang Yi?" ”

Su Qin heard Su Dai's shout, hurriedly turned around and said, "That's right, I don't know if Brother Dai knows where he is?" ”

Su Dai took two steps closely, caught up, and whispered, "I don't know where Senior Brother Zhang Yi went. It's crowded in the morning, everyone is around you, and you may not notice him. When I saw him at the gate of the house, I went up to meet him, and talked with him for a long time, and talked about the old days. ”

Su Qin stomped his feet with regret and said: "Oh, this is really my negligence, I got up in the morning and was dizzy, all the way home, patronizing and greeting acquaintances, not paying attention to Zhang Yi and his wife, rude!" ”

Su Dai saw that his brother was remorseful, and comforted him: "Brother Ji, don't blame yourself too much, you haven't returned home for a long time, and now you are a big celebrity all over the world, naturally everyone wants to make friends with you, and people will inevitably get dizzy in this environment." ”

Su Qin listened to Su Dai's persuasion, felt a little comforted in his heart, and said: "Fortunately, the acting brother is also familiar with Zhang Yi's junior brother, and you can entertain him, which can be regarded as a little compensation, so as not to let the family ignore the old people when they say that our Su family is proud." ”

Su Dai bit his lip, hesitated, and said: "I found that Senior Brother Zhang Yi was not in a high mood and had a lot of worries, so he picked up a lot of good things to say, and he also smiled bitterly and was noncommittal. Later, he handed me a letter and asked me to give it to you tonight. ”

Su Qin heard that Zhang Yi had a letter to him, so he hurriedly asked Su Dai to find out and take a look. And Zhang Yi told Su Dai that he would hand over the letter to Su Qin at night, and it was not yet time, and now Su Qin was in a hurry, and Su Dai couldn't hide it.

He took out a small flat wooden box from his arms and handed it to Su Qin. Su Qin took it, and when he saw that there was still a fire paint seal on the small wooden box, he said in his heart: "What kind of top-secret letter is this, why is it still sealed and not let people read it casually?" ”

He picked up the fire paint, opened the wooden box, and found that there was a plain white and black silk book inside, Su Qin read it on the spot, and before he finished reading, his face had changed greatly, and his expression was very anxious.

Su Dai and Meng Ting quietly observed Su Qin's reaction on the side, and after a while, they noticed that his expression had changed, and they couldn't help but jump with their hearts.

Su Dai asked anxiously, "What is written in Senior Brother Zhang's letter, can you tell me?" Why is Brother Ji so anxious? ”

Su Qin closed the silk book, sighed, and said, "I have a hunch that Senior Brother Zhang Yi will make unusual moves, seeing that he has been sullen since he returned from the Chu State, and he has always had something on his mind. I just couldn't hear it. I see, blame me for being negligent and failing to take a closer look. ”

When Su Dai and Meng Ting heard this, they were even more confused, and they didn't know why Su Qin sighed, they listened attentively.

Tears slowly swirled in Su Qin's eyes, he wiped them with his hand, calmed down his emotions, and said: "Senior Brother Zhang Yi said in this letter that he felt that there was no way out for the Eastern Princes, and after careful consideration, he decided to go to the Qin State to find an opportunity. ”

When Su Dai heard this, his jaw was about to fall in shock, he would never have thought that Zhang Yi would make such a choice.

If it was someone else who defected to the Qin State and contributed to the Qin State's Lian Heng, he could understand it, and even if his brother Su Qin had thrown himself into Lian Heng's arms at the beginning, Su Dai would not have been in disbelief. Zhang Yi was the only one who did this, and he couldn't figure it out.