"This is ......" Qin Baichuan opened the cloth bag outside, and there seemed to be a half-cut dead wood branch as thick as an index finger, and a snake was carved on the branch with poor knife work, this snake only had a snake head and the first half of the snake body, Qin Baichuan's eyes contracted: "Snake group...... Token? ”

"I can't talk about tokens, but when my father set up the snake group, he picked up a branch at random, carved a snake crookedly, and then split it in two from the middle. I have the first half here, which represents the head of the snake, with which it can control the entire organization, and the second half is in the hands of Huber, like a tiger talisman in the army, and when they get together, they have the right to kill the entire snake group. Qu Xi took a deep breath and said, "I have discussed with Hu Bo, and from now on, I will completely hand over the snake group to you." ”

"I don't want it." Qin Baichuan shook his head vigorously, although he trained the Bliss Army to guard against the Lord, but the ultimate goal was to protect Qu Xi and all those who could be harmed, Qu Xi handed over her last hole card to himself, who would guarantee her safety?

"Master Qin, you have no qualifications to refuse." Qu Xi took out the posture of a big farmer.

"If you are not qualified, you have to refuse." Qin Baichuan said unhappily.

"Do you want to quarrel?" Qu Xi raised his head and said with a cold gaze.

"I just took your money, I'm not embarrassed." Qin Baichuan scratched his head and said, "It's just that the snake group is very important, and I can't ask for it." ”

"It's because the stakes are so important that it can play a greater role in your hands, so I handed people over to you." Qu Xi also said seriously: "There are three reasons, this time the operation of the snake group when the CCP sent seven people to join the Xiao family to kill many people, it has long attracted the attention of the government. You have personal relationships with Du Bo, the Bloody Guard, and even Master Lu, and if you come forward, you can make this matter a big deal and ensure the safety of the Snake Group and me. ”

"I don't need to do this, as long as you take out some silver, you can settle it." Qin Baichuan shook his head, this was just an excuse for Qu Xi.

"The money is for you, as long as you do the right thing, instead of taking my money to please your women, I don't feel sorry for how much you give you; If I give it to those people, I will be uncomfortable for a long time. Qu Xi glanced at Qin Baichuan: "Do you think it's easy for me to make some money?" ”

Seeing Qu Xi's posture as a little woman, Qin Baichuan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I can't see that the dignified owner of Qu Da Zhuang is still a miser." ”

Qu Xi ignored him, and said: "The appearance of Cheng Xingyun makes you attach so much importance to it, which means that things are not so simple, and I will be more or less at ease if there is a snake group to help you do things." Otherwise, if that happens like last time, I'm afraid you'll leave another word of resignation and run away from home. ”

"It's good......" Qin Baichuan grinned: "What's even smarter is that there is a snake group following me, if I encounter difficulties in the future, I don't have to go to the Qiushan army, and I can reduce the chance of meeting Yuanyuan, and the snake group is your person, even if you hand over the snake order, any trouble I have will reach your ears as soon as possible." ”

"Yuanyuan? It's so sweet. Qu Xi sneered: "It's all your own words, I didn't say that." ”

"Yes, I said it, I live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." Qin Baichuan rubbed his head that was still swollen and painful, shook his head and said, "Your reasons are very good, but I still can't ask for it." ”

"I understand what you mean, you are worried that Cheng Xingyun will make a comeback, so he will repeat his tricks." Qu Xi firmly controlled the situation in his hands: "But you have to know, even if Hu Bo is by my side, I will be taken captive, I can't hide in Wanhua Xiaozhu every day, let alone bring a dozen guards every time I go out, right?" Even if I do this, Cheng Xingyun is in the dark, and there is still a chance to take me away. ”

"As you said, with the snake group here, at least I can feel at ease." Qin Baichuan said.

"You don't have to worry about my safety, thanks to you, I've found a stronger guard." Qu Xi glanced at Qin Baichuan, full of confidence.

"Oh?" Qin Baichuan vaguely caught something, but he didn't dare to confirm it.

"It seems you don't know yet." Qu Xi said in a calm voice: "These days, you are busy with the Hundred Flowers Workshop, and I have to go door to door to pay New Year's greetings, and on the seventh day of the lunar calendar, I went to the Jiangling Mansion...... I met Lu Shigao, Master Lu. ”

"What did the old man tell you?" Qin Baichuan became serious, he said a lot of nonsense to Lu Shigao after drinking that day, and some of the suggestions were aimed at businessmen.

"At first, I thought it was strange, why did the dignified emperor want to see me, a folk girl? Lord Lu is very enthusiastic, and when we meet, the relationship between you and me is broken, and a lot of good things are said for you, what young talents, amazing people, anyway, are those words that make people feel numb. Qu Xi struck Qin Baichuan a word, lest he get carried away.

Qin Baichuan smiled dryly, and Qu Xi continued: "After the greetings, Lord Lu chatted with me as a courtesy, and asked me some questions, probably to increase the taxes of the merchants and set up a business alliance guaranteed by the government. ”

"Damn, Lao Lu is too insidious!" Qin Baichuan's mouth suddenly opened wide, ya, these things that this old Lu said were obviously just a slight change in his suggestion. The formation of the government and business alliance was originally groping forward, the reason why Qu Xi was the leader of the alliance was that Qu Xi's ability and influence were on the one hand, and more importantly, this idea was put forward by Qin Baichuan, and his wife served as the leader of the alliance.

"I also think Master Lu is very sinister, but he told me that this is what you mean." Qu Xi was a little secretly sarcastic about Qin Baichuan: "I think about it, aside from those rights and obligations, there is money everywhere, and it is clear that the government is operated as a businessman...... That's really your style. ”

"What about you...... Promised? Qin Baichuan opened his mouth and said.

"Lord Lu is certainly a pit of silver, but the conditions given are too tempting, I wanted to discuss with you, but I didn't find anyone after coming a few times, so I went to Jiangling Mansion this morning to sign the business alliance contract, and paid a deposit of 30,000 taels of silver." Qu Xi bit her red lip, obviously it was 30,000 taels of silver that made her feel distressed.

"Thirty thousand taels?" Qin Baichuan exclaimed: "This old Lu is too dark!" ”

Seeing that Qin Baichuan's eggs were in pain, he felt like he was lifting a stone and hitting his own feet, and he didn't know why, Qu Xi just felt funny: "The solution is yours, this is retribution, right?" ”

Qin Baichuan rolled his eyes, Qu Xi stopped hitting him, and said, "Thirty thousand taels of silver is a lot, but it is worth it." The contract is clearly written, and in the future, the tax of Splendid Villa will be deducted from the 30,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to me paying taxes for about three years at one time, which is not a loss. Moreover, the 30,000 taels of silver are only kept by the government, and if I want to withdraw from the business alliance, the government will return the amount left after deducting taxes. ”

"That's a loss." Qin Baichuan said: "This silver is in your hands, maybe you can open a few more branches and make more money!" It's good now, you take out 95,000 taels at once...... Tsk, Fairview Villa is about to be emptied by you, right?

"Lord Lu didn't hide it from me, and told me that the purpose of your suggestion was to gather silver, and then go to open a money bank, and the silver would earn money and make profits. Don't blame Lord Lu, it's all your fault in the end. Qu Xi shook his small fist: "What moved me the most was not what Fang just said, but the last thing......

Qu Xi's eyes turned red for some reason, and he raised his head to look at Qin Baichuan, his voice seemed to tremble slightly: "Baichuan, let me ask you, did you stay in Jiangling Mansion that day to kneel for me to kneel down to Lord Lu?" ”

Qin Baichuan was stunned on the spot, looking at Qu Xi's eyes with tears in his eyes, he understood why Qu Xi had changed so much. The dignity of a man in Da Song is absolutely not to be trampled on, not to mention that when he Qin Baichuan faced the righteous king, he was a prince in cloth clothes, and he did not have the slightest fear. But in order to protect Qu Xi, he knelt down willingly, and the impact of this incident on Qu Xi may be more direct and tragic than his death.

"No, I drank too much that day and accidentally fell." Qin Baichuan said against his will.

"You lied to me." The tears in Qu Xi's eyes finally fell, and she turned her head to prevent Qin Baichuan from seeing her embarrassment: "Lord Lu told me very clearly, he has long seen through my methods, and mentioning the tripartite cooperation with you just wants to remind you to be careful of some of the Cheng family's methods, but you think that he is going to be unfavorable to me, and even does not hesitate to turn his face with him on the spot, and is afraid that Lord Lu will have an opinion on me, so he kneels down to apologize and beg for forgiveness...... Baichuan, really, I never thought that there would be a person willing to do this for me silently, when I heard Lord Lu finish speaking, my heart hurts, it really hurts, I haven't even felt this way for many years. ”

If I remember correctly, this was the first time Qu Xi revealed his true feelings in front of him, and Qin Baichuan only felt that everything he had done was worth it. He quietly wiped the corners of his eyes, at this time, Qin Baichuan really wanted to hold Qu Xi in his arms, he even felt that if he went to hug Qu Xi now, she might not refuse, but the shadow on the Lord seemed to have a thorn in his heart, so that he didn't dare to show his beloved emotions to her.

"You're thinking too much, I'll do the same with another woman." When he said this, Qin Baichuan was a little distressed.

"Perhaps." Qin Baichuan's words were very disturbing, but Qu Xi didn't seem to take it to heart: "But until now, you haven't done this for others?" As I said, seeds can germinate, they can grow, they can flower, but they don't bear fruit. ”

Qin Baichuan's lips moved, and he felt more and more that Qu Xi seemed to be going to take some measures against his own women, but before he could ask, Qu Xi turned around and said: "Don't talk about this, because of your relationship, Lord Lu takes special care of me, after I became the leader of the Business Alliance and paid 30,000 taels of silver, not only did I have the government as a backing, but Lord Lu also told me that he would disband the Blood Guards in the near future, and the Blood Guards would be Yu Qingwu, and Miss Yu would personally protect my thoughts, of course, the silver still had to be paid by me." ”

"Who? Two forced girls? Qin Baichuan's eyes widened.

"You know each other well?" Qu Xi's brows furrowed slightly.

"I'm not familiar with it, I met last time I was arrested and interrogated." Qin Baichuan waved his hand again and again, if Yu Qingwu personally protected Qu Xi, not to mention how high her kung fu was, at least she had the name of the bloody guard, as long as Cheng Xingyun didn't want to rebel, he would definitely not dare to act rashly. Of course, if you can kidnap Quxi unknowingly in the hands of Qingwu, it will be another matter.

"Wait, you say...... Lord Lu wants to disband the Bloody Guard? Qin Baichuan noticed this detail: "Why? ”

"Master Lu didn't say it, you can ask him yourself." Qu Xi was indifferent to these things: "Having said so much, it is nothing more than to express one meaning, with the name of the leader of the business alliance and the protection of the people in the official government, I will not have any more chaos in Jiangling." Miss Yu is an official, and the snake group is a bandit, if I accidentally reveal the news of the snake group, Miss Yu will definitely arrest me back, so it is the best choice for the snake group to hand it over to you. ”

"Okay, there's too much information today, I have to digest it." Qin Baichuan closed his eyes, and his voice was tired: "I want to keep this snake first, and I will tell you later if I have a better way." ”

"Okay." Qu Xi stood up and said in a low voice: "Baichuan, will you go back to Wanhua Xiaozhu today?" ”

"It doesn't seem like like so much for now." Qin Baichuan's heart was beating wildly, and he always felt that if he agreed to go back, it seemed that there would be some special changes with Quxi, but he deliberately suppressed his emotions and shirked: "You have also seen, there are too many things, and I am ready to sell the rouge of the workshop in the past few days." ”

"Hmm." Qu Xi nodded in understanding, walked to the door and stood again: "Two days will be the Lantern Festival, no matter how busy you are, you have to take time out on the day of the Lantern Festival, I will take you to the old house of the Qu family to worship your parents." ”

"Worship your parents......" Qin Baichuan swallowed his saliva, Qu Xi had not said it clearly since he came in, but Qin Baichuan felt that she wanted to tell him with her own actions that she was trying to make changes, and even tried to be a veritable lady.

"That's it, I'll have someone pick you up then." Qu Xi's face was a little hot, and after throwing down a sentence, he left in a hurry.

The two of them were not talking loudly in the room, and Luo Yuan, who was guarding the door, did not eavesdrop, so he didn't know what they said, but seeing that the owner of the big village was in a hurry, with a rare flush on his face, and there seemed to be a touch of happiness in the redness, Luo Da Steward was happy that they could reconcile, but he was also at a loss for his identity that was not embarrassed or embarrassed.

Walking into the room, Luo Yuan wanted to say a few words to him, but seeing Qin Baichuan lying on the table, she seemed to be a little sleepy, and she couldn't speak, so she took a deep look at Qin Baichuan with a resentful gaze, put a small letterhead that was already sweating in his hand in front of him, turned around and followed the big owner, and left the backyard.