Jinling is also called "Qinhuai", the Qinhuai River from the East Water Pass to the West Water Pass, it is the most beautiful season of scenery, the green willows are like smoke and gently blow the gold powder tower, the ten miles of bead curtains are swinging the spring breeze, and the boat flute and drum are painted day and night.

Looking at it from afar, a moat of spring water and half a city flower, outside the city, Lin Palace Fanyu, Biwa Zhuyong, there are 4,800 temples in the temple alone, the streets and alleys, together together, there are six or seven hundred large and small restaurants, more than 1,000 tea houses.

No matter how remote the alley is, there is always a place where lanterns hang to sell tea, with seasonal flowers, good rainwater, and the tea house is full of people eating tea.

The prosperity of Jinling is the most prosperous of the three major accompanying capitals, and it is also the most prosperous place in the whole Jiangnan, here is the economic center of the Great Qin Dynasty, and it is the political center of the entire Jiangnan, and the population of Jinling City is not less than three million, which is one of the two most populous cities in the entire Great Qin Dynasty.

"Uncle, let's go to the second master's mansion now." Steward Wu said to Qin Duan, who was looking east and west.

"The second uncle's mansion, the second uncle lives in Jinling?"

Qin Duan asked suspiciously, for the second master of the Mu family, Qin Dui's mind has no impression, only vaguely remembers the impression that it was a big fat man, with a big beer belly, called Mu Shangrong.

"The second master is a member of the province of Zhongshu in Jinling."

Wu San said proudly, you must know that Wailang, a member of Zhongshu Province, is an official of the sixth grade, one level higher than the county master, and he is also a Beijing official who accompanies the capital.

"Liupinguan, if it's in a place, it's really good, but in Jinling, hehe, it's not good."

Qin Du said with a smile, in Jinling, the accompanying capital, you can meet fourth- and fifth-grade officials on the street, and these sixth-grade officials are really not enough.

"Hehe, Aunt Qin's words can't be nonsense, if the second master hears it, it will be troublesome, the second master cares about this very much." Steward Wu hurriedly said.

"Hehe, so this second master is still an official fan." Qin Du said with a smile.

"The eldest master and the second master are both officials, they pay more attention to it, not like the third master who is good at business, when you get to the second master's house, uncle, you should pay attention to what you say, you can't talk to the second master like you talk to the third master." Steward Wu kindly reminded.

"Then I won't live in his house, and the guest house will be fine."

Qin Du said, since it is so uncomfortable to live in this second master of the Mu family, it is better to go to the guest house, no one cares, how free.

"No, when I came over, the old lady and the third master both explained, we must live in the second master's house." Steward Wu said.

"Outside, the king's order is not affected, Steward Wu, you should also be flexible."

Qin Dui said, Qin Dui really doesn't want to live in Mu Erye's house, if he goes in, he will be under the control of this Mu Erye, how uncomfortable, it's not good, he can't go to Qinhuai River to play, before Qin Dui set off, he was ready to stay on the bank of Qinhuai River at night.

"If you don't believe it, you have to live in the second master's house." Steward Wu said stubbornly, not giving Qin Du any room for negotiation in this matter.

"Okay, you can live wherever you want."

Qin Duan said helplessly, after all, this Steward Wu is gray-haired and a lot of age, Qin Duan is really embarrassed to quarrel with him, especially an old man of this age, who is very stubborn and difficult to convince, Qin Duan has no choice but to save his saliva.

Under the leadership of Steward Wu, it took half an hour to come to the mansion of the second master of Jinling Mu, the courtyard is not very big, you can see the end at a glance, and there are less than twenty houses in total, but in Jinling City, a place where every inch of land is valuable, there is such a large courtyard, which is also quite good, and it is worth more than 100,000 taels of silver if you take it out and sell it.

Soon, under the leadership of the subordinates, Qin Du and Steward Wu came to the main hall of the courtyard, where the second master of the Mu family, Mu Shangrong, his wife, Xu, and his concubine Liu sat in the main hall.

In ancient times, women generally did not have a name, of course, there was a boudoir name, but this boudoir name in addition to parents, very few outsiders knew, once a woman married, she would use her father's surname, such as the second wife of the Mu family, Xu, whose father is surnamed Xu, of course, there are also surnames with her husband, such as the wife of Mu Shangye, the third master of the Mu family, is called Mu.

"The second master is good, the two ladies are good." As soon as Steward Wu entered the house, he shouted respectfully.

"Steward Wu has worked hard, is the family okay? The old man's health is good. Mu Shangrong asked.

"The old lady is in good health, and the family is also very good, but everyone misses the second master, the two ladies and the eldest young master." Steward Wu said.

"Why is he here?"

Mu Shangrong pointed at Qin Dui and said suspiciously, although he hadn't seen the stupid uncle of the Mu family for a while, Mu Shangrong still recognized Qin Dui at a glance.

"The second uncle is good, the two beautiful aunts are good, I haven't seen each other for two years, the second uncle is getting more and more energetic, and the two aunts are getting younger and younger, and they are becoming more and more beautiful and moving." Qin Duan opened his mouth and said.

"Huh."

Xu and Liu couldn't help but laugh happily when Qin Duan said this, how could this fool talk so frivolously, but it sounded very comfortable in their hearts.

"You're not stupid?"

Mu Shangrong didn't care about Qin Dui's frivolous words to his two ladies, but looked at Qin Dui in surprise and asked.

Mu Shangrong remembered very well that when he left Kurihara County, this Qin Duan was still stupid, and he couldn't even say a word clearly, where was it like now, although his words were a little frivolous, but his words were clear, and his words were comfortable to listen to.

"Second uncle, you can't always look at me with old eyes, that's all about the old emperor's calendar, people will change, I'm not a fool now." Qin Du said.

"What's going on?"

Mu Shangrong asked curiously, why did this fool suddenly enlighten and become smarter, it's really incredible.

"Second uncle, two beautiful aunts, this matter is a long story, next time I have time, I will tell you about it well, this time I came to Jinling with Steward Wu to have important things to deal with."

Qin Duan hurriedly said, after all, he was a fool before, and it was a dishonorable thing, Qin Duan was reluctant to say more, so as not to affect his glorious image.

"What's important?" Mu Shangrong asked suspiciously.

"Second master, this is the letter that the third master asked me to bring to you." Steward Wu took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Mu Shangrong.

Mu Shangrong picked up the letter and read it carefully for a while, and couldn't help frowning and said, "How can this be, such an important matter, why didn't the third brother come by himself, he sent you and Qin Dui." ”

"This ......"

Steward Wu didn't know how to answer well, after all, the third master was the master, and he was a subordinate, how could he ask why he didn't come.

"Second uncle, you may not know, third uncle, he didn't come because he was not in good health." Qin Duan opened his mouth and said nonsense.

"What's wrong with the third brother?"

Mrs. Xu asked with concern, after all, she is her own uncle, and she is the second sister-in-law, so why should she ask with concern.

"It's hard to talk about this third uncle's illness." Qin Duan looked embarrassed.

"What's wrong with the third brother's body, you can tell me clearly."

Mu Shangrong asked anxiously, he and his eldest brother are both officials in the imperial court, and the third brother is in charge of the family and the family's business, he can't have anything wrong, otherwise there will be no one in charge of the family.

"The third uncle has recently become obsessed with a girl in Yichun Building, and he accidentally got a flower ~ willow disease, and he didn't dare to go out, so let me and Steward Wu deal with this matter, of course, the main lobbyist is me."

Qin Duan said nonsense, anyway, Mu Sanye is not here, what do you want to say, just say so, no one refutes, Qin Duan doesn't mind scandalizing Mu Sanye in front of Mu Erye.

Qin Dui thinks that he is a villain, and if he is a villain, he will be revenged, Mu Sanye has made himself unhappy several times, Qin Dui has also made him in a bad mood, it is best that Mu Erye can write a letter and scold him, there is a way that the eldest brother is like a father, and the elder brother scolds the younger brother, Mu Sanye can only bear it in addition to suffering.

"He's just fooling around."

Second Master Mu said angrily, when his third brother indulged in the land of smoke and willows, he didn't know, Second Master Mu was going to wait for Steward Wu to go back, write a letter to his third brother, and teach him a good lesson.

"Second master, it doesn't matter if he's sick, right?" Liu asked.

"Back to the pretty aunt, the third uncle is fine, and the doctor said that it would be good to recuperate for a while, but I can't go to those places of smoke and willows anymore." Qin Duan said nonsense.

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu patted his chest and said.

Steward Wu looked at Aunt Qin who was full of lies a little dumbfounded, this aunt is too good at, good third master, he just made a flower willow disease, if the third master knew, he wouldn't be so angry that he vomited blood.

But at this time, it is not good for Steward Wu to come out to clarify this matter, otherwise he will offend this Aunt Qin, according to this Aunt Qin's ability to make up stories, if he offends him, where will there be good fruit to eat, so Steward Wu wisely chose to shut up, when he didn't hear anything, anyway, it is the master's business, and he is a subordinate, so it's good not to interfere.

"The third child asked you to be such an important lobbyist?"

Mu Shangrong looked at Qin Duan with a headache and asked, his third brother is really not lightly ill, how can such an important matter be handed over to this fool, let him be a lobbyist, isn't this the Mu family's business ended early?

"Second uncle, I didn't want to come originally, I used a knife to kill chickens, a small Xu family, where can I use a genius like me to come out, it would be too much to lift up the Xu family in Jinling, but the third uncle and the stewards insisted that I come, saying that I have never been to Jinling, so I have to come to Jinling for a walk, especially on the banks of the Qinhuai River, I want to see and see, and of course by the way, the matter of this Xu family association has also been solved."

Qin Duan said, this is to make up a lie to make yourself justifiable to go to visit the Qinhuai River, anyway, Qin Duan is not afraid of the lie being exposed, in this era, literati and scholars like to visit the Qinhuai River, how can he be regarded as an elegant person, visiting the Qinhuai River is also an elegant activity.