Liu Qing Youyan was born as a guard in the palace and watched several princes grow up, knowing that Emperor Zheng Rong was more fond of the son of the moth in front of him than several princes - if he played a chapter together, his reputation and future would be ruined immediately, not to mention, even whether this little life could be saved, it was still between what could be done.

Thinking of this, Liu Qing could only hesitate and say, "This ...... This is all the practice of Jiangnan, and the end will be ...... If the last general does not accept it, will it not seem too high......"

"Alas!" Qiu Yizhi let out a long sigh, "It's only been a few days since your predecessor Shi Changjie was bad?" Are you going to defy the law again? The so-called 'wrong heart, eyes are squinting', you have received the benefits of others, how can you do things impartially and speak righteously? ”

Liu Qing heard Qiu Yizhi's words and said that the score was extremely heavy, and he was so frightened that he almost knelt down.

At this moment, the full house of merchants was in an uproar again.

Qiu Yizhi didn't want to pay attention to Liu Qing anymore, turned his head to look at the hall, but saw that the group of businessmen actually ignored him, and ran to the door of the main hall of the mansion one after another, tidying up their clothes one by one, as if they were about to welcome the arrival of a nobleman.

Qiu Yizhi was stunned, and thought: At present, the people with noble status in Jiangnan Province, in addition to the assassin Shi Qianfeng and the Jiedu envoy Liu Qing, there are only the left general Cui Nan and himself, the emperor's righteous son. However, among these two people, one is commanding the battle on the front line, and the identity of the other has not been revealed, I really don't know who is so majestic that can make this group of wealthy businessmen leave their parents and officials and make a special trip to greet them.

But after a while, Qiu Yizhi saw that the group of merchants stepped forward together, saluted one after another, and said, "Ninth Master, your old man is also here?" ”

Someone said: "Ninth Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know where to make a fortune in these days?" ”

Others took a unique approach and said: "Uncle Nine, my nephew hasn't been to your house for a long time to say goodbye, and I see that your complexion is much better than before!" ”

Qiu Yizhi's audience was so flattering and flattering, I don't know where he came from, and he couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and look outside the lobby, but saw a person walking out quickly from behind the shadow wall of the Taoist mansion, wearing only a set of coarse cloth short robes with sauce and gray, and a half-foot-long dry pipe in his mouth, while "gurgling" and spewing smoke, while bowing to everyone in return.

Surrounded by everyone, this person finally arrived at the main hall of the Taoist Mansion, and was just about to salute the Jiangnan Provincial Thorn Shi Qian Feng who was sitting in the hall, but when he saw Qiu Yizhi standing aside with a surprised expression, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and quickly knelt down with the corner of his robe and kowtowed.

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they saw this scene-

The businessmen were shocked that the powerful position of the newcomer, the ordinary officials of the four or five grades in the officialdom, all had to turn around with him, so why should he give such a big gift to this small county order with no beard on his mouth and seven grades?

Assassin Shi Qian Feng was shocked - he had long known that this Qiu Yizhi had some background, but he didn't expect this person's background to be so deep, in the eyes of this "ninth master", he was actually more valued than himself, so that he had to worship this county order first and hang himself, the first official of Jiangnan Province, aside.

What surprised Liu Qing was that as the current emperor's righteous son, Qiu Yizhi, his power was scorching, needless to say, but he didn't expect this person's power to be so extensive, even in the Jiangnan shopping mall, there are people who take him as the head of the horse, if this nominal subordinate is pointing fingers, then he will be very sad in the future in this Jiangnan Jiedu envoy.

Qiu Yizhi was also surprised, he was surprised - since this person bowed to him, he must know his identity, but he didn't know what the origin of this person was, wouldn't it be dangerous to use light and darkness?

The hall was full of people, only Lin Shuhan could still keep his composure, with a mindset of waiting and watching the changes, quietly watching the person who bowed to Qiu Yizhi slowly got up, and said with a smile on his face: "Childe is really a noble man who forgets things, and he doesn't know me after more than a year of hard work?" ”

Qiu Yizhi saw that this person was about sixty years old, his beard and hair were gray, and although the skin around his eyes was slackened, his eyes were full of shrewdness and vitality, and he immediately smiled and said, "Isn't this He Jiugong?" How did you get here? As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help He Jiugong up.

He Jiugong took advantage of the situation to stand up and said, "Didn't I accept the invitation from General Liu, the envoy of Jiedu, and I came here." But I didn't expect it to be Childe talking here. It's just that I'm old, my legs and feet are slow, and I'm late, I don't know if I missed the matter of my son? ”

Qiu Yizhi pinched He Jiugong's old but still very powerful big hand, and said very affectionately: "Jiugong is joking with me? I'm not asking how Jiugong came to the mansion, but how did you get to Jiangnan and how did you get the invitation? ”

He Jiugong's wrinkles on his face were happily stretched: "It turns out that Gongzi asked this, and he blamed the old man for being confused and making jokes." ”

He Jiugong continued: "This is all the idea of my host Zhou Daguan, saying that he wants to sit in the capital and cannot be separated, and the business south of the Yangtze River must be taken care of. According to the old man's meaning, Sun Shouqian of Huamao Building in Mingzhou Mansion is full of eye-catching, and he is an old man who is familiar with things, so he can try to use it. ”

He Jiu gently pulled his hand out of Qiu Yizhi's hand, took two deep breaths of the cigarette bag and pot, and said: "But the owner said that this person is not useful, and he can't afford half of the Zhou family, so he wants the old man to come to Jiangnan to do business." Childe, don't look at the owner, it seems that everything is easy to discuss, but the decision has never been changed. There's no way, who told me to be a servant of the Zhou family since I was sensible, this old bone had to be thrown here in Jiangnan first......"

Hearing this, Qiu Yizhi suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Jiugong's words are too polite, you are the oldest and most powerful person in front of Zhou Daguan." I guess he doesn't want you to work hard, but he sent you here, one of the big officials is reassuring themselves, and the other is also to break the heart of the others to fight for power and profit. He can't help it! ”

Qiu Yizhi's words made He Jiugong's heart bloom, and he was humble, but he said: "Oh, I remember that a few days ago, the big officials confessed a business, saying that they wanted to make money on the sea with the old shipowner Li Zhi, and it is said that it is still the head and line of the son. Tut-tut, this one out and one in, each single business is tens of thousands of taels of money, and it is a long-term business, the son's shot is really extraordinary! I don't think the prince should be an official, so he simply follows the big officials to do business. The sons and nephews of the Zhou family are all unproductive, not to mention that they are used, and there are few of them, maybe the big officials will hand over the Zhou family's property to the son! ”

Speaking of this, He Jiugong suddenly remembered Qiu Yizhi's incomparably noble identity, realized that he had lost his mouth, and a puff of smoke that had just been inhaled into his lungs spewed out, choking the old cigarette gun He Jiugong couldn't stop coughing: "Gong...... Son...... The old man was happy to see you, and said a few nonsense words casually, don't take it to heart! ”

Qiu Yizhi knew that He Jiugong's words were all from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't have the slightest sense of blame, but reached out and patted He Jiugong's back incessantly to help him calm down.

Qiu Yizhi, a seven-rank official, actually talked and laughed with He Jiugong, the representative of Zhou Cijing, the first emperor of the world, in Jiangnan - and faintly He Jiugong still had the intention of currying favor with him - this scene made the businessmen in the hall look dumbfounded, and they didn't even interject and echo two sentences, and they stood at a loss one by one.

But I heard He Jiugong ask Qiu Yi's way: "After talking about it for a long time, I still don't know why Gongzi summoned so many businessmen to come to the mansion?" ”

Qian Feng, who was sitting in the hall, listened to the conversation between Qiu Yizhi and He Jiugong clearly, and thought: Convening businessmen to discuss matters, although it is the beginning of Qiu Yi, but the name of Jiangnan Dao Assassin History, why is this He Jiugong only discussing with this Qiu Yi, and not talking to himself for half a sentence.

But seeing that Qiu Yizhi also seemed to have forgotten about Qian Feng, his face turned gloomy, so he pointed to the group of businessmen standing in the hall and said: "It's this group of people, my tongue is chewed, Jiugong wants to ask, don't ask me, just ask them to go." ”

He Jiugong listened, took a sharp puff of cigarette, spit it out gently, and pointed to the fat merchant standing at the front with the pole of the cigarette pouch and asked, "Tang Fatty, what did Young Master Qiu tell you just now?" Tell me about it. ”

The fat on the face of the fat merchant Tang shook, and said: "Lord Qiu said that we want to let the reinforcements from outside the city enter the city to rest, aren't we afraid that their military discipline is not good, and they will suffer losses in the looting when the time comes?" This one...... Don't let the foreign soldiers enter the city first, isn't it also your old man's decision after consulting with a few of us......"

When He Jiugong heard this, he coughed twice in embarrassment, and immediately changed to a flattering smile, and said to Qiu Yizhi: "Childe, you can't blame them for this. The old Youyan army is stronger than the forbidden army, the forbidden army is stronger than the Jiangnan official army, and the Jiangnan official army is stronger than the regimental training township. Speaking of the regimental training of the villagers, the gentry organized to defend the family and the country, in fact, most of them were to restrain a few children in the township and village who did not learn well, and the military discipline was never good. They are worried that if they let these people in, their family business will be ruined, and the son must not blame them. ”

Qiu Yi Zhidao: "I also recruited two hundred new villagers, none of them are small people, they are all children of good families, I give them two taels of silver every month, if they violate military discipline, they will be a knife without discussion, are you afraid that they will rob the people?" ”

"That's, that's!" He Jiugong said one after another, "I know the old man's skills best. ”

Saying that, He Jiugong turned to face the merchants and said: "This Qiu Gongzi is the son and nephew of my family's Zhou officials, who came to Shanyin County to be the county commander, and he has more than 200 brothers in his hands. I, He Jiu, have never spoken that doesn't count, but today I am going to break my promise and let my brothers under Lord Qiu enter the city, what do you think? ”

When the merchants heard this, they couldn't help but think in their hearts:

He Jiugong said just now, this Qiu Yizhi is Zhou Cijing's son and nephew, and he is not the same surname as Zhou Cijing, so there is a chance that he is not a cousin or a nephew. Although he Qiu Yizhi is not surnamed Zhou, his demeanor and conversation are extremely outstanding, and he has a reputation for being tested by 800 serious exams, not to mention that he is among the juniors of the Zhou family, and he stands out among all the businessmen in the world. If the Zhou officials are eclectic for a while, it is not impossible to really hand over all the Zhou family's properties to this person; Moreover, with the financial power and power of the Zhou family, Qiu Yizhi, who was born as a Jinshi, is in the middle of his journey; Even if he has no intention of officialdom, just by virtue of his previous speech and demeanor, he will definitely be a person in the Zhou family in the future.

- So no matter how you look at it, it's really a good thing to sell him face now.

So the fat man Tang took half a step forward and said, "Lord Qiu is really hidden!" If you had told us who you were earlier, how could we object? ”