Chapter 082: Going to the Banquet
"So, you know each other?" Qi Yan pretended to be surprised.
"Why did you remember to ask this?" Xie Fuyi asked rhetorically.
Qi Yan shook his head and said; "See, just ask...... Or is it ...... What can't you say? β
Xie Fu Yi chuckled when he heard this, and said, "For you, we can all say it." β
Qi Yan shrugged when he heard this: "Then say it." β
"Say what?"
"Tell me about your relationship with Miss Zhao."
"Want to know?"
"Yes." Qi Yan generously admitted.
"Business dealings." Xie Fuyi said.
Qi Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not believing it: "I remember, you came to Youzhou for the wine business, but Miss Zhao's family resells medicinal herbs......
"Oh, it's medicated wine." Xie Fuyi said.
Qi Yan: "......"
"How do you really know Zhao Lingsu?" Xie Fuyi asked Qi Yan rhetorically.
Qi Yan didn't hide it, and said directly: "On the street that day, I saw Miss Zhao walking into the money village with you, so I noticed it." β
When Xie Fu Yi heard this, he was silent for a moment, he seemed to want to explain, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped again.
Qi Yan simply didn't say anything, she stood up.
"If it's okay, I'll go and rest."
After speaking, he waved his hand and walked directly to the inner room.
"Wait a minute." Xie Fuyi opened his mouth and shouted to Qi Yan.
Qi Yan turned his head: "What else is going on?" β
"It was a misunderstanding." Xie Fuyi said, "I have nothing to do with Miss Zhao. β
Qi Yan shrugged his shoulders and said, "You don't need to explain it to me, just be happy." β
"Qi Yan!" Xie Fuyi took a step forward and took Qi Yan's hand, "Things are not what you think, it's just that it's inconvenient for me to explain to you now, and in the future, you will know." β
Qi Yan smiled, very perfunctory.
"Okay, I got it." She said to Xie Yi, "Are you okay?" β
Xie Fuyi sighed and shook his head.
Qi Yan turned around and entered the inner room.
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The next day, Qi Yan got up early in the morning.
Xie Fuyi, as usual, waited for her in the outer room and had breakfast with Qi Yan.
"Tonight's feast, don't you think about it anymore?" Xie Fuyi served Qi Yan with food, and at the same time talked about the reception banquet.
Qi Yan's answer was still the same as before: "No." β
Xie Fu Yichai said, "Do you have something?" β
Qi Yan's thing is to go to Renxin Hall to see if he can meet Doctor Zhang.
"I don't like socializing." Qi Yan said firmly, "I feel dizzy when I see pushing the cup and changing the lamp, so you go, I won't go." β
Xie Fuyi was not surprised by Qi Yan's prevarication, and it could even be said that this was within his expectations.
"That'...... I'll go myself. Gongzi Xie sighed softly.
Qi Yan escaped and ate happily.
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Qi Yan's happiness didn't last long, as soon as breakfast was finished, just as Qi Yan got up to leave, the full moon hurriedly ran in.
"Young lady!" The little maid looked anxious, and it seemed that she had something to say to Qi Yan.
just saw Xie Fu Yi on the side, and the full moon paused slightly.
"What's wrong?" Xie Fuyi asked directly.
Full Moon swallowed and looked at Qi Yan as if asking for help.
Qi Yan immediately understood, and said to Xie Fu Yi: "Don't listen to the girl's affairs." β
Hearing this, Xie Fuyi smiled and stood up: "Then you can say it." β
As he spoke, he was about to leave.
As soon as Xie Fuyi walked to the door, the little guy was smart and hurriedly walked over, unlike the full moon, smart was full of joy, as if he wanted to tell Xie Fu Yi as soon as he had some good news.
"Childe, someone has found it!" Clever said, "Doctor Zhang has found it!" β
Qi Yan in the house, like a rabbit, immediately pricked up his ears.
"Where did you find the people?" Xie Fuyi asked.
"It's in Yuehe Restaurant, isn't the prefect going to pick you up and wash the dust today? We went to see the environment in advance, and then it happened that Dr. Zhang was there. "The more you talk about it, the louder it becomes, as if she is happy for Xie Fu Yi," Doctor Zhang heard that he was going to hold a reception banquet for you, and asked, can you come too. β
"Absolutely." Xie Fuyi said with a smile, "You go and talk to Governor Zhang, and you can arrange the rest." β
"Okay! Okay! β
The wise man at the door of the house departed with joy.
Qi Yan in the room seemed to have clicked on the acupoint, and looked at Xie Fuyi in a daze.
Xie Fu Yi was about to leave, and inadvertently noticed Qi Yan's gaze.
"Qi Yan?" Xie Fuyi turned his head and looked at Qi Yan, only to see Qi Yan's complicated expression.
"What's wrong?" Xie Fuyi asked.
Qi Yan laughed dryly and said, "No, it's okay......"
"Then I'm leaving."
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After Xie Fu Yi left, Qi Yan looked at the full moon, as if to confirm the conversation between Xie Fu Yi and Mingming, she said to the full moon: "You heard it just now?" β
Full Moon nodded heavily: "I heard it!" I came to the young lady to talk about it. β
The little maid licked the corners of her mouth and continued: "Renxintang originally planned to auction medicinal materials today, but because of the childe's reception banquet, several famous people couldn't go, and the boss of Renxintang also had to participate in the childe's reception...... So, the bazaar was changed to tomorrow night. β
Qi Yan said: "It doesn't matter that day, now, I know where Doctor Zhang is." β
"Childe's people found him......" Full Moon hesitated for a moment and said, "Young lady, what are you going to do?" β
Qi Yan clenched his fists: "Go to the banquet and find out the bottom of Doctor Zhang." β
"Bottom-out?"
"Yes."
"But......" Full Moon looked hesitant and embarrassed, and looked at Qi Yan: "Young lady, didn't you reject the son?" So how do you get to the feast? β
Qi Yan: "......"
That's just the problem.
She resolutely rejected Xie Fuyi's invitation, and more than once! Now if he runs over and tells Xie Fuyi that he wants to go again, will it arouse Xie Fuyi's suspicions?
Qi Yan touched his chin, thinking about the excuse of "repentance".
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Qi Yan paced around the room, she thought of many excuses, and finally she was vetoed by herself.
"Young lady, have you thought about it?" The full moon followed behind Qi Yan like a small tail.
Qi Yan suddenly stopped.
The full moon almost hit Qi Yan's back.
"Got it?" She asked.
"Nope." Qi Yan said.
"That ......"
"Who said you have to have an excuse to go to a banquet?" Qi Yan said slowly.
The full moon blinked, confused.
Qi Yan said: "When the time comes, we will go directly." β
"Just over there?" Full Moon swallowed, "That'...... Yuehe Restaurant probably won't let us in, right? This time, in order to catch the wind and wash the dust for the son, I heard that they have all chartered the restaurant. β
Qi Yan said: "It's okay, when you arrive, there is a way to get in." β
Full Moon asked, "What way?" β
Qi Yan leaned into her ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, the full moon looked at Qi Yan, and his expression was not very confident: "Young lady, is it really possible?" β
"Give it a try." Qi Yan said.
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When Qi Yan and the full moon came to Yuehe Restaurant, there were already many carriages parked around the restaurant, and looking at the gorgeous appearance of the carriage, you knew that the identity of the owner's family was either rich or expensive.
"Young lady, look, look!" Full Moon pointed to the people next to one of the black carriages and said to Qi Yan, "Isn't that Gongzi Zhou?" β
This Zhou Gongzi is Qian Xiuxiu's fiancΓ© - Zhou Heyuan.
"Young lady, over there! That person is Miss Qian, right? β
Qi Yan looked over and saw Qian Xiuxiu following behind a middle-aged fat man, she was wearing a fine satin dress, and the embroidered brocade decoration on it exuded a soft luster under the reflection of the lantern.
"Strange ......," Full Moon muttered to herself, "Why are they here?" β
"Xie Fuyi's reception banquet, the Zhou family and the Qian family naturally want to rub it off." Qi Yan said.
Full Moon nodded and continued to look at the people around Yuehe Restaurant.
"Ahh Young lady! The little maid pulled Qi Yan's sleeve, a little excited, she pointed to the carriage that had just stopped, and saw a girl walking down from it, it was not someone else, it was the eldest lady of Renxintang - Zhao Lingsu.
"That man! That man! The full moon is like walking into a dazzling bazaar, and it is overwhelming, "Why is she here!" β
For this Miss Zhao, the full moon is a little hostile.
Qi Yan couldn't cry or laugh: "The boss of Renxintang was invited to come with his daughter, it's normal, right?" β
"But...... She's a son......" Full Moon muttered quietly.
"Alright." Qi Yan said, "Don't look at these people who don't matter, pay close attention to Xie Fuyi's carriage." β
"Oh, good." Full Moon nodded, with a pair of round eyes, staring at the vehicles coming and going.
"Young lady......" Full Moon spoke again.
Qi Yan said: "People have arrived? β
"It's not." Full Moon said, "Look at that carriage, it's so strange, like a chessboard?" β
When Qi Yan heard this, he couldn't help but look over.
"Huh?" She paused, "That's not ......"
"Young lady, do you know someone from Lima?" The full moon stared at the strange carriage and continued to look, only to see that the four sides of the carriage were painted with a grid of Go, and the four walls of the boxy carriage were transformed into a vivid chessboard, which was also dotted with black and white chess pieces.
Full Moon doesn't know how to play chess, and she is confused about the layout of those chess pieces.
At this time, the "chessboard" carriage slowly stopped, and a slightly chubby old man with white hair and white beard walked down from above, the other party said that it was an "old man", but it was not suitable, which made him say that he was old, although he was full of white hair and white beard, but he did not look old, on the contrary, he was in good spirits, but if he looked at his face, he was only about fifty years old.
"Sure enough...... It's him. Qi Yan muttered to himself.
"Who?" Full Moon asked.
"One, a very powerful court official." Qi Yan said.
"Official?" Full Moon looked at the white-haired and white-bearded old man, he was slightly blessed, he looked amiable, he was talking to the person next to him, and he looked more approachable.
"It doesn't look like it......" Full Moon muttered, and couldn't help but look at Qi Yan.
Qi Yan didn't explain too much to the full moon.
The white-haired and white-bearded man in front of him, in his previous life, sat on the throne of a dynasty, and did a lot of things that benefited the country and the people in the court.
Zhou Qian.
The current Zhou Xiangye has not yet been promoted to Yujing, but it will be sooner or later.
Qi Yan thought about it, and couldn't help but look at Zhou Qian.
Speaking of this Zhou Xiangye, in addition to the things he did to benefit the country and the people, there is another thing that has to be mentioned, he is a chess idiot, to what extent?
Horse-drawn carriages were transformed into chessboards.
The black and white chess pieces on the four sides of the carriage are not randomly embellished, but are the four-way chess game that traps Zhou Xiangye. He would show the game in which he was trapped to others, and if anyone could solve it, he would be happy to listen.
Qi Yan remembered that in her previous life, before she died, Zhou Xiangye's chess game only solved three of them, and she didn't know the rest.
Since it was a chess game, Qi Yan couldn't help but look at the chess game.
She only recently learned to play chess, and when she sees the chessboard, her eyes will naturally linger for a while.
"Huh?" Qi Yan looked at the carriage chessboard and paused slightly, as if he had found something.
"Young lady! Young lady! At this moment, the full moon interrupted Qi Yan's and pointed to the carriage not far away, "Childe! That's Childe's carriage! β
Qi Yan followed the full moon's gaze and saw a black wooden carriage stop.
The next person in the car was Xie Fuyi.
The moment he stepped out of the carriage, Qi Yan had to admit that Xie Fu Yi compared the people around him with gloom.
Xie Fu Yi didn't have to dress himself, he just wore his usual shirt, black Shu brocade, narrow sleeves and long collar, and the top was made of Su embroidery flying needles to make precise dark lines. This is the most common of Xie Fuyi's many clothes.
"Gongzi Xie, the material of your clothes is really good!" A person who happened to be very close to Xie Fuyi not only opened his mouth to praise, "Look at the material, it's the best Shu brocade, right?" Hello Xie Gongzi, I forgot to introduce myself, I am the owner of Hongxia Silk Village, called Wang Zhuang. β
Xie Fu Yi smiled: "Hello." β
"The Xie family's cloth business is booming, and Mr. Xie is naturally wearing the best." A person squeezed away the owner of the silk village surnamed Wang, as if racing against time, and hurriedly said, "Hello Gongzi Xie, I am in the rouge gouache business, and the shop is at the end of the street, called ......."
Before he could name him, he was squeezed out by another person.
At this time, Xie Fuyi was surrounded by people, wave after wave of praise, and self-introduction, all the way to Xie Fuyi's ears,
"Hello, I see......" he just smiled, polite and polite.
"Young lady, when are we going to go?" Full Moon asked Qi Yan beside him.
Qi Yan couldn't help but look at the people around Xie Fuyi, and it was no exaggeration to say that Gongzi Xie was surrounded by water.
"Wait." Qi Yan said.
"Let it all go." At this moment, several people dressed as guards walked over.
"What are you doing here?" One of the guards said, "My lord has prepared tea for you at the tea house opposite, please." β
These people surrounded Xie Fuyi, like guarding a stove in the cold winter, and they were not warm enough, and they were reluctant to leave.
The guard took the lead and said: "My lord also said that he will not be polite to people who come uninvited and have to give an inch. β