"Miss, the slave and maid will go with you." Qiu Qi looked at Zheng Wan who was packing up her burden, and her heart was anxious.

"Nope." Zheng Wan ignored Qiu Qi's request.

"Miss." Qiu Qi's voice had a hint of dragging. "If you go alone, the slave is really not at ease. Take your slave and maidservant with you. The slave will definitely not drag the young lady down. ”

"What are you going to do? It's not for women to go in the army, so I have to be careful to deal with it alone, and taking you with me will only add to the trouble. Now we are like ants, weak and vulnerable. Be careful so that we can go on. I begged to go, and I can still convince alone. Don't talk about it again. ”

"It's all because Qiu Qi is not strong enough."

"Well, you're the one I trust the most. You paid attention to the various forces in Kyoto Castle in the palace and really helped me. Zheng Wan's face showed a slight smile. The forces of Kyoto Castle are intertwined, and we have a long way to go. ”

"Miss. Don't worry, the slave won't let the young lady down. ”

"Did you find the shop you were looking for a few days ago?"

"I'm a little eyebrow-raising." Qiu Qi's speech became serious. "There is a shop in the west of the city that I want to transfer, the location is excellent and the price is cheap. The shopkeeper said that he wanted to go back to his hometown, but the slave maid felt that there was a problem, so she made a special inquiry and found that the shop had offended a bunch of splashes in the west of the city, so she couldn't do business at all. That's why I want to transfer the shop. If you can't solve those scoundrels, even if you buy the restaurant, you won't be able to do business. ”

"What's the origin of those scoundrels?"

"I've seen those pungent heads, Miss."

"I've seen it?"

"Well, Miss saved that person's sister in Yundeguan."

"Lots of money? A figure flashed in Zheng Wan's mind. "I know a lot of friends, I live in the west of the city, and you can find me if you ask for more money." Is this saving person right?

"This is the man, he is the notoriously mischievous scoundrel, and no one dares to provoke him, but this man is very good to his sister. I was thinking about whether to blackmail him with his sister, but Qiu Qi didn't dare to make his own decisions, so I came back and asked Miss. ”

"Threatened? No, not a good idea. This kind of person can't use coercion, as long as he has the opportunity, he will definitely be able to make you anxious. But his sister was a good breakthrough. We can start with her sister, and if he can be on our side, there will be many benefits to starting a business in the future. Zheng Wan pondered for a moment, "How many people are left in those courtyards near the outskirts of the city?" ”

Zheng Wan's eyes looked at the small bamboo forest outside. The wind was blowing, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

"I didn't have a lot of money, so I could only buy yards in three places before, and I originally divided ten people into each courtyard, and then some people brought some little beggars, so now there are forty-two people. According to the instructions of the young lady, I distinguished everyone's bones according to the method taught by the young lady, and put some materials for martial arts training in the courtyard near the mountain villa in the suburbs. Others still live in the original yard. Here's the roster. Qiu Qi took out a few pieces of paper from his arms.

Zheng Wan looked at the roster, "What's the name of the person who wrote these things?" Zheng Wan raised the silk paper in his hand.

"Du Xiao, the word Chengyun."

"He's very smart. Scholar? ”

"It is said that he is a down-and-out scholar who has repeatedly failed to make the list. Later, he was just a poor scholar in the Qinglou, and soon he ran out of money, so he had some credit, and the old bustard in the Qinglou naturally didn't let him go, so he asked him to buy some children. He couldn't bear it, so he used the money from the Qinglou to buy the children and fled with those children. Helpless, he was a hero, and his legs were scrapped. When the slave went to buy a child, the man gave it away. I didn't want it, but I saw how talented he was, and I thought it wasn't useless, and I could take care of the child, so I left him. ”

He wrote in great detail about the strengths and weaknesses of these forty or so people. He really looks at others carefully. Write down how to teach them according to their aptitude, how to develop their strengths and avoid weaknesses to develop their potential. He's not simple. It's a character. ”

"Mademoiselle is going to use him?"

"Yes, I'll leave the matter of the restaurant to him, I will see his ability, and after successfully taking over the restaurant, I will change it into a green building. The name is called Huan Lou. When the time comes, let him pick a few of these lists that he thinks is appropriate for him to use. Zheng Wan handed the paper back to Qiu Qi.

"Qinglou?" Qiu Qi, as a little girl, couldn't help blushing and looking a little embarrassed.

"Yes, and I'm going to build the most prestigious green house in Kyoto City. Qinglou is the easiest place to get all kinds of news, and the more mixed it is, the more valuable information you can find. And the concealment is good. Zheng Wan put her hand on Qiu Qi's shoulder, "I know that this kind of place hides dirt and dirt. It is also a bad memory for you that this place is white. I can only promise that I will not force good people to become prostitutes. ”

Qiu Qi looked at Zheng Wan fixedly, "Miss doesn't need to say much. The slave is white. ”

"If this Du Chengyun is unwilling to do this, then kill him." Zheng Wan changed her gentle tone just now, and her cold attitude surprised Qiu Qi.

"No." Qiu Qi did not question it and agreed.

"Don't you ask why?" A smile appeared on Zheng Wan's face.

"Miss has her own reason."

"Sometimes it's not a good thing for people to be too smart. He is a very useful man, but if such a talented person cannot be used by us, then he is a threat to us. And he's already aware of something. Some outsiders don't understand, if he can't help us, then he will become a thorn in our whole plan, and a very important thorn, we can't lose, so we can only bear to pull it out. Zheng Wan's tone was very normal.

"Autumn beggars are white." Qiu Qi hesitated a little, his face became abnormal, and he suddenly knelt down. "Miss."

"What are you doing here? Something to hide from me? ”

"Miss, the slave does have something to hide. Originally, I thought about how to say it, on the yin side, we are people from the Zheng Mansion, and it is not a good thing if someone finds out, so everything outside is carried out by my brother, and the slave has no intention of concealing it, but the timing of my brother's return is really not good. Slave maid, it is the slave maid who did something wrong, and she should not hide it from Miss. Qiu Qi bowed his head.

"Your brother is here? Fifth brother? ”

"Yes."

"Didn't he go home?" Zheng Wan was slightly surprised, in fact, Qiu Qi was not an orphan, but was sold by her parents, there were too many children in the family, and he sold it if he couldn't support him, but Qiu Qi was so strong that he didn't want to admit it, and after buying her, her fifth brother actually came over, her fifth brother didn't talk much, his face was cold, but he was actually a person who was affectionate, and at the age of twelve he was already going out to make money to supplement the family, and when he learned that his little sister was sold, he left home without saying a word to look for it, and made a living by begging, and it took a year all the way to Kyoto City. This kind of person is really a person with a very strong will.

Qiu Qi raised his hand and looked at Zheng Wan, and his lonely look made Zheng Wan's heart ache. "Say it." Fingers trembled slightly.

"When my brother found me, I wanted to take me away. At that time, the young lady also knew. But since I've been abandoned by my parents, I'm not going back. My brother couldn't resist me, so he begged the second son to admit him to the Zheng Mansion. The second son did not agree, and the young lady said at that time that she would let Qiu beg follow her brother, and Qiu Qi was afraid that the young lady would not ask for Qiu Qi again if she knew that her brother was going to stay, so the slave maid did not approve of her brother entering the Zheng Mansion. The elder brother guarded outside several times, and later the second son proposed to let the elder brother learn kung fu and secretly protect the young lady when the time came. The slave maid thought this method was good, so she persuaded her brother. My brother went to practice martial arts all these years, and it wasn't until the siege of Liang Chu that my brother hurried back. Qiu Qi looked at Zheng Wan with a little guilt in his eyes, "Miss happened to need someone at this time, so Qiu Qi made up her own mind." Too many things happened at once, and the Zheng family became more noticeable, so my brother never came to see Miss, just for fear of being detected, and the slave knew that she shouldn't act like this, but Qiu Qi just wanted to say that my brother and I would be loyal to Miss. Qiu Qi kowtowed heavily after speaking, and the sound of his forehead hitting the ground hit Zheng Wan's heart one by one.

"Second brother. It turns out that you have been protecting me all along, in your way. Zheng Wan looked at Qiu Qi steadily, Qiu Qi was much smarter than she thought. Get up. Zheng Wan sat down slowly, her face a little pale. The eyelids drooped slightly, and I couldn't see through the look inside.

"Miss." Qiu Qi was still kneeling, his eyes were red, and he stared at Zheng Wan tightly.

After a moment, Zheng Wancai said softly, "Get up." I don't blame you. When I come back this time, let your brother come and see me. ”

"No."

"You are alone in the Zheng Mansion, so you should also be careful. Protect yourself. ”

"Qiu Qi will definitely live up to Miss's entrustment."

"When I went out for a while, I declared that I was practicing behind closed doors. I have discussed this matter with my father, so I just don't let anyone else into my room when the time comes. ”

"No. Be careful, miss. ”

Zheng Wan nodded. Along the way, it was really challenging not to let people notice that she knew martial arts, and to protect herself from injury. "Those martial arts talents will be handed over to your brother for training. The rest are except for the people selected by Du Chengyun. You divide them according to what is written on this list. We need to cultivate our own power. ”

"No."

"Hey, hey." Zheng Wan suddenly chuckled, "Really." Let Qiu beg joke, it's rare for us to separate, and I suddenly chattered. ”

Qiu Qi couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this. "Without the care of the slaves, the young lady suffered."

"Well, there's not much time to check. I'm leaving, too, and you have to be careful. ”

"Miss, wait for you to come back."

"Shouyun. We're leaving. Zheng Shengdong called outside.

"Gone." Zheng Wan patted Qiu Qi's shoulder, and followed the fourth uncle out of Zheng's mansion with his baggage, and several horses were already prepared at the door.

"Can you ride?"

"Nature." Zheng Wanli got on the horse.

"Let's go."

Several people left Kyoto Castle on horseback.