"How can you be lazy? It's clear that your chess skills are too good, and I can't fight you for two more rounds even if I rack my brains, and you won't let me! Feng Qingfang pretended to be dissatisfied and complained.

The old man was coaxed into laughter, and immediately set the plate to start the second game.

Feng poured a cup of tea for the other party with arrogance, and then said, "Father-in-law, in fact, I have always had a question in my heart that I want to ask you. ”

"What's the doubt?"

"It's Manager Wan, he is both loyal and capable, he has kept Lockeburg in good order over the years, and he has taken care of your boss very intimately, it stands to reason that he is the best candidate to take over Lockefort in the future, why would he rather give me the position of castle lord to be irresponsible, and just don't consider him?"

"It's not that the old man didn't consider him, but after observation and consideration, he felt that he was not suitable, so he chose another candidate." Old Man Luo said lightly, and then left a son.

Feng Qingfang looked confused: "Inappropriate? I think he's a good fit, at least much more suitable than me. ”

He ...... Alas, needless to say, in any case, I will not hand Lockeburg into his hands, for the sake of my men and the whole Lockeburg. ”

Old Man Luo said, frowning slightly, and suddenly turned his head to stare at Feng Qingfang, "You don't want to step down and never come back, right?" ”

"No, no, of course not, how could I be such an irresponsible person?" Feng Qing hurriedly denied it.

However, the fact is that she really wants to give up the position of the young master, but she is worried that once she says this, the old man will directly put her here and not let her leave, so she has no choice but to say things against her will.

After playing chess for more than two hours, the old man's illness suddenly recurred, and he fell asleep, Feng Qingfang settled him down, and went back to the courtyard where he lived before to rest.

It wasn't until the evening that she heard a report from someone that the old man had woken up, so she rushed over to visit him again.

When they entered the house, Wan Ye happened to come out of it, and neither of them greeted each other, but just glanced at each other, and then continued to move forward.

"Father-in-law, you woke up, how do you feel now?"

"I've slept and I'm refreshed again!" The old man smiled and said, "I originally wanted to play a few games of chess with you, but now that it's getting late, let's let you go for the time being, and let's fight again tomorrow?" ”

Feng smiled and sat down.

The two finished their dinner with a smile and a smile, and then sat by the fire drinking tea and chatting.

"Now you can tell me why you came back this time, right?" The old man finally got down to business.

Feng Qingfang lowered his head and replied: "I want to find a medicinal herb called purple stinger, I remember when I saw the painting of purple herb in the medicine pavilion of Luojiabao before, you said that it was purple sting, so I thought, you should have this medicine, or do you know who has it?" ”

"Purple stinger?" Old man Luo was surprised, "It is a very rare medicinal material, few people in the world can plant it, although the old man knows that there is such a medicine, and he is fortunate to have seen it, but he does not have it in his hand, what are you looking for this medicine for?" ”

"A friend of mine in the capital was poisoned and needed this flavor medicine to prepare an antidote, but I couldn't find it after looking for a long time, so I had to go back to Yanzhou to ask you."

"Then do you know who in the rivers and lakes has cultivated this medicine?"

"The old man hasn't interacted with other sects in the rivers and lakes for many years, it's really not clear," Old Man Luo shook his head and said, "However, I once saw a doctor in the rivers and lakes back then, he planted a lot of purple nettles, and now that decades have passed, maybe his heirs still have them in their hands." ”

Hearing this, Feng Qingfang hurriedly asked, "Then where is his heir?" ”

"This is unknown, in order to avoid the disputes in the rivers and lakes, the divine doctor has always been uncertain, and no one has ever known where he is, let alone his descendants."

"Even you don't know?" Feng Qingyan suddenly felt lost, she had always thought that she could get some information about Purple Purple from Old Man Luo, but the truth was often disappointing.

Old Man Luo said again: "If you really want to find this medicine, you can also send the people of Luojiabao to search around the rivers and lakes, and maybe you can also find the descendants of the miracle doctor." ”

"It would be best if you could find it, but the rivers and lakes are deep, and it is not easy to find someone who has long since lost a trace, and even if you can find it, I don't know how long it will take, and whether my friend will be able to wait until the day when he finds it." Feng Qingfang said worriedly.

"Luo Jiabao still has some power in the rivers and lakes, as long as the old man and I say a word, people from other sects will definitely help, at least a few months, at most a year and a half can have a definite result," Old Man Luo said firmly, "Your friend won't even be able to wait for this little time, right?" ”

Feng Qingyan was a little relieved and said, "A year and a half is not a problem, I just hope to find medicine and detoxify as soon as possible, so that I can suffer less crimes." ”

"Don't worry, the old man will write a letter to those who have a relationship with Luojiabao as soon as possible, and ask them to help find it, it shouldn't take too long."

"In this way, thank you father-in-law." Feng Qingfang said gratefully.

"What thanks? Besides, many of the disciples of Luojiabao are cultivated by you, and you are the young master, you have the right to send them to do things, as long as it is not harmful to Luojiabao's interests, you can make your own decisions, and you don't need to ask me. ”

When the old man said this, he wanted to really delegate power, in fact, it was already like this two years ago, but Feng Qingfang left for so long that he forgot his authority as a young master for a while.

After pondering for a while, the old man asked again, "When do you plan to return to the capital?" ”

"Two days later."

Feng replied truthfully, originally she told Feng Heng that she could go back in half a month, but at that time, she was worried that her father would not agree, so she deliberately shortened the time, and judging from the itinerary, half a month is obviously not enough.

Although I really want to go back as soon as possible, I am not in a hurry for a day or two, I haven't seen the old man for so long, and I have to entrust him with errands as soon as I come, so I should stay with him and accompany the old man.

"Even if you still have a little conscience, you can play a few games of chess with the old man in the past two days, and when you return to the capital, no one can play with you like this." The old man said with a smug smile.

Speaking of playing chess, Feng Qingfang thought of Mu Liancheng, who also loved this mental activity, so he couldn't help but say: "I have a friend who also loves to play chess, and his chess skills are not inferior to your father-in-law, maybe you can sit down and play against him when you have the opportunity in the future." ”

"Oh? Where's that friend of yours? Who is it? Hearing that someone's chess skills could be equal to his own, the old man suddenly became excited, "Why don't you call him over, and the old man will kill a few games with him?" Or I'll go find him! ”

Feng Qing couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are really a chess idiot, saying that the wind is rain, how can I call people here on this big night?" Moreover, he is in the capital, far away from here, and he is usually very busy, so he usually has no time to play chess with others now. ”

"That would be a pity." The old man sighed and shook his head, and after a pause, he suddenly asked, "Your friend, could it be the poisoned friend that Fang just said?" ”

"Isn't that exact?" Feng Qingfang lowered his eyebrows and looked sad, "He is still very young and a good person, he shouldn't have been taken away from his life like this." ”

The old man glanced at her, lowered his eyelids thoughtfully, and spoke again after a period of silence: "In order to have the opportunity to play against him in the future, the old man should do his best to help you find purple stinger, but girl, you should also be mentally prepared, because this herb may not still exist." ”

Feng Qingfang bowed slightly: "I know." ”

Two days later, Feng set off from Yanzhou City and also took about ten days to arrive in the capital.

On the day of entering the city, it happened to be the New Year, and a wine banquet was held in the palace, and all the princes and nobles had entered the palace to attend the banquet, and Feng Heng and Feng Changqing, father and son, naturally also went.

When Feng Qingfang came back, there was only an empty mansion, deserted, and even Lin Yunqi was not there.

At first, she thought that Lin Yunqi had returned to the Lin family in Lanzhou, but after Qin Luo said it, she realized that she had followed Feng Changqing into the palace to the banquet.

At this time, a bad premonition poured into Feng Qing's heart, Lin Yunqi has always wanted to be the imperial concubine, this time she entered the palace and finally met Mu Liancheng, she would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

"Xiao Luo, quickly help me comb my hair, don't be too solemn, just see people, I'll rush into the palace."

Feng said lightly, and sat down in front of the dresser, the reason why she asked Qin Luo to help was because she was skillful and fast, if she did it herself, it wouldn't take half an hour.

"You want to enter the palace?" Qin Luo was a little surprised and hesitant, "The banquet has already begun, and you don't have an invitation, how can you get in?" ”

"What's so hard about entering the palace? Don't you still have a passpass? Feng Qing raised his eyes wildly and looked at Qin Luo's reluctant face in the bronze mirror, and smiled a little slyly, "You borrowed it from me once last time, so you will borrow it again." ”

Qin Luo was very embarrassed, because she had already been transferred back to the palace, today she guessed that Feng Qingyan should come back, and came to see her when she was out of the palace to do business, if she lent the token again, she was afraid that she would not be able to go back on time to pay the errand.

"Of course, it's not a problem to lend you a token, but when the emperor learned that you left the capital, he thought that you left him behind again as before, and he was angry, so it's useless for you to see it, why don't you wait until another day when he is a little less angry?"

"You didn't explain it to me?" Feng asked anxiously.

"Didn't you say that you couldn't tell the emperor the reason for your departure? How else can I explain? ”

"You can explain it however you want, don't you know how to make up nonsense?"

"I'm not good at this ......"

Feng Qingfang almost fell to the ground, and couldn't help but raise his head and sigh: "I'm really angry, you just watched the emperor misunderstand me, and didn't help me say a word!" Seeing that you are usually smart and clever, why are you so stupid this time? ”

"What a shrewd person the emperor is, do you think it's so easy to fool?" Qin Luowu muttered to himself, and hurriedly straightened Feng Qing's hair.

After changing his clothes, Feng Qingfang didn't have time to drink saliva, so he directly took Qin Luo's pass token and entered the palace.