Although Danzhou City and the old capital are almost the same scale of big cities, the geographical location of Danzhou allows her to avoid the iron hooves trampled by the two countries when they were at war, and it is not like the old capital has been baptized by war, famine and earth dragon, so Danzhou City has always retained its former style.

At this time, the prosperity of Danzhou City Market is comparable to the capital, walking in the bluestone paved alleys, the eyes are all pink walls and black tiles, high pecking eaves teeth, and even the sound of hawkers selling and selling in the ears is full of soft language and rural interest, as if when you come here, life becomes less impatient, and even people follow the elegance.

Qin Yining held the arm of the owl, and imitated a beautiful concubine who tried hard to please her master, she was coquettish and stupid all the way, rubbing him intentionally or unintentionally with her delicate body, and the shawl was lightly fluttering when walking, and the fragrance was gusting.

She was born with such a look, and she deliberately dressed up, and deliberately made a frivolous appearance to attract attention, and the pedestrians and peddlers on the road all stopped, and looked at the wonderful man and woman with their mouths open. Even the woman couldn't resist taking a few more looks.

"Young master, people still like that pair of shrimp bracelets."

"You give Ye Xiang a sip, don't say a pair of shrimp bracelets, even a complete set of ruby head noodles will be given to you, huh?"

"You're necrotic."

The beauty said "bad", but she was still just snuggling up to the rich young master dressed in flowers.

Everyone smacked their tongues, and there were also women who spat at Qin Yining's back, and the woman wearing a hat who had not left the pavilion stopped to look in the direction of Xiao Xiao, but after seeing that rude and vulgar behavior, no matter how handsome the human nature is, it will be annoying if it is not pleasing.

The two took the two maidservants and the tiger to swagger through the city, Qin Yining bought a lot of rouge and noodles, and also bought a lot of new rulers, even the little tigers, rattles and delicate windmills that children played.

"The ruler took it back to cut clothes for the family, and the children's gifts were also indispensable." After lunch, the group came to the shore of Biqing Lake and boarded the second-floor painting boat they had just bought.

Qin Yining rubbed his sore calves and said, "Let's rest in the painting boat in the afternoon, I see that the scenery here is very good, and there are singing songs on other painting boats, it's not bad to listen to it." ”

"How fresh, do we need to listen to other music? We've got someone to come by ourselves, but we'll be there in the afternoon. Xiao Xiao smiled, "Since you are here to show off, how can there be less of these pomp and circumstance?" ”

Qin Yining found a comfortable angle to lie on the chaise longue, and sighed comfortably: "It's tiring enough to swing wide, I'm not afraid to go out for a walk, or I'm too tired to act outside." Therefore, it is true to say that the champion is the champion, and it is not easy for those who specialize in deception. ”

"Of course, there is an easy thing to do in this world." Xiao Xiao dragged a small pestle and sat beside Qin Yining, kneading her legs and feet with big hands.

Qin Yining turned over and lay on his side, "Hey, have you arranged for someone to investigate the situation in the city?" What exactly is the Lu family's arrangement here? After all, Danzhou is a big city, and it has never been baptized by war, so I suspect that most of the business here should be handled by the Lu family. ”

"I've sent someone to investigate." Xiao Xiao said in a low voice while massaging Qin Yining, "In the days when we are waiting for the news, let's try our best to show off, it is best to let everyone in Danzhou City know that there is a rich young master in Danzhou, and he is still the kind of brainless and showy temperament." ”

"Okay." Qin Yining's eyes were shining, and his expression was eager to try.

"It seems that you are also very happy to play the concubine?"

Qin Yining just looked at Xiao Xiao with gentle eyes and smiled, and looked at Xiao Xiao with a bang in his heart.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Qin Yining shook his head and said softly: "I'm not happy to play a concubine, but the two of us rarely have such a chance to be together." It's fun to hang out with you and watch you spend a lot of money. ”

The heart of the owl is about to melt.

He understood that Sister Yi liked to stay with him, whether it was for her to pretend to be a concubine or something, as long as she was with him, she liked it very much.

How can you be so soft, so well-behaved?

"Sister Yi, you are so good." Regardless of it, he held Qin Yining in his arms as if he were a child.

Bingtang and Jiyun, who were waiting on the side, both blushed, and Zhiqu'er retreated, withdrawing all the guards on this floor.

The two talked and laughed in the room for an afternoon, and they really cherished the opportunity at the moment, as if they had gone out to play, and lived up to such a good time.

In the next few days, Qin Yining and Xiao Xiao continued to play in Danzhou City and several famous places around it. Danzhou is near the water, most of the two of them go by painting boat, all the way to the lake and mountains, the breeze blows, and the eyes are the open scenery of the sky and the water and the wild geese over thousands of miles, as if even the depression in the heart has been dispersed.

Soon, the spies arranged by Xiao Xiao brought back the news they had discovered.

"If you don't take a closer look, you don't know that half of the big and small businesses here are the Lu family's industry, and the business involves all walks of life. There is also a large mansion of the Lu family in the local area, which seems to be a side branch close to the family, and Master Lu is the cousin of the current head of the Lu family.

"There is another one, the local magistrate is also closely related to the Lu family, and the daughter-in-law of the magistrate is the girl of the Lu family."

Qin Yining and Xiao Xiao glanced at each other.

"So, this place has almost become a hall of words for the Lu family, whether it is a court hall or a shopping mall, the Lu family has its own connections?"

"Exactly." The spy said, "It's because we want to find out who is responsible for the Lu family and Guangtong this time, it's as difficult as climbing to the sky, first of all, the Lu family has people who are leading in all aspects, and I don't know who they will arrange." In addition, with the ability of the Lu family, they may not take the Guangtong in their eyes at all. ”

Xiao Xiao nodded, said "hard work", and asked his subordinates to rest.

Qin Yining put on a jacket, tilted his head and looked at the river outside the Ruyi window, and said leisurely: "This situation is exactly what I expected, don't say it's just a small Guangtong number, that is, the Qiu family really came forward, and people who have not been to Jianchuan in person may not realize what kind of behemoth the Qiu family is, how can they attach importance to this 'small business' of selling official beards?" ”

Big things, often done and never caught, will become ordinary.

Qin Yining couldn't help but think of Lu Heng.

When Lu Heng returned to Beijing, he also came to visit, and she also understood his intentions for her, and he must have known what she meant by her rejection of him. So Lu Heng never appeared again after that.

Qin Yining couldn't help but think, did Lu Heng know that the Lu family was doing such a business?

But after thinking about it, if Lu Heng doesn't make a contribution, how can he influence the use of people in the imperial court? So Lu Heng should know all these things.

"I now know what the Lu family is referring to to to make money. This kind of business is a huge profit for the Lu family. Xiao Xiao sat next to Qin Yining, took the candied fruit on the table and fed her one.

Qin Yining opened his mouth and swallowed it, a bag on his cheek, and blinked his eyes to signal Xiao Xiao to continue.

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but tapped her cheek and said with a smile: "You think, the most important thing in being an official is the relationship between the DPRK and China, and it is the norm for people of the same faction to form a group to support each other and use each other.

"This time the Qiu family buys an official, even if they choose their own person to do it, after watching it for a long time, this person will definitely gradually become a member of the Lu family's faction, this is an inevitable situation.

"The Lu family sold this official, not only making a lot of profits, but also planting a network of their own in the court, and this kind of good business with one stone is only done once. After a long time, there are many people in the court, and there is a lot of money in their hands, so it is no wonder that the Lu family has become such a behemoth. ”

Qin Yining nodded, "That's exactly the truth." If you want me to say, people are too good at thinking about money, and they can do whatever they want, but it is difficult to go on like this for a long time without causing trouble. ”

"Yes, if you want fame and fortune, you have to pay a lot, and you have to take more risks."

Qin Yining looked at the river outside the window of the painting boat and said, "We've been here for so many days, and we still don't have a clue, seeing that less than a month is the time for the two of them to trade, will we be too late?" ”

Xiao Xiao stroked Qin Yining's loose bun with his big hand, and said with a smile: "Let's pay attention to observation, we can always find a breakthrough, and even if the worst one really makes them successful, we have other ways." ”

Qin Yining thought about it and smiled with relief, "You're right, I'm too nervous." ”

"Don't be nervous, just assume we're here to play. Errands are secondary. ”

If Mr. Xu and Mr. Xie hear this, I'm afraid they will be very angry, right?

Qin Yining was affected by his carefree attitude, and he was really no longer so nervous.

Another day passed, and there was still no clue who the Lu family was in charge of this business.

But a well-known event happened in the city of Danzhou.

Lu Zheng, the eldest young master of the Lu family in Danzhou City, sold his fiancée, who grew up together since childhood and was like a brother, to the Incense Picking Pavilion. The "fiancée" who was sold was also a first-class maid of the Lu family, and I don't know what she did wrong.

What kind of place to go is the incense pavilion, just look at the name to know.

Generally, in order to cherish the feathers, even if the subordinates who did the wrong thing were disposed of, they found someone to sell them, and they did not directly sell the maidservants to Goolan Courtyard like this. What's more, this big girl who was sold is still the wife of Master Lu's closest relatives who have not passed through the door.

Qin Yining was sitting next to the window on the second floor of the teahouse, and he could still hear people talking about this matter in a low voice.

Xiao Xiao whispered to the tiger behind him: "This matter is interesting. You go and find out, what kind of servant girl is this sold, and how close is there between that long follower and the eldest young master. ”

"Yes." Huzi responded and walked downstairs quickly.

Qin Yining said with a smile: "If this matter is done well, we can still use it." ”

"Yes, it's easy to have such a breakthrough."

Huzi went to inquire about the news quickly, and when Qin Yining and Xiao Xiao returned to the painting boat, Huzi had already returned.

"That long entourage is called Lu Xi, an orphan picked up by the eldest young master Lu Zheng when he was a child, the two grew up together, and they said that they were long followers, but everyone in Danzhou City knows that Lu Xi is the number one person, and he is the most trusted person by the eldest young master."