Chunying didn't know how to answer.

The reason why she was hesitant before was that she didn't know whether to go to Dongfu or not. It's because after she went, she couldn't get out in a year or two, but she always felt that she would turn seventeen next year, and the average girl should get married when she was ten ** years old, and if she did a good job, it was not impossible to come out early. However, if Hu Fei goes to the West, it is uncertain what will happen in the future.

She suddenly felt a little uneasy, raised her eyes and looked at Hu Fei, wondering if the man she fell in love with would still have feelings for her when he came back after three years? Three years later, his status is a little higher, will he still insist on marrying himself? Although he said that he would find a way to please the prince of the county during this time, so that he could take advantage of the other party's momentum to ask the Hou Mansion for his family in the future, but ...... If the prince of the county really appreciates Hu Fei, will he arrange another marriage for Hu Fei? Like what...... The big girl in the palace or the housekeeper's daughter or something?

Hu Fei's feelings for her, I don't know when they began, and she ...... It was only a matter of a few months for Hu Fei to have a relationship between men and women. She doesn't know if she will always maintain her love for him, how can she firmly believe that the other party will always change her heart?

After a while, Chun Ying asked in a hoarse voice: "Is it ...... Must go? Running out of options? ”

Hu Fei softened his gaze and said, "What if...... If you really have no desires, then you can naturally not go. I rejected Hu Neijian, the official position is naturally not successful, these days I have shown my face in Beijing, and if I continue to entangle, I will cause trouble, therefore, it is best to avoid living in Qingrun Store and not see anyone, and wait for the rumors to pass before going out to visit friends, the land can be bought, the business can be done, but ...... There is no backer. How many powerful people are there in Beijing? Any one of them can pinch us to death. As far as I'm concerned, if you can get out here, I'd rather take you back to the south. Although I don't have a backer in the south, I do have some industry. ”

Chunying's eyes lit up: "That...... Then do it! I will think of another way, I must succeed in getting out of the naturalization! Let's not be angry in this capital anymore, just go to the south! ”

The Lu family and his wife, who were hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, heard this, and both frowned in unison, and Lu's mother was about to rush in to speak, but was dragged by her husband and forced back to the main house.

Hu Fei's ears moved, looked at Chunying, and sighed: "Chun'er." It's great that you're willing to come with me, but it's just ...... What about your mom and dad? What about your sister and brother-in-law? ”

"Then follow along......" Chunying suddenly stopped, a little deflated. She naturally wants to be with her family, but her mother, who has never left the scope of Jingshi, and her sister, who has already married and had children, will not agree, right? If it is in modern times, she is separated from her family, it is nothing, modern transportation is convenient, if you want to meet, you can get there quickly by plane and train, but in ancient times, after such a long distance, once separated, you may not be able to see your relatives again in a few years, and some people have not even been able to see their relatives again in their lives. She has developed feelings for her current family, how can she bear to do this?

"That'...... We don't go to the south...... Just live around the capital, Qingrun shop is very good, close to this Zhuangzi. ”

Hu Fei sighed. sat down, took Chunying's hand, looked at her and said, "Chunying, I'll tell you the truth." If I had just returned to the capital, it would have been fine to do so, but now...... I don't know if it was deliberate, or if there was really no way to keep it secret in the palace, in short, the rumor was spreading. These days, I just refuse other people's solicitation and bribery, and I can be regarded as offending people openly and secretly. Relying on the face of Hu Neijian, or rather, relying on the face of the emperor, those high-ranking families will not do anything to me, but they can't help but feel that I don't know how to lift. If I even refute the emperor's face, even Hu Neijian will no longer be able to protect me openly, by then, I will have shown my face in Beijing, the Hu family has already heard of it, and the people in the government also know that I have some money, if my brother wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, or meet a greedy official or a narrow-minded nobleman, I don't know if I can keep this family fortune. If you hide quickly, you may be able to return to the south safely. ”

Chunying was taken aback: "Not really, right?" We can't afford to provoke, can't we hide? As soon as you refuse the emperor, you should immediately hide, Jingshi is so big. What can those people do to you? ”

Hu Fei shook his head: "Even if I hide, you can't hide, don't do it, don't do it, in the Qingguo Marquis Mansion, the third young master knows your relationship with me, and Li Xu also knows, who knows if they will say it?" You can't be asked to be a fugitive slave, because if you are caught, you won't even be able to save your life. Besides......" he smiled coldly, "My surname is Hu, if I die, the hard-earned family property will be taken away by the Hu family, and I can't even turn a blind eye to death!" ”

Chunying's lips moved, but after all, she was silent, and sat down on the opposite chair weakly, only feeling extremely tired mentally and physically: "Why...... I want to do something, and it's so hard......"

Hu Fei smiled faintly and said softly: "Things are not as bad as you think." Think about it, if we were just ordinary rich people, we might be able to live a happy life, but if something happens, we won't even have one to rely on! Originally, I had borrowed the power of the Huo family and the Marquis of Qingguo, but the Huo family had already declined. I don't want to be at the mercy of the Hou Mansion and the Fan family, and I can't rely on the faces of their families in the future. I have no roots and no foundation here, any powerful person can make me suffer a big loss, and now I just rely on the face of Hu Neijian, and others dare not provoke me, but he is just an internal prisoner after all, the world is afraid of the emperor behind him, who actually looks up to him? If you want to live a peaceful life with gold and silver fields, you must have something to rely on. The county king's mansion is also a good choice. It's really uncomfortable to be controlled by people! If you and I are not humble people, how can we be arbitrarily manipulated and helpless?! ”

Chunying raised her eyes to look at him. I didn't make a sound, but I couldn't help nodding in my heart.

Hu Fei sat closer and continued: "Besides, I have been away for a few years, I have seen some of the world, and my heart is more open, and after a few days with you, I feel that it is really worth the loss to put all my attention on revenge on my mother and brother. However, after all, it was my biological parents who were killed, so should I do nothing and watch them defeat on their own? Even if it doesn't kill them, let them learn a lesson! But I can't do it alone. I want to borrow the emperor's power, so naturally I can't brush his will. ”

Chunying looked at him again and sighed in her heart. She is not Hu Fei, and she can think that revenge is not worth it, but for Hu Fei, it is a bloody wound after all. If you repeatedly persuade him not to do anything, even if he agrees, he will have a pimple in his heart, right?

She said lightly: "What you want to do, naturally you make your own decisions, as long as you don't forget about yourself for other people's business." I don't care if you are successful and wealthy in the future, I just want you to be safe...... Live a small life with me in peace. Maybe...... You men still have ambitions in their hearts, right? ”

Hu Fei was stunned and smiled bitterly: "It's not ambitious, it's just ...... When a boy is alive, he must do something, and if I am willing to be dull and achieve nothing, my father will ...... You'll be angry at the spring, right? He often told me that the Hu family has been an imperial merchant for generations, even if I am a concubine who cannot inherit the family business, I cannot fall into the prestige of my ancestors. But then...... He's teaching me not to learn from those kids, I don't know how to improve. ”

Chunying stood up and stared straight at him. Zhengse asked: "Then let me ask you, if you really go to the West this time, will you be considered to have made a difference?" What are your plans for when you come back? ”

"Naturally, it can be regarded as a difference." Hu Fei hurriedly said, "When Emperor Taizong, the internal supervisor went to the West, but it was to raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, and the trade route was not completed. I've only gone this time, and I'm already famous in history. I'm going to ...... I am only an attaché in the mission, and I have no official position, and when the fleet returns, the emperor will be rewarded, and then I will find an excuse to go back to the south to live a happy life. At that time, I will have a reputation, merit, and a backer, and the local officials will not dare to provoke me. If something big happens, the prince of the county also has a palace in Nanjing, as long as it is not the emperor who provokes us, who will dare to embarrass us? After a pause, "At that time, my identity will be different, no matter how horizontal the Hou Mansion is, I will also have the confidence to ask for people from them." ”

"I don't need you to ask for it." Chunying whispered, "I'll come out on my own!" ”

Hu Fei smiled: "Okay, I also believe that you will come out on your own." Chun Ying is the smartest and most capable girl I've ever met! ”

Chunying wanted to laugh, but for some reason, she had the urge to cry: "Is it really three years?" I'm telling you, I'll be an old girl in three years, if you don't come back...... Hum! ”

"Three years, really! Three years later, the emperor turned 30 years old, and it was the tenth year of his pro-government. Hu Fei smiled flatteringly, "Even if we want to play for another two months, the people who go with us will urge us to come back." To tell you the truth, I have already calculated in my heart, along the way, I will secretly urge the prince to order to go faster, our destination is the West, don't worry about other places along the way, maybe it won't take three years. ”

"You can't be too fast, you have to see the weather before you can set sail, otherwise you will find death, there is an endless sea! When in danger, there is nowhere to call for help. Chunying was very helpless, how was she persuaded by him? She looked at Hu Fei, and her expression suddenly became fierce: "If you dare not come back, or marry someone else after you come back, see how I teach you!" ”

Hu Fei smiled, and Chun Ying glared at him: "What are you laughing at?" You think I wouldn't dare?! Turning around to look for scissors, Hu Fei hurriedly stopped her, looked at her for a while, and then took out a small flat box from his arms, opened the lid of the box, and revealed a few pieces of paper inside, and a bunch of keys: "These...... It is the deed of the two houses in Nanbian and Qingrundian, as well as the title deeds of the grange, and the deed of ten shops I bought in Nanjing. There are two keys from the warehouse in the south house, two from the Qingrun store, and one ...... It's a box. He leaned close to Chunying and whispered in his ear, "In the backyard of Qingrundian's house, under the third pomegranate tree on the east side, directly opposite the position of the pillar, I buried a box, which contained some jewels I had collected in Nanyang, as well as some gold and silver. This is almost all my net worth, you carefully put it away for me, I only took some silver and silver tickets on the road. ”

Chunying's eyes widened: "What are you doing for me?!" Find a place to save it yourself! ”

Hu Fei shook his head: "Where do I have a place to store?" Besides, no matter what I think, there is always a risk in going to sea, if I ...... Can't really come back......"

"What nonsense?!" Chunying was shocked and angry, "You obviously said it was safe!" ”

"Okay, I'm not going to talk about that." Hu Fei was busy making compensation, and after thinking about it, he changed his words, "I know that my daughter's family is different from our men, and if the good years are delayed, it will be a matter of a lifetime." All I can do is put these mundane things in your hands. If anything happens in the future, you can live a good life with this. ”

Chunying's eyes turned red, and she stuffed the box back into his hand: "I don't want you to do this!" Who are you and I? Do you only know how to covet your money? I have money myself! ”

Hu Fei handed the box to her again: "Don't make a fuss, you just take it, if you don't give it to you, who else can I give it to?" Naturally, I trusted you to do this. If it were someone else, I wouldn't dare to give up all my wealth. Even if it is Li Xu, I just ask him to take care of my Zhuangzi, and half of the annual land rent belongs to him, but I can't give him this title deed, my friend doesn't do this, and he also has his difficulties. ”

Chunying bit her lip and took the box with a trembling hand, only to feel that it was so heavy that it was breathless. She knew what this meant, at least eighty percent of the money he had earned in the past three or four years was here, and her determination to be free was even stronger, even if it was for the trust entrusted by Hu Fei, she had to do her best to fight.

She took a deep breath and asked, "You bring more silver with you, you always need to use it on the road, or use it as capital, by the way, if you have any cheap goods, take them out to exchange for some things, or if you go to the local area, you can exchange some local products to come home......

"I've got it ready." Hu Fei smiled, "I took most of the living money with me, and these are dead things." There is also a letter in the box, with my fingerprint on it, stating that I have given you all these things, lest the people of the Hu family hear the rumors and come to you to find trouble. Just remember, don't let the people of the Hou Mansion know, lest they find an opportunity to swallow it. There are also people who have never seen the world's small family, and they refuse to let go of even a little bit of silver from others. ”

Chunying smiled, touched the box with her hand, held back the grief in her heart, and asked, "If it's early spring next year, you'll leave...... How long will you stay in the capital? ”

Hu Fei hesitated: "Early spring next year...... I have to start from Nanjing...... Therefore, after the New Year, I had to go south with the group. ”

Chunying sniffed: "Okay, then you come to our house during the New Year, and let's spend it together." ”

Hu Fei smiled and nodded emphatically.

Lu Yougui quietly left the door, returned to the main house, crossed his legs on the kang, and sat still. Mother Lu pushed him anxiously: "Why don't you go and persuade him?" Such a good son-in-law is about to fly! ”

"What's the hurry?" Lu Yougui glanced at her, thinking of the box in his daughter's hand, he only felt that his heart was settled. What man would give his entire wealth to his sweetheart who has not yet married, and then run away to marry another person? Even if he marries another person, with those things, his daughter will not suffer if he doesn't marry for three years! It's just that he turned around and had to find an opportunity to persuade his daughter, don't be too dead-eyed, Hengzhi will be a family in the future, and these industries should be hidden in another safe place. In this way, even if Hu Fei changes his mind in the future and comes to beg for it, their family will have the confidence to ask him to give his daughter an explanation!

Seeing that he didn't move, Mother Lu was so anxious that she stomped her feet: "What the hell are you thinking?!" If this son-in-law is gone, it will not be easy for our daughter to find such a good one again! Besides, this reputation has spread out, recently because Brother Hu didn't come to our house, there is gossip in the village, if he really goes for three years, our daughter wants to find another person, it's not easy to find! If the girl is really stupid, wait for three years, and she will become an old girl! What then?! ”

Lu Yougui glared at her impatiently: "What kind of character is Brother Hu, don't you know yet?!" Put a hundred and twenty hearts! Besides, if you want to give Chunying another person, who can you find? Our girl and Brother Hu are a natural pair! You mix less! He just heard clearly, his daughter didn't know when, she didn't speak and act, she didn't look like a girl's ring, what kind of Western fleet, what raised the prestige of the country, as well as the clan, the embassy or something, the two of them talked about it and slipped away, and the daughter also said that she wanted to go out of the house by herself, and she didn't want Brother Hu to ask for it, which can be regarded as ambitious, right? Such a knowledgeable daughter, if he is an ordinary little girl, he will be reluctant!

Three years is three years, anyway...... If his family wants to get out of the country, won't it take a year or two? When he left the house and became a rich man, he also went to other places to buy a Zhuangzi to live in, and after a year and a half, who knew that his family was once someone else's slave? The young lady of the rich family married a young and promising official, who dares to say that his daughter is not worthy of the ...... of Brother Hu...