Dingguohou's words have been asked clearly enough, Xue Ji listened to it on the side, his scalp was numb, he had to listen to these things if he heard anything bad, and it was not necessarily a good thing to know too much.

Qin Xu didn't make a sound, but the look in his eyes already said everything.

"Then it's up to you to decide what you do with the bait." Dingguo Marquis said meaningfully. "After all, blood is thicker than water."

"If it weren't for my blood relatives, I wouldn't have had to make this trip."

Dingguohou walked out of the Qingbo Pavilion with a fishing rod, stepped over several steps, and sat down sideways by the lake. "I've seen too much of this kind of drama. I will not talk bitterly about brothers as brothers, and you will not listen."

Speaking of this, the Marquis of Dingguo paused for a moment, he looked back at Qin Xu who was following closely, and laughed softly, "Besides, it is clearly a matter of two people, and it is unfair to say this to you alone."

"What do you mean?"

"A fish cannot live without water, and an eagle is better than a pheasant without claws."

Looking at each other, Qin Xu was still pondering.

Dingguo Hou threw the hook into the lake and turned around. "As for whether the fish can be caught or not, that's what the angler can do. If you are where you are today, you must be as capable as you are."

Both of them stopped making a sound, as if they were concentrating on fishing, but neither of them had their eyes on the lake, one looking at the sky, and the other secretly had something on their minds.

After noon, the sun was the most vicious, there was no gust of wind for half an hour, the lake was calm and there was not a trace of waves, and the weeping willows on the side seemed to be still, and there was no strength to fall on the water.

"Not ready to go? Stay with the old man for lunch?"

"You're going to drive me away so soon." Qin Xu was still in place, obviously not planning to leave. "You haven't said it yet...... You think I'm doing that, right?"

"The old man doesn't know what you've done, and he doesn't know if you're right or wrong. Anyway, it is right or wrong, success or failure, it is enough to fight for one. Both? You can't lift it, and it's too tiring to do it."

Qin Xu's tone was a little complicated: "Then why do scholars still read so many books of sages."

Dingguohou looked at him, put down the fishing rod and looked up and laughed.

"If everyone can do the ways of the sages, do they still need to read them?"

This sounds awkward and a crooked reason, but it can't be faulted.

"Didn't the sages say, 'The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit', you were born in this son, you can only do this thing. Want to stay out of the way and be quiet? It's not impossible, then you should learn from me from the beginning."

Qin Xu said helplessly, "That's not to learn."

"Okay, okay, you have such a big ball of dragon qi pressing here, it's amazing that the old man can catch a fish, so it's okay to leave quickly."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew that Qin Xu came to Jianghuai to meet the marquis.

Now that the Marquis of Dingguo has issued an order to expel guests, Jianghuai has nothing to wait for.

The next morning, the carriage stopped outside the city, Qin Xu opened the curtain and looked at the person and horse in the distance, and couldn't help frowning. "Went north again?"

Qi Hui heard it in a fog: "Didn't you say you would go to Jiangnan? Why did you change to the north again?"

Recalling yesterday, the Marquis of Dingguo said that he would leave one day later.

Xue Ji understood, and the figure going north in the distance was obviously Qin Dao, the Marquis of Dingguo.

"He's hiding deeply." Qin Xu muttered to himself.

This old thing is not idle, how many big and small things are in the court, I'm afraid there is nothing he doesn't know.

"Boss Xue is coming to Jiangnan again?"

"I'm still here with Boss Shen today, and people are doing big business and big business."

"Didn't you all go with Boss Chen a few years ago, how did you change Boss Shen?"

"Hey, Chen You is that old this year, where can he still run, his family is the only seedling, and he can't compare to the scenery of the Xue family!"

"No, the eldest son inherits the family business, the youngest son is a dignitary, Xue Yao's two sons are born well."

It's a lively night in the city, especially

It is known as the first restaurant in the south of the Yangtze River near the "view of the south of the river", it is brightly lit, lively, across the three streets can be heard the sound of silk and bamboo.

It was Xue Qi who had just stepped into the door, surrounded by businessmen from all over the world, many of whom were famous and famous, or the sons of local families in Jiangnan.

Who doesn't know that Xue Ji, the little young master of the Xue family, became Shang Shuling not long ago? is only three years old, and the official is the second grade, far better than Chen Yu back then.

This group of people toasted and congratulated Xue Qi, and it was inevitable to brag a few words. Xue Qi didn't say anything, and he felt a little emotional in his heart.

After three rounds of drinking, I don't know who inadvertently asked, "Boss Xue, do you live in the east today?"

Xue Qi had just drunk the wine in his cup, and he was still a little confused: "I live in the courtyard of Boss Shen's house today, who said that I live in the east?"

The man was also stunned: "It wasn't your people who went to their inn on the east side this afternoon to say that they wanted two rooms...... There's also a Boss Ning, hey, why didn't you see Boss Ning?"

Xue Qi's drunkenness suddenly sobered up a lot, and he thought about it quickly, but he never remembered such a thing. Looking up at the man's half-drunk gaze, he hesitated for a moment, then covered up with a smile: "Hey, I forgot about this! Well, then I won't bother Boss Shen today."

For most of the next half of the hour, Xue Qi was absent-minded, pretending to be worried, this wine naturally couldn't be drunk, and when the time was almost over, he immediately got up and left the table, said a few words in a row, and left 'Guanjiangnan' by himself.

"Go to the east side store and see what's going on."

At this order, the coachman immediately went to the east, saying that it was not far away, but he had to bypass the government. By the time Xue Qi arrived at the inn run by the Xue family, it had already passed more than a moment.

The guys in the store were still stunned when they saw people, and they understood when they saw the sign on Xue Qi's waist. But at this moment, he was shocked: "You, you! He ......"

Xue Qi motioned for him to be silent, and asked with a straight face, "What about people?"

The man hurried to lead the way, and when he reached the door, he could see the light on in the room, and a faint figure leaning against the table, still holding a book in his hand.

Xue Qi stepped forward and pushed the door, and the guy understood what was going on and immediately retreated.

As soon as the door opened, the people inside were stunned, and the people outside were also stunned.

"How did you get here?"

"Why did you get here?"

The two of them said in unison, and stopped their voices at the same time.

The one inside was not someone else, it was Xue Ji.

Xue Ji only arrived in Jiangnan in the afternoon, and after entering the city, he found his inn according to the old way, and reported Xue Qi's name with a familiar car, so he stayed. He didn't go out to listen and listen, the guy knew that Xue Qi was in Jiangnan today, no one thought about it, no one asked much, and whoever could think of it bumped into it.

Xue Qi's eyes widened suddenly, picked up the fan on the side and hit it on the table in front of Xue Ji, then pointed at him with the handle of the fan, and asked nervously, "What are you causing trouble?" It is a felony for an official to leave Beijing without permission! You still abandon your brother and sister? How can I explain to Shen Changqing!"

"Don't don't, misunderstand!" Xue Ji suddenly jumped up and hid back, raising his arm to subconsciously block him, feeling extremely helpless. It's not to say, it's not to say it, it's exposed to the truth, and it's already a misunderstanding if you don't say it. Qin Xu came out to be comfortable, how could he do his best.

"Brother, listen to me, I didn't leave Beijing without permission, this is Your Majesty's permission......

Xue Qi was still suspicious, and looked him up and down, but the fan in his hand had not been released. "Holy permission? That's running errands? You don't live in the post station on errands, why do you secretly report my name?"

Xue Ji stubbornly explained: "It can't be said to be an errand to the outside world, anyway, only His Majesty knows. Don't let it out of me, it's my sin to vent it."

"Really?"

"Seriously."

Xue Qi stared at him for a long time, but he didn't see anything wrong in the end, so he put down the fan and turned around to leave.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I was greeted by a person.

"What's wrong with you here?"

As soon as the two met

, all stunned.

It was Qin Xu who came.

"Your colleague? Or—'Boss Ning'?" Xue Qi looked back at Xue Ji.

Xue Ji really wanted to find a place to hide at this time, but the two of them were here, and he had nowhere to hide.

Qin Xu glanced at the person in front of him, and from his face, he could see that he was seven points similar to Xue Ji, and he guessed it after thinking about it in his heart.

"Boss Xue? I have long admired the great name."