He laughed a few times with a shy face, but seeing that I had always looked indifferent, he had to bow his head in embarrassment, and glanced at me secretly with some puzzlement: Isn't there laughter here?

Seeing that he was so embarrassed that he was pitiful, I reluctantly replied, "Thank you Brother Jia for your kindness, but this matter has not yet been settled, and I will wait for my brother to pass through my father before making a decision." ”

But Jia Gongzi is obviously a master who can be resurrected with full blood if he gives a little sunshine, and he immediately became cheerful when he saw me talking, "That's just a matter of time or time." He deliberately took a step closer to me, pretended to be familiar with the handle of the fan and knocked on my arm, and sighed: "In just two days, Brother Ling has become the son-in-law of the Marquis of Ping'an, and I have also become a close friend with Brother Bai Xian. ”

I said a dry "hehe" twice: I have only met you twice, and I have chatted no more than ten sentences, how can I be a close friend?

But he lowered his voice in my ear and said: "In the future, the foolish brother will rely on you to help me a lot in the matter of salt introduction." ”

"Salt lead?" I was a little puzzled, "What salt leads?" ”

Jia Gongzi's greasy face was full of a disgusted expression of "you asked knowingly", "Huai'an's official salt and salt introduction is not so much in the yamen of the salt department, but in the pocket of the Hou Ye of Ping'an, which family is not given to which family, it is not all a matter of Hou Ye's words." Who among the salt merchants doesn't know this, so why should the virtuous brother pretend to be confused? ”

My mind turned: no wonder Marseille has a birthday, many salt merchants are so concerned, it turns out that the birthday celebration of Marseille is fake, and the intention to Ping'an Hou is true!

Salt and iron are the lifeblood of the country, and they are in the hands of the imperial court for generations, and no private people can interfere. Huai'an is an important official salt hub on the Grand Canal, but the salt is held in the hands of the Marquis of Ping'an...... Is it just for selfish gain, or is it more about something else?

Considering that this news is very important, I hurriedly said goodbye to Jia Gongzi, who was almost proud, and went back to the room to wait for Qin Lang to come back.

Unexpectedly, I pushed open the door, but saw him pacing in the room with a solemn face.

For his behavior of not going to me to report the results of the negotiation as soon as possible, I felt a trace of unhappiness in my heart, so I had to take the initiative to ask: "Can the family resign?" ”

His face froze, and the "uh......" turned out to be a slur than he had ever been, "Not yet." ”

Seeing him like this, my heart suddenly sank, "Ping'an Hou doesn't agree?" ”

"Not really." The roots of his ears were red, and he lowered his eyes and stopped looking at me, "I didn't say that. ”

My eyes widened immediately, and I opened my mouth but couldn't ask a question.

I didn't say anything about the resignation, but that meant......

I gritted my teeth and burst out a few words from between my teeth:

"Then I congratulate you!"

After that, he turned around to leave like a gust of wind, but he grabbed his wrist again and said eagerly: "Listen to my explanation!" ”

"Nope! Think! Listen! I heard my crying voice change my tune, and I tried to break his hand, but it was as tight as iron pincers, and I couldn't break it anymore, so I simply punched him in the chest.

"You can marry whoever you want, you can accept whoever you want, what does it matter to me!"

He received my angry punch, and then reached out and clamped my other hand firmly, and took advantage of the situation to stick the awkward me to the Bogu frame behind him.

However, I was very hysterical at this time, and I didn't realize that I was being pressed against the shelf by him in a standard "bidong" posture, and just kicked him on the calf angrily, "Qin Lang, what do you want?!" ”

I exerted all the strength of this kick, but he only frowned slightly, and pressed my hands with undiminished force, but in a very soft tone in his mouth:

"Yue'er ......"

This light call, like a spell, drained all my strength to resist.

Through my tearful eyes, I looked at his misty phoenix eyes, in which the apricot blossoms of March were slightly raining, and the warm summer sun of May was rippling.

If this gaze cannot be called affectionate, then there is no such thing as "affectionate" in the world.

I was aroused by his watery eyes, staring at his handsome face like a knife and an axe, his high nose, and the thin lips that had just called "Yue'er".

I just wanted to kiss him and tell him that he couldn't marry another woman, no one......

Because, I love him.

"Whether you want to hear it or not, I'm going to tell you why." Before I could think clearly, he opened his mouth first, with some low-level pleading in his tone, "I didn't open my mouth to refuse the marriage because I accidentally saw something in Ping'anhou's study today......

However, I was still immersed in my emotions, and I couldn't come back to my senses for a while.

When he saw that I looked depressed, and thought that I was still thinking that he was going to marry Marseille, he sighed softly, bent down slightly to meet my eyes, and said word by word: "I will not marry Miss Ma." ”

I sobbed, "Really? ”

"Nature is true." He seemed to be amused by my childish question, and reached out to wipe away the tears on my face, "How can I like her unreasonable nature?" ”

"And what do you like?" I took the opportunity to ask unceremoniously.

His face was red, but his eyes were a little drunk as if he was drinking, "I like ......"

He leaned down a little more, his thin lips almost close to my ear, and the burning breath of his words made me itch slightly, and my whole body tensed.

However, at this very delicate moment, my hand that I was so nervous that I didn't know where to swing it accidentally knocked over a porcelain vase on the shelf, and the crisp sound of the landing startled both of us.

I felt the burning lips run over my earlobe, but it burned my face like a fire.

Considering that it was really inappropriate for this atmosphere to develop, I coughed twice and asked, "What did you just say, what did you find in Ping'anhou's study?" ”

Qin Lang sighed lightly, stood up straight and let me go, calmed down, and said, "Do you remember that in the room of the Cloud Ballad of Miaoyin Pavilion, there is a "Autumn Suburb Drinking Horse Picture"? ”

I nodded, remembering that Pan Gongzi had also said that this picture had been collected by the royal family for generations, and it was rare in the world, and I was surprised that there was a facsimile of this picture in the clouds.

"In Ping'anhou's study, there is an identical one."

"Oh...... Yes? I nodded subconsciously, and then realized that something was wrong.

As a royal nobleman, it is not uncommon for the Marquis of Ping An to have the ability and financial resources to collect a famous painting, but the strange thing is that he is a pure martial artist from the inside out, and even recruits his daughter with such a strange way as archery, so he really shouldn't be interested in things like calligraphy and painting.

Ping'an Hou's study, even if there is a Qinglong Yanyue knife hanging from Second Master Guan, it is more normal than hanging a pair of "Autumn Suburb Drinking Horses", no wonder Qin Lang will pay attention.

"I asked casually, Ping'an Hou said that this picture is indeed the real product of Zhao Mengfu, originally collected in the palace of King Ning, a few years ago he accidentally saw it, and felt that the horse on the picture looked like his beloved mount Huang Fat Man who died in battle, so he asked King Ning for it."

Yellow Fat Man...... I couldn't help but hook the corners of my lips, and secretly sighed that the style of this Ping'an Marquis is really the same as his father's. He also sighed that Miss Ma was really good, and his father did not name him Ma Dahua or Ma Erya, but Marseille, which was really extraordinary.

After gossiping about the art of naming the Ma family, I suddenly thought of a key question: "The prince said that this picture is rare in the world, and there is a genuine product hidden in the Ping'an Marquis's mansion, but there is a copy of the cloud ballad, so she should have seen the real thing." My eyes widened suddenly, "It shows that Yun Yu has some connection with Ping'an Hou, but Yun Yu is the informant of the Lake Bandits, so it must be ......"

Pan Gongzi obviously realized the key to this, so he wrote the word "Ping'an" on my hand, suggesting that we should investigate the relationship between Ping'an Hou and this matter.

Qin Lang nodded, "This is also the reason why I didn't refuse marriage today." ”

Hearing him say this, I still nodded a little awkwardly, but I had to admit that if I wanted to know more about the truth, I couldn't fall out with Ping'an Hou at this time.

When he was depressed, he heard Qin Lang say again: "Today, Ping'an Hou also talked to me about the official salt business. ”

Hearing him talk about official salt, I suddenly remembered what Fang Cai Jia Gongzi had said to me, so I told Qin Lang the news that Huai'an salt was in the hands of Ping'an Hou.

"No wonder, he was very bold when he talked to me about the official salt business, saying that as long as the Bai family and his Ping'an Marquis Mansion formed a good relationship between Qin and Jin, they would be able to share at least half of the official salt business in Huai'an in the future, and the benefits were immeasurable."

I pouted secretly: In order to marry my daughter to Qin Lang, Ping'an Hou is really willing.

"Now, what we still need to find out is whether the lake bandits in Gaoyou Lake have anything to do with Ping'an Hou."

While he was talking, he suddenly heard a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw the housekeeper of the Ping'an Hou Mansion, with a smile like a sunflower on his face, and said to Qin Lang: "Uncle......"

Qin Lang's face instantly darkened, "The housekeeper doesn't dare to call it that!" With that, he glanced at me with trepidation.

The housekeeper gave him a "sooner or later" look, and saluted again: "Third Master Bai, my marquis will hold a banquet in the mansion tonight to wash the dust for you, and I have specially ordered me to invite you and the fourth prince to come to the mansion." ”

I couldn't help but look at the sky and roll my eyes: I held a banquet in the evening, and I came to invite people before noon, I don't know if it was because Ping'an Hou was in a hurry, or if Miss Ma had ulterior motives.

"Oh......" Qin Lang secretly glanced at me, seeing that my face was so heavy that it was almost dripping, and apologized to the housekeeper: "Thank you Lord Hou for your kindness, but our brother still has some business matters to deal with today, and I will disturb the Hou Mansion later." ”

The housekeeper's face was embarrassed, Xu thought that his young lady was not easy to explain, and begged again and again, until I couldn't bear to "hum" hard, and then I gave up, and before leaving, I begged Qin Lang to explain a thing or two for him if he saw the young lady at night.