On the ninth day of October, Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao returned to Luzhou from Jincheng and learned that Jiang Zhong was no longer in danger of life, and both of them were relieved.

"It has been raining for the past few days, but after the teacher woke up, he recovered quickly, and the next day he had already started to read some books and write a few words. ”

Fan Baotong led Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao towards the back garden, and introduced Jiang Zhong's relevant situation.

"This way, please. ”

Passing through the verandah, he turned right and walked a few steps to the corner gate, the little guys standing on both sides of the door bowed slightly, and Yang Qice asked, "I don't know what Scholar Qin said?"

Fan Baotong's face froze, and he shook his head, and Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao's hearts sank.

After a while, when they came to the back garden, the three of them saw Jiang Zhong wrapped in a blanket, holding a white chess piece on his chin in his right hand, and making a contemplative gesture on the chessboard, while the old lady Fan on the opposite side looked like a bamboo in his chest, with a smile on his face, staring at the chessboard with his eyes, and never moving away when he picked up the teacup and drank tea.

Fan Baotong muttered to himself suspiciously, "When will grandpa play chess", and stretched out his hand to invite the two of them into the pavilion, and the big girl Caiqing, who was standing beside Mrs. Fan, saw the three of them, and reminded the old man with a smile: "Old man, the second young master has brought guests here." ”

Old lady Fan turned her head, saw the three of them, and hurriedly smiled and instructed Cai Qing: "Cover it quickly." ”

Cai Qing hurriedly unfolded a prepared red cloth to cover the chessboard, Jiang Zhong said "Huh", and said, "Sister Cai Qing, what are you doing, I was thinking of a wonderful move." ”

Old lady Fan said in a low voice: "Someone is coming." ”

Jiang Zhong noticed Fan Baotong, Yang Qice, and Yang Lingyao at this time, and casually put the chess pieces into the mahogany chess jar, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yang and Miss Yang are back." ”

Yang Qice remained silent, clasped his hands and said, "How is Mr. Xiao Chen?"

Yang Lingyao bowed, but her face was full of worry.

Mrs. Fan said: "This retirement from Chen, thanks to Yang Gongzi's strategizing and repeated schemes, the old man wants to thank Yang Gongzi on behalf of the people of Liang State." ”

Yang Qice hurriedly said: "Chen and Liang are already in the same breath, and in their later years, they only did their best to make a modest effort, and Fan Gong has a good reputation. ”

Mrs. Fan didn't say much, nodded with admiration on his face, and Fan Bao channeled: "Grandpa is playing chess with the teacher, why did he cover the chessboard when he saw us coming, is he studying some advanced chess game?"

Fan Baotong said that he was about to step forward and lift the red cloth, Old Lady Fan and Jiang Zhong looked strange, looked at each other and smiled, Cai Qing couldn't stop it, the red cloth was torn apart by Fan Baotong, Yang Qice, Yang Lingyao, and Fan Baotong looked at the chessboard with surprised faces, and finally understood why the two of them wanted to cover the chessboard, because Jiang Zhong and Old Lady Fan's chess game was so stinky that it was almost on the verge of entry.

Jiang Zhong said: "I have a similar relationship with the old man, and I don't want to laugh at the experts, so I cover the chessboard, Baotong you......"

Fan Baotong looked embarrassed, and hurriedly covered the chessboard with the red cloth again, "uh-uh" non-stop, and tried his best to explain: "I didn't expect it...... That teacher doesn't know how to play chess?"

Jiang Zhong shook his head with a smile, and Old Lady Fan laughed: "I am still a beginner in the middle of the world, and I haven't started yet. ”

Fan Baotong, Yang Qice, and Yang Lingyao remembered the unfathomable expressions when the two of them played just now, and couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Zhong looked at Mrs. Fan and said, "Old man, I have a few words with Yang Gongzi and Miss Yang, today's chess game is here, and I will break your killing game tomorrow." ”

Old Lady Fan nodded and waved her hand, and said, "You can go by yourself." ”

Qiao'er helped Jiang Zhong up, took Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao to leave the back garden, Fan Baotong was about to be together, but was stopped by Mrs. Fan: "Baotong, you come to teach grandpa to play chess." ”

Returning to Zhu Pavilion for a while, Jiang Zhong asked Qiao'er to send a note to Zhuang Yuya as a return gift for Xiangwan, and then greeted Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao again: "Big brother, third sister." ”

Yang Qice let out a long sigh, Yang Lingyao wanted to cry, stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Zhong's arm, and said, "Second brother, Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi ......" couldn't say any more.

Jiang Zhong patted Yang Lingyao's hand and said, "I was about to tell the eldest brother and third sister that he might still be alive when he was younger." ”

"What?!" Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao's surprise was not trivial, "Xiao Zhong, you mean, Xiao Qi is still alive?"

Jiang Zhong nodded and said: "When I went to Luoshi Valley that day, the first thing I did was to find the bodies of Xiao Qi and Yang Jianming, but then I only found the two bodies of Yang Xiashi, and did not find Xiao Qi. ”

Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao were thrilled when they heard the news, Yang Qice didn't know what to think, and suddenly frowned: "It is said that there are fierce beasts infested in the Falling Stone Valley......

Jiang Zhong shook his head and said, "I haven't seen any beast footprints. ”

"If Xiaoqi is still alive, why didn't he come to Jincheng to look for me, nor did he come to Luzhou to look for you?"

"Escaping from Chen Daoluo's knife, even if he can save his life, I am afraid that he will be seriously injured, I guess he was rescued by a certain master who lived in seclusion in the mountains, and I believe that there will be a day of goodbye in the future. ”

Yang Qice didn't want to continue to speculate on the bad side, so the three of them were sad, nodded, and said, "But you ...... second brother."

Jiang Zhong said: "Staying in Qingshan is not worrying about running out of firewood, but it's just a matter of starting over." ”

Yang Qice said: "It's better for the second brother to go back to Jiang Country with me and Lingyao this time, I will tell my father the truth, and he will definitely bless you." ”

Jiang Zhong said: "I will definitely go back to Jiang Guo, but now is not a good opportunity, I still have a lot of things to do in Liang Guo." ”

"But Liang is being pressured by Chen, Jiang and other countries to hand over you, a war criminal, and Luzhou may not be a place to stay for a long time. ”

"Big brother, don't worry, the wind of the Ten Kingdoms can't blow into the door of Fan's Mansion. This battle between Liang and Chen, hasn't the eldest brother felt it yet?"

Yang Qice groaned slightly, nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Usually, I only said that the Fan Mansion was just a merchant, even if I inherited the relics of the Shang Saint, the strength was limited after all, but in this battle of Liang Chen, the second brother used the hand of the Fan Mansion to stir up a huge storm in the Ten Kingdoms, and even the Chen Kingdom was difficult to parry, so I further understood the true strength of the Shang Saint Family's thousand-year-old heritage." ”

Jiang Zhong blurted out: "The economic base determines the superstructure......"

Yang Qice looked at Jiang Zhong blankly, and he couldn't understand what he said to him.

Jiang Zhong paused, coughed twice, and said: "I mean to say, the world is bustling, in the final analysis, it is profit, whether it is a country or an individual, no matter what big things you want to do, you can't do without silver after all." ”

Yang Qice said: "Then Xiao Zhong, you stayed in the Fan Mansion to help the Fan Mansion earn money?"

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "Now I am asking Fan Baotong to build a teahouse, and I am going to use this teahouse to make a few transactions." ”

"Teahouse?" Yang Qice subconsciously glanced at his sister and asked, "What kind of big business can you do?"

Although Yang Qice is not proficient in business, he also knows that the profit of a teahouse will definitely not be placed in Jiang Zhong's eyes now, and it is self-evident which building has the greatest profit.

Jiang Zhong said: "Many things still need to be planned for a long time, and it is not clear in a few words. But in the beginning, I would probably set up a troupe in the teahouse first. ”

Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao's faces changed slightly when they heard this, and Jiang Zhong smiled and said: "There are also good articles in the drama scriptures, have the eldest brother and third sister heard of "The Peony Pavilion"?"

The two of them looked hesitant, only feeling that it was really inappropriate for His Royal Highness a prince to be the head of that servant's team, and suddenly heard Jiang Zhong sigh: "Now that I am like this, what else can I do?"

Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao realized again that Jiang Zhong is now back in the same state as when King Jiang was in the palace, and even worse, so why should he be too harsh?

Yang Qice said: "It is also a good thing that the second brother can use this to show his strengths. ”

Yang Lingyao has a blue heart, and she has the sensitivity of her natural daughter's family, and she faintly perceives that this teahouse will definitely not be so simple, but it is absolutely impossible for her to ask those questions specifically.

Qiao'er sent the book back, and after entering the house, she hurriedly said: "Son, Your Majesty sent Scholar Yao to deliver the decree, but was stopped outside the mansion by Prince Xuanlin. ”

Yang Qice said: "Emperor Liang is going to take you to the palace, second brother, you can't go." ”

Jiang Zhong asked Qiao'er, "How many people did Scholar Yao bring?"

Qiao'er said nervously: "I heard that Young Master Zhuang said that he brought a thousand Imperial Forest Army. ”

Yang Lingyao said angrily: "Emperor Liang, isn't this crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?"

Yang Qice said: "I'm afraid that he is also helpless and involuntarily." ”

As he was talking, he heard Fan Baotong calling "teacher" outside, and then hurriedly entered the house, saying, "Teacher, don't worry, grandpa has asked uncle and father to ask for a golden book and iron coupon, and this holy decree cannot be passed into the house." ”

Jiang Zhong hurriedly said: "Baotong, you quickly go to stop the eldest master and the second master, and you must not let them resist the decree with the golden book and iron scroll." ”

"Teacher?"

"Go!"

Fan Baotong saw Jiang Zhong's solemn expression, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly left Zhu Pavilion to stop his uncle and father.

Jiang Zhong said: "You go out with me to have a look." ”

Qiao'er hurriedly said: "Childe, you can't go anywhere?"

Jiang Zhong said: "I have been hiding in this house, this matter has not been solved, Qiao'er, don't worry, if I want to stay here, no one can take it away." ”

Qiao'er said: "But there are a thousand Royal Forest Army ...... outside."

"It's still difficult for me to walk now, who will take me from the Royal Guards?"

Yang Qice was the first to react, patted Yang Lingyao, who was also anxious, and nodded to calm his heart.

Qiao'er helped Jiang Zhong to leave the Zhu Pavilion, as soon as he went out, he felt a cool breeze blowing in his face, and the flowers and trees on both sides of the road were waving in the wind, Jiang Zhong suddenly stopped, remembering something, a distant smile appeared on his face, which made Yang Qice and Yang Lingyao feel unfamiliar.

Qiao'er hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Childe?"

"It's okay, I just think it's ......" Jiang Zhong smiled and shook his head, and said, "Today's wind is a bit noisy. ”