Although Li Mingyuan punished the Jiang family's salt merchants, it set off a lot of waves in Yangzhou City. But this incident did not have much impact on most of the residents in Yangzhou City, and brothels, inns, large and small shops, and salt sales also continued.

This matter has just become a topic of discussion after dinner.

After dealing with the salt merchant's affairs in the morning, Li Mingyuan returned to the inn and called the three subordinates.

"Now that the matter of this salt merchant is over, Liu will explain the follow-up matters to Wang Li for you."

"Yes!"

"Chen Chong, you let someone send a message to Taizhou, and after the handling is done over there, let Li Yao and them come to Yangzhou City first, and leave the affairs of Taizhou to Qin Yu." He remembered Feng Yun's vicious expression when he left, "Now this Jiangnan Salt Envoy should be guarding against us, I'm worried that he will go to Taizhou to inquire about the news that is unfavorable to us, you let Li Yao and Qin Yu be vigilant and don't have any problems." ”

"Yes!"

"Alright...... You two have also worked hard, so let's go and rest first. ”

"Yes!" The two said.

"Wang Li, you will bring some people to assist Governor Zhang in a while, and by the way, can this boat leave at night?" Li Mingyuan was thinking that after being delayed here for so long, he still had to get to Huizhou quickly, "Also, you should look at this prefect more, and let them get the salt from the salt merchants here as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, I'll go."

"Besides, those women, you can send them away with some money."

"Yes."

Wang Li asked Governor Zhang, who said that larger ships could run at night, and he would arrange this. Leaving some manpower to deal with other matters with Governor Zhang, he went back to the inn to prepare for boarding the ship at night, and he has always arranged for manpower today.

Lin Qingran slept until almost noon, and when he woke up, he saw that it was this hour, how were they? Did the salt merchant catch it? She washed up and went out of the room, looking for someone to inquire about the news. Seeing that Wang Li was arranging manpower, he walked over and wanted to ask about the specific situation.

"Has the salt merchant been caught? Are you little marquis back? She asked impatiently.

"Catch it, the little marquis should rest in the room." Wang Li said.

"Oh......" It seems that Li Mingyuan should have been busy all night, so he still didn't bother him.

"What about the business scene? Where is he now? After she came back last night, she went into the room and didn't ask much about Shangjing.

"I'll take you there." Xiao Hou Ye told him that Shangjing would not have to be closed in the future, and Lin Qingran would let her find him if he wanted to.

"Yes."

Wang Li took Lin Qingran to the door of Shangjing, and then turned around and left.

Dangdang, Lin Qingran knocked on Shang Jing's door.

Shang Jing came out to open the door and was very happy to see that it was Lin Qingran.

"It's good to see you're okay." He said with concern.

"How could anything happen to me." She still looks like she doesn't care.

"Chen Chong said that you were sent to a brothel, and I was still worried that something would happen to you."

"Oops, I'm so smart! That would be so easy to get aborted. ”

Shang Jing saw that it was also this hour, and she didn't eat anything last night, so she asked, "Have you eaten?" Would you like to go and eat something together? ”

"Okay, I'm hungry anyway." With that, the two of them went to the lobby and prepared to find the shopkeeper to order some food.

While eating, Lin Qingran was thinking about things absentmindedly.

"What do you want?" Shang Jing asked.

"I'm wondering why Li Mingyuan was so nervous last night?" The look on his face yesterday seemed to be too nervous.

"He's nervous?"

"yes, isn't it...... Is there something he wants to tell me? Lin Qingran thought for a while and said.

"Probably......" Shang Jing said vaguely.

"Then I'll ask him next time."

Li Mingyuan rested for a day, and Governor Zhang also ordered someone to prepare a larger boat and wait at the dock. In the evening, he explained some things to Wang Li, and the others continued to take the boat to the capital.

This boat, is the largest and most luxurious boat in Yangzhou City, generally only the emperor will take the trip, the whole ship has a total of three floors, the ground floor can accommodate 60~80 people, the second and third floors have many independent rooms, much better than the original boat. Even if Lin Qingran has been in the capital for so many years, she has never taken this boat, she ran up and down excitedly, how can this boat be so big!

Compared with the original boat, this one is bigger and the ride is smoother, and Li Mingyuan has no symptoms of seasickness, he leans on the railing of the three-story bow of the boat, looking at the sky full of stars, blowing the wind.

Lin Qingran came to the bow of the third floor and saw Li Mingyuan, so he wanted to ask about that day.

"Ahem!" She feigned coughing twice.

Sensing that she was coming,

"Why were you so nervous that night?" She still wanted to ask.

"You're thinking too much, I'm just afraid you'll mess things up." When he said this, his eyes looked into the distance, trying to hide the restlessness in his heart.

"Is that all?" Could it be that I'm really thinking too much, she thought to herself.

"Actually...... You weren't going to be sent to a brothel, but I ignored the carriage. Li Mingyuan was still very guilty for not stopping the carriage.

…… So that's the case, he was guilty, "What should I do, they still sell me, it's good if I don't sell them." "Lin Qingran has been in the business circle for so long, and he has seen everyone.

When Li Mingyuan heard her say this, he didn't know whether to be happy or sigh.

"Actually, I found that you're a good person sometimes, or let's be friends." Lin Qingran doesn't reject him now.

When Li Mingyuan heard her say this, he turned his head to look at her in surprise, although at this time his heart was already excited and even more restless.

I'm doing this, does she just want to be friends with me? But being friends with him is probably the most dangerous thing right now, "Why should I be friends with you?" I'm a little marquis and what kind of friends you are. He didn't know why he said that.

Of course, Lin Qingran didn't know that he would say this, and was very angry, "You! It seems that I am indeed thinking too much! Yes, you are a big marquis, how can you be friends with someone like me! I'm really blind. With that, he turned around and left.

Li Mingyuan looked at her departing back and sighed. If the two of them could get to know each other in a different environment, maybe there would be a different ending.

Chen Chong and Liu Wei arranged the following things and were about to come up to report the situation to the little marquis, when they saw Lin Qingran walking down angrily.

What's going on? The two looked at each other.

"Little Marquis, the boats here have been arranged, and the boatman said that at this speed, it will take less than two days to reach Huizhou." Chen Chong said.

"Got it, you all go down." Li Mingyuan was not in a good mood because of what happened just now.

"Yes." And they turned and left.

On the way back, Liu Wei saw the attitude of the little marquis just now and said, "Chen Chong, what's the situation?" The little marquis looked in a bad mood. ”

"How do I know?" Chen Chong said.

"Could it have something to do with Lin Qingran?" Liu Wei asked.

"Last time I came out of Taizhou, the two of them were like this, and this time it's like this again, alas, ......." Chen Chong was helpless.

"Don't you see how nervous the little marquis was yesterday. I don't understand, this Lin Qingran is so good, if he doesn't look good, if he doesn't have a figure, he will be smarter, but this intelligence is not on the point. Liu Wei said.

Chen Chong glanced at him, "That's all you have to offer, forget it, don't worry too much about the two of them." ”

"Yes!"

Lin Qingran came to the bottom of the boat very angrily, originally arranged a room on the third floor for her, but this will, she really doesn't want to stay on the same floor as Li Mingyuan.

"I thought he had changed sex, but it turned out to be like this. No, we still have to find a chance to escape. Anyway, it's almost to the capital. Lin Qingran thought that his father was dismissed from his official position back then, and it stands to reason that he was not allowed to enter Beijing again. If you really go to the capital, see some acquaintances, and be recognized, you will have more trouble. But now she can't think of any good way, and she doesn't want to see that guy, "Let's let Chen Chong help me transfer to the second floor, alas, ......." ”

Li Mingyuan also returned to the room, recalling what had just happened. In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to be friends with her, it's just that now, there is a lot of crisis, and he is about to go to the capital, and anything can happen. What if she helps him again like she did yesterday, and he doesn't protect her well? But if she does leave ......, sometimes people are so entangled, and they suffer from gains and losses, maybe everyone will act unwisely in such situations, and he is no exception.

After lunch at noon on the second day, Li Mingyuan felt that it was necessary to discuss the matter of entering Beijing again.

If I call her again now, will she come? After what happened last night, he wasn't sure if Lin Qingran would help him.

"Chen Chong, you go and call Shangjing."

"Huh?" Chen Chong thought he had misheard, "Okay." ”

After a while, Shangjing came over.

Shang Jing himself is also very curious, usually Li Mingyuan never takes the initiative to call himself, how can he call him today.

"You...... I have always had a good relationship with Lin Qingran. He didn't know what to say.

"We're fine." Shang Jing said cautiously.

Li Mingyuan was a little jealous, "Does she have any favorite things on weekdays?" ”

She ...... I don't seem to have anything to like. Lin Qingran doesn't usually dress up, she has no interest in eating, and she hasn't bought any valuable items and jewelry.

So what to do, I wanted to apologize to her for saying the wrong thing last night and sending her something she liked.

"And she...... Do you have someone you like? After Li Mingyuan asked this, he felt that he shouldn't ask, why should I ask this.

"I don't know." Shang Jing could see that Li Mingyuan liked her, but she seemed to be .......

"She doesn't like you?" He thought he had asked, so he asked more clearly.

"Heh, she...... How could she possibly like me. "Yes, I am the son of a merchant prostitute, how can she like him.

When Li Mingyuan heard this answer, he was very happy, "Oh, that's okay, you go back first, thank you for the incident the day before yesterday." ”

"No need to ......, I didn't help much in the end." Shang Jing was a little happy when he heard him thank him.

After Shang Jing left, Li Mingyuan called Chen Chong again.

"You bring her some pastries from this ship." He knew she would love eating these Gangnam pastries.

"Also, later, see if you can ...... her and Liu Wei both called over. He said with a slurrel.

Chen Chong saw that the little Hou Ye was a little embarrassed in his words, "Little Hou Ye, I will call Miss Lin here." ”

"Okay, there you go."