When Steward Xiao heard this, the corners of his mouth rose, as if he was honored, and he only heard him say: "That is, although the Xie family is a family of businessmen, with the connections accumulated over the years, how can these invited people not come?" ”

After speaking, Steward Xiao saw the name written on the invitation clearly, and was stunned for a moment.

"But what's wrong?"

Xiao Musheng looked at Steward Xiao, frowned slightly, and thought to himself: Could it be that the invitation is wrong?

Steward Xiao suddenly came back to his senses, closed the invitation, returned his hands to Xiao Musheng, and hurriedly said, "No, no, there is nothing wrong." ”

Then, he beckoned to the person close to him to come forward, and then leaned into the person's ear and whispered: "You keep an eye here first, it's good to greet a guest when they come, do you hear?" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiao Musheng and the others, raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, and said, "A few sons, come with the old slave." ”

Xiao Musheng and Chen Ce glanced at each other, then pulled Lu He to follow behind Steward Xiao and walked inside......

The banquet was set up in the courtyard of the outer courtyard, and although the time came, it was not yet the time for the banquet.

Xie Qingyun received the guests in the main hall, sat at the top, and was very handy in dealing with people, and her demeanor was calm.

"I remember the last time I saw the girl, it was at the Qianjiang Ferry, when the Xie family's merchant ship docked, the girl stood at the bow of the boat, doing things neatly, far better than ordinary women, and now you can ascend to the position of the head of the Xie family, which is also in my expectation."

The speaker was a young man, with long strands of hair on his forehead, a blue brocade robe, a gold and jade belt around his waist, and an emerald wrench on the thumb of his right hand.

He sat in the first position at the bottom right, and when he spoke, his tone was full of admiration, and his gaze followed the head closely, as if he was worshipping.

Seeing him like this, the middle-aged man sitting opposite him couldn't help but touch the beard on his chin, then smiled disdainfully, and said, "What, is there no one to send this Yuan family today?" I even let a little doll come to the banquet. ”

"My father said that if you meet Uncle Tong, you should give three points." As he spoke, the man poured his tea, raised the cup with both hands, and drank it down.

After doing this set of actions, the man explained to Xie Qingyun: "My father is slightly ill and it is inconvenient to come, and he also said that he should practice today, which can be regarded as showing his face in front of all the seniors, and I hope that the head of the Xie family and the seniors will not mind." ”

When the man on the other side heard this, he said "boring", but he didn't trouble the man again.

And Xie Qingyun hurriedly asked with a concerned face: "Uncle Yuan is sick?" My Chinese medicine practitioner is very skilled, why don't you let him go for treatment? ”

"You're sorry, I've already asked a doctor, my father is suffering from wind and cold, and it's fine, I've drunk a few patches of medicine, and I'll recuperate for two more days."

As he spoke, the man smiled forcefully and quietly rejected Xie Qingyun's proposal.

Xie Qingyun's heart was like a mirror at this time.

The Yuan family had frequent cooperation with the Xie family in the past and had close contacts, but this time they only sent Yuen Long to the banquet, for fear that they would be dissatisfied with her.

And this Yuen Long, the third son of the Yuan family, is a smooth person, but it is completely different from his father......

At this time, another man walked in outside the main hall, he walked to the middle of the main hall, and bowed his hand and said: "In Xia Xu He, I attended the banquet for my father Xu Yong, and I have seen all the uncles and uncles, as well as the head of the Xie family." ”

If Steward Xiao was there, he would be able to recognize it at a glance, this person was Gongzi Xu who was shouting at the gate of Xie Mansion to let Xie Qingyun greet him personally......