"Sister, don't mind. Sister Chu is young, but she is not malicious. We all admire her." Xu Muqing sat down beside her and said.
"What do I have to admire?" Ling Qingyu smiled unconsciously. Compared with you young ladies, I am an outlier. It is only because I was accepted by Yan San and the others that I found my living place.
"The world my sister sees is so vast. Compared with my sister, we can only live in this small courtyard. Mu Qing is really envious." Xu Muqing said, with sincere respect in his eyes.
"You are very similar to a friend of mine." Ling Qingyu laughed, and Su Wanyun said the same thing. People in the city look at the people outside the city, and people outside the city look at the people in the city. In fact, they don't know the suffering of the other party.
"Sister Ling actually knows the two young masters, right?" Xu Muqing saw Ling Qingyu's face froze, and said with a smile: "When you said that you didn't know the young master, the young master walked in with a smile on his face. At that time, his face turned black."
"Hey, it's better not to know each other than to know each other. I offended both of them." Ling Qingyu sighed.
"I see that the two young masters are also broad-minded people, so it would be good for my sister to apologize to them." Xu Muqing said with a smile.
"Hey, forget it, anyway, I will go to sea in a few days, so if I offend you, I will offend you." Ling Qingyu said. Apologize? As far as Wang Xuanzhi's virtue is concerned, am I seeking death if I apologize
"Going to sea? But I heard from my father that Fanwai is not peaceful. It's very strange that there have been no ships from sea these days." Xu Muqing said, even saving incense.
"It's impossible not to go to sea, this time the family has been wiped out." Ling Qingyu sighed.
"My sister is really hard, why do I have to go to sea by myself, isn't there a sailor?" Xu Muqing asked.
"The sea route is dangerous now, it will be safer if I bring the boat myself." Seeing Xu Muqing was puzzled, Ling Qingyu smiled and said: "I am the boat master."
"So that's how it is." Looking at the sky, Xu Muqing said: "If my sister is better, let's go to the banquet, the banquet should begin."
"Okay, but Miss Xu, I can't drink when I have a headache." Ling Qingyu looked at Xu Muqing apologetically.
"I see, my sister is sitting at my table, and ours only has juice." Xu Muqing smiled while covering the corner of her mouth.
There is only juice, because the table is full of films of thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls, and Chu Hanyu is also at this table.
"Master Cheng agreed, and I will draw a picture later as a congratulatory gift to the old lady." Chu Hanyu said mysteriously.
The Xu family's courtyard is not big, so the banquet was held in the backyard. The men's and women's seats were separated by cloaks, and they could vaguely see each other.
Ling Qingyu sat upright on the mat, listening to the girls next to them talking about each other, while nodding gracefully to indicate that she was listening, and then took the opportunity to eat something gracefully.
The maids were all taken down, surrounded by maids from Xu's mansion, Ling Qingyu regretted bringing four maids here, if he had known it would have been better to bring only one of Bai Wei.
There was a burst of applause from the men's table, and the girls on the table couldn't help but want to look over. Seeing that some people had already got up, they looked at each other, and all left in a hurry.
Ling Qingyu shook her head involuntarily, a girl is a girl, this cook from the Xu family is really good, many dishes suit her taste, and now there is no one on the table, just in time to eat.
"How does this work?" Xu Chang was happy, but he still declined.
"Your Majesty Xu, you're being polite. We came here in a hurry and didn't bring any presents. We can only wish the old lady a good life and a healthy year." Cheng Jia said with a smile. Xu Chang is a protégé of his father. He is going to be promoted soon, and he can be regarded as the central figure of Qingliu. He wants to give this face.
The picture case was immediately moved up, and many female guests gathered on the screen to watch.
Cheng Jia rolled up his sleeves, glanced over through the gap in the screen, and then saw someone in an empty table, who was also feasting with his sleeves rolled up, and unconsciously pursed his lips and smiled, writing like a god.
Not long after, the ink and wash outlined a naive little boy holding a fairy peach and presenting it to a benevolent old lady. The old lady was 90% similar to Mrs. Xu, but with a little more fairy spirit, and everyone applauded.
Cheng Jia left blank on the painting, put down the pen, and gave up his seat, Wang Xuanzhi rolled up his sleeves and picked up the pen.
There was a low voice of surprise, and Xu Chang was extremely excited. Wang Xuanzhi's handwriting was reputed to be the best in the world, and it was hard to find a fortune. Moreover, he had a noble status. If he wanted to get his word, he must be a close friend. Together, this pair of calligraphy and painting is probably hard to find, it is really a big face.
Seeing those girls approaching with flushed faces with excitement, Ling Qingyu hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth, and picked up the tea bowl gracefully.
Xu Muqing's face was flushed with excitement, and his hands shaking when he picked up the tea bowl, Ling Qingyu unconsciously asked, "Miss Xu?"
"It's okay, I'm just too excited." Xu Muqing said, remembering that she had been sitting here very politely, she must not have seen the seamless cooperation between the two, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Taotu, come here when you are free, and we will observe carefully."
"Is it good?"
"Naturally, money is hard to come by!"
Hard to find money? ! ! ! ! ! !
After the two sons Cheng Wang and the male guest left, the female guest was also much quieter. Seeing that the time was almost up, Ling Qingyu went to say hello to Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xu again, and then left.
Out of the courtyard, the guests hadn't started to leave, and it was quiet outside the door, but the two teams of guards standing quietly on both sides really surprised Ling Qingyu who stepped out of the door.
Looking around, Ling Qingyu leaned against the wall and walked towards his carriage, and then at the end of the guard, in front of his carriage, he saw that twenty thousand gold was hard to find.
Ling Qingyu paused, looked at Cheng Jia and stood up straight with a smile. Knowing that he couldn't hide, he stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, my lords?"
Cheng Jia handed her a roll of official document, Ling Qingyu opened it, it was so long and profound, and said, "Let's be straightforward."
"You don't know how to read?" Wang Xuanzhi said coldly beside him.
You don't know how to read, and your whole family doesn't know how to read! Ling Qingyu also said coldly: "I don't have good eyesight now, I can't see clearly."
"The imperial court sent the two of us as envoys to foreign countries, and specially hired the Ling family boat as a treasure ship to go out to sea, and Ling Qingyu, the head of the Ling family, was the treasure ship sailor." Cheng Jia laughed.
Ling Qingyu was taken aback, and unfolded the long scroll to read. All the complicated compliments in the front were filtered out, and the most important part in the back was what Cheng Jia said? Can't help saying angrily: "Which one of you harmed me!"
"How can I harm you! With this opportunity, your Ling family will no longer be an ordinary shipping company or an ordinary business firm, and it will harm you for the great benefit!" Wang Xuanzhi said angrily beside him.
"It's not you!?" Ling Qingyu stared at Cheng Jia and asked.
Cheng Jia shook his head lightly and said, "This is what Wang Xiang mentioned."
"Don't worry, I'm on the boat, so the Xie family dare not trouble you." Wang Xuanzhi said angrily.
Oh, I strangled it! Ling Qingyu really wanted to yell loudly, holding an official document with the seal of the Zhengshitang in his hand, on the land of Dazhou, but he couldn't refuse at all, or in other words, he couldn't refuse!
"There is one more thing. We came in a hurry, so we had to borrow your home from Mr. Ling. Please lead the way." Cheng Jia smiled slightly. The Wang family's proposal really surprised him, but if this matter cannot be changed, then he can only accept it, and then rush over to block Ling Qingyu and her boat, including from now on, he must keep an eye on her to prevent her from running away road.
"Aren't you an official? Is there no official inn in Hangzhou? I am the only woman in my family. There are differences between men and women. It is better not to have one." Ling Qingyu snorted coldly.
"I just heard at the banquet that the Ling family's Wan Yu Garden has a beautiful view of the West Lake, and it is naturally much better than the official post." Cheng Jia gracefully opened her fan and said with a smile.
You're so big, you just plan to stare at me to prevent me from running away, you dead Cheng Jia!
*****
People can't fight with officials, especially a rogue official!
Ling Qingyu was speechless and tearful, and brought the two officials and their personal guards back to Wanyu Garden. Han Bian and Cai Jingfang had already been called back by her, and they were greeted in front of the courtyard.
"These two items are handed over to you, don't bother me, and then tell Ding Dong." Ling Qingyu whispered.
"Understood." Han Bian also had a gloomy expression on his face. Anyone who is involved in this matter will be depressed!
"Where are you going?" Wang Xuanzhi asked after seeing Ling Qingyu flee after a confession.
"Ah, ah, I have a headache, I have to go back and lie down." Covering her head, Ling Qingyu quickly slipped away.
"Yan San, I'm really going to burn incense. You said, we haven't had a smooth year this year. Who did I provoke?" Ling Qingyu groaned as he climbed onto the bed.
"Since they insist on boarding the boat, they can just throw them into the sea when they go out to sea." Yan San rubbed her head and said.
This idea is really Yan San! Ling Qingyu was stunned for a while, then sighed again, how could she do such a thing.
"If you don't want to part with it, just arrest him and lock him up in Lingjia Village." Yan San said again.
"Wait, what does it mean to be reluctant?" Ling Qingyu asked.
Those two, Yan San nodded slightly, but did not speak.
"Yan San, this is the reluctance." Ling Qingyu turned over and got up, threw him down, and then kissed him.
Han Bian vacated the best yard in the front yard, and let Wang Xuanzhi Cheng Jia and their entourage guards live in it.
Cheng Jia didn't have many entourages, just the four servants and four guards, but Wang Xuanzhi had many, not only the servants and the two accompanying maids.
Because they were envoys sent by the imperial court, accompanied by 500 imperial guards, Han Bian couldn't control those people, and handed them over to Xu Chang for reception.