Return of the Swallow

Although Danzhou City and the old capital are almost the same size, the geographical location of Danzhou has prevented her from trampling by iron hooves during the war between the two countries. It is not like the old city that has been baptized by war, disasters, and earth dragons. The city of Danzhou has always retained its former style.

At this time, Danzhou City’s downtown is as prosperous as the capital city. Walking in the alleys paved with bluestones, you can see white walls and black tiles, high pecking teeth, and even the sound of vendors screaming and selling is full of soft words. Interesting, as if here, life becomes less irritable, and even people become more elegant.

Qin Yining took Pang Xiao's arm and imitated a beautiful concubine who was trying to please her master. She acted like she was coquettish all the way, rubbing him with her delicate body intentionally or unintentionally, and the silk was lightly draped while walking, and the fragrant breeze bursts.

She was born with the appearance, deliberately dressed up, and deliberately made a frivolous appearance to attract attention. Pedestrians and hawkers all stopped on the road, staring at the outstanding pair of men and women with open mouth.Even the woman couldn't help but look more.

"Master, people still like the prawn beard bracelet."

"You give me a sip, don't say a pair of shrimp whisker bracelets, even a complete set of ruby ​​head and face I will give you, eh?"

"You are necrotic."

The beauty said "bad", but she still just cuddled with the rich young master who was dressed up with flowers.

Everyone slapped their tongues, and some women sipped towards Qin Yining’s back, and the woman wearing a curtain hat who had not left the pavilion stopped to look in the direction of Pang Xiao, only seeing that rude and vulgar demeanor, she was handsome human It's unpleasant and annoying.

The two took the two maidservants and the tiger to swagger through the city. Qin Yining bought a lot of rouge and head noodles, as well as a lot of new-style rulers, even the little tigers, rattles and delicate windmills for the children.

"Go back with the ruler to cut clothes for the family, and the children's gifts are also indispensable." After lunch, the group had come to the shore of Biqing Lake and boarded the second-story painting boat that they bought.

Qin Yining rubbed her sore calf and said, "In the afternoon, let's rest in the painting boat. I think the scenery here is very good. There are singing songs on other painting boats. It's not bad to listen to it."

"How fresh, do we need to listen to other music? We invited someone to come by ourselves, but it's only in the afternoon." Pang Xiao smiled, "Since it's here to show off, how can there be less stuff on the court? "

Qin Yining found a comfortable angle to lie down on the concubine couch, and sighed comfortably: "It's tiring to be spacious enough. I'm not afraid to go out for shopping, or to act outside, which is too tiring. So I said. It’s true that it’s true that it’s true that it’s not easy for those who specialize in cheating and kidnapping."

"Of course, there is no easy thing to do in this world." Pang Xiao dragged a handful of Xiao Xiaozi and sat beside Qin Yining, kneading her legs and feet with his big hands.

Qin Yining turned over and lay on her side, "Ah, did you arrange for someone to investigate the situation in the city? What is the arrangement of the Lu family here? After all, Danzhou is a big city and has not been baptized by war. I doubt it is here. The Lu family should be involved in most of the business."

"I have arranged for someone to investigate." Pang Xiao whispered while giving Qin Yining a massage, "We should try our best to scream as we wait for the news. It's best to let everyone in Danzhou City know that Danzhou is coming. He's a rich young master, but he still has the kind of mindless and pushy temperament."

"Okay." Qin Yining's eyes were bright and his expression was eager to try.

"It seems that you are also very happy playing the role of the concubine?"

Qin Yining just looked at Pang Xiao with a gentle look and smiled, slamming Pang Xiao's heart.

"Why look at me like this?"

Qin Yining shook his head and whispered: "I am not happy to act as a concubine, but the two of us rarely have the opportunity to be together like this. Hanging out with you, watching you spend a lot of money, I find it very interesting."

Pang Xiao's heart almost melted.

He understood that Sister Yi likes to stay with him, no matter if she pretends to be a concubine or whatever, as long as she is with him, she likes it.

How can it be so soft and so good.

"Sister Haoyi, you are so kind." Pang Xiao put Qin Yining in his arms as if he were holding a child regardless.

The Bingtang and Jiyun who were waiting on the side blushed, and they retreated in a wise manner, and all the guards on this floor were removed.

The two chatted and laughed in the room for an afternoon, and they really cherished the opportunity right now, as if they were going out for fun, and they lived up to such a good time.

In the next few days, Qin Yining and Pang Xiao continued to play in Danzhou City and several famous places in the surrounding area.Near the water in Danzhou, most of the two of them went by painting boats. All the way, the lakes and mountains are beautiful, the breeze is blowing, and the eyes are full of open scenery with the sky high and the water wide and the geese crossing thousands of miles, as if even the depression in the heart has disappeared.

Soon, the spies arranged by Pang Xiao brought back the information they found.

"If you don’t take a closer look, you still don’t know that half of the businesses here, large and small, are owned by the Lu family, and the business involves all walks of life. There is also a large house in the Lu family, which seems to be a close branch of the family. , Master Lu is the cousin of the current head of the Lu family.

"There is another one. The local magistrate is also closely related to the Lu family. The daughter-in-law of the magistrate is the girl of the Lu family."

Qin Yining and Pang Xiao looked at each other after hearing this.

"In that case, this place has almost become the Lu family's one-word hall. Whether it is a court or a shopping mall, the Lu family has its own contacts?"

"Exactly." The spy said, "It is so difficult to find out who is in charge between the Lu family and the Guangtong ship. First of all, the Lu family has leaders in all aspects. Who will they arrange. In addition, with the ability of the Lu family, they may not even consider the Guangtong number in their eyes."

Pang Xiao nodded and said "hard work", letting his subordinates go to rest.

Wearing a jacket, Qin Yining tilted his head and looked at the river outside Ruyi's window, and said leisurely: "This situation is indistinguishable from what I expected. It is not just a small Guangtong account, but the Qiu family really came forward. People who have personally been to Jianchuan probably won't realize what kind of giant Qiu Family is. How can they value this'small business' that sells officials?"

Big things, often done and have not been caught, will become ordinary.

Qin Yining couldn't help but think of Lu Heng.

When he returned to Beijing, Lu Heng came to visit specially. She also understood his feelings for her, and he must have understood her rejection of him.So Lu Heng never showed up after that.

Qin Yining couldn't help thinking, does Lu Heng know that the Lu family is doing this kind of business?

But after another thought, if Lu Heng couldn't contribute, how could he influence the court's employment?So Lu Heng should know all these things.

"I know now that the Lu family is referring to making money. For the Lu family, this kind of business is very profitable." Pang Xiao sat next to Qin Yining and fed her a candied fruit on the table.

Qin Yining opened her mouth, with a bag on her cheek, and blinked to signal Pang Xiao to continue.

Pang Xiao couldn't help tapping her cheek, and said with a smile: "You think, the most important thing to be an official is the relationship between North Korea and China, so there will be small groups in North Korea, and people from the same faction hold together to support each other. Mutual use is the norm.

"This time the Qiu family buys an official, even if you choose someone to do it, after a long time, this person will definitely become a member of the Lu family faction. This is inevitable.

"The Lu family made a lot of profit by selling this official, and at the same time it also rooted a network of its own in the court. This kind of good business that kills two birds with one stone is only done once. After a long time, there are many people in the court. With a lot of money in his hands, it's no wonder that the Lu family has become such a behemoth."

Qin Yining nodded, "That's the truth. If you want me to say, people think about money too much, any method can be used, but if it continues like this for a long time, it is difficult to avoid trouble."

"Yes, if you want to achieve both fame and fortune, you have to pay a lot, and you have to take more risks."

Qin Yining looked at the river outside the Huafang window and said: "We have been here for so many days, and we have no clue. Seeing that it is less than a month before the two of them are trading, will we be too late?"

Pang Xiao stroked Fu Qin Yining's loose bun with a big hand, and smiled: "Let's pay attention to observation. We can always find a breakthrough. Even if the worst is really successful, we have other ways."

Qin Yining thought for a while, then smiled relieved, "You are right, I am too nervous."

"Don't be nervous, you just assume that we are out to play. Doing things is secondary."

If Mr. Xu and Mr. Xie listened to these words, I would be very angry, right?

Qin Yining was affected by Pang Xiao's free and easy attitude, and she really stopped being so nervous.

Another day passed, and there was still no clue as to who the Lu family was to run the business.

But a well-known event happened in Danzhou City.

The eldest of the Lu family in Danzhou City, Lu Zheng, who grew up with his fiancee who was like a brother's entourage, went to Caixiang Pavilion.This "fiancee" who was sold was also the first-class servant girl of the Lu family, and she didn't know what she did wrong.

Just look at the name of what Caixiang Pavilion is.

Generally, in a big family like the Lu family, in order to cherish feathers, even those who dealt with the wrong things would sell their own teeth, and there is no such way to directly sell the maids to Goulan Yard.What's more, the big maid who was sold was still the wife who was the closest relative to Master Lu.

Qin Yining was sitting next to Pang Xiao by the window on the second floor of the tea house, and could hear people whispering about it.

Pang Xiao whispered to the tiger behind him: "This is interesting. You can find out what kind of maid is this sold, and how close the long-time servant and the young master are."

"Yes." Huzi responded and walked downstairs quickly.

Qin Yining smiled and said, "If this matter is done well, we can still use it."

"Yes, it's so easy to have such a breakthrough."

Huzi went to find out the news very quickly. When Qin Yining and Pang Xiao returned to Huafang, Huzi had already returned.

"The long-time name is Lu Xi, an orphan picked up by the eldest young master Lu Zheng when he was a child. The two grew up together and said they were long-term followers, but everyone in Danzhou City knows that Lu Xi is the number one person and is the most trusted by the young master. People."