I heard you have nine tails

Yao Zhiyuan kindly invited him, but Li Lin couldn't live in Yao's house with a group of people.Even if it is possible to inquire about news, that would be too risky.

So at Li Lin's insistence, they moved into a bustling restaurant near Yao's house.Yao Zhiyuan took people back home temporarily, and then invited Li Lin to the house.

As soon as Yao Zhiyuan left, Li Lin had just settled down when there was a knock on the door.He opened the door, and it was indeed Yang Jingrun and Zhang Ting.

"I have seen Your Highness, and I was rude all the way. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Before the two of them knelt down, they were lifted up by Li Lin. "It's Gu Shuo who came here in low clothes. What is the fault of the two gentlemen? Please sit down quickly, there is no need to be polite."

Guangbai came up silently and served tea to the two adults.

Tan Chang was mad enough and became tired again. He lay down on Li Lin's bed in a "big" shape, his tail wrapped around his fragile belly, and he was slightly undulating with his breathing. He looked as if he had fallen asleep.Zhang Ting glanced curiously, and was pulled by Yang Jingrun, motioning to get down to business.

"Your Highness has come to Huaiyang, what's your plan?" Yang Jingrun asked.

Li Lin did not answer directly. "People from the Ministry of Industry, where have you gone?"

They kept exchanging letters along the way, some with the excuse of family letters, and some with the secret guards directly.Zhang Ting counted the time and replied quickly: "There is still about half a month before arriving in Huaiyang."

"So slow." Li Lin blurted out, obviously dissatisfied.Yang Jingrun had no choice but to smooth things over and said: "Your Highness came all the way here with a light car, but the adults from the Ministry of Industry have to carry a lot of things, and every time they go to a place, they have to socialize with local officials, so naturally it is much slower."

Li Lin was not unreasonable, so he nodded and said, "In my opinion, Yao Zhiyuan can fight for it."

The two people were not surprised, obviously they had seen it long ago.

Yang Jingrun said: "But, is this person Yao Zhiyuan trustworthy? From my observation all the way, Yao Zhiyuan looks like an ordinary dude, but after a closer look, I can still see that he is not a wolf-hearted person. Such a person, want him I'm afraid it's not that easy to betray father and uncle, right?"

"It's easy to say if you are clumsy." Li Lin narrowed his eyes slightly.Zhang Ting said with a smile: "Your Highness wants to divide the forces of the Yao family?"

Yang Jingrun's eyes also brightened.

The reason why the Yao family is scary is because it has all the officials and merchants, and there is the concubine Hui in the harem, but if they are separated from each other, one official and one merchant, it will not be so powerful.

"When the people from the Ministry of Industry arrive, it's just time to put some pressure on the Yao family." Facing the two gentlemen, Li Lin still sat upright and looked them straight in the eyes. "I don't believe it, the third child of the Yao family is really willing to stay behind the scenes..."

These words had a lot of meaning, Yang Jingrun and Zhang Ting quickly came back to their senses, not daring to think too much.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by saying that this place is not suitable for building a bridge?"

Zhang Ting didn't expect that his highness would remember his casual words.He replied: "I have studied water conservancy, and I have read the books of the predecessors on water control. Today, the foundation at the ferry is slippery, but the water flow is calm. It is obviously suitable for crossing water and not for building bridges." He changed the topic. "However, I only know a little bit, and the details depend on what the adults from the Ministry of Industry say."

Li Lin was very satisfied with the reaction of the two of them, and ordered some things before letting them go back to their room to rest.When he turned his head, he saw the little fox on his bed, already sound asleep.

It seems that I was really tired last night.

Thinking of the snake that suddenly appeared, Li Lin was also afraid.But he never indulged in such meaningless emotions, fearing that he would soon be replaced by gratitude.

When Tan Chang woke up, he felt that the master had become more gentle than usual.

Li Lin was drinking tea at the table, holding something like a letter in his hand.Although his attention was all on the things in his hands, he noticed Tan Chang's awakening immediately, and casually said: "Tonight, I will make a rest at the restaurant. Tomorrow, Yao Zhiyuan invites Gu to Yao's house. Are you going to accompany Gu Go together, or stay in the restaurant? If you want to wander around Huaiyang City, Gu can let Jueming accompany you."

The little fox squeaked twice, jumped into Li Lin's arms.

He really wanted to go out to play, but let Jue Ming accompany him, so forget it.Tan Chang thought about Jueming's expressionless face when he bought him snacks these days, and couldn't help shivering, thinking that his master was more talkative.

"Well, be good, and don't run around when you arrive at Yao's house." Li Lin rubbed Tan Chang's head lightly, his voice still very gentle. "After finishing the business, I will take you to play."

Tan Chang suddenly began to wonder, did the master eat something wrong today?

But when he found that there were pens, ink, papers and inkstones on the table in the guest room, before Li Lin thought about practicing calligraphy, he quickly jumped back to bed.

Yao family.

On the second day, Yao Zhiyuan kept his promise and came to invite Li Lin in person.Li Lin prepared invitations and gifts in advance, and only brought cassia and the little fox to visit.

"Uncle is still busy today, father would like to invite you to talk." Yao Zhiyuan said in a measured manner.

It was similar to what Li Lin thought.Yao Xinsi is such a busy person, with Li Lin's current status as the son of a wealthy businessman, it is indeed not enough for him to make a special trip to see him.On the contrary, Yao Xinjun took the initiative to meet him, which was very interesting.

The Yao family's ancestral house is very large.The origin of Yao's surname was in Huaiyang. After the death of his father, the three brothers also separated, but Yao Xinhong moved to the capital after he became an official.Yao Zhiyuan took Li Lin to Dongkuayuan.

Yao's house looks simple and grand from the outside, but you can feel the luxury and splendor only when you enter the house, and there is no lack of more elegant things in the decorations.Li Lin glanced over without stopping, without saying a word.

"Migui, you're back." Walking in the garden, a person came to meet Li Lin, looking at Li Lin indifferently, with some inquiring eyes. "This is your friend."

"Exactly, Migui met my second brother." Yao Zhiyuan introduced to Li Lin with a smile, "This is my second brother, Yao Zhijin."

Yao Zhijin was older than Li Lin, and Li Lin also saluted.

After Li Lin saluted, Tan Chang in his arms poked his head out.When Yao Zhijin saw the little fox, he looked at Li Lin with the meanings of "as expected" and "really worthless".

Yao Zhijin is in her 20s, slightly shorter than Li Lin, and her face is not very similar to Yao Zhiyuan's, but her skin is whiter than Yao Zhiyuan's. She looks weak and weak, but her temper is not easy to get close to.

"I still have to go to the shop, please treat the guests well." Compared with Yao Zhiyuan's dandyish description, Yao Zhijin looked like a pure businessman, he patted Yao Zhiyuan's shoulder lightly, and passed by.Li Lin could feel the other party's defense against him, but he just smiled slightly.

"Brother Mu Ze, don't mind, my second brother has such a temper." Yao Zhiyuan explained.

Li Lin nodded in understanding.

After bypassing the flowers and plants pool, we finally arrived at Dongkuayuan, the residence of Yao Xinjun and his son.The maidservants in Yishui in the yard, it was almost winter, but they were all wearing brightly colored skirts, when they saw Yao Zhiyuan, they squatted down and saluted lightly, and called the third young master.Yao Zhiyuan's tone was much more relaxed and casual: "My father and mother live in the main room. If my father wants to see you, we all have to go there first."

Li Lin didn't dare to relax, he hesitated and asked, "Isn't it appropriate to bring Tan Chang in directly?"

Yao Zhiyuan smiled, "If Mu Ze is worried, I'll ask someone to take him to play."

Li Lin really had no intention of handing over Tan Chang to others, but seeing Tan Chang crawling out excitedly, he had no choice but to agree, but he secretly planned how to teach this little guy who abandoned his master when he went back.

"Brother Mu Ze please."

As soon as Li Lin entered the room, he was not in a hurry to look around, but looked at the person who was drinking tea in the main seat.

Yao Xinjun is not very old, in his early forties, and he still looks energetic.It is said that a nephew looks like an uncle. Yao Xinjun and Li Ji do look alike, but they are older and more...cunning.

"My son pays homage to his father!" Yao Zhiyuan happily stepped forward to salute.

"Get up, are you finally willing to come back?" Yao Xinjun spoke to his son very affectionately.

"Father said that, it's not that you drove your son to the capital to study." Yao Zhiyuan muttered, and went forward to ask for a bowl of tea.Yao Xinjun was about to be laughed at by him. "Are you studying? Don't lose the face of a saint. Your uncle's letter has already told me clearly. You are telling me the truth. What trouble did you provoke outside?"

Yao Zhiyuan rolled his eyes, and quickly introduced: "Father, this is Brother Mu Ze, I mentioned it to you."

Yao Zhiyuan came home yesterday and had already paid his respects to his father, this scene was nothing more than a show for himself.Li Lin kept smiling politely, and now he stepped forward, "Boy Li Muche pays respects to Uncle Shi."

"Get up, get up quickly." Yao Xinjun acted as if he had just noticed him. "Sit down, my dear boy. What do you do at home?"

"Uncle Huishi, this junior's family is in the silk business." Li Lin motioned for Jue Ming to come forward and offer the gift in person. "It's just for Uncle Shi and Auntie, a small gift is not what you want."

Yao Xinjun didn't look at it carefully, and accepted it generously. "Mu Ze, where are you from?"

"From Wuchang."

"Then you can speak official Chinese well, and you can't hear the accent at all." Yao Xinjun spoke softly, hiding his edge.

"My lord father ordered the younger generation to go to Beijing to study, so they practice Mandarin frequently." Li Lin parried easily.

"Wuchang, there are several Li families that do silk and satin business. Who is your parent?" Yao Xinjun relaxed on the chair, looking at Li Lin with flickering eyes.

Li Lin thought for a while, and he already expected that this person would be difficult to deal with. "The younger generation has been studying in Beijing, and knows very little about family affairs. They only know that cloth houses and fields are mostly located in other places. The business name at home is called Yunhua. I don't know if Uncle Shi has heard of it?" Yunhua was originally the name of Chen's family. Although Li Lin had never owned the shop, he had heard of it.This would embezzle his family's name, which was logical.

"It's actually Yunhua's eldest son, I'm so disrespectful."

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In the main room, there was a flash of swords and swords between the words, but in the wing room, it was very friendly.

Being held by the beautiful young lady, Tan Chang felt a little ecstatic, but he was stunned as soon as he entered the door.In this small wing room, there are several small beds made of silk and satin, each of which has a cute, fluffy little animal: there are cats, rabbits, foxes, squirrels... and dogs.

"The third son brought back a fox again?" The original servant in the wing came up to greet him, and praised Tan Chang after seeing him, "What a beautiful fox!"

Even after being praised for being beautiful, Tan Chang's mood is still very complicated.

Should he be thankful that at least his master puts puppets on the bed instead of real pets, or should he worry about what will happen if the master develops to the point where Yao Zhiyuan is?