and leave

Patriarch Lu was a little tired, he couldn't bear the stickiness of the two of them, so he simply got up and left.

However, this is his main courtyard, Patriarch Lu went out for a couple of laps, and then went back thinking that there was still business to discuss.As a result, God knows what happened during his time away, when he came back, he only felt that the two of them were more sticky, and turned a blind eye to his departure and return.

Patriarch Lu, who was completely ignored, was even more tired. He curled his fingers and tapped the table in front of him a few times, and said seriously: "You two, go back to the room again, now we have business to talk about." .”

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yiqing, his gaze seemed to say: Don't look, it's you.

Lu Yiqing's eyes on his father were not false at all, and he even wanted to take his daughter-in-law back to the room to comfort her.

But Shen Wangshu was obviously not dazzled, and a little bit of embarrassment flashed in his eyes when Patriarch Lu said this.Fortunately, she was still able to handle it on the surface. She pinched Lu Yiqing and held her hand to signal her to calm down. Then she said to Patriarch Lu: "Well, let's get down to business."

Patriarch Lu had just shown his face, and then looked at the two of them again as a warning, and then sat down again.

Lu Yiqing was not very happy, but after receiving the same warning glance from Shen Wangshu, he became honest in an instant.She sat up straight and first added a cup of hot tea to Master Lu's teacup, then respectfully handed it over to the other party, and then said: "I will listen to what Dad wants to say."

Patriarch Lu was not flattered at all, but felt a little sad—feeling that her daughter married a daughter-in-law is worse than marrying out, and now her eyes are full of her daughter-in-law, and her father is not as good as her daughter-in-law—but the heart is also sad for three times It's been a year, but the owner of the Lu family quickly adjusted his mood, holding a cup of tea and said expressionlessly: "You are the young master of my Lu family firm, and I didn't intend to hide it from you."

Lu Yiqing didn't notice Patriarch Lu's complex mood at all, and added tea for Shen Wangshu and himself, and then stopped talking while holding the hot tea, sitting quietly by the side, as if he was an observer.

Patriarch Lu lost his temper, took a sip of hot tea, and then said: "The news from the Northwest Army reported that Ah Qing's dream was probably true, so King Xiang and the Emperor must be busy fighting for power in the next period of time Then take care of us. We can just use this time." After a pause, he continued: "Although there is no king in the world, it is better to stay away from Chang'an than to stay here."

The sentence "Is it the king's land in the whole world" exhausted the helplessness of the Lu family leader, and Lu Yiqing realized that the Lu family's plight could not be solved by moving away from Chang'an-- King Xiang was too short of money, and the emperor seemed to be short of money too. , the Lu family is a piece of fat on the chopping board.

Shen Wangshu had already expected these words, just like Lu Yiqing, he held the teacup and didn't drink it: "Daddy means, should we still go south?"

The head of the Lu family nodded. He had already thought about these things: "Our Lu family originally started in Jinling, and our business was in the cloth business at first. I'm keeping an eye on it. Now that we have withdrawn from Chang'an, I don't plan to continue to expand the business. Let's not intervene in other businesses. Let's go back to the cloth business. It happens that Jiangnan has the best brocade and the best embroiderers , only doing this line of work will not be able to live without future glory and wealth.”

Shen Wangshu was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect Patriarch Lu to have such a plan.But it's not difficult to understand if you think about it carefully, external pressure is one aspect, and Lu Yiqing, the heir, must be the main reason why Patriarch Lu decided to shrink his business territory.

Originally there was only one daughter, and the daughter married a woman out of the ordinary. The Lu family was doomed to have no descendants.And without mentioning this, Lu Yiqing's regular amnesia has long since become Patriarch Lu's heart disease—the heir he has finally cultivated, his brains twitched, and he has been cultivating for so many years in vain.Repeating it again and again, it's all in vain, the owner of the Lu family has almost lost the confidence to hand over the Lu family to her.

He can't even see the inheritance of the next generation, no matter how ambitious Lu Patriarch is, he can't help but feel depressed.

Thinking of this, Shen Wangshu subconsciously turned his head to look at Lu Yiqing.However, Lu Yiqing seemed to have misunderstood it, and after receiving Shen Wangshu's gaze, he suddenly said, "Father thought that our family would behave in a restrained manner, so King Xiang would let us go?"

Of course not, even if the Lu family lost a lot by moving from Chang'an, they still have a huge foundation after all, King Xiang is reluctant to let go.

Patriarch Lu remained silent and looked at her, wanting to see what Lu Yiqing had to say.

Lu Yiqing was not stage fright at all, but in the end, he said something irrelevant: "I'm almost ready to make wine. When Dad returns to Jinling, will he only sell cloth and not wine?"

When Patriarch Lu heard the words, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and then dimmed after thinking of something: "Then I will open a restaurant for you."

Lu Yiqing was silent when he heard this, and simply cut to the chase and made it clear: "I don't want to go to Jinling, and I don't want to stay in a restaurant or cloth shop, waiting for others to come and slaughter me like a fish."

These words moved Shen Wangshu's heart, she looked at Lu Yiqing, and rarely saw a bit of stubbornness in her eyes.

Patriarch Lu couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, but that smile wasn't happy or appreciative - it's all because he knew his son Mo Ruofu, no matter how much Lu Yiqing changed after he lost his memory, Patriarch Lu seemed to be able to easily See through her mind.For example, at this moment, she said that she didn't want to be slaughtered, but the light in her eyes clearly concealed the heart of revenge.

As for the target of revenge, it is natural to plot against the Lu family, and also plot against Shen Wangshu's King Xiang.

Patriarch Lu could understand Lu Yiqing's anger, and also understand her unwillingness to sit and wait for death, but with her memory loss problem, could there really be anything to count on?He couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of this, but what flashed in his eyes when he smiled was bitterness.

Lu Yiqing couldn't understand his smile, but she could feel that the smile didn't reach her eyes. She pursed her lips and emphasized: "I won't go to Jinling."

Patriarch Lu finally had enough of laughing, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he seemed inexplicably cold: "Then where do you want to go?"

After all, he is a high-ranking person who has been immersed in the business for many years, and the master Lu's complete display of aura is a bit intimidating, so that Lu Yiqing was taken aback by his sudden coldness.But in the face of Patriarch Lu and her father who is used to doting on her, Lu Yiqing never seems to admit cowardice, and the lines of her side face are also cold and stubborn: "I don't want to go to the south of the Yangtze River, I want to go to the northwest , selling wine."

****************************************************************************

A conversation in the main courtyard seemed to end unhappily. Regarding Lu Yiqing's sudden whim, Patriarch Lu didn't agree or disagree in the end.

When Lu Yiqing and Shen Wangshu returned to the east courtyard, it was still early in the morning, but the two of them walked all the way without talking.It wasn't until returning to the room and stepping into the door that Lu Yiqing grabbed Shen Wangshu's clothes and said, "Wangshu, I didn't do it on a whim, I have seriously thought about it."

Shen Wangshu didn't show any surprise, just nodded lightly: "Yes."

Seeing this, Lu Yiqing didn't know whether she believed her or not, so he pulled her and continued: "I have thought about it, whether it is a dream or reality, King Xiang is always eyeing our family. And in this Chang'an city, the only The one who can compete with King Xiang is the emperor, but I, but I think the emperor seems unreliable, he has never fought against King Xiang in his dreams."

It's not just a dream, the emperor probably didn't fight King Xiang in the novel. After all, the latter is the male protagonist—even if the car overturns later, he is still the male protagonist. Maybe King Xiang was poisoned to death for revenge after the novel's ending?

Shen Wangshu was noncommittal after hearing this, she looked at Lu Yiqing and asked her: "Then what is your plan?"

Now Lu Yiqing has nothing to hide from Shen Wangshu, so he said: "What King Xiang wants is our life, and the emperor is unreliable, so I want to find another backer for myself." Having said this, the next words will go smoothly: "Don't think about the backers in Chang'an City. Neither of the two mountains can be offended. But there are other people outside Chang'an, such as those generals who hold military power..."

Undoubtedly, Lu Yiqing took a fancy to the Wei Family Army in the Northwest.In the dream, she could see clearly that it was an army of hundreds of battles, and the reason for the defeat was purely due to logistical problems.In the end, the emperor and King Xiang were busy fighting for power and profit, and had no time to manage the chaos in the northwest. It was the General Wei's efforts to turn the tide that prevented the world from overturning and gave the emperor and King Xiang the conditions to continue fighting.

The Great General Wei in the novel may not even be called a supporting role, and the Northwest War was just a small matter in the struggle for power between the emperor and King Xiang, and it was taken away in one stroke.But in reality, no one can ignore such a force.

Shen Wangshu was still noncommittal, and asked Shanglu Yiqing with bright eyes: "You are going to sell wine in the northwest, even if you have made friends with General Wei and obtained his protection. But Ah Qing, have you ever thought about it? The power is only in the northwest."

Lu Yiqing was not shocked by these words, her eyes were still shining, not dimmed.But she opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she swallowed it back, and changed her words: "Then start from the northwest, I have established a foothold in the northwest, and King Xiang can't go there to hunt down."

Speaking of this, Lu Yiqing talked about her wine again: "And my wine is all strong wine, and the literati in the Central Plains may not be used to it. The northwest is different. Heating with spirits must be very popular. As long as we don’t sell it too expensive, we can use it to make friends with the Wei Family Army. Sooner or later, this wine will be sold back to the Central Plains from the Northwest.”

Shen Wangshu didn't miss Lu Yiqing's hesitancy before, and he didn't ignore the other function of this wine when she heard her talk about spirits—those spirits were first made as alcohol to clean the wounds of Patriarch Lu, and they were indeed useful .If this thing is cast on the northwest battlefield, it will not only be useful for soldiers to drink to warm up, but also a life-saving thing!

Lu Yiqing obviously had a deeper plan, and it's not unexpected that these Patriarchs of the Lu family, in his vision, it will only be earlier than Lu Yiqing thought.But what's the use?Lu Yiqing's problem of losing memory at every turn is the biggest hidden danger.

But Lu Yiqing didn't know these things, she finished talking enthusiastically, and grabbed Shen Wangshu's hand: "Wangshu, when we leave Chang'an, will you accompany me to the northwest?"