[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

In November, I went back to Heizhou to celebrate the New Year with Li Wenxian and Lin Mu. I picked up Lin Mu's student Cui Changfeng along the way and asked him to go out with me to practice.At the same time, I also started to take care of the internal affairs of the Zhang family.

"Miss," Licorice opened the door of the study and blessed me, "the people below want to say goodbye to miss."

I have already begun to disperse my servants, leaving only Licorice, Wang Dali, Hao'er and his wife, Ah Wen, Xiao Xiao, and Mr. Liu, who is a clerk, by my side. Unfortunately, the shopkeeper of the Zhang family who was going to stay was transferred to the Lanzhou tea house, and the others were all scattered.I did the math, and before I knew it, what my father left in my hands was a family property of thousands of people, not counting the other merchants and tenants who depended on Zhang's family.

They have to be arranged one by one.

no party last forever.

"Miss."

When I came to the hall, everyone who was going to leave had already packed their bags, and there was a full line of people waiting in the hall and outside.They have already taken the severance money, and now they just want to kowtow to say goodbye to me, as if it was a master-servant relationship.

"Miss..." A little girl wiped her tears and looked at me.

I patted her head and handed her the books I packed in advance, "Girl, I know you like to read, and you should work hard when you go out. Of course, you should do it so don't ignore it. Help you mother to work, don’t forget to study hard in your spare time, you understand?”

"Yes!"

After they were all gone, I stood up and looked at the empty hall and smiled.

"Miss." Licorice handed me a cup of tea.

I took it and said with a smile, "Licorice, you will have to suffer with me from now on." She also changed from a first-class maid who was served by a little girl to only one person.

"You've said it, Licorice doesn't feel hard work at all." Licorice bowed to me, "Miss, don't miss me at all. Although I'm not as good as Miss, I'm definitely not unreasonable."

I smiled and helped her up.Everyone wants to live comfortably, and Licorice is no exception, but I only kept her because I knew Licorice's temperament.In terms of being a human being, she is a hundred times more upright than me, and a little bit of wealth is not in her eyes.

"Miss, I don't know, can I ask one more question?"

"Well, you ask."

"Are you giving up and relying on Aoi-sama in the future?"

I smiled and looked at the licorice, "Can I?"

"That's why I can't figure it out."

"Licorice, remember what I told you a few months ago?" I exhaled lightly, looking at the pavilions and towers in the snow outside the window, "If I am not the young lady of the Zhang family today, I can do nothing." I paused, and raised my head slightly to look at the sky, "If I were the chairman of the All-China Chamber of Commerce today, I would have done more than that." I turned my head and looked at Licorice, "Now it's just a different way, The game is still the same."

"Is this the reason why you only left Lanzhou Tea House?" She thought.

I smiled and said, "Tell me."

"With the popularization of tea culture, tea is already a necessity for people's livelihood, but it is not a necessary condition for people to live. It is no more eye-catching than food and salt, and it has received less attention than strategic materials such as iron and coal. To develop with tea, It’s flexible and secure.”

I smiled and said, "The Zhang family used to be steady and steady, but there were too many branches and they couldn't move easily. Now it's easier to let go."

As soon as the third day of the first lunar month passed, I went to Zizhou to secretly help the refugees in Zizhou with Feixiang and my fifth cousin Zhang Zechi. Seeing that things were starting to take shape, I went to Chazhou again in March to explain Good SEZ thing.After all, the Zhang family is in decline, and my position in the All-Commerce Federation is no longer stable. I must hand over everything to someone I can trust as soon as possible.After that, I went back and forth between the blue state and the purple state, and sometimes went to Huangzhou to seek connections and find money.In October, I finally resigned from my position as the vice president of the Black State All-Commerce Federation to concentrate on developing business in the Blue State and disaster relief work in the Purple State.

I kept using work to forget about my father, until I was assassinated in Lanzhou in November, and finally had to stop.

Lying in a dilapidated inn in Yulong City, the capital of Lanzhou, in a drowsy state, I thought, this is also happiness in misfortune, so I held the corners of my mouth.

You can have a good sleep.

"What's so funny?" Lan Xuena, the patriarch of the Lan family who was in a mess, poked me on the head.

Of course, I can't tell who the three triplet suzerains are, but the one in front of me should be the one I met in Lanzhou the year before last.I smiled and said, "Thank you, Sect Master Lan, for saving my life." If Lan Xuena hadn't helped me when I was assassinated just now, I would have been in danger.

Lan Xuena raised the corners of her mouth and leaned closer, "Then how about a promise with your body?"

I smiled and shook my head.There are still chasing soldiers outside, Lan Xue is really a character who can still speak and laugh in this embarrassing situation. "This won't work, I have already promised others, and the kindness of Sect Master Lan can only be repaid in the next life."

Lan Xue also laughed, stepped back, lifted the hem of her clothes, and sat casually on the floor beside the bed, "Miss Zhang's calculation is really good, because I know that I can't even pay for all my clothes. Aroused, there is no way to repay, only to talk about the next life?"

"No, I just said it casually. If there is an afterlife, then I, the afterlife, will have to decide what to do. I can't decide for her."

"Is it just saying that there is no basis for it, and it's a lie?" He stroked his lips with his finger, and his long and narrow peach eyes were still undiminished under such a description.

Speaking of which, Lan Xuena is still dressed in true blue clothes today, but the assassin has no scruples. Seeing him coming forward, he still didn't stop, and even hurt him. This... Another point, why did Lan Xuena take action help?I don't think he is the kind of person who would have compassion, probably he would never frown when I die in front of him.

Just as I was thinking, my nose was pinched by Lan Xuena, forcing me to recover.

"Okay~" Lan Xuena smiled and said, "Sleep and rest obediently, Miss Zhang, if I save you and you don't survive, I will be angry."

The result of the Lan family's suzerain being angry was terrifying.I smiled and closed my eyes.Is he threatening me?It's fine to get some sleep, anyway, I'm not sure what he's up to now, and I desperately need a rest right now.From before time travel to now, this is the first time that I have suffered such a serious injury—what ordinary person would be seriously injured for no reason?

When I woke up again, it was already three days later.As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw blue everywhere, and extremely exquisite furniture.

"Miss!" Seeing that I was awake, Licorice hurried over.

I asked about the situation and found out that it was Lan Xue who brought me back to the Lan family's mansion in Jade Dragon City to recuperate, no matter how much licorice there was.This matter is really suspicious no matter how I think about it, I was about to ask Licorice to ask Liu Jiahe and Wang Dali for further questioning, when there was a knock on the door.

"Miss Zhang is awake?" It was Lan Xuena's voice.

I let licorice support me to sit up, "Sect Master Lan, please come in."

Lan Xuena walked in, smiled slightly, and helped Licorice to help me, "Miss Zhang, don't worry."

I frowned.Ah, now I can't figure out whether the Lan Xuena I met the year before last, the Lan Xuena who rescued me, and the Lan Xuena who kindly came to visit me in front of me are the same person.I want to say it's the same, but there seems to be something wrong.

"Miss Zhang," Lan Xuena withdrew her hand and sat on a chair beside her, "Don't worry, your injury is fine, you just need to rest more." He tilted his head, "Miss Zhang can take a rest now." .”

He wanted to say, I don't need to worry about it, just ignore the assassination?I lowered my eyes and said yes softly.It is impossible for me to openly disobey the words of the Lan family.The door was knocked again at this time, and there were two more Lan Xuena outside the door.

Triplets are rare, but I don't want to make a fuss, it's just... I cover my forehead.When I was still in my head, I saw three identical faces dressed in the same clothes, deliberately pretending to be the same person, and if all three were extremely intelligent, I should not be careless, that would be really...

"Miss Zhang also thinks the triplets are too strange?" said Lan Xuena, one of them who was standing by the door.

Of course I can't say yes, and I don't think so either.I smiled wryly and shook my head, "Sect Master Lan, to be honest, I think the three of them are too lethal." One plus one plus one of three smart people, the power is simply multiplied exponentially, right?

headache.

ah.My nose was pinched again, and it was Lan Xuena, one of the people who came later, who moved.

"Miss Zhang," Lan Xuena said with a smile, "Don't think too much, just rest obediently."

what is going on?I……

I was thinking about something, but my mouth was covered and I couldn't breathe completely.I opened my eyes wide and looked at the slightly smiling Lan Xuena.He blinked his eyes, thinking it was fun.

No, it's not fun at all, I'm dying.

I blinked, signaling him to let me go.Only then did Lan Xuena let go of her hand, then patted my head like a puppy, and smiled with satisfaction.

Lan Xuena, who came in first, stood up, "Miss Zhang, rest at ease first."

Then, they left, and the maid guarding the door closed the door for me kindly.

I touched my nose and turned my head to look, only to see Licorice's face full of anger.

"Licorice?"

"Miss," she glared fiercely at the closed door, "The Lan family is too deceptive! What do they think of you?"

"Little bug," I smiled and lay down, "You can play with and pinch little bugs." Sometimes I am polite, sometimes willful, and I do whatever I want.They are top nobles.

Licorice waited for me to sleep with a dark face.

The biggest relationship between me and the suzerain of the Lan family is that I had contact with them last time because of Huang Yi's matter.There is an assassin who is not afraid of even the suzerain of the Lan family to deal with me. Obviously, this cannot be caused by me-I have not yet had such a great ability.The opponent is either a nobleman or a desperado.The Lan family, Huang Yi, I... I thought of the dossier for which Huang Yi was seriously injured, and I had a flash of inspiration.

It's private salt!

I don't know the relationship among them, but if it's private salt, I can't get involved.

I will relax for the time being and recuperate in the safety of the Lan family mansion.

At the end of the year, my health had improved a lot, so I bid farewell to the Lan family and planned to transfer to Guiyang, Zizhou.During the recuperation period, I handed over Zhangjia Tea House to Liu Jiahe, the clerk, and I only looked at the general ledger.The Lan family didn't know what was going on, and opened the door to the Zhang family. I have only been running the tea house for a few years, but now I have established a firm foothold in a short period of time.This is not like last time, the Lan family helped me jokingly to make Li Shen angry, but it should have another meaning.I couldn't understand the joint, so I wrote to Huang Yi, but he didn't explain much, as long as I accepted it with peace of mind.

In this way, this matter is indeed related to the matter between Huang Yi and the Lan family.

It's a pity that since the time I woke up, I haven't seen those three Lan Xuena again, so I have no way to test things out.Thinking of this, I laughed at myself.I don't know since when, I also became a suspicious person, and I can't feel at ease until I have a thorough understanding of the matter.I reached out and patted my cheek, admonishing myself.

Rarely confused.

"Miss, you can go now." Outside the door, Licorice called out.

Today is the day I left Yulong and set off for Guiyang.I put on my cloak and mounted my horse, supported by licorice.

"Miss, you really don't want to take a carriage?" Licorice frowned and said worriedly, "Your injury is just right."

"How long will this delay be?" I smiled and raised my voice, "Dali, are you ready?"

Wang Dali also got on the horse and said loudly: "Yes, miss, everything is fine!"

Liu Jiahe, the clerk, was also waiting in front of the door, and asked: "Miss, do you still only take a few of them?" He pointed to Licorice, Wang Dali, A Wen, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Mu's student Cui Changfeng, "This Although the war in Zizhou has subsided, you have just been assassinated..."

"Awen and Xiaoxiao are the guards that Mr. Liu picked for me when he was in Heizhou." I smiled and watched Awen and Xiaoxiao puff their muscles, showing off their strong figure, "Can you still not trust them?" I paused After a while, he said softly: "It's okay, I've already thought about that matter, and there will be no more for the time being." Huang Yi did not object to my going to Guiyang in the letter.I turned my head and called out, "Chang Feng."

"Sister Lan?" Cui Changfeng drove forward, "Do you have an order?"

"I'll give you a homework. Draw me a map of our journey from Yulong to Guiyang."

"Yes, I understand."

"Miss Zhang." Just as I was about to leave, I saw Lan Xuena again.I wanted to get off the horse to salute, but he stopped him by raising his hand. In turn, he slowly led the horse for me under the horse, and sent me out of the city as if no one was there.

...my head really hurts, can you stop making everything so complicated?

"Kui Huangyi is also a character." Lan Xue looked at me sideways and said with a light smile, "If Ms. Zhang is really impatient, she can entrust everything to him. I believe Ms. Zhang will be a good wife. "

Today is gentle mode? "Do you think I'm too low-ranking?" Huang Yi didn't let me meddle in his affairs, and he had some reason.After so many years, my wrist and mind are still too immature compared with them.I laughed, "You can laugh at Mr. Lantai, you can't understand Zhuang Sheng's music."

"There are males and females in Gangdao?" Lan Xuena stopped and picked up a small flower that just bloomed at her feet, "A little bit of arrogance, a thousand miles of blissful wind."

"Sect Leader Lan, I've been taken care of these days." I sat on the horse and bowed to him, "Just leave now."

He let go of the hand holding the horse, waved to me with the little flower in his hand, blinked his eyes, and gave me a wink... I froze, and then laughed out loud.What is he doing?Although Lan Xuena's appearance is handsome, she is far from the weak type, winking or something... poof.

Lan Xue looked back to normal, she didn't feel disobedient, she graciously supported me who was bending over with a smile, "Bo Qing's smile is worth it."

What an unpredictable person.I laughed again.

He will personally send me out of the city, probably to indicate that there will be no more dangers along the way. This is the gesture of the Lan family.I set off with six people and six riders, and arrived in Guiyang, Zizhou in the first lunar month.

"Ah San!" From a distance, I saw Guan Feixiang waiting for me at the gate of Guiyang.

I smiled and got off the horse, "Second brother, we will be gone for a few months," I turned my head, "Why did you grow a beard all of a sudden?"

"...I just forgot to take care of it."

I chuckled.A group of us got off the horse and walked to Feixiang's house.

The author has something to say: a little late update, sorry