Rebirth of the first courtier

Lingcheng is not considered an Ayutthaya, but it is particularly prosperous because of its proximity to the sea. Dayu is the best among the surrounding countries in terms of sea navigation, and it is also the country where the ship sails the farthest.Therefore, all places near the sea are richer and more prosperous than inland areas.

Xiao Qi'ao remembered how many ocean-going fleets His Majesty had in his hands, but he didn't find out who they gave them to until his death. Because of this, the Seventh Prince was once furious.Those are Dayu's best ocean-going fleets, and the wealth they bring back every time they go to sea is comparable to a year's treasury income.

They will stay in Lingcheng for a day, and let the guards and followers hire a boat and pack their things.Originally, Master Li planned to meet the county magistrate of Lingcheng, but Xiao Qi'ao decided to rent a boat by himself.This trip was originally to increase Xiao Qi'ao's experience, Master Li did not raise any objections to this.

Master Li only thinks that he is being cautious, but Xiao Qiao knows that the prefect of Huicheng not far from here has something to do with this corruption case, although he did not participate in it, but he knows all about it.

Once they had contact with the local county magistrate, the magistrate of Huicheng would know about it within two days, and so would the people in Jiangnan.This time, he hoped to capture them all quietly. Thinking of the news from Xia Ling, Xiao Qi'ao narrowed his eyes, and it was time for them to exercise.

"Brother Xiao, Shuzhu said that the wealthy businessman here wants to recruit a relative for his daughter, let's go and see." Hu Li ran in from outside the inn, and excitedly pulled Xiao Qi'ao to go out, "Shuzhu said, yes Tossing a hydrangea ball to choose a husband, I haven't seen it before. Besides, on the way back, I heard people here say that the rich merchant's daughter is very beautiful."

Xiao Qi'ao sat firmly on the chair and let Hu Li chatter. After Hu Li talked for a long time, he found that Xiao Qi'ao didn't move at all, so he was puzzled, "Brother Xiao, what's the matter? Is there a problem with throwing a hydrangea ball?"

Xiao Qiao shook her head, "No problem, is Xiaoli going to pick up the hydrangea?"

Hu Li let go of the hand holding Xiao Qi'ao's arm, and waved his hands again and again, "Of course not, I just haven't seen it before. When I read the script before, there were all kinds of strange ways to recruit relatives by throwing hydrangea balls and martial arts competitions." .”

Xiao Qi'ao pulled Hu Li into his arms, gently wrapped his arms around his waist, and whispered into his ear slightly, "I thought Xiao Li would grow up and want to get married..."

It was the first time that Hu Li was held in Xiao Qi'ao's arms like this, with his back pressed against Xiao Qi'ao's chest. He was not as thin as he appeared on the outside, but generous and powerful.Hu Li could even feel the oppression brought by the solid chest behind him, he moved his body awkwardly, but Xiao Qi'ao's arms wrapped around his waist became tighter.

"Xiao...Brother Xiao, you..." Hu Li stuttered from Xiao Qi'ao's sudden movement, and the tips of his ears turned slightly red.

"Huh?" Xiao Qi'ao looked at Hu Li's stuttering and embarrassing expression with amused expression, and let him go with a light smile, "What's wrong with me?"

As soon as Xiao Qi'ao let go, Hu Li took a few steps back in a snap, seeing Xiao Qi'ao smiling at him, felt his face getting hotter and hotter for no reason.

Xiao Qi'ao slightly narrowed his eyes and smiled heartily.

Hu Li was stunned for a while again, it was the first time for him to take a closer look at Brother Xiao's appearance, it turned out that Brother Xiao was so good-looking.Moreover, it was the first time he saw Big Brother Xiao smiling like this... like this... an indescribable feeling, Big Brother Xiao's eyes seemed to have starlight.

Hu Li's dumbfounded appearance pleased Xiao Qi'ao, and Xiao Qi'ao felt particularly fulfilled that he could attract Hu Li.He pulled Hu Li forward, bent his eyes and shaved Hu Li's nose with his fingers, "Does it look good?"

"It's beautiful... ah!" Hu Li nodded blankly, looked at Xiao Qi'ao's low smile for a moment, suddenly came back to his senses, and exclaimed, "Brother Xiao, you... you are making fun of me! I... I will go Ask Shuzhu to take me to see hydrangea throwing, hum!"

Hu Li ran out in a panic, didn't even see the door opened, and hit the door with a "bang".Hu Li clutched his forehead, tears flowed from the physical pain, and the red tip of his nose looked pitiful.

Xiao Qi'ao couldn't care less about teasing Hu Li right now, and hurried over to take Hu Li's hand covering his forehead away, looking at the red spot on his forehead, he secretly scolded himself for teasing him too much.

Xiao Qi'ao rubbed his forehead lightly for him, and at the same time patted Hu Li on the head helplessly, "Will you still be so frizzy when you walk without looking at the road?"

Hu Li pursed his mouth, twitched his sore nose, and looked at Xiao Qi'ao aggrievedly, "I just didn't see it all at once... It's not like this often..."

"Okay, come here, I'll rub some ointment on you," Xiao Qiao led someone to sit beside the table, and he went to get a small box of transparent ointment, "Grandma gave it to you before we left. It is a well-known wound medicine, after a while rubbing it on, the pain will soon disappear.”

Hu Li touched his forehead. In fact, it hurt when he touched the door leaf, and then it didn't hurt.But seeing the way Xiao Qi'ao lowered his eyebrows and gently applied the medicine to him, Hu Li didn't say anything, and even secretly used spiritual power to make his forehead redder.

"Okay, I'll be fine soon." Xiao Qi'ao looked at his forehead that was getting redder and couldn't laugh or cry, but he wanted to try Xiao Li's reaction, but he overreacted and hit the door!

"Let's go, aren't we going to see the hydrangea throwing?" Xiao Qi'ao put down the ointment, and walked out holding Hu Li's hand.Hu Li struggled for his hand, but he didn't. He pursed his lips in embarrassment, "Brother Xiao, let me go, I'm not a child anymore."

Xiao Qi'ao looked back at Hu Li, who was blushing again, with a half smile, "Well, Xiao Li is not a child anymore. But, let me lead it, if he hits something again, it won't be a red forehead So easy."

Being poked at the sore spot, Hu Li shut up and didn't speak anymore, just looked at the place where the two hands were covered by their wide sleeves, unconsciously lost in thought.

Being left in the inn, Shuzhu and Chiji looked at each other in dismay. Shuzhu wanted to reach out to touch the feathers of Chiji, but Chiji dodged it all at once.

Stupid master actually left me here, angry...

The place where Shuzhu said the hydrangea was thrown was not far away, it was diagonally across from a teahouse, Xiao Qiao couldn't have taken Hu Li to the crowd below, so he led him up to the third floor of the teahouse .The view here is good, you can see the hydrangea thrown, and you will not be hit by the hydrangea inexplicably, because the windows here are surrounded by exquisitely carved railings for safety.

"Hey, you guys also come to see the hydrangea throwing?"

Just as Xiao Qi'ao was about to take Hu Li into the private room and sit down, he saw Master Li walking up the stairs, "Teacher, would you like to drink tea?"

"No, no, I'm here to see the hydrangea throwing." Mr. Li walked into the box, sat by the window, pointed to the place where a lot of people gathered not far away, and said, "This is the first time for me to throw a hydrangea to invite relatives." See, I have to take a look at it anyway, just to increase my knowledge.”

Hu Li's eyes lit up immediately when he heard it, and he didn't care about being held by Xiao Qi'ao, and sat down beside Master Li, "That's right, I've only seen all kinds of marriage invitations in the scriptures, and I've never seen them before. Have you seen it in real life? Master Li, if the hydrangea falls on someone the rich businessman's daughter doesn't like, will it be married or not?"

Master Li laughed loudly, pointed at Hu Lixiao for a while, and then explained: "No, they must have stipulated the requirements for the person who receives the hydrangea ball. Even if the girl who receives the hydrangea ball doesn't like it, It wouldn’t be too embarrassing either. You only need to tell the outside world that your horoscope is not compatible in a few days. Most of the people below are just watching the excitement, and no one really pays attention to who a girl is married to.”

Hu Li curled his lips, looked at the masked girl who had come out of the attic opposite, and said, "This girl from a rich merchant must have read too many scripts, and I guess this girl must have some shortcomings or hidden diseases. I heard that she is nineteen this year, and she hasn't married yet!"

Xiao Qi'ao poured him a glass of water, and said, "Isn't it possible that she is too good to find a match?"

Hu Li gulped down the water in the cup, waved his hand, and looked like a young man who was too naive, "How is it possible, there are so many excellent girls in the imperial city, except for those special reasons of filial piety, they all married off. .”

Xiao Qiao shook his head, Master Li also laughed, Hu Li looked at them because he didn't understand, was he right?

"Girls in the imperial city don't have to worry about marrying." Xiao Qiao patted Hu Li's head, "Think about it, with so many high-ranking officials and nobles in the imperial city, and so many good men, the girls can always find a satisfactory husband. .”

Hu Li nodded half-understood, and the attic not far away had gathered more and more people because of the girl's appearance.Following Hu Li's gaze, Xiao Qi'ao looked over, and most of the people gathered in the attic were onlookers, but the girl standing on the attic seemed a little familiar to Xiao Qi'ao.

Wait, he remembered, wasn't that Linglong who served Mother Xiao later?How could she be here? Linglong's identity was found out at the beginning as a girl from Xiao's mother's natal cousin's family, and she should live in Ancheng, not far from the imperial city.

Xiao Qi'ao narrowed his eyes, and Hu Li poked Xiao Qi'ao's palm in dissatisfaction, "Brother Xiao, what are you looking at?"

Hearing Hu Li's sour tone, Xiao Qi'ao smiled and squeezed his palm, "I saw an acquaintance, I'll ask my servants to confirm later."

Master Li looked out of the window curiously, "Where is it?"

Xiao Qiao pointed to the attic, "It's there, wait for someone to confirm it. It's just that he shouldn't be here at this time."

Master Li didn't have much curiosity about this, so he didn't ask any more questions.But Hu Li looked in the direction of Xiao Qi'ao's finger, but didn't find anything strange.

"You don't know me, and I can't find it if I look again." Xiao Qi'ao smiled helplessly, and put a piece of snack for Hu Li into his mouth, and Hu Li was instantly distracted by the delicious snack in his mouth. attention.

The result of throwing the hydrangea was exactly as Mr. Li said, and the wealthy businessman ordered a long list of requirements.Just receiving the hydrangea is not considered a success. The person who receives the hydrangea must be of the right age, have enough ability to make the girl live a good life, and have no concubine at home... In short, it is a long list of requirements. Not finding a suitable one is like a farce.

When they returned to the inn, the attendants had already rented the boat and found all the manpower, and they could anchor and leave the port tomorrow morning.

Xiao Qi'ao asked Xia Yi to check on the girl who threw the hydrangea today, and by the way, check if there was any special person around the girl.In the past life, how did Linglong get to Xiao's mother, or is it just that the girl looks alike today.

Xiao Qi'ao never expected that Linglong's identity would be more useful than he imagined, especially the nanny beside her, which was beyond Xiao Qi'ao's expectation.

It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!