Qi Yuanxiu · Self-cultivation

In the blink of an eye, it has been half a month since we arrived in Jinyang, and a quarter of the winter has just passed, and the day is colder than the day. The budget-conscious prince still has no heating products such as floor heating or hand stoves, and everyone is wrapped tightly in cotton jackets. resist the cold winter.

After being informed of his relationship with the Jinyang Palace, Shan Xuechen remained silent for a while, and stopped looking for Ju Mingzhi. Most of the time he spent alone in the study, Wang Jian smiled and said thinking about life.

Shan Xuechen, who was walking on the trail, suddenly saw a person in front of his sight, and Shan Xuechen quickly hid in the rockery next to him

Ji Xiu, Lord Hades had a gloomy face, as if he was thinking about something.Ji Xiu's eyesight is comparable to that of an eagle's eye. He has seen this white eater here for a long time. When he came, the white eater hid. Could it be that there is something shameful?

Ji Xiu suddenly lifted Shan Xuechen out from behind the rockery like a chicken.

This time, Shan Xuechen was not as nervous as before, his expression was more curious, he stared at his uncle curiously.This uncle looked a bit older, tall, broad-shouldered, frowning, like a King Kong in a temple.But it doesn't look very big, maybe it has something to do with the uncle's good looks. If I study it, I'm afraid it's not as big as myself.

Ji Xiu made no secret of his impatience towards him. It's strange to say that after so many years, he has practiced a good skin that can't show his emotions and anger, but every time he sees this person, he can't suppress the feeling in his heart. He was so angry that he wanted to come out.It is estimated that this person owed him something in his previous life, and he felt uncomfortable seeing it, so he shouted: "Aren't you forbidden to come here?"

After the cup incident, Ji Xiu warned him not to set foot in the courtyard, clinker would see him here.

Shan Xuechen nodded.

Ji Xiu was very speechless, that's all, I just don't see him.

So he let go of the chick and strode out.

"Xiaobai!" Someone called him from behind, and he turned around:

"Mr. Orange!"

Ju Mingzhi jumped out from behind the rockery, and said with a smile, "It's the first time I've discovered that you have this ability."

"what?"

Ju Mingzhi smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to a drink."

Order tofu in brine, drop one thing, Ju Mingzhi discovered a remarkable thing, maybe it is the unique delicacy of literati, Ju Mingzhi became the first person to discover this kind of thing, there are some strange things in the world Things that can't be explained in the book.Tachibana Mingzhi intends not to tell him for the time being, which is not necessarily a good thing.

"Azhi!" Just as he was speaking, He Min and his lord appeared.

Seeing that it was him, Ju Mingzhi turned around and left.

He Min looked like a student who had been reprimanded by the teacher. It was cold, but his face was about to sweat. He quickly ran up and stood in front of Tachibana Mingzhi.

Ju Mingzhi turned his back and ignored him.

Shan Xuechen was confused. Shan Xuechen knew that Ju Mingzhi didn't like He Minhe, but he didn't know why. Mr. Ju would not pay attention to people that Mr. Ju didn't like, but for He Min, then That's another story.

"Azhi, this is your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root..."

"A Zhi, please, can you have a word with me?"

"I beg you,"

"Annoying!" Ju Mingzhi snatched the osmanthus candied lotus root, bypassed He Min, and walked angrily towards the east courtyard.

He lives on the fringes, with a kind nature, no one likes him, and his heart is full of inferiority complex and helplessness.He is afraid of loneliness, yearns for warmth, and hopes to get this rare charity from others—caring.But because he was afraid of being hurt, he put on a mask again and again. This mask is so thick, but so vulnerable.

He Min ran there three times a day, faster than meeting his own mother.On the road, he nodded his head and greeted him. Wang Jian could only smile wryly at this. He killed one thousand enemies and lost eight hundred. It was his own idea to let Ju Mingzhi come over. It is miserable to merge with that living hell king to discuss and calculate.

"Who is that man from He-sama?" Shan Xuechen always thought about this question, but he was too embarrassed to ask Ju Mingzhi, so he came to ask Wang Jian.

"I don't know," Wang Jian rolled his eyes.

"Then they are cousins?"

"No."

"That's a friend."

"Not at all."

……

Wang Jian was very annoyed, so he said to him: "Then what is your relationship with Ji Xiu?"

This question completely silenced Shan Xuechen.

Wang Jian sneered, and He Min once told him insinuatingly that this Mr. Shan has the problem of peeping at others. Of course, this other person is Ji Xiu. Let him persuade him tactfully, otherwise he will have to do it again with Ji Xiu's temper. Hit someone.

"go to bed!"

Shan Xuechen immediately rolled into the quilt.

After that incident, Shan Xuechen couldn't see Ji Xiu even more, and only saw each other once a month. When he saw him, Ji Xiu didn't even look at him, and walked straight over. He couldn't even say hello. More news about this prince It was usually when chatting with Wang Jian that he intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the living King of Hades. Wang Jian didn't talk much every day, but what he heard was a little sad.

What kind of person is that cold-faced and cold-hearted prince, his uncle, his only relative in this world.

Ji Xiu hired Ju Mingzhi as a master, and Ju Mingzhi studied with the master every day, and Shan Xuechen was even more embarrassed to go to him, so he could only go to the study and read some legendary novels to satisfy his hunger.

"Xiaobai!" Liu Daxia smiled, "You haven't come here for quite a while."

"I'm really sorry. I was busy delivering meals to Daoist Wang a few days ago, so I didn't come to see Mr. Liu."

"Haha, where is it, Xiaobai can come to accompany me to relieve my boredom, that's a pleasure."

"Excellent praise."

"May I ask you something, Mr. Bai?"

"please say."

"My wife and children are all in the country, and the children are in private schools. You know, the direction has always been to respect teachers and pay attention to education. Pity me for my little salary, which is not enough for my son to teach. It is because the husband has a good temper and accepted my children. But I still regret it, I thought about it, literati pay attention to elegance, I want to draw a picture for my husband, but the fine brushwork is too rough, so I want to ask my husband for a favor."

"I'm not good at drawing either," Shan Xuechen felt guilty.

"Give it a try sir, it will cost at least one or two taels of silver to go out and find other people's paintings. This is really too expensive!"

"It's natural!"

"Then please, Mr. Bai."

"Oh, when do you want it?"

"The sooner the better."

Naturally, Shan Xuechen would not link this incident with the treasure appraisal incident a few days ago. Literati hate copper stink the most. How could a simple-minded little rabbit think of being spared by amiable and adults, so When Liu Chugongzi's paintings appeared on the market in large quantities, some people began to ridicule them, but far more people bought them than ridiculed them.

The proton of the Ju family was finally allowed by the prince to go back to Yuanyuan.

This time Ji Xiu was finally generous, hired the biggest carriage, and picked a shrewd servant for Ju Mingzhi.

When the proton period expires, the Ju family will keep their duties, and the Ju family's parents will naturally have to go home safely.

The old ministers didn't care about these things, so only a group of people from the Jinyang Prince's Mansion saw Ju Mingzhi off. Ji Xiu appeared for the first time, and he still knows how to do this superficial trick.

He Min and his lord were obviously more excited than anyone else. After almost half a month of cold butt, the temperature of this face rose instead of falling.Where does he still look like a half-educated young man?He was holding a box in his hand. Outside Zhu Hong's gate, Wang Jian, Shan Xuechen, Liu Daxia, Uncle Zhong, and Ji Xiu lined up, only this elder who stretched his neck for the adults in the matter.

The young Ju family's parents finally came out slowly.

His slender eyebrows, tall nose bridge, pointed chin, and a pair of bright diamond-like eyes, sometimes shining with a look of disdain for all things, make him look like a proud Persian cat, graceful The thin pink lips were slightly upward, with a hint of arrogance, a snow-white straight-fronted gown, the clothes drape very well, and a wide belt with a moon-white auspicious cloud pattern around the waist, and only a jade pole was hung on it. The best black jade, the shape seems rough but simple and gloomy.The black hair was tied casually with a silver ribbon, without a crown or hairpin. A few strands of hair on the forehead were blown away by the wind, intertwined with the silver ribbon and fluttering, appearing quite light.

"A Zhi..."

The rest of the words were blocked by He Min.

Ju Mingzhi bid farewell to Wang Jian, Shan Xuechen, Uncle Zhong, Liu Shusheng and others one by one. In the past half month, he has received favors, and his feelings have naturally warmed up. Others have been neglected for more than ten years, and they are very perverse.

"Xiaobai, let's go for a while, I will definitely come back later, if someone dares to bully you, you tell me, I will not spare him!"

Ji Xiu thought in his heart that this child's short-sightedness has never changed since he was a child.

Ju Mingzhi ignored He Min, and got into the car directly, and He Min got anxious and slammed on the railing of the car.

Wang Jian waited to see the good show, and stuck to the cold ass with the adult for a month. After all, the cat was staring at him, and it was about to be parted today. I don't know if the cat will let go.

"A Zhi!"

The big yellow cat glanced at him, still very proud.

He Min flattered and brought the box, "You have had a cold temper since you were a child, and you are far away in the north. I am afraid that you will not be able to stand the cold in the past, so I specially prepared Baohe Dan for you. When you go there, you must remember to..."

"You still need to teach me these?"

He Min smiled embarrassingly, and forced the box into the carriage.

The carriage rolled forward, and the front was full of wind and clouds. It has been a full 14 years since Ju's son came to Jinyang when he was six years old. This time he went to Ju's house alone. The owner of the small book stall stopped talking. Shan Xuechen didn't know why everyone's faces were so solemn. Of course he didn't know that the far away Ju family was far more powerful than the Jinzhou Shan family. The strength of Ju Mingzhi alone, I don't know how long it will take to win.

When the wind blows and the clouds fly, Vega returns to all directions, and everyone has their own concerns.

"Big devil!"

He Min turned his head in disbelief.

Ju Mingzhi was out of breath, the carriage turned around in a hurry just now, the old horse pawed the ground impatiently beside him, Ju Mingzhi was still out of breath, seeing He Min turned around, he immediately pounced on him .The lips pressed hard on He-sama's lips, the two cat paws hooked He Min's neck, after a while they suddenly pushed away, and quickly jumped into the carriage.

"go!"

Shan Xuechen was petrified.

Of course, other people have already discovered the relationship between the two. This bureau was set up by Ji Xiu. The distant Ju family tree has deep roots, and the involvement is too deep. It cannot be eliminated if it is not easy.Ji Xiu knew that the proton liked He Min, so he used He Min as a bait to force the proton to become one of his pawns... Ji Xiu thought it was a good deal.

But Ji Xiu still doesn't know that the most precious thing in this world is human heart.

Perhaps, those carefully calculated transactions are actually losing money, and what he loses is the hearts of the people who he will never be able to pay.

Ji Xiu is already investigating Shan Xuechen, so there is no need for suspects. Usually, when you encounter such a person, you don't need to think about it and kill him. But he assured Wang Jian that this person is safe, but it is not easy to start.Although this person said that he had been beaten before, every time he saw it, he felt extremely uncomfortable, like a fishbone choked there, and he was upset when he saw it.Unable to resist, emaciated, he couldn't figure out why Wang Jian tried his best to protect this person, and he felt a demon in his heart, so he simply hid as much as he could, and even if he saw him, he hurried over without making a sound.

It would be nice if it could be killed.

Ji Xiu has thought about this problem more than once, but Wang Jian is really a talent. Jinyang is now facing external and internal troubles. The old prince left and threw such a big stall to him. In the hands of the Ju family, the power is actually in the hands of the veterans of the old school. There is no need to think about how to turn around. He needs talents too much.

He raises people who are useful to him, and that white eater has nothing but looks.

It would be great if he could be killed, Ji Xiu sighed again in his heart.

Winter is always so sad. Liu Shusheng rattled the abacus, but his head was still shaking violently. Shan Xuechen just entered the room. Seeing this, he still couldn't help laughing: "Mr. It's going to fall."

"It's really going to fall this time." Liu Shusheng sighed, the autumn rent was collected, but in the autumn drought, the rent paid was only half of the previous year, the entire expenditure of Jinyang Mansion They all rely on taxes, even though they opened a pawn shop outside in the name of Uncle Zhong, the income is still a drop in the bucket.

Sunlight streamed through the windows and fell on the ledgers.

"Why is it so difficult?"

"Accounting is difficult!" Liu Daxia said with emotion, "I'm just in charge of collecting accounts and settling accounts. If you want to say that it's really difficult, it's the prince." Liu Shusheng rubbed some saliva on his fingers and twisted the paper. Five people, is there such a thing in the world? This was impossible a few decades ago."

"In order to reduce expenses, the palace dismissed most of the servants, but most of the money in Jinyang still flowed into the pockets of Yuanyuan Ju's family. There was nothing to use the money. After the old prince left, the prince reduced the staff year by year. Two years ago When he ascended the throne, he dismissed the rest of the servants in an instant, and the Jinyang Palace would inevitably fall into disrepair... If you hadn’t come, the Palace would have only me, the housekeeper, and the prince in the past two years. It also needs money, so if you can save a little bit, it’s a blessing if you can keep this Jinyang Mansion going.”

After hearing this, Shan Xuechen felt a little pity for that King of Hades. How much did a young man have to bear to hold on to a palace.

"Those old ministers are getting more and more face-saving. Except for the few thieves who came to ask for money recently, other adults don't even bother to visit. Hey, look at all of them!"

Shan Xuechen began to understand that Lord Yan a little bit, and he couldn't help but regret for a while, his family was in business, and most people in the family knew the way of breathing, but he was so lofty and despised those, let him follow The second uncle was learning how to do business, but every time he complained that he was sick, and when those who could protect him left, he was no match for that formidable second mother. In charge of the account, even that second mother had no chance to turn up.In this way, those who call Meng Yun really can't exchange for white jade and real silver, and the more time passes, the more they feel that Wang Jian is right.If he had learned how to do business from his family back then, he would have been able to help Uncle Wang at any rate.

While Liu Shusheng was chattering with Shan Xuechen, he didn't know that Ji Xiu had slowly entered.

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