Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

Princess Ci'an naturally believed that the housekeeper was not lying, that is, someone was pretending to be the King of Jingbei.

"I want to see who dares to pretend to be the king of Jingbei." Princess Ci'an said and stood up.

The butler followed behind Princess Ci'an: "This old slave sees that the man may be the King of Jingbei, Princess, don't be rash."

Zhao Jifu stopped walking when she heard that, and looked at Qin Mao beside her. Qin Mao hurriedly asked the butler, "What does that man look like?"

He met King Jingbei from a distance in Lin'an many years ago. At that time, King Jingbei was just a little prince, and he was also staying in the west of Lin'an Prefecture.

"Extremely good-looking, this old slave has never seen such a beautiful person... It's because this old slave is too poor to describe." The butler replied.

Qin Mao looked at Zhao Jifu: "Maybe he is really the King of Jingbei."

"Then what is he doing in Xiangyang?" Zhao Jifu asked nervously, "Could it be that he wants to come to Xiangyang to garrison troops? This matter shouldn't come to me."

Zhao Jifu seemed to be very disgusted with this matter, wondering if it had something to do with her uncles or cousins.

Qin Mao: "What you said is not impossible, but King Jingbei is a little different from them. I think we should meet first before talking about it. Anyway, even if this is the case, we can't help him, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Zhao Jifu felt that what Qin Mao said was reasonable, so most of the worries in her heart dissipated.

In the main hall of the princess mansion, Qin Mao and Zhao Jifu met the legendary Jingbei King.

I heard that he has been in Lin'an Mansion all year round, probably because of his poor health and has been recuperating from his injuries. I also heard that he has been recuperating in a Taoist temple in Chushan. The story about this King of Jingbei has always remained in rumors.

Those who have seen the King of Jingbei were only many, many years ago, when the King of Jingbei was only a teenager.

However, after seeing such a young man, he can no longer see this romantic love in the world.

As a result, many poems about King Jingbei spread in the Song Dynasty...

Almost when he saw Zhao Huaizhi for the first time, Qin Mao was convinced that this was the King of Jingbei.

The housekeeper brought tea to Zhao Huai, and Zhao Huaizhi looked at Qin Mao and Princess Ci'an: "I was passing through Xiangyang, and I heard the princess's birthday, so I came to visit."

Originally, Zhao Huaizhi thought that Princess Ci'an was his aunt, but after a thorough investigation, he found out that Princess Ci'an was of the same generation as him.

Princess Ci'an's father is the concubine's cousin of the Tian family, who was named the Zongwang during the first emperor's time, and Zhao Jifu was named the princess not long after he was born.During the first emperor's time, the father and daughter were still favored, but after Zhao Huaizhi's uncle came to the throne, they would not be able to do so.

Princess Ci'an's family also moved from the outskirts of Lin'an Prefecture to the Xiangyang fiefdom more than ten years ago. After that, except for the Tianjia's birthday in Lin'an Prefecture, or some major events, the number of times they went to Lin'an was one of the few.

"It's already a pleasant surprise for you to come to see us, what more gifts should you bring?" Zhao Jifu smiled.

Zhao Jifu asked the butler to put all kinds of tea and fruit on the table, and asked him, "Who did King Jingbei come with this time, and how long will he stay in Xiangyang?"

Zhao Huaizhi: "I came here in a humble service, and I won't stay for long."

Hearing that he would not stay for too long, Zhao Jifu felt relieved.

As long as she didn't come here to help garrison troops, it would be fine.

In this main hall, apart from Qin Mao and his wife, there was only one guest, Zhao Huaizhi, and an old housekeeper who was always busy.

Zhao Jifu asked the old housekeeper to prepare the dinner, Qin Mao went out for a while, and there were other guests in the mansion.

Zhao Jifu asked how Zhao Huaizhi's Tian family was doing, how Lin'an was doing now, and also asked about the war.

Zhao Huaizhi's soft voice came, and he was a little surprised that a pampered woman like Princess Ci'an would care about the Song Dynasty and their emperor, but because of this, his mood became much softer at the moment, so he was very happy. Patiently answer Zhao Jifu.

Zhao Jifu has not read too many books, or she has only read a few Analects of Confucius and female rings...

Because I listened to teacher lectures when I was young, I would feel sleepy when I listened to it.

So she stopped reading when she was about ten years old, but she liked hearing what Zhao Huaizhi said.

"If I had listened to your lectures when I was young, I would have become a female doctor." Zhao Jifu laughed.

The King of Jingbei, who used to exist as high as the moon in the sky, now has a vivid and simple image in Zhao Jifu's heart.

"My lord is indeed the favorite young man of the Tian family, and he really lives up to his reputation." She praised.

Not long after Qin Mao went out, Qin Juan and Xu Cheng followed. Except for the butler who was still in the main hall and a few servants who followed the butler, no one else here knew that they were the King of Jingbei.

Qin Mao went to the study after meeting a few guests.

Xu Cheng looked at Qin Juan and signaled him.

Qin Juan followed Qin Mao into the courtyard of the study, and Xu Cheng stayed outside.

There are no guards in Qin Mao's academy, which just gave Qin Juan a chance to get close to Qin Mao.

Qin Mao didn't realize that someone followed him into the yard, he walked into the study, just opened the door, and turned back when he heard footsteps.

When he turned his head, he saw a slender and tall boy with handsome features, and even looked familiar.

It was precisely because of this familiarity that he liked him a little more, so he wasn't angry at the young man's reckless behavior.

Qin Mao said: "Are you a guest who came to the princess's mansion? This is the study room. You have gone to the wrong place."

He even spoke to Qin Juan so patiently.

Qin Juan was slightly surprised, but after the surprise, he shook his head and told Qin Mao: "I'm looking for you."

When Qin Mao heard these words, he knew to be vigilant, but... It's not like someone wants to bribe a killer to kill him, right?

Qin Mao took a few steps back, and Qin Juan followed closely, as if he knew that Qin Mao was going to call someone, he was very fast, pushed Qin Mao into the study, and closed the door at the same time.

"You don't have to call for someone, I'll leave after asking a few words."

As soon as his words fell, Qin Mao yelled.

"Even if you call someone over, you're not my opponent. I'm not here to kill you, but I just want to ask you a few words." After Qin Juan finished speaking, Qin Mao stopped calling and looked at him.

Hearing this question, Qin Mao's mind turned back and forth, who is he, and why would he want to check his life experience?

"Tell the truth, or you will know the consequences!" Qin Juan followed closely.

Qin Mao frowned: "Why are you checking me?"

"Answer me." Maybe because he wanted to know the answer so much, he became a little manic, and his voice was raised.

"..." Qin Mao was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

Qin Juan took a deep breath, loosened his collar, and turned his back to him: "I don't want to kill you, I just want to ask you, where are you from, tell me, and I will leave."

He thought about it, he couldn't tell Qin Mao who he was, because he knew where he came back from, and how much trouble would be caused here.

His matter will be like a sword, hanging over Qin Mao's head.

Qin Mao may not tolerate his nephew being a slave and a general in the north...

By not telling Qin Mao, he was protecting many people, including Qin Mao.

Qin Mao looked at Qin Juan's back and didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he said, "I still want to know why you want to find out my background." He couldn't figure out who he had offended.

"I don't have any relatives in my hometown, what can you do to me." His sentence is true, he has no relatives in his hometown.

Qin Juan clenched his fists and never got angry. It seemed that he had been silent for a long time, and then he calmed down before speaking: "Do you know Qushui Bridge?"

When he said this, his back was turned to Qin Mao, but his eyes were as cold as stars, as if he had bet everything on this sentence.

The person behind took a few steps back in shock, and reluctantly said, "...how do you know about Qushui Bridge in Quanshui Town?"

At this moment, Qin Juan finally let go of his tense shoulders. He closed his eyes, turned around, passed Qin Mao, and walked out of the study and the yard.

Seeing him coming out, Xu Cheng didn't know if he got the result, so he followed closely.

Qin Juan never thought that the intermittent childhood memories... would still make him remember the words Qushuiqiao.

He walked out and told Xu Cheng: "You can go back."

Xu Cheng knew what he should have asked, so he went to find Zhao Huaizhi

Qin Juan waited for them outside the palace of the princess, but only waited for Xu Cheng.

"My lord said let's go to the inn and wait, and do the whole show, and my lord will stay in the princess mansion for dinner."

"En." Qin Juan turned around on horseback, and Xu Cheng followed.

In the inn, Gu Yue asked Qin Juan what he asked.

Qin Juan replied, "Quan Shui Town."

Xu Cheng heard it: "I'll check it out right away."

"There are three, and one is in Quanzhou." Xu Cheng said to them after returning.

"Quanzhou?" Gu Yue looked at them, "I've heard about this place on the ship, and it seems to have the largest shipping company in the world."

Xu Cheng: "Quanzhou's shipping industry is very developed, and there are many big businessmen in the surrounding towns, which is very similar to what Qin Juan described."

So Xu Cheng felt that Qin Juan was from Quanshui Town in Quanzhou.

Qin Juan stood up: "I'm going to Quanzhou!"

Gu Yue: "Isn't it? If you say wind, it will rain?"

Qin Juan said lightly, "You don't understand."

He thought of Qin Mao's sentence: I have no relatives in my hometown.He felt uneasy and uncomfortable, wishing he could grow a pair of wings and fly to Quanzhou.

At night, Zhao Huaizhi came back, and Xu Cheng told Zhao Huaizhi about Qin Juan.

Zhao Huaizhi said to Qin Juan, "I have already made arrangements to go to Quanzhou tomorrow."

Qin Juan's eyes turned red when he heard these words, and he let Zhao Huaizhi hold his hand.

Meeting Zhao Huaizhi was luck, what Zhao Huaizhi gave him was all courage.

"Thank you."

Thank you for making my courage so meaningful, not solitary or turned into anger.

Zhao Huaizhi smiled softly: "Well, go eat first, Xu Cheng said that you have been in the room since you came back."

Seeing the two of them coming out of the room, Gu Yue let out a long breath: "Hurry up and eat, I promise to wait for you for a long time."

Qin Juan patted Gu Yue's shoulder: "I made you worry."

"It's good to know, don't let me worry, hurry up and grow up!"