Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

The groom was also stunned for a moment, but luckily he reacted quickly and immediately said: "This horse is destined to be with you, guest officer! It has fallen in love with you!"

"Can't your horse be sold?" Qin Juan asked slowly, trying to get rid of the horse's "control" on him.

But the horse just clung to his robe.He tried to turn around to see who Shen Sheng dared to bite him.Hearing this, the groom felt wronged in his heart, he patted the horse's head to signal it to let go, the horse shook its head, still biting Qin Juan's clothes.

"Come on, this dress is not mine! If you bite it, you will have to pay for it!" Qin Juan moved his body in dissatisfaction.

"...Guest officer, he has really taken a fancy to you." The groom whispered aggrievedly.

"Are you choosing a son-in-law?" Qin Juan frowned. "You let it loose."

"But it's not loose..."

Qin Juan angrily took off the outermost fur robe.

I saw the horse's big eyes flickering, its body was white and pink, and its fur was shorter than other horses, so it should have been born a few months ago.

It's just that he still needs the clothes.

He reached out to touch the horse's mouth, signaling it to let go, but when he touched it, it let go.

She even rubbed her face against the back of his hand.

Qin Juan looked at the groom: "Is there no one who wants this horse?"

"..." The groom was so choked by him that he didn't know what to say.

After dawdling for a long time, he said: "This horse is really destined for you. You might as well buy it back. It's only two ingots of horseshoe silver."

"100 taels?" Qin Juan never thought that a horse could be sold so expensive in this borderland.

"It wouldn't be so expensive in Dawu's ear." Qin Juan pursed his lips.

The groom explained: "The breeds of horses are different. The horses here are purer, more cold-resistant, and run faster, have better endurance, and mainly look handsome."

"It's too expensive, and it's not small. When it grows up, it should be a tall horse and eat a lot." Qin Juan said, propping his chin.

"Eat more. After all, it has enough stamina and a normal temper..." The groom tried to stabilize the price of the horse.

"This is the purest Zenan horse. There is only one in the litter, and it really likes you. It's rare to meet someone with the same temperament. You can buy it for 100 taels and you will definitely not lose money..."

"Congenial temperament? Do you really think I'm here to pick a wife?" Qin Juan shook his lips speechlessly, then turned around and put the fur on, "Sorry, I can't afford it."

He was about to leave when the horse bit his robe again, so angrily he turned around and raised his hand to slap it.

If it wasn't a horse, he would have thought it was a human change!

Qin Juan left Ma Xing, he really didn't have 100 taels of silver.

After returning, Zhao Huaizhi hadn't come back yet.

When he went to the back kitchen of the inn to order food and have dinner, Zhao Huaizhi hadn't come back yet.

He couldn't help being puzzled, and asked a cavalryman, who told him that there were many rules in the Zenan elders' mansion, and he might not be able to see the elders after waiting for a long time, I'm afraid he just spoke now

In this way, Qin Juan went to sleep.

The next day, when he woke up, he had gone up three poles in the previous day.

Putting on his clothes and going out, seeing that there was no movement in Zhao Huaizhi's room at the opposite door, he frowned and pushed open the window at the opposite door.

Zhao Huaizhi didn't come back last night.

His heart tightened, and he walked out quickly, and soon a few cavalrymen came: "Are you awake? Do you want to prepare lunch?"

"Where are your adults?"

"Your Excellency is fine, you can just wait in peace at the inn." The cavalry said.

"He didn't come back last night."

Cavalry: "Yes."

Qin Juan paused, turned around, and looked at them coldly: "Where are the rest of you?"

"Something went out." The cavalry replied.

Intuition told Qin Juan that something must have happened, otherwise it would not have happened.

Zhao Huaizhi didn't come back that night, the cavalry went out for more than half, let him sleep until the sun was high, and prevaricated him

Moreover, he has never been able to sleep like this before, so it is impossible to say that he slept until noon because the room was warm, right?

What the hell are these doing.

Qin Juan didn't say much. When these people wanted to hide it from him, they would never tell him the truth.

He hurried downstairs to eat, and after eating, he went to the street like yesterday.

"Will you follow him?" asked one of the cavalrymen.

Another said: "You go, I'll wait for the people who went to the elder's mansion to come back."

After Qin Juan went to the street, he was surrounded by a group of children not long after.

"Hey, Boss Yang, we have been looking for you for a long time, and we have found you."

"Yeah, I've been waiting all morning."

Qin Juan recognized the children he met yesterday.

"What are you waiting for me for?" Qin Juan asked them, crossing his chest.

"Waiting for you to be friends with you, your family is so rich." A child said.Qin Juan's slight excitement was extinguished by the children's words.

"My sheep is at home and I can say I'm penniless now." Qin Juan smiled.

The children were anxious: "We just want to be friends with you."

A child has already touched the cross knife on his waist and the bow bag on his back.

"You look so majestic. Adults don't necessarily have knives, but you can have knives." A child said in amazement.

For these children, the knife is a status symbol, and only good and powerful soldiers will have a knife, because many nomadic skirmishers only have spears and halberds.

Those who carry knives are powerful people, especially those who can walk with knives.

"You don't look big, why are you so powerful?"

Qin Juan smiled and said, "I am much older than you."

"Then can you touch your knife for me?"

"Didn't your hand touch it already?" He raised his eyebrows.

The child grinned and said, "It's very kind of you to let me touch your knife. I really like knives. I really hope to be like you when I grow up..."

Qin Juan squatted down suddenly, the child who was speaking was startled, and took a small step back.

Qin Juan said softly: "The knife is used to protect the one you love, not to hurt others, do you understand?"

"...knives are used to defeat hateful people." The child frowned.

Qin Juan thought for a while: "It seems to be true, but I still hope you don't touch these. Hey..."

The child didn't understand, and tilted his head to look at him for a long time.

"By the way, since you have a knife, do you know what happened at the elder's mansion last night? I heard it was very noisy when I was sleeping last night." A child suddenly came up to him and said.

Hearing this, Qin Juan looked at the child: "Last night? The Elder's Mansion was very noisy? What kind of noise?"

"Looks like a lot of people are fighting." The child replied in a low voice, "I couldn't sleep and lay down in front of the window and watched for a long time. There was still fire light. I was very scared, but my mother was asleep, and I didn't want to wake her up."

Qin Juan stood up suddenly and smiled: "I'll talk to you another day, I have something urgent."

"Can I see you tomorrow?" Seeing that he was leaving, someone asked.

"It should be possible, but don't wait for me." After Qin Juan finished speaking, he turned and left.

No matter what, let's go to the Elder's Mansion first to see what the hell is going on there.

If those people dare to arrest Zhao Huaizhi, they will make them look good.

Running all the way to the 800 meters outside the elder's mansion, I saw heavy soldiers guarding the streets and intersections, and pedestrians could no longer enter and exit.

I caught a person and asked, and that person told the people who had just arrived that they could still enter and leave this street in the morning, but now they can't.

"It was said that something was lost, and if the thief was not found, this street was closed." The man said again.

Finding a deserted alley, he jumped onto the roof.

The snow on the roof here is too thick, and he felt his feet slipping after he went up for a while, and rolled down the roof with a bang. Fortunately, he was caught by the haystack and did not make much noise.

He looked around and saw no one, so he ran away quickly, otherwise he would be caught as a thief.

After thinking about it, he still decided to go back to the inn first. It would be much easier to check the guards than to take the risk of checking the Elder's Mansion.

After Qin Juan sneaked back to the inn, he didn't go back to the room immediately, but went to the room where the cavalry lived.

He is not familiar with other places, but he is familiar with the inn.After changing the straw sandals, I carefully climbed to the roof, which is the second floor, and if I fell down, I would break my leg.

After squatting on the roof for a long time, I finally saw three or two cavalrymen entering. They were all dressed in black and did not wear armor.

"What did you find?" one said.

"Elder Xunwu wanted to put Young Master in the dungeon last night, but Elder Fu'an disagreed, and the two elders fought."

"What does Elder Xunwu mean?"

"He said that the young master is from the Song Kingdom just like the previous Patriarch...but Lian Boyawu has done more to help the rise of the Mongolian people. His contribution outweighs his faults. He will not reveal this matter to the world, but he must be placed under house arrest in Bingyu."

"Why does he say that the young master and the previous Patriarch are from Song State? Just because the previous Patriarch grew up in Song State?"

The cavalryman didn't answer this, but suddenly said: "In this way, why do I feel that the young master suspects that the elders of Zenan came to Bingyu after the previous Patriarch was placed under house arrest?"

Qin Juan was startled for a moment, his body stiffened for a moment.So Huhu's father is not missing but is under house arrest?

And the elders in Zenan still want to put Fox under house arrest?

If so, why did Huhu have to come to Zenan?Just because his father might be in the ice region?

No.

Zhao Huaizhi is not a person who is not calm, he will not have taken this into consideration.

Qin Juan took a deep breath. When he was about to come down from the roof, his legs froze because he had been lying on the roof for too long, and his calves trembled, and he leaned back...

The moment he fell, he quickly pulled out the knife and stuck it into the wall.

When the cavalry saw him, they were angry and wanted to laugh.

Save him with a cold face.

"What are you doing? Eavesdropping is not a gentleman's behavior." A cavalryman said.

Qin Juan scratched his arm and bared his teeth in pain: "I listen to it in broad daylight, so it's not considered eavesdropping." Several cavalrymen looked at each other, this is all right, this young man knows it, and he doesn't know what he will do. what come.

"Let's say it first, don't cause trouble for us, don't meddle in the affairs of adults, just stay in the inn honestly, if there is news that you need to evacuate, you can follow the others." The cavalry tried to discuss with him.

"Okay, I promise to be good, but..."

Those people held their breath and listened intently to his next sentence.

"But you must give me some silver." "How much?" asked one of the horsemen, reaching for his purse.

"Two ingots of horseshoe silver."

The cavalryman shook his hand holding the purse: "So much?"

Although he was surprised, he still gave Qin Juan the money so that the boy could behave better.

Qin Juan took the money he handed over, stood up enduring the pain and walked out.

Cavalryman: "...Are you okay?"

"No..." Qin Juan dragged his sprained foot back to the room.

After returning to the room, after rubbing my ankle for a while, I was finally able to walk normally.

All plans should be discussed at night. To find out whether Zhao Huaizhi has been imprisoned, he can only go to the dungeon of the Elder's Mansion.

At night, a wave of cavalry they sent out came back.

The general meaning is that Zhao Huaizhi is not in the dungeon, and the Elder's Mansion did not imprison Zhao Huaizhi.

Qin Juan frowned suspiciously, who released the news that the two elders were fighting for Patriarch Boyawu during the day.

One of these two news must be false.

Qin Juan couldn't figure out why this happened.

He didn't know about Boya Wu's affairs, but the news released in succession didn't make sense.

After supper under the noses of the cavalry, he pretended to go to bed.

A lamp was left, and something was stuffed into the quilt to make a bulge. The shadow could be seen from the paper window, and the cavalry thought he was sleeping inside the house.

Borrowing the rope, I climbed out of the outer window and landed on the haystack, and my feet felt a sharp pain again.

He took a deep breath, rubbed his ankles, and walked quickly.

Those cavalrymen had checked the dungeon of the elder's mansion, and he didn't want to take any more risks.

Bypass the long street outside the heavily guarded elder mansion.

He went to an unexpected place.

The Palace of the King is a few miles behind the Elder's Mansion.

It took him a lot of time to avoid the Elder's Mansion.After approaching the palace, he unexpectedly found that there were not many guards here.

It took a lot of effort to bypass the main entrance and turn in from the palace wall of the side entrance.

This is a garden.There are more than a dozen snow trees in the courtyard, and a kick can shake off the heavy snow.

He took a deep breath and rubbed his frozen hands.

There is not a single soldier in this garden.

He walked for a while, a little dazed, he couldn't explain why he came here.

I just felt that if the cavalry had searched the Elder's House all day and found nothing, then where else could Zhao Huaizhi be hidden in this ice region?

It seems that only the palace is left.

Because of this inference, he came here.

Through this garden, he walked in a daze for a long time. When he was about to give up and felt that this place should be an empty temple, he saw a light not far away.

There is a light on, it should belong to someone, maybe the guard guarding the net palace.

He walked over carefully until he was close to the pavilion, but he didn't see the guards. At this moment, he heard the crackling sound of half-wet firewood burning from the cabin on the pavilion.

He held his breath and continued to listen, he heard the sound of falling.

Playing chess?

He frowned, and it was also at this moment that he almost had a strong premonition welling up in his heart.

Zhao Huaizhi is here.

Holding his breath, he walked to the side of the hut with light steps.

In the room, there should be two people playing chess, but he couldn't see the two behind the screen.

For a powerful person, the aura around him is also different, and the aura here makes him instinctively afraid!

Obviously everything except the cold should be soft and quiet...

However, this is not the case.

Here is a person whose aura is too strong, so powerful that he is instinctively afraid.

A powerful force that originates from the human world, but is detached from the mundane, and abandons the mundane.

Soft and silent.

It was precisely this kind of contradiction that made Qin Juan fall into deep thought, the person behind the screen appeared in front of Qin Juan like a gust of wind.

The young man's hand pinched Qin Juan's neck, and it was so gentle. "No." Zhao Huaizhi chased after seeing the boy's subordinate was Qin Juan.

The boy seemed to be confirming with Zhao Huaizhi, and he didn't let Qin Juan go until Zhao Huaizhi nodded.

Qin Juan clutched his neck and looked at the boy who attacked him: "You are not human..."

Silver has long blue hair, but it is a young man's face, wearing strange clothes, walking barefoot in the ice and snow.

Such a person... This is not a person, at least, he has never seen such a person.

Moreover, when he attacked him just now, he couldn't feel the breath and pulse of the silver-haired boy.

The silver-haired boy asked Zhao Huaizhi, "Is it your friend?"

Zhao Huaizhi nodded, and he walked over, wanting to say something to Qin Juan.

Qin Juan took two steps back abruptly, his eyes were as cold as snow: "It seems that you are safe, I was worrying too much."

He turned to leave, but Zhao Huaizhi grabbed his wrist.

Zhao Huaizhi never thought that Qin Juan would be so smart that he could find this place.

"What do you mean?" Qin Juan looked at him coldly.The arrogance and indifference of the wolf are clearly revealed at this moment.

"It's my fault that I didn't tell you about the Elder's Mansion." Zhao Huaizhi's soft voice came, "I'll come and check me..."

Zhao Huaizhi stopped here, Qin Juan raised his wrist, Zhao Huaizhi knew how to let him go

Qin Juan glanced past Zhao Huaizhi and saw the silver-haired boy leaning against a snow stone with his arms around his chest, and there seemed to be a thin smile on his lips.

Qin Juan suddenly thought, Huhu looked so dead many years ago...

Cold, compassionate, affectionate but also ruthless.

"Tell me who he is first." Qin Juan gritted his teeth and asked.

"He is my master." Zhao Huaizhi replied.

Qin Juan opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhao Huaizhi, did he make a mistake?

"So it's an old man, forget it." He thought it was Huhu's little boy!

Qin Juan blushed and looked at Zhao Huaizhi again, imitating the old man and hugging his chest.

Zhao Huaizhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, walked over and put his arms around his waist: "So, when did you know I belong to Huhu?"

Qin Juan was taken aback for a moment, his body stiffened for a moment: "..."

Blood rushes straight to the face.

"It shouldn't be in the dungeon in Dadu, nor on the way to Woluduo... Maybe it's in Wuduan..." Zhao Huaizhi's soft voice came.

It touched the fragile heartstrings of wolf cubs.

"I forgot, but it doesn't matter." Qin Juan said after taking a deep breath, because he found that the old thing had been staring at the two of them, as an old and disrespectful guy.

"Yeah." Zhao Huaizhi didn't speak, just wanted to put his arms around him

"Why does that old guy have silver hair?" Qin Juan asked Zhao Huaizhi in a low voice.

"..." Zhao Huaizhi said helplessly, "Don't be disrespectful to Master."

"But he's not human." Qin Juan frowned, his gaze persistent and determined.

Zhao Huaizhi sighed: "Just keep these words in your heart."

"Why...he is really not human..." The young wolf was a little at a loss.

Zhao Huaizhi stared at Qin Juan, with a very low voice: "Since there are people in this world, there has been a kind of people who can understand the past, know the way back, know the way back, know the direction of history, understand time and space, and walk through the universe. To be with Eternity... It's just that this kind of people, ordinary people can't meet in a lifetime."

Qin Juan looked into Zhao Huaizhi's eyes, and fell into his arms with a bang.

Why... This scene is so familiar.

Zhao Huaizhi hugged Qin Juan, and followed the silver-haired boy into the hut.

The master and the apprentice don't seem to speak often, and the words are very brief, and they seem to understand their respective intentions.

"How long will Master stay here?" Zhao Huaizhi put Qin Juan behind the bed and asked indifferently.

"I can live here for another 20 days, and it should be a long time when we meet next time." Master replied.

"Then master, take care."

"You want to ask me where he came from, but I don't know." Master said directly.

Zhao Huaizhi paused, feeling a little pain in his heart: "Although I haven't asked, he has been looking for where he came from. If even Master doesn't know, I'm afraid no one in this world will know."

Master was silent for a while, looking at the chessboard thoughtfully.

"birthday."

After a long time, Master asked.

Zhao Huaizhi heard that he came over and sat down opposite to the master: "The fifth day of the first lunar month."

"The horoscope is short of water, your fate is exactly the same as his, but I have to say that when he found his relatives, it was also a day when the Song Dynasty was in turmoil."

Zhao Huaizhi's face was expressionless, but his hands in his sleeves were trembling. He lowered his brows and eyes, feeling pain in his heart.

Suddenly he smiled, and bowed to Master: "Thank you, Master."

At least Master predicted that Qin Juan would find his relatives, at least...

That's enough.

After losing all the cubs, one day they will be able to find their only relatives. This kind of life is also worth looking forward to.

"He also has a younger sister, who was just as young as him." The master stood up holding his chest after speaking.

"Master."

The silver-haired boy was lying on the bed facing Qin Juan, with a beautiful face and a calm and serene expression.

Seeing his master again after seven years, Zhao Huaizhi was even more moved.

The sadness of losing Father at that moment was temporarily relieved.

When he was a boy, he was babbling, and met his master who was reclusive in Chushan.

The fox-like Tuanzi held a snow-white puppy in his arms, and the silver-haired master asked him what kind of dog it was.

The babbling Tuanzi told him it was a "fox."

It was clearly a puppy, but it was called a fox. There was no way he was three years old at that time. He just thought it was a fox in his arms. He didn't know that it was his father who made it to coax him.

Everyone said it was a fox, so he thought it was a little fox.

"You and I are destined, let's make a relationship."

The silver-haired master tapped lightly above his right eyebrow.

Since then, there has been a mole in that place.

"When you are five years old, we will meet again, and I will teach you something."

Saying goodbye to the fairy-like master, the little fox dumpling went down the mountain with a snow-white puppy in his arms.

The author has something to say:

Master Shenming is one of the male protagonists in my pre-accepted "Three Wolves Must Have One Hath", it is a non-cp group portrait article, and it has appeared in several other books of mine.