Return of the Swallow

"Don't laugh at me, the big shopkeeper. I don't know much, and there are only a few quick ways to make money that I can think of. If it is not for the great shopkeeper's ability, how can I use it if I only have an idea."

Qin Yining tucked the wide sleeves of light blue gauzes in one hand, held the pot in plain hand, poured the green tea soup into the carp play lotus teacup, and then brought it to the shopkeeper Zhong Da.

Shopkeeper Zhong Da took it with both flattered hands and repeatedly thanked him.

Qin Yining smiled, picked up the cat's fan that fluttered the butterfly and shook it twice, the drooping hair on the temples was naughty against her pink cheek, and she casually pinned it behind her ear.

"In the end, all the properties under the Zhaoyun Division are registered with the royal family. The emperor and the empress act in a random manner, and after several inquiries, I can now conclude that the emperor has the intention of plundering the Zhaoyun Division. So happy to destroy the Dingguo Gongfu, and it is not without the emperor's desire to include the Zhaoyun company's internal money, just because of his face, because of my father's identity and the previous rumors, the emperor is not very good now But I think he will not put out this thought, while the situation is still stable during this time, let's hurry up and make money."

The shopkeeper Zhong Da heard the song and knew the elegant interest, and immediately nodded: "I understand what the boss means, don't worry, the extra money we earn will be evened out in Zhao Yunsi's account, and no one will find out the money. We made a lot of money by using short-term large loans to make profits, and we made a lot of publicity, but it was called hatred by our peers, and these things must be kept secret."

"That's good." Qin Yining smiled, shaking his fan once and for all, looking over the half-open window lattice and looking at the little girls who were sitting on the steps on the opposite veranda and playing "catch the child".

The innocent and cheerful laughter of the girls was so contagious that the smile on her face couldn't help but deepen.

"When I was young, my adoptive mother also coaxed me to play with this, take a few apricot kernels, sew a small sandbag, grab one for the first time, two for the second, three for the third... Once I took a handful, I threw up the almond kernels and picked them up with the back of my hands. At that time, I had small hands, so I didn't always pick up as much as my adoptive mother. She's gone before she grows up."

Shopkeeper Zhong Da sighed, "The owner's adoptive mother must be a very gentle and kind good person."

"Yeah, she's a very good person, but the lives of good people in this world are always hard. Born in troubled times, there are so many displaced people, but you see, even when the Great Zhou army came to the city, the capital city was not still drunk.

"The emperor is sluggish with his head, and he has no other skills. He is a good player in killing Zhongliang. He can't see the people outside, but he is staring at which official steals his limelight. With such an emperor, corrupt officials and officials can rest assured and bold. of nonsense."

Qin Yining shook his head,

Said: "Don't look at the peace now, but the peace talks are successful, and only the prosperity and wealth of some people are preserved, and the people should suffer."

When the shopkeeper Zhong Da heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

He was well-informed and experienced. Although he didn't really live a hard life like Qin Yining, it was true that after years of fighting, the towns farther away were empty and starving. In addition, there has been little rain since the beginning of summer this year, and signs of drought have appeared in many places, making people's lives even more difficult.

"It's a pity that my ability is meager." Qin Yining shook his head and laughed: "Now I don't have the ability to 'benefit the world' at all. Sometimes I even want to beg God to open my eyes and quickly take away the monarch and the demon queen."

"Oh! That's not it, if you hope that the Lord will wake up soon, it is better to hope that he will have an early birth! It is estimated that the people outside are also thinking the same way, but let's not say these words outside, or be careful, Qian Er All three storytellers have been arrested, but they said that what they said was against their hearts."

"I'm not allowed to say what I've done by myself. The emperor wants the people to be fools." Qin Yining shook his head and sighed, "I was inspired to talk about it today. , we make a fortune, and no matter what we do in the future, we can have some capital, and we don’t have to be stretched.”

"Don't worry, the boss. The old man has no other skills, and he still has these brains."

Qin Yining nodded, stood up and said, "I can trust the big shopkeeper's ability. While it's still early, I plan to go out for a jog outside the city."

"I'll take you."

"Please stay."

...

Qin Yining and Zhong Da's shopkeeper were polite, and left Zhong's house. After arriving at the gate, Ji Yun served and put on a snow-white veil cap.

Bingtang had already waited for a long time at the door with the jujube red horse that Huzi sent her to her, and the "Baiyun" who was chained to the side saw Qin Yining coming out, he immediately raised his neck and snorted.

Qin Yining chuckled softly, went up to untie the reins of "Baiyun", stroked the smooth silver-white mane on its neck, and said with a smile, "Wait?"

"Baiyun" rubbed her cheek affectionately.

Ji Yun smiled and brought his own yellow horse, "The girl is more gentle to a horse than to our prince. If the prince sees it, he may be jealous. Next time the girl sees the prince, she will give a smile."

Qin Yining blushed and said angrily, "You girl, didn't Pang Zhixi specially arrange for you to come to me and talk about this all day?"

Ji Yun chuckled: "The girl clearly misses the lord too, so don't blame me for nagging, since you got that red bean bracelet, you haven't worn the bracelet or bracelet next to it. You also hold Erbai all day at home and still Didn't you miss the prince who went to wash Erbai's plum blossoms in person?"

"Bad girl, if you talk about it, I'll drive you back. I won't take you to walk the horse." Qin Yining spat at her flushed.

Bingtang and Jiyun winked and both laughed.

Qin Yining lightly turned over and jumped onto the horse's back, "Let's go out of the city for a while and then go back to the house. The old lady wants to settle the corruption of the comprador under the kitchen. It's a mess when we go back early."

Mrs. Liu, who was the comprador of the big kitchen, was shoddy, and even secretly moved the rice grains from the house to the house. That day, she was caught by the good luck beside the old lady and returned to the old lady.

When the old lady found out, she immediately started arguing. For three consecutive days, she dragged Mrs. Sun, the second wife and the third wife to settle the affairs in the house. Not only did they arrest Mrs. Liu, but also brought up a lot of bad things about Sesame Millet. Qin Yining watched at home for two days. , I felt a headache, so I had to hide today.

"What if the old lady asks? The old lady also said that you are not allowed to ride a horse, because you don't look like a lady." Although Ji Yun said so, he jumped on the yellow horse very neatly.

Qin Yining lifted the veil on the hood and smiled, "Everything depends on what other people say, we don't have to live. How many people have long said that I am not behind my back, no matter how ugly they are, we should care about those , I should have been hanged by the neck long ago. They can watch me if they are used to it, or they can ignore it if they are not used to it.

Ji Yun burst out laughing, urging him to come right away, stay by Qin Yining's side with Bingtang, and choose a secluded road to go out of the city.

After leaving the outer city of Kyoto City, there is a beautiful scenery in front of you. The blue sky is blue and the grass is lush. Although the weather is sultry, the three of them are wearing hats to shade their heads. The white gauze on the hood and the gauze dress on the body were blown up and down, giving an indescribable feeling of coolness and refreshment.

The three masters and servants ran wildly along a tree-shaded path beside the official road for a while, then got off the horses to rest for a while, and led the horses to find the water source.

There has been little rain this year, and several streams have dried up, leaving only a shallow layer of muddy water and scalding stones in the original stream. After walking on the stone for a while, I found a spring, and there was a gushing spring.

Qin Yining, Bingtang and Jiyun filled the water bladder with water first, and then asked the three horses to drink water.

The three stood still in the shade of the tree, looking at the golden and dazzling official road that was dazzled by the sun not far away.

Bingtang couldn't help but sighed worriedly: "It's not good for such a drought, I'm afraid the harvest on Zhuangzi will be affected."

"It's not just Zhuangzi, I heard that many places outside are now dry, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid there will be a drought."

Qin Yining took another sip of water and went up to hang the water bag on the saddle.

However, Ji Yun slowly put down the water bag, lifted the white gauze on the hood, and jumped up on a big tree with a light jump, using the pergola in his hand to look in the direction of the official road.

Qin Yining asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Ji Yun raised his left hand slightly to silence them.

Qin Yining and Bingtang immediately felt that something was wrong. Standing under the big tree, they followed Ji Yun's gaze. From a distance, they seemed to see some smoke and dust on the road in the distance.

"Many people! Girl, there are many, many people running over here!"

Qin Yining's heart skipped a beat, and hurriedly said, "Take a closer look, who is it? Is it an army or a civilian? Did you ride a horse?"

As Qin Yining spoke, he stretched his neck to take a closer look, but the terrain was low and his line of sight was blocked. After a long while, he only saw a cloud of smoke that was getting bigger and bigger.

"It shouldn't be a soldier, but if you look at your clothes, it's not... girl, let's hide quickly, they will run over in a short while."

Ji Yun jumped off the tree and pulled Qin Yining to hide behind.

Bingtang also hurriedly led the horse and followed behind.

The three carefully hid the horse first, then returned a little, crouching behind the bushes and looking out secretly.

At this time, the group of people has come to the front, and if you look closely, it turns out that it is a large group of embarrassed people!

There were more than 1,000 people in the team, including men and women, old and young, each carrying a burden, with messy hair, dirty clothes, and panic-stricken faces. They supported each other and rushed towards Kyoto in a panic. Out of breath, still pale and unwilling to stop.

Some elderly people ran too slowly and fell to the ground. Before their children could help them, they were trampled several times by people who came behind.

There are also children who have run away crying and hugging their parents loudly.

Such a panicked and chaotic scene, it's like there are evil ghosts chasing behind!

Qin Yining turned pale with a pale face, fell to the ground, his head buzzed, and muttered: "This is... Could it be that Da Zhou is calling again? Pang Zhixi... Isn't it a peace talk, yes, yes Now, in the end, the assassination of the Tartar was not just a gift for me and my father, but an excuse for him to go to war!"