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Chapter 105 Visiting from the Duke's Mansion of Yue State
Qin Zhao didn't intend to hide his knowledge of martial arts at first, and Chen Bohu and Chen Jinwu also knew about his knowledge of martial arts.

"How does sister know?" Qin Zhao asked deliberately. In fact, how could someone who doesn't know martial arts do it so easily?It's rare for this girl to be so bewildered. How long has it been since she remembered to ask.

"If it wasn't for being able to fight, how could you get out of my hand so easily just now?" Qin Xu snorted.

"It's just a little kung fu." She knew the Qin family's swordsmanship and the Luo family's spearmanship, but Qin Zhao didn't intend to say it, otherwise she and Yunrui's family used to be in Ping'an Town, Liangzhou Prefecture. Fortunately, in order to help her lie along the way, Qin Zhe taught her some close-handed martial arts, "Brother taught her some skills on the way back to Beijing, but it was just superficial, and I used to At my adoptive parents' house, because the folk customs in the north are open, there are also many girls who study martial arts, and my adoptive parents love me very much. Because I like it, they asked the guards at home to teach me a few skills. Compared with our family's ancestral swordsmanship, my three-legged cat's kung fu is insignificant. The third sister must have received the true teaching from her uncle. If she has time, she will also teach me a few hands. Self-preservation."

"It's natural, but my father also said that practicing martial arts requires hardship, and I'm just practicing for fun, just to strengthen my body. If you really want to learn, go back and tell my father, and find a guard with high martial arts skills at home." , to teach you full-time." Qin Xu laughed.

Qin Zhao didn't want others to discover the depth of his martial arts, so he said: "I remembered what the third sister said, but I don't need to bother my uncle. Didn't my brother leave some people for me before I left? My brother said, Qin Lei and Qin Ming are both first-class skilled players, I will only look for them to teach me when I look back."

The three of them went to Fucui Pavilion, because few people usually come to Fucui Pavilion, so except for Zisu who was following behind, the others were extremely panicked when they saw Xianning and Yixing, and hurriedly saluted Qin Chen and Qin Xu shook his head, Qin Chen said: "Azhao, the people in your courtyard are really not good-looking, but Zisu is better trained by you, but how can these few people serve you well? If you are in a panic, if a foreigner comes, it will make people see the joke, turn around and tell your mother, and send some capable people to your courtyard."

"A purple perilla that is close to my body is enough. I don't usually let them in the house for other people. It doesn't matter. There are too many people and it's annoying to watch," Qin Zhao said with a smile, but he remembered Jinyang yesterday. Speaking of Qin Huaiyong's return to Beijing next year, his heart skipped a beat, "If I get more staff at home, I'll just pick a few."

"It's not necessary to choose when new people are added. In the past two years, there have been few criminals' family members being bought and sold. The ones bought from outside need to be adjusted. It takes some time to use them. How can you afford to wait? We also have a lot of servants in our mansion. In the past, there were not many people who were needed, but there was no shortage in the lower court. When you have time later, tell the Chief Historian and ask him to pick some people. Just choose a few. .”

If it was someone from the lower courtyard, Qin Zhao thought it would be good to pick people from the lower courtyard because he had less involvement with the inner courtyard, so he smiled and thanked Qin Chen for reminding him, but Qin Xu was impatient to listen to these trivial matters, and entered the house, Then he asked Qin Zhao, "Hurry up and bring me that counter."

Qin Zhao then sent Zisu to deliver tea, and sent someone to the study to get the counting chips.

The counting chip is no more than two palms long and one finger wide. It is made of agarwood. It is very delicate. When viewed in the sun, it is as bright as beads and exudes the unique woody fragrance of agarwood. Accounting is also an excellent thing. Qin Xu liked it, and shook it in his hand: "This can be counted? You can teach me how to calculate. Later, when others ask, I can show off." .”

Qin Zhao reported the abacus test, and seeing that Qin Xu was confused, he simply dragged her and Qin Chen into the study, called Zisu in to study ink, and found paper to write down the test, while Demonstrating with an abacus, he explained the mouth formula: "...Second sister, you practice according to this formula in the future, and the speed will become faster slowly."

"This is really interesting, but I have never heard of anyone knowing this before? How did you learn it?" Qin Chen wondered.

She is different from Qin Xu, after all, she is 17 years old, so she inevitably thinks more.

Although Qin Zhao said that he has not been back to the palace for a long time, but these days, he really doesn't look like a girl who has lived in the countryside for a long time.Speaking of etiquette and upbringing, as well as knowledge, they are no worse than those noble girls who went to the capital. It can even be said that they know more about some aspects than her sister. I'm afraid it's not as good as the steward who specializes in accounting.

"When I used to be in the countryside, my adoptive parents' family was considered a big local family, and they invited a husband for me. My husband happened to be from outside the region, and he happened to be good at arithmetic. The master came up with it, but to be honest, I just hired a carpenter to make a few according to the blueprint given by the master." Qin Zhao did not want to make any publicity, explained.

It's a pity that brother Shu Hao didn't know that he had become this girl's shield, otherwise he would regret how little Shu Xiu he had taken in back then.

Just as he was talking, he heard Zisu report outside the house: "Princess, Qin He asks to see you."

Qin Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that there is news from Heizi?
"Since A Zhao has something to do, A Xu and I will go back first, and come to play with you later." Qin Chen pulled Qin Xu and was about to get up.

If it was normal, Qin Zhao would naturally want to stay for a while, but now he has something on his mind, but he is not in the mood to socialize with the two sisters anymore, so he apologized: "It's probably about the oil factory, my aunt is making me think about it these days The method is to improve the production of soybean oil, Qin He should be looking for me for this. I don’t know how long it will take, so I won’t keep the second and third sisters, and I will find the older sisters to play when I have time.”

As Qin Zhao said, he got up to see off the guests, and asked Zisu to lead Qin He and wait in the wing room first, and then go to see him after seeing off the two.

Qin Xu was reluctant to part with the counting chip in his hand, coaxing Qin Zhao: "Azhao, let me play with this first, and I will ask someone to follow this and make a jade bead for you."

"Third sister likes it, just take it and play with it. I made a few, and there are still some in the house. If the second sister wants it, I will ask Zisu to give you one as well, but the rest are all black. Sandalwood, but not as good as the agarwood in the hands of the third sister."

Qin Chen was also interested in the abacus formula, so he agreed with a smile.

After sending the two of them out, Qin Zhao went back to the study, where Qin He was already sitting there waiting.

Qin Zhao asked Zisu to serve tea again, and said, "But what's the matter?"

Qin He saluted respectfully, and Fang smiled and said: "Back to the princess, there is a young gentleman who claims to be Mo Se, and asked to send a letter to the princess, and he must hand it over to the princess. Don't dare to delay, I received the letter in the morning and sent it to the Princess."

Sure enough, it was the news from Heizi.

Qin Zhao suppressed his heartbeat, took the letter from Qin He's hand, opened the lacquered seal, and took out the letterhead.

After reading the content, I was disappointed.

Ge Shu Minglang refused to see her.

Although it was disappointing, it seemed to be expected.

After all, her elder brother Qin Zhe is the envoy of the three armies of Beiting Dufu Mansion, and Ge Shu Minglang is the proton of the Geshu clan in Beijing. Although the identities of the two parties overlap, they are both very sensitive.And the so-called life-saving grace at that time was really nothing, and this life-saving grace could not be used as an excuse. Ge Shu Minglang followed the principle that more things are worse than less things, and it was the right choice not to see her.

Seeing Qin Zhao frowning, with indescribable disappointment in his eyes, Qin He tentatively asked, "But what's wrong with the princess? Do you need your subordinates to deal with it?"

Only then did Qin Zhao remember that there were people in front of him, shook his head, and finally suppressed the breath that he wanted to sigh in his chest, but he couldn't tell: "It's nothing, if I need you, I will I will not be polite. By the way, how is your experiment with the soybean oil production?"

"There is no progress. If the princess is free, why not go and have a look. After all, the princess is more familiar with this matter than his subordinates."

Qin Zhao has already handed over the architectural drawing of the oil workshop. If there is anything inappropriate, the responsible steward will come to find her. In the past two days, she really has nothing to do. Qin Zhao thought for a while and said, "Then Cheng , I'll go take a look in the afternoon."

"If there is no other order, this subordinate will leave first." Qin He got up and saluted.

Qin Zhao remembered what Qin Xu said about martial arts just now, and said, "You and Qin Feng are all doing the oil refining, right? Are Qin Ming and Qin Lei doing anything these days?"

"Of course they were waiting for the princess to summon them in the outer court." Qin He smiled.

"I want to transfer them to the Fucui Pavilion, just to teach me some martial arts. And this courtyard also needs some guards that I am familiar with. I will tell Her Highness the Princess later, and let the two of them prepare after you go back."

Qin He naturally agreed.

Qin He and the other four were originally the guards trained by Qin Zhe. It is not surprising that they know the Qin family's swordsmanship. With Qin Lei and Qin Ming as the cover, there is also a source for her knowledge of the Qin family's swordsmanship in the future.

After sending Qin He away, Qin Zhao sent Zisu to find a plan to send it to Qin Chen, but he himself was sitting in the study, holding the letter and feeling dazed.

In addition to disappointment, there are also some unspeakable grievances in my heart.

It turns out that to brother Shu Minglang, she, Qin Zhao, is really nothing.Immediately, she laughed at herself again. How narcissistic is she that she feels that Ge Shu is bright, and like she misses him, she takes her to heart or treats her differently?
Well, some things should not be forced.

Since he treats her normally, she should also treat him normally.

With a long sigh, Qin Zhao took the letter out of the house, went to the lake and tore it up, and sprinkled the scraps of paper into the clear lake water bit by bit.As the confetti drifted away with the water, the depression in my heart seemed to fade away.

After lunch in Fucui Pavilion, Qin Zhao was lazy and wanted to take a nap, but Jinyang sent someone to invite her.

After going there, I saw the steward in charge of the oil workshop waiting for her, but because of the drawings she drew for the grave setting of the oil workshop, there were some unclear points that needed to be asked, and there were some places that they thought were inappropriate. We can't discuss it and then modify it.

When the discussion was over and the final draft was finalized, it was dusk, Qin Zhao planned to go to greet the old concubine, and then went back to the Fucui Pavilion, but he didn't want a maid to report that someone had come from the Duke of Yue's mansion.

It is a normal exchange, and the servants are sent over, it should be early in the morning, why come in time for dinner in the evening?Jin Yang was also a little baffled, so he asked Qin Zhao to go back first, and then recruited servants from the Duke of Yue's mansion to speak.

It was Mama Wei, who was in charge of the inner courtyard next to Mrs. Wei, the prince of Yue, who came.

As soon as Jinyang took his seat, Mother Wei gave way for a while, then sat down on her knees, the wife of the first generation said hello to the old concubine and Princess Jinyang, and when Jinyang asked what was going on, Mother Wei answered with a smile Said: "Returning to Your Highness, it is because our old man came back from Zhuangzi outside the city and asked Mrs. Shizi to pick up Princess Fuling to live in our house for a few days. Mrs. Shizi originally planned to come to pick him up tomorrow, but my old man ordered today So I came to pick it up, no, Madam Shizi was afraid that others would not be able to explain clearly, and because slaves often come to the palace, she sent slaves over."

"Is the Duke of Yue still in good health?" Jin Yang asked with a smile, but he felt a little strange that Duke Luo suddenly wanted to take Qin Zhao to the house.It's just that she couldn't understand the reason. After all, the Duke of the country always wanted to come out as soon as he came out, but no one dared to go against his will. Even if he wanted to pick up someone, she couldn't stop him here, so He only laughed and asked about the old man's body.

"If you go back to His Highness, the old Duke is in a strong body. He probably got bored after living in Zhuangzi for a long time, so he returned to the city." Wei's mother responded respectfully.

Jin Yang then asked a few more questions about the health of Duke Yue and Mrs. Wei, and then sent a maid to Fucui Pavilion to inform Qin Zhao.

Here Jin Yang asked Wei's mother again: "I heard that Jingnian's child is coming back soon?"

Luo Jingnian, the eldest grandson of the Duke of Yue, was originally a sixth-rank guard with a knife in the Jinwu Guard. Later, the Duke of Yue said that he was working in the palace and lacked training experience, so he sent him to Yanzhou. The You family is here, and the Inspector of Yanzhou is Chen Chumo, the eldest son of Duke Lu, so he is not afraid that Luo Jingnian will cause any trouble there. He has been away for two years, but Jinyang has heard that Jingnian will return to the capital recently.

Speaking of Luo Jingnian, he is really a handsome young man with Pan An's appearance, and he will have it this year, because he is one year older than Qin Chen, and the two families are also considered to be comparable, and they are family friends. The old princess is the princess of the former palace, Luo Che, the Duke of Yue, is also the eldest son of the Peking Palace, and the old concubine and the Duke of Yue are also young friends.Moreover, the Duke of Yue and the late King Side-by-Shoulders are also direct cousins, so Princess Jinyang has always wanted to betroth Qin Chen to Luo Jingnian in private.He cares about Luo Jingnian very much.

Thinking that Qin Chen is also 17 years old, and he will be [-] years old, and he has reached the age of marriage, because Jingnian has been staying in Yanzhou for the past two years, and the wife of the eldest son, Wei, also has the same plan as Jinyang. They all have thoughts, the marriage between these two people is only a matter of time, and it is only because Luo Jingnian has not been in Beijing for the past two years that the marriage has been delayed until now.

It was also because of Qin Chen's age that Jin Yang mentioned it in front of the queen when he entered the palace. It was probably because of this that Luo Jingnian was transferred back to the capital and continued to serve in the Jinwu Guard, but because of his solid experience in the army After two years, this call back into the Jinwu Guard, but directly promoted to the third rank with a sword, and was promoted to the third rank.Even among the aristocratic families in the capital, it is unique to be a third-rank guard with a knife at the age of eighteen or nineteen.

This was probably also because of the empress' love for Jinyang, thinking that Qin Chen was their granddaughter, and even if she got married, she couldn't make her own granddaughter feel wronged.

After hearing this, Wei's mother smiled and replied: "It is said that we will be home in two days. Our wife is also happy. I thought that His Highness must have spoken in the palace, and said that there is time to wait, so we should come to the door to thank you Woolen cloth."

Jin Yang said: "I've always considered Jing Nian to be my child, why can't I thank you? Besides, that child is fighting for himself. Not everyone can be a third-rank guard in the palace."

When you reach the rank three guard, you will be working in the imperial court. In addition to being noble, you also need to pass the test of martial arts. It is true that not everyone can be qualified.

Moreover, people like them will never take the route of imperial examinations. Most of the children and grandchildren in the family will also serve in the military in the future, so this imperial guard will be the easiest to be promoted in the future.Furthermore, the third son of Duke Lu's mansion is now serving as the Right General of the Jinwu Guard, with him taking care of him, Jing Nian will be able to handle this job very well.

Not to mention the gossip between Jinyang and Wei's mother, Qin Zhao was notified that he was going to the Duke of Yue's mansion in the middle of the night, which was also inexplicable.Even if you want to pick her up to play for a few days, there's no reason to pick her up when it's getting dark?

But since Princess Jinyang had already agreed, Qin Zhao had no choice but to pack up his things, and called Zisu to go to Princess Jinyang's courtyard together.

The Duke of Yue came to pick up Qin Zhao, so Jinyang naturally had someone to talk to the old concubine.

Although both Princess Jinyang and Qin Zhao were baffled, the old princess listened and asked about today's date, but she sighed. Isn't tomorrow the anniversary of Qin Zhao's grandmother's death?After a moment of silence, she said to Zhizi: "Go to the princess and ask Azhao to stay for a few days. In addition, ask Fucui Pavilion to pack some clean clothes so that you can change and wash them at that time."

How can there be any reason to wear plain clothes when visiting someone's house?

Zhizi murmured in her heart, but the old concubine couldn't say this in vain. Although she didn't understand, she had to run to Cui Pavilion, but she didn't want Qin Zhao to lead Zisu out.

Zhizi had no choice but to go to the princess's side again. When she arrived, Qin Zhao had already followed the carriage of the Yue State Duke's mansion to the Yue State Duke's Mansion.When Zhizi replied, the errand was not completed, and the old concubine only sighed, but she didn't mention asking someone to pack up her clothes and send them to Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhaoyuan wanted to ask Mother Wei why she was in a hurry to pick her up, but Mother Wei was riding in another carriage, and on her side were only Zisu and two servant girls from the Duke of Yue's mansion serving in the carriage. The two maids, they naturally didn't know the reason, they only said that it was the order of the Duke of Yue.Qin Zhao had no choice but to give up, thinking that Princess Jinyang didn't take it seriously, and since she agreed to go, it wasn't a bad thing, she was thinking about how to get closer to the Duke of Yue's mansion, but this time It was also a good opportunity, so I threw away the doubts in my heart.

When he arrived at Duke Yue's mansion, he first met Mrs. Wei, the wife of the eldest son, and then was led by Mrs. Wei to Duke Yue's courtyard.Mrs. Wei said apologetically: "I wanted to live with you in Jingchen's courtyard, so you and your sisters can talk easily, but Aunt specifically ordered him to clean up the guest room in his old man's courtyard and let you live in it." A few days ago, fortunately, Ah Weng’s Deyu Academy is the best courtyard in our house, and it’s a small private courtyard for you, so it’s more comfortable to live in than Jingchen’s.”

A Weng is the name for David's daughter-in-law and father-in-law, and Qin Zhao naturally knows this.

Luo Jingchen is also born of Mrs. Wei, Luo Jingnian's younger sister, she is the second in the Luo family's daughter generation, and there is a married older sister on top.Duke Luo Che of the Yue Kingdom had only one son, but Lord Luo Shizi married several concubines. Although Mrs. Wei had only two daughters and Luo Jingnian's son, there were quite a few concubines.

Regarding the situation of the Luo family, Qin Zhao knew a lot from Fatty Chen, the first bully in the capital.Therefore, she was not confused when she heard Mrs. Wei's words.

On the contrary, the courtyard where the dignified Duke lives is called "Deyuyuan". It is so feminine that Qin Zhao is very speechless.

(End of this chapter)