Colorful

Chapter 91
Ji Cheng was about to tell the coachman to drive back, but he saw Liu Ye'er winking at him, and heard her say: "Girl, shopkeeper Li said that there are some problems with the account this year, and I want to talk to the girl."

The accounts of the Changchun Church have been experienced this year. Where did the problem come from?Obviously something else.Before Ji Cheng turned his head to see Shen Cui's meaning, Shen Cui had already said: "Sister Cheng, since you have something to do, I'll go back first. It smells like medicine here, and it makes me feel uncomfortable."

Ji Cheng was a little worried about Shen Cui, he might have other plans in such a hurry to get rid of himself.

But Liu Ye'er winked at Ji Cheng, Ji Cheng weighed for a moment and turned his head to Shen Cui and said: "Well, you go back and rest earlier!"

But after Shen Cui left, Ji Cheng followed Liu Ye'er to the inner room of Changchun Hall.When she saw the man in the black fur robe in the room, she was beyond shock.

Just now Liu Ye'er winked at Ji Cheng, she knew there must be something urgent or difficult, but she didn't expect that it would be Ling Ziyun.

"Brother Ziyun." For some reason, as soon as he saw Ling Ziyun and Ji Cheng, his eyes felt sour, and the eye circles immediately turned red.

In fact, Ji Cheng never liked to call someone brother, just like when she heard Shen Xun call Chu Zhen "true brother", it was too intimate and too weak, even her eldest brother and second brother, she just brought a "brother" "It's just a word.Only in Ling Ziyun's place, she seemed to have turned into a five or six-year-old girl again, calling "brother" innocently and without any sense of disobedience.

"You've lost weight." Ling Ziyun looked at Ji Cheng and said.It is said that the women's university has changed eighteen times, but Ling Ziyun feels that Ji Cheng, who is about to turn 16, has changed astonishingly.

Today's Ji Cheng makes Ling Ziyun feel a little strange and alienated. When he was in Jindi, although Ji Cheng had a good appearance and read a lot of books, there was no sense of distance from each other. Now Ling Ziyun feels that Ji Cheng is like a piece of jade that is gradually being polished. , glowing with lustrous light, priceless, just like Heshi in the past.

As for the distance Ling Ziyun felt, Ji Cheng didn't notice it at all, she even looked at Ling Ziyun greedily.He seems to have grown taller again, he was born tall, but now he has grown up a bit, he should be about the same height as Shen Che.

In fact, Ji Cheng lost weight, Ji Cheng felt that Ling Ziyun had lost a lot of weight, so thin that his cheeks were sunken, and because of the beard on his cheeks, he looked even thinner and haggard.

"You've lost weight." Ji Cheng replied.

Ling Ziyun looked at Ji Cheng and didn't know what to say. Before he came, he wanted to talk to Ji Cheng and persuade her to go back, but when he saw her now, he couldn't say anything. .The wind in Jindi was too strong, Ling Ziyun looked at Ji Cheng, even he himself was reluctant to let her go back.

"Brother Ziyun, why did you come to the capital at this time?" Ji Cheng asked.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, coming from Jindi has to climb many mountains, and in winter, the mountains are covered with heavy snow, and it is very difficult to go all the way from Jindi to the capital, so Ji Cheng has not received any news from her father for a long time. He was naturally surprised to see Ling Ziyun in a moment.

Ji Cheng's eyes fell on Ling Ziyun's hand, and he retracted his hand, but Ji Cheng had already seen that his fingers were red and swollen like carrots, which were frozen for the journey.

Ji Cheng looked at Ling Ziyun again, only to find that there were also several cuts on his face, because they were hidden in the beard, so they could only be seen clearly when he was close.

Ling Ziyun smiled embarrassedly: "I have thick skin and thick flesh since I was a child, so it's nothing."

Ji Cheng walked to the door and gave instructions to Liu Ye'er who was guarding outside, and then came back again: "Brother Ziyun, are you here for ordnance?"

Ling Ziyun rubbed his head: "Uncle Ji came to see my father several times, and my father was a little worried, so I told him that I would come to the capital to ask you."

Ji Cheng nodded, and was about to tell Ling Ziyun about it in detail, but he waved his hand: "No, you don't have to tell me, little rabbit."

Well, Little Rabbit is Ling Ziyun’s nickname for Ji Cheng. When she was a child, her whole body was snow-white. Although Ji Cheng felt that she was tanned like charcoal, compared with Ling Ziyun and the others, she was also called white, so Ling Ziyun felt that she was white. Call her Bunny.

"You know me. As long as you open your mouth, I never have another word. It's just that my father is nagging, and I thought I could come to Beijing to see you, so I came here." Ling Ziyun said with a big grin.

It was easy for him to say, but he bet the entire Ling family to Ji Cheng with unconditional trust.And people like Ji Cheng have been calculating and calculating for the past few years. Everything they want needs to be planned by themselves. Only Ling Ziyun is different. He always holds the truest heart and offers it with both hands. .

Ji Cheng thought of the past half a year in the capital, and knew more and more what he had given up, tears could not stop streaming down.

Seeing Ji Cheng's tears, Ling Ziyun was as anxious as a cat scratching, and immediately knelt down on one knee in front of Ji Cheng, he was stupid and didn't know what to say, so he just took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped Ji Cheng's tears.

Don't look at Ling Ziyun's blunt nature, but when he wiped Ji Cheng's tears, his hand was as light as if he was sniffing flowers.

Looking at the old and yellowed handkerchief, Ji Cheng couldn't help asking, "You still keep it?"

When those young Cheng played with Ling Ziyun, they often cried a lot. There is a reason for crying children to eat sweets, and she understood it since she was a child.At that time, there were many girls who liked Ling Ziyun, but Ji Cheng was the only one in Ling Ziyun's eyes.

When Ji Cheng was crying, Ling Ziyun wiped her tears. She hated Ling Ziyun's rough sleeves. Later, Ling Ziyun used Ji Cheng's handkerchief to wipe her tears. Every time Ji Cheng went out, Ji Cheng didn't even need to bring the handkerchief. Bring enough.Ji Cheng just didn't expect that after so many years, Ling Ziyun still had the habit of carrying her handkerchief with her.

"I'm used to it." Ling Ziyun smiled again embarrassedly.

Ji Cheng burst into tears and said with a smile: "Brother Ziyun, get up quickly, the man has gold under his knees, what is it for you to kneel for me?"

"If there is any gold, I will give you all of it." Ling Ziyun coaxed Ji Cheng.

While talking, Liu Ye'er brought in the snake ointment, Ji Cheng told Ling Ziyun to sit down: "Put out your hand."

Ji Cheng did not avoid suspicion, took Ling Ziyun's hand, and carefully applied snake oil ointment on him. I don't know when it started. There is no such thing as a male-female defense between her and Ling Ziyun. They are as close as brothers and sisters. But affection does not come from family affection.

Ling Ziyun foolishly looked down at Ji Cheng who was concentrating on applying the medicine to him, thinking that she hadn't changed at all, didn't look down on him, and still cared about him.

After Ji Cheng finished applying the medicine on him, Ling Ziyun couldn't help but said, "Little rabbit, can you go back with me?"

Ji Cheng didn't speak, but avoided Ling Ziyun's eyes by picking up the ointment.

"If our two families work together to suppress the Tan family and the Chen family this time, then even the county guard will have to give our two families face, and you will no longer have to worry about Zhu Jijun's bastard happening again." Ling Ziyun road.

It's impossible not to be tempted, Ji Cheng also felt that the people in the capital were really tired living, but now she was riding a tiger, and she was not sure what Shen Che would say.

At least we have to wait until this matter is really done, and we will have a bargaining chip with Shen Che in the future before we can talk about the follow-up.

Ordinarily speaking, with Ji Cheng's temperament, he should hang Ling Ziyun as a way out for himself. For example, although Ji Cheng rejected Shen Jing, he never said it clearly. This is the meaning of leaving a way out for himself.

But for Ling Ziyun, Ji Cheng couldn't bear it, no one can tell what will happen in the future, even Ji Cheng himself never thought half a year ago that he would fall into such a situation now.

"Brother Ziyun, when I left, I made it clear to you. Now what I look forward to the most is to see you get married and have children. When the time comes, I will be a godmother to the children." Ji Cheng said.

"Are you still blaming me, little rabbit?" Ling Ziyun asked.Over the years, Ling Ziyun regretted every single day, when his mother threatened her with her life not to allow him to come forward to help Ji Cheng, Ling Ziyun had no choice, if not for this, Ji Cheng would leave later, he would not have just watched her leave.

"I've never blamed you, Brother Ziyun." Ji Cheng said, "You know that I don't want to bring up what happened back then."

Ling Ziyun's expression immediately darkened.

Although Ji Cheng was sad, he couldn't let it out at all, so he teased Ling Ziyun to talk, and talked to Ling Ziyun about the arms trade and mining.

Ji Cheng didn't reveal a single word about Shen Che's side, he only said that he felt his eyes widened when he came to the capital.

At first Ling Ziyun could still listen carefully, but he hadn't seen Ji Cheng for a long time. Hearing her soft and waxy voice, and then looking at her petal-like face, a cloud of mist formed in his mind, pattering down. When it started to rain, every drop of rain reflected the face of the city and the country.

Ji Cheng bid farewell to Ling Ziyun, and only remembered about Shen Cui when she returned to Shen's mansion. She originally wanted to go back to the house to change clothes, but Xian Yun who was beside Shen Cui hurried over: "Miss Cheng, what are you doing?" Go and see my girl, she was crying like a tearful person when she came back from outside, and she didn’t say anything when she asked her, Madam went out again.”

Naturally, Ji Cheng didn't care about changing his clothes anymore, and went directly to Shen Cui's room.When Ji Cheng entered, Shen Cui had stopped crying, but sat on the bed hugged in a daze.

Ji Cheng turned to Xianyun and said, "Go out, look at the door, I'll talk to your girls."

Xianyun went out as promised, and Ji Cheng sat down on the embroidered pier at the head of Shen Cui's bed: "You went to see Qi Zheng, what did he say?"

Shen Cui lowered her head, and it took a long time to say: "He said his mother is not well, and she is dragging her sick body around to show him around, he has to be filial."

Ji Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Did you tell him that you were pregnant?"

"He said he couldn't harm me. If others found out that I was pregnant before marrying into the Qi family, I would never be able to hold my head up in the future." When she said this, Shen Cui began to cry, "I thought he would be very happy " As she spoke, Shen Cui's tears started to flow again, the handkerchief couldn't hold it back anymore, and finally she simply wiped it on the quilt indiscriminately.

"Then what are you going to do?" Ji Cheng asked.

"I don't know, I don't know." Shen Cui shook her head and said.The current situation clearly shows that Qi Zheng is not in a hurry to marry Shen Cui, because he has made sure of Shen Cui.As for Shen Cui, she was in a hurry to get married with Qi Zheng in a dignified way to solve the scandal in front of her.

"Did Qi Zheng say when he will come to the Shen family to propose marriage?" Ji Cheng pointed out the key point sharply.

Shen Cui shook his head: "He said that my mother would definitely not agree, and would be furious. His mother is not in good health and can't bear any stimulation. Otherwise, if he lets go, he will have a disturbed conscience for the rest of his life."

Qi Zheng really did as Ji Cheng expected, now that he is not in a hurry, he can put things on high and don't care. If the Shen family wants to marry off their daughter Shen Cui with dignity, they will probably have to pay a considerable price.

"You should hurry up and tell your aunt, otherwise if Qi Zheng is really engaged to another girl, what will you do?" Ji Cheng said.

"He dares!" Shen Cui screamed.

"Why doesn't he dare, can you still confront him face to face?" Ji Cheng asked.Did Shen Cui dare to tell people that she was pregnant with Qi Zheng's child, and that Qi Zheng had always abandoned her?

Ji Cheng really didn't understand why Shen Cui was so afraid to tell Ji Lan about this matter, didn't she know the consequences?Of course Shen Cui understands the reason, but people just have that kind of inertia, knowing that they have to face the storm, but they always think that they can procrastinate for a day.

Seeing that Ji Cheng kept asking her to talk to her mother, Shen Cui also fully understood that Ji Cheng could not help in this matter, so she couldn't help being angry. If she had known this before, why would she bother to tell Ji Cheng about this matter, instead she gave it to her? A reason for her to look down on herself.

"Shut up!" Shen Cui thumped the bed and said, "You don't understand anything." You don't understand how painful she is now, and you only force her, force her.

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Cui weakly, wondering how her aunt taught Shen Cui such virtues.

Suddenly Shen Cui sat up, glared at Ji Cheng and said, "Ji Cheng, remember, if you spread the word about today's incident, I will tell you to look good!"

There is no threat of strength at all, it is just pretending to be fierce.

"I won't say it." Ji Cheng said calmly.

"Are you very proud now? I didn't listen to what you said at the beginning, but now you are in this state?" Shen Cui looked at Ji Cheng bitterly.

Ji Cheng didn't understand why Shen Cui had such a big temper towards himself: "I'm not proud. You are my cousin, and the sister of Sister Xian and Sister Xun. We are a family that is both prosperous and damaged. I just want you to be like this now." There will be distress and discomfort, and there will be no complacency."

Shen Cui closed her eyes, and she also knew that what she said was a little too much, but she hated Ji Cheng from the first time she saw her, this person is as perfect as a dummy, it seems that everything he says and does makes sense , are all right, she looks more and more like a piece of rotten wood.

The fate of people is so strange, it doesn't mean that others will like you just because you are good.Sometimes one look is all it takes to hate someone.

Ji Cheng is helpless with Shen Cui like this.She also realized that Shen Cui and her were natural rivals, like she was pregnant, she was afraid to avoid it, but she just wanted to tell herself that Ji Cheng had a headache when he thought of facing Ji Lan's accusation.

Ji Cheng kept telling people to watch Shen Cui's yard, but Shen Cui didn't tell Ji Lan about it that night, instead he stopped early. Ji Cheng also admired Shen Cui's magnanimity.

Now that Shen Cui had rested, Ji Cheng also went to her safe haven, Lanyue Zhai. Since she stopped the tranquilizing medicine, she started to sleep less at night, and went to Lanyue Zhai to relax.

This Lan Yue Zhai was supposed to be a cramped and suffocating place, but it strangely gave Ji Cheng a sense of security, as there were no windows around, so he didn't have to worry about being peeped at.As soon as Ji Cheng entered Lanyue Zhai, he kicked his shoes and lazily fell on the lazy shelf. The six-petal box of crabapple she brought contained melon seeds, pine nuts and walnuts. Ji Cheng's favorite snack.

Ji Cheng leaned the account book on her lap, took the snacks to her mouth with one hand, and flipped through the account pages with the other hand. Her plan for the Western Region business line had already appeared in her mind.

Originally, Ji Cheng arranged for shopkeeper Mei and the others to go to the Western Regions to expand the territory, but now that the Jing Shijun line has been laid, the foundation has been laid, and what is needed is how to plan and establish their own business kingdom.

The profit of this businessman is just buying low and selling high. What matters is the news. Ji Cheng is thinking about building a caravan that travels between the Western Regions and the Central Plains for a long time, and transports goods between countries in the Western Regions. It will not only be in charge of its own business, but also undertake outside business. business.

This is the first, and the second is to open the inn to the countries of the Western Regions and the major commercial towns, and it is not a small inn that makes a fuss.

With your own caravan and your own foothold, all roads can be developed.Although there are some foundations now, it is far from enough.

Ji Cheng's mind became more and more excited. Although she usually forced herself to read "Book of Songs" and "Yuefu" to be elegant, but in fact, to her, those were not more beautiful than boring account books.

Ji Cheng was playing leisurely, but he heard the sound of a copper bell, and the next moment there was a rattling sound from the stone gate.Ji Cheng sat up straight, and only had time to put his toes without shoes and socks under his skirt, but one of the kicked-off soft satin beaded and embroidered shoes was scattered in the west corner, and the other fell on the low cabinet in the east.

As soon as Shen Che came in, he saw the two irregular shoes, but he didn't look at them on purpose, but his habit was to go anywhere, first of all, to look at the surrounding environment first, the two embroidered shoes were so conspicuous, he couldn't see them Will not work.

Ji Cheng adjusted his sitting posture, knelt on his lap in a regular manner, and smiled at Shen Che: "Cousin Che, is there something I need?"

"It's something." Shen Che sat down opposite Ji Cheng, picked up the tea set and started to make tea. These things were left by him last time, but the water for making tea was brought in by him just now.

(End of this chapter)