It seems that the young man dressed in Chinese clothes is Xianyu Fudong, the second son of the famous Xianyu family in Jiannan. When he was in Yangzhou, Ye Sanlang also checked his current situation. In many large aristocratic families, their young masters will be sent to various places to manage family businesses after they reach adulthood to gain experience, and Xianyu Fudong was his playmate in Chang'an when he was a boy.
The Xianyu family and the Ye family are both wealthy families in Jiannan. Their properties are spread all over the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the friendship between the two families has always been very good, especially the marriage between the families has connected the two families together. However, the marriage twenty-six years ago was the last one in recent years. The talented and beautiful couple are his parents, Ye Tianzheng from the Ye family and Xianyu Qiongyu from the Xianyu family. At that time, the father was almost equal to the next generation heir of the Ye family, and the mother was the beloved daughter of the old man Xianyu. The combination of this couple would undoubtedly bring the relationship between the two families to the peak. At that time, everyone was I think so.
It's a pity that the incident twenty-five years ago shocked the entire Jiannan. Worried about the reputation of the Xianyu family, Mr. Xianyu asked his father to sever his relationship with his mother. His father did write a letter of divorce at that time, but his mother refused to do so and even threatened to hang herself. In the end, she had no choice but to let it go, and her mother severed ties with the Xianyu family and changed her name to Ye Qiongyu. At that time, Xianyu Zhongtong, the second son of the Xianyu family, was a biological brother and sister with his mother, and they had always had a good relationship. In order to take care of his mother, who had just arrived in Chang'an, he asked Ying to manage the family business in Chang'an, so he came to Chang'an. A few years later, his eldest son Xianyu Fudong was born, so he and Xianyu Fudong were both playmates and rivals since childhood. It wasn't until Fu Dong came of age that he felt the gap between them. Fu Dong was sent to Jiangnan West Road to manage the company, but he relied on Yang Shenjin's relationship to find a job in Wannian County. An errand for the police. When he said goodbye to Fudong on Zhuque Street in Chang'an, he deeply felt the gap between the two. It must have been more than two years since they said goodbye.
Just as he was about to continue saying hello, suddenly out of the corner of his eye, two black men in night clothes appeared beside Xianyu Fudong on the boat. The two men stood in front of Fudong with knives, protecting him. With his whole body full of nobles, he carefully stared at Ye Sanlang and others under the boat.
"Second Young Master, the auras of these three people are very scary, please be careful." One of them said, and judging from the voice, it turned out to be a young woman.
Xianyu Fudong shook his head, pulled them away, and said, "Xiaomei, don't worry, he is my brother."
Although his voice was very low, Ye Sanlang heard those words clearly, and a long-lost feeling began to emerge in his heart. Even now, he still regards him as a brother?
Seeing that the time had come, Xianyu Fudong held the edge of the boat with one hand, jumped up using his strength, and landed in front of everyone with a perfect posture, stirring up a lot of dust.
Ye Sanlang fanned the dust in front of him and was a little surprised. From his perspective, Fudong was busy with business on Jiangnan West Road, so he had no time to continue practicing martial arts. However, judging from the situation in front of him, not only did this guy's martial arts not regress, On the contrary, there is a trend of getting higher.
"Fudong, it seems that your martial arts skills are not in ruins yet."
A sly smile appeared on Xianyu Fudong's face, and he said, "Hey, if my martial arts are wasted, won't I be ridiculed by you when I meet you in the future?"
Ye Sanlang nodded. This is true. The relationship between the two is not only like brothers, but also like lifelong rivals.
"Speaking of which, Sanlang, you have made a big splash in Jiangnan recently. I had expected that the small place of Wannian County could not accommodate you. Sure enough, you can still make a bigger splash. Just these few days Over the past few days, I have heard all kinds of glorious deeds of yours, and people from all over the world have praised you, you are worthy of being the Saburo of the Ye family."
As he spoke, he noticed the two people behind Ye Sanlang. Although he was not a martial artist, he could still sensitively sense that the auras of these two people were extraordinary. They were much stronger than ordinary martial arts practitioners, especially It's that ordinary-looking woman.
"Who are these two?" He thought it would be better to ask directly if he was suspicious, so he asked.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you, this guy's name is Shuang Yan, he is my subordinate, and this..." He turned his eyes to Li Sihan and said, "She is your sister-in-law, haha."
Xianyu Fudong frowned. He thought this woman was an extremely ordinary girl from an ordinary family, but her aura was very powerful, making him unpredictable.
"Sanlang, is this my sister-in-law? With your temperament, how could you marry an ordinary girl?"
Li Sihan's face changed after hearing this, and she looked quite unhappy.
"That's true. Xianyu's family is the richest in the world. How can an ordinary woman like me get into the eyes of your second young master?"
Because of traveling around and doing business, Yu Fudong had very little news about Ye Sanlang and only heard about it through hearsay. He had no news about Ye Sanlang's wedding a few days ago.
Seeing that Li Sihan was angry, he also felt that this was not appropriate, so he quickly explained: "Sister-in-law, this is not what I meant. I am an outspoken person, so I hope you can bear with me."
"Huh." Li Sihan snorted coldly, turned her head away, and ignored him.
Seeing this situation, Ye Sanlang smiled and said to him secretly: "You, you, you still can't get rid of this problem after so many years. Do you think I will marry an ordinary woman? We two brothers got drunk in the evening. When the time comes, I will reveal your sister-in-law’s true appearance, which will scare you to death.”
So that's it. After hearing what Ye Sanlang said, Xianyu Fudong finally understood where the sense of disobedience when he looked at Li Sihan came from. It turned out that her current face turned out to be after the disguise.
"That's it, I say."
Seeing that it was getting late, Xianyu Fudong took a step forward and said to Zhou Yi: "Zhou Changshi, my brother and I are getting together today. I will be leaving this passenger ship in an hour. The local chamber of commerce will ask you to take care of it." ”
"Needless to say, I really didn't expect that the two most promising young men in Jiangnan are actually brothers. It's true that heroes come from young. You two, I look forward to your great achievements in the future."
After saying that, he bowed his hands.
Seeing this, Ye Sanlang and his entourage also responded with a salute: "Chang Shi Zhou, I'll say goodbye to Na Sanlang. I think based on your evaluation this year, you might be able to be promoted to a Chang Shi of Shangzhou."
The Changshi of Shangzhou is an official with considerable power. Even though he is still a Changshi in his title, the difference between Shangzhou and Zhongzhou is huge. Take for example Li Huaiyuan, the governor of Yangzhou who has ascended to heaven. , both of them are governors of the same country, but if they meet, Zhou Yi can only flatter Li Huaiyuan, this is the difference.
Hearing this, Zhou Yi's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.
He shook his head and said: "Ye Zhongcheng, the governor of Shangzhou is indeed a fat official, but he has no interest in the lower officials. I am not young anymore, and I can't do the intrigues in the officialdom of Shangzhou. Besides, I You really can’t bear to leave me and the people of the state. I accept your kindness, and I, Zhou Yi, would like to thank Ye Zhongcheng!”
Behind him, some onlookers and dock workers heard his words, and their eyes became moist.
"Zhou Changshi, we and the people of the state owe you!" some people shouted.
"Zhou Changshi, we all know that you are doing this for us common people. You don't have to go to this extent for us."
"..." Various voices sounded behind him. He turned around and looked at those people with tears streaming down his face.
Looking at this scene, Ye Sanlang and others couldn't help but be a little bit infected. Although a good official lost a lot of things, some of the things they had were something that corrupt officials couldn't exchange for money.
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