On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Zhenguan, at Chenshi, Lantian County, Qin Mansion, Qin Ming Xiaoyuan
It was already getting a bit dark, and the bed was in a mess.
Xiao Qingwan was wearing a green bellyband, and she looked like a lazy kitten, curling up softly and weakly in Qin Ming's arms.
Her long black hair was scattered on the bed, like a piece of black satin, and a little foot wrapped in white stockings naughtily got out of the quilt.
Qin Ming looked at Xiao Qingwan, who was sleeping soundly in his arms, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He tormented this girl quite a bit last night, but he couldn't be entirely blamed for this. After all, he had indeed accumulated a lot of "anger" in the study last night.
At this time, Xiao Qingwan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her eyes slightly. When she saw Qin Ming looking at her with a smile, her face turned red.
Her voice was hoarse and she said shyly:
"Good morning, Master."
Qin Ming heard this and gave her a peck on the face:
"Wan'er, morning. You can rest for a while. Young Master will go to Zhuangzi to exercise for a while."
Xiao Qingwan heard this and was about to get up and help Qin Ming dress, but was stopped by Qin Ming.
Qin Ming put on his clothes, tucked Xiao Qingwan in, and then walked out of the bedroom door.
Si She happened to be carrying a basin at this time, and the steaming water for washing her face came in. She put the basin down, bowed to Qin Ming and said:
"Good morning, young master. My servant will help you wash up."
Qin Ming nodded slightly when he heard this, and then walked to the basin.
After drying his face, Qin Ming was about to go out when Sishe said:
"Sir, are you going out for a run?"
Qin Ming nodded. Seeing this, Si She said happily:
"Sir, can my slave go for a run with you?"
Qin Ming looked at Si She with some disbelief. In his impression, Si She was a famous foodie and lazy person in the house.
In addition to taking care of her own daily life, this little girl doesn't move as much as she can. What happened today? The sun rises from the west?
"Why do you want to run today?"
Sishe looked troubled, hesitated for a moment, then said with a look of determination on her face:
"Wan'er promised me last night that I would cook a big meal this morning, so I want to use up some energy so that I can get hungry faster and eat more for breakfast."
Qin Ming was stunned, as expected of you! The reason for exercising is so strange.
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After breakfast, Qin Ming and Yang Zijun went to Qingbei Academy together. Today is the first day of school, and there are more teachers in the academy, about a dozen.
So Qin Ming first introduced the new medical teacher to many students in the courtyard, and then re-divided the original medical students into classes, and then started the morning lectures.
After being busy in the academy until noon, Qin Mingcai and Yang Zijun walked towards the Qin Mansion together. Yang Zijun walked beside Qin Ming, hesitated and asked:
"Sir, I heard from my mother that you plan to let Uncle Zhang lead a caravan to Yangzhou, right?"
Qin Ming nodded and said:
"Well, that's the plan."
Yang Zijun glanced at Qin Ming cautiously, and finally gritted his teeth and said:
"Master, Zijun has a request, I hope you can agree to it."
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, stopped and looked at the stubborn girl in front of him, and asked:
"You say, as long as it's not particularly difficult, I can agree."
Yang Zijun lowered his head and whispered:
"Sir, can you buy our former mansion in Yangzhou?"
It turns out that Xi'er and the others sold their previous mansion before coming to Chang'an.
After all, it is the place where Chang Xi and the others have lived for many years. There must be many memories of the past. If they can buy it, Xi'er will also be very happy. If that's the case, I'd definitely buy it back.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming smiled and said to Yang Zijun:
"That's no problem. I'll make arrangements when I get back to the mansion. However, after I buy this mansion, it will still be in your name and it will be treated as a reward from the mansion. You are now the gentleman of the academy and you are in charge of the mansion. It’s time for the government to pay you some benefits if you don’t keep the accounts of the store here.”
Yang Zijun was moved when he heard this, shrugged his nose, saluted Qin Ming and said:
"Thanks."
Qin Ming smiled and turned around and walked towards Qin Mansion.
"Okay, we are now a family. You're welcome. You deserve this. Come on, I'm so hungry."
Yang Zijun's mood instantly brightened when she heard this. She looked at Qin Ming's background not far away. Her beautiful Danfeng eyes were full of gratitude and deep friendship.
As soon as the two arrived at the door of Qin Mansion, Qin Ming saw Zhang Wenyuan standing at the door of the manor. He smiled and waved to him and said:
"Wenyuan."
Zhang Wenyuan bowed respectfully and said:
"Son."
Qin Ming walked to Zhang Wenyuan, patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Let's go into the house and talk."
"It's young master."
Qin Ming nodded, and then said to Yang Zijun:
"Zijun, please go back to Qingxinyuan first. Wen Yuan and I have something to explain."
Yang Zijun nodded after hearing this and walked towards Qingxinyuan.
Qin Ming led Zhang Wenyuan into the mansion, and soon they came to the front hall. Qin Ming asked the maid to serve Zhang Wenyuan tea, and then asked everyone else to retreat.
Qin Ming took a sip of tea, then looked at Zhang Wenyuan and asked:
"Did everything go smoothly yesterday?"
Zhang Wenyuan heard this and said:
"Don't worry, sir. Yesterday we deliberately dragged them into Weinan City until Youcai. This morning we pretended to be leaving the city and took them ten miles toward Luoyang before getting rid of them. At this moment, the two of them One of them may still be heading towards Luoyang."
Qin Ming nodded when he heard this, thinking that this boy had a bright mind and could actually think of leading these two people to Luoyang. It seemed that he could try and leave the surveillance of Changsun Mansion to him.
"Yeah, good job."
Zhang Wenyuan smiled and scratched his head and said:
"Thank you for the compliment, Master. If you have nothing else to do, I will go back to the escort first."
Qin Ming raised his hand and said:
"Wenyuan, wait a minute, I have something I want to arrange for you to do."
Zhang Wenyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, stood up and cupped his hands towards Qin Ming and said:
"Please give me your instructions, Master."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming stood up and helped Zhang Wenyuan up, saying:
"You sit down first."
After the two sat down again, Qin Ming thought for a while and then said seriously:
"This mission is very important to the family, but it may be dangerous. If you don't want to go, I will find another one..."
When Zhang Wenyuan heard this, he stood up and saluted again without hesitation and said:
"Young Master, Wen Yuan is not afraid of danger. He is just afraid that he will not be able to serve you. I beg you to leave this task to me."
Qin Ming nodded slightly when he heard this, sorted out his thoughts and said:
"Well, the house needs you to dress up as a knight-errant, go to Chang'an City to make friends with the various religions, and quickly convey some important things that happened in Chang'an City back to the house through the house's transportation team. As for money, Don’t worry, the government will arrange for people to send you money from time to time. Don’t be reluctant to spend money. As long as you can establish a network as soon as possible, it doesn’t matter how much you spend.”
Zhang Wenyuan knew as soon as he heard that Qin Ming was planning to establish his own eyes and ears in Chang'an City. After all, Zhang Wenyuan was educated and smart. From what happened yesterday, he vaguely guessed that someone might be doing harm to the government. .
He now regards the Qin Mansion as his home, how could he allow someone to destroy his home?
So he nodded simply.
For more than an hour, Qin Ming and Zhang Wenyuan described his plans and arrangements in detail.
Many years later, when Zhang Wenyuan took the position of director of the Intelligence Department of the Tang Dynasty Supervisory Council, he still felt that at noon on the seventh day of the sixth year of Zhenguan, he had made the most correct decision in his life.
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