Back then, the legitimate son of Wei Guogong accidentally fell into the water, and then he became seriously ill. Strangely, no treatment was effective.
It was not until later that famous doctors were invited from other places, and through careful treatment and care, I finally recovered slowly.
Although Wei Guogong said nothing to the outside world, the matter of Cheng Yuanjian's adopted son was not mentioned again, which made people think a lot. There were many rumors flying in the market, but after a few years, no one mentioned it anymore.
But everyone who knows Wei Guogong knows that he is not a good person. He only keeps the Cheng family for the sake of money, so he has been taking what he has over the years.
"Cheng Cheng doesn't believe these things." After Xie Zhiyuan finished speaking, he grabbed a few peanuts and threw them into his mouth.
"Hey, it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not." Cheng Cheng now has a bad impression of Cheng Yuanjian, "Anyway, I don't like his behavior. At the banquet that day, instead of seeing Chen Ping present, I had to follow him on the spot.
He fell out."
"Okay, okay. Don't mention him anymore, it's a spoiler! Let's have our drink."
Chen Ping and Xie Zhiyuan looked at each other, shrugged and chuckled and raised their glasses to drink together.
Everyone dispersed until midnight. When Chen Ping returned to the backyard of Tianxiang Pavilion, he heard someone knocking on the door.
"It's already so late, who will come?" Chen Tianrui frowned and asked his servant to open the door.
The servant went and came back, pointed outside and said, "It's...Miss Su."
Chen Tianrui was surprised, "Why don't we invite people in?"
"Miss Su said she won't come in. Just ask the young master to meet at the door."
The lights in the courtyard flickered, and the setting sun lengthened the reflection of the colonnade.
Chen Ping walked out of the door quickly and saw the beautiful figure standing at the corner of the street.
Su Yiyi wore a gauze hat to cover her face, her figure was shadowy in the moonlight, her white hands folded on her waist, and her usual maid followed in the distance behind her.
"Why are you here at this time?" Chen Ping stepped forward and asked with concern: "Did something happen?"
"No, it's nothing. I just wanted to congratulate you in person on your high school graduation." Su Yiyi's voice was very soft. If Su Lin were here, he would definitely question his ears.
Su Yiyi opened the gauze curtain, looked at him with a smile, and then handed out a long box.
"These are two soft pens that I specially customized in Xuanmo Pavilion. Keep them and prepare for the imperial examination."
She directly thrust the long box into Chen Ping's hand, turned around and left.
"You're just leaving like this?" Chen Ping asked in surprise. Did you come here in the middle of the night just to deliver a pen?
"What?" Su Yiyi joked: "Do you want to keep me?"
"Ah, no, that's not right. I mean, let's talk for a while?" Chen Ping was a little incoherent.
Su Yiyi looked at Chen Ping's embarrassed look and said with a smile: "Okay. The days are long and I have to go back quickly to avoid being discovered by my father."
Chen Ping looked embarrassed, "Oh... you're right, then go back quickly. I'll let Brother Luo escort you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Li appeared in front of the two of them out of nowhere. Chen Ping had long been accustomed to his elusiveness, but Su Yiyi was so frightened that he took a few steps back.
After she saw clearly that it was Luo Li, she quickly thanked him: "That's the trouble, Brother Luo."
"It doesn't matter." Luo Li replied softly.
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Luo. I'll wait for you to come back for midnight snacks." Chen Ping also expressed his thanks.
Luo Li ignored him, turned around and left with Su Yiyi.
Chen Ping:.......
.......
Cheng's carriage drove towards the outer city under the moonlight.
In the carriage, Cheng Yuanjian and his father Cheng Kaiji sat looking at each other.
"Why do you value such a small Huiyuan so much?" Cheng Kaiji asked with some confusion.
Although the Cheng family is ostensibly the head of Cheng Kaiji, only he knows that the Cheng family's current achievements are all due to the efforts of his son Cheng Yuanjian.
Even the adoption to Wei Guogong was initiated by Cheng Yuanjian himself.
Besides, Cheng Yuanjian has always been the one to deal with the nobles in the palace these years.
But externally, Cheng Yuanjian has always pretended to be a playboy, while Cheng Kaiji interacted with various merchants openly. Internally, he would ask his son's opinion on basically everything.
I didn't see Cheng Yuanjian when I returned home in the capital today. After asking around, I learned that he had given a lot of rare treasures to a scholar who had just graduated from Huiyuan. So I couldn't help but be a little curious. In addition, there were some problems with the recent goods, so I hurried over to see him.
Cheng Yuanjian's.
"Haha, he is not an ordinary Hui Yuan." Cheng Yuanjian smiled softly and said, "At only eighteen years old, he has won four Yuan in a row. He is really a genius."
"Even so, what will happen if I get the number one scholar by chance in the future? It's better to study in the Hanlin Academy, and my future is not certain." It takes three years to get the number one scholar, and it doesn't mean that the number one scholar will lead to a high official position, even if he can eventually become the number one scholar.
A generation of important ministers, that was at least a few years later, so Cheng Kaiji didn't understand why his son valued this person so much.
"Whether or not the number one scholar is the best is the second best thing." Cheng Yuanjian paused before continuing: "But he is from Qianzhou."
"Qianzhou? What happened to Qianzhou? There are quite a few candidates from Qianzhou who came to participate in the examination this time."
"There are quite a few, but Chen Ping's mentor is Ye Wenchang!"
"You mean... that Ye Wenchang from Yongshun County, Qianzhou? The one who does arithmetic?" Cheng Kaiji asked in surprise.
"Yes. The Ye Wenchang who drowned ten years ago." Cheng Yuanjian nodded lightly.
"You are doubting... This is impossible. The Chen Ping ten years ago was only seven or eight years old, right?"
"Let's not talk about this anymore. I have my own sense of humor." Cheng Yuanjian ended the topic directly and asked instead: "What happened to you in such a hurry to find me?"
When Cheng Kaiji saw his son, he didn't say anything more, and he didn't ask any more questions. After all, this child has had his own ideas since he was very young, and over the years, he has basically made no mistakes, which is why the Cheng family is at its peak today. .
"The batch of goods was barely collected, but the person from the other party has not shown up yet." Cheng Kaiji turned to talk about business matters.
Cheng Yuanjian didn't seem surprised to hear the news and asked: "Where are the people we sent out? Have they all been found?"
"I looked for him, but several places were empty. I don't know where he went."
"It seems they are afraid."
"Then what should we do now? It's not a big deal to have such a large amount of grain on our hands." Cheng Kaiji was worried. He wanted to make a lot of money, so he bought grain everywhere, but he didn't know when it would be delivered. Before, the other party disappeared, not even the deposit paid before.
"It doesn't matter. Because of the war in the past few years, the imperial court requisitioned grain from various states, resulting in empty granaries in various places. Now that the war situation has just settled, local governments must be in urgent need of filling it. At worst, we will sell it at a loss." Cheng Yuanjian seemed calm and relaxed.
"Hey, that's all we have to do."
"But we must pay attention to the methods and methods. Let the businesses we control sell in various places in batches and stages, so as not to attract the attention of the court." Cheng Yuanjian reminded.
"My father naturally knows this, so don't worry." Cheng Yuanjian nodded and continued to ask: "Then... we don't care about that?"
Cheng Yuanjian smiled confidently, "Father, don't worry, they can't give up so easily. They just don't dare to take the lead for the time being."
"I hope so, otherwise our business over the years will be cut off."
"What's the point of panic? It's definitely not going to end. Let's just wait and see."
Then there was silence inside the carriage, and it quickly disappeared into the darkness.
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