Mr. Shen took a sip of tea and glanced at Xu Fu quietly.
"Really dead?"
Xu Fu hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "Anyone who asks me about this matter, I will definitely insist that she is really dead, but if you ask me, sir, I will tell you the truth."
Xu Yuanwai bowed slightly and said: "I was in Fuzhou and found a family for her to marry, but I was afraid that she and her husband's family would talk nonsense, so I held some leverage against them."
He raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi, then lowered his head slightly and said, "I did not commit suicide in this matter. It is my fault. If it may cause trouble for the young master, I will go back and find a way to handle this matter."
"Just leave it like that."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "She has no grievances against us. If you kill her, I will feel uncomfortable. You have thrown her so far south. It shouldn't be a big deal." Question, if the court sends someone to investigate..."
Mr. Shen paused for a moment, then curled his lips: "Anyway, it's not something bad that happened to us. Let them investigate. If they really find something, it will eventually be traced to His Majesty."
Having said this, Shen Yi glanced at Xu Fu and said with a smile: "That person who is looking after everyone is pregnant."
This is just pure gossip between friends.
After all, Xu Fu is one of the parties involved, and it is quite fun to talk about this kind of gossip with him.
Xu Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "Master, what about her..."
"Enter the palace."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said with a faint smile: "It was brought into the palace by force, and the work is very rough. If someone wants to investigate, even if they don't start from your line, they can probably find out something. The clues came out, and the palace is concerned about this matter..."
Shen Yi snorted and said, "Although I want to hide it, I'm afraid I can't."
Xu Fu was silent for a while, then lowered his head and said, "Will it affect you, Master?"
"What affects me?"
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely: "Even if the whole thing is leaked, I won't be called a sycophant. Even now, I'm afraid there are not a few people who scold me like this behind my back."
It climbs so fast that it naturally makes people jealous.
Now in Lin'an City, there are probably not a few officials who scold Mr. Shen behind his back.
Xu Fu sighed and said, "I didn't handle the matter thoroughly and left a hidden danger for the young master."
"Bullshit."
Shen Yi glanced at him and said calmly: "What else can you do? Give her medicine to prevent her belly from getting bigger?"
"This is all a matter of the royal family. You and I can just joke about it privately. Other matters have nothing to do with us."
Shen Yi stretched out his hand to pour a cup of tea for Xu Fu, and said with a smile: "I didn't come to you for this trivial reason."
Xu Fu took the tea poured by Shen Yi with both hands, lowered his head slightly and said, "Do you have any other instructions, Master?"
"I've opened up another business for you."
After Shen Yi took a sip of tea, he said slowly: "But I haven't figured out how to run this business yet. I'll tell you the general situation first, and then we'll sit down and talk slowly."
Having said this, Shen Yi stood up and walked to the door of the room.
At the door of the room, Jiang Sheng was guarding the door, not letting anyone get close to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on the conversation between the two people.
"Jiang Sheng."
Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Go and get a table of wine and food. Xiao Xu and I have something to discuss."
Mr. Shen paused for a moment and said, "Instead of Lin'an's local food, get a table of wine and food from a restaurant from outside."
Jiang Sheng responded and ran all the way to make arrangements.
About half an hour later, a table of wine and food was placed in Shen Yi's room. Mr. Shen and Xu Fu sat across the table from each other and chatted about doing business with Westerners while eating.
After roughly talking about it, Shen Yi picked up his wine glass, clinked it with Xu Fu, and then said: "The West is far away from us, with thousands of mountains and rivers. Although the profit is huge, some things will inevitably happen on such a long journey. What I mean is, you shouldn’t go, let your subordinates make two or three trips first, and then you can consider going to the West to have a look once you are familiar with the route.”
Mr. Shen paused and continued: "On our trip, the second most important thing for us is to do business with Westerners and make money from them. The most important thing is to recruit some talents from them."
"You are thoughtful, that's why I want to leave this matter to you."
Xu Fu lowered his head and thought for a while. After drinking a glass of wine, he looked up at Shen Yi with a firm look in his eyes: "Master, I will go to the West myself."
"Let's see what's going on over there."
Shen Yi frowned.
"I told you, once you are familiar with the route, you can consider going there again. This is not a child's play, nor is it a time to show off as a hero. You can ask your subordinates to go there once or twice first. In short..."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "You are determined not to pass this first trip."
He looked at Xu Fu and his face turned cold: "I didn't discuss this matter with you."
Xu Fu sighed, lowered his head slightly and said: "Sir, I also want to see the wider world. Now I have basically visited the territory of Dachen. Except for the Northern Qi Dynasty, I have never been to the foreign territory. "
Xu Fu's eyes were sincere: "I'm not trying to be a hero, but I really want to take a look."
"This matter is non-negotiable."
Mr. Shen shook his head lightly and said, "Unless one day you get married and have children, leaving your bloodline in this world, then I won't stop you from doing anything you want to do."
When Xu Fu heard this, he smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I had a few words with my little sister when I returned to Jiankang."
Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu, with a narrow smile on his face: "People have the same surname as you, and they care about you very much. You are really a blockhead, you should be able to understand it a little bit."
The younger sister’s surname was not Xu, and she probably couldn’t remember the exact surname. Later, when the six little guys registered their names at the Jiangdu County Government Office, the other four had their own surnames, and only the younger sister took the name of Xu Fu. One surname was named after Xu Liuniang.
Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and said with a smile.
"It just so happens that my little sister has passed the age of marriage. Otherwise, why don't you go back to Jiankang during the Chinese New Year this year, and I'll be the intermediary and arrange the marriage for you?"
Xu Fu's face changed slightly, he shook his head slightly and said: "Young Master, it won't... it won't happen..."
Shen Yi reached out and poured Xu Fu a glass of wine, then shook his head slightly: "I know what you are thinking."
"You feel that you are working for the palace and Eunuch Gao, and you feel that you have offended many people by being an imperial merchant. You are afraid that one day the holy family in the palace will no longer be there, or Eunuch Gao will fall, you will too. Then there will be disaster.”
"Because of this intention, you don't want to involve my little sister."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "Even me, you are not willing to have anything to do with me, are you?"
Xu Fu lowered his head, took a sip of wine by himself, and said nothing in a sullen voice.
Mr. Shen took a sip of wine, then looked at Xu Fu and said lightly: "Pour me some wine."
Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and reached out to pour Shen Yi a glass of wine.
Mr. Shen picked up the wine glass in front of him and said calmly: "Do you know what rank I am now?"
"Know."
Xu Fu lowered his head slightly: "Young Master has just been promoted to the fifth rank."
Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said calmly: "I am a fifth-grade bachelor's degree student in the Hanlin Academy."
"Outsiders call me my husband. Although it is suspected of bragging and flattery, they call me that because they have a purpose."
"You are a person who always thinks too much."
Shen Yi glanced at him and said lightly: "Worry about this, worry about that."
"One day, Gao Ming really collapsed and was no longer in charge of the inner court."
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "I, Shen Qi, a big tree, can't rely on you six hozens."
Hearing this, Xu Fu felt warm in his heart. He stood up and bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi: "Master, you..."
"so."
Mr. Shen interrupted him and said calmly: "So you can live your life how you want. When you make money, buy land and marry a wife. When you are happy, you can take in as many concubines as you want. There is no need to think about things or be timid. "
Shen Yi looked calm: "You have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in me."
Xu Fu felt a little moved in his heart. He bowed his head deeply to Shen Yi and his voice trembled: "I have written down everything you said..."
"Um…"
"Then you will go back to Jiankang for the Chinese New Year this year."
Shen Yi patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "I helped you solve the marriage issue. As for whether you marry your younger sister or not, that's your business. I won't force you, but..."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "I need to make it clear to the little girl, so as not to delay her."