Linzhou City's area is not large, because Qingzhou is closer to the official road of the capital, and Linzhou's location is more remote, so few people are willing to settle in Linzhou.
If it weren't for the fact that the food brought by Mi Xiayao's carriage couldn't reach Qingzhou, the two children on the carriage would still be growing.
Mainly...
The Gu family's little girl's constitution was not that healthy. Gu Yun and Mi Xiayao were worried that the child would get sick from starvation.
The carriage entered Linzhou City Gate smoothly.
The streets here are less lively and prosperous than those in Beijing.
Mi Xiayao raised the curtain and couldn't help but take another look at the unfamiliar city. There was inevitably a hint of secret excitement in her beautiful eyes.
It was hard to find an inn with a reasonably big store.
When Linglong maids went to the inn to book a room, they saw an acquaintance who was about to go down the stairs.
“Boss Duan is really grand!”
"There is no way there. If it weren't for the help of adults, how could we have shipped out this batch of goods so quickly."
The two of them went down to the first floor while chatting. They happened to pass by Linglong, and she heard everything clearly.
Linglong's face changed slightly. She waited for the two people to go away, then quickly picked up her skirt and ran out of the inn.
I had just finished paying someone else's bill at the front desk, and I was going to come over to ask the new girl what she needed.
Unexpectedly, the girl ran away as if she had seen something unlucky, leaving the boss confused immediately.
Linglong knocked on the car door cautiously, then got in the car and vividly described the scene when she just met Duan Honglin.
When Gu Yun heard that this long-lost person actually appeared in Linzhou, she turned to look at Mi Xiayao in surprise.
You can check in as usual first."
Mi Xiayao asked Linglong to prepare the things at hand first, then she thought for a moment and turned to them.
"It's not surprising that Duan Honglin appears anywhere. It's normal for him to give up his literary career and go into business. He has lost all his face in the capital, and there is no way he can hold an official position anywhere else."
She hugged Mi Xiaobao, but her expression gradually became serious.
"What I'm worried about is that Duan Honglin is trying to do something bad in Linzhou. It's too close to Qingzhou."
Going back and forth to Qingzhou often takes less than half a day.
Coupled with the enmity between her and Duan Honglin over the years, it was difficult for her not to speculate whether Duan Honglin's momentum in coming to Linzhou was aimed at her family.
"Then what should we do? How do we plan to promote our future plans?" Gu Yun understood her worries and immediately asked.
Having said this, Mi Xiayao became less nervous and turned her attention to Chen Xi.
Suddenly, everyone in the carriage looked at her, and she blinked innocently.
"If this matter were you, what would you do?"
Mi Xiayao tapped Chen Xi's shoulder and asked jokingly with a smile.
Chen Xi paused tactically for a moment, "No kidding, if it were really me, I would choose to stay in Linzhou directly. Anyway, it will be some time before your brother gets married in Qingzhou, and Duan Honglin doesn't know you are here, no.
If we take advantage of this period of time to investigate his actions carefully, he is in the open and we are in the dark, so it will be easy to deal with him."
The logical inference of what she said was correct, but it was a little too childish.
But Mi Xiayao still praised her happily.
"Your behavior is indeed part of what I just thought about. It's not bad that you can think of so much without going through so many things."
Chen Xi was so flattered by the praise that she straightened her back proudly and snorted.
"It's a good strategy to stay in Linzhou, but I won't deal with Duan Honglin in the short term."
She never explained to Gu Yun and Chen Xi that Duan Honglin was currently leaning on the third prince.
If you say it, it will make them worry in vain.
"Duan Honglin probably doesn't know you. I also want to train your ability to get away from the capital." Mi Xiayao slowly looked at Chen Xi with a smile on her face.
Under Chen Xi's expectant gaze, she finally said what she wanted to hear most.
"Linzhou will leave it to you to investigate Duan Honglin's matter in detail. Let's rest here for a while and let Linglong replenish food, and then we will split up."
Mi Xiayao didn't want to waste time at this time.
She asked Chen Xixian to stay in Linzhou to investigate, while she and Gu Yun went to Qingzhou to meet with her father. Taking advantage of the situation, she entrusted the two children to her father. Linzhou would be busy by then and might not be able to take care of these two children.
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"Don't worry, just leave this matter to me."
Chen Xi patted his chest confidently.
Linglong happened to have opened a private room in the inn, and Linglong went to buy it according to the plan. Chen Xi went directly to Linzhou to check the situation.
Apart from this, Mi Xiayao and Gu Yun never left the carriage during the whole process.
What I'm afraid of is that I might scare someone off.
After Linglong came back to replenish the supply of food, Mi Xiayao and Gu Yun headed to Qingzhou first.
After re-entering the official road, the speed to Qingzhou became much faster.
After traveling all night, we finally entered Qingzhou City just in time for the city gate to open the next morning.
I’ve seen the prosperity of the capital city, seen the simple streets of Linzhou, and then looked at the unique lazy but elegant atmosphere of Qingzhou’s urban water town.
Gu Yun opened the curtain and took a look at Qingzhou City, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Da Qi has a vast territory, so you can see that each city has its own unique characteristics. It's no wonder that although your Mi family went to the capital to develop, you have not forgotten the development of the Mi family in Qingzhou."
Gu Yun was not joking or trying to please him.
This is her heartfelt emotion about Qingzhou, a water town and prosperous city.
Mi Xiayao may not have seen Qingzhou for a long time, but there was a slight smile on her face.
"Jingzhou City is actually not much different from the capital city, both with a bit of northern hardness, but Qingzhou is different. There are many rivers in the city. It is easy to swim around the lake and sail boats in the city, because there are many canal routes, so doing business on waterways is actually a breeze.
A little more."
Mi Xiayao explained the characteristics of Qingzhou’s merchants.
As the carriages shuttled through the streets, after a while, the atmosphere on both sides of the streets gradually became a little deserted.
Seeing that the place became a little remote, a conspicuous and flawless white wall came into view.
The black tiles and white walls are more solemn than the white walls and blue tiles in the capital. It looks like a large family with extremely complicated specifications.
The main door has five openings. The central door is tall and majestic. It is a double-door red door. The two copper-colored door knockers are also much larger than other doors.
There are two small doors on each side of the main door, and these two small doors become much smaller as the position increases.
Two huge stone lions squatted at the entrance of the mansion, showing no majesty.
The carriage stopped here.
Such a luxurious and majestic mansion gate is even more grand and elegant than the Gu family's ancestral home.