Shu'er and Lin Ying quietly turned around and left. When they arrived at the door of their courtyard, Lin Ying laughed softly and said: "It turns out that the person that Princess Zhao is obsessed with is actually her 'Brother Wang'. I was just used to make King Zhao pay attention."

It’s just a tool to find out what’s on her mind.”

Shu'er said in confusion: "But... I heard that King Xin Zhao, Dugu Yu, has two direct brothers and sisters. They share the same father and mother, namely Dugu Jue and Dugu Qing. They are true blood relatives."

Lin Ying shook her head and said: "But the tone of their conversation, distant and complaining, didn't look like brothers and sisters who grew up together. I suddenly felt that King Zhao's identity was really suspicious. There were no scars on his face, but he had to

Hiding behind a golden gauze tent to receive businessmen from various countries, as a king, he actually lied to the people of the world. He can tell such a small lie so freely, there must be some big lie behind it."

Shu'er recalled the tone in which she and her brother talked to each other when they were children. Although they were not born from the same mother, they never had the alienating tone when King Zhao and Princess Zhao spoke to each other. But then he thought about it, maybe when he grows up, his parents

The tone between brother and sister will change. When she and her brother meet again, what tone will they have toward each other? After more than ten years, will they also be alienated from each other and not recognize each other when they meet?

Seeing Shu'er thinking in a daze, Lin Ying whispered, "What's so exciting about this? I guess King Zhao is not really Dugu Jue, but someone has pretended to be him."

Shu'er came back to her senses, covered Lin Ying's mouth, and said seriously: "This is Zhao Gong, stop talking nonsense!"

Lin Ying was speechless, but looked at Shu'er with smiling eyes.

The two of them were glaring at each other angrily and laughing at each other, when they suddenly heard a familiar voice behind them laughing: "Brother Yan, Brother Su, we are really close to each other. We came to see you unexpectedly, and you were already at the door to greet us."

Hearing the sound, Shu'er quickly put down the hand covering Lin Ying's mouth and turned around to see the two brothers Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling walking towards them. Shu'er saluted and said, "Don't the two brothers Qiao meet with everyone after receiving the reward tomorrow?"

How come you came to say goodbye to us today when we left together?"

Qiao Ling said mysteriously: "We are not here to say goodbye. Don't you invite us to go into the courtyard to talk?"

Shu'er made a "please" gesture, and the four of them stepped into the courtyard.

Shu'er made tea with his own hands and said: "Last time I drank the Lotus Heart Tea brought by the two brothers Qiao from the Song Dynasty, but I don't have any good tea brought from the Chen Kingdom. I can only borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and use tea leaves from the Zhao Palace.

Let me pay tribute to you two."

Qiao Jing said: "This is the new Yuluo spring tea picked this year."

Qiao Ling said: "Zhao State is mainly engaged in farming, and the Zhao Palace is naturally full of good tea. Brother Yan, Brother Su, you don't have to be polite." He looked around again and said, "Your courtyard is quite unique, with its small bridge."

The flowing water looks like a pastoral farmhouse in the Zhao Kingdom."

Shu'er said: "The century-old peach blossom tree in your yard is like the peach blossom stream in the Jade Capital of the Song Dynasty."

Qiao Ling clapped her hands and said, "Yes! If the small bridge and flowing water in your courtyard are moved under the century-old peach blossom tree in our courtyard, it will be a paradise."

Qiao Jing asked: "Brother Yan, have you been to Yudu?"

Shu'er smiled and replied: "I went there once when I was a kid."

Qiao Ling said: "We came to visit us because we wanted to ask Brother Yan and Brother Su if they are free to accompany us to the Song Dynasty these days. Since Brother Yan visited Yudu when he was a child, he must also want to see Yudu now.

changes.”

Lin Ying glanced at Shu'er and nodded slightly, as if to say, Sister Shu'er, your desire to return to Song Dynasty for many years is now close at hand, why don't you put away the thought of "being more timid when you are close to your hometown" and quickly agree to it?

Seeing Lin Ying's encouragement, Shu'er suppressed all the thoughts in her heart and nodded: "It is not easy for Chen Guoren to enter the Song Dynasty. Since the two brothers Qiao came to invite us, we are really disrespectful and honored."

Qiao Ling glanced at Qiao Jing, and Qiao Jing said: "We brothers are busy at home and are planning to leave tonight to return to Song Dynasty without taking the reward from King Zhao. I wonder if you two would like to go with us?"

Qiao Ling added: "We originally wanted to wait until tomorrow to receive the reward before leaving the palace with everyone, but just now we received an urgent message from home, urging us to go back quickly. In fact, it is okay not to go to King Zhao's reward banquet tomorrow, we can't do anything about it.

King Zhao is short of fifty taels of silver ingots and ten acres of fertile land, so he can keep it for himself. We come to the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce to offer advice, not to earn these insignificant rewards and fame, but to make friends with some knowledgeable and knowledgeable people.

A big-hearted merchant, he was invited back to the Song Dynasty, and he also gave us Song Dynasty advice and business. Our King of Song is not as stingy as King Zhao, let alone as stingy as King Chen. Our Highness has always wanted to open more trade routes in Song Dynasty.

, trade with the four countries, but there is a mountain and river barrier between us and the Kingdom of Shu, and the King of Chen has issued an order to seal off trade with the Kingdom of Chen. If you two are willing to follow us to the Kingdom of Song to discuss long-term, and do something to open up trade between Chen and Song.

The reward from our Highness is not just fifty taels of silver ingots and ten acres of fertile land. The money should be at least in gold ingots, and the real estate should be at least in hundreds. If you are interested, you can even get an official position in the Song Dynasty.

At that time, Brother Yan and Brother Su were both officials and businessmen. They were famous far and wide, and they were doing business all over the country. They were truly 'wealthy as the enemy'."

Seeing Shu'er lowering his head and thinking deeply, Lin Ying said with a smile: "Brother Qiao, I'm afraid you don't know that if you can take us to the Song Dynasty, it will be worth a thousand gold rewards. Then naturally we don't care about King Zhao's fifty taels of silver ingots."

Already."

Qiao Ling was curious: "How do you say this?"

Lin Ying said: "In the early years, we wanted to visit the Song Kingdom, so we looked for someone to buy Chen Song's customs clearance documents in the black market of Chen Kingdom. Unexpectedly, the black-hearted businessman actually asked for a thousand taels of gold! Now you can

You took us to the Song Dynasty without taking any money, didn't you save us a thousand taels of gold?"

Qiao Ling laughed loudly and said: "King Chen is really a petty person. He actually hates the Song Kingdom for being so expensive. Can a piece of customs clearance document be sold for a thousand gold?"

Lin Ying asked Shu'er: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Why don't we follow the two brothers Qiao to Song Dynasty tonight?"

Shu'er lowered his head and paused for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Brother Qiao said he would take us to the Jade Capital, so that we can meet the King of Song and discuss the trade between Chen and Song?"

Qiao Ling said righteously: "Of course! Zhao has been focusing on agriculture and neglecting business for nearly a hundred years. The king of Zhao can treat virtuous merchants. We in the Song Dynasty never neglect merchants. Your Highness will naturally discuss it with you two personally."

Shu'er nodded and said: "We don't have much luggage. The group can only consist of the two of us and two guards. If you two brothers Qiao are in a hurry, we can set off immediately."

So Shu'er, Lin Ying, Qingyu, and Yifeng immediately packed their bags, left a note of thanks to King Zhao, and drove all night with a group of ten people from the Qiao family, including Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling's guards, servants, and coachmen.

Go to Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!