Zheng Qingzhi's sedan chair drove through the streets and alleys, and the gaps between the curtains opened and closed, he actually caught a familiar figure. As the familiar figure flashed by, Zheng Qingzhi's heart was inexplicably shocked, and then he hurriedly lifted the curtain to look at it.

Seeing the familiar figure looking around the street, Zheng Qingzhi, who had been thinking for a while, immediately asked the sedan chairman to stop, continued to look at the figure looking around, and then walked out of the sedan chair after thinking for a while.

Qingqiu, as the closest servant in front of the queen, suddenly appeared here, which made Zheng Qingzhi subconsciously realize that it is very likely that the queen would be not far away. Even if the queen is not there, I am afraid that the purpose of Qingqiu's appearance here is not very simple.

Looking around Qingqiu, who was looking for Ye Qing's traces, turned around and found that Zheng Qingzhi was walking towards him with a smile, his face froze slightly, and he quickly thought about how to deal with the Minister of Revenue.

"I have met Lord Zheng." Although Qingqiu is the queen's servant and is extremely trusted by the queen, she can still maintain an extremely humble attitude when dealing with others on the surface.

Although both the officials of the court, the maids and eunuchs in the palace know that Qingqiu is not as simple as it seems, no matter what, Qingqiu is extremely sleek and cautious in dealing with people and things, and never leaves others with the so-called arrogant and domineering handle of relying on the queen, the big tree.

"Zheng has seen the nobleman Zhong." Zheng Qingzhi smiled and replied, and then continued: "Zheng passed by here and happened to see the nobleman Zhong here. He looked around, but... looking for someone?"

Qingqiu naturally did not dare to tell the news that the queen was not far away from here, and he did not dare to shake off the matter that the queen was in Xingyuan to wait for Ye Qing. As the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department, he could only laugh and said, "I am looking for Lord Ye. After all, I am still sent by the Imperial City Department. Lord Ye is the commander of the Imperial City Department, so..."

"Oh, is Lord Ye nearby too?" Zheng Qingzhi was shocked again and asked quietly.

Qingqiu didn't dare to say it too falsely. He was afraid that if he would meet Ye Qing's words after he said some other purpose, then no matter what kind of words he said, he would be able to recover his lies.

Therefore, the half-truth and half-false words, coupled with the Imperial City Office's mission as an excuse, even if Zheng Qingzhi wanted to investigate in depth, he had no choice.

"I seemed to have seen Lord Ye just now, so I searched everywhere, but I didn't find it. It might be that I recognized the wrong person." Qingqiu's attitude has always been very humble, which naturally made Zheng Qingzhi very helpful.

"I wonder if Lord Zheng is..." Qingqiu didn't want to say more about the topic of finding someone, so he asked while Zheng Qingzhi smiled and looked around.

"Oh, if you have nothing to do, just go around. There is a teahouse in front of you. I am planning to go over for a cup of tea." Zheng Qingzhi pointed to the alley not far ahead, and then said: "It is better to meet by chance than to invite me. Zhong Guiren is quite busy on weekdays, so Zheng naturally dare not bother me. But today we meet here. I wonder if Zhong Guiren is willing to give him a look and let Zheng be the East?"

From the time to noon in Lin'an City, it was already hot and hot in June. Qingqiu, who had been looking for Ye Qing's trace for a long time, even if he wanted to refuse politely, there was no good excuse for a while.

If you want to use the excuse of rushing to return to the palace, the reason why he appears here will not stand the scrutiny. Moreover, Zheng Qingzhi did invite him several times before, but he refused them all, so this chance encounter obviously really gave Zheng Qingzhi a chance.

The two walked along the streets and alleys, almost all Zheng Qingzhi was talking, while Qingqiu was listening.

Qingqiu was not very clear about Zheng Qingzhi's vague tests about the prince several times, and Zheng Qingzhi obviously did not intend to easily change the topic on the prince's issue.

From time to time, he sighed a few times, saying that the prince is now eleven years old, and the election of the princess should be put on the agenda. I don’t know that the queen who is in the palace has someone he likes.

"In this way, Lord Zheng intends to... choose a concubine for the crown prince?" Seeing that Zheng Qingzhi had been talking nonsense, Qingqiu had to follow the topic and test it.

"The royal affairs are the affairs of our ministers, and the crown prince is my crown prince of the Song Dynasty. The election of concubines is naturally a major event for the country. Although Lord Shi is busy with government affairs on weekdays, he is also quite concerned about the matter of the crown princess." Zheng Qingzhi looked at Qingqiu, who was not very interested in this issue, so he had to bring out Shi Miyuan's official power.

"As far as I know, the queen has no intention of choosing a concubine for the prince for the time being. The prince is only eleven years old now, so it is still too early." Qingqiu looked up and looked at the plaque in the teahouse. He suddenly realized why Zheng Qingzhi was coming here for tea.

The rumors in the market seem to be groundless, Qingqiu sighed slightly in his heart.

The rainbow leaves the teahouse, which was originally a seven-character poem written by Zheng Qingzhi: the light red pours the green on his back, and the setting sun rises across the blue sky. It looks like a jade belt, forming a five-color crystal bridge.

Qingqiu, who is the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department, even knew that as Shi Miyuan's right-hand man, most of Zheng Qingzhi accepted bribes and often chose to discuss this with officials who wanted to be promoted and dispatched.

Therefore, this place can be regarded as a secret stronghold established by Zheng Qingzhi for Shi Miyuan to form a clique for personal gain. On weekdays, a large number of literati come here to dance, write poems and essays to cover up the real life of this teahouse.

So now, whether it is the officials in the Lin'an court or various officials, who want to go further in their careers, but have not directly found Shi Miyuan's way, they will come here to try their luck first.

Zheng Qingzhi and others were like disciples, strictly screening those officials who had the desire for Shi Miyuan, so that some officials who knew that Hong came out of the teahouse often regarded Hong came out of the teahouse as a way to get close to the Minister of Personnel.

This also led to the reputation of Hongchu Teahouse, the alias of the Little Officials Teahouse, gradually spreading in a circle within a certain range.

In addition to the Ministry of Personnel located at the Six-Minist Bridge in the Palace, officials now have a small Ministry of Personnel located in the city. Sometimes, there are even more officials gathered here than the real Ministry of Personnel located in the Palace.

Ye Qing glanced at the eyes of several pairs of tea guests looking here. Although most tea guests dressed in ordinary blouses, Ye Qing could still slightly smell the smell of officialdom on these people.

Especially some small officials who cannot get into the eyes of powerful officials like Ye Qing, seem to be everywhere in the teahouse. Unlike officials who have reached a certain level of official position and began to act in a low-key manner, they hope that others can see that he is an official in the Song Dynasty court, and they wish that everyone could see his little official power.

The dispute between the scholar and Ye Qing made everyone look at each other and made Ye Qing feel even more difficult for the current situation. It was precisely because these officials were not big or small, and there was no one who knew him watching, that he had no way to face the encirclement and attack of more than ten scholars.

At this time, the scholar was not only not allowing him to leave, but also not allowing the little girl who caused the trouble today to leave. Even because Zhu Shijie saluted him and called him a sir, these scholars were even more curious about Ye Qing's identity.

Even Xie Daoqing looked up in surprise and looked at Ye Qing again. In her opinion, the uncle in front of her was a hero in the north, a powerful minister, a general who led troops to fight. How could he teach others how to do calculations?

Moreover, seeing Zhu Shijie's respectful eyes that were almost full of energy, and the younger wife Xu, who was extremely grateful and admired, Xie Daoqing was also very curious. Ye Qing taught Zhu Shijie what counted, and he could make people respect him so much.

Zhu Shijie has been coming to Lin'an for a long time. It is precisely because of Zhu Xi that he successfully entered the circle of Lin'an literati. Moreover, Zhu Shijie has achieved great success in both poetry and prose and mathematics, so he is also quite influential among the literati in front of him.

As for why Zhu Shijie was able to get in touch with the scholar surnamed Zheng, Ye Qing only heard the little girl whisper in her ear: "Zheng Shichang studied under Mr. Yan Lu Yan, like Mr. Zhu, highly praised Neo-Confucianism, so they met him."

The scholar named Zheng Shichang looked at Xie Daoqing and Ye Qing whispering with his head down. The jealousy in his eyes became even stronger. He could not tell at all that the middle-aged man in front of him could compare with him. He could actually make Xie Daoqing whisper in Ye Qing's ear regardless of the male and female suspicion.

Ye Qing nodded knowingly, then looked at Zhu Shijie and said, "I was tired of wandering around, so I came here to rest. Unexpectedly... I actually met you here."

Xie Daoqing, who was standing beside him, hurriedly nodded repeatedly after Ye Qing finished speaking to Zhu Shijie, so as to tell Zheng Shichang and others who surrounded them that the uncle really did not bully him. They just wandered around here and then came in to rest.

But in Zheng Shichang's view, her actions were like adding fuel to the fire. Zheng Shichang, who had already loved her and was jealous of her and Ye Qing, heard that Xie Daoqing was shopping with Ye Qing, and then when he was tired of shopping, he came here to have a tea and rest. He instantly felt a sense of thought. This was Xie Daoqing who brought Ye Qing over to show off his power and persuaded him to give up.

"Since that's the case, then the tea money is not enough." Zheng Shichang glanced at the broken silver on the table and said coldly to Ye Qing.

Xie Daoqing habitually widened his big watery eyes again, looked at Zheng Shichang, who made Ye Qing hate his teeth incredibly, and then looked at Ye Qing who was smiling calmly: "This is not enough? It's just a pot of tea..."

"This teahouse is run by my Zheng Mansion. I naturally have the final say on how much a pot of tea costs, so if I don't say enough, it's not enough." Zheng Shichang ignored Zhu Shijie who was whispering to plead with him, and still stared at Ye Qing and said.

"Is this a black store?" Ye Qing smiled and said, "I just don't know if other people are treated the same as me? A pot of tea is so expensive?"

It was long ago that Zheng Shichang made things difficult for him because of Xie Daoqing, and couldn't help but smile bitterly again.

At this time, the tea shops who would have looked at them from time to time to watch the fun suddenly looked at the entrance of the teahouse. As the tea shop staff bent down enthusiastically at the door, Ye Qing saw the tea shops in the hall. Suddenly, most of them stood up quickly, and some even lowered their heads and quickly tidied up their clothes, as if they were going to meet some big shots next.

Qingqiu walked into the teahouse with Zheng Qingzhi, and first saw a large number of tea guests. As the sound of tables, chairs and benches moved, each with humble smiles, and his eyes were all turned to him and Zheng Qingzhi beside him.

"Prepare a great room. I have distinguished guests here today. As for the others... let them come again next day..." Zheng Qingzhi seemed to say to the friend standing in front of him respectfully, but he could find that the many tea guests standing in the hall instantly showed a look of disappointment.

But before they could come back to their senses, they saw Zheng Qingzhi's gaze and unconsciously swept towards Ye Qing. After all, the rest of the room were sitting at the table in groups of three or three, and only in the corner by the window, there were more than ten people around.

The reason why Zheng Qingzhi was even more shocked. He even wanted to turn around and leave the teahouse was that among the more than ten people, he saw a middle-aged man with white hair and a figure half a head taller than the others around him. At this moment, he looked at him and Qingqiu next to him with a smile.

After seeing Qingqiu after Ye Qing, for some reason, he finally felt relieved. Zhu Yeer asked him to find someone. He thought he could not go back to work with him, but he unexpectedly met the person he was looking for here.

After searching for something without any effort, Qingqiu was feeling emotional in his heart, he noticed that Zheng Qingzhi was originally calm and calm with a calm smile, but now he was full of shock and nervousness.

Without thinking, Qingqiu could guess that it was obvious that Ye Qing appeared here, which made Zheng Qingzhi next to him look like a dumbfounded look.

"Mr. Zheng, let the irrelevant tea guests come again the next day. I guess Mr. Zheng has no intention of entertaining them today, right?" Ye Qing's eyes were still surrounded by scholars, so he had to say a little loudly to Zheng Qingzhi in the distance.

Zheng Shichang didn't know who Ye Qing was talking to, but when he heard the three words "Mr. Zheng", he couldn't help but look back. When he saw Zheng Qing, he couldn't help but feel happy and rushed over and said, "Dad, why are you here?"

As Zheng Shichang said, Zheng Qingzhi's expression became even more serious. The tea shops in the tea shop also began to leave one by one with the whispered explanation of the guy. Some tea shops who left would look at Ye Qing suspiciously and then look at Zheng Qingzhi.

When tea guests passed by Zheng Qingzhi, they would involuntarily bent down to salute, and all of this was seen by Ye Qingyi, and the smile on his face became stronger and stronger.

"Is Zheng Shichang Zheng Qingzhi's young master?" While the tea chef left, the scholars around him were also confused by Zheng Shichang, but he did not dare to disobey Zheng Qingzhi's orders. When he waved to them to leave, Ye Qing asked Xie Daoqing, who was also a little stunned.

Without waiting for Xie Daoqing to answer, Zhu Shijie wanted to salute and leave with other scholars, but Ye Qing waved his hand and stayed: "If there is nothing urgent, why not sit for a while. You and I haven't seen each other for a long time. I still want to hear how you are doing now in mathematics."

After talking to Zhu Shijie and his wife, Ye Qing sat down at the table just now, and then asked in a low voice to Xie Daoqing who was sitting next to him: "How could your father agree to your marriage with Zheng Shichang..."

Before Ye Qing finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xie Daoqing with a red face and dissatisfaction: "How is that? I...my father didn't agree? They insisted on coming to propose marriage again and again, and my mother and my grandfather also disagreed."

"That's it that you agree? But your family doesn't agree?" As the tea guests left and the main man appeared, Ye Qing was in a mood to tease the little girl next to him.

Zhu Shijie and his wife, Xu, who were sitting opposite him, looked at Ye Qing teasing Xie Daoqing for a while, then turned around and looked at Zheng Shichang and the other two who were walking towards this side. When the three of them came over, Zhu Shijie and his wife were hurriedly about to get up, Ye Qing stopped them and asked them to sit down.

"The lower official Zheng Qingzhi met Lord Ye."

"I have met Lord Ye after Qingqiu."

Zheng Qingzhi and Qingqiu saluted to Ye Qing who was sitting next to him at the same time. At this time, Zheng Shichang, who had just made things difficult for Ye Qing, was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth. He looked at Ye Qing with disbelief, and then hurriedly turned to his father, who was solemn.

"The noble man has a big temper, but thanks to Lord Zheng who arrived in time, otherwise, I, Ye Qing, wouldn't know how embarrassed I would be today. Lord Zheng, thank you." Ye Qing said to Zheng Qingzhi with a smile.

"I dare not, Lord Ye is so serious. It's because the dog has no idea about Mount Tai. I offended you. I hope you don't want to have a good understanding of him. The official here is here to apologize to you." Zheng Qingzhi was uneasy at this moment, and he was up and down.

Ye Qing's appearance here was enough to shock and fear him. His indifferent son, who was actually taking people, surrounded the people. It was just as if he was nothing to do!

What made Zheng Qingzhi even more confused and uneasy was that Ye Qing actually appeared here with Xie Qubo's daughter, which made Ye Qing's purpose here even more intriguing.

Xie Qubo was arrested the day before yesterday and suddenly disappeared from the Ministry of Justice yesterday. Although not many people know about this, as Shi Miyuan's confidant, he almost knew about it at the same time as Deng Youlong, Han Tuozhou and other limited people.
Chapter completed!