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Zheng Family was the empress's mother's home, and this Miss Zheng was the empress's niece, her name was Zheng Peiru. The reason why Xie Jingxi noticed the expression in her eyes was probably because she was too focused on him occasionally, and the focus was precisely on Shen Huanzhi.

Shen Huanzhi was born gentle and refined, it was unavoidable for a lady to like him. Xie Jingxi also hoped that he could find a girl to marry as soon as possible, although the Empress's niece was a little more sensitive, and might not necessarily succeed, Xie Jingxi still did not wish for him to be stubborn enough to find a suitable girl.

"I wonder if Shen Dong's family is married, and how old is he?"

A few thick-skinned young mistresses surrounded Shen Huanzhi, asking all sorts of questions, so Shen Huanzhi had no time to worry about Xie Jingxi, and could deal with them all blushing. When he found out that Shen Huanzhi was not even married, everyone started talking at once about marriage, causing Shen Huanzhi to wish that he could burrow into a crack in the ground.

Shen Huanzhi cupped his hands and bowed towards them as he pleaded for mercy, "Thank you for your blessings, but I'm afraid that the ladies Huanzhi has already fallen in love with are going to let everyone down.

Shen Huanzhi was more tactful, although these young mistresses were a little disappointed, to be able to obtain the flower looks of the Spirit Embroidery Workshop, it was indeed not bad, thus they did not hold him up and discuss the marriage, and instead went to discuss clothes and accessories.

When Zheng Peiru heard that Shen Huanzhi had someone she liked, she could not hide the disappointment in her heart. However, she was still unwilling to give up, so she found an empty spot to chat with Xie Jingxi.

Zheng Peiru had only met Xie Jingxi once or twice before in the palace, so she didn't say anything. Now that they had suddenly gotten closer, Xie Jingxi's intuition told him that she must be here for Shen Huanzhi.

Xie Jingxi nodded to her, "Miss Zheng is worried."

Zheng Peiru was a typical noble daughter of a noble family, demure and demure, she was gentle and gentle, and spoke softly, "I came presumptuously to ask Mrs. Gu a question, I heard that Mrs. Gu and Shen Dong family are old friends, I wonder if the Shen Dong family really likes someone like me?"

Xie Jingxi could not help but feel embarrassed, she was a lady from a noble family, to dare ask for the sake of her heart, she was also very brave. If not for the fact that her identity and position was wrong, Xie Jingxi would be willing to play along, but the so-called Shen Huanzhi being with someone she liked made her feel extremely awkward, making her feel weird.

"To tell Miss Zheng the truth, I don't have much contact with Shen Dong's family, and I've never heard of his lover. It seems like he might be a lady from his hometown."

Zheng Peiru shyly lowered her head, "So that's how it is, I was presumptuous of me." In the eyes of these young ladies, as long as the other party was not married yet, there should be hope. No matter how brave they were, even if they were married, they would not care about their status and would fight for it.

Xie Jingxi could not help but worry for Shen Huanzhi. From the looks of it, Zheng Peiru had truly changed her mind, if in the future she wholeheartedly wanted to marry Shen Huanzhi, it was unknown whether or not she would be in trouble.

Shen Huanzhi greeted outside for a long time, and finally found an opening. When Xie Jingxi was alone, she came over to greet her, "It's been a long time, have you been well?"

It had only been a year since they met, and now that they had met, things had changed. She had become the young mistress of the Gu family, and he had achieved something in the business world.

"I'm doing quite well. You've changed quite a bit. It seems that your business is doing quite well."

Of course, he was disappointed that he did not give them to her. However, he also knew that the two of them had an awkward identity, and he did not really expect her to wear the clothes when he sent them over, just like the wedding dress that he sent her. Even though he knew that she would not wear it, he still sent it over with a heart full of anticipation, as though he would entrust his heart to her if he gave it to her.

With the Manager Li helping out with the business, it is indeed a lot of things, after all, people have to improve a little, and they can't stay the same as before.

Being able to see through it was a good thing, Xie Jingxi was happy for him, "Just now, there was still Miss who asked me about you, although I am not supposed to say it, but I hope that you can find a girl as soon as possible, regardless of whether it is Uncle Shen Shi or the Manager Li, they can rest assured. When you are doing business outside, there must be a family head's wife taking care of you."

Shen Huanzhi lowered his eyes, "Mn, I know that you are thinking for my sake, but this kind of thing always depends on fate, something I cannot force myself to do."

Indeed, he could not force him, so Xie Jingxi did not speak anymore, and left after saying a few words that were not important, Shen Huanzhi gazed at her back for a long time, and was not willing to leave.

At this time, the Manager Li walked over and whispered into Shen Huanzhi's ears: "Boss, there's a message from the south side saying something had happened on the water. All the checkpoints have been blocked, so it could be the imperial government's boat."

Shen Huanzhi frowned, "I got it, when the things here are settled, I will rush back as soon as possible. Tell them to try their best not to get into a conflict with the government's ship."

Manager Li replied: "I understand."

"Wait a moment." Shen Huanzhi called out to Manager Li who was about to leave, "Do you know where the owner of this place comes from?"

"This, I won't hide from you. Although I've negotiated with them for a long time, I've never seen their real boss before. We also feel embarrassed to take the initiative to say no. What, do you have any doubts?"

It was only when Shen Huanzhi saw the clothes on his body that he remembered to ask, the way they were made looked like they were made from the hands of a beautiful embroidery lady, making him look more exquisite. For some reason, he felt that Xie Jingxi had something to do with it.

"It's fine. I'm just asking. If there's a chance, I do want to meet with this boss. After all, I've received a favor from him. It's also good to be able to repay him."

Manager Li took this matter to heart and went down to take care of the trouble on the water.

Although they were under the command of General Sheng Luan himself, they still met with trouble of being robbed like the previous envoy from an official. These water thieves were truly fearless, their ferocious and arrogant attitude was outrageous to the point of making one's blood boil, Gu Yun and his party had only just left Yangzhou, yet they had already faced them two to three times. Seeing that they were still quite a distance away from Jing Prefecture, it was truly not a solution for them to continue wasting away like this.

Sheng Luan was so angry that he almost fell through the bottom of the boat, "These bastards, they actually dared to act so arrogantly in front of Grandfather, if it wasn't for the official ship, I would have already killed them all!"

The official ships used for disaster relief were far from being as effective as warships, and there was a limit to the weapons on the boat. If not for Sheng Luan bringing a portion of his own troops and using them as weapons, he would not be able to hold on until now, and from the first time he met a water thief, Sheng Luan had beaten them into a pulp, and the next time he would be fiercer than the last. Because of the limited weapons on the ship and the heavy weight of silver, on the one hand, the battle ability was getting weaker and the water thieves were getting more and more difficult to deal with. Therefore, the fugitives saw through their weakness and decided to kill them before Jing Prefecture.

Gu Yun stood on the deck and watched from the sidelines. Since he was still a few days away from Jing Prefecture, he had already requested for troops from the surrounding officials. It was just that he still had a day and a night to reach the nearest checkpoint.

"How long can we hold our firearms?"

Sheng Luan said: Another wave of force attacks will probably exhaust themselves, and from my perspective, this time they are attacking with all their might, it will be even stronger than before. If I do not force my way out when the firearms are exhausted, I will only have the chance to be beaten up, and furthermore, I do not have the confidence to succeed in attacking with force, if they discover that our firearms are exhausted, we will only be able to go into the water to feed the fishes.

Even if Sheng Luan was left with a bit of energy, he would not be able to protect this boat's relief money. Gu Yun thought, this was not the way to go, "Let's go back on our route and go to the Suzhou Palace to shore."

"Fuck, this daddy has never fought such a useless battle before. Where the hell did these water thieves come from?! How come I never knew that there was such a wild person on the waterway!"

"They should be from the Salt Clan."

"Salt Clan?" Sheng Luan was surprised, "Are they really destitute? Why are they even stealing the government's boat and obediently selling their salt? Don't tell me that they should not take a detour when they see an official ship, are they afraid of the government looking down on them?"

Gu Yun muttered to himself: "The people on the salt road are all complicated, there's no need to mention the evil path of the white path, everyone is not necessarily in sync, but the competition inside is extremely intense, seeing as how blood is not common, I think that these people are most likely separated from the evil path, they aren't afraid of the authorities at all, as long as they enter the water path, then that would be their world, and the officials might not even be able to obtain any benefits from them."

All of them were blood-thirsty fugitives, if the officials could take care of it, they would be able to watch them grow. They had set their sights on the difficult fortune of the Jing Prefecture, and knew that the imperial government would definitely deliver more silver for them to take care of them, so Gu Yun knew that this was not the time for them to fight head-on. It was imperative for them to stay alive.

Sheng Luan immediately ordered for them to turn around and drive at full speed before the water thieves could react. Once they grasped the motivation, they would definitely catch up to them.

Zhao Zhang realized what Gu Yun was planning and immediately ran over, "Master, we are not familiar with the nearest checkpoint, and the river is very narrow, there are very few people going in and out, if we fall in, there won't even be a detour, if they ambush us there, wouldn't we be sending themselves to their deaths?"

Gu Yun frowned, there is no time to care about that right now, we have to take advantage of the fact that we are still far from being completely poor, to charge into a place with fewer people, and have a better chance of winning than running into them, let's bet on it.

However, their luck in this life wager was not good, it was really anticipated by Zhao Zhang, and sure enough, these fugitives were more crafty than he had imagined. They had ambushed someone and blocked their way, causing the official ship to be attacked from both sides, and there was nowhere to go.