Miss Hong'er thanked Jiang Hai and got up to report to Jiang's house on Fushan Street.
Jiang Hai felt that it was not quite right.
"Forget it, Wenzhi. You should go with her. Don't let her get lost later."
"But can you do it yourself, young master?" Wenzhi was a little worried about Jiang Hai.
"Why not?" Jiang Hai straightened his back, "Master, I am a real man."
Wenzhi shook his head without comment and looked at Yuchi Ziling with a questioning look. Apart from him, Yuchi Ziling was the only one who had better kung fu.
"Go ahead, Wenzhi, it's okay. The security in the capital is not so bad that it would be dangerous to go to the market." Yuchi Ziling nodded.
The Jiang residence was also close to the West Market, and Wenzhi thought it would be easy to get there and return soon. So Wenzhi accompanied Hong'er and left.
After Wenzhi left, Yuchi Ziling asked Jiang Hai,
"You did that on purpose, didn't you? Are you afraid I won't like it?"
"Well, you can understand it that way, but it's not intentional. There are so many miserable women in this world. I'm not a savior, how can I save them all?"
Yuchi Ziling was quite satisfied with this answer. After thinking about it, she asked again,
"You really don't want to take a concubine?"
"I have no such plans. I've already told you before."
Yuchi Ziling was quite surprised. In this era, any man with a little ability would take a concubine. She was not the one who could not accept Jiang Hai taking a concubine. After all, her father also had two concubines.
This situation is probably due to certain limitations of the times. The general environment is like this. It would seem very strange if someone suddenly came out and said that he would not take concubines.
As a time traveler, Jiang Hai has some ideas about his past life. Although most people would definitely want to start a harem if they could travel back to ancient times.
However, Jiang Hai's view on love and marriage is still relatively conservative, preferring one-on-one relationships. In his previous life, Jiang Hai had a harmonious family and loving parents, which may have influenced his views.
Then in this life, Jiang Xiuyuan, the stepfather, was also not keen on taking concubines. In Binhai County, apart from being a jerk, he only doted on Siqin.
Seeing that Yuchi Ziling was a little distracted, Jiang Hai closed his fan and patted her head.
"Why? Don't you believe me? I say you're really weird. I've never seen a woman want to take a concubine before they even get married."
Yuchi Ziling came back to her senses, but instead of getting angry, she smiled sweetly, took Jiang Hai's arm, and continued walking.
…
Wenzhi took Hong'er back to Jiang's house.
It was also Hong'er's first time visiting a wealthy family's home, and she seemed very reserved when she entered.
Jiang Xiuyuan asked Hao Bo to take care of the Jiang House. He didn't want to attract too much attention, so he just put the name of the Jiang House and bought the house as a businessman.
Located in the wealthy area of West City, it is also a place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. Hong'er was surprised when she entered the house. This house looks ordinary from the outside, but the inside is not something that ordinary people can afford to live in. It is full of luxury.
Wenzhi told Hao Bo the general situation. Hao Bo was kind and took Hong'er to familiarize herself with the house. Knowing that she used to be an embroiderer, he did not assign her any heavy work.
After Wenzhi handed over the matter, he left Jiang's house and prepared to go back to meet Jiang Hai.
When he went out, he looked at the alley entrance in confusion, and a figure quickly turned and left.
Wenzhi went back into the house and talked to Qin Bai, asking him to pay attention to safety issues, and then went to the market to find Jiang Hai.
The figure that left was none other than the person Yang Hongye had sent to investigate. Having gained some understanding of the situation, he realized that entering the residence was not practical, so he hurried back to report.
At the Third Prince's residence, Yang Hongye listened to the spy's report.
After learning that Jiang Hai was the son of Jiang Xiuyuan, the magistrate of Binhai County in southern Xinjiang, these obvious things were not difficult to find out.
"You mean the son of a county magistrate is going to marry the eldest daughter of the Left Guard General's Mansion? That's really strange." Yang Hongye also felt strange.
At this time, an aide came out to speak.
"Your Highness, this county magistrate is no ordinary person. He was demoted to southern Xinjiang more than ten years ago. Before his demotion, he was the Minister of Personnel. He and Yuchi Zhong are from the same place and have a very good relationship."
"Oh, I see. That makes sense. But the Jiang family's assets have actually reached the capital. They seem quite capable."
"Yes, Your Highness. I heard that the businesses here are all managed by the Jiang family's steward. They sell some scarce goods and the profit is quite good. There are also some old acquaintances of Jiang Xiuyuan, such as Yuchi Zhong, who help to manage the relationship. It seems to be doing quite well."
"Okay then. Send a message to the young master of the Jiang family tomorrow and arrange a meeting. Let's go to Wangjiang Tower."
"Yes, Your Highness."
…
Jiang Hai and Yuchi Ziling strolled around the West Market for a long time. What surprised Yuchi Ziling was that Jiang Hai had more than ten shops in the West Market.
There are even rouge and powder shops. She has bought things here before, and they are extremely expensive.
Jiang Hai's nouveau riche nature was fully exposed. He picked out a lot of valuable things and asked Cai'er to take them back to Yuchi Ziling. Cai'er was very envious. The money she saved on the way was not enough to buy the things her brother-in-law picked up from the store.
As dusk approached, Wenzhi drove towards the general's mansion.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the general's mansion, and Jiang Hai got off with Yuchi Ziling. According to the rules of that era, Jiang Hai should naturally go back. Wenzhi said hello to Yuchi Ziling and went into the mansion to take his own horse and Jiang Hai's white horse.
Yuchi Ziling was about to go back home, Jiang Hai reluctantly said,
"Madam, are you going back now? Why don't you take me to see more of the General's Mansion?"
"No, it's getting late, you should go back early."
"Alas, sentimental people have always been sad about separation." Jiang Hai stroked the butt of the stone lion at the gate of the general's mansion out of boredom.
Yuchi Ziling stood beside him, wanting to wait for Wenzhi to come out with the horse and say goodbye to them before entering the mansion. Seeing Jiang Hai's actions, she had a little understanding of Wenzhi's difficulties, following such a guy all day long.
"I just can't understand how you can say such sad poems but still do such dirty things with your hands."
Jiang Hai realized that this seemed a little out of place, and tried to save face by saying,
"I'm here to see these two lion brothers, they are so majestic and powerful, I want to flatter them and ask them to be more polite to me next time."
After saying this, Jiang Hai reached out and patted the lion's butt twice. Yuchi Ziling couldn't bear to watch and pulled him away. The two guards at the door had a hard time suppressing their laughter. They hadn't expected the young lady to find such a funny man.
"Ding Shang, Ding Wu. Don't laugh." Yuchi Ziling said to the two guards with a bit of social awkwardness.
"Yes, Miss." The two guards replied while suppressing their laughter.
"Ding Shang, Ding Wu?" Jiang Hai suddenly thought, before he even bribed the guards. "What a great name. You can tell at a glance that he's a skilled martial artist."
After saying that, Jiang Hai stepped forward again, took out his purse as usual, took out the silver bills, and skillfully stuffed them into the hands of the two men.
"Hey, Brother Ding, please take care of me when I come over next time. I'll treat you two to a drink."
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