Chapter 99: Great Capital, the excitement never stops

Xie Hui smiled and said, "It seems that I have missed a lot of things during my absence from the capital."

"You and Zhou Shaoyin are good friends, so it will be the same if you let him tell you."

"I don't want to listen to him. What he says is definitely not as interesting as what you say."

Xie Hui said this with great sincerity. He knew his friend very well. If Zhou Zhongan were to talk about this matter, he would go off topic a hundred times and still not get to the point in an entire afternoon.

However, Shen Yuan thought Xie Hui was being sweet on purpose. "How could that be? Zhou Shaoyin saw it firsthand. I heard it from my father, and my father heard it from the Dali Temple. I don't know where the officials in the Dali Temple heard it from. I don't know how many hands the news came from."

Xie Hui didn't know how to explain it, so he said to Shen Yuan: "When you have the chance in the future, you can listen to him and you will know what's going on."

Half an hour passed quickly, and Shen Yuan felt that they arrived without saying much. This time he couldn't do it the same way as last time. Since it was agreed to be half an hour, then that was half an hour. Xie Hui prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Just as he was about to leave, Xie Hui suddenly remembered that there was one important thing he hadn't said.

"I forgot to tell you just now that the emperor issued an imperial decree today to confer me the title of Earl of Ning'an."

Xie Hui said this, and I didn't mean any other thing, but it is something after all, so naturally I have to tell Manman.

"It's such a big deal, why did you just tell me?"

"I forgot for a moment... and this is just a title, it doesn't mean anything. I am still the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, and I still like you to call me Brother Yiqi."

"Don't let the emperor hear you saying this, or he might regret conferring the title on you."

"He won't hear it because I'm only speaking to you."

"Well, if we continue talking, my dad might not be able to hold back. Believe it or not, he is counting the time now. Brother Youqi, you should have a good rest at home these days. We will see you next time. I will not go with you to my dad's place."

"I believe you. I will go over now and apologize to my uncle. See you next time."

Seeing that the pearl hairpin on Shen Yuan's head was a little crooked, Xie Hui subconsciously reached out to straighten it.

Shen Yuan also felt it. After Xie Hui returned his hand, she subconsciously reached out and touched the place where Xie Hui had just helped her.

Although the pearl hairpin was cold, she felt it was warm.

Shen Yuan held the pearl hairpin and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Youqi."

"You're welcome. You can go back now. You don't have to see me off. I'll go tell my uncle."

No one knows a father better than his daughter. Shen Yun was waiting in the study room this time. He relaxed when he saw Xie Hui appear outside the study room on time.

When sending Xie Hui away, he also told him to rest more and take care of his health, which touched Xie Hui deeply.

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It's not good to talk about people behind their backs. On the second day after Xie returned home to rest, Zhou Zhongan sent a servant to tell him to meet at Shen's Tavern on his day off at the end of the month.

Xie Hui did not refuse and accepted it directly. Later, he thought about it and decided to write to Shen Yuan again, asking her if she wanted to go and listen to Zhou Zhongan's storytelling that day.

The society in this dynasty is open-minded and young men and women can be seen together on the street on a daily basis, so it is not unusual for Xie Hui to invite Shen Yuan out.

However, after receiving the letter, Shen Yuan did not agree immediately, but went to ask her father first.

"Dad, I'm not going alone. I also want to invite Siyu and the others to go with me. It's more lively when there are more people. Last time you told me that Jingzhao Prefecture is particularly lively. I heard it and came back to tell you so that you can also hear how lively it is."

"Why don't you just invite me along? Wouldn't it be better if I went alone?"

Shen Yuan didn't hear her father was being sarcastic at all. Instead, she felt that he really wanted to hear some fun. "Okay, then you can come too? I'll write back and ask... Mr. Xie."

Shen Yun didn't expect that his daughter would understand him so well, but he had no objection to going together, so he nodded in agreement.

"Then ask."

Shen Yuan thought that since her father had gone, her sister-in-law had to go as well. How could she not bring her sister-in-law along when there was so much fun going on?

After convincing his sister-in-law, Shen Yuan wrote back to Xie Hui, asking him if he could bring a few more people to join in the fun.

Xie Hui naturally had no objection, and after he sent the letter to Shen Yuan, he also thought whether it was inappropriate to invite Shen Yuan out like this. Besides, Zhou Zhongan was there, and he had originally planned to go to the palace to "borrow" Princess Zhaoyang to accompany Shen Yuan.

So, that's how it goes...

The original Shen's Tavern was replaced by the largest private room in Tianyue Building.

Xie Hui thought that since Manman's father and sister-in-law were also coming, he should also let his father and mother go over to keep them company.

Zhou Zhongan was dumbfounded when he received the reply letter. When did his good friend become someone he didn't even recognize?

Did he write the letter wrong? He remembered that he only wrote to thank one person in the letter, so how come he was telling a story to a group of people now?

But Zhou Zhongan was not unhappy. After all, he said in his thank you letter that he had handled a lot of cases in recent days and everyone came to see him because of his reputation.

He said it! There will always be someone who can recognize his talent!

Therefore, on the day of rest, Zhou Zhongan specially put on his brightest clothes.

Except for Xie Hui and the princess and her husband, everyone else came here because they admired the place. But after listening to the story for a while, everyone fell into deep confusion.

Go ahead and listen, it's really uncomfortable.

I don't want to listen, but I want to know what happens next.

It's really overwhelming.

However, Zhou Zhongan spoke passionately. When he first saw so many people, he was a little nervous, but after a while he completely relaxed, as if something in his body was released.

"Just now we talked about three shops, a bookshop, a candle shop, and a shop selling pens, ink, paper, and inkstones. They all sound like normal businesses, right? Can you guess why I want to check their shops? Come on, Master Xie, tell me about it."

Xie Hui was too lazy to pay attention to him, "Can you please speak properly?"

"Okay! Since Master Xie doesn't know, let me explain it to you all!"

"That day... the sky was covered with dark clouds, sand and rocks were flying everywhere, everything indicated that it was an extraordinary day...

I am patrolling the streets. As you know, because of the Xiaoyao Pill, our Jingzhao Prefecture is very busy, especially me, the Shaoyin, who is entrusted with an important task! But although it is a bit hard, I also know that this is because the emperor trusts me..."

Princess Kangle couldn't help but interrupt him, "Xiao Anzi, do you think we should continue talking about the shop?"

"Oh, sorry, Princess. Speaking of official business, I can't stop talking. Just now we were talking about visiting. When I was visiting, I asked, grandpas and aunts, brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces, have you found anything wrong recently?

Then! I discovered a big problem! Guess what? "

Zhou Zhongan was about to take a deep breath when he saw his good brother glaring at him, so he had to hold back his breath.

"Many people have mentioned one thing. When they go to buy something in those shops, the shopkeepers are often not there. Do you know why?"