Chapter 272: The Delayed Silver
Compared with the Yuan family's exaggerated posture that they could not wait to put gold bricks on it, the Qin family appears to be very restrained, with blue bricks and white tiles, green trees and red flowers, and everything is ordinary and low-key, with a hint of a scholarly family.
When the concierge saw the two of them, he stepped forward with a smile and asked, "You are the young master and Young Master Feng. The young master has been waiting for you inside for a long time. I will lead you in right now."
"Thank you." After walking through the long porch, Feng Jiuqing saw the legendary Qin Yuheng who turned the tide and supported the entire family by himself at the age of fifteen.
She was different from what Feng Jiuqing had in mind. She was not a person who could strategize at first glance, but a gentle young man who didn't look aggressive at all.
"Qin Yuheng has met the young master and Mr. Feng." His face was a little pale, but his etiquette was very thoughtful.
"Master Qin, who is this?" Feng Jiuqing took the tea from the maid and asked, looking at Qin Yuheng's delicate and clean face with a hint of illness.
Qin Yuheng smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's okay, I just hurried back a few days ago and caught the wind and cold on the way. But it's almost healed. Young master, don't worry too much."
Feng Jiuqing nodded, lowered her head and took a sip of the tea in her hand. It was the finest Yuqian Longjing tea. After one sip, her mouth was filled with the aroma of tea, and the warm and moist chair passed across her throat and warmed her stomach.
"The tea is good." Feng Jiuqing raised her head and saw Qin Yuheng looking at her with serious eyes. When she heard her compliment, the smile on her face became more genuine.
"As long as the young master likes it, Yu Heng brought this back from Kangcheng specially. Since the young master likes it, I will ask the girls to pack a package for the young master and take it back later. Don't dislike it, the young master."
Perhaps it was because Feng Jiuqing had never been treated so politely since she came to Xicheng. Qin Yuheng's words made her feel at ease, and she politely replied: "Then I won't be polite."
Qin Yuheng waved his hand, "Just think of it as Yu Heng's apology to the young master. I didn't receive any news before. Yu Heng didn't want to stay in Xicheng to see all the changes in the world, so he went to Kangcheng to check the accounts first."
He spoke so excitedly that he let out a series of coughs, and a blush instantly appeared on his fair face, which made people really couldn't bear to put all the faults on him.
"This time, I just wanted to talk to Mr. Qin about the silver coins for building the dam. Since the silver coins have been released, there is nothing else to do. I just don't know why Master Qin suddenly invited us to the house?"
Qin Yuheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled slightly and said: "The young master has come to Xicheng in person. If I don't see you, it will look rude to the Qin family. I just specially invited the young master to come to our house for tea today."
Feng Jiuqing looked seriously into his eyes and found that there was nothing in them except a gentle smile.
Qin Yuheng let Feng Jiuqing look at him openly, and then Feng Jiuqing noticed that Qin Yuheng's eyes were different from those of ordinary people from the Western Regions, with a hint of gray mixed in the blue.
"Young Master seems to be very interested in my eyes?"
Feng Jiuqing was a little embarrassed about being caught, but she still nodded, "Mr. Qin's eyes seem a little different from those of ordinary people."
"My grandmother is from Dayan, so... my eyes are a little different."
The grudges between the people of Dayan and the people of the Western Regions have long been extended to ordinary people. Even if she had never gotten along with Qin Yuheng, Feng Jiuqing could imagine that he must have been looked down upon by others because of his eyes.
Now he only mentioned it briefly, and this alone made Feng Jiuqing look at him with admiration.
"It's actually pretty good-looking." She said this almost subconsciously.
The smile on Qin Yuheng's face froze for a moment, and he asked again in disbelief, "Young master, do you really think these eyes are beautiful? I have never heard anyone say such a thing before."
Even his closest father thought his eyes were ominous.
"Then others don't know how to appreciate it."
"Young Master is a very interesting person." After a moment, Qin Yuheng looked at Feng Xiye who looked a little unhappy next to him and said.
Feng Xiye coughed, "If Mr. Qin has nothing else to say, then Jiu'er and I won't disturb your rest."
"It doesn't matter." Qin Yuheng hasn't met such an interesting person for a long time, with a slight smile on his face. "Uncle Song has a bad temper. In fact, people don't have any bad intentions."
Feng Jiuqing thought for a while before she remembered who the "Uncle Song" in his mouth was. She said dryly: "Is Mr. Qin talking sarcastically?"
Qin Yuheng seemed to find it very interesting. He laughed twice and then said, "Young Master, it's a little different from what I thought."
After saying that, he stared at Feng Jiuqing and said with interest: "This West City is very interesting, young master, you should have a good time."
Before Feng Jiuqing could ask clearly, he said that he was not feeling well and sent Feng Jiuqing and Feng Xiye out.
Feng Jiuqing only thought about the meaning of Qin Yuheng's words today. After leaving Qin Mansion, she noticed Feng Xiye's ugly face.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Feng Xiye snorted coldly and said in a sour tone, "You and Qin Yuheng have a lot to say when they meet for the first time."
Feng Jiuqing realized later that Feng Xiye, who was strategizing, always looked confident. He suddenly became jealous, which made Feng Jiuqing feel a little uncomfortable.
She turned her face away, "There's nothing uncomfortable about it...but I'm more curious about what he meant by what he said."
Feng Xiye sighed softly. He didn't expect Feng Jiuqing to soften his temper and explain anything to him.
"This West City is far away from Yandu Tiangao Emperor, and with the involvement of the Wanyan family, it must be much more complicated than we think. He doesn't need to tell us, we should be careful."
"Well, I just don't know if those people can sit still because the one hundred thousand taels of silver we mentioned is still coming."
As soon as Feng Jiuqing finished saying these words, within two days, several well-known family heads in Xicheng came to her door in person.
"Young master, what do you mean by this? It would be pointless to lie to us ordinary people."
Song Qi was so angry that his chest kept heaving, and his angry voice made Feng Jiuqing's ears hurt.
"Master Song, what does this mean? I don't quite understand."
"I don't understand? The young master has treated us all like monkeys, right? It was clearly agreed that we would pay 50,000 taels of silver, and the court would give 100,000 taels of silver. Our fifty thousand taels would be thrown out at once, and it would cost us everything.
It’s over, the imperial court’s one hundred thousand taels are still missing…”
His eyes became sharp, as if two sharp knives were about to cut Feng Jiuqing into pieces.
Chapter completed!