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Since these last few days, Su Chonghua had occasionally felt strange emotions fleeting through his mind, the specific reasons for which he himself couldn't quite articulate. Search: (Complete God Station) Free to read high-quality literature.

All along, due to the Old Master's emphasis, Su Chonghua's position in the Su family had never been low. And because the true manager of Yushan Academy was Su Zhongkan, he had been considered an important participant in the Second Branch of the Su family for several years. Recently, the Second and Third Branches had joined forces to attack the First Branch, preparing to eliminate this seemingly most threatening branch of the Su family first, and he had been involved in it. Occasionally, at various gatherings, they would discuss the current situation of the Second Branch of the Su family. Although external troubles had not been eliminated, at least internal worries had been slightly settled, and they had taken a big step forward on the road to competing for the real management rights of the Su family. Everyone's mood was quite happy about this.

Today was considered a big day. From the moment he woke up in the morning, he understood this, and everyone's mood was a little different. In the morning, he encountered Su Zhongkan and some other close shopkeepers and stewards of the Second Branch in the nearby courtyard, and everyone was smiling and cheerful.

He also understood that tonight's matter had already been decided. Su Tan'er had spent too much money preparing for the imperial merchant matter, but had not brought any benefits, which had led to distrust of the Su family from the merchants outside. These things could all be brought up tonight. Many people in the Su family were working together, and some elders who originally did not approve of women managing the household or who had originally wavered on the matter had begun to stand on the side of the Second and Third Branches. Even the always strong Third Uncle was powerless at this time.

However, even as everyone in the Second Branch was filled with anticipation, that emotion would occasionally surface, especially in these past few days, when he occasionally caught a glimpse of Ning Yi's leisurely and unrestrained figure, and extraneous thoughts would always arise in his mind.

*Ding Feng Bo*... (Calming the Waves)

What he occasionally recalled was this *ci* poem he had seen a few days ago. That poem was truly good.

Su Chonghua did have some real talent after all. He was a somewhat famous literati in Jiangning, and having written poetry for so many years, there were naturally not many works that could shock him at first sight. Coincidentally, Ning Yi's previous two poems were like that - *Zhuo Jiu Yu Pei Di* (Drinking with Pei Di) naturally didn't count - and now this *Ding Feng Bo* was as well. Of course, if he were just to look at it alone, he would think that this poem was just a literati's self-consolation, self-intoxication, clearly defeated utterly, but insisting on writing himself as if he were the victor. The fact that this poem was being hidden away and not shown was proof of that.

But... every time he really saw Ning Yi, and then combined it with this poem, or after seeing some poems written by others, the feeling would always be a little different. Su Chonghua was currently looking thoughtfully at the side of the private school classroom.

"...Here, when we talk about the study of calculation, everyone will learn this in the afternoon, but I don't want to tell you how to calculate, but some of the logical systems in calculation, that is, the principles and methods of thinking about things, are very interesting... In a place in the far West, there is a country called Greece, where there is a story called Zeno's Paradox. One day, a great hero who ran very fast met a tortoise, and the tortoise said: 'If you race with me, you will never catch up with me...'"

In front of the classroom, Ning Yi was smiling as he lectured, drawing lines on the blackboard with chalk: "The great hero said, even if I run slowly, my speed is ten times yours, how is it possible that I can't catch up with you. So the tortoise said, let's make an analogy, you are a hundred *zhang* (a Chinese unit of measurement) away from me, your speed is ten times mine, and then you come to catch me. When you have run a hundred *zhang*, to where I am now, I have run ten *zhang* forward, so you continue to chase ten *zhang*, but at this time, I have run another *zhang* forward, after you chase over this *zhang*, I am still ahead of you... You can keep approaching me, but you will never catch up with me. The great hero felt that he was right, he was totally confused..."

His lectures were always like this, clearly talking about courses like *Da Xue* (Great Learning) and *Zhong Yong* (Doctrine of the Mean), but he had to bring in a lot of messy things, but they were usually quite interesting. A new disciple named Zhou Junwu in the back raised his hand and said: "Teacher, where is Greece?" So Ning Yi smiled and began to explain Greece.

Looking at this figure who was so leisurely that he almost didn't take today - and even didn't seem to take the changes in the Su family over the past month into his heart, and then combining it with that *Ding Feng Bo*, a strange feeling floated up again. He frowned, and after a long while, he turned and left.

This Liheng, his skill in writing *ci* is truly profound, that he can influence him like this simply with a poem.

Su Chonghua thought to himself, then shook his head...

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The morning gradually passed, and the time came to the afternoon. Some courtyards of the Su family were filled with people, as lively as the New Year. At this time, the camps had finally begun to become completely clear. There was no need to worry too much, just wait for the matter tonight to take place. The First Branch, the Second Branch, the Third Branch, some people were still rushing back one after another.

In the courtyard where Su Yu resided, visitors were constantly coming and going today as well.

"...I also feel that the Second Girl is under too much pressure, after all, managing so many things in the family. Of course, everyone knows her ability. If the First Branch had a male heir who could take over, even if something happened this time, we would feel that she could continue to manage it. But after all..."

"The current situation of the Third Branch is really not good to continue to consume like this, Third Brother..."

"Alas, if Boyong hadn't had an accident..."

The guest room was not decorated luxuriously, but it seemed steady and dignified. Su Yu sat in the upper position, leaning on a cane, closing his eyes and resting. These were all old brothers in the family. The clan meeting tonight, in the final analysis, still required them to come forward and make this decision. The matters to be discussed tonight should always be discussed in advance, and a outline should be discussed first.

Leaving aside various positions and ass problems, how could they not know Su Tan'er's ability, but the current situation of the Su family was, after all, the Third Branch seizing property. Su Boyong had fallen, there was no way around it. If Su Tan'er continued to persevere, it would probably become a vicious cycle of internal friction in the end. Su Yu obviously understood these things, but at this time, he had not yet made a clear statement.

After all, the prestige of this Old Master was too great. If he did not express his position, this matter could not have an outline, and it might end up in an argument at night. They were all old people, and most of them did not want this kind of thing to happen. After all, the Third Branch's struggle for property still had Su Yu sitting in charge. If the Old Master couldn't turn his mind around and insisted on standing on his granddaughter's side and fighting to the death with everyone at night, then the consequences for this family would be hard to say.

Although Su Yu had always been very clear-headed in recent years, but people get old, and no one knew if he would suddenly get hung up on something tonight.

"So, Third Brother, you have to give us a word about these things."

The Seventh Brother below was a little anxious, standing up and saying, looking at the others. Several other old people also echoed him. Su Yu opened his eyes a crack, squinted at them, and then turned his gaze gentle, sighing, "Give what word?"

"What do you plan to do about the Second Girl's matter, you have to have a definite number, if you speak, we will also have a bottom line in our hearts..."

"I don't have a bottom line in my heart, how can I give you a definite number?"

"No... Third Brother, this time... you can't not have a bottom line, for so many years, everyone has listened to you."

"When it comes to night, we have to listen to what the First, Second, and Third brothers have to say, what others have to say, what the Second Girl has to say, then this matter will be clear, and everyone will be able to see it clearly."

"Third Brother, you're just talking nonsense. They will say what, of course, we have to listen at that time, but everyone knows what they will probably say, if you don't express your position first, we will..."

"Seventh Brother." The cane landed on the ground, Su Yu looked at the Seventh Brother in front of him, who was in his fifties, then his gaze turned soft, and he sighed, "Until the end, no one knows what it will be like, anyway, at that time, if there is reason, you follow, if there is no reason, you let it go, everyone just don't say unreasonable words, I can't see this matter clearly now."

The old man closed his eyes and continued to rest: "Anyway, we'll talk about it at night."

The afternoon sunlight shone on the door, spilling a large area of bright light, and the buzzing discussions then sounded again...

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*Shua shua shua*, in a slightly remote teahouse, three maids and several shopkeepers were busy flipping through many notebooks, copying things in front of them, while opposite were several people from the core of the Wu family. The sunlight shone down on the eaves, the wind blew, and there was occasional soft conversation.

Su Tan'er sat aside quietly drinking tea. Since the Wu family had relented, everything had gone smoothly. Currently, the two sides were almost forming a tacit understanding of cooperation. Of course, the cooperating party would definitely not be happy.

Wu Qilong was also quietly drinking tea not far away, looking at the patches of light under his feet and in front of him. Since the first day, Wu Chenghou had not come, and Wu Qilong had been taking the lead.

"Tonight, I heard that Xue Yan and the others have agreed to eat at the Yuexiang Restaurant on Persimmon Street, and the Lu family and Chen family will probably also have someone there." Wu Qilong spat out a mouthful of tea dregs, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "They are very concerned about this matter, and their expressions afterward may be very interesting." He said "interesting," but the expression on his face was not interesting at all.

Su Tan'er was already too lazy to use these things to stimulate him. The first day was considered tit-for-tat, first giving someone a dismounting blow, and after that, it didn't matter: "According to what was said before, you should also tell me the other things today."

Wu Qilong looked to the side: "Wait a while, the later I can tell you, the later I'll tell you. I'm happy."

"Whatever." Su Tan'er turned her gaze to the side, "But if the person is dragged away by you, I can swallow this breath, but my father can't."

"Humph."

Wu Qilong snorted coldly, and after a while: "What is your husband doing now?"

"Walking around, playing chess with friends, or listening to some girl sing." Su Tan'er smiled and looked up, "As for what my husband does outside, I, as a wife, can't ask too much... It's enough to manage the household well."

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Ning Yi was indeed watching a girl perform.

Upstairs at Bamboo Records, Ning Yi was sitting at a table, drinking tea and eating snacks. Nowadays, there were also people performing in front of the restaurant for a long time, of course, the play that Ning Yi was watching did not refer to this.

Yuan Jin'er was sitting next to him at this time, and not far diagonally across from him, the great talent named Liu Qingdi was also sitting there, casting his gaze over.

Liu Qingdi had already found the Bamboo Records a few days ago. He didn't know how he had found Yuan Jin'er, but in any case, he had been coming often recently. Today Yuan Jin'er was here, and Ning Yi was also here, so she sat over unceremoniously, with a very intimate attitude towards Ning Yi.

Jianghu rumors had it that Yuan Jin'er had had a relationship with Cao Guan and Liu Qingdi in the past. It was hard to say how deep the relationship between talented scholars and beautiful women was. Perhaps it didn't reach the kind of deformed psychology that Gu Yanzhen had in the past, but Liu Qingdi's resentment towards Ning Yi was also self-evident. Various complex reasons, such as everyone being talented scholars, such as Yuan Jin'er's performance that time, being stared at like this all the time, Ning Yi was also a little helpless. This knot had already been tied in Yancui Pavilion, and it seemed that it couldn't be untied for a while.

"Do you think it's interesting?"

Ning Yi smiled and leaned closer to Yuan Jin'er.

"Yes... interesting."

Yuan Jin'er also leaned over, looking like a little bird leaning on someone, but in reality, Ning Yi couldn't take advantage of her at all. A courtesan was a courtesan, keeping her distance and pushing Ning Yi to this side.

"Where's Yunzhu?"

"Sister Yunzhu said that she won't come out to join in the fun, she's organizing the accounts inside. So I had to come out to accompany you, you great hero."

It was early winter, and both of them were wearing thicker clothes. Yuan Jin'er was also dressed beautifully. Looking at the two of them leaning together, squeezing each other with a small space in between, Liu Qingdi's eyes were burning with anger over there.

"Since our situation is so ambiguous now, do you think it would be very reasonable if I took liberties with you?"

"Okay, this girl is going all out, I'll sacrifice this beauty, so that Sister Yunzhu can see what kind of person you really are."

"Am I afraid?"

"Come on."

"If I don't take advantage of the opportunity... you're making it very difficult for me..."

Yuan Jin'er smiled, purely and innocently, the two's eyes met in the air, producing sparks. The next moment, Ning Yi was planning to do some high-risk moves, Yuan Jin'er's figure twisted, and with a "snap," a crisp slap sounded in the hall on the second floor. Liu Qingdi, who had originally been unwilling to look at the actions of this pair of adulterers and adulteresses, turned his gaze over, and others also cast their attention here.

In the field of vision, after that pure and beautiful girl stood up, she hurriedly took two steps back, the things on the table were clanging, she covered her cheek with one hand, and her eyes looked at Ning Yi sitting there, tears already coming out, truly like a pear blossom in the rain, making people pity her.

"You rogue!"

Crap, I was beaten to the punch...

The slap just now didn't hit at all. Yuan Jin'er seemed to stand up abruptly, and swung a slap over, but in reality, only her sleeve brushed across Ning Yi's cheek, but Yuan Jin'er came from a dance background, and her sleeves were large at this time, she clapped her hands loudly below, and in the eyes of others, it immediately looked like a very embarrassing slap.

"...Beast, impatient, lecher..."

Yuan Jin'er wiped her tears, winked at Ning Yi with one eye, and Ning Yi curled his lips: "You're ruthless." Liu Qingdi had already stood up suddenly, and Yuan Jin'er said: "I haven't promised myself to you yet, you... how could you do this..."

Then she ran away.

There were probably more than just Liu Qingdi who were indignant in the restaurant, but hearing Yuan Jin'er's last tone, which seemed to be coquettish and complaining, they suddenly felt unclear about the relationship between these two people. Ning Yi sighed, raised his teacup and turned his face to the side.

Several waiters who understood the relationship between Ning Yi, Yuan Jin'er, and Nie Yunzhu were stunned there for a long time, not knowing what these owners were up to.

This tea can't be drunk anymore...

Yuan Jin'er ran into the inner room, gloated for a while in the corridor, then brewed up some emotion, wiped her tears and ran inside, pushed open the door inside, covered her face and cried with unparalleled sincerity: "Sister Yunzhu, Ning Yi is getting more and more excessive, I was joking with him, but he took liberties with me, many people saw it, if you don't believe me, go ask Little Ding and the others..."

Yunzhu was stunned for a long time: "In broad daylight... how did he take liberties with you?"

"He kissed me on the face." Yuan Jin'er sat next to Yunzhu, sniffed, and her eyes were stubborn, "It was originally a joke, but he must have done it on purpose!"

Yunzhu held her face and looked at it for a while, then kissed it above: "Okay, I'll help him take liberties with you."

"Really!" Yuan Jin'er protested, "Sister Yunzhu, you always believe him and not me!"

"In broad daylight, he would do that. You want me to believe you... come help me do the accounting."

"This is very difficult to calculate... no, why not, men are all like that, he thought he was doing it secretly. In broad daylight, you don't believe me, he must have calculated that point, it's too insidious, if next time he takes me in broad daylight..."

Yuan Jin'er struggled for a long time, "if he takes me to *that* in broad daylight, then Sister Yunzhu, you won't believe me either..."

Although she had been a *qingguan* (pure courtesan) before, the influence of the brothel was still very strong after all, and other women would never be able to say such things. Yunzhu burst out laughing: "If he, if he really takes you to... to *that* in broad daylight, um, no matter what it is, I won't believe it..."

Yuan Jin'er kept a straight face, then couldn't help but laugh: "Anyway, you're biased." She turned her head to help with the accounts.

"He has things to do tonight, and you keep bothering him."

"I bother him because I like him, I'm not because I hate him, oh..."

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With a *bang*, he put down his teacup. The afternoon sunlight had already begun to turn warm yellow, shining in this teahouse. Su Chonghua was also awakened by this sound, and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Brother Chonghua seems to have been preoccupied these past few days. Could it be that you are worried about the affairs of your family tonight?"

The middle-aged man in front of him was tall and thin, with a goatee. He was one of Su Chonghua's usual poetry friends, named Chen Lu, known as the Kongshan Hermit. He was also somewhat famous in Jiangning. He met Su Chonghua on the road in the afternoon, so he came over to have tea.

"Ha, tonight... probably nothing will happen..."

"Brother Chonghua, don't hide it from me. I heard these few days that your Su family's clan meeting is approaching, and there will be a big change. You participated in the poetry meeting a few days ago, and you seemed to be a little absent-minded, without any interest. If it's not worrying about this matter, then what is it? If there is really nothing to do tonight, why don't you and I simply ignore that vulgar thing and go to the Changyun Pavilion gathering with me?"

"Even if the result of the clan meeting has little to do with me, I still have to participate in it after all." Su Chonghua smiled, then thought for a while: "Ha, but speaking of the poetry meeting a few days ago... actually, I was just lamenting the matter of poetry, which really requires some talent. I saw a *ci* poem a few days ago, and I felt very complicated in my heart. I often think about it these days, ha, but I have lost interest in writing poetry. "

"Oh?" Chen Lu became interested, "It sounds like this poem is very good?"

"Extremely good." Su Chonghua shook his head, "It's just that the person who wrote the poem and this poem match up, which really makes people sigh in their hearts."

"Brother Chonghua, now that you've said this, I'm even more curious, don't sell me short anymore, tell me quickly, tell me quickly."

"Ha, this is my family's nephew, that is, Ning Yi, Ning Liheng, what he's done, Brother Kongshan has also heard about it in the past. The current situation of my Su family is also due to some of his reasons... A few days ago, he casually wrote a *ci* poem, and only gave it to a nine-year-old child in the family to watch in private. I saw it unintentionally. This *Ding Feng Bo*... its artistic conception is the only one I've seen in my life, and it's not inferior to his previous two poems at all, so every time I see this person, or see other people's poems, I can't help but think of it, and when it comes to writing poetry, I feel a little disinterested. But this person is really no good..."

Su Chonghua shook his head, dipped some tea water with his finger, and in this afternoon's approaching sunlight, while sighing, he wrote out that poem, as if to savor that poem again in this way. The middle-aged man on the opposite side listened and looked at the words, and his expression gradually became serious...

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In front of a small teahouse on the other side of the city, the carriages had arrived. Su Tan'er and Wu Qilong stood under the eaves, preparing to leave. Wu Qilong looked at the sunlight.

"The people you want are..."

Su Tan'er's gaze was originally cold, but only when she heard Wu Qilong say these words did her gaze tremble at a certain moment, and she frowned slightly, but she didn't speak. Only after he finished saying these things did Su Tan'er think for a moment before saying, "Are they the ones?"

"Believe it or not, it's up to you."

"No, I believe you."

"Hmm?"

"We already know some people. If you are hiding something, something might really go wrong." She smiled and said, "Do you know what was the first thing my husband said when he came home after I confronted you that day?"

"What?"

"Qi Guangzu is an internal agent."

"..." Wu Qilong frowned and looked over here.

"Because the first sentence you said to my husband was: 'It really is you.'"

"So what?"

"He asked Shopkeeper Zhou for information, but Shopkeeper Zhou was not drunk. Once something starts to go wrong on your side, you will try to ask around. My husband designed several methods for Shopkeeper Zhou to unintentionally reveal information, and to Qi Guangzu, Shopkeeper Zhou said that he admired his grandfather and husband the most... My husband said that you shouldn't have said that "indeed" in such a roundabout way, he could tell at once whether it was guessing or certainty... I just didn't expect that there were them..."

A silence, like a cold cave, sucked Wu Qilong down. Su Tan'er glanced at him.

"I'm leaving. Let's cooperate well next time. I don't want to drive your Wu family to extinction, that would be bad for my Su family's reputation."

Turning around, Su Tan'er's gaze turned cold. Wu Qilong stood there, watching Su Tan'er's carriage go away. The sunlight shone on his body, but it didn't warm him up. On that side, Ning Yi's casual figure seemed to be standing there, casting his gaze over, casting that shadow over the entire Wu family...

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In the Su mansion, people were already talking and laughing, coming out of one courtyard after another. The noisy sounds, some relaxed, some worried, some laughing and chatting, some gloating, all kinds of people gradually gathered together like the New Year, greeting and exchanging pleasantries with each other.

The dinner party had been prepared almost completely. After the dinner party, there would be the clan meeting, which would be enough to determine the direction of the Su family for the next few years. In the city, Xue Yan, Xue Jin and others had also left their homes, heading in groups to the gathering place tonight.

"Hurry up, hurry up. Tonight's gathering, we spent a lot of money to invite a courtesan over, you are all lucky, so show yourself well at that time..."

"Courtesan? Could it be Miss Qilan?"

As merchants, the Xue family usually got along well with the Puyang family. This year, the Puyang family promoted Qilan to be the top courtesan, and recently it was not a peak season, so most likely they could invite her, but Xue Yan shook his head.

"Originally, I wanted to invite Lady Qilan over, but Puyang Yi is also hosting a banquet today, and it's a bunch of literati and talented scholars, Cao Guan and Liu Qingdi are all going, this is the Puyang family's face, they need Qilan to be in charge. As a result, I invited Luo Miaomiao..."

At the same time, Su Chonghua, who had been wandering outside for an afternoon, was also riding in a carriage, heading home all the way. Ning Yi said goodbye to Yunzhu and was also walking on the street home. People who were still outside the Su family at this time were also gathering towards home.

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The carriage passed through the streets and alleys. Su Tan'er sat in the carriage, closing her eyes and thinking about many things. Then she took out a piece of paper and wrote three names on it. When she lifted the curtain, Bodyguard Geng was sitting on the outside of the carriage, and turned his head back.

Su Tan'er handed him the slip of paper, her gaze cold: "Do as planned, be careful, don't be tricked by the Wu family in the end."

Bodyguard Geng nodded, put the slip of paper into his arms, jumped out of the carriage, and ran in another direction.

The sunlight shone in from the lifted curtain, but it was not warm.

Soon after, in a certain meeting room, Bodyguard Geng showed the three names to another person, then put the slip of paper into the fire and burned it.

In front of a certain shop of the Su family, Xi Junyu sat there basking in the sun, closing his eyes and thinking about all the arrangements along the way. Not long after, he sighed, but also smiled, and got up to walk in the direction of the Su mansion.

"It's almost time to eat, everyone, prepare to go." In Su Yu's courtyard, in the guest room, the old man in the upper seat finally opened his eyes and smiled, and then everyone also began to stand up, leaving one by one in fragmented sentences.

Su Boyong, whose face was still pale, sat in a wooden wheelchair, pushed out the door by his wife and concubine. Outside in the courtyard, including Su Yunsong and Su Danhong, many stewards following the First Branch were waiting for him, so he smiled and waved his hand, of course, his face was still weak: "Let's go, let's go, it's a little busy tonight..."

Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, Xi Anzhi, Yu Daxian, Su Wenxing, Su Wengui, Su Wenji... dozens or hundreds of people, various interest networks, began to tighten.

The entrance of the Su mansion also seemed lively. Su Tan'er stepped down from the carriage, and then she also saw her husband in the distance, who was greeting and exchanging pleasantries with a Su family relative, so she smiled and walked over.

"Husband, let's go in."

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