Chapter 42 Dongfu Dart Bureau
Not far from Pingyang Fang, the Dongfu Dart Bureau, at this moment, the two guys at the door stood for a long time and saw that no dart owner came, so they simply sat on the threshold, and passers-by could see that they were listless.
Although the power of this Dongfu Dart Bureau is not as good as that of Yonghe Dart Bureau, but some small traders and hawkers will find Dongfu Dart Bureau whenever they have consignments, after all, Mr. Yu is a well-known trustworthy person on the road, and the silver money of the dart is often cheaper than others, and the person who is good at calculation, if he transports ordinary goods, will inevitably choose Dongfu Dart Bureau.
It's just that at this moment, it is the time of the handover of autumn and winter, and it is the time for all the merchants in Qingzhou City to stock up on goods, otherwise when the heavy snow closes the mountain, the mules and horses slip, and the transportation is inconvenient. It's just that for some reason, in previous years, the crowd of people in the Dongfu Dart Bureau, half a day did not see people in and out, the old customers who have cooperated for a long time, at this moment also went to the Baocheng Dart Bureau and other places, and even directly spent several times more money to find the Yonghe Dart Bureau, is the Dongfu Dart Bureau closed? Otherwise, how could it be so abnormal in recent times.
At this moment, a bald guy who was sitting at the door asked: "Ji Hai, what do you say is the use of us sitting here, there will really be customers who come to the door at that time, and we won't be able to receive the goods now, won't we smash the signboard at that time?"
The guy called Ji Hai replied: "Xie Qing, don't ask, Mr. Yu asked us to stand at this door, saying that we are the signboard of Dongfu Dart Bureau, then we have to take a good look at this gate, when the time comes, we have to talk about it well, otherwise let the customer run to other homes, let's drink the northwest wind in winter." β
This guy named Xie Qing, he looked at the crowded street, and a familiar figure flashed: "Hey, you see, isn't that the horse shopkeeper of the Xicheng medicinal herb shop? Last autumn, after we sent the darts, he also left us for a meal, and finally sent a lot of medicines to resist the wind and cold, according to the eldest young master, that is a family, two surnames, we have been sending them for more than ten years, it stands to reason that the friendship is not shallow, look at this, the horse shopkeeper is going to Baocheng Dart Bureau." β
Following the direction pointed by Xie Qing, he did find that a middle-aged wealthy businessman deliberately avoided the Dongfu Dart Bureau, and saw that no one was staring around, so he quickly went to the Baocheng Dart Bureau without looking back.
Ji Hai squinted his eyes for a long time, and scolded indignantly: "It's really been seen for a long time, this horse shopkeeper is worthy of being a businessman." Before, their shop was set on fire, but our dart bureau was the first to go, not to mention anything else, the second brother carried out so many boxes of ginseng bare-chested, and also made himself covered in burns and scars, just rushed this, our dart bureau is not thin on him. At that time, the shopkeeper said that as long as there is an escort of goods in the future, the first person to find must be our Dongfu Dart Bureau, unless he is no longer working in Qingzhou City. The amount of money we collect each time is only low compared to others. β
Mr. Yu of Dongfu Dart Bureau takes good care of the old customers, and for some escorted things, they must be taken care of by good students and delivered safely to the owners. If the owner of the goods has other things to ask for, Mr. Yu will also help regardless of the money.
Previously, the horse shopkeeper did not know why angered the famous bandits in the martial arts rivers and lakes, one late at night was set on fire to the medicinal material library, at that time it was the Dongfu Dart Bureau sentry guy saw, did not wait for the horse shopkeeper to open his mouth for help, Yu Zong did not wear the head cloth shoes and took the dart board to put out the fire, forced from the fire to carry out a lot of precious medicinal materials, even his own eyebrows were burned, the horse shopkeeper was moved to cry bitterly, to marry with Mr. Yu for his children, Mr. Yu smiled and refused, saying that the Dongfu Dart Bureau is doing business on the tip of the knife, life and death have a life and wealth in the sky, really can not take advantage of the danger of others, take advantage of the horse shopkeeper, after all, the daughter of the horse shopkeeper, is a famous beauty in Qingzhou City.
Wanting this, Ji Hai was even more angry: "We have been adopted by Yu Toutou since we were children, eating him and drinking him, and now that the Dongfu Dart Bureau is in trouble, we can't run to dart for others like everyone else." β
Ji Hai is talking about other people who have been raised by the Dongfu Dart Bureau since childhood, and when they saw that the Dongfu Dart Bureau had run out of energy, they ran to other dart games, and would rather be an errand runner than come back.
Xie Qing wiped his nose and said with a serious face: "That's not it, although I, Xie Qing, say that my martial arts cultivation is not as good as Mr. Yu's, but I am iron-clad and will never be a person who escapes from the battle." Hey......" Xie Qing suddenly sighed, his face full of unwillingness: "If it weren't for the fact that our Mr. Yu was a warm-hearted person, he stood up for those two unknown Taoist priests, and was seriously injured in dozens of rounds of fighting with several good players of the Yonghe Dart Game in that remote mountain, and also angered Zhou Gongzi that week, otherwise how would we have fallen into such a situation." β
Ji Hai glanced around, saw that no one was paying attention to this side, and said in a low voice: "Shh, you really don't want to die, how can you say casually that Zhou Youliang and Zhou Gongzi's name is what you can say, you don't know that the storyteller was cut out of his tongue before." Mr. Yu has been walking the martial arts for many years, relying on not being afraid of power, and righteousness is the first, since he is risking his life to stand up for others, he must have his reasons. We are here today, just like Mr. Yu said, that is the signboard of Dongfu Dart Bureau, we have to be stable, if we come to the customer, we must keep him. β
Xie Qing nodded, got up and patted the dust, and stood in front of the door of the Dongfu Dart Bureau with Ji Hai, watching the pedestrians coming and going.
At this moment, two Taoist priests, one old and one young, walked over to this side, apparently still holding pork ribs in their hands.
Seeing this, Xie Qing said with some surprise: "Is this a patron?
Ji Hai said solemnly: "Good students stand, whether we drink the northwest wind in winter or not, it depends on these two." β
At this moment, it was Lao Dao and Qin Chuan who came here.
Coming out of the inn in Pingyangfang, the two found a place to eat four drawers of meat buns and drank three bowls of white rice porridge, so shocked that the owner of the bun shop did not dare to speak.
Qin Chuan thought that Mr. Yu's head was hurt in the chest, and he wanted to bring some gifts to visit him, and after thinking about it, he heard people talk about what to eat and what to make up, so Qin Chuan looked at the shop opposite the steamed bun shop that happened to be selling pork, and made up his mind to buy five catties of pork ribs, which cost a lot of money.
This year, for some reason, when Qingzhou City passed the autumn equinox, the price of pork soared, and ordinary people may not be able to eat meat once a month, so Qin Chuan felt that these five catties of pork ribs could be described as a deep feeling.
Lao Dao looked at Qin Chuan carrying the ribs, and couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Yu's head is an internal injury, and he has not cultivated for half a year, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to walk. β
Qin Chuan looked at the five catties of pork ribs, and said arrogantly: "Qingzhou is expensive, these five catties of pork ribs cost me a lot of money, but I feel sorry for me, if you can't take advantage of the many red and white ceremonies in Qingzhou City, we will be busy, this winter is coming, it is really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, this is not like the previous when we were in the Taoist temple, there is still a little cured meat to eat." β
In the Taoist temple in Mataling before, in addition to brewing some osmanthus wine, the two would also pickle some salty cured meat, so the two relied on millet to cook porridge and eat side dishes and other things, and they could also carry a lot of days.
It's just that when he arrived in Qingzhou City, it would cost a lot of money just to live in an inn, plus eating a meal outside, Qin Chuan also felt a faint pain in his heart, and secretly thought in his heart that this is not to blame the prices in Qingzhou for being too expensive, but to blame Lao Dao and himself for being too poor. It seems that when I go back, I still have to get close to my sister-in-law Niu to see if I can introduce some red and white ceremonies to do, otherwise there is no silver in Qingzhou City, and it is really difficult to move an inch.
Lao Dao drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl next to him, asked the owner of the bun shop about the location of the Dongfu Dart Bureau, and walked two lanes with Qin Chuan to see the signboard of the Dongfu Dart Bureau and the two young men sitting under the signboard.
Qin Chuan saw this and said: "It seems that this Yu is also a thrifty person, and they all say that the signboard is the faΓ§ade, I don't think this Dongfu Dart Bureau is not particular at all, others don't say gold and silver casting words, so let everyone mention calligraphy, even my calligraphy juniors can see that this signboard is really simple, this Dongfu Dart Bureau is really a hidden dragon and crouching tiger." β
Lao Dao said beside him: "For Qingzhou City, it should be rare to have such a martial arts cultivator. β
Qingzhou City's extravagance prevails, many shops and other places, often spend most of the money on the signboard, even the Bailu Academy is said to be a place for scholars, often regard money as dung, but just look at the signboard The cost is not cheap, so this other business, this signboard is often magnificent, in order to attract many customers.
But from this point of view, this Dongfu Dart Bureau is either walking the martial arts rivers and lakes and forming its own faction, relying on the reputation of Mr. Yu's leader, and does not care about the door signboard at all, or it is a deficit of money, which is difficult to support the manpower and financial resources consumed by this door signboard.
Seeing Qin Chuan and Lao Dao coming over, Ji Hai and Xie Qing were in high spirits, and saluted the two of them with their fists: "Dare to ask the two Dao Masters, but are you going to transport darts?" Our dart bureau often transports the Bodhisattva's golden body and the Arhat Dharma Seat, so if you need to send the statue of the Heavenly Master, we must do our best." β
Seeing that the two guys under the signboard at the door were so polite, Qin Chuan shook his head, raised the pork ribs and said: "The two little brothers misunderstood, the two of us knew that Mr. Yu was seriously injured in the head, so he came to visit one or two with Bo Li, and please take the trouble to go in and report it." β
Hearing Qin Chuan's words, the two couldn't help but be suspicious: the news of Mr. Yu's head injury was only known to the few people that day, and it was very strict for others.
Thinking of this, Ji Hai cautiously asked, "The two Dao Masters please leave a name, so that I can also report it." My family has been busy recently, and ordinary people are nowhere to be seen. β
Lao Dao knew what these two people meant, stepped forward and saluted, pointed to Qin Chuan and said: "In a place before, we were troubled by thieves, and it was Mr. Yu who came to the rescue. β
It turned out to be these two people! Ji Hai and Xie Qing couldn't help but be angry, and they didn't feel cold anymore.
"I said it's so familiar, it turns out to be the two of you! Let's go, we won't see you. Xie Qing's voice was cold, and he gave the order to evict the guests, and he really didn't want to see Lao Dao and Qin Chuan again.
Qin Chuan heard the eviction order, and said anxiously: "We know that Mr. Yu was seriously injured in the head and body, so I brought pork ribs to visit, and asked the two little brothers to go in and tell me that if Mr. Yu is really inconvenient to take his head, we will hand over the pork ribs to you and leave, and no longer bother your mansion." β
Ji Hai thought in his heart, although Mr. Yu said that although he said that the word righteousness was the first, he would definitely not be reckless, since he rescued these two people, they must have something extraordinary, maybe they are still disciples of the sect's mountain gate, if this is the case, the Dongfu Dart Bureau has the support of these two people, and there is no place for him in Qingzhou City, even if the two are not disciples of the sect, but they are all here, and it is rude not to go in and report it.
Seeing this, Ji Hai coughed dryly and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go in and make an announcement, Xie Qing, you are waiting here." β
Xie Qing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but among the two, Ji Hai was always in charge, so Xie Qing nodded and said, "You go and go back quickly." β
After that, Ji Hai ran to the inside of the dart game and disappeared, leaving the three of them to stay where they were.
Xie Qing stared at the two of them coldly, for fear that the two of them would run away.
In less than a blink of an eye, Ji Hai ran back, turned sideways and said a word of invitation to Lao Dao and Qin Chuan: "Two, Mr. Yu will please put his head inside." β
Lao Dao and Qin Chuan thanked each other and walked inside.
Ji Hai was about to start to follow, but was pulled back by Xie Qing: "Ji Hai, are you crazy, do you know who these two are? If Mr. Yu turns his head and sees them in a hurry, then the two of us will not be able to eat and walk around." β
Ji Hai said calmly: "Don't worry, I told Mr. Yu that he promised it." β
Hearing Ji Hai say this, Xie Qing no longer insisted, and followed Lao Dao and Qin Chuan into the dart game, but wanted to see where these two people were.
Lao Dao and Qin Chuan passed through the wall, the interior of the Dongfu Dart Bureau suddenly appeared in front of him, behind the wall, is the martial arts hall of the Dart Bureau, dozens of teenagers are walking on horses, standing on the plum blossom pile, Qin Chuan saw that everyone was staring at him fiercely, and he couldn't help but feel empty, it seems that they already know that Mr. Yu was seriously injured because of the two of them, so he would not give Lao Dao and Qin Chuan a good look.
These teenagers are the orphans of the dart bureau, raised by the Dongfu dart bureau since childhood, and have long regarded Mr. Yu as a relative, if it wasn't for Ji Hai to say hello, I'm afraid he would have done it at this moment.
Qin Chuan said with a smile next to him: "You are so spirited, you are good kung fu!" After that, he lowered his head and followed the front to the inside of the dart game.
Dongfu Dart Bureau is a standard front shop and back house layout, here two into the courtyard, there are dozens of wings, many dart brothers are busy in the patio, just hobbled children are under the care of the woman to take a step, the originally crowded and noisy dart board because of the appearance of Lao Dao and Qin Chuan and calmed down, and even more is silently sharpening knives, the threat is silently revealed.
Qin Chuan stood in the middle with pork ribs and didn't know how to speak, seeing that Lao Dao was motionless, he was also stunned when he thought about it, so he was ready to break the deadlock: "Everyone, I heard that Mr. Yu injured his head, I, I, I brought some pork ribs to make up for him." β
Not to mention that it's okay, seeing Qin Chuan coming over to visit Mr. Yu with pork ribs, the sound of sharpening knives around him became even more urgent.
This Mr. Yu was seriously injured in his head and body, but what he wanted was natural treasures, panaceas and other things, but not ordinary things such as pork ribs, so it seems that these two people are not pretending to be stupid, that is, they are deliberately insulting Mr. Yu's head.
At this moment, a person came out of the east wing, holding a short knife in his hand, and said, "Where are the two stinky old roads?"