Chapter 162: Treasure Pavilion
After Feng Bao left, Min Qiuye snorted coldly, Fifty years old, the parents of the body and skin, what kind of big life does he have for a person with six incomplete roots. In my opinion, longevity is fake, but wealth is real.
I had to smile bitterly and say that the people need money for the winter, and the emperor also needs money for the New Year. It's a pity that the people in the capital who only see that they have no money, but can't see that the people in Jinling are hungry and poorly clothed.
Min Qiuye said, I went to block him, and the two of them couldn't urinate in a pot.
I laughed and said, of course you two can't pee together, he pees in a squat, but our old man pees standing up.
Min Qiuye scolded with a smile: Poor mouth. On this birthday, he sent so many invitations, I want to go and see what the excitement will be.
When I returned to the Jianghu Division, I gave the invitation to Zhang Youqian, and Zhang Youqian said that I had to go and see it.
I said you don't hate him very much, why do you want to go?
Zhang Youqian said that my father wrote me a letter a few days ago, and we still have some business with Jiangnan weaving in the capital, so that I can have a good relationship with the dead eunuch. My father, an old immortal, is getting more and more excessive, how can he even make money from these people, if it were me, he wouldn't have anything to do with them.
I said so your father is Zhang Million, and you can only be Zhang Youqian.
On the tenth day of the first month, the two of us met with Min Qiuye and went in the same carriage.
The three of them got together, but the gift was a little shabby.
Min Qiuye prepared three catties of salted fish.
I said Master Min, can't we be generous? Min Qiuye rolled his eyes, after the autumn, I bought ten catties of salted fish, ready to pickle it for the winter, and took out three catties at once, which was already very face-saving for him. What are you preparing?
I smiled and raised the gift box in my hand, it was a Kanto ginseng. Not long ago, I was injured, Feng Linggan went to visit me and gave me ten catties of Kanto ginseng, and I had a lot leftovers, so I took out one of them.
As for Zhang Youqian, he wrapped half a silver envelope. In Daming, a letter of silver is five hundred taels, and he sends half a letter of silver, which is two hundred and fifty taels, one to imply that Feng Linggan is two hundred and five, and secondly, half a letter also has the meaning of "half crazy", and the irony is very obvious.
When we arrived at Kikuso, it was already evening, and the red lanterns were hung high and the lights were lit up. There was a lot of traffic at the door, and there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate the birthday, and there was a long queue. Seeing this, Min Qiuye frowned and said, it is really sad that there are so many people giving gifts after a birthday from the young eunuch of the inner court of the fourth grade.
After saying that, I turned around and was about to leave, but I grabbed him and said, since you are here, if you don't go in and take a look, won't you waste the gilded invitation and three catties of salted fish?
It's our turn, the little eunuch asked, a gift of more money?
Min Qiuye was stunned, what do you mean?
The little eunuch said, today's godfather's birthday, there are too many people coming, and he can't sit down in the middle hall, and the steward said, more than 1,000 taels go to the middle hall, more than 500 taels go to the east hall, and less than 500 taels go to the west hall.
Min Qiuye said that I only have one hundred and twenty taels a year, and he has so many gifts for his birthday, which is really ridiculous.
When the little eunuch saw that we didn't move, he said unhappily, if he didn't go, he would get out, he didn't see that we were busy. Zhang Youqian was about to get angry, but I hurriedly stopped him, saying, the three of us brought priceless treasures.
What priceless?
I pointed to Min Qiuye's bamboo basket and said, this is the fragrance in the belly.
The little eunuch turned out to be a bamboo basket, and as soon as he opened it, three catties of salted fish stinked, and said angrily, what a broken thing, get out of here!
I said this is your mistake, this is the ancestral secret salted fish, the fresh fish drowned in the manure tank, and then covered with stinky shoes and rotten socks for dog days to make such a delicious salted fish, how can it be said to be a tattered thing?
The little eunuch was teased by me and was about to get angry, but was stopped by another person, saying that today is Godfather's birthday, and the person who came is a guest, don't talk too much, why don't you arrange it quickly?
The little eunuch's face was full of disgust, and he said come with me. Took the three of us to the West Hall. Actually, the little eunuch was still negligent, the three of us were invited to the top seats, and there was a VIP channel in Juzhuang, but he didn't expect that we would come to line up, Min Qiuye didn't object, and we came to the east hall.
There are nearly 20 tables of banquets in the east hall, and roughly speaking, there are nearly 100 tables in the three halls, and there must be at least 1,000 people attending today's birthday banquet. The hall was full of people, and because the three of us were polite, we were arranged in the very corner.
The people around him at the same table looked like most of them were dressed as businessmen, and their faces were full of sadness. After chatting carefully, I learned that these people were silk merchants from various provinces in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan Weaving received 100,000 Su brocade horses, and only paid less than one-tenth of the silver. This time, Feng Ling felt that he had a birthday, and they were invited and had to come to the banquet with gift money.
Min Qiuye asked, in that case, can you not come at all?
That silk business: This year, our firm was apportioned 3,000 catties of raw silk, and I smashed the pot and sold iron to collect it from Sanghu. If you come, you will be counted down at most, and if you cut off the gift money, you can still get a few children back, or if you don't come, the whole family will have to drink the northwest wind.
The rest of the people echoed, yes, this year's natural disasters and man-made disasters, the original pound of raw silk is one or two, and this year I can get back six dollars to Amitabha.
Min Qiuye listened and was silent.
When the banquet came up, there were ten people at each table, and there were only three meat and three vegetables, and some melon seeds. Zhang Youqian shouted, what a broken vegetable, there is not even a fish!
The little eunuch listened, turned around and walked out, and not long after, a plate of fish was brought and put on the table, and the fish you asked for came.
It was the three catties of stinky salted fish brought by Min Qiuye.
Zhang Youqian said, there must be a bar?
The little eunuch sneered, "What about shark fins, sea cucumbers, and abalone?"
Zhang Youqian said that it is okay, I am not a picky eater.
The little eunuch said to dream of your spring and autumn season, if you want sea cucumber and abalone, then go to the middle hall, not only shark fin bird's nest, but also Liu Jingrong, the head of Qin Huai Siyan, sings a small song, if you want to be rich, you can go, poor.
Zhang Youqian suddenly became furious, do you think Lao Tzu has no money?
The little eunuch mocked, but you have money to take out?
Zhang Youqian took out a hundred hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms, slammed them on the table, and said: Lao Tzu's surname is Zhang, arrogant Zhang, called Zhang Youqian, which means that being rich is arrogant, what's the matter?
The little eunuch sneered: It is illegal to print silver tickets privately.
I stopped, what are you doing with him? Little father-in-law, we are guests, we can always ask for some tea, right?
The little eunuch said, there is tea, water, there are many people today, you have to drink water and boil it yourself.
Zhang Youqian said that this is not reasonable!
I said don't be impatient, boil your own water, I'll go. Zhang Youqian said that you want to go by yourself, Lao Tzu has never boiled water at home. I smiled and pulled him out, Zhang Youqian said You really went to boil water.
I said I wouldn't light a fire to boil water, and it was quite simple to burn his house with a fire.
Zhang Youqian said just do it, let's go our separate ways.
I came to the kitchen, but saw dozens of chefs are in full swing to stir-fry, including Zhuge salted fish cheap shop, I said in my heart that today the whole Jinling City has a head and face of the restaurant has come to help, this fire is not easy to put ah. So, I walked through several courtyards and came to the backyard.
This is Feng Linggan's back garden, with a rockery lake in the middle and an attic on the north shore of the lake. Seeing the three words of the Treasure Pavilion, I said in my heart that I hadn't stolen anything for a long time, and the craftsmanship was rusty, and it should be reasonable to use this and be proficient in business.
was about to enter, but saw a figure flash, and a woman in red flashed into the treasure pavilion. I saw that this woman was a little familiar, so I followed. Tiptoeing over, the lock on the door has been opened, I pushed the door in, and said in my heart that this Feng Linggan is hiding something precious here.
The Treasure Pavilion was dimly lit, and I was able to see as I got used to it. I thought there would be mountains of gold and silver, but who expected it to be empty.
I was unlucky in my heart, and suddenly the wind behind me suddenly came, I was vigilant, stepped out of the maze step, flashed sideways, my hands were like electricity, and I grabbed the man's wrists, and the hands were like soft wattles, and the touch was good.
The woman said, is it you?
I said that it was so familiar, it turned out to be Lin Hongyi, a woman I met outside Yangzhou that day, and I also followed her Sancai sword book at that time. I said, Miss Lin, I haven't seen you for a long time.
Lin Hongyi said, let go.
I let go as I said, and Lin Hongyi turned his palm to attack my acupoint again. I said in my heart that this little girl was so vicious, and she grabbed her wrist again. Lin Hongyi said angrily, I'll let you go! I said you promise not to do it?
I promise!
As soon as I let go, she was going to do it again, and I even stopped it, and said, if you do it again, I'm going to shout to catch the thief.
Lin Hongyi said that you are not also a thief?
I said no, I came in by invitation, but why are you sneaking here?
Lin Hongyi said that Feng Linggan had accumulated countless wealth, and I was afraid that he would be retributed if he died, so helping him scatter his wealth was also regarded as accumulating yin virtue.
I can't help but admire, after doing this business for so long, it's the first time I've heard someone talk about stealing things so openly. By the way, your name is Lin Hongyi, what is your relationship with Li Qingyi?
Li Qingyi is the ancestor of the chrysanthemum, and he is also the master of the Thief Immortal Gate, and he is of the same origin as our Thief Saint Sect Master. I saw that Lin Hongyi's theft technique was somewhat similar to ours stealing the Holy Gate, so I was sure that she was also a thief.
Lin Hongyi said, what does my relationship with him have to do with you?
I opened my mouth to shout, but Lin Hongyi even said, don't scream, Li Qingyi is my ancestor.
It turned out that it was still my nephew's, so I said, come, call my little uncle to listen.
Lin Hongyi said angrily, you take advantage of the old lady?
I said that Li Qingyi is my uncle, you call me a little uncle, don't suffer. As I spoke, I made a unique contact gesture for the people of our burglary. Lin Hongyi said, are you really a thief? I smiled, Li Qingyi mentioned to you again that the West Gate blows the lamp.
Lin Hongyi believed it and said, since they are all from the same door, according to the door rules, I will come to this treasure pavilion first, so don't interfere.
I said that's not okay, now I'm the head catcher of six doors, as the saying goes, half of the meeting, if you don't agree, I'll call someone to catch the thief. Lin Hongyi said that you are too hateful, like this, you will be divided into three.
I shook my head, fifty percent.
Lin Hongyi: Forty percent!
I shook my head, sixty percent.
Lin Hongyi finally couldn't beat me, saying that five achievements are fifty percent.
The two rummaged through the cabinets, and after a quarter of an hour, they were finally helpless, Lin Hongyi said, there is still a treasure pavilion, there is no bullshit. I said that there is also a pavilion next to it, which seems to be called the Dung Pavilion. Lin Hongyi said, could it be that Feng Linggan's silver is in the Dung Pavilion?
I said that money is dung, very likely. However, there seem to be dozens of expert guards over there, and it may be difficult to get close.
Lin Hongyi said, then what is the purpose of his repair of this treasure pavilion?
I looked around, and there was a Buddhist shrine in the middle, which was faintly shining. The two of us approached, but saw a glass bottle carved with a nine-dragon pattern, the bottle was filled with liquid, and there was a delicate and transparent stone, which emitted a faint ghostly light.
This stone seems to contain infinite energy, but it does not spit out, as if it is cut off by something. My intuition tells me that this stone, I'm afraid, is not that simple. Lin Hongyi's eyes were sharp, and he pointed to a floating thing on it and asked, what is this?
I took a closer look and couldn't help but laugh, no wonder Feng Linggan called this place the Treasure Pavilion.
Lin Hongyi lost interest, and said that it is better for you and me to join forces, let's carry forward the stunt of stealing the door, and make a big fuss in the Dung Pavilion today?
I said no, and said, holding the bottle in his hand, Lin Hongyi asked, what is the use of you wanting this broken thing?
I pointed to the bottle and said, isn't this called the Treasure Pavilion, it contains Feng Linggan's treasure.
What baby?
I said in my heart that you really don't know or pretend to be stupid, so I said, if we steal this thing, it is a sea of gold and silver, and Feng Linggan will also exchange it with us.