The man was a young man of sixteen or seventeen years of age, very energetic, dressed in a neat short, holding a box in his hand, and looking out into the courtyard through the palm-wide crack in the door.

Su Ke hid in the shadows behind the door, and it was difficult for others to see her. Although "Zhou Gongzi" was mentioned, the person must have been sent by Shao Linghang. But be careful to sail the ship of 10,000 years, and at the moment, you can't make a wrong step.

Seeing that no one answered, the young man said in a low voice: "The little one is the one who follows the horse by Zhou Gongzi's side, and he can be transferred to Zhou Gongzi's side, and he also relies on the girl to help the little one intercede." Zhou Gongzi has now sent the little one away, and let the little one stay with the girl to run errands. ”

With the horse?

Su Ke listened to this familiar errand, and tried his best to think of something related to it. Or did she help intercede......

"Who is your mother?"

At first glance, when he heard Su Ke's voice, the young man was still a little stunned. With his face in the crack of the door, he leaned inside, "The little one is called Qing'er, my mother's surname is Yue, and I used to work under the girl." ”

Now it's right.

Originally, when I was on an errand in the treasury of the public middle school, I did have a mother-in-law. is honest and loyal, and he doesn't talk much, and when he lays off people, he volunteers to be on duty at night. When her mother-in-law showed her the way, she mentioned that her youngest son was fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was wiping the car in the stable. I was afraid that the errand would be small and undignified, and it would be difficult to talk about my daughter-in-law in the future, so I begged Su Ke to help talk to Furui to see if I could change another errand.

Later, Su Ke told Fury about it, but there was no follow-up. When the treasury laid off people, the mother-in-law brought a sentence, saying that the youngest son was transferred to the Hou Ye and went with the horse.

At this time, Qing'er was sent, and it can be seen that Shao Linghang was very relieved of him.

"It's too close to the Hou Mansion, and there are people living in the mansion, so don't come in. Just stuff the stuff through the crack in the door. Su Ke stretched out a hand from the darkness, the sky was dark, and such a plain hand appeared in the air, which looked a little crazy.

Qing'er choked her throat, her eyes turned in all directions, and after making sure that there was no one, her face was back at the crack in the door, "Girl, Zhou Gongzi said, let the little one walk back with the girl." The girl is a single figure, even if it is used as a cover, the small one can also come in handy. It's not very safe here, the girl told sù small a place to go, let's meet over there. ”

Su Ke expected that Shao Linghang would put someone next to her, and when he said goodbye last night, when he talked about how to give her the silver, his eyes began to ponder. Now that she has sent them to her side, she has no disgust, but she is worried that she will drag Qing'er into the water.

But the mother-in-law is in the house, and although Qing'er has no errands, she can still go home. If the things in the house are brought out in this way, Su Ke will not be black-eyed.

Really speaking, Shao Linghang's arrangement is actually very good.

The remaining fifty taels of silver ingots before, Su Ke stayed in the small courtyard. Aunt Tian has no place where she needs money, but if the general trend has gone, the Hou Mansion is not in danger, and when the time comes, it is still possible to take them out of the mansion.

Everyone has a backer, and there may be a turnaround when things come to an end. Only they didn't, Su Ke was so worried.

So Su Ke, who didn't have a penny on him, could only choose Xu Wang's house after leaving the house.

Now that he has asked someone to bring Yinliang, Su Ke will definitely not continue to stay here, after all, he doesn't know how Xu Wang left. If someone comes to the door, she's exposed.

"There is a Taoju inn in Nanshi, I will go there to book an ordinary room. You say it's my brother, and I'm here to join you. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it then. ”

Qing'er was silent for a long time, and her body shrank back, "Then I'll book a room and wait for the girl to come." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Su Ketong to disagree, and left with his head bowed and bowed his neck while holding the box.

Su Ke couldn't help but snort, he didn't expect this Qing'er to be a cautious person. Is this afraid that she will get rid of him after taking the money? I even left with the box.

There was no way, Su Ke waited until it was dark, and the surrounding houses gradually closed the door and dropped the key, she listened carefully to the movement outside, and quietly left Xu Wang's house when there was no one.

Taoju Inn is located on a bustling street in Nanshi, Su Ke wrapped his turban and carried a burden, pretending to be a country woman who had just entered the city, and went all the way to the inn.

Qing'er squatted at the door and waited, and when she saw her coming, she called her sister in a loud voice, "I have opened a room upstairs for my sister, my sister will live first, and I will help my sister Zhang Luo when I turn around on errands or something." As he spoke, he nodded to the shopkeeper at the counter and led Su Ke upstairs.

The room is at the end of the corridor on the second floor, with a window facing north, and you can see the storefront on the opposite street. A silver building, a medicinal herb shop, and a silk village. Su Ke looked at Qing'er with interest, and had a feeling that he couldn't speak, "Do you know what my purpose is for coming to this inn?" ”

Qing'er has been standing at the door since closing the door, touching the back of her head at this time, and whispering: "There are many inns here in Nanshi, the girl asked for this by name, and when I came, I saw the pharmacy opposite, thinking that the girl might be here for this." ”

Su Ke nodded, she did come for this crude medicine shop.

"Since we know what I'm here for, we'll keep an eye on it for the next few days. It depends on who comes here to get the medicine, whether there is a large sale, who comes to deliver the goods, and where the supply is. Time is short, you have to do your best to find out. ”

Qing'er agreed to come down and help Su Ke order food, seeing that it was too late, she left Su Ke a dagger for self-defense, and then hurried back.

As soon as he left, Su Ke lost his appetite and got up to check the box that was left behind.

The boxy ordinary wooden box, which is neatly stacked with a thick stack of silver tickets, has a denomination of fifty two hundred taels, and a large amount of one thousand taels, which is at least ten thousand taels. In addition to this, there was a bulging bag of broken silver and two copper plates. A one-inch-long jade pendant is green and shiny. Wearing a black rope with twisted gold thread, this is a close thing no matter where you look at it.

Su Ke pursed his lips and put the jade pendant around his neck.

Shao Linghang's problem probably can't be changed, from the big red tassel to the white jade of nothing, then it was a pocket watch, and now it is a jade card. It was as if she had to have one of his things on her, so that she could be held on a leash.

What logic.

Su Kefu lowered his head again and looked carefully at the jade plate, the high-quality jadeite, which was very valuable. She tucked the jade plaque into her collar and looked at the contents of the box.

In addition to the above, there is a small baggage wrapped in cyan silk underneath the silver ticket. Inside are eight hardboard paper cards, four Xuanping Hou's name post, and four worship posts without a headhead. There is also a small brocade box, which is Shao Linghang's private seal.

And then nothing else.

No letters, no words. I don't give an explanation, because there is still a day to come.

……

After dormant in the Taoju Inn for more than ten days, Su Ke, as a widow with a dead husband, inquired about the trading situation in the South Market with the shopkeeper in the inn. The bookkeeper thought that she was going to do something to make a living, and with Su Ke's good looks, Tiannan and Haibei talked about the ruffian and hooligan families in the capital who could not be provoked, and helped analyze the current situation in the capital.

Su Ke asked how the medicinal herb business was. The bookkeeper looked at her, and then glanced at the crude medicine shop on the other side, with a lot of sarcasm in his expression, "This business has to have a way, ordinary people can't do it." What kind of family is that, with the backstage of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, it can be so big. ”

When he said this, there was no one in the inn, the shopkeeper was not there, and the bookkeeper was in his early thirties, so he had some crooked thoughts about Su Ke, and Su Ke saw it very clearly. With his posture, Su Ke has seen a lot in the Drunken Xiang Pavilion, and he knows how to hold the other party high in a few words, and some of them are coaxed out.

"When you first arrived in the capital, you don't know a lot of things. That Xuanping Marquis is a powerful person, a general who pacifies the north, and the younger brother of the noble concubine in the palace. What a top-notch person, but it's a pity that too many people were killed on the battlefield, and he was so angry that he hit the street, and even the vicious dog didn't dare to bark at him. This iron-clad hard life, where can you say that your daughter-in-law is going? A few years ago, there was a scandal, saying that the Marquis of Xuanping had red eyes and blood every full moon night, and the old lady of the Hou Mansion also went to the fortune teller of the Qin Heavenly Prison, good guy, count back the life of a born lonely widow......"

The account room sighed twice, "Come on, this is basically the door." But there are still two masters in the Hou Mansion, although the third master is a concubine, he married the daughter of the Ministry of Works. Although there are many ladies in the waiter's family, this third wife is also a character. gave birth to two sons, one of whom was smarter than the other, and was sent to Jincai Academy to study at a young age. This year, it's no problem for the show to be designated, look ahead, it is estimated that high school is just around the corner. ”

Su Ke pretended not to know, glared, and asked in a low voice: "If the Hou Ye has no queen, it is possible to give the title to the third master's child?" ”

"I don't know what to do, Hou Ye marries one casually, and when he dies, he dies, three rooms and two sons, and one is passed on to Hou Ye as the queen. With the care of the concubines in the palace, this title was not naturally inherited. The bookkeeper pouted at the opposite street, "Everyone in Beijing is talking about it like this, and after that, the business of the few shops under the hands of these three wives is very good." Who's stupid, whoever buys is not buying, and the third wife climbs into friendship, sooner or later there will be a useful day. ”

Hearing this, Su Ke's back secretly felt a chill.

Before, she only thought that the third room wanted to split up, and the third master left the Hou Mansion early with his wife, children and biological mother, and wanted to go to live a peaceful life. But it didn't occur to her that their purpose might be greater, that they might want more. If Mother Xu really colluded with Aunt Zheng, then this premeditated plan would be on the line.

No wonder Xu's mother can talk so much, and when Xu gives her a future, she is also determined to win.

Marry any one...... Isn't that what she wants? I'm afraid that if she really becomes Mrs. Hou, she won't be able to give birth to a boy and a girl. In just one or two years, she will have a teenage son under her name, and then she will be crowned a prince early, and this game of chess will be settled.

"What's wrong with you? Deflated? The account room fiddled with the abacus beads under his hand, leaned against the counter half-leaning, and said casually but pointedly: "If you want me to say, what do you want to make a living from a woman's family, it is serious to find a good family to marry." ”

Su Ke came back to her senses, looked at the account room and squinted at her, and a disgust arose in her heart, "I have two sons and a daughter at home, both of whom are at an age when they are waiting to be fed. When I get married, I will inevitably carry these three oil bottles. My man was a medicine seller when he was alive, so I wanted to ask what happened to this famous crude medicine shop. Since the background behind it is so big, then I'll change it. ”

No one is trading at a loss, even though Su Ke has a good appearance, but there are three children at home, which is not a cost-effective thing.

The enthusiasm of the account room has subsided a little, but Su Ke's heart is cold. Qing'er came back from the outside, Su Ke said goodbye to the account room with a stiff face, and went back to the room with Qing'er.

Qing'er has become familiar with Su Ke in the past few days, and when she entered the house, she poured herself a bowl of water to drink, and then stood aside to report to Su Ke, "I checked, except for the two medicinal materials in the northeast and Shandong, which are supplied separately, the rest of the supplies are sent by a merchant who sells medicinal materials in the south." The merchant's surname was Jiang, and he was from Fuguang, and many medicinal herb shops of big businesses in the south cooperated with him. Recently, people have gone north, and I heard that they are talking about business in Cangzhou. ”

"Cangzhou?" Su Ke was still uneasy because of the words in the account room just now, and he was pacing in the room at this time, and he didn't seem calm, but his mind was thinking quickly.

Cangzhou. Cangzhou.

Who started in Cangzhou?

Su Ke bit her lip and meditated, Qing'er looked at Su Ke's anxious appearance, coughed lightly, and whispered, "I still have one more thing to inquire about." It is said that there was a snow disaster in Cangzhou, and the snow accumulated was more than half a person's height. The imperial court opened a granary for relief, but it was not good to collect costs there, so someone was sent to coordinate the rich squires there to allocate grain for disaster relief. ”

In fact, there is no connection with this, Qing'er said it, just to remind Su Ke that he can take other paths besides medicinal materials. For example, the third wife also has two grain shops.

But a "rich squire" made Su Ke's brain boom.

The Shen family is the Shen family, one of the best businessmen in North China, and their family is in Cangzhou. Except for one eldest daughter, the remaining three sons and two daughters were all from the stepfamily and concubines. And this eldest daughter married into the Xuanping Marquis Mansion.

Medicinal herbs, a merchant surnamed Jiang, snow disaster, grain, Shen family......

Su Ke's heart is like a drum. In this reopened game of chess, each player has God's help.