Chapter 192: Spirit Tortoise
The old butler was so eloquent that it was as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Although I didn't see it, what happened at the door of our restaurant happened just now, and the number of people I saw was heavy."
The girl's face showed a touch of joy: "Don't say anything else, since that person can cure Gu poison, quickly invite someone to show the fourth brother." β
The housekeeper hesitated slightly, but he still responded, but he wanted to say and stopped: "It's just that the young lady who saved people, cough cough, is also a guest of our family, and she is here to buy peach blossom cake." β
The girl was stunned.
The others were stunned.
Today, their fourth son just knocked a lot of customers out of the store, I am afraid that it will attract a lot of complaints, and people will inevitably return in vain when they buy peach blossom cakes.
Even the old man lamented: "Look at it, look at it, let him be kind to others, but he has to be so ......"
The girl shook her head and said hurriedly: "Then what's the matter, there is no peach blossom cake in the store, will the guests still hold grudges?" β
The corners of Simber's mouth moved, and he smiled bitterly: "The problem is ......"
He carefully told the young lady how he bought the peach blossom cake at that time, and was about to take it away, when his fourth son suddenly robbed it, and then the people were not angry, waiting for the second pack, and then let the fourth son's little boy Ma San take it away, not only took it away, but also threw it into the trash in front of others, which simply means that the things in the store just refuse to sell to others!
Everyone: "......"
The corners of the old man's eyes twitched a few times, he took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth: "Let's go find someone, find it first!" β
The girl also said: "Exactly, after finding someone, it's a big deal, we personally came to the door and begged her to come and save people." β
"Wait."
Yan Jiuyi waved his hand. There was a strange look on his face.
Just now, Simber didn't say much about how beautiful and moving the woman who saved people in danger, how capable she was, and how powerful her aura was...... This kind of adjective, when he was at home today, he just heard his master say a set of similar ones.
Yan Jiu's face was red and white, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, grabbed the fourth son's hand, looked at it carefully, and suddenly shook his head and smiled: "If you offend her, little four." You're in luck. It's good to end up like this, it seems that the original family is sincerely worshipping the spirit turtle. β
The fourth prince was dumbfounded.
Although he couldn't move, he couldn't wait to swallow Yan Jiu's words after listening to them
This is in his heart. I don't sigh either. I remembered what Master and Master said in secret. Strange is not the taste.
Thinking that he Yan Jiu had always been the most outstanding one among the spirit masters of their generation, and now a girl so much younger than himself suddenly appeared, and it was so easy. Falling from the sky to the earth unconsciously.
Yan Jiu was thoughtful, but the girl couldn't help frowning: "What do you mean?" β
The old man didn't look old, his brain was not slow, and his eyes widened all of a sudden: "Xiao Jiu, what do you mean is that the Guigu lineage descendant offended by the little rabbit cub is one of the guests who let him, the little beast, blow away today?" β
Yan Jiu sighed: "I'm afraid, as far as I know, Mr. Guigu's third disciple Lin Xu has an extremely close relationship with that young lady, and the people of Guigu Sect are also at her disposal, although the other party did not reveal her identity, but many people suspect that she is the descendant of Guigu." β
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The little bunny suddenly became a little brute!
The old man himself used to hate the iron and glared at the fourth son, and said angrily: "I'll find a rope to hang you." β
The fourth son was ashamed and indignant!
Having said that, that's a grandson, no matter how bad it is, no matter how much you make yourself angry, you still have to wipe his ass as an elder.
Yan Jiu knows people here, so it's easy to say anything, apologize and beg others to come and show this unscrupulous descendant by the way.
Hongchen is enjoying the lights at home.
The lamp was sent by the queen on the fifteenth day, and it was hung up early, but there were so many that she didn't enjoy it for a while.
Today I saw an ordinary lotus lantern, and I didn't take it seriously, but the riddle on it, the riddle is also elegant, and I heard that it was copied by a maid in the Niangniang Palace.
"Yuba Mountain used to have a home, and everyone shed tears and said the end of the world; The red face is accompanied by three more rains, and he is constantly sad and falling. β
The riddle is easy to guess, it's just a red candle, but the palace maid is illiterate when she enters the palace, this one actually knows that she is working hard in the palace to study, and she can write such a mystery after only a few years, even if it is copied in somewhere, it is not simple.
"The palace lamps given by the mother are very interesting, don't put them away on weekdays, hang them out more, save waste, hang them in the yard can't be finished, take the house as a candle to call, and save the lampshade."
Just as he was gossiping, Yan Jiu arrived.
Hongchen smiled: "This is a rare guest." β
Because she is the lord of the county, Yan Jiu calls herself a savage in the rivers and lakes, and she does not contaminate the rights and wrongs of the court, and occasionally goes to Wang Banxian's shop to have a look, but rarely comes to see Hongchen.
Luo Niang personally went to welcome the guests to the living room and invited them to sit down to serve tea, Yan Jiu said with a smile while drinking tea: "Don't be nervous, old man, the lord of Rong'an is the most compassionate person to speak, no matter how kind-hearted, but also broad-minded, if Xiaosi sincerely apologizes, she will not blame her, I said that Xiaosi is lucky, but it is not all about teasing him, he offended our Rong'an county lord, and he was lucky." β
"What did the Ninth Master arrange for me?"
Hongchen changed into clothes to entertain guests and went out, and as soon as he came out, an old gentleman with a ruddy face, white eyebrows and beard, and a round beard, shook himself to the ground, and said in fear: "We have neglected our guests in the nine-day restaurant, and my unsuccessful little grandson already knows that he is wrong, and I ask you to forgive me." β
As he spoke, he brought the twelve-colored food box with his own hands.
In addition to the peach blossom cake in the food box, there are also other pastries according to the month, which are extremely exquisite, and they are all made by the old man himself.
Since he was over seventy years old, he rarely made any other pastries except for the most important peach blossom cake.
It's a peach blossom cake, and only the luckiest guests can eat it made by his old man.
The pastries are just an addition, and there are all kinds of other good things, which are two big carts.
Hongchen glanced at Yan Jiu.
Yan Jiu coughed: "You're welcome." Don't say that it is useless, what does his old man give, you should give a face, take it, Xiaosi, it is the one who offended you today, he has learned a lesson now, and he deserves to be unlucky, you might as well go with me to see his miserable appearance, and be happy. β
Hongchen smiled: "Am I so stingy? β
She was very angry. Anyone would be angry. It is estimated that eight out of ten customers who bought peach blossom cakes at that time were eager to tear down their shops, but how long could they be angry for a bite of food?
No matter how careful you are, an hour is too much.
Yan Jiu also joked. I still seriously explained the cause and effect. A serious face.
"If you want to say it, you can only blame the little four. He is now protected by Mr. Guigu's spirit tortoise, but he is disrespectful to the disciples of Guigu, and he deserves it. But the people of the Southern Regions have always been unpredictable. When they come to the capital, there will be trouble, and now is a critical juncture, the spiritual master assessment is imminent, and the Great Zhou Dynasty spiritual master gathers, if there is an incident, maybe it will make a big fuss and affect ordinary people. β
Yan Jiu's face was a little ugly.
Hongchen also sank her face, and she also remembered, over there in the Southern Regions, there are many poisonous insects, many Gu masters, wizards, etc., compared with the methods of most of the spirit masters of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they are more fierce and ruthless, and other spirit masters also have occasional fighting methods, but they are all very gentle, even if there is a real trouble, they will also pay attention to control it within a certain range, and it is taboo to affect ordinary people.
Recently, even the sacrifice to the heavens is no longer necessary.
The people of the Southern Regions are different, I remember one year, in order to make some supreme magic weapon, the Southern Regions peeled the skin of the girl, and took the skull of the young man, or carried out in full view, a clan in the Great Zhou went to the Southern Regions to do business, and was caught and killed to take the bones.
Yan Jiu said seriously, however, Hongchen actually wanted to see the Gu poison in the Southern Regions, and this kind of thing, even for her, was rare and mysterious.
Seeing that she was willing to go, the old man was also relieved.
In fact, the old man didn't think that the little girl in front of him would definitely be able to deal with Granny Kun, who was Granny Kun?
Thirty years ago, her old man was able to sit on an equal footing in front of Mr. Guigu, although she was inferior, but Mr. Guigu couldn't control her, which shows that this is by no means an ordinary spirit master can deal with it.
But for now, it's better to seize any hope.
Besides, Yan Jiu is a proper person, he respects the lord of Rong'an County, this is also famous, and he has his own merits, not to mention, she is still a disciple of Mr. Guigu, the so-called beating the small one comes to the old one, even if she suffers a loss, can Mr. Guigu not be angry with his disciple?
The old man has lived for so many years, and his mind is clear, and as soon as he thought about it, he figured out the benefits of inviting Hongchen to go, which is simply a lot of money.
The old man respectfully invited the county lord out of the door.
Along the way, the old man spoke humorously and humorously, smiled and pointed out the scenery of toys all over the capital, which was quite amiable.
Hongchen was the one who didn't want to take care of their family at first, but he didn't feel that he was amused by this old man and smiled, and his mood was better.
Santong Hutong, as usual, is lively and lively, with a scene of the four seas rising and flat.
Whether it is ordinary people or official eunuchs, in this small alley, all of them have become mortals, and they have to queue up for a little snack, eat the sugar gourd made by Grandpa Hu Wu, and also buy tofu and tender tofu ground by Aunt Xi Shiqiao.
Today was more lively than usual, with occasional exclamations and cheers.
The original coachman drove the car into the alley, didn't go far, and suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Pushing the car door and going out, the old man was so frightened that he rolled out of the car: "Hey, ancestor, why are you here?" β
A large turtle that walked up the entire alley was occupied by more than half of the road, crawling slowly.
The surrounding vendors kept moving their stalls, goods, pedestrians gave way, and a few old ladies knelt on the ground, placing various melons and fruits in front of them.
The turtle is particularly big, a big man with his hands together, may not be able to hug it, Santong Hutong has been expanded more than 60 times in ten years, and now the width is definitely comparable to the main street of Beijing, it is also called Hutong, but it is just the habit of neighbors.
There are many high-ranking officials in this alley, and even once, from a small beggar, he was valued as a son-in-law, studied poetry and books, and even became an official in the Jinshi, and changed the court.
I don't know how many generations of people can't train a Jinshi master.
Many people think that the feng shui of the alley is good, because the original family raised a spirit turtle. Many people know that even His Majesty in the palace knows about this, which is very novel, and every year he orders people to prepare live fish and shrimp to be sent.
When the neighbors mentioned the spirit turtle, they were all treated as elders, and it rarely appeared, and every time Ken appeared, the big guys rejoiced.
The old man got out of the car and went to hug his spirit turtle, but the big turtle gently pushed it. And they took him aside. Wandering around by himself, he slowly crawled towards the carriage.
Hongchen pushed the car door down, was a little surprised, and smiled when he raised his eyebrows.
The turtle crawled under her feet. Stick out your head and tail and sway gently. The eyeballs rolled and rolled. An affectionate look.
Luo Niang and the others were all surprised, not to mention the old man!
The old man's eyes were green, and he was so envious.
He serves the spirit turtle every year. It's really the same as serving the ancestors, bathing, feeding, coaxing, and offering their own blood, the spirit turtle still loves to ignore it, and the people in their family are only closer than outsiders, but now it's good, they will wag their tails at an outsider.
Hongchen also smiled, turned out his purse, took a small red fruit, and put it into the turtle's mouth, for a moment, it was obviously just a turtle, and only thick armor could be seen, but everyone felt that this old thing was very excited.
"Hey!"
This is the day, Hongchen personally said that the only relationship between her and Guigu is that the master of Guigu is her friend, and it is estimated that others will not believe it.
The old man scolded his family's junior again in his heart, just that temperament, don't let him take the imperial examination in the future, read it honestly, be a famous man in the mountains, be a celebrity with a bad temper, others still think it is normal, if you are an official and so casual, you will be exiled sooner or later!
Hongchen touched the spirit turtle with her hand, in fact, she was also very strange, why would Erfu be so affectionate? Back then, she was very familiar with Erfu, and often rode on its back to catch fish by the river, but that was all in her previous life, and she had never seen Mr. Guigu in this life, nor had she ever seen a spirit turtle.
Strange, did Erfu originally belong to this wishing family?
Hongchen thought for a moment, didn't think much about it, smiled and flicked the turtle's head, and said in a low voice: "Lead the way for me." β
There is no need for the descendants of the original family, as well as the old man of the original family, they lead the way, the spirit turtle directly entered the restaurant with Hongchen, went up to the second floor, and held the trouser leg of a shopkeeper to let people open the door.
The old man followed behind, sweating profusely and looking embarrassed.
As soon as the door opened, a young girl came out, saw Hongchen at a glance, squinted and looked at it, a little hesitant, but still saluted very politely: "I have seen the county lord, thank you for taking the time to come, and please take a look for my fourth brother." β
Hongchen glanced at the door, but did not enter immediately, but stood on the second floor and looked at the railing, took a closer look, and suddenly smiled: "There are high-ranking people in this place, and the protection is very good." β
At the beginning, she saw the spirit wood feng shui tree and the like, but it was only the tip of the iceberg, and she couldn't see it comprehensively, and at this time, she took the overall situation into control, and then she found that the overall layout was a feng shui magic array, and the array should be a spirit turtle to protect the bloodline heirs of the original family.
She couldn't help but smile: "Fortunately, I didn't teach that kid a lesson in the store at that time, you have to really do it......"
The young girl pursed her lips when she heard this, and she was also honored: "This feng shui array was built by Mr. Guigu for our original family back then, and it has blessed us for thirty years, which is really indispensable. β
"Ahem."
The old man coughed and glanced at her.
The girl also quickly stopped talking, and came back to her senses in shock, with a little regret on her faceβwhat did she say this! People themselves say that their strength is not high, and it's okay that they can't resist the feng shui array, how can their original family say?
She is also used to speaking unscrupulously on weekdays, she didn't pay attention to her mouth for a while, and was about to say a few more words, and when she made up one or two, Yan Jiu sighed lightly and said: "Amitabha, fortunately!" β
The girl choked and gave Yan Jiu a hard look.
The old man also coughed a few times in a row.
Yan Jiu shook his head: "Fortunately, Hongchen, you have always been low-key and steady, unlike your age, you have to really do it today, not only will you protect it, but you will also have to attack the master, and then the original family will escape this catastrophe for a while, and I am afraid that there will be a big mess." β
The spirit turtle wagged its tail, happily squirted out a kernel, and even nodded, looking very right.
Former Family: "......"
Hongchen touched the beautiful tortoise shell of the spirit tortoise, and his fingers gently moved along the blood-red thin lines on the tortoise shell.
Every time you move. There was a trace of silver light flickering on the wall, visible to the naked eye, the old man looked at it dumbfounded, and he suddenly had a feeling that the protection that had protected the original family for thirty years was like a net, and now the little woman in front of her was holding the net cable in her hand, as long as she used force, tearing it a little, the whole protection would completely collapse.
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How could it be!
"Alright."
The old man was stunned, and Hongchen nodded at Yan Jiu. Turn around and walk outside. The girl was stunned for a moment, her heart was anxious, although she didn't dare to stretch out her hand to stop it, but she also said urgently: "County Lord." My fourth brother ......"
"Yikes!"
The voice did not fall. The maid screamed. As soon as everyone turned their heads, they saw the fourth prince slowly sitting up, wearing a big gulp.
The girl hurriedly rushed over to help: "Fourth brother." How do you feel? What's uncomfortable? There's no feeling of being out of control, right? β
The fourth prince moved his wrist and patted his face, his face palpitated, but he nodded slowly: "It seems to be fine." β
The old man also breathed a sigh of relief, but snorted coldly: "I haven't come to make amends to the county lord, hum, it's all your own fault!" β
The fourth prince's face showed a hint of remorse, but he lowered his head and didn't speak, Hongchen shrugged: "Be careful these two days, I think your ears and nose may run out, remember to catch and pinch to death, don't let it out and hurt others again." β
In a word, everyone in the original family shuddered.
Especially the fourth son, his face was pale, his back was cold, and a dense layer of cold sweat oozed out.
"What do you mean?" After thinking about it a little, he vaguely felt that his body was numb and itchy, and he was so uncomfortable that he couldn't help but scratch his arm, which was very awkward and weird.
Hongchen had already left the door.
The old man and Yan Jiu were very attentive to send it out, especially Yan Jiu, who leaned in and whispered: "Actually, don't blame Xiao Si too much, he is also confused for a while, at the beginning of next month, Grandmaster Yao's one hundred and twentieth birthday, because his old man loves to eat peach blossom cakes, especially fresh ones, don't look at this pastry is simple, and generally wealthy people can often make it, but our old man has a unique secret recipe, and the dim sum made is a must in the world. Until now, there has been a dispute for more than half a month, and he has not been able to decide, and Xiao Si has become confused. β
"It's not stupid, it's too much."
Hongchen smiled silently, but Xiao Yan said, "Even so, other guests go to buy snacks to be happy, and practices like his are not business, but revenge." β
This could not be more true.
Yan Jiu smiled bitterly, thinking about it, he also knew what the little fourth guy wanted, it was just to make a feud, and he didn't know when he started, he hated this restaurant so much, and it was not the first time to sabotage it, fortunately, the restaurant was a time-honored brand, and everyone else was reliable.
Hongchen got into the car, leaned on the window and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I see that the protection of the original family is very good, and the people in the Southern Regions don't have much hope of cracking it, if they dare to make trouble in the capital, our capital is not unmanned." β
"By the way, there's one more thing."
Yan Jiu hesitated slightly, grabbed the window of Hongchen's house, looked left and right, and said secretly, "What, county lord, I encountered a difficult matter." β
"Oh?"
Hongchen was in a hurry now, "What can stump our Master Yan?" β
Yan Jiu has a family background, has the ability, and has a background, and he doesn't dare to say that he is the first in the world in the circle of the capital, but it must be very strange to meet something that stumps him.
"Hey!"
He couldn't help but sigh, looked at Hongchen, and sighed again, with a tangled expression.
Hongchen suddenly laughed: "Could it be that the ninth master is stealing outside and letting his sister-in-law see it?" β
ββ¦β¦ Don't talk nonsense. β
Yan Jiu was startled, and instinctively glanced around a few times, and saw that no one else was paying attention, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Since his wife suffered a great grievance because of his mother, he is very guilty of his wife, and now when he is away, his daughter-in-law is virtuous and virtuous, but at home, he has been low and small, it can be said that the family is really yin and yang.
Even Hongchen's place, he didn't dare to go more, and it was estimated that he didn't want to spread any unnecessary gossip, and if his daughter-in-law was unhappy, he would feel distressed.
This guy is not thinking about the reputation of the county lord, it is purely for the sake of his own family harmony, and he should be beaten.
"Ahem, let's get down to business, I took over a business a few days ago and sold a feng shui ornament."
Yan Jiu got on the horse and whispered to the carriage, "The business was made by a little guy in my shop, he is quite talented, but sometimes he is careless, uh, that, there is something wrong with the business." (To be continued.) )