The prefect of Ezhou ordered someone to seal the Yuezhi Teahouse, which made Zhong Wei a little annoyed. It's not that he feels sorry for these money--his nephew is the king of the mountain--but Miaoyu finally shook twice in front of the king of E, for fear of arousing the suspicion of the king's mansion. sighed: "I knew that Chen Yatou would be poisoned, so I wouldn't let her come out." ”

Jia Cong said: "If there is no tea from Master Miaoyu, this plan will not work." Unless it's veiled, it's even more suspicious. There is no evidence for them. ”

Zhong Wei glanced at him: "What does the prince want evidence to arrest people?" ”

Jia Cong said, "Okay...... There are so many masters in this teahouse, if he plays horizontally, we have no problem running away. ”

Zhong Wei pondered: "I just have to talk to the people of King Yan." ”

"Huh? Do you know their spies? ”

Zhong Wei said: "The one who usually sent carbon to this teahouse is that he came on the day the king of E died." All I said was that I was thinking about trying to lure him somewhere else in a few days, and that I didn't do it when he died—I didn't do it. Nai glanced sideways at Chen Ruijin; Chen Ruijin laughed and laughed.

Jia Cong smiled: "You can't learn kindness anymore. The spy saw the seal at the door, and got it again. ”

As he was talking, someone said back and forth: "The old man who sent carbon is here." Zhong Wei coughed and went to the back.

Jia Cong turned his head to look at Jia Huan: "It's been a few days, have you thought clearly?" Do you want to help the child, or do you want to marry the girl? ”

Jia Huan said: "After thinking clearly, I want to marry that girl." ”

Jia Cong raised his eyebrows: "Is it really clear?" I won't regret it. ”

"No, it won't." Jia Huan said, "I have different temperaments from the fifth uncle, and I am not as capable as the fifth uncle, and I can't get the fifth uncle's set for the time being." But I have a clear mind. ”

"Then there's no need to make any extrasistence. Although Luzhou is small, the location is extremely important. Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at Zhong Heng again: "Hey, did Uncle Zhong tell you?" Now there is an excellent opportunity, Luzhou lacks generals, don't you change jobs? He pointed at Jia Huan, "King Lu is his brother-in-law, and he trusts you." ”

Zhong Heng frowned and said, "Uncle told me. It's just plain, how can I leave so many brothers? ”

Jia Cong said: "If it is a water-soluble foundation, it must be returned to him." You're just the shopkeeper, he's the owner. Pick the right person under you to take over. In case it doesn't mix well with water in the future, they can also go to Luzhou to vote for you. If it's your own subordinates, such as the bandits back then, you can take them away. ”

Zhong Heng said: "The prince of Beijing has nothing to do with me. ”

Jia Cong said: "However, he didn't reuse you at first, didn't you originally have a surname Zhao on your head?" The skills are much worse than yours. You were promoted by killing him through our hands. Therefore, your current position is not a water-soluble discerning talent, but you have earned it yourself, and he cannot be regarded as a great favor to you. Over the years, you have worked hard for him, and you are worthy of him. As the saying goes, people go to high places, and water flows to low places. Now that you have a better place to quit your job and change jobs, he has no right to object. Isn't it good to get together and disperse, goodbye to the rivers and lakes or friends? Zhong Heng still hesitated. He added, "Maybe you can bring more soldiers?" Maybe in the future, Shui Rong will be in trouble and will want you to help him? The green forest is a green forest after all, and no matter how many bandits there are, it is impossible to have more than the regular army of the imperial court. Looking at Zhong Heng again, it is obvious that he has been persuaded by most of them.

After waiting for a long time for Zhong Wei to come back, he said with a smile: "Lao Zhangtou sent a message, it's interesting." ”

Two days ago, the first Qing guest under the prefect of Ezhou said to him that the idea of Yuezhi Teahouse to let the beautiful tea lady visit the tea every three days is very good, so it is better to take the opportunity of the sudden death of the king of Ezhou to seal them for half a year, open a tea house at home, and also make a beautiful tea lady to visit the tea every three days. The prefect felt justified and complied.

Jia Cong bared his teeth and grinned: "Sure enough, he is the same as the king of E." ”

Jia Huan said: "If this is not the case, I will not let the king of E raise taxes at will." ”

Zhong Wei said: "Now I don't even have to think of excuses." Two days later, I told Lao Zhangtou that half a year was too long, so I went outside for a walk, and the teahouse was temporarily closed. ”

Jia Cong smiled: "You can just go to Luzhou to open a teahouse." There is no salt class there, business is prosperous, and money is more profitable. ”

Zhong Wei said: "There is some truth in this. Jia Cong lifted his back and smiled.

Chen Ruijin said: "It's just that if you leave Ezhou in a hurry, you will feel a little like a thief, what if the people of the king of Ezhou come to chase you?" ”

Jia Cong said: "The king of E is dead, and the prince has not yet ascended the throne, so their family will definitely be chaotic and can't take care of the others." Although we are suspicious, we are sure that the little eunuch who tested the poison is fine. Is there less people who have offended the king of Eping? It will take many days for those people to finish checking. The master of the Ewang Mansion has been unreasonable since ancient times, and if they can't find out, they will inevitably have to be suspicious of us again and find our troubles. In this way, the thirty-six plans are the best. The investigation of the case is under the control of the prefect. Moreover, the prefect of Ezhou has the intention to learn our marketing model - well, learn our ideas, and he should wish we go. First, we can use our methods openly; Second, if the murderer can't be found, you can detain the black pot to us. ”

Zhong Wei nodded: "Not bad." He's not going to stop us. ”

Jia Cong looked at Zhong Heng and said, "Why don't you do this?" You go to Luzhou first, meet King Lu, and see if you two get along well. If it is good, then say it with water; It's not good. ”

Without waiting for Zhong Heng to answer, Zhong Wei said first: "What Brother Cong said is very true, so be it." Zhong Heng acquiesced when he heard this.

They then packed up their ideas and asked a few locally hired men to look after the store, and Zhong Wei even gave them half a year's salary in advance, and told their neighbors that they were going to visit relatives. Miaoyu wanted to ask if Jingzhong was stable and could go back to Zhenwuan, but no one thought to ask her meaning, so she had to follow silently. It was a fair departure to Luzhou. Sure enough, at first, although some people sneakily followed, they did not stop them. But he followed them for half a day and then stopped following.

On this day, Du Dequ, the pacification envoy of Luzhou, returned home from the barracks, and the door came up and back: "General, there is a kid here today, dressed so angry!" said that his master came from Ezhou and wanted to open a teahouse in Luzhou, so he invited the general to eat two bowls of wine, and hoped that the general would appreciate it. ”

Du Dequ immediately thought that this Ezhou tea merchant wanted to curry favor with him and gain a foothold in Luzhou. Nai said with a smile: "I heard that the king of Ezhou is rampant, and the life of the people of Ezhou is not easy. And he asked where the man was. Because he remembered that the king of E suddenly died, he frowned slightly.

Menzi handed over the post, which was written "Yan Guoren Zhong", and left an address. Du Dequ took a look, it was the largest restaurant in Luzhou, and he was secretly happy: "This person wants to have a few savings." So he went in the door, changed his clothes, and went to the appointment.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Xiao Er greeted him: "General Du, but Zhong Ye invited you to come?" ”

"Exactly."

Xiao Er hurriedly said, "Zhong Ye has been waiting for a long time. Then he led the way in front and led Du Dequ upstairs.

Du Dequ entered the private room and knew at a glance that the Zhong family was rich. an old man and three young masters, all dressed in silk; Even the maid had a gold ring on her hand. Nai coughed, and a chubby young master stood up: "This must be General Du Dequ Du?" ”

Du Dequ smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Yes, I am Du Dequ." ”

The old men and young masters all stood up and bowed in return, and the fat young master hurriedly left his seat to pour a bowl of wine for him, and stepped forward with a smile: "I heard that General Du is a hero in the world, and he is respected in his later life, so please give the general a face and drink this bowl!" One wall said that the other wall glanced at Du Dequ, and then glanced at the wine.

Du Dequ had already smelled the aroma of wine, and couldn't help but reach out to take it. The fat young master handed him the wine. Du Dequ immediately noticed that there was a piece of paper folded into a square hidden under the wine bowl. Nai secretly pinched the paper in his hand, raised his neck and drank the wine, and praised: "Good wine! ”

The fat young master said with a smile: "Such a big bowl of wine, the general drank it all in one go, and he will definitely go to Xiaojie later." ”

Du Dequ was stunned for a moment, saw that the fat young master blinked, and immediately understood, touched his stomach and said, "I want to go to Xiaojie now, everyone, please wait." ”

The fat young master arched his hand and said, "General, please." ”

Du Dequ immediately went out of the house, pretending to be relieved, and when he arrived at the thatched house, he unfolded the paper and looked at it, and was shocked: it was a silver ticket of one thousand taels! This man surnamed Zhong is really rich. Hurriedly hid the silver ticket in his arms, and then returned to the banquet with a smile on his face.

As soon as he came in, the master Zhong ordered the restaurant to serve dishes, all of which were excellent and expensive dishes. Although Du Dequ often eats, after all, he is more comfortable to eat. During the banquet, Mr. Zhong said that he had opened a teahouse in Ezhou, and the business was not bad. Now that I have left Ezhou, I want to come to Luzhou to live, and I still open a teahouse. Du Dequ asked him: "Since the business is good, why don't you continue to open it in Ezhou?" ”

The fat young master let out a long sigh and said to him, "General Du, I can't hide it, my uncle-" he pointed to the old man, "It's quite unlucky." So they came up with an excellent idea in the teahouse in Ezhou to attract customers, and the king of Ezhou came to the teahouse to drink tea and died violently, and the prefect of Ezhou said that there was an idea of clearing guests.

Du Dequ was furious and patted the case: "How can this be reasonable! As a parent official, how can he compete with the people for profit to such an extent. ”

"Isn't it!" Another slightly chubby young master puffed out his cheeks and said, "I can't think of a good idea, so I blatantly rob someone else." ”

Du Dequ couldn't help asking, "How did the king of E die?" ”

The fat young master said, "Who knows? I heard that there are many, many green forest masters in the palace of the king of E, and it is not easy for him to say who stabs him. He came to our teahouse to drink tea, and brought a little eunuch to test the poison! It shows how afraid of death is. ”

The chubby young master said: "If you haven't done anything wrong, why should you be so afraid of death!" ”

The fat young master sighed: "Even if you do too many bad things, it is useless to be afraid of death." Lord Yama will make the little ghost hook him. Du Dequ nodded repeatedly.

The fat young master said again: "General Du, we invited the general here today because we have something to ask for. ”

Du Dequ was carrying a thousand taels of silver in his arms, and his face was full of flowers with a smile: "What do you ask for!" Everyone is a good friend, and they can use Du to say something! ”

The fat young master scratched his head: "It's a little inconvenient to talk about it." Well, I'll tell you a story to the general first. Once upon a time there was a village, and an old man in the village picked up a little tiger cub and raised it. Later, when the tiger cub grew up, he often helped the villagers hunt, and the villagers also liked this big tiger. Children in remote villages don't like tigers. Even though they knew that the tiger had helped their family to bring back many antelope and wild deer, they also loved mutton and venison, but they still didn't like the big tiger. The general guessed for what? ”

Du Dequqi said: "Why? ”

The fat young master said: "Because the big tiger is too big, and the child is too small." Small children are afraid of big things. Even though they knew that the tiger was there for them, they were still afraid. When they grow up, they will not be afraid, but children are still afraid. ”

Du Dequ thought for a while: "It's reasonable. ”

The chubby young master said with a smile: "I recognize King Lu in my late life." King Lu is young, just like a child in this village. He said that the master who taught him to practice martial arts looked like the Vajra Bodhisattva in the temple, and he was afraid. ”

Du Dequ's face sank and he looked at them: "What do you mean?" ”

The fat young master pointed to the rather sturdy young master who had been silent and said, "My brother is honest, not business material." However, the ancestors of the family were also soldiers. ”

Boss Zhong arched his hand and said: "General, we have no intention of snatching the position of major general." King Lu is a prince, and he doesn't go into battle to fight, so he can fool around in martial arts...... Martial arts can be mediocre. Why bother General Xiao Du? Isn't it overkill? ”

The eldest young master was already blushing, and he arched his hand stubbornly. Du Dequ took a closer look at this person, although he was dark, his facial features were excellent. Can he not know what his son looks like? In other words, he is the king of Lu, and he also loves to see this Uncle Zhong. It's just that he can't figure out what the family is going to do. It's just a martial master, and his son didn't want to go, but in order to get closer to the Luwang Mansion.

The fat young master arched his hand with a smile on his face and said, "I also hope that General Du will be accommodating and generous." The brothers took turns to come forward to laugh and toast.

As the saying goes, reach out and don't hit the smiling person. People did this, and gave 1,000 taels of silver first, Du Dequ naturally turned his face, but he couldn't figure it out. When the banquet dispersed, Du Dequ didn't say yes or no, and the Zhong family all looked at him.

Du Dequ just walked out of the restaurant, and a person popped out next to him, who was the girl next to his good friend. The girl pulled Du De channel: "Good general! It's been a few days since you've been to see our girl! But I'm caught! So he was coquettish and asked him to go to see Su Niang.

Du Dequ ate too much wine, remembered that Su Niang was delicate and gorgeous, and said with a smile: "Didn't you just see it before?" ”

The girl stretched out two fingers: "It's been two days! People say that if you don't see each other for a day, the general hasn't been here for a year and a half! ”

Du Dequ laughed: "Good you cunning girl." That's it, just go. So he flicked his sleeves and really followed her to Su Niang.

When I arrived at the Su Niang house, it was needless to say that the powder was considerate. After the two of them* passed, Su Niang casually asked him where he had been drinking and getting drunk. Du Dequ remembered that this family surnamed Zhong came, so he told her. "I just think it's a little weird. If you want to seek the position of that martial master, they just want to go, why send me money? I'm afraid I'll take revenge? My son doesn't want to teach that little prince yet. ”

Su Niang giggled for a long time when she heard this, and said, "The general can't even think of this?" Obviously, they suffered a loss in Ezhou, and they came to Luzhou to ask for a backstage, so as not to be bullied again. King Lu is naturally the best backstage. Where would that young master recognize King Lu? It's just that I heard from somewhere that King Lu was afraid of his current martial master, so he asked who this martial master was. Where is the martial master of King Lu, where can they be if they want to! So Tete gave the general a silver coin, so that he could buy the matter. General, people are begging you to recommend me. The thousand taels of silver were not obtained for nothing. ”

Du Dequ suddenly realized: "I see! I said. Nai pinched Su Niang's body and smiled, "Beauty, you are still clever, you can guess." ”

Su Niang lowered her eyebrows and smiled. Xindao: Who can guess for no reason? They also coincidentally sent me three hundred taels and asked me to help say good things, and I found out.

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