Someone spent fifty taels of silver to ask three Taoist priests to go to the Jingzhou prefect's house in the middle of the night to break the villain's spell, so that the thief could catch him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Dong Shengnai, a scholar who was passing by, bowed his hand to Su Tao and said, "The late students have to ask the three Taoists something. ”

The three Taoist priests said in unison: "Sir, excuse me!" Su Tao agreed.

Dong Sheng then inquired in detail about the appearance, clothes, shoes, accent and other aspects of the person who hired them, and asked for pen and ink to draw a shadow for the person. At the end, he said: "This is a Wu person, who is the manager of a big businessman in Jingzhou, and his family often goes to Wu to do cloth business. ”

Su Tao was stunned: "How can you see it?" According to what the three Taoist leaders said, the man spoke some Jingzhou dialect. ”

Dong Sheng said: "This place is Jingzhou. It is very common for people who are traders to learn some other prescriptions. The man also spoke a lot of Wu dialect. And," he pointed to the portrait, "the appearance is the appearance of the Wu people." He pointed to the man's clothes on the portrait, "According to the words of several Taoist masters, this should be Yunjin." ”

Su Tao was stunned: "Yunjin? ”

Dong Sheng nodded: "The outer cloth is clothed, and the inner is clouded brocade." Where is Jiangnan Yunjin affordable for ordinary people. This person behaves vulgarly, and his shoes are stained with mud, so it can be seen that he is not a child of a big family pretending to be a poor man. If the owner pretends to be a buddy himself, he will pay attention not to wear cloud brocade. This person didn't think he was pretending, but he was just plain. ”

Su Tao couldn't help but follow him and asked, "How can you see the butler of the cloth merchant?" ”

Dong Sheng said: "If it weren't for his owner doing the cloth business, where would he be able to afford to wear cloud brocade?" Dude certainly can't afford to wear it. Only the steward, taking the opportunity to hide the idea is quite cheap. He also wants to show off to others, and he is afraid that his owner will not be happy. took advantage of the opportunity to go to Taihui to do things and secretly wore it inside. Again, Wu made domestic cloth. Only a big businessman would hire a Wu State manager, and ordinary small merchants don't need to spend that money. ”

Su Tao stroked his beard and nodded: "There is some truth." ”

Dong Sheng said: "Since he is a mage hired by Lord Tetesu's mansion - fifty taels of silver is not a small amount, enough for two or three poor families to live for a year - if you think about it, you can recognize that there are no big businessmen who often go to Wu to do cloth business, and they don't take fifty taels in their eyes." ”

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He was pondering in his mind, and someone below said loudly: "Could it be He Rich!" The rich man's sister is the little wife of Master Su, and she also gave birth to a son and a daughter! ”

Another said: "Then the rich man is the brother-in-law of Master Su?" The brother-in-law invited a Taoist priest for his brother-in-law's house? ”

The first one said: "Then why did he hide it from his brother-in-law?" Immediately the people began to discuss.

Dong Sheng smiled: "In this way, it is about the affairs of the adults, and the rest of the late students dare not speak falsely." He bowed to the ground and withdrew.

Someone immediately asked him, "Mr. Dong, what do you think it will be?" ”

Dong Sheng smiled and bent his eyebrows: "I don't know." ”

The man tugged at him and said, "Sir, I clearly guessed it." Sir, let's hear it. ”

Dong Sheng blinked innocently and said, "Why did you guess?" The backyard of a large family is more lively than the court. Lord Su's wife has sons and daughters, and the little wife also has sons and daughters, and her family has money. ”

I saw a young man come out of the crowd, looked up at Dong Sheng, and said innocently: "Mr. Dong, guess what, I really want to know!" ”

Dong Sheng said: "Where can you guess casually? Again, there is no evidence. He arched his hand, looked back at Su Tao, who was frowning, shook his head again, sighed lightly, and turned to leave. The people around him were curious, and several of them followed him out, and the young man was among them.

Out of the yamen, several people immediately surrounded Dong Sheng and begged him to guess. Dong Sheng didn't say anything, saying that he hadn't gotten up late and hadn't eaten breakfast yet. The young man smiled and said, "I'll invite my husband to breakfast." Another person shouted, "What are you doing with your child?" I please, I please! The other shouted: "Don't rob it, I'll please!" ”

Dong Sheng smiled and made a group: "Don't bother you to break the bank, just eat some snacks at will." ”

And the people would not disperse, but gathered around him. Dong Sheng led seven or eight idlers to find a stall on the side of the street and asked for a bowl of rice noodles, and the idlers also asked for some food and sat down around him. Dong Sheng was helpless, so he had to say: "I guessed." ”

Everyone nodded vigorously: "I know, I know!" I just want to hear the gentleman's guess. ”

Dong Sheng said: "Even I, a foreigner who has just arrived in Jingzhou, have heard that the Su Governor's Mansion is going to marry a local family surnamed Deng, so there is a son of the Deng family who is a big official in Beijing, right?" ”

"Yes, yes! The Deng family is one of the largest families in our country. ”

And this family affair obviously took advantage of the Deng family. The old lady of the Su family is a great Confucian in the world, and the Deng family is only a little stronger than the squire. The daughter of the Su prefect who is married to the Deng family, in terms of identity, if the world is not divided, the crown princess deserves it. When the prefect of Su agreed to the family affairs, he was either dizzy, or he liked the son of the Deng family very much, or he was not in Beijing all the year round and didn't know what his status was, so he only regarded himself as an ordinary prefect from the fourth grade. This time, the rice noodles came up, and Dong Sheng lowered his head and ate it.

Someone asked, "Isn't Master Su a prefect from the fourth grade?" ”

Dong Sheng said slowly: "In the early years, when the emperor was still on the throne, all the princes knew that the three Jiajia of the Rongguo Mansion won the world. If you get them, it's like taking Kong Ming, Zhou Yu, and Xun Yu all into your pocket. These three most respected people are their two gentlemen, Lin Hai, the scholar of the Xianhu Department, and Su Zheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. In other words, which prince married Lin Hai's daughter and Su Zheng's granddaughter, he properly put the crown prince's golden crown on his head. If there is no disaster of 'four generals chaotic Beijing', Su Tao would have to be transferred to Beijing immediately after the death of the first emperor. Think about it, can Uncle Deng's idea identity marry Shangshu's daughter? Even if Lord Shangshu agrees, will the princes and the big clans in Beijing agree? He lowered his head and ate rice noodles.

"Up......roar" The idlers usually gossip and gossip about just street widows and prostitutes, how can they chew the tongue of the prince Shangshu? Then he rejoiced and excited. The young man was silent for a long time, and said: "It's just that the world has been divided, and Su Tao has not been added to the official rank for many years." ”

Dong Sheng smiled and said: "If he wants to increase his official position - if Master Su wants him to increase his official position, he will be able to enter Beijing at this time." ”

The young man pouted: "That's it, the situation in the world is not yet clear." Mr. Dong thinks, can this family business be successful? ”

Dong Sheng said: "Success can be achieved, and people must be replaced." If the Deng family doesn't get out of the marriage quickly, they will have to let the world target them in the blink of an eye. ”

A white-faced and short-bearded man patted the case and said, "Can the Deng family still be afraid of them?" ”

Dong Sheng said leisurely: "I'm not necessarily afraid, but I die quickly." The three-year-old child passed through the city with gold, and he didn't know how he died. Now the king of Chu is declining, and he can't protect them at all; If the king of Chu had not declined, Miss Su would not have been able to take the turn of the Deng family. ”

The white-faced man said: "The marriage is engaged, and it was decided by Master Su himself, what else can others do?" ”

Dong Sheng said casually: "Lord Su has a fancy for Uncle Deng, not the Deng family. What if Uncle Deng walked on the road in a dignified manner and suddenly died of a startled horse? ”

"Boom......" Everyone was talking again.

Dong Sheng took a bite of rice noodles before saying: "If you want to kill a person, it is very easy in the hands of the prince and the big families in Beijing." The Deng family has lived in Jingzhou for a long time and has rarely met opponents, and no one has ever dealt with them like this, nor has they dealt with others like this, so any one of them can immediately take Uncle Deng's life. Nai shook his head and said, "Do you dare to do porcelain work without diamonds?" Do you want to live too long? ”

The young man squinted his eyes and looked at Dong Sheng: "Are you really here to study?" ”

Dong Sheng smiled: "Do you look like me?" ”

The boy also smiled: "No." Which prince sent you? ”

Dong Sheng said: "I haven't chosen the master yet. The young man's eyes moved, and Dong Sheng said again, "It's me who hasn't chosen the master yet." The boy tilted his head to look at him. Dong Sheng then stretched out his arm to look at the watch in his hand, and said to himself, "It's all like this, I don't have to have lunch today." The eyes of the idlers, including the teenagers, widened. Western watches, the last half a year just from Lingnan customs goods. Naturally, there is no need to say the noble word, and almost all the goods are in the hands of the Lingnan Wang family - Wang Ziteng, the governor of Liangguang.

The young man took a deep breath and said slowly, "Could it be that Lord Wang also wants to come and have a good time?" ”

Dong Sheng shook his head and said, "The young master of the Wang family has already made a marriage." It's just that I heard about the Western chocolate recipe and came to win over the Su family. He looked around at the idlers, "You all know about Western watches. As far as I know, this thing is only sold in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Ping'an Prefecture, and has not yet been sold in Jingzhou City. For everyone is the same, and they all have a master. Immediately they looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes. Dong Sheng stood up and made a gesture, "Thank you for treating the late students as talents." On business outside, you still have the heart to help the lord recruit talents, all of you are good ministers. ”

The young man couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Dong is really a talent. ”

Dong Sheng smiled and said, "Late life also has a master. Also, Lord Wang's eldest granddaughter is ten years old. Everyone couldn't help but take a breath in unison. This Dong Sheng obviously admitted that he was Wang Ziteng, and he also came to fight the idea of family affairs, but it was not for Miss Su, but he wanted to be Miss Su's brother. This is to warn others that the uncle of the Su family has been targeted by the Wang family, and he has nothing to rob. Dong Sheng said again, "Everyone came to Jingzhou from all over the world to join in the fun, but you know that all the lords have heard about the recipe in Miss Su's hand and have come to fight her idea." With so many jackals, tigers and leopards, it will be too late for the Deng family to withdraw from the marriage as soon as possible. ”

The young man asked, "What about Miss Su?" ”

Dong Sheng spread his hands and said: "There is nothing to do with the Wang family, whoever has the ability will take it." The boy smiled and shook his head.

An idler asked, "Why didn't the Wang family think of the idea of fighting the Su family until now?" If you start early, you can be the first to do it. ”

Dong Sheng said: "Didn't the news of the chocolate recipe come out in the past few months?" The Wang family is not surnamed Situ, and it is very important to take Su Zheng's granddaughter. ”

The white-faced man said: "In this way, Miss Su has to be the princess?" ”

Dong Sheng said: "Be an idler. It's okay with a wife. You can't marry a grandchild horizontally and vertically, otherwise it will be the life of a widow. The white-faced man's face turned blue.

Everyone was suddenly silent, and Dong Sheng took the opportunity to eat rice noodles. When he had eaten clean, everyone wanted to speak, and Dong Sheng touched his belly: "Not full." He shouted again for a bowl of three fresh noodles.

The young man rushed ahead of others and said, "After gossiping for a long time, Mr. Dong hasn't said how you guessed this case today." ”

Dong Sheng said with a smile: "These words of my party are not a unique opinion, many people know - only the Deng family does not know, after all, life is too smooth, there is no sense of crisis, and the money is dizzy." Money often unmakes the men who make it. He sighed lightly again, "Miss Su is really a good person. You must have heard the gossip on the street now, which is what Miss Su herself said. And they were silent, and it was evident that they had all heard of it.

The young man pondered: "Mr. Dong thinks that it was released by Miss Su herself?" ”

Dong Sheng nodded and said: "She also deliberately wore a gorgeous costume to go out to the banquet, all to warn the Deng family that they can't afford to marry her." Seeing that all the lords and wealthy businessmen of the country have sent people to Jingzhou, but the Deng family is not confused, it will not be long before they should discuss with the Su family to withdraw from the marriage. Su Tao is a gentleman, so he will inevitably be embarrassed. The Deng family can take the opportunity to discuss another marriage with the Su family. The Deng family can't afford to marry Miss Su, but the other two girls can still afford to marry. ”

The young man blinked and said, "So, who is the rich man?" ”

Dong Sheng said: "If a rich man can become a rich man, he must have some vision, or recognize some people with vision. The backyard is no less competitive than the previous dynasty. Kick the opponent down, and the position is yours. The nephew and daughter of the rich man He are not much different in age from the young daughter of Lord Su, and both girls have the opportunity to marry into the Deng family. He paused, "Since ancient times, witchcraft has been a great sin in the backyard of the harem. ”

The white-faced man immediately said: "Do you suspect that the rich man is another concubine who is a troublemaker and framed Master Su for his niece?" ”

At this time, the three fresh noodles also came up, Dong Sheng took a bite of the noodles, and said, "Think about it, if those three Taoist masters are not caught as thieves, what will happen in the future." Remember, they were invited by the He family for fifty taels of silver. Fifty taels of silver with white flowers~~" Eat two more bites, "Oh, this rich man is a rich man, and the other concubine of Lord Su doesn't have a rich uncle." ”

The white-faced man laughed and said, "This is just a fortune made in recent years, a nouveau riche." ”

Dong Sheng said: "Then I dare to say that the inner courtyard of the Su family may not let this rich man's sister buy how many servants, and it is easy to bury a witch doll in the courtyard." ”

A man in Xuanyi, who had never said a word, laughed when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Dong doesn't look down on the nouveau riche." ”

"Huh?" Dong Sheng looked at him sideways, "What do you think of Brother Tai?" ”

The man said: "I think that the surname He and his sister are not the masters of the house, and what Mr. Dong just said is to spend the belly of a fool with the heart of a talented man." The witch Gu is a witch Gu, but it is not going towards the concubine of Lord Su, but towards the girl of Su Da. ”

"Huh?" Dong Sheng put down his chopsticks, "This brother, are you teasing me?" That Miss Su is half a young lady of Rongguo Mansion! ”

The man in Xuanyi said: "I heard that after Miss Su came to Jingzhou, she was as extravagant as she was in Beijing, but she refused to give some clothes and jewelry to Lord Su's little wife and sister-in-law. He paused.

Dong Sheng was busy eating noodles, and the white-bearded man couldn't help but ask, "So what?" ”

The man in Xuanyi said slowly: "Envy, jealousy, hatred, and greed." Just as the Deng family thought that as long as they married Miss Su back, they would be able to get the help of the chocolate recipe and the Rongguo Mansion; The rich man's sister also felt that as long as Miss Su was removed, her clothes, jewelry, and even marriage could become her own and her daughter's. None of them thought about whether their family was so blessed. "Don't be surprised," he said, "that's what fools think. ”

Dong Sheng took a few bites and thought, "It seems to make some sense." After a while, he smiled again, "The Deng family and the rich man's sister, this kind of comparison is also vivid and close. Generally, I don't know my own pounds. The white-bearded man's face was as red as a pig's liver.