When passing by Hua Fèng Building, Pang Ruolan walked to the door of the porcelain shop opposite and looked inside, and then walked to the stall selling baked cakes on the side of the street and bought two baked cakes.

"You're good at baked cakes, and you put a lot of sesame seeds." Almost with the vendors, Pang Ruolan smiled and said: "Boss, you sell baked cakes here every day, how is the business of the porcelain shop opposite Hua Fèng Building?" How long has it been running? ”

"Can't two biscuits stop you? Ask so much what to do" The vendor glanced at Pang Ruolan unhappily, and continued to lower his head and busily set up the baked cakes.

"10, I'll buy 10 more pancakes. The rest of the money, no need to look for it. With a flick of her jade hand, Pang Ruolan threw a piece of broken silver into the vendor's hand.

"Hey, you're really a distinguished guest, I said how do you look at you so elegant and noble" Seeing that Pang Ruolan didn't answer, the vendor licked his tongue and smiled, leaned in and said: "You also know that this Hua Fèng Building is opened by Zhuo Shang, the daughter of Zhuo Yan, the richest man in the imperial city, and it was originally a restaurant of considerable scale, but then it was so crowded that it couldn't be opened, so it was closed." After that, there were successively opened to sell cloth, rouge, and furniture, but none of them lasted long, and they all closed down soon after they were opened, and it was not until this porcelain shop was opened that it has been open until now. ”

"The owner of this porcelain shop knows Zhuo Shang?"

"I don't know about this little one." The vendor smiled charmingly, rubbing the broken silver in his hand.

"Thank you." Pang Ruolan picked up 10 baked cakes and handed them to the beggars on the side of the road, facing the beggars' continuous thanks, her heart moved, thinking about when everyone would be able to eat and dress in this troubled world.

Walking all the way, Pang Ruolan recalled that she had just seen people coming and going in the porcelain shop, either rich or expensive. People who are tired of shopping will go to the Hua Fèng Building opposite to eat and drink, take a break, and the two families receive dignitaries. Complement each other and be mutually beneficial. And this porcelain shop can be open so far, it must have been approved by Zhuo Shang.

Being able to decide on the opposite side of the store, it seems that Zhuo Shang's power in the imperial city should not be underestimated, and it is not easy to open his own restaurant, Jiutian Pavilion.

Thinking so, Pang Ruolan came to the broken temple.

The temple is quiet. A man in a white shirt stands quietly under a tree. The noonday sun shines through the layers of branches and leaves, dappled and sprinkled on his body, with a warm halo.

Pang Ruolan's footsteps were heard. The man turned around with a smile, a smile as warm as the sun on his fire-burned face.

"I'm coming, I'm on an appointment." Gently spit out a few words, Pang Ruolan smiled softly. handed the man a baked cake, as if the two had known each other for a long time.

"I thought ...... I've been waiting for you for a long time. "Take the pancakes. The man was slightly stunned, looking at Pang Ruolan seriously, the scars left by the burns on his childish face were dazzling and eye-catching.

"Do you think I'm going to miss my appointment? I never thought you'd not come. I trust you, a gut feeling. Please trust me too. Pang Ruolan looked at the man. The expression is sincere, kind and easy-going.

"I believe in you. So, I kept waiting. ”

"Hungry, huh? Let's eat a yakiniku, it tastes good. Pulling the man to sit down on the stone steps in front of the broken temple, the two chatted while eating.

"You know, my friend is going to open the Nine Heavens Pavilion opposite the Hua Fèng Building, which can be regarded as Zhuo Shang's competitor, and the commercial competition is a battlefield without gunpowder, and it will not be inferior to the martial arts partisan dispute." After a pause, Pang Ruolan said again: "Are you really not afraid?" Perhaps, there will be danger. ”

"I'm not afraid, my sister and I have no way out, we have nowhere to go, and I don't know what to do. The grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and we are all grateful to you last time you saved me and my sister. The man whispered, his eyes darkening slightly, as if he remembered some of the past.

"Is your sister feeling better? Where do you live now? Is there enough money? ”

"Thank you benefactor, my sister's health is much better, we live in an inn in a village near the Imperial City, and the money is enough. Thanks to my benefactor, I didn't lose my sister, who was seriously injured and had no money for medical treatment, but now she is basically fine. Although the man's face was ugly, his eyes were gentle, and his eyebrows and eyes were extremely delicate.

"I will do my best to protect your safety, this is a silver ticket of ten thousand taels, which can be exchanged for one hundred taels of gold, you go and buy the porcelain shop opposite the Hua Fèng Building. This porcelain shop is in a prosperous location in the streets of the Imperial City, covering an area of kilometers, and a hundred taels of gold is enough to buy the porcelain that the porcelain shop owner sells for a lifetime, and the price should be no problem. Pang Ruolan took out a few silver tickets and handed them to the man.

When the man took the silver ticket, Pang Ruolan saw the red birthmark on his arm, which was very peculiar in shape, with a circular notch in the middle of a rectangle, as if someone had specially painted it. Although the two were already friends, seeing Pang Ruolan paying attention to the birthmark on her arm, the man still covered it with his clothes.

Pang Ruolan didn't say anything, nodded to the man, and walked out of the broken temple.

"Hey" came the man's hoarse voice behind him.

"How?"

"You gave me so much money, aren't you afraid that I will take it and run away? These silver tickets are enough to live a good life for the rest of your life. ”

Seeing the nervous appearance of the man holding the silver ticket, Pang Ruolan smiled coquettishly and only said: "There is no doubt about employing people." From today onwards, wait for me here every day at noon. And, don't bite a benefactor, we're friends. ”

The man looked at Pang Ruolan's departing figure in a daze, looked down at the silver ticket in his hand, and wet his eyes.

The sun is still dazzling in the broken temple, but what has just warmed is the clothes, and at this moment, it is the heart.

Pang Ruolan, who returned to the imperial city, knew in her heart that the location of this porcelain shop was not so easy to take, how could Zhuo Sheng agree to the existence of competitors? Let's wait a few days to see if the owner of the porcelain shop can be impressed by the hundred taels of gold.

Thinking so, Pang Ruolan returned to Youfu.

"Dangdang" buckled the iron ring on the door a few times, and the family who opened the door saw that it was Pang Ruolan, and was slightly nervous.

Pang Ruolan felt strange in her heart, and came to the hall quietly, but she didn't see Han Yan's figure, and casually asked where Han Yan went, only to see the family spitting out, and didn't say why for a long time.

"Can't even speak? What else are you doing like this? After a while, I cleaned up the softness, went to the account room to receive this month's money, and left the secluded mansion. Pang Ruolan lost her patience and said deliberately.

"Master Kai Grace Master Kai Grace" The family was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, frowned and hesitated for a while, and then whispered again: "Master Hanyan, she went to the courtyard of the West Chamber." ”

"What? She actually ...... "Thinking that Mo'er and her seriously ill father were placed in the West Chamber, the next moment, Pang Ruolan anxiously pushed away the family in front of her and ran towards the West Chamber.

As soon as she came to the gate of the courtyard, she heard the sound of crying and broken porcelain from inside, and Pang Ruolan's heart sank. To be continued