In a blink of an eye, it was time to agree to take the painting, Shen Lan and Shen Changhai went out together, but it was not Xu who stayed in the inn, mainly because Shen Lan planned to go to Jia Xiangtian's shop after taking the painting, so it was naturally inconvenient to take Xu over.

When she arrived at the agreed place, Shen Lan saw Liu Ruye's stall at a glance, so she walked up with a smile.

"Young Master Liu, can you draw it?" Shen Lan asked while standing outside the art booth.

"Mrs. Song, the painting has been completed, Xiaosheng will bring the painting over to Mrs. to see." Liu Ru was worried, after all, he hadn't seen him, but he just listened to the description, and he didn't know how similar the painting was.

Shen Lan stood outside with a smile, Liu Ru looked for a picture scroll for a while, then took a picture scroll, walked up to Shen Lan and said, "Madam, take a look, you can be satisfied." ”

Saying that, Liu Ru opened the picture scroll, the painting is a Tingting girl with a double bun, and the eyebrows and eyes are indeed somewhat similar to Shen Lan, because the technique of gongbi painting is used, the characters on the painting are naturally three-pointed, Shen Lan suddenly saw it and was pleasantly surprised, the girl on this painting is very similar to Shen Lian, although I don't want the sketch to be so realistic, but those who have seen Shen Lian herself will definitely be able to recognize this is Shen Lian.

"Like, it's really like, Liu Gongzi can portray his sister so well with my words, it's really a magic pen." Although Shen Lian knew that there would be such a technology in the future criminal investigation technology, but at this time, without such technical means at all, it was really not easy for Liu Ru to be able to draw Shen Lian.

"Where, Xiaosheng is just a little proficient." Liu Ru was a little embarrassed.

"Young Master Liu. I have a reluctant request, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not. Shen Lan silently put away the painting and looked up at Liu Rus.

"Madame, please." Liu Ru is the right color.

"Can you ask Liu Gongzi to draw a few more according to this painting, so that it will be convenient for me to find someone." Shen Lan remembered that she had often seen a lot of missing person notices on telephone poles before, although the technology in this era is not at home, but it is not impossible to draw a few more pictures, and then it is convenient to find someone.

Hearing this, Liu Ru laughed and said: "What is the matter that Mrs. is asking for, it turns out that this is the matter, Mrs. asked me to paint a few more pictures in the next place, isn't it just to take care of the business below." Nothing is disobedient. ”

Seeing that Liu Ru responded, he came down. Shen Lan also smiled and said, "Then please ask Liu Gongzi to help me paint the portrait of the sister of the Shifu family again, I don't know how many days it will take to pick up the painting?" ”

"With this example of a painting, it's much easier to paint again. Madame, if you are not in a hurry. After waiting for five days, you can come and pick up the painting. Liu replied.

Shen Lan was a little hesitant when she heard this. Five days is a bit long, and I originally thought that Shen Changhai was in Yuan's house, and the family's business could be put down. Now that Shen Changhai has followed, it is difficult for her to run away for too long, so it is best to go back early, so she will be a little hesitant.

Seeing Shen Lan's hesitant look, Liu Ru was also a little worried, after all, this painting is a fine brush painting, which is different from ordinary paintings, you have to be very careful, you can't be freehand, and it takes a lot of effort to paint.

"Master, why don't you let him send him to the Treasure Pavilion on Yangliu Street." Shen Changhai, who followed Shen Lan out, suddenly spoke up.

Treasure Pavilion is Jia Xiangtian's jewelry shop in Jinzhou, although it is a newly opened shop, but because the unique pearl is the main product, it is also well-known in Jinzhou.

Hearing this, Shen Lan nodded, and then said to Liu Rus: "It's better like this, I'll send someone to Gongzi's house tomorrow to pick up the finished paintings, and the rest will wait for Gongzi to finish painting and send them to the Treasure Pavilion on Yangliu Street, how about it?" ”

Liu Ru naturally had no opinion, so he nodded and replied: "Xiaosheng is waiting for his wife to come to pick up the painting at home." ”

Shen Lan nodded, and said to Shen Changhai again: "Changhai, you give Liu Gongzi six dollars of silver, I am very satisfied with this painting, so the money will be given to Liu Gongzi in advance, and when the time comes, as long as Xiangtian sends someone to Liu Gongzi's house to pick up the painting." ”

Shen Changhai didn't say anything, he took out the money bag briskly, took out a piece of broken silver of five coins from the money bag, counted another hundred copper coins, and handed it over to Liu Rus.

"Madame is five coins and forty copper coins, not six coins of silver." Liu Ru on the side hurriedly corrected.

Hearing this, Shen Lan sneered and laughed, this scholar is really pedantic, she naturally knows that she gives more, and the extra money is naturally rewarded, but this stupid scholar reminds him, but he is a little cute.

Shen Changhai on the side has never been short of money since he followed Shen Lan, and when he heard Shen Lan's laughter, he slapped the money into Liu Ruye's hand and said: "Naturally, my master will reward you, and you are also fun as a scholar." ”

Hearing this, Liu Ru couldn't help blushing, when he heard the young lady's laughter before, he knew that he was looking at it again, and at this time, he was even more embarrassed to be said by Shen Changhai, and he didn't know what to say, but he was a little cramped and uneasy.

"Changhai, Liu Gongzi is a real person, hurry up and accompany Liu Gongzi." Shen Lan smiled, coughed before ordering Shen Changhai, Shen Changhai looked at Liu Rus, and opened his mouth directly without being entangled: "Liu Gongzi forgive me." ”

"None...... Impede. Liu Ru blushed and stammered.

"Young Master Liu, don't leave it at that." Shen Lan curtsied and saluted.

Liu Ru saluted indiscriminately and replied, "Don't ...... it"

Shen Lan turned around with a smile and left with Shen Changhai generously, leaving Liu Ru to stand in place for a while before going back to pack up the stall and prepare to go home.

Shen Lan followed Shen Changhai and left West Street to go to Yangliu Street, the Treasure Pavilion was opened on Yangliu Street, in front of Yangliu Street is an inland river, and a row of willows was planted on the riverbank, so it was named, compared to the prosperity of West Street, this side is not so lively, but there are more ready-to-wear and jewelry shops here, and there are many fragrant powder shops, which are very favored by women on weekdays.

After walking for half a day, I finally arrived at Yangliu Street, the street surface of Yangliu Street is not as wide as West Street, and the pavement is also paved with floor tiles, so there is no dust, and the shops are not public, but they also reveal low-key luxury.

Shen Changhai directly took Shen Lan to the Treasure Pavilion. The Treasure Pavilion is a shop facing the street, divided into two floors, and there is also a backyard of a residence, so Jia Xiangtian did not buy another house, but lived in the courtyard at the back.

In this era, there were no electric lights, so in order to brighten up the shop, the façade was opened very large, and after removing the four doors, you could see the furnishings of the shop, and the large counters on three sides. There are more stairs near the entrance to the inner courtyard at the back. It should be possible to go upstairs over there, thinking that it is used to greet VIPs, when Shen Changhai walked in with Shen Lan, the shopkeeper who was sitting behind the counter immediately walked out of it.

"Second Master Shen is here? Who is this lady? The shopkeeper greeted Shen Changhai politely. Then he shifted his gaze to Shen Lan's body.

"This is my master. Can Brother Jia be at home? Shen Changhai asked after replying.

"Oh. Our boss was in the house at the back, saying that Second Master Shen could go in directly when he came back. With that, the shopkeeper let the young man on the side lead the people in.

The young man led Shen Lan and the others directly into the living room in the backyard, and said politely: "The two of you will later." I'm going to ask my boss to come out and meet the two of you. ”

Shen Changhai nodded, the little guy turned around and walked out, and after a while, a little guy came over to serve tea, Shen Lan is not good at drinking tea as a pregnant woman, but after walking for a long time, she sweated all over, but she was a little thirsty, so she called out to the little guy and said: "Trouble the little brother to change a cup of boiled water for me, I can't drink tea while I am pregnant." ”

"Yes, ma'am, later." The little guy hurriedly put the hot tea on the coffee table back into the tray and took it away, and after a while, he brought a cup of boiled water, and Jia Xiangtian also walked out from behind.

"Second Brother Shen, I heard that you have finally found your master?" Jia Xiangtian walked over to Shen Changhai with a smile and spoke, then turned around and arched his hand towards Shen Lan and said, "Mrs. Song, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Shen Lan also got up and blessed him, and replied, "Boss Jia, fortunately." ”

In this way, the guests and hosts were polite to each other, Jia Xiangtian waved his hand to let the people who were waiting go down, so that there were only three people left in this living room, Shen Lan's master and servant and Jia Xiangtian, Jia Xiangtian put away his previous pretense, and looked at Shen Lan seriously: "Master, why don't you come to Jinzhou without saying a word?" It's a big deal for the Changhai brothers. ”

"I happened to be here to do something." Shen Lan smiled and spoke.

Jia Xiangtian's face was slightly worried, he knew that Shen Lan came to Jinzhou with Yuan Hao this time, what Yuan Hao was doing now, although Jia Xiangtian was not clear, he also knew a little about it, plus he and Shen Changhai could be said to have come out of the space island at the same time, so they naturally knew Shen Lan's secret, so it was not difficult to guess where Yuan Hao got the salt.

"Master, I don't know whether to say something or not." After struggling in his heart for a while, Jia Xiang said genius.

Shen Lan saw that he looked unhappy, so she said with a kind face: "Xiangtian, if there is anything difficult to say in front of me, you can say it." ”

When Jia Xiangtian saw Shen Lan say this, he let go of his courage and said: "Master, this smuggling of salt is a big crime to kill the head, and now that my Treasure Pavilion business has also been done, the master doesn't have to take this risk, why not get rid of the relationship with Yuan Hao, so as not to get into trouble." ”

After these days of operation, Jia Xiangtian has also made friends in the government, and he is somewhat apprehensive about the business on the underworld, so he persuaded Shen Lan to stop, so as not to involve his own master.

Shen Lan naturally didn't come to Jinzhou because of the matter of illegal salt, but because Jia Xiangtian misunderstood him so much, Shen Lan didn't want to explain anything, but said perfunctorily: "Don't worry, Yuan Hao's personality is still credible, and he didn't let me get involved in smuggling illegal salt." ”

Hearing this, Jia Xiangtian was a little incredulous, it stands to reason that the salt must have come out of Shen Lan's hands, but now that the master actually said that he didn't touch his hands, Jia Xiangtian naturally couldn't do it, but he didn't know what to say to persuade Shen Lan.

"Xiangtian, the master really didn't have anything to do with salt in his hands, and Yuan Er's head of the family was indeed righteous in this matter." Shen Changhai also spoke, after all, he accompanied Shen Lan to do the private salt transaction, and Shen Lan didn't touch his hands, he knew best.

Jia Xiangtian, who was originally very worried, heard Shen Changhai say the same, his heart was also relaxed, and he nodded and said: "Since Yuan Er is in charge of righteousness, it is good that he did not let the master participate in this matter, and we can help him in the future, in short, we owe this feeling." ”

"Why did the master come to Jinzhou this time?" After speaking, he asked again.

"I came to Jinzhou this time to find my sister Shen Lian, who was lost in October last year, and I came to Jinzhou this time to see if there was any news." Shen Lan sighed and said, "Two days ago, I met a scholar selling calligraphy and paintings on West Street, and asked him to draw a portrait of my third sister, which looks very similar, so I asked him to draw a few more, and when the time comes, I want you to help me get it back, if it's convenient, you need to help me take it to various post houses to inquire." ”

So that's the case, when Jia Xiangtian heard Shen Lan say this, he also had a number in his heart, and immediately agreed: "Don't worry about this, master, I will definitely take the portrait to help the master inquire, and if there is news, I will definitely go and find the third lady back." ”

"Okay, if I can find my third sister, I really want to thank you." Shen Lan picked up the tea on the side and continued: "I can't drink alcohol now, so I'll toast you with water instead of wine." ”

"The master is polite, it is my duty to relieve your worries, if it weren't for the master's kindness, where would I still be in this world." Jia Xiangtian is also a young child that Shen Lan bought at the beginning.

Hearing this, Shen Lan just smiled, and the cup in his hand still toasted him, so that this matter could be regarded as revealed, Shen Lan took the opportunity to ask Jia Xiangtian about his business, and Jia Xiangtian did not hide it, took out the account books since the opening of the shop, and reported the business of these days in detail.

At this time, the pearls are precious, although there are freshwater pearls but the output is not high, and it is handled by the government, and it does not fall much to the people, Jia Xiangtian here uses pearls to open the market is the right way, some people who open rare people love to patronize the shop, buy some pearl necklaces, earrings and headdresses, so the business in the shop is good, but the craftsman is not easy to find, so far it is handed over to other people's shops, let people to process, for this point Jia Xiangtian is a little worried.

Shen Lan listened and felt that it was indeed a troublesome thing, but she couldn't find a good craftsman for a while, so she could only slowly explore by Jia Xiangtian, and Jia Xiangtian planned to prepare a batch of goods to see if she could take a boat to Jiangnan through Liujiang, and then go to sea from there to see overseas, Jia Xiangtian also grew up on the seaside, and he was no stranger to the sea, and some of the businessmen he made friends also said that if you want to make a lot of money, you still have to go to sea, overseas is simply gold, as long as you go to the sea, you can definitely make a lot of money, and the imperial court also has a decree, If you can bring back a large amount of grain from Siam and other countries, and you can also increase your official status, this is very attractive compared to the status of a white merchant. (To be continued......)