After Wang Xiao went out, he found a carriage and only told the coachman that he was going to buy honeycomb coal.

The coachman, however, had never heard of any honeycomb coal, so he took him to a charcoal shop.

When the shop owner heard that Wang Xiao wanted to buy honeycomb coal, his face was a little stinky, and he only said that he had never heard of Laozi honeycomb coal.

Wang Xiao had no choice but to find the next shop.

This shop does sell honeycomb coal, but today it is closed.

Wang Xiao was helpless, and found the next one, but the doors and windows were still closed.

He looked through the crack in the door, but saw that it was empty, and there was not a single grain of honeycomb coal.

So he went around to the backyard, climbed to the top of the wall and looked in, but saw that although there were black coal stains on the ground of the yard, all the cinders were used up, and they were empty.

Wang Xiao's heart was half cold.

I thought of what the eldest brother said, "There are many liars these days, and the more beautiful the woman, the more careful you must be."

He didn't know why he trusted Tang Qianqian inexplicably, saying that he wanted to partner with her in this coal business, and he didn't even look at the shop.

Actually, come to think of it, what an inexplicable trust. Maybe I'm just seeing people and being pretty.

Wang Xiao climbed down from the wall and accidentally kowtowed.

He held his head and sighed.

A short and fat man with a round head and short hair suddenly appeared in his mind, wearing a long shirt for talking cross talk, pointing at himself with a fan, and saying, "Phew, you are hungry for her body!" ”

Wang Xiao shook his head and whispered to himself, "I'm not." ”

Kicking the Humpty Dumpty out of his head, he sighed again.

Tang Qianqian's woman was originally a liar who jumped immortals.

She found someone to pretend to be a jinshi, presumably just to get close to Zhang Heng to blackmail his money, but Zhang Heng beat someone to death and ran away, but he hid the case for her, and gave her the idea of honeycomb coal and taught her how to run it.

The business was good before, and she earned 3,000 taels, so she lent herself 300 taels, because she still wanted to put a long line to catch big fish. As a result, as soon as the people from the Taiping Division came to the door today, she took the money and ran away......

It's good now, but I got into a lawsuit and lost both people and money...... No, Ben didn't expect anyone to ask for her. But anyway, it was swept up in the business money.

The eldest brother also said that I was enlightened, but I think it was a ghost who lost his mind.

This thought flooded through his mind, Wang Xiao shook his head, and muttered, "No, I think she can believe it, I should believe her." ”

The fat man who said cross talk in his brain pointed at the fan again: "Do you believe that?" You're hungry for her body. ”

The surname Guo is to get out of the way, I'm not.

You're hungry for her......

Alas, well.

"Okay," Wang Xiao sighed, maybe he was really stunned......

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He Wan woke up.

This is a room for guests to rest in the prosperous gambling house.

After playing Pai Gow all night, He Wan only slept for less than two hours, but he was already in good spirits at this time.

Thinking of the conversation with Wang Zhen last night, he shook his head slightly.

There was one thing he didn't tell Wang Zhen - Li Fengang had died three years ago.

After He Wan was expelled from the academy, he broke off the idea of the imperial examination, and was excluded by his brothers in the family, so he did some maritime trade business.

Doing a maritime trade business is like gambling, you never know what will happen on the sea, but as long as the ship can come back, there will be a good reward. It's like last night...... No, this morning, the last one with the monkey king is right.

Li Fengang has a small stake in this business.

So Li Fengang died, He Wan knew.

He didn't know if Wang Zhen knew it.

Bento Wang Zhen doesn't know if it's okay...... Anyway, if he dies at sea one day, Wang Zhen probably won't know.

Life is like this, there are wins and losses, and you never know what time the dice cup will be opened.

Thinking like this, He Wan chuckled lightly and walked out of the room.

Greeted Xiao Chai He.

He Wan said: "Have you tried my muskets, how about it?" It's not a loss, right? ”

Xiao Chai He laughed and said, "How can the things given by He Ye be bad? ”

He Wan said: "It's rare that you like firearms, and you just go hunting together another day." ”

Xiao Chai He had no choice but to laugh and say: "But it's an old customer who wants to take it, I just made some money to make ends meet." ”

He Wan raised his eyebrows: "There are also people in Beijing who love firearms?" You can introduce me to him. ”

Xiao Chai He snorted and said: "There are rules for one line, and I ask for forgiveness from He Ye." Can He Ye still play Pai Gow today? I'll arrange it. ”

"I'll play again tomorrow, there's something going on in the afternoon." He Wan waved his hand.

After leaving the gambling hall, he went to the opposite restaurant and ordered wine and food, and he sat down and ate alone.

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper came over, but this was He Wan's henchman in charge, He Fengshou.

"Ninth Master, ask clearly, all the shops that make honeycomb coal in the capital are all owned by a boss surnamed Tang. The little one inquired for a long time, but he didn't know the specific identity of this person. But this afternoon, the coal merchants in Beijing planned to make trouble at the largest coal shop at No. 13 Wufeng Street. I guess he'll show up. ”

He Wan nodded, pointed to the other side, and asked him to sit down and eat.

"Ninth Master, aren't we going?" He Fengshou sat down.

He Wan said: "What's the hurry, Xiao Chai He hasn't gone yet." ”

He Fengshou said: "What does this have to do with Xiao Chai He? ”

"Oh, I asked him about honeycomb coal, and he said he wouldn't interfere in it. What's that again......"

"There are rules for one line." He Fengshou reminded in a whisper.

"Not bad." He Wan smiled and said, "This shows that this Boss Tang is Xiao Chai He's patron again." Hehe, then let me ask you, if the whole capital is his fucking customer, what will his business do? ”

"Haha." He Fengshou laughed twice.

He Wan said: "People, you can't chew too much." A game of betting, big and small, that's a blind busy. Do you understand? ”

"Understood."

"If I expected, Xiao Chai He will also go over in the afternoon, we will wait here, and go with him to settle things for Boss Tang, which can be regarded as making friends. Ha ha. ”

"Ninth Master Yingming, how many carriages are there for the little one?" He Fengshou said.

He Wan said: "Why do you call a car?" ”

He Fengshou lowered his voice and said, "Ninth Master, you think, as soon as those coal merchants come forward, the price will definitely rise." Why don't we take advantage of the fact that we are collecting more honeycomb coal now? When you fill in the accounts at a high price, you can eat a lot of silver. ”

He Wan chuckled lightly and said, "Uncle Fengshou, I've been back for half a month, right?" ”

"Thirteen days, remember the little one."

"You still think that I am the unproductive Xiao Jiu before, what's the point of taking this rebate."

"What does the Ninth Master want?"

"Oh, just watch." He Wan shook his head, chewed peanuts, and said with a smile: "Let my brothers also know what business is." ”

He Wan shook his head, and He Fengshou saw the faintly exposed scar on his neck, and couldn't help but say: Young Master Xiao Jiu is really very different from before.

After a while, I saw Xiao Chai He go out with a large group of people.

The group of people were all strong men with broad shoulders and round waists, and there were as many as thirty people in total.

At this time, the weather was already quite cold, and these strong men swaggered on the street shirtless, which was naturally very eye-catching.

There were many people who wanted to see the excitement, and they followed behind them, and a group of people walked towards Wufeng Street.

Qin Xiaozhu's sister and brother were originally gambling, and they were also mixed in the crowd at this time, and they were very curious.

"Sister, these people aren't going to rebel, are they?" Qin Xuance asked softly.

Qin Xiaozhu said: "It's better not, if they rebel, everyone finds that only thirty people can beat the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, so what can we do?" ”

Qin Xuance rolled his eyes: "It's not funny at all." ”