Suzaku Street

"Xiao Fan, is this Han Cao Winery far away?"

Seeing that the sky is going to be dark again, this winter, it will get dark early, Hu Xiu is afraid that when he arrives at the place, it will be dark again, and he will investigate the case at night, he does not have that habit.

In ancient times, it was trouble, there was not even a flashlight...

"It's not far, it's not far, the winery is around here."

Also, people are not nerds, buy wine, of course, choose to buy it from home.

"Here we are."

I didn't have to walk a few steps, I turned left and walked a few steps to the right, and I arrived.

"It's quite atmospheric and festive at this door."

At the gate of the winery, the plaque of "Han Cao Winery" is four big words, shining gold, it should be gilded, the door is open, and the door posts on both sides are pasted with red objects, I don't know what it is, but it looks very good.

As soon as the three of them entered the door, a little two came.

Xiao Er glanced at Qian Zhutou, who was wearing official clothes, and then looked at Hu Xiu's splendid clothes, and his original face was a little more respectful.

"A few officials, are you here to buy wine at our 'Han Cao Winery'?"

"Yes, but I have a few questions I'd like to ask before I buy them."

Originally, Hu Xiu didn't think about buying wine, but this little two asked, whether he wanted to buy it or not, and he couldn't save people's face, after all, there were still some things to ask him.

"Hey, how can you say that you are asking for advice, sir, even if you ask, if I knew, I would naturally say it."

Yo he, this little two is quite good.

"Forget it, buy a bar first, and tell me what your best drinks are."

"Official, you are asking the right person, I have been working in this restaurant for almost three years, this is the best wine, I am quite clear."

"Don't say you don't have it, but you talk about what kind of wine you have."

"Official, don't worry, this is the best bar, the autumn dew is the purest, the most fragrant, the entrance is like a sweet spring, the more you drink, the more fragrant it is, but the stamina is a little big, and it is easy to get drunk. There is also a kind of wine called Meirenxiang, which is most suitable for women......"

Xiao Er glanced at Xiao Guy intentionally or unintentionally, as if he meant something.

"Okay, that's it, it's autumn dew, don't want that beauty fragrance."

"Official, this autumn dew is the most expensive, a jar of wine, it costs two taels of silver, and the beauty fragrance only needs one or two."

"No, no, bring me two altars of autumn dew."

Hu Xiu didn't know what this little guy meant, and when he saw that Xiao Fan was good-looking, he thought he was a woman, so he asked Hu Xiu if he wanted a beautiful fragrance.

Tut-tut, he's not a man~

"Okay, sir, you wait here first, and I'll bring you wine."

Xiao Er saw that it was another order, and ran to get the wine happily, looking at his happy appearance, this winery should be so happy to give him a commission.

"Sir, I've brought you this wine."

Hu Xiu stretched out his hand and took the two jars of wine, and reversed the weight, about three or four catties.

This wine is really expensive, and the two altars can be worth the fruits of Uncle Wang's hard work for nearly a year.

"Little Fanzi, give money."

The little guy took out the money bag from his pocket with some distress, took out a piece of silver and handed it over.

"There are five taels of broken silver, don't forget to find me a tael."

"Yes, miss."

"Xiao Er, don't worry, you exchange those two pieces of silver for copper coins."

"Official, are you sure?"

Xiao Er looked at Hu Xiu with some strange eyes.

"I only have silver on me, and it's inconvenient to go shopping on the street, so what's so strange about exchanging some scraps of money?"

"Okay, sir, I'll change it for you."

Soon, Xiao Er walked out with a string of copper wires.

"Official, here is the consistent money, a total of 1,000 coins, almost worth one or two pieces of silver."

"Okay."

Hu Xiu took it, his hand sank, this large string still has some weight.

"I've bought all this wine, can I ask now?"

"Official, what are you talking about, you can ask casually, I will say, as long as I know."

"Okay, do you know Tang Xiang?"

"Tang Xiang? I've never heard of this name, sir, you ask this name, where can I remember it, there are so many customers every day, you name the characteristics of the guests, maybe I can have an image. ”

"What are the characteristics of the guests?"

Hu Xiu frowned, looking at the wine gourds carried by some small servants, and the guests who bought wine brought their own gourds to fill the wine, which can be regarded as a characteristic.

"Then do you know this wine gourd?"

"Wine gourd?"

"Xiao Fan, will you give me the wine gourd in your hand?"

"Whew, okay, Childe."

took the wine gourd from the little guy's hand and handed it to Xiao Er.

"Po~"

An unpleasant smell of wine wafted out of the gourd.

"This is sake lees, wine, in fact, it is not wine, this wine in the gourd, it smells a bit like what is sold in our winery."

"You also sell such wine?"

"Alas, this kind of wine, how can the rich buy it, it is all sold to the poor, although this thing is not good, but it is good that it is cheap, and the poor can afford to buy it!"

"When it comes to it, it makes sense."

"Just like the old man at the South City Gate, it seems that he is also a poor man, and he comes here almost every once in a while to buy this bad wine to drink, and the wine gourd he uses is very similar to this."

"Wait a minute, you just said the South City Gate?"

"Yes, an old man, I don't know what it's called, I often come here to buy bad wine and drink. I usually entertain him, and the wine gourd he uses is similar to the one the adults gave me. ”

"And when was the last time you saw him?"

"It looks like the night before yesterday."

"What hour?"

"At that time, it was dark in the morning, and it was almost midnight."

(Midnight: 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.) ）

"Midnight? Are you sure? ”

Hu Xiu remembered that Miss Wei said that Chen Li was in the Wei Mansion where he left.

"The villain is sure, that day is midnight, although the supper is not banned these days, but who doesn't sleep at night to buy wine? I was very impressed by that old man, and he often came here to buy wine and drink. ”

"Why don't you go away now?"

"Official, what's the matter with you?"

Xiao Er asked cautiously.

"The old man you said may be dead, I want you to identify the body to see if it's the person you said."

"Huh? The old man is dead? ”

"Do you have time?"

"I have to ask today's steward, he said let go, I can leave, if I go with you so silently, I am found to be missing, my errand will be lost."

Xiao Er's expression was a little entangled, too, he would not want to be too entangled with the case of the dead.

"Then you go and ask first, can you, besides, you are not untouchable, if you can go, I will give you some reward."

"Official, how much can you give?"

"A tael of silver."

"One or two! Silver!? ”

Xiao Er watched Hu Xiu spend money extravagantly, thinking that he would give a copper coin of a few tens of yuan, after all, it was just an errand, but he didn't expect that there would be so much.

"What? Too little? ”

"No, no, no, it's too much, sir, you won't be joking."

"You think I'm joking, don't you?"

"Okay, sir, then I'll go talk to the steward and let me accompany the official."

Xiao Er ran away.

"Childe, what are you spending this money for, he just went over to run an errand, I feel it, it feels like a lot to give him ten cents."

"Moreover, this little second is so annoying, he tends to be inflammatory, and he shouts one official after another. He was so greedy for money, and at first he asked us to identify the corpse, and when it came to money, he acted faster than a rabbit. ”

Seeing that Xiao Er was far away, Xiao Wu poured bitter water with Hu Xiu, he didn't seem to be so afraid of Hu Xiu.

"But isn't this how human nature is, there is no profit to be made, who will do a good job for you?"

"But Gongzi, you have given too much, one or two pieces of silver, alas, he is just a shopkeeper of the winery, he dares to ask for it."

"Do you know the word lust? Human nature cannot be avoided by individuals. ”

Marx once said: If there is a 10% profit, capital is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With 20% of the profits, capital can be active; With 50% of the profits, capital will take risks; For the sake of 100% profit, capital dares to trample on all human laws; With more than 300% of the profits, capital dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of hanging his head.

"Hmph~ Childe is wrong, I won't do this anyway! This money should not be taken, this is not the money that should be taken, and if you spend this money, you won't be weak-hearted? ”

Xiao Fan snorted twice, not impressed.

Hu Xiu, I was a little out of the sentence that Xiao Xiao said, maybe, there are really honest people like Xiao Fan Xiao, who are duty-oriented, kind, and simple, but unfortunately they are a little too motherly, and a big man loves to cry so much.

Soon, the little two rushed back.

"How? Did the steward agree? ”

"Agreed, sir, when are we leaving?"

Tsk, it's really money that can make ghosts grind, so I can't wait to get the money?

"Go now, you can follow."

~

Qinglong Street, Lord Wei's house, inside the ice cellar.

"Official, how did this corpse get here? This one is really weird. ”

Xiao Er rubbed his arms, shrunk his neck, and looked at the environment around the ice cellar, secretly snorting.

"If you don't want to see it, then you can go back."

Hu Xiu said jokingly, but he didn't want this little two to go, he left, and the clue was broken.

"My lord, if you don't go back, I won't go back."

"Then you go along."

Hu Xiu was afraid of the corpse, and the ice was not strong enough, so he deliberately put more inside.

"You two, distinguish between them, and move the old corpse to the door of the ice cellar."

Hu Xiu commanded, passed by the gate of the yamen, and brought over the two small officials.

"Yes, Lord Overseer."

The two carried the body and returned the same way.

"Look, isn't it, the old man you were talking about?"

Xiao Er stepped forward and looked at it carefully for a while.

"yes, that's right, it's the old man, that's what he looks like or something."

Xiao Er replied firmly.

"Don't talk nonsense, your case in the yamen is clear, if you say this, if you talk nonsense, the sin is not small!"

"My lord, I can lie to you! I'm telling the truth! In the middle of the night, I did sell him wine at the winery, and if you don't believe me, the other guys in the shop can prove it. ”

Xiao Er was so frightened that he burst out of his mouth with a pile of words.

"Okay, Xiao Fan, take out a silver tael and give it to him."

"Whew~"

The little guy muttered, and reluctantly deducted a very small piece of silver, and handed it to Xiao Er, which was smaller than the one given to Uncle Wang that day, and I don't know which corner he deducted it from.

Wait for Xiao Er to take the money and leave.

On the side, Qian Zhutou, who had been silent, expressed his concerns.

"Lord Guard, do you think what this little second said is true or false? What if he deceived you for the sake of your pleasure? ”

"It should be true, I deliberately scared him, his last sentence should have been said by him subconsciously, and there was no time for him to edit his lies."

"Besides, he also said in that sentence, 'The other guys in his store can testify,' and he didn't dare to lie."

Hu Xiu explained, looking up at the west.

"Time flies so fast, you see, the sunset in the west, this day has passed again......"

~

PS: The above sentence is a long, long truth, which was said by Tol Jo Denning, but it is only quoted in Marx's "Capital".

In addition, in ancient times, people did not make ice, and the ice in their ice cellars was stored from winter to summer, and then taken out for use, which would consume a large part of the ice in the process, which was a great loss of manpower and material resources.