When Shopkeeper Fang heard Xue Congjia say this, he was not angry, and still smiled and said: "Gongzi is a rich and noble family, how can he understand the love of us ordinary people for a strange stone, I also do this to help these people realize their dreams." Do you say, Zhao Gongzi? ”

Zhao Tieniu's face changed greatly, and he suddenly remembered something! He still owes money to this profiteer!

Before he could speak, the shopkeeper Fang took out a box from a higher place, which contained a lot of silver and copper plates, as well as an IOU, and said to Zhao Tieniu: "Zhao Gongzi still owes me 200 yuan in the early years, and the contemptible people are still worried that they will never be able to recover the 200 yuan. ”

Zhao Tieniu completely remembered that he once bought a piece of droplet-shaped amber here, which was wrapped in a complete and beautiful bee, and he decided to buy it immediately, this Fang shopkeeper didn't let a penny, and the money on his body was not enough, so he hastily typed an IOU, thinking that 200 yuan was much to make up, who knew that he had not had time to repay the IOU, and the person fled for his life first.

The three kings couldn't bear this cheeky shopkeeper and said, "I want to listen to how much interest can be turned over with two hundred yuan!" ”

Only then did the shopkeeper Fang say: "Just kidding, don't be angry. Then he drew out the box completely, poured the IOU and the silver ingots on the table, and said, "The contemptible man has not moved a cent, but has returned the amount." ”

This shopkeeper deals with the powerful a lot, and he has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he is very slippery, he vaguely guessed that the money was not clean, so he simply spit out all the money, so as not to catch fire and dream a lot at night.

Zhao Tieniu hurriedly put away the money and IOUs, and glared at the shopkeeper Fang. Seeing that this trip was not in vain, the three kings' faces were not so stinky: "Today's incident is not allowed to be mentioned to anyone. ”

Shopkeeper Fang smiled very kindly: "Yes, the contemptible person is old and wants to go home to enjoy the joy of family." ”

The next day, Pin Shizhai changed a shopkeeper, it is said that the original shopkeeper was homesick, went back to his hometown Luzhou, and gave this store to others. The entire shop of Pinshizhai was completely given to others, and there was a big lock hanging in front of the door of the house where the shopkeeper Fang lived, and it was already silent.

The three kings looked at these broken silver carefully, and said with some disappointment: "It is indeed a very ordinary silver tael, and there is nothing special about it. ”

Zhao Tieniu thought that the shopkeeper Fang deserved it: "What I said, since the silver was exchanged by us with the silver ticket, what can be the problem." ”

At this moment, Mo Qi, the right-hand man beside the three kings, came in and muttered a few words in the ears of the three kings, and the three kings turned their heads to look at Xue Congjia, his eyelids jumped violently, and said to Mo Qi: "Bring someone up for me." ”

So after a while, two strong men pressed an old man over, and the two of them held this person's shoulder, and at this moment, they all broke the old man's head together, Zhao Tieniu looked at it, isn't this person the shopkeeper? Why haven't I seen such a mess for a day?

Zhao Tieniu smiled brightly.

The shopkeeper Fang was wearing a brown dress, his hair was slightly messy, his gray beard was also a little fried, and there was a trace of imperceptible blood next to him, he was not annoyed when he saw the three kings, and still saluted generously: "This master, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Zhao Tieniu was almost having fun on the side, they and his group only met him yesterday, was he stupid, this old man is really interesting.

The three kings snorted and said, "I said shopkeeper Fang, we only met yesterday." ”

"Yes, yes. I don't know what it means for the lord to tie up the contemptible people, the contemptible people have been in Xinyang for more than 40 years, and they have been conscientiously running my Pinshi Zhai, and I really can't think of where to offend the lord. Shopkeeper Fang said solemnly, but his eyes were rolling, glancing at Xue Congjia not far away.

The three kings scolded: "What are you running away from if you don't offend me?" Packed up overnight and took the family to where is this? You bad old man, you're quite old, and you're pretty sharp. ”

Shopkeeper Fang looked a little annoyed at this time, it didn't matter if something happened to him, but his family was now being held hostage, and he couldn't run away if he wanted to. What kind of sin have I created, and I have provoked some bad masters.

Only then did the shopkeeper Fang smile and said: "The contemptible person is old, and he is homesick......

Zhao Tieniu interjected: "Let your mother's bullshit, it's all up to this and be honest." "Since Zhao Tieniu put himself and the three kings and others in the same camp, he can't help but be a lot arrogant in doing things.

Shopkeeper Fang ignored Zhao Tieniu at all, and said: "This master, I am really just the shopkeeper of Pinshizhai, and I really haven't done anything to kill people and set fires, and I have only had a few business relationships with this Zhao Gongzi." You can also go to the neighborhood and ask someone from us who has been honest all his life in my small business. ”

Seeing that the three kings didn't speak, the shopkeeper Fang had to aggravate his tone again: "Master, before you came, someone above specially instructed me to return the money to you without missing a trace, in fact, I was also very embarrassed at the time, let me return the money spent by the guests, or there is no trace, isn't it embarrassing, after thinking about it for several nights, the contemptible man finally came up with that method, or the master is powerful, with sharp eyes, and he can see through the contemptible tricks at a glance." ”

After coming out of Pinshizhai, Xue Congjia let people keep staring at the shopkeeper Fang, and then he was caught, and the three kings asked him what was wrong with the shopkeeper Fang, Xue Congjia said: "The goods of Pinshizhai are engraved with the name of Zhai at the bottom, and I have carefully counted Zhao Tieniu's collection, and there are eight of them from Pinshizhai, and the shopkeeper Fang remembered it wrong." There is also the medicine bucket where the money is placed, the workmanship is not very fine, the polishing is not in place, and the smell of lacquer is also heavy. Even if this shopkeeper never forgets it, it is impossible to immediately find the small cabinet that stores Zhao Tieniu's IOU. Shopkeeper Fang is too suspicious. ”

At that time, Zhao Tieniu also said: "That's it, an old man in the age of sixtieth, how can he have such a good memory, besides, how can anyone put away all the money he earns and put it at home to see?" The ghost is convinced, this Fang shopkeeper is too suspicious, arrest him! ”

Putting aside Zhao Tieniu's personal preference for the shopkeeper, what he and Xue Congjia said made sense, and the three kings had no reason not to doubt the shopkeeper of Pinshizhai.

Shopkeeper Fang deliberately flattered his own words and pulled the thoughts of the three kings back, this kind of flattery sounded quite comfortable, and the three kings' tone was a little happy, and said, "Who is that person above you?" ”

Shopkeeper Fang said with a smile: "This person is our Xinyang Thorn History's cronie Liu Changyan, can you let the contemptible person go now, otherwise it will not be good to startle the snake." ”

Zhaojia Village is almost all surnamed Zhao, and it only belongs to an ordinary village in Qinghe County, when the massacre was discovered was a distant relative of a villager in Zhaojia Village who went here, he first reported the case to the county order of Qinghe County, and then the matter was very important, the county order almost immediately reported the history of the Xinyang assassination, and the case was directly transferred to Dali Temple, but Dali Temple did not find out why, the emperor assigned to the people of the Imperial History Observatory of the Criminal Department to try together, because the case also involved the dereliction of duty of the three kings, and the three kings were also involved. At present, not only has it been found out that the smuggling of pig iron, but even the people from the Criminal Department have been pulled in, and the momentum is getting more and more wrong, the three kings now really believe that Xue Congjia's words are right, there must be a big man behind this!

Xue Congjia opened his mouth at this time, and said slowly: "Shopkeeper Fang is smart and confused for a while, we sent people to follow you for your safety, if we hadn't escorted you over in advance, I'm afraid you would have been in a different place long ago." ”

Xue Congjia's words were like thunder exploding in his ears, and the shopkeeper gradually remembered his experience with Zhao Tieniu, the money Zhao Tieniu used to buy stones must be unclean, otherwise how could he find himself here, he was completely pulled into the water as a stone seller!

The shopkeeper Fang's face was cloudy, and he let out a few sneers, as if mocking himself: "The contemptible person has had a smooth ride all his life, but I didn't expect the boat to capsize at this time, or not, it's all fate." He hugged his fist to Xue Congjia: "This son, what else do you want to contemptible?" ”

Zhao Tieniu was so happy on the side that he almost slapped his thigh, he didn't expect that the treacherous shopkeeper Fang would also have a deflated day today, and he gloated very much.

Xue Congjia thought for a while and said, "You have already exposed yourself when you returned to your hometown overnight, and it is impossible for you to act with the people of the Criminal Department." Shopkeeper Fang, are you familiar with the money banks in this area? ”

The shopkeeper touched his beard and said: "Naturally very familiar, how can we not be familiar with the money village when we do business, there are four money villages in Xinyang, and the closest one to Qinghe County is diagonally opposite Zhengyu Lane." ”

"And what about the farthest one?" Xue Congjia asked.

Shopkeeper Fang thought carefully: "The farthest ...... It should be the Datongheng money village, more than ten miles away from us, the money village was opened in the past two years, used to run a rice shop, and now it also sells rice, and there are some unclean activities in private, such as gambling money betting, playing very big, but I just listened to rumors in the industry, contemptible people have only been there once, just to find a few good things. ”

Only then did the three kings interject: "It's inconvenient for you to show your face now, do you have someone to rely on, and it's convenient for you to show your face?" ”

"Yes, the current shopkeeper of Pinshizhai is very reliable, he is my fellow countryman, he is very familiar with various money banks, and he is much more familiar than me." The shopkeeper said.

Xue Congjia coughed twice, and from behind the screen, a person who looked like a white and pure scholar came, holding a thick account book in his hand, and saw that everyone was staring at him, and his face was dyed with a layer of crimson, this person's name is Shi Li, and he is the history of the six products of the Taifu Temple of the Household Department, and he is also the nephew of Shi Zuo, the servant of the Dongyi Household Department, who was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of twenty, which shows that he is intelligent, but he is too shy and kind, so he can often be ignored in the officialdom, this is the person recommended by his grandfather to himself, and the three kings trust him very much.

Xue Congjia looked around and said slowly: "When everyone is gathered, let's go to this Datong Hengqian Village to investigate." ”