The prefect and the master waited in the yamen for a long time, and when they saw the head catcher carrying a drunken man back, their eyes widened, and the prefect frowned and looked back and forth: "This is your apprentice?" The official who was arrested? ”

"Hui sir, yes." The head catcher lowered his head, his face was red, angry, and ashamed, and told the whole thing again.

The master touched his beard and said faintly: "This person lost it." ”

The prefect glared at the master, turned around and sat back in his position, with a sad face, "How is it good now, the matter is so big, where is the official's face to rest." The left and right can't be offended, this official has done too much. ”

"Be careful, sir." The master hurriedly took two steps forward, stopped the prefect's words, he stroked his beard and thought for a while, "As far as I can see, it is better for you to come to the door in person to apologize." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the master and the prefect looked at each other.

The prefect hesitated for a long time, and asked with a fluke mentality: "Master, is there no other way?" ”

He is a prefect and apologizes to people in a low voice, isn't that right?

The master took a step back and shook his head: "While it's still early today, the prefect might as well go to Lanwu Pavilion immediately, and today's business will be finished today." ”

"That's it." The prefect was a little depressed, so he first went to the backyard to change into a more easy-going clothes, and then took the master and the head catcher to Lanwu Pavilion.

Qi Huan was cleaning the garbage at the door, and when he saw the prefect coming in person, he threw the broom in a panic and ran to the inner room, shouting as he ran: "Young Zhuang Master, Young Zhuang Master, the prefect is here." ”

Mu Shengbai was checking the account books, and when he heard Qi Huan's words, he put down his abacus and went to the front hall, intending to see what was going on.

The prefect just arrived in the front hall, and when he saw Mu Shengbai coming out, he had a gentle smile, held the official's belly, and said to Mu Shengbai with a smile: "Shopkeeper Mu, this, you see, it is the official who teaches his subordinates that there is no way, which has caused such a big misunderstanding, and the subordinates are not sensible, and I hope that the shopkeeper Mu will not care about them in the face of the official." ”

Mu Shengbai didn't speak, his eyes were clear, and he had the arrogance of a teenager as you said.

The prefect looked at Mu Shengbai's appearance and thought of himself at the beginning, just like Mu Shengbai, vigorous and vigorous, with the unique resilience of a young man, and it is precisely this resilience that Mu Shengbai, who has a youthful heart, is not as easy to deal with as a slippery middle-aged person.

He sighed, turned his head slightly and glared at the master who had a bad idea, turned around and smiled again, trying to discuss with Mu Shengbai: "Shopkeeper Mu, you see, this thing has been smashed and smashed, and it is not good for you and me to stalemate." This loss has been compensated by the official, and Master Mu has a large number of people, so don't worry about the people below. ”

"My lord, are you a person who is short of money?" Mu Shengbai pulled out a slightly sarcastic smile.

As soon as he heard this beginning, the prefect chuckled in his heart, and knew that there was nothing good to say next. After all, he didn't know how to answer what he said.

Sure enough, Mu Shengbai mercilessly rejected the prefect's willingness to sue for peace, but there was something he couldn't figure out, so he asked bluntly: "There is something I don't know about below, and I hope the prefect will answer one or two." ”

"Shopkeeper Mu, please speak." After the prefect's rejection, his face was no longer very good-looking, but years of experience and habits forced him to maintain his expression.

Mu Shengbai didn't see the difference in the prefect's mood before and after, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Why do you want to target your subordinates so much, my lord?" Did I unconsciously offend you somewhere? ”

Originally, the prefect was still a little annoyed that Mu Shengbai didn't know what to do and refused his request for peace, but now that he heard Mu Shengbai ask such a question, he felt that Mu Shengbai was excusable for refusing him, after all, he was young and vigorous, straightforward and happy, and he didn't know much about human feelings.

"There are some things that are not easy for this official to pick out. This business still needs to be slowly understood by the shopkeeper Mu, the official is not a businessman, and he also understands a lot of Taoism, so he can only persuade the shopkeeper Mu here. In the future, you must not be so high-profile, doing business is a smooth sail, too ostentatious to pass the market, and the gain will outweigh the losses if you dominate the party. ”

The prefect spoke to Mu Shengbai with some relatively simple truths, he admired Mu Shengbai's temperament, but this kind of temperament is easy to offend people, and it will eventually erase the edges and corners in the river of life and become smooth and round.

He could only persuade euphemistically: "It is rare for Shopkeeper Mu to have such a simple heart, but this person and everything should be low-key and stable, leaving a glimmer of life for others in everything, and also leaving a way back for himself." ”

Mu Shengbai listened to the prefect's words, but he still didn't understand what he meant.

Seeing that Mu Shengbai still looked ignorant, the prefect shook his head and led people back to the mansion.

Many things, no matter how clearly others say them, it is difficult for the parties to understand the true meaning if they have not experienced them personally. What he can say has already been said, and in the future, he can only rely on Mu Shengbai himself to comprehend.

After the prefect left, Mu Shengbai didn't bother with those words anymore, but secretly wrote down in his heart that if he had the opportunity in the future, he could invite his senior father or senior brother, they were much more experienced than himself, and they would definitely be able to give themselves a detailed explanation.

Having said that, he still stopped the expansion of the shop for the time being, and focused his energy on rectifying the Lanwu Pavilion, trying to restore the Lanwu Pavilion to its previous state.

The days were like still water, and they were calm and quiet for a while.

On this day, Mu Shengbai asked Qi Huan to go to the post station to wait for the letter from the caravan, and after taking it, he took it to himself as soon as possible, but saw Qi Huan return empty-handed.

"What? Hasn't the letter arrived yet? Mu Shengbai asked Qi Huan suspiciously.

Qi Huan spread his hands, he didn't quite understand why he didn't receive the caravan's letter, "Some time ago, the caravan also wrote to the young owner that he would come back in the near future, but now he doesn't even have a letter, and I don't know what they plan." ”

Mu Shengbai stopped the pen in his hand, he frowned involuntarily, his intuition told him that things were not so simple, and he understood that Shi Yige was not the kind of person who went back on his word. And every time I gave a letter first, and when I talked about coming back, I didn't miss an appointment, and this time I didn't even have a letter.

Mu Shengbai suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and an extremely bad assumption poured into his mind.

"Qi Huan, Qi Huan!" After saying it just now, Qi Huan went to the backyard to help, Mu Shengbai had a bad instinct, and he wanted to tell Qi Huan to immediately find out what was going on.

"What's wrong, young owner?" Looking at this posture, isn't there something wrong?

Mu Shengbai's premonition became stronger and stronger, and he said to Qi Huan: "Hurry up, you go to find someone to check the path they must pass, and then find out what happened to the caravan on the way." ”

Qi Huan received Mu Shengbai's anxiety as much as possible, and when he got the words, he immediately went to find someone to investigate.