There are three mountains, nine rivers and eighteen streams in Qianyanzhou, Xikou, in previous years, the rainy season will have abundant water, and this year, since Tanhualang High School, the water volume has soared, bubbling and flowing, and the water system is vertical and horizontal.

The owner of the mountain, Ding Shui, manages the wealth, the officials and businessmen of the Cui clan are prosperous, and the lush greenery of Qianyanzhou gradually becomes the weather, and gradually gives birth to the source of the Tsing Yi River.

Heaven and earth merge and all things are born, and yin and yang change one after another.

Gold is born of water, water is born of wood, the five elements of heaven and earth are running, the mountains are ventilated, the wind and thunder are both, the luck is self-generated, the one who has the show on the ground is the most spiritual, and the air and rhyme are connected with each other is the god. If Cui Hanzhang hadn't been implicated in the scientific expedition of the Jiangnan Gongyuan, he would not have suffered the unwarranted disaster of Jin'an North Prison, and he would not have been like a chess game, and he caught the monstrous wealth in Qingyuan Mansion.

The words are divided into two ends, if Cui Hanzhang couldn't take this blessing, he would only give Qingqing's life in vain, and don't expect to be able to feed back the mountains and rivers of Xikou Qianyanzhou, and even worse, it will drag down the entire Cui family's lineage, and it is impossible to say that the ancestral hall of the Cui family in Qinghe will also follow the turmoil, of course, if you catch the blessings, raise the aura, and have to manage it well, it is another matter.

"According to the calculation, Cui Xuan should come back in the next few days." Cui Hanzhang still has worries about the old lady Zuo of Qingyuan Mansion in his heart, and if he can have spare time, he remembered Zuo Shiqi's entrustment, although he can't overturn the case in the short term, he always wants to do his best.

"According to what you say, I think the old lady Zuo is in danger. The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. Cui Haichao took over the conversation and said casually.

"That imperial merchant Xiao is a powerful master, not to mention taking advantage of Lao Tzu, and as a result, my family was ruined, Brother Xiao of my side, this family can't be lost." The entire Youyun Twelve Prefectures know that he and the eldest young master of the Xiao family are brothers with different surnames, but the two only have a one-sided relationship, if Cui Haichao can't find the 'big brother' to settle accounts in this life, he will always be angry.

"The old lady of the Zuo family has been up and down for decades, and there must be a backhand to deal with it, although the fire is bizarre, but there are always traces to follow." Cui Hanzhang said that it was relaxed, but in fact, his psychology was that he had already prepared for the worst, and now in retrospect, the money and money brought by Zuo Qi and the housekeeper were more like the old lady's deathbed entrustment.

"If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves. Even if he escaped the fire, he was a lonely old man with a dead son, helpless, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and anyone who didn't want to go up and bite a piece of meat down could be eaten alive and skinned. "Cui Haichao was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, and he looked at people the most coldly.

"The words come out again, thieves don't have to be afraid of thousands of miles away, if you want to guard against the people around you."

After Cui Hanzhang experienced the Northern Expedition, he was different from ordinary people, but he was very concerned about human affairs and world affairs, big and small things were like beads on a string, and now he picked it up and looked at it, and there were traces of the ins and outs, he knew that Zuo Shiqi died at a very good time, and he knew that his Zuo family was just a slightly older grasshopper, but he had seen the sincerity of the old lady Zuo, and he had witnessed Qiao Xiangrou's determination, he felt that these people should not end up like this, at least he couldn't accept such an ending, Maybe it's because he's the fish in the pond that escaped, and the fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond, so why not the fish in the pond?

It is said that the little guy Cui Xuan smeared into the city, went straight to the back alley of Zuofu, and the place where he entered was indeed a ruin, and there was no lively scene of the busy traffic of the year, the ruins of the wall were black, and the pavilions and pavilions were burned only a lonely frame. Cui Xuan saw this scene, his heart was uncomfortable, he didn't expect to meet the old man, he just came here to pay his respects, others saw the ruins, and he saw his relatives struggling in the sea of fire.......

Luoshi Street is still as lively as usual, merchants from the south to the north, shoulder to shoulder, tea shops and restaurants bring together boats, storytelling and singing, three religions and nine streams gathered, Cui Xuan wears a linoleum hat, since practicing the handle, stretching the fascia, the body looks unusually tall after growing, the beard grows up, it looks more like a horse dealer in the north, walking on the street, no one can recognize it is the first-class scholar Zuo Qi of Zuofu.

"Xiao Er, a pound of rice wine, a plate of brine peanuts, two taels of mutton." Cui Xuan skillfully sat on the bench by the window, raised his right foot on the bench, and shouted to the running guy who was swaying in front of him.

"Wait a minute, the guest officer will be here soon." The guy who ushered in the hall was the most poisonous, and the situation in the lobby on the first floor was under his eyes, from Cui Xuan stepped into the store with one foot, he had already swept it with the corner of his eye, looking at the dress and physique of this merchant, it must have come from the north.

The merchants from the north are divided into silk merchants and horse dealers, silk merchants are mostly stationed in the city for a long time, and horse dealers are mobile, three times a year, when they meet grumpy horse dealers, they have to be careful to serve, otherwise they can't eat and walk around, and they are fisted in vain, so the boss will not come forward to help reason, and more scold the guys a few words, in order to calm the anger of foreign merchants, but if they are served well, the horse dealers are generous, and the reward will naturally not be less.

"Guest, you use it slowly." The guy who ran the hall brought food and drink, first wiped the table, then carefully put down his things, bent down and retreated.

"Man, don't be in a hurry to go, I can't say that I can't come to Luoshi Street, go to Qingyuan Mansion empty, what's the way here, you tell me. Well said, rewarded. After Cui Xuan took a big sip of a bowl of wine, he called out to the man.

"What kind of broken wine is this, it doesn't taste at all, change the burnt knife for me." Before the man could answer, he heard the merchant swearing in his mouth, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly changed the wine.

"Presumably, the guest officer is from the north, and he is not used to drinking local rice wine, so I will exchange the knife with you."

"It's sloppy." Cui Xuan waved his hand and ate the mutton by himself. Hu sheep more gas, meat quality can not be compared with the sheep in the north, so the local braised will add brown sugar, warm and slow simmering, so that the meat will fully absorb the soup, he has been a good bite since he was a child, the old mother is a well-known good craft in Zuofu, and now eats hometown dishes, full of oil.

"Guest, you want a burning knife." The man didn't dare to delay, so he trotted to the back kitchen and quickly changed the wine.

"Well, this lamb is good. I hope that the girls on Luoshi Street can also be like braised mutton, fat but not greasy, sweet and delicious. Cui Xuan said vaguely.

"You can rest assured of this, our girl here has red lips and white teeth, and her waist is like a willow, which is the most sweet and lovely. The guy looked at the people talking, with a look of color and soul, and when he first came to Qingyuan Mansion, he went straight to Luoshi Street, thinking that this person must be a good wine, so he simply sent him to Yunlou, and he could earn a reward or two for nothing.

"Then dare to be kind, you can take me after drinking in a while." Cui Xuan threw the guy a look that you know, and followed by a small piece of broken silver.

"Uncle, you're okay." As the man bowed down to pour the wine, he put the broken silver in his lined pocket and stood aside with a smile on his face.

"You tell me about the interesting things in Qingyuan Mansion, uncle, I have just arrived, and I am not familiar with life." Cui Xuan saw him on the road, so he naturally asked him to tell the story of Qingyuan Mansion.

"There are a lot of interesting things in our Qingyuan Mansion, if you want to say the most sensational thing this year, it is not the eldest lady of the Qiao family who is on the road, this matter is full of wind and rain in the city, and ordinary mothers-in-law and aunts are crying, making trouble and hanging themselves, it is enough to toss, this eldest lady is good, wielding a knife to cut people, and the six relatives do not recognize it." The man's eyebrows fluttered, and he said that it was foaming at the mouth, and all kinds of deeds seemed to be seen with his own eyes.

"I can't imagine Wu Nong's soft-spoken river port water fork, and there is such a chaste martyr? But a girl preached, how could it be all over the city, could it be that the long bird in the crotch of your Qingyuan Mansion wanted to sleep with her? Cui Xuan wiped his mouth and asked angrily.

"Don't worry, guest officer, listen to me slowly: this Qiao family's eldest lady Qiao Xiang Rou Nai Changfang is twenty-eight years old, and the one who came out is called a water spirit, pinching out of the water, but his parents died early, leaving only an ignorant younger brother, the Qiao family is one of the four major commercial houses in our Qingyuan Mansion." The guy said that at this time, he quickly slapped his mouth, and panicked with his two eyeballs left and right.

"Look at my stinky mouth, it's one of the three major commercial houses in Qingyuan Mansion."

"The girls are beautiful, rich, and they are liked by men." Cui Xuan answered with a smile.

The guy hurriedly gave a thumbs up, "Master, you are an understanding person." Who in Qingyuan Mansion doesn't want to hold the beauty back, and the wealth is both. If this was two years ago, it would have been a rotten thought in the stomach at most, but now it's different. ”

"Oh? What's the difference? Cui Xuan stopped drinking and asked.

The guy hurriedly took another step forward, approached Cui Xuan and said softly,

"In the past, Qingyuan Mansion had four major trading houses, monopolizing all the porcelain and silk business, the eldest lady of the Qiao family was a doll relative to the previous eldest son of the Zuo family, Zuo Shiqiding, so the two families are like a family, although Qiao Xiangrou has no parents, but there is the support of the old lady Zuo, regardless of whether it is the brother of the aunt and cousin, or the Cao family, Tao and other peers, no one dares to be disrespectful to the old lady Zuo, that is our Qingyuan Mansion." As the guy spoke, he didn't forget to give a thumbs up.

"Later, somehow, Zuo Shiqi went to Jin'an for the big exam, but died in Jin'an North Prison, I heard that it was suicide in fear of crime, Zuofu was also burned by a bizarre fire, hundreds of people were all burned to death, all said that the old lady Zuo was buried in the fire, but no one saw it, Zuo's name was removed overnight, Qiao's naturally followed, and several other rooms in Qiao's house took advantage of the situation to make trouble every day, forcing Qiao Xiangrou to hand over the key to the account room, this Miss Qiao is also hard, stunned at home for the old lady Zuo to wear linen and filial piety." The guy probably said that his mouth was dry, so he picked up a cup of herbal tea and poured it down.

"And then? Why did this Qiao Xiangrou serve the Tao and become a sister-in-law? Cui Xuan heard the important point and couldn't help but ask.

"If she doesn't follow the Tao and doesn't leave home, how can she stop the wild bees and butterflies in the whole city?" Before the guy could answer, a drinker came over with an empty bowl and sat down.

Han Tian, the famous second troublemaker on Luoshi Street, looked at Cui Xuan drunkenly, Cui Xuan recognized him at first sight, this grandson was a turtle in the cloud building, and he was very stammering with Zuo Qi and other small guys, following behind the buttocks, the elder brother was long, and the younger brother shouted shortly, he was a good helper, eating and drinking, but he could inquire about something.

"Come to protect, come to protect, where is the death?" The corners of the man's mouth twitched when he heard the shout.

"I'm sorry for you, the little one is going to run the hall, you use it slowly." Cui Xuan didn't want to stop him, so he ran to the counter.

"This lord looks at the face, is he from the north?" Han Er's troublemaker was not polite, picked up the wine and poured a bowl himself.

"It doesn't matter where you come from, what matters is that you have wine to drink, come, dry this bowl." Cui Xuan has been in contact with such street bastards since he was a child, so he naturally knows how to deal with them.

"Wow, ahem, ahem." This bowl of burning knives was drunk, and the spicy Han Er was smoking, so he hurriedly looked for water to drink.

"Come on, another bowl." Cui Xuan directly picked up the jar and poured him another bowl, he knew best that these people on the street looked cheap and didn't take advantage of it, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart, although the wine was strong, but Han Tian drank happily, this kind of thing where someone invited him to drink wine had a lot of face.

"Where did you just go?" Han Er's troublemaker still didn't forget the words he just answered.

"Speaking of the eldest lady of the Qiao family, you said that she is a good girl, and if she finds a backer, why can't she get along with herself?" Cui Xuan continued.

"Looking at it from two sides, if she easily finds a backer, she must not be poked in the backbone and scolded for broken shoes? Who in Qingyuan Mansion didn't know that she was with Zuo Shiqi at the beginning, you and me, Zuo Qiao's two families had one nostril and one nostril, and now that the Zuo family is in trouble, she is looking for another backer in the blink of an eye, that is, a water-based Yanghua goods. Han Er's troublemaker talked about these lightly, and there was a little ridicule in his words.

"According to you, is she holding on to making a joke?" Cui Xuan was very interested in listening to him.

Who would have thought that this Han Er troublemaker just smiled and looked at Cui Xuan without speaking.......

"Look at my brain." Cui Xuan patted his head and shouted with a smile, buddy,

"The specialty dishes in the whole store, a pot of good wine, I want to drink it with this brother." The guy stepped forward to clean up the table, and set up a new table of banquets for the two positions, and the two of them pushed the glass and changed the lamp again.

Han Er saw that he was very good, took a sip of the burning knife in the bowl, and continued: "Of course it was supported at first, but who in the Qiao family is not red-eyed? I heard that there are people from above, who are eyeing this piece of fat. Saying this, Han Er raised his index finger and quietly pointed upward.

People in the world who have resentment in their hearts and will resort to their mouths will never form mortal enemies, but those half-baked relationships, or bystanders, these people talk, add oil and vinegar, and often can most confuse the hearts of other spectators. The market, officialdom, rivers and lakes and temples are all the same, and they have seen and heard a lot, but in fact, that's what happened.

"The secret of the gods is that they want to sleep with beautiful women, and they also want to rob other people's wealth, what's the matter, can you do it?" Cui Xuan behaved very rough at this time, and said with a big grin,

The people around him could hear this, so they naturally looked in this direction, and some people even thought that Cui Xuan, an outsider, had disturbed the purity, and glared at him, causing Han Er to quickly bow his head and drink, burying his face in the porcelain bowl, for fear of being targeted.

"My lord, you be quiet, do you think that the Zuo family is so powerful, who in Qingyuan Mansion dares to provoke? Why did Zuo Shiqi get involved in the imperial examination fraud case and die in the North Prison, and then everyone in the Zuo family was buried in the fire, and now there are several other losers who are threatening Qiao Xiangrou, and no one supports him? There are a lot of stories here, and there are too many people here to talk about it. "Han Er's troublemaker knows his own affairs, and it's okay to fool a foreign businessman, but he definitely doesn't have the courage to reply in a wine shop.

"Let's go, brother, I'll take you to a good place, let's talk about it." Han Er saw that the wine was almost over, so he got up and pulled Cui Xuan. He naturally wanted to drag this northland horse dealer to Yunlou, which is known as the Golden Grotto, rich businessmen from all over the world gathered, and there is a good saying: "The brother of Qingyuan Mansion, the sister on Luoshi Street, will meet in Yunlou."

Han Er's trickster lowered his ass, and Cui Xuan knew what kind of fart he was putting on. Pretending to stumble, he simply followed him to Yunlou, it is estimated that this is all he can know, and if he wants to continue to inquire about the news, Yunlou is the most suitable place for fireworks, and there is a helper to take him over, let it be.

He walked well with his eyes closed in every corner of the cloud building, but he still pretended not to have seen the world and followed Han Er through the corridor into the hall, and it was Xue Yunniang who was active in the hall, and she was coquettish and couldn't hide it at all.

Now when I return to Yunlou, it is really like a world away. Xue Yunniang ushered in the send-off, her eyes were the most vicious, looking at the northland horse dealer led by Han Er, she always felt that there was déjà vu, but she couldn't say the feeling,

"Prepare a room, take three girls to accompany you, and set a table of first-class seats in Yunlou, I want to accompany Brother Cui to have a drink." Han Er was familiar with himself, and he glanced over as he spoke.

"I said that I heard the magpie crying early in the morning, it turned out that there was a distinguished guest coming to the door, the two masters came with me, the girls in Yunlou are all smart, and you are satisfied." Xue Yunniang shook the silk handkerchief, stepped forward and grabbed Cui Xuan's arm with both hands, and walked upstairs.

Eighteen stairs, the center of gravity fluctuates when walking, Cui Xuan thought about doing a full set of plays, and inadvertently leaned over and rubbed Xue Yunniang's towering chest with his arm, which confirmed the roughness of the Northland horse dealer, which made the half-old giggle and laugh.

"It's also a hairy monkey, see if the old lady doesn't pick your two skins." What kind of person is Xue Yunniang, the overlord flower in the hook column, and the beautiful girl in the fireworks alley. At that time, it was also famous all over Luoshi Street, and the guests who entered the curtain did not know how many. Thinking of the white silver in the horse dealer's coat, Yun Niang's eyes were wrinkled with laughter, but she straightened her chest and threw half of her body on Cui Xuan.

Cui Xuan and Han Er that night, Xue Yunniang drank darkly, and indeed heard a lot of stories, Han Er and Xue Yunniang are both ghost people, but they feel that they are led by the nose by this Northland horse dealer everywhere, as if this person is a native of Luoshi Street.

Cui Xuan heard that the Cao family, the Tao family, and the Qiao family of Qingyuan Mansion jointly divided the Zuo family's property, and what was even more important was that the old lady Zuo was found to be poisoned to death. Although some people say that the three families bought it with their old capital, everyone knows that the shop can be bought, and the incense accumulated over the years in the business cannot be bought, and some people say that these three are just puppets on the surface, but in fact, the Xiao family is the imperial merchant standing behind it.

The three major trading houses in Qingyuan Mansion are just fish on the chopping board, and compared to the Zuo family, they are smaller, so they can't be disobedient.

This time, Qiao Xiangrou was forced to become a monk, but he was forced to be cornered by Young Master Xiao, Xiao Jing had already made it difficult for the Qiao family to move forward in secret, either he went to Jin'an to be a canary, and he had no worries about food and clothing, or he was a green lantern ancient Buddha and died for the rest of his life. The brothers in the other rooms of the Qiao family have already taken refuge in the Xiao family, and everyone is vying to be pawns and doing things, leaving no room for ruthlessness, so there is already a lot of trouble in the Qiao family's ancestral hall.

Cui Xuan, the little girl, left the cloud building through the window in the middle of the night, entered the city in the dark of the night, and left in the dark, of course, he was familiar with the waterway.

Qiao Xiangrou was a monk, and the three families of Qingyuan Mansion were divided into left.