The business of Shunhe's old store is becoming more and more prosperous, which will inevitably cause jealousy from others. Since ancient times, Chinese have had such a characteristic in doing business: they can't see others well. This is not jealousy or not, but the extreme imbalance in the heart, everyone feels that it is too difficult for them to make money, and it is too easy for others to make money, which is actually caused by the extreme imbalance of society. The poor are too poor, the rich are too rich, even if the common people rebel, it is just to overthrow the emperor and then become the emperor himself. The emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year, not to mention ordinary people, even those officials and merchants are thinking this way.

The neighbors next to the old store, looking at the busy traffic and the lively scene of people coming and going at the door of the store every day, inevitably felt sour, so they came to the shopkeeper Liu to see if the parking fee could go up? Zhu Yidao was very disdainful in his heart, you only see that it is easy for the old store to make money, but you don't look at the hard work behind them, you are too lazy to die sitting at home, and you still want to ask for more silver? Of course, the treacherous and cunning shopkeeper Liu saw what he was thinking from Zhu Yidao's indignant face, and when he closed the door at night, he told Zhu Yidao with a serious expression that the purpose of Shunhe's old store is to make money, not to make trouble, no matter how much you earn, as long as you have to make money, you can't smash your own business. Be kind to others, be kind to yourself, since they want it, you might as well give a little more, it seems that you do lose, but in fact you have earned.

These ordinary people, who are not officials in their families, and look down on business, but they are jealous of the merchants' daily income, and would rather live this life of hunger and satisfaction than change, in fact, this is the best. You can't force them, and if one of them has the idea of giving you some trouble, don't expect to do it; And if anyone can't stand the stimulation and happens to have a good enough chance to get up, they will definitely give themselves little shoes to wear! Would you rather raise a useless wasteman, or would you rather set up an enemy who might bring you down in the future?

So it's best to let them indulge in this kind of environment where they can't eat enough and can't starve to death. In order to convince Zhu Yidao, the shopkeeper Liu also told him a story: During the Warring States Period, there was a person whose parents were killed by a powerful landlord, and he did not rashly retaliate, but desperately tried to find a way to be an official, and finally became the local county magistrate. He did not use his power to take revenge on the landlord, but invited the landlord's son to drink and eat every now and then, and gave him beautiful women for his pleasure; He even built a large mansion for the second ancestor of the landlord, in which countless fine wines and beauties were placed. The landlord was satisfied, and so was the second ancestor. However, only ten years later, the landlord fell ill and died, and the second ancestor also died in the woman's body. The man's purpose was achieved, and the landlord did not know until he died that the man treated his son so well in order to cut off his whole family!

Zhu Yidao couldn't help but feel creepy! This is a ruthless person! The slow knife killed you, and I want you to thank him!

Shopkeeper Liu said earnestly, being a man is not for you to be modest, but for you to learn, mix up unconsciously, kill your enemies unconsciously, and cultivate your own power unconsciously! This is the true realm of moderation! Lao Zhu looked at the shopkeeper Liu with some disbelief, these are definitely the tricks and skills of an official, Lao Liu is not teaching him to do business and be a man, but he is teaching him to be an official at all!

Shopkeeper Liu rolled his little eyes, patted Zhu Yidao's shoulder, turned around and walked out of the door.

The parking fee was halved, and the neighbors stopped talking. It's still the shopkeeper of this old Shunhe store who can do things, and that young guy is still too tender!

Still, it doesn't seem to be enough to stop bad luck. What should come will come eventually.

On this day, suddenly a group of officials came to Shuntianfu, claiming that the old store of Shunhe was suspected of murder: it turned out that a noble lady bought a small Western snuff bottle, but she didn't know how to play with it when she went back, and she put it on the table every day. One day, on a whim, her son broke the snuff box and ate the snuff ash in his mouth, and soon foamed at the mouth, and it was no longer possible to wait for it to be sent to the hospital. So the lady was grief-stricken and indignant, remembering that it was the little snuffbox that killed her son, and without saying a word, she sued the old store of Shunhe.

Zhu Yidao is nervous now, this gadget is sold from his own store, how can he not take care of it! Shopkeeper Liu was very calm, he told Zhu Yidao that he was temporarily closed for the past two days, so he didn't have to think too much, he went to the official mansion and would come back soon. Lao Zhu knew that it was very likely that this was Shuntianfu Seeing that Shunhe's old store had made enough money, his eyes were red, and he wanted to take the opportunity to extort a sum of money. However, Shopkeeper Liu resolutely refused Lao Zhu's request to accompany him, and asked Zhu Yidao to guard the old shop, he was not there, and Zhu Yidao was in charge of everything!

Looking at the shopkeeper Liu, who was gradually moving away with the official errand, Zhu Yidao was anxious, Lao Liu was old, and he heard that his son and grandson were all in the suburbs of Beijing, how could he let him go on an adventure alone? There's probably a ghost in this matter! But I can only stay in a small shop, I can't help anything, I can't do anything.

How can this work?

He unconsciously thought of the wolves and the right place of the Jingshi, but what was the use? I am already an ordinary ordinary person! Can't be so passive! Zhu Yidao thought about it and finally came up with a way that was not a solution.

In the evening, he and Liu An quietly walked out of the back door, taking advantage of the night, avoiding the city guard team patrolling the night, and posted countless small-character posters in the surrounding streets and alleys, showing the reason why Shunhe's old store was closed, and explaining the facts to everyone that he was not the murderer, but that the buyer would not operate the goods. And told a very famous analogy: can't kitchen knives kill people? But since ancient times, who would have used a kitchen knife as a murder weapon? Objects don't kill people, only people who can't operate them, who can blame them?

Early the next morning, the people in a radius of dozens of miles all knew that there was a murder in the old store of Shunhe, and the shopkeeper was taken away for investigation. This matter suddenly caused a storm in the city, and there were fierce debates in various places of teahouses and restaurants. It soon reached the ears of Shuntianfu.

So naturally, Zhu Yidao and Liu An were also invited to Shuntian Mansion for tea. Lao Zhu looked at the wooden sticks around the cell that were thicker than his arm, and couldn't help but think with emotion that this was much worse than the prison in Dali Temple! The ground was also covered with a mess of straw for the prisoners to keep out the cold. Can this thing keep out the cold? He was extremely suspicious, but Liu An coldly told him that further there was a special place for prisoners to be punished, and once the sentence was completed, you would feel very warm and warm.

Liu An's gloomy voice made Zhu Yidao shiver unconsciously, he hadn't entered the cell yet! The time in Dali Temple cannot be regarded as a prison cell, it can only be regarded as a vacation, but if you give yourself a punishment...... Where can this be afforded!

Suddenly, I heard the sound of iron chains near the door of the cell, and hurriedly took a closer look, it turned out that the shopkeeper Liu, who was beaten all over his body, was dragged back by the jailer, and the glasses on the bridge of his nose had long been missing. Seeing the tragic situation of the shopkeeper Liu, Zhu Yidao was suddenly furious, and he shouted at the jailer: "You are so ruthless to an old man!" Whatever comes to me! The snuff bottle was sold to the old woman! Come on! ”

Liu An covered his mouth in horror and didn't let him shout anymore, but Zhu Yidao shook off his hand regardless of it, these days and getting along with Liu's shopkeeper day and night, made him full of feelings for this old man who was indifferent on the outside but very warm in his heart. Seeing that Shopkeeper Liu suffered this catastrophe because of himself, Zhu Yidao's psychology was full of guilt and pain.

"You? Panic what! Soon it'll be your turn! Don't worry, you have to enjoy the good food slowly! The jailer smirked and threw Shopkeeper Liu into the cell.

Zhu Yidao immediately pounced to support him. Shopkeeper Liu's ribbed phone saw that three of his rib bones had been broken, and the organs in his body had already shown signs of failure, so Lao Juma judged his situation and quickly put him flat on the ground to minimize the burden on his heart. Looking at the bloodstained shopkeeper Liu, he suddenly burst into tears.

"Don't ...... Don't cry...... It's nothing...... Nothing serious...... Tonight they ...... They will let you go back......" Shopkeeper Liu opened his mouth with difficulty, and tremblingly stretched out his hand and pressed Zhu Yidao's leg, "They ...... But...... It's just a matter of wanting to...... Ask for some silver...... Don't cause trouble! Don't do it again! ”

The dying shopkeeper Liu, but his painful face forced a smile, and Liu An couldn't help but shed tears. Zhu Yidao's heart was flooded with monstrous waves, there will be a shortage of silver in Shuntianfu?! Why would you ask for money from a small shop? And also with this means!

The other people who were locked up in the same cell looked at the three of them indifferently, and finally one of them was huddled in the corner all the time, unkempt and didn't know how long he had been locked up, and said: "Now in order to make up for the huge deficit caused by the earthquake last year, the imperial court has collected taxes in advance in various parts of Daming. It was originally in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but unfortunately...... The collection is not half of the original tax, and the cabinet has already issued a hasty dispatch for all localities to settle the matter within a time limit, otherwise it will be investigated...... You're out of luck! ”

After listening to his explanation, Zhu Yidao suddenly realized, but Shuntianfu actually used this method, it was too appalling, right? ! Isn't this forcing the people to rebel? The White Lotus Sect has been preparing to move in the first place, and this time they get the opportunity, it seems that their team is going to grow again. Shen Shixing, how can you do this? Isn't this Yin eating grain?