The Song people liked to litigate, and the historical materials at that time recorded: "Today's people are often in the barren mountains and idle land, and let them be abandoned." As for the brothers' dissolution. Or because of the slightest slight, anger and loss of joy. There are occasional bamboo trees in the adjacent mountains between the two worlds, and lawsuits have been filed for many years. (Note 1)

The land of the two Zhejiang provinces is narrow and densely populated, and the business travel is like a carp, and there are many disputes between the people, so there are more lawyers, and they form a business mouth society, teaching skills and traveling together, with this skill can make money and even enrich the party, Huo Zuoyu is one of the best.

To be able to be respected among the hundreds, there must be its strengths. Huo Zuoyu was originally a showman, and he repeatedly found this profession to make a living, and the most conceited person in his life was his keen eyesight, and he could often see what people could not see. He already knew that there was a prodigy in Yuzhang Villa, and he had also heard about the case of Zhao and Ju Zhi's theft of melons from his son Huo Chongcheng, so he wanted to come and meet this seven-year-old child. On the second day of the Winter Solstice Festival, Zhao Heju asked the old housekeeper Zhao Xi to come to see him with a lot of money and asked him to hook up the affairs of Luo Village.

When he came to Yuzhang Villa early this morning, he informed Zhao Heju of his plan to end the matter, and by the way, he also met this well-known figure. The reason why I came early in the morning was also because I heard about the morning run in Yuzhang Villa from the mouths of the people of Luo Village, and I wanted to see what was going on.

"Zhao Dalang is far-sighted, even adults are far behind." was welcomed into the main hall, Huo Zuoyu was not noisy, and said bluntly.

Zhao Heju's heart trembled, raised his face and glanced at Huo Zuoyu, and suddenly remembered the plot in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when Cao Cao said to Liu Bei that he "did a good job", what Liu Bei thought in his heart was quite similar to him at this time.

Huo Zuoyu was only in his early forties at this time, and because of his heartache, his hair had turned white and thin, and there were extremely deep lines on his forehead. It seems that this person is not good-looking, and he doesn't feel sharp when he gets along with him, but there is a deep meaning in his words, is this time a friend or an enemy?

Thinking that he had entrusted the affairs of Luo Village to this person, Zhao Youju began to regret that he was too Meng Lang.

"I have a friendship with Ling Lang Chongcheng, and Fourth Uncle Huo is my elder." Zhao and Ju did not call themselves "boys", although they respected each other as elders, they did not regard themselves as children: "I am young and knowledgeable, what can I do?" ”

"Hehe......"

Huo Zuoyu smiled, and did not say anything about it, he came here to make friends rather than make enemies, and if he made enemies because of his words, it would be extremely stupid. He looked at his son Huo Chongcheng, he has made too many enemies for others, although this son is quite clever, but because of his natural nature, I am afraid that there will be great difficulties in the future, the child in front of him is definitely not a thing in the pool, he can make friends with him, and he may be able to help him in the future.

"Zhao Dalang, I came here today for the matter of Luo Village." It was with this in mind that Huo Zuoyu spared no effort to run for Yuzhang Villa: "Luo Dayou, the patriarch of the Luo clan, was instructed by Fengyutang of Lin'an Mansion to occupy the Guizhuang Mill. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Heju carefully, if Zhao Heju showed a look of panic or doubt, he would look down on Zhao Heju in his heart. However, Zhao Youju always just listened to him intently, and his face was as calm as before, which made Huo Zuoyu hesitate in his heart, why did this seven-year-old child be as deep as the seventy-year-old fox?

Looking at the child carefully, Huo Zuoyu even doubted whether the child sitting in front of him had facial paralysis and couldn't show his expression at all.

"I talked to Si Shaoning, he said that this matter is not difficult to conclude, although Luo Dayou has prestige in Luo Village, but he can't cover the sky with one hand, if Da Lang is willing, he can say that he will move a few elders in Luo Village, so that Luo Dayou's backyard will catch fire."

Zhao Youju raised his eyebrows slightly, these litigators are really professional, and the one who jumps up and down the most in this matter is that Luo Dayou, forcing him to have no time to take care of this matter, not only does he not have to offend the Fengyutang behind Luo Dayou, but he can also complete his commission, and he also leaves a tail in the matter, if Luo Dayou slows down and wants to make trouble again, they can collect money again.

Huo Zuoyu stared at Zhao Heju tightly, except for the initial raising of his eyebrows, the child was just pondering, and only after a while did he hear him say: "In the opinion of Fourth Uncle Huo, what should I do?" ”

"It depends on whether Zhao Dalang is reluctant to give up money." Huo Zuoyu said with a smile.

"Fourth Uncle Huo, please speak up." Although he guessed what Huo Zuoyu would say, Zhao Youju still asked, and he even leaned forward slightly, making a look that he couldn't wait to know.

Huo Zuoyu's heart eased slightly, it was more difficult to talk to this child than it was to go to court with his peers from the Karma Mouth Society, if this child could even guess what he meant, then Huo Zuoyu really had to wonder if this child was the rumored wild fox fairy (Note 2).

Huo Zuoyu's strategy is very simple, that is, to invite names.

"It's just a little money, which can not only benefit the township, but also relieve my disaster, why not?" After listening to Huo Zuoyu's words, Zhao Heju smiled and said, "Thank you for your advice, this matter still needs a lot of help from Fourth Uncle Huo." ”

Huo Zuoyu listened to his refreshing answer, and his heart couldn't help jumping again, the means of inviting names he proposed, including digging canals, building roads, building temples and setting up righteous warehouses, each of which cost a lot of money, and how much money he would spend also told Zhao Youju one by one, but Zhao Youju didn't care - if he didn't really regard money as dung, it was that he had a family fortune of millions and didn't care.

"These righteous deeds cost a lot, but Zhao Dalang has a lot of money?" Although he knew that the Zhao family was selling flour in Lin'an, but there were only a few mills, how much income could be made, Huo Zuoyu had also calculated carefully, and felt that instead of spending so much money, it was better to tear down those mill dams.

"I don't know about money, the old butler will tell you." Zhao Youju smiled and pushed the matter to Zhao Xi, Zhao Xi, who was waiting beside him, was already full of anger, heard him speak, and said angrily: "Although our family has some money, it is not so spent, little master, it is better to demolish those mills and see who can help us!" ”

Zhao Youju frowned: "Since this is the case, then three of them will be demolished and one will be left for their own use." ”

The conversation between their master and servant made Huo Zuoyu quite embarrassed, although he came with the heart of befriending Zhao and Ju, but if he said that he had not been enriched in this hook, it would inevitably be too exalted to him. Half of the so-called righteous expenses will flow into his pocket in a roundabout way, but he consciously does it secretly, no matter how smart Zhao and Ju are, they are lacking in human accidents after all, and they should not be discovered. It was only at this time that he realized that he had ignored Zhao Xi, the old housekeeper was old and sophisticated, but he was not so easy to fool.

(Let's say that Huo Zuoyu's selfishness was broken by Zhao Youju and the old housekeeper's singing and harmony, which was inevitably a little embarrassing and embarrassing, and he hesitated whether to leave.) But he saw Da Lang raise his eyebrows and smiled: "It's not difficult to rely on Fourth Uncle Huo, as long as Fourth Uncle Huo helps." Huo Zuoyu was overjoyed, if it was all according to what he said, he would have done it, and he didn't know how much benefit he could get, so he asked, "What's the matter?" Da Lang smiled and said: "What's the matter, since it is a recommended ticket, if there is a ticket, why not, if there is no ticket, mention it and don't mention it!" ”）

Note 1: Yuan Cai, a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Yuan's Shifan".

Note 2: The fox fairy said, not Liao Zhai Pu's side, there are many fox fairy anecdotes in the Song Dynasty, the Song people's "Taiping Guangji" has twelve volumes of records of the fox fairy, that is, among the literati, there are many fox fairies to metaphor people smart, such as Su Shi read Wang Anshi's words "Gui Zhixiang" and praised it: this old true wild fox spirit also.