30. Craftsman (I)
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Sun Wu guessed half right, Huo Zuoyu did use ten days of kung fu to set up a game for him, and it was with his way of returning his body to fight back against him with the method he wanted to blackmail Zhao and Ju.
In those ten days, Huo Zuoyu first found a familiar wanderer in Lin'an City who habitually set up a "Water Merit Bureau", promised him 200 yuan, and boasted about Sun Wujia's wealth. The wanderer felt that there was no risk, so he went to find a suitable person - this man was also a splasher, and he dug up the newly buried child corpse from the Yizhuang outside the city, and took advantage of Huo Zuoyu's banquet to invite Sun Wuyi and his gang to bury the child's corpse in Sun Wu's courtyard, because Sun Wuyi and his gang were drunk and asleep, no one knew.
This box buried the body, but that box was reporting to the official, only that the child was abducted when he was looking at the lights on Yuan Xi, and some people knew that the abductor was Sun Wu of Sanliuqiao, Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Huo Zuoyu had already opened up the joint, and as soon as the official document arrived in Shaoxing Mansion, Cao Peng led the arrest to Sanliuqiao. Although there are also people who are kind to Sun Wu in the catch, but because of the suddenness of the incident, where can there be time to ventilate the news, not to mention that Sun Wu has made friends with meat and wine, and he is a brother with meat and wine.
Sun Wu was put in prison, and within two days, he "committed suicide in fear of crime". As for Sun Wu's belongings, part of the fines and confiscations were paid to the "bitter master", and the other part went to the government.
The matchmaker Duan Seventeenth Sister was separated for a long time, and she didn't dare to go to Ou Blacksmith's house, Ou Blacksmith was still sullen and silent, only occasionally when she saw Zhao and Ju, her eyes were full of awe. The eldest son of his family found the daughter of a family near Zuo to settle a family affair, and Zhao Heju also gave a generous gift after learning about it.
What Sun Wu didn't know was that after Huo Zuoyu arranged everything, he was not afraid that he would be able to get out, so the **** couldn't go to find Huo Zuoyu, it wasn't that Huo Zuoyu deliberately avoided him, but he really went to do something.
He went to invite Fei Fei, a jeweler from the capital, to come to Yuzhang Villa.
The kind of novel timer that Zhao Youju said, Huo Zuoyu did not take it as a lie, he took it very seriously, and after arranging the matter of dealing with Sun Wu, he went to the capital to find a skilled craftsman. Fei Fei was not his first choice, but after hitting the wall a few times in a row, he had to retreat to the second.
On the day of Sun Wu's "suicide", he returned to Shaoxing Mansion with Fei Fei, accompanied by Fei Fei's two apprentices.
After staying at home for a while, Huo Zuoyu rushed to Yuzhang Villa, and Huo Chongcheng naturally followed.
"Daddy, there's something a child can't figure out." Carrying Fei Fei's master and apprentice on his back, Huo Chongcheng said to his father: "I heard my father say that Sun Wu promised his father heavy profits that day, and the dry stocks that Ah Ju said were still missing, but the heavy profits that Sun Wu said were close at hand, and my father was really not tempted at that time?" ”
Huo Zuoyu glared at him: "How can you say Lao Tzu like this?" ”
"Knowing the son is better than the father, knowing the father is also more than the son, is the father a stupid man who is not profitable to get up early?" Huo Chongcheng smiled, he and his father were extremely casual, but they were an outlier among the Song people.
"If you say that you don't move, your heart is deceitful." Huo Zuoyu shook his head: "But I look at that Sun Wu Feifei, everyone has been afraid of him over the years, he is not as meticulous as in his early years, and sooner or later he will make mistakes." Ah Ju is different, I asked him if he endured for a while or cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he didn't think much about it and chose to cut the grass and eradicate the roots - he was careful and decisive, if he really offended him, he would definitely be hated by him for the rest of his life. would rather bully the white head than the less, and the father naturally chose Aju's side. What's more, he is still a close friend with you, if it weren't for him, you would just be afraid that you would have to sneak into the cabinet room every now and then! ”
Huo Chongcheng smiled a little embarrassedly: "If it weren't for Ah Ju to wake up, I wouldn't know how embarrassed I was." ”
"Exactly." Huo Zuoyu glanced at his only son, and sighed in his heart, in fact, there was another reason why he didn't say it, that Sun Wu wanted to implicate Huo Chongcheng in order to set up a situation, although Huo Zuoyu was not a good person, but he didn't want his only son to embark on this road, let alone Huo Chongcheng to become a wanderer like Sun Wu.
"How is this craftsman?" Seeing that his father really didn't want to mention that matter, Huo Chongcheng was a clever man, so he changed the topic and pouted to Fei Fei.
Huo Zuoyu glared at him, although this son was smart, it made him feel frivolous, and he didn't deserve to be as old and stable as Zhao Heju.
Hearing that Huo Zuoyu and Huo Chongcheng father and son led the craftsman to come, Zhao and Ju were overjoyed and went to the door to greet them in person with the old manager. When he saw this craftsman, he was slightly stunned.
"This is the little master and old housekeeper of Yuzhang Villa, and this is Mr. Fei, a famous craftsman (Note 1)." For Zhao Heju's expression, Huo Zuoyu's father and son and even Fei Fei himself were not surprised, for no other reason, the appearance of this famous craftsman Fei Fei was really surprising. Not only was his hands longer than his knees, but he was slightly rickety, his eyes always seemed to be awake, his cheekbones were high, his mouth was pointed, and he walked with a slight limp on one foot. In any case, it does not look like a shrewd craftsman, but it looks like a big horse monkey.
"It's rude, please come in, please come in." Zhao Youju is not a frivolous child who judges people by his appearance, he gave the old housekeeper a look, and in front of outsiders, the old housekeeper always came forward to greet him, so the old housekeeper was stunned for a while, and stretched out his hand to lead everyone to the courtyard.
"Mr. Fei is a first-class jeweler, and many gold shops are waiting for his work, but he was abducted by Uncle Yu." Because Fei Fei's appearance is too special, Huo Zuoyu inevitably preached a few words for him.
"Don't dare." Fei Fei just said two words slowly, his expression was wooden, and he couldn't tell whether he really didn't dare or was arrogant. Zhao and Ju exchanged glances with the old housekeeper, Fei Fei's skills are not bad, the most important thing is whether he is reliable.
"Uncle Yu did Mr. Fei a favor, so he had a friendship with Mr. Fei." Huo Zuoyu understood his intentions and said lightly.
"Saving grace." Fei Fei said four words this time, his eyes opened a little, and he no longer seemed to be squinting and dozing.
Since Huo Zuoyu said so, he naturally absolutely trusted this Fei Fei. Zhao Youju nodded, and glanced at the old housekeeper again, the old housekeeper got up to confess, hurriedly walked to the backyard, and after a while, accompanied Xiao Bolang out.
"This is Mr. Xiao Xuexue." Zhao Xi introduced.
Everyone saw each other again, Xiao Bolang had already been confessed by Zhao and Ju, and he himself was also very interested in this new timekeeper, since ancient times, all scholars who like miscellaneous scholars love astronomy, and those who love astronomy are all interested in astrological timekeeping. After everyone sat down, just a little polite, Xiao Bolang went straight to the topic: "Mr. Fei knows the water transport instrument elephant platform?" ”
"I don't know." Fei Fei's answer was only two words.
Note 1: The use of the term "gentleman" to refer to the title of Jin Dajian in "Water Margin".