In Yanhui Hall, the lights are shining, and a table of eight immortals is placed under the carved window of the moon cave, on which there are stuffed shrimp with minced meat, salted osmanthus duck, scallion roasted beef tenderloin, mushroom steak cabbage heart and a few seasonal side dishes and fresh pastries, Shen Heng, Shen Yi, Shen Fu and the guests invited outside are all sitting around the table.

Shen Fu has seen them one by one, and he knows that among these people there are Zhan Yanxing who sells fat powder, Du Lingjun who is pouring bones, Qin Hanrong who runs a bar house, Tang Yizhen who contracts a tea garden, Sun Zuguang, who is elegant and romantic, and Guan Yuluo, a family gentleman.

This Guan Yuluo can be called the first-class person in Suzhou City, who spends money like dirt and drinks like his life, since he entered Yanhui Hall tonight, his hands are not separated from the wine, the wine is not separated from the mouth, and he has almost poured himself ten cups, but he is still unsatisfied, and he still pulls Shen Yi to drink: "Brother Yi, there is wine today and drunk today, who will talk about the name after death in the future?" Come, let's fill this cup! ”

Shen Yi's face tightened, obviously unwilling to drink anymore, so he said, "What's the point of just drinking?" Let's listen to the music to cheer up! ”

When Shen Fu heard what he said, he suddenly woke up and hurriedly asked: "Second brother, the person you sent to the Lotus Champs to shout for the drama has been gone for a long time, why haven't you come back?" ”

Shen Yi also wondered in his heart, looking puzzled.

Shen Heng saw that he was unpredictable, so he reminded him with a good words: "Don't have any reason, you might as well call Lai Yongan to come in and ask!" ”

Shen Yi nodded yes, his head turned outward, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Lai Yongan!" ”

Lai Yongan came in in with a sincere fear, clasped his fists and saluted: "What did the second master call me for?" ”

"I asked you to send someone to the Lotus Champs to invite a few plays, why hasn't it been done yet?" Shen Yi's words were harsh.

Lai Yongan lowered his head in shame and said, "The little one has already sent Chang'an to invite, but Chang'an replied that the second grandmother refused to let go!" ”

When Zhan Yanxing, Du Lingjun and others heard this, they all pursed their lips and held back their laughter, but Guan Yuluo didn't care about the subtleties, and openly laughed: "I often hear rumors in the market that jealous women and husbands are punished for kneeling, quitting sleep, holding lamps, holding water, and what's more, there are also whips directly on Xianggong's body, don't think about it, Brother Yi is also a fear, what's the matter, have you also suffered these tortures?" ”

When the crowd heard this, they burst into laughter.

Shen Yi blushed and said: "Don't talk about your mother's shame, I don't have Hedong lion coaxing at home, but Brother Guan, the lady in your family is not a good stubble, we have all heard that she manages you very strictly, neither allows you to go out to sleep in the willows, nor allows you to flirt with the maids in the family, and what is even more outrageous is that she still manages you to make friends and visit friends!" ”

Guan Yuluo was exposed in public, and suddenly felt faceless, and just wanted to find a crack to get into, so as to save embarrassment.

Shen Yi saw that he was ashamed, so he stopped talking to him, turned his head to Lai Yongan, and said: "It's still early, we haven't finished our fun, you go to the Red Tooth Pavilion to invite two prostitutes to help the fun, remember to find someone who can sing and play the pipa!" ”

Lai Yongan listened to a sentence, nodded, and at the end, bowed to everyone, and hurriedly ran out to arrange matters.

By this time, most of the dishes had already been consumed. Shen Heng glanced at the messy tabletop, and suddenly remembered a trivial incident a few days ago, and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, there are really more and more people who make a living by cheating everywhere now, and people can't guard against it!" ”

Guan Yuluo heard what he said, and hurriedly asked, "What did Brother Shen encounter that didn't go well?" ”

Shen Heng shook his head and smacked his lips, and said: "Don't mention it, I bought a string of turquoise hand beads on the street yesterday, but I didn't think about it, I only went home at night, but I accidentally got some water when I was taking a bath, and the hand beads actually lost a lot of color, isn't this deceived?" ”

When they heard this, they all sighed.

Zhan Yanxing said smoothly: "Before, what to buy is what, but now it is not good, there are fake and shoddy things everywhere on the street, just take the few catties of honey I bought a few days ago, I eat it at home, the taste is not very right, and it feels a little mixed with sugar!" Later, I met an expert friend outside, and he taught me a method, let me burn the chopsticks red, and then insert them into the honey to see if it is bubbling or not, if it is bubbling, it is real honey, if it smokes, it is fake honey! Guess what happened in the end? ”

The crowd was silent, just expecting answers.

Zhan Yanxing felt bored, so he accentuated his tone and said: "It's all smoke, and the fake can't be fake." Tell me, everyone is a businessman who welcomes customers, I didn't fool you with fake things, but you used fake things to fool me, it's really a shame on your conscience! ”

Sun Zuguang said with a smile: "You are lightly deceived, I am not as lucky as you!" Last month, I was introduced to a businessman who was in a hurry to get his paintings. The businessman was quite honest and honest, and he couldn't speak much, and when I saw that he was in a hurry, I asked him to take out the painting and show it to me. I took a closer look, and saw that the painting was a lady's picture, and the painting method was not bad, Zhang had his bones, and Lu had his god, so he spent fifty taels of silver to buy it. ”

"Can you blame someone else for this?" Qin Hanrong pointed and said, "Don't you blame yourself for being clumsy and ignorant?" ”

Sun Zuguang glanced at him, his eyes were full of disdain: "As far as you know the goods, don't think that I don't know, you have also been deceived once!" ”

Qin Hanrong choked.

Shen Yi hurriedly asked, "Brother Rong has also been deceived?" ”

Qin Hanrong was slightly embarrassed and said: "This was also a long time ago, at that time, I took over my father's livelihood and was in charge of the bar house. One day, I was arranging for the barman to open the coffin and bury the matter, a foreigner suddenly came to the door, saying that he had been in a foreign land for a long time, and he was ready to return to his hometown to care for the elderly, but there was still a red sandalwood coffin in the house, so he wanted to sell me. ”

"I was only in charge at the time, it was everything that was careful, I didn't want to buy his piece of red sandalwood coffin, but what he said was that the sky was falling, and he praised the red sandalwood for having cow hair patterns on it, and praised the red sandalwood for a good market, and it was designated to sell it at a good price in the future!" Qin Hanrong said, paused for a moment, and then continued: "I think you also know that my family also operates coffins in the bar room, but I have been short for a few lifetimes, and I haven't saved the capital to buy a good coffin. ”

Shen Fu listened to it for a long time, only felt novel, and hurriedly said: "Then how did you find out that it was fake rosewood?" ”

"This is not the first time I found it, but Liu Yuanwai of the Liu family in the north of the city told me!" Qin Hanrong glanced at Shen Fu slowly, saw that he was handsome, smiled at him, and said: "That Liu Yuan's ancestor was a coffin seller, and it was passed on to his generation, which happened to be the seventh generation, so Liu Yuanwai was the best at identifying this, and it happened that the old lady in his family drove to the west of the crane for a while, and asked the people from our bar room to carry the coffin, I was fortunate to meet him, so I asked him how to identify red sandalwood!" ”

"That Liu Yuanwai is also an old-fashioned heart, although the family is rich, but he does not look down on people, seeing me ask him for advice, he told me in detail. After that, I went back to the bar room and immediately re-examined it, and sure enough, the piece of rosewood was really a fake! Qin Hanrong said slowly, unconsciously angry, "What's the matter with your Dao?" This is really a delicate texture of rosewood, neither pressing, but also a sandalwood fragrance, but the piece in my bar room is heavy and not fragrant, how to see how it is a fake, I was also dizzy at the time, how can I believe in the stranger so much? ”

"This is remorse!" Shen Heng said with a faint smile: "As the saying goes, if you eat a trench, you will grow wise, in the future, let's buy things again, and we will have more eyes!" ”

Qin Hanrong nodded yes, turned his head and saw that Du Lingjun was silent, and asked with a smile: "Why doesn't Brother Du always speak?" ”

"I don't dare to talk, don't you know, half of my room of antiques was stolen from the lonely tomb, every night, I look at the room full of all kinds of objects, I feel panicked, I am afraid that the owner of the bone Dong will suddenly come out and strangle me!" Du Lingjun said as he made a neck choke movement, obviously very scared.

Guan Yuluo grinned and said, "Are you afraid of a ball? It's not that you dug graves and robbed tombs in the dark and windy, the owners of those bones really have spirits, and they should also go to find those tomb robbers who have lost their conscience, no matter how you look for it, you can't find your head! ”

When Du Lingjun heard this, his heart settled down a little, but when he thought of the strange events he encountered during the day, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his back and feel terrified.

"Where do you know my suffering? Last month, when I was burying my head in the accounts, a bone Dong on the shelf actually made a ghost to fall down, and I fell to pieces, I thought it was blown by the wind, and I didn't care, but then the same incident happened, I can't go back to the coincidence, I thought it must be a little ghost appeared, these days, I didn't dare to go to the store! ”

Tang Yizhen saw that he was amazing, a little frightened and a little unbelieving, and only said: "You are also a dignified seven-foot man, why are you only the size of an egg?" This common saying is good, do it right, and say that you usually don't do bad things, and you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, in my opinion, you are doing too much bad things, or go to the temple to pay off your debts as soon as possible! ”

Qin Hanrong glanced at him and was silent.

Shen Yi looked at it coldly, and when he saw Tang Yizhen's glow, he hurriedly asked, "What has Brother Tang been busy with lately?" I haven't seen you in days! ”

"The tea house has had a bumper harvest, and I've been busy picking tea recently!" Tang Yizhen replied briefly.

Shen Yi nodded and said: "The marquis of tea picking, it is important to be in time, too early it will not taste complete, too late it will be scattered, it is best to collect it before and after the valley rain!" Now it's the order, it's time to drink a few cups, another day, Brother Tang can send a little Gu Yu tea to each of us! ”

"Why wait? I've brought it today, if Brother Wing wants to taste it, you can tell the little guy to go down and prepare it now! ”

Shen Yi heard this, and was overjoyed, so he hurriedly asked Tang Yizhen for Gu Yu tea, and instructed the maid waiting outside to cook tea.