Wang Haijiao's body was shocked, and he didn't know why the young and majestic governor of Xizhou in front of him was chatting about family life, and suddenly asked Huang Lianzhu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This matter has almost been gradually forgotten by him, and at this time, when an outsider suddenly asked, Wang Haijiao immediately guessed the intention of these adults.

He knelt down in panic, kept kowtowing and said, "Adults must be mistaken, the villain's family is just an ordinary crocodile killer, how can there be such a treasure!" The villain doesn't know how several adults found the villain, maybe ...... Perhaps, there are also duplicate names and surnames, but the adults are mistaken! ”

Gao Jun smiled, did I say anything? How does the old man know what kind of treasure I said about "Yellow Lotus"?

Wang Haijiao said dejectedly, "The villain should be damned!" It's just that...... Su Lianzhu is no longer in the hands of the villain! But this treasure is strange and rare in the world, and there are always people who don't deserve it, and there are even people who hurt people for it. The villain really didn't dare to reveal the whereabouts of the pearl buyer, lest it ......"

Gao Jun said, "Don't you think that the old man is the one who shouldn't ask?" You also know that covering up for the buyer, and really acting and behaving in some rules! But the old man doesn't have to, just say it. ”

Wang Haijiao shouted a little out of control, "Adults, villains can't!" The buyer and the villain have been friends for many years, like siblings, and he made it clear at the time that he could not talk to anyone about the whereabouts of Huang Lianzhu at any time! Besides, this bead no longer belongs to the villain, where can the villain speak! ”

Gao Jun and the three adults present all nodded secretly, he pointed at Fan Ying and asked Wang Haijiao, "Do you know who she is?" She is the only daughter of Fan Bojiang in Yuhang County - Fan Ying! It's also the lady of the next step! ”

Wang Haijiao was skeptical, "How is this possible!" Fan Bojiang, there has been no news for more than ten years, and the villain thought that he was afraid of causing trouble after getting the baby, so he moved his family away from the place and lived in seclusion. Now a son-in-law who is a high-ranking official has appeared out of thin air, so who dares to believe it! ”

Fan Boshan shouted, "Why are you so stubborn! This official Zongzheng Shaoqing Fan Boshan, Fan Bojiang is the brother of this official, you only said that my brother lived in seclusion, did you think that he and his wife died after buying Huang Lianzhu? If you keep talking, you will be suspected of harming others by borrowing beads! Let's not talk about it! ”

Wang Haijiao muttered, "I said! I said so! There has been no news of Brother Fan for so many years! ”

……

The yellow lotus bead was inadvertently obtained by his ancestor when he killed a crocodile to extract the skin.

Wang Haijiao said that his family has always only raised crocodiles and obtained raw crocodile skins. The ripening of crocodile skin is done by a half-official and half-merchant workshop like Fan Bojiang.

The number of merchants who have business dealings with Wang Haijiao's father has reached more than a dozen at most.

And his family takes care of the crocodile business. The government's collection of crocodile skins is for a period of one year, and the number of tributes can be collected within a year, so the time limit is not tight.

Wang Haijiao's family will only kill new crocodiles when the last crocodile meat is sold out. Otherwise, the climate in Haizhou is humid and sultry, and crocodiles can't be put away.

When Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goryeo for the second time, he learned the first lesson, in order to resist the cold climate of the frozen mountains of Goryeo, Emperor Yang gave each of the princes and ministers and personal guards a pair of crocodile leather shoes.

The state capitals responsible for Tugong Jiaopi have issued orders to collect crocodile skins in a short time, and leather manufacturers from all over the country have asked for goods. As a result, Wang Haijiao's father had to break the practice of killing crocodiles, and the raw crocodile meat in the crocodile farm piled up.

Although in the end, the price of crocodile meat has almost dropped to the price of free gifts, there is still a large backlog. The crocodiles were used to feed the live crocodiles, but some of the crocodiles were still rotten.

While cleaning up the carrion, Wang's father unexpectedly discovered that the flesh of a crocodile was crushed at the bottom, and it was originally slaughtered.

But all the other meat was rotten, only it was as fresh as ever.

The men were amazed, and quietly examined it, and saw that in the belly of the crocodile was a thick shell that had been crushed by it but had not been melted, and a brilliant pearl mixed in.

This is a big discovery, the crocodile meat does not rot for many days, and it is obvious that it must have something to do with this bead. It is as bright as a torch at night, and it tastes bitter without tongue, so it is named Yellow Lotus.

They secretly verified that no matter which slaughtered crocodile it was stuffed into, the meat would not rot.

"Such a treasure is very beneficial to your business, and you have sold it, is there something great in your family? Or is this bead some kind of hoodoo? ”

Wang Haijiao sighed and said to everyone in the hall, "After the villain's family got the Yellow Lotus Pearl. There have been a lot of changes. But this pearl auspicious and ominous, who said it well for a while! ”

"What's going on?" Chu Suiliang asked.

Wang Haijiao said that first of all, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the anti-flag was everywhere, and some people with the ability to claim the king one after another. Du Fuwei raised Huainan and was known as the king of Wu. Zhou Wenju occupied Huaiyang and called the Willow Leaf Army, which made people panic!

These places are still some distance away from Haizhou, and the villain's family thinks that no one will ever want Gongjiao skin again, but there is always some market for those crocodiles, so the villain's family raising crocodiles and killing crocodiles have not been affected by the war.

He continued, but then, there was also a rebellion in the Haizhou area, and the leader was called Zang Junxiang, known as the king of Fubei, and the team was more than ten miles south of Haizhou.

Once, one of his teams seemed to have suffered a defeat, and was surrounded by people in a deep mountain for ten months before breaking out.

Those hungry and red-eyed rebels ran to the crocodile farm of the villain's house, opened the fence to catch crocodiles, and took meat to wrap their stomachs. Who knew that one negligence, in broad daylight, let a group of crocodiles jump up the pool, and some ran into the village and bit them in the street.

"The two youngest brothers of the villain died in that calamity!"

Everyone was silent for a while, and Gao Jun said, "This is a man-made disaster, and it is also a great change in the world, and it cannot be counted in your family." ”

Wang Haijiao said, later, when the villain's father killed the crocodile, he was eaten by the crocodile. He was peeling off a crocodile with his foot. It was being bloodied with an iron cone stuck in its head...... Everyone thought that this crocodile would never be able to move again. It suddenly turned around and bit his father's leg, which was broken!

"Which leg is it?! But the right leg? Fan Bojiang asked.

"Is your father alive?" Chu Suiliang also asked anxiously.

Wang Haijiao replied, "I'm alive, but I'm already old and confused, my legs and feet are not very good, and I don't come out much every day, but a few adults want him to come and inquire?" ”

Gao Jun said, "No need. Tell me, when the official's father-in-law and mother-in-law came to buy the Yellow Lotus Beads, was there a person with a lame right leg among the accompanying people? ”

Wang Haijiao recalled, and kept shaking his head, "No, our two families know each other, when Brother Fan and his wife came, in order not to attract people's eyes, the two of them just looked like visiting friends, and after the silver and goods were cleared, they hurriedly returned." ”

He said that in the ninth year of Zhenguan, the world was already peaceful, and none of them brought it with him, let alone a lame person.

……

On the official road from Taizhou to Yuhang County, Taizhou Thorn Shi Su Yan led more than 20 capable subordinates to accompany Gao Jun, the governor of Xizhou, and Fan Ying, the third lady, to the north.

accompanied by Mrs. Taizhou Thorn Shi's carriage.

Gao Jun and Fan Ying only stayed in Taizhou for one day, and they went to Wang Haijiao's home in Ninghai County, Taizhou, and saw Wang Haijiao's old father with a lame right leg.

When I went, I learned that his family's crocodile raising and killing crocodiles for a living had long since ceased to work. The family lives in a small, dilapidated courtyard.