"It's snowing! It's snowing! ”

Early in the morning, as soon as the signboard was placed, Chen Zhi heard Chen Man's cheerful voice outside the door, and then Aunt Liu's slightly nervous words came: "Xiaoman, don't be naughty, hurry back, your eldest brother has already opened the door." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Oh, okay." Chen Man responded obediently, the mother and daughter walked in, there was still a little bit of crystal on the hair, Aunt Liu looked at Chen Zhi with a little awe in her eyes, but Chen Man was much more relaxed when she passed by her brother's side.

Two days have passed since the Chen family's white affairs, and everything is back on track, and Chen Zhi's family is like being forgotten, living quietly in this busy city.

"Go up and eat breakfast first." After instructing Chen Man, Chen Zhi saw Chen Fu coming from outside the door again, this loyal servant of the Chen family had bloodshot eyes and seemed to have not slept all night.

Chen Zhi walked over with the prepared hot soup and asked, "I'm back, have you said everything?" ”

Chen Fu took the soup bowl, held it in both hands, and said, "According to what you said, young master, I have told the shopkeepers of several gambling houses, and the time has been extended to one month, and two months is really unspeakable. ”

"One month is enough, I asked you to bite for two months before, mainly to facilitate negotiations and give them a bargaining space," Chen Zhi nodded, satisfied with this result, "Is there a fixed number of total gambling debts?" ”

"Yes," Chen Fu took out a list from his arms, "According to the arithmetic method you wrote, young master, those bookkeepers have all calculated, repeated several times, a total of twelve taels of silver with interest, and a number of other objects, said that you promised in the past, and pressed in the pawnshop, you see if there is any mistake or omission, or deliberate miscalculation." With that, he blew on the hot soup and took a careful sip.

Pawnshops are related to Buddhist monasteries, with the spread of Buddhist beliefs, gradually appearing in the land of China, Pengcheng County is no exception, but ordinary people do not dare to touch, patronizing mostly for the children of the family.

"Twelve taels of gambling debts?" Chen Zhi took it and looked at it, and nodded after a while, "It's not a big problem, they dug traps in a few details, and added up before and after, and counted more than one or two." ”

"These dogs!" Chen Fudeng became angry and put the soup bowl aside, "I'll go to them to theorize!" ”

"Don't worry, Uncle Fu, you've been busy all night, rest first, they can't run away from this matter," Chen Zhi didn't care, "Moreover, whether it's twelve taels or eleven taels, it's not a small amount for us, but if you can earn eleven taels, then twelve taels is not much of a problem, I can bear this error, but it can't be blinded." ”

"Yes, yes, that's right." Chen Fu nodded in agreement, and then showed a worried look, "I just don't know, when I can earn enough money, a month is too tight, besides, young master, you still have to review your studies and prepare for the screening of the academy." ”

"Sharpening knives does not mistake woodcutters, and does not get in the way." Chen Zhi shook his head, "In addition, when the house was on fire, who sent the letter to those creditors and asked for it?" ”

"They don't know, it was said that someone was suddenly shouting outside, I followed your method, looked for traces in the ruins of the old house, and also brought a few broken logs, all of which were placed at the door, by the way, the old servant asked some neighbors again, saying that before walking through the water, there was a person who looked like a person in the house wandering around," Chen Fu shook his head with a solemn expression, "Young master, is the person who sent the message the arsonist?" Is it possible that someone from the gambling house did it? ”

Chen Zhi smiled: "I can't make up my mind, I asked you to contact the casino creditor, just to make the situation move, as long as you move, the other party will move again, it will leave more traces, and about the servant in the house, in this way, I will teach you a saying, you go to the house to talk to people, the more people you talk to, the better, just find the servant, the maid, and write down what they said, I can almost be sure." ”

Chen Fu's heart moved: "Young Master, do you have eyebrows?" ”

"I've provoked quite a few people in the past, and every one of them could set fires......"

Chen Zhizheng was talking, and there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and he saw Chen Xi walking over with a ashamed face, looking depressed.

Since Wang Xi and others left, there has been no business to the door, occasionally there are curious people, most of them just come in to ask a few words, know a rough idea, and leave with an incredible face, and then there are rumors of Shulinzhai on this street, but after all, it is not a good word.

In view of this, Chen Xi also blamed himself more and more.

"Third brother, cheer up, don't blame you for that, blame me," Chen Zhi shook his head and comforted the third brother, "Besides, it's only been a few days, if I'm not bad as expected, we should be lively in the past two days." Chen Zhizi took all the responsibilities.

"Big brother, you said someone was going to come over to deliver the silver, who is it?" Chen Zhu, who had just finished washing, also walked over, and asked as he walked, "The weather is getting colder and colder, and the snow has begun to fall, no matter what kind of work is not easy to do, who will pick this time to send money?" ”

When a few people spoke, they didn't notice that outside the door of Shulinzhai, in front of the signboard that read "Write letters on behalf of others, Tong Suo is not bullied", there was a middle-aged man wearing a big hat.

The man was in his thirties, with a well-trimmed face and beard, and a pair of eyes staring at the signboard in disbelief, peeking into the house from time to time.

On the corner of the street, Cui Shi, who was braving the wind and snow and carrying a simple table and chair, was carefully putting things down, taking a breath of hot air into his hands, and then rubbing vigorously, his eyes had habitually looked towards Shu Linzhai.

"No one cares about this store today, a few people really came to cheer that day......" Before the thought fell, Cui Shi looked at the middle-aged man with some surprise, and a little doubt flashed in his eyes, "This person looks a little familiar, it seems that he has seen it somewhere, where is it?" Having said that, he stopped in front of the signboard, probably surprised by the achievement of those eight words. ”

Cui Shi has seen a lot of such a scene these days, and he didn't take it to heart, but when the man hesitated for a moment and walked into Shulinzhai, he cared about it again.

"I guess it will come out soon, and I've seen it many times in the past two days."

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"Excuse me, which famous artist is the signboard outside the door?" The man walked into Shulinzhai, looked into the house, and when he saw Chen Zhi's dress and bearing, he knew that he was the person in charge, so he asked.

"No, that's exactly what I wrote below." Chen Zhi looked at the voice, and saw that the person who came looked calm, with a strong bookish atmosphere all over his body, his clothes seemed ordinary, but he was actually elegant, and the materials were extraordinary, and he knew that it was a fish that was really hooked along the bait.

"Your Excellency's Mobao?" The middle-aged man was surprised, but he had a good cultivation, so his expression was not violent, and he could only see suspicion between his eyebrows, which was obviously suspicious.

Chen Zhi knew how to dispel this suspicion, and said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, as long as you comply with the rules of my store, you can write a letter on your behalf." ”

The man suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked, "I don't know what kind of rules it is?" ”

"First, within 100 words, fifty dollars a letter, second, is to bring your own parchment paper, of course, if not, our store can also provide, but the price is different."

"This rule may sound harsh at first glance, but if you really have such calligraphy attainments, it is nothing," the man let out a long sigh of relief and laughed, "I can't hide it, I still don't believe it in the next place, but your Excellency can say such rules, I guess you are not afraid, then please write a letter for me." ”

"Okay, second brother, third brother, pen, ink, paper, ink, ink, ink, paper, ink, ink, pen, ink, paper, ink, pen, ink, paper, ink, pen Chen Zhi also laughed, feeling that it was easier to talk to someone who understood.

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"Why did you get in for so long?"

In the wind and snow, Cui Shi found a stall under the eaves, waiting for the business to come to the door, and at the same time paid attention to the movement of Shulinzhai, and saw that the person did not come out for a long time after entering, and suddenly became puzzled.

"That person is really familiar, I've definitely seen it, who is it?"

Just as Cui Shi was thinking about it, he saw the middle-aged man walking out of Shulinzhai with an excited face, holding a piece of paper in his hand, like a treasure.

"Huh? This...... This scene looks a little familiar. Cui Shi's eyes widened, thinking of the appearance of several sons of the family a few days ago, "Really let the ridiculous young master of the Chen family write a letter?" And those who are willing to spend money in vain? Or, is it here again? ”

Cui Shi thought about it, and saw the man frowning at the snow, then took off the big coat he was wearing, carefully wrapped the piece of paper, and then plunged into the snow.

"What's going on? The big ones are all taken off, and they don't keep themselves out of the snow, so they use it to wrap paper? How precious is this? Is it really the work of calligraphy? Everyone is hiding in that store, or is it really that ridiculous child......" Cui Shi was thinking about it, the man had walked quickly past his stall, and now the two were close enough, Cui Shi saw it clearly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration.

"Pavilion Master Left?"

"Huh?" The man paused slightly, turned his head to look, "Do you recognize me?" ”

"You're really an old man?! In Xia Cui Shi, I was fortunate to go to Linzi two years ago and met the owner of the museum. Cui Shi's face turned red, because he finally thought of this person's identity, the son of the Linzi Zuo family, after Mr. Zuo Si, who attracted Luoyang paper!

After the excitement, Cui Shi asked like a star chaser: "Why did the unknown pavilion master come to my Pengcheng?" ”

"Neiko's mother's family is here, come and save your relatives." Of course, the owner of the Zuo Pavilion would not remember such a small role as Cui Shi, but he still responded politely, and was anxious to leave after saying a few words, Cui Shi also had eyes, and did not delay, only said that he had time to visit, but he muttered in his heart.

"Could it be that Chen Zhi still has a friendship with this Zuo Yuan Zuo Pavilion Master? Even the owner of the left pavilion gave him a cheer......"

But before he could think clearly, the owner of the Zuo Pavilion, who had walked out a few steps, turned back and went straight to Shulinzhai.

"Owner, have you forgotten something? Why don't I get it for you? ”

"No, no," Zuo Yuan waved his hand, and then said eagerly, "I'll go and persuade that Chen Gongzi, this price is too low, just fifty yuan, too low, too low!" Gotta go up! If it doesn't rise, it's not enough to calm people's hearts! ”