As soon as Hu Guiyang entered the door of his courtyard, he saw two smiling faces, and said in surprise: "I obviously took back the key." ”

Jiang Erpi said with a smile: "Unlocking is a small skill, Brother Gui Yang, no matter how strong the lock in this world is, it is not as safe as the living, and our brothers and sons will show you the house, which is more effective than any lock." ”

"It's the two of you who are on guard." Hu Guiyang said so, but he didn't really flatter people, went into the living room, sat down on a chair, "Since you're here, let's go get something to eat." ”

"Okay." The two agreed but refused to leave, looking at Hu Guiyang with blank eyes.

"Are there so few guests in the alley? You two spend every day with me. Hu Guiyang knew that the two were asking for money again.

Zheng Sanhun said with a bitter face: "Brother Guiyang, I don't know what's going on, this year's spring courtyards are particularly deserted, and the rich guests from other places will return to their hometowns without waiting for winter, and the guests in the capital are all hiding at home and refusing to go out, occasionally calling a fan, and easily refusing to come to visit the spring courtyard." ”

"This is a good thing, it shows that the people in the capital are kind, and you two should also change careers as soon as possible, since you can open the lock, you can be a thief."

"I've been doing it, I'm not overwhelmed, and I've got many crafts and many ways." Jiang Erpi was not ashamed at all, "There is one thing, there are too many tolerances to know me, whoever loses something, the first one will come to me." I was thinking about saving up some money, so that they would turn a blind eye and let me go. The third child and I walked around the spring courtyard in order to save money. ”

Jiang Erpi said the truth, and Zheng Sanhun nodded again and again.

Hu Guiyang knew that these two people were good gamblers, and they would never be able to keep money in their hands, "Don't talk nonsense, you took a lot of silver money two days ago, which is enough to buy a little more wine and meat, for one person." ”

"It's all gone." Jiang Erpi spread his hands, "It's a lot of money, but let the store make it fresh, and send it as soon as possible, you have to give people a little reward, and it will be spent in a few times, and we will make up for it." ”

Hearing the last sentence, Zheng Sanhun was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

Someone outside shouted, "Is Captain Hu at home?" ”

"Yes." Hu Guiyang got up and greeted him.

There were two young men here, each holding a box in their hands, with a smile on their faces, "A Yuan guest officer and a Fan guest officer ordered us to send it." ”

"Oh, these two guys, please get to the hall." Hu Guiyang leaned sideways and stepped out of the way.

The two men sent the box into the house, and after receiving the bounty, thanked them and left.

Hu Guiyang entered the hall and saw Jiang and Zheng staring at the box in a daze.

"Ahem."

The two brothers turned around, both of them looked surprised, and one said, "It's all silver!" The other said, "At least five hundred taels!" ”

"That's right." Hu Guiyang stood in front of the box, blocking the sight of the two, "Xichang rewarded my two friends, and they passed it on to me." ”

The two became more and more surprised, looked at each other, and said in unison: "Why don't I have such a good friend?" Then he pointed at the other person and laughed.

The laughter stopped, and Jiang Erpi said: "I know that the reward of the government is often in silver, many times it is a deer skin or even a piece of paper, and it is really exchanged for silver, at most eighty percent, saying that it is five hundred taels, but in fact it is only four hundred taels, but these two boxes of silver are sufficient." Tsk, Brother Gui Yang, these two friends of yours are really interesting. ”

"You didn't open the box and you saw that there were five hundred taels?"

Jiang Erpi smiled: "Without this kind of vision, can you still walk in the spring courtyard?" ”

"Okay, you can go, I'll find someone else to buy wine and meat."

The two of them, who were complaining about having no money just now, are now unusual, "Don't, cleaning the house, buying wine and meat is the job of our brothers, and no one can replace it." Brother Guiyang's money is too neat to be broken for a while, so we'll give you a cushion. ”

"On the mat? I still owe you money? ”

Jiang Erpi slapped Zheng Sanhun on the head, "Yes, how can you speak?" Brother Gui Yang just came home, why don't we take the wind and wash the dust for him? ”

"Huh?" Zheng Sanhun rubbed the place where he was beaten, and whispered: "Anyway, it's all you say." ”

The two turned around and were just about to leave, when someone outside shouted, "Is Captain Hu here?" ”

This time it was two craftsmen who came back, and as soon as they met, they saluted Hu Guiyang, and then brought in a large box from outside, sent it into the hall, and did not say anything, and immediately said goodbye.

Jiang and Zheng were stunned, and they could tell from the footsteps of the craftsman that this was another box of silver, at least five hundred taels.

Without waiting for the two to ask, Hu Guiyang said with a smile: "I helped some friends ask for a fee from the West Factory, and they were very polite and gave me a little kickback." ”

"Brother Gui Yang has great powers!" Jiang and Zheng's eyes were straight.

Hu Guiyang sat on the big box and stepped on the small box, "I'm hungry." ”

The two turned around and ran, and returned in less than a quarter of an hour, sweating profusely, and brought back the wine and meat in person, without knowing how they got it on credit.

"The dish is still hot, Brother Gui Yang eat slowly, let's go to the kitchen to give you hot wine."

Hu Guiyang was not polite, let go of his hands and feet to eat and drink, Jiang and Zheng took out a set of skills to please guests in the Spring Courtyard Hutong, carefully welcomed, running back and forth between the living room and the kitchen, ensuring that the wine and food were all hot, and the other person stayed at the table, pouring wine and delivering food full-time, no matter what Hu Guiyang said, even if he sneezed, he had to laugh twice.

It was getting late, and someone outside called the door for the third time, Jiang Erpi immediately said, "Someone is sending silver again?" You eat, I'll take a look. ”

This time it's not silver, it's a giveaway.

Ren Liu'er's family came again, there was no tolerance outside to guard the door, the old bustard entered the house directly, crossed the threshold, and quickly glanced at the three boxes on the ground, and showed a sincere smile on his face with heavy makeup, "Hu Daguan, what is this trouble?" Since my daughter came once the night before, she didn't think about tea and food, and complained every day that our husband and wife were ruthless and didn't arrange a good family for our daughter. She said that Hu Daguan is a first-class upright gentleman, who values love and righteousness, and if he has to serve him, he will have no regrets in this life. There was no way, we had to send her again, not asking for anything else, just to relieve our daughter's lovesickness. ”

Ren Liu'er followed behind, with a cold face, looking unwilling.

Hu Guiyang understood where Jiang and Zheng got the money to buy wine and meat before, and said with a smile: "Is it really so difficult to do business now?" I think at the beginning, I heard that a certain noble son spent a lot of money, but he couldn't invite the durian girl. ”

"My daughter has been pampered since she was a child, and what matters is love, not money." The old bustard beckoned behind him and motioned for his daughter to come forward to meet him, but Ren Liu'er pretended not to see it.

The old bustard coughed embarrassedly, "This person is also here, daughter, go and have a few drinks with Hu Daguan and talk, let's not be an eyesore here." ”

The old bustard, like his own family, kicked out Jiang, Zheng and Yahuan and others, and closed the door from the outside.

Hu Guiyang pointed to the opposite side, "Sit." ”

Ren Liu'er came over and sat down, still not speaking, staring at the oil lamp on the table.

"Still drinking?"

Ren Liu'er shook her head.

Hu Guiyang ate and drank by himself, and patted his belly after he was full, "Is your family so short of money now?" ”

Ren Liu'er finally spoke, "Even sitting on the golden mountain, the old beggar also said that she was short of money." ”

"But I really don't have much here, look, just a few boxes, plus a little loose silver, but it's just over a thousand taels."

"The old beggar said, there are very few guests this winter, and it will be the end of the year soon, there are too many places that need to be dotted up and down, and money needs to be used everywhere, so I don't have to pick and choose, and make a little money."

Ren Liu'er said bluntly, Hu Guiyang was not annoyed, but smiled: "What about last time? I didn't have the three boxes the night before yesterday. ”

"You really don't have any gold or silver treasures?"

"No, what did the people outside say?"

"It is said that you dug up a large number of treasures left by the thieves in Yunyang Mansion, went into the mountains for a few months, found ninety-nine places to bury them, and then quietly took them out and enjoyed them after the wind calmed down."

"Why ninety-nine?"

"How do I know, anyway, everyone says so, the old beggar believes it, and she has to let me find out."

"There are so many spring courtyards, why did you come to your house?"

"The old beggar started early, and she claimed that you had been to my house, and you had ...... long ago In short, she has a lot of tricks, and she managed to stop everyone else. ”

Hu Guiyang sighed lightly.

Ren Liu'er was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" I think there are too few girls sent to the door, or I think I'm ugly - no way, you think there are too few girls. ”

Ren Liu'er was very confident in her beauty, and she knew better how attentive men were, and added disdainfully, "You are all the same." The old beggar just bought two girls a few months ago, would you like to comb them up? According to rumors outside, you can play in a few alleys, and no one will ask you for money. ”

"Haha. But you don't believe the rumors? ”

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, I'm just a thing of the Ren family, I hold it and protect it when I use it, who will take care of me after I use it?"

"Aren't you able to praise private money?"

"What's the use? I can't take it out, I can't take it away, and when I die, I will still fall into the hands of the old beggar. ”

"Poor."

Ren Liu'er sneered, "There are more than four in the capital, one of which is that there are many people like us, everyone is like this, what do I have to be sorry for?" On the contrary, I am better off than most women in this world. It's just - it's not interesting, it's not interesting to eat, it's not interesting to be at home, it's not interesting to have guests. ”

"Are you still thinking about Yang San'er?"

"What do you think? But it's also a thin lover, if you want to say that I miss it, a few years ago, there was a Xiao Gongzi from Shanxi, who spoke in a very interesting tone, and the people were also interesting, and he could often make me laugh. He came to my house every spring for about a month at a time, and he came twice. ”

"What about the third year?"

"I didn't come."

"Why?"

"Ha, there are many reasons, people die, get sick, see different thoughts and fall in love with new people...... If there are 10,000 lies in the world, and 9,000 are in the spring courtyard, people spend money, they come if they want to, and they don't come if they don't want to come, how can there be why? ”

Hu Guiyang smiled, took the wine glass and turned it around lightly, "I have an interesting job, if you are willing to join the gang, I can share a sum of money with you afterwards, and it can also add a few spices." ”

Ren Liu'er's face was full of surprise, "Send people under the fence, no matter how much money you share, I can only get a little." ”

"I'll ransom you first, and then I'll give you money."

"So much?" Ren Liu'er knows how much she is worth.

Hu Guiyang nodded, "Would you like to?" ”

"You didn't lie to me?"

"I don't do anything with you, why are I lying to you?"

Ren Liu'er nodded slowly, "There is really such a good thing, of course I am willing to join the gang, and I am idle anyway." ”

Hu Guiyang leaned over slightly, "I do have treasures hidden in the mountains, not gold and silver, but they are priceless, so I need you to find a suitable buyer for me." ”