The more Zheng Haoran thought about it, the more excited he became, but he couldn't help but feel sad from it, and he hid his face and choked up.

Li Feibai hurriedly asked, "Brother, why are you crying?" Ma Kun smiled: "Brother Zheng is happy for you, this is crying with joy!" ”

Zheng Haoran said: "No! Wiping the tears on his face, he explained: "I hate myself, why am I so stupid, I have been in the county for several years, why can't I think of this way to solve the difficulty of the stone lions that cannot be sold for the villagers." My younger brother has only been in the county for a few days, and he has already come up with such a solution, I am ashamed of my godfather and godmother! ”

Li Feibai said: "My brother is a person who reads sage books, how can he calculate small profits." Only a person like me, who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, will deliberately specialize, and I can't complain about my brother. ”

Zheng Haoran slowly stopped choking and said: "No matter what it is, it is naturally good to be able to sell it, what if the brother pulls the stone lion to the city and buys the façade to start a business, and can't sell one all year round?" ”

Li Feibai said: "I also asked these questions. In our province, in addition to Huaiqing Mansion and Weihui Mansion backed by Taihang, Henan Mansion and Nanyang Mansion have a small half of it nestled in the Qinling Mountains and Funiu Mountains, and the other mansions are plains, and almost no stone is produced, let alone stone carving. The stone carving shop in our county, the stone lion is not only sold in this house, but also some merchants in Henan and Kaifeng come to purchase. Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are big mansions, a year of stone lion materials are very much, as long as one or two merchants are negotiated, there is no need to worry about the stone lion can not be sold, should be worried about how to supply a large number of stone lions to the merchants. The stone carving shop in our county can earn a few thousand taels of silver a year, and our stone lion carvers use better materials and will definitely sell more than him. ”

Zheng Haoran bowed slightly and said, "I'm relieved!" ”

Ma Kun knew that Li Feibai was going back to Xiapan Village tomorrow, so he was willing to let go of this opportunity to accompany him, and said, "I'll accompany Brother Feibai tomorrow." ”

Li Feibai said: "Brother Ma, as the leader of the government service, must be busy with official business, so he will not be troublesome." ”

Ma Kun said with a smile: "It's such a coincidence, there is a case in Wangwu Township, and it has been delayed for a long time. I was also going to see how the case was solved in the next few days, and I would go over tomorrow. ”

Li Feibai didn't say anything, and the three of them drank for a while and left.

On the second day, the sky was just slightly bright, Li Feibai finished washing, went out to go to the mule and horse shop to rent a horse and ride back, and when he left the courtyard gate, he saw Ma Kun leading two tall horses waiting outside the door.

Ma Kunge was diligent, and Li Feibai didn't think much about it, just said that it was because he cured Qian Zijun's injury. The two exchanged early greetings, led the horses to find a breakfast shop for breakfast, and got on their horses and headed towards the west gate.

Li Feibai rode a horse for the first time, and he was a little scared at first. He got on his horse for fear of being kicked by the horse, and rode away for fear that the horse would turn him down. Fortunately, Ma Kun has always taken care of it, holding the horse's head when he gets on the horse, and pulling the horse's reins when walking.

After walking for a while, after slowly getting acquainted, Li Feibai was no longer afraid, Ma Kun let go of the reins he was pulling, and the two ran wildly all the way, chasing each other, talking and laughing very pleasantly. Walking to the Sanguan Palace, Ma Kun pointed to Chongling in the distance and said, "Lord Zhenfu was injured there." ”

Li Feibai let out an "oh", and when he retracted his gaze, he saw a girl in white sitting on a boulder on the side of the road, holding a wooden board in her hand, supporting her on her knees, holding a brush dipped in black juice and outlining the distant peaks on the white paper laid on the board. He secretly said in his heart: "This girl is so bold, just a few days ago, when a wolf hurt someone, she dared to come here alone to paint." As he passed by the boulder, he couldn't help but glance back at the girl, and saw that the girl's eyebrows and eyes were handsome, revealing a purity that did not eat other people's fireworks.

When he was far away from the girl, Ma Kun smiled: "What, do you like someone?" Do you need me to go back and help you inquire, which family's daughter is it? ”

Li Feibai's cheeks flushed slightly, and he said, "What's the matter, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Ma Kun smiled: "I'm from here, and I don't know the mind of you young people?" In the words of the old master, Guan Guan Ju Dove is in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. If you really like it, say it quickly, and I'll go back and help you inquire about it right away. If you don't say it, there will be no such shop after this village, so don't be shocked for life. ”

Li Feibai is a person who has been cultivated by free love, and feels that there must be a stage of mutual understanding between men and women, so how can he ask which family's daughter is at a glance. What are you asking for? Do you want to come to your door? What a match! Shaking his head, he said, "Brother Ma, don't make fun of me!" ”

The two had lunch at a distance of one or twenty miles from Wangwu, and when they arrived in Wangwu Township, Ma Kun invited Li Feibai to stay overnight and then return to Xiapan Village. Li Feibai only told Qian Zijun that he was going to leave for five days, and it would take him four days to come and go, and he had to leave a day to look at the façade and do some trivial things. If you sleep overnight in Wangwu Township, you will never be able to return to Yin Hotel for five days, unless you don't do some things that should be done. He is a person with a very strong sense of time, and he doesn't want to do what he should do, and he doesn't want to talk and don't count, so he declined Ma Kun's kindness, handed over the horse to Ma Kun, and left.

Ma Kun also wanted to go with Li Feibai, but he had said before that he had come to Wangwu Township to investigate the case, and following Li Fei at this time wouldn't he admit that he was lying and deceiving people, which made Li Feibai unhappy and not beautiful. had to lead the horse and say goodbye to Li Feibai. Thinking about staying in Wangwu Township for an hour or two, and then rushing to Xiapan Village, when Li Feibai asked, it was good to excuse that the case was over.

The two said goodbye by the balcony palace wall. Li Feibai went up and went up the mountain along the sheep intestine path. When you get to Xiapan Village, you have to climb two hills, and when you get to the village, it is estimated that it will be tomorrow afternoon.

Ma Kun led the two horses down and went to Wangwu Street. There are several concierges there, which are the office of the lieutenant chief, and also the place where the officials pass by and rest and stay.

Of the several gatehouses facing the street, the others were locked, and only one door was open. There was a bench at the door, and there was a forced servant lying on it, with Erlang's legs cocked, a broken straw hat covering his face, and sleeping soundly.

Ma Kun tied the horse to the tree in front of the door, walked up to the servant, stabbed the servant with his horsewhip, and said, "Where are you captains?" ”

The servant was awakened from his sleep, and was very unhappy, and opened his straw hat and squinted to see who it was. Seeing that Ma Kun was dressed up, he also said that he was a businessman in the past, and said, "What time is it?" ”

Ma Kun looked up at the sky and said, "Noon has not passed." ”

The servant shouted: "Shen Shichu was only on duty, and he came to ask again at Shen Shichu." Dare to tickle your old son to sleep again, be careful to be unkind to you. After speaking, he stretched out his foot and deliberately kicked the wooden flail next to the stool, making a "bang" sound.

Ma Kun knew that why this servant dared to reprimand him like this was not because he deliberately changed into a set of regular clothes to accompany Li Feibai today, so as not to wear a servant uniform too publicly.

He also believed that if he wore the official uniform, this servant would know at a glance that he was a poor master, or the ancestor of all the poor masters, the leader of the official service, would definitely be polite to him, and even flattered him, and offered him as an ancestor, more attentive than his own father.

It is said that those who don't know are not guilty, but why can't he swallow this breath? Not to mention that he is now the leader of the government service, that is, he has just become a government officer, no matter which township or village he goes to, those who are the chief and the head of the first class, which one is not polite to him, when has he been reprimanded and threatened like this? What's more, it's a hard labor in the long room!

He was furious for a moment, and the "squeak" of the horsewhip.