Chapter 209: Mysterious Senior Brother
In a dilapidated tavern, Luan Tingyu poured Li Yanqing a glass of wine and said: "This tavern sells moonshine wine, which is actually well-brewed, better than most official wines in Bianjing." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"You used to come to see the master?"
"I used to just come to see him secretly, and he never forgave me, even to death."
"The master has forgiven you, but you don't know it."
"How do you know?"
Li Yanqing took a sip of wine and said lightly: "The master told us that he had five apprentices, if he didn't say it, how would I know that you were the second senior brother, how would I know that your name is Luan Tingyu?" The master only has a hard mouth, and he has already forgiven you in his heart. ”
Luan Tingyu's eyes suddenly became sad, he buried his face in the palm of his hand and sobbed silently, and after a while, his mood gradually stabilized.
"If I hadn't met you today, maybe I would have regretted it for the rest of my life, little junior brother, I owe you a love."
Li Yanqing shook his head, "I'm not helping you, I just hope that the master will look at Jiuquan and solve the misunderstanding between the two of you." ”
Luan Tingyu didn't say anything, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Do you know that there are a number of very valuable calligraphy and paintings in Zhu Mian's wealth that you sink to the bottom of Suzhou Lake?" ”
Li Yanqing was taken aback, "Isn't that ruined?" ”
Luan Tingyu said with a smile: "Zhu Mian has done a very good waterproof treatment, it will not be destroyed in a year or two, and it will be difficult to say if it takes a long time, and most of the boxes have not been flooded, although the ship is upside down at the bottom of the lake, there is still air in the cabin of the loaded ship." ”
Li Yanqing's eyes widened suddenly, "Have you been in?" ”
Luan Tingyu nodded, "I just came back from Suzhou, pried open the two big boxes of the sunken ship, and made a lot of money, I am willing to share half of it, but I ask you to help me do one thing." ”
"What do you want me to help you?"
"You help me get the packing list, or you tell me which box is in what I want, nearly four hundred large tin boxes, I can't pry them all open."
"What do you want?"
"I want a guqin, Jiuxiao Huanpei."
Li Yanqing was speechless for a long time, if Luan Tingyu wanted a sword, he could understand, but he wanted Jiuxiao Huan Peiqin, his heart suddenly moved, "Do you want to give it away?" ”
Luan Tingyu showed a rare trace of warmth on his face, and he nodded lightly, "I want to give it to a woman, a woman who haunts my dreams in this life." ”
Li Yanqing suddenly felt that Luan Tingyu's cold blood began to have a trace of warmth, and at this moment, he changed from a killing machine to a human being.
After a moment of silence, Li Yanqing said, "Can you be sure that the guqin is on the boat?" ”
"Of course! The guqin was originally owned by Huang Tingjian, after Huang Tingjian's death, his eldest son gave the guqin to Huang Tingjian's close friend according to the will, Master Zhongren, the abbot of Huaguang Temple in Hengzhou, three years ago, Master Zhongren returned to his hometown of Huiji County Bujin Temple with the guqin, as a result, Zhu Mian got the news, and then used the excuse to dig a Taihu Lake stone in Bujin Temple, ransacked the temple, this guqin went to Zhu Mian's hands, and is currently sinking at the bottom of Suzhou Lake. ”
"But how do you know I'll get the packing list?"
"Although the packing list was handed over to the Son of Heaven, as far as I know, His Royal Highness King Jia left a copy, you just need to tell him that Wang Xizhi's "Shangyu Post" is also in the shipwreck, I am worried that it will be damaged, you have to go and salvage the calligraphy and paintings in the ship first, I believe he will definitely agree."
Li Yanqing suddenly understood what Luan Tingyu meant, "You mean to say that the guqin and calligraphy are in the same box?" ”
"Even if it's not in a box, I don't think it's far away."
"Looks like I still have to go to Suzhou."
Luan Tingyu stood up and bowed deeply, "If my junior brother is willing to help me with this, I will be rewarded in the future!" ”
Li Yanqing nodded, "I'm not sure, I can only say give it a try." ”
After a pause, Li Yanqing said again: "I think that piano is also on the list, in order to prevent unnecessary trouble, I suggest you make another imitation piano and put it in." ”
"I have an imitation piano, and even Huang Tingjian's autographed poem is the same, I always thought it was ...... It was a real qin, and I later learned that the real qin fell into the hands of Zhu Mian. ”
Li Yanqing looked at him with an expectant look, and said lightly: "Tomorrow, I will go to His Royal Highness King Jia!" ”
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Before dawn the next day, after Zhou Dong's body was cremated, his family returned to his hometown in Huazhou, Shaanxi Province with his bones, and Li Yanqing and others also said goodbye, and they returned to Bianjing.
In the afternoon, in a tavern in Zhouxiwa, Luan Tingyu was drinking and waiting for news from Li Yanqing with a heavy heart, and they made an appointment to meet here.
At this time, there was a rush of footsteps on the stairs, and when Luan Tingyu looked up, he saw Li Yanqing walking briskly to the second floor.
Luan Tingyu observed his words, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and Li Yanqing's expression was obviously a little depressed.
Li Yanqing sat down next to him and sighed: "There is good news, but there is also bad news, let's talk about the bad news first!" The Son of Heaven has decided to dig up all the shipwrecks in Suzhou, this is a decision made three days ago, the reason is the same as the reason you told me, the Son of Heaven is worried that the precious calligraphy and paintings inside will be flooded and damaged, he has issued an order to let the Imperial History of the Cheng Wang Huang as a special envoy, two days ago has rushed to Suzhou. ”
"And what about the good news?"
"The good news is that I have seen a copy of that list, and the guqin you want is in the 281st big box, in the 24th shipwreck."
As soon as Li Yanqing finished speaking, Luan Tingyu jumped up, saluted Li Yanqing with a fist, and turned around and hurried away.
Li Yanqing looked at him walking away, and couldn't help but smile coldly, the cold-blooded killer of the Tianzi number was actually infatuated with a woman, it sounded so absurd.
Of course, Li Yanqing knew that Luan Tingyu didn't tell him the truth, maybe he wanted to give the guqin to a certain woman, but he must have another goal.
Yesterday, Li Yanqing was a little tempted, and Luan Tingyu showed a flaw, a martial artist like him, I'm afraid he hasn't even seen what Huang Tingjian's handwriting looks like, let alone imitating a guqin, he actually knows Wang Xizhi's "Shangyu Post".
Obviously, someone prepared the imitation guqin for him, and they had already discussed the countermeasures, Li Yanqing suspected that Luan Tingyu's real goal was "Shangyu Tie", and the guqin was just a cover for him.
Although he knew that Luan Tingyu was not telling the truth, Li Yanqing did not refuse him, the wealth of fifty big ships had nothing to do with him, and he was just a favor.
Li Yanqing reached out and took the wine jug, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all, and had to pay for the last wine for him.
"Little Er, check out!"
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Coming out of Zhouxiwa, Li Yanqing hurried to Yujie again, he has been concerned about the situation of the new store in the past two days, although the current manpower is enough, but the opening of the new store in Yujie will not cause any force, Li Yanqing is still a little worried, as his father said, opening a store in Yujie not only means a strong capital, but also means a strong force.
There are still hundreds of steps away from the Yujie store, Li Yanqing suddenly found a long line, this team actually lined up a mile away at the Suzaku Gate, he walked forward quickly, sure enough, the starting point of this team is the original Wangjia Rouge Shop, and now it has hung up the big sign of Baoyan Zhai.
I saw that on the steps of the store, there was a large counter, on which were densely stacked with small wooden boxes of the plug-in type, and three female clerks were busy with their feet on the ground, two of them were responsible for collecting money, and the other was responsible for bagging and shipping.
It's only been three days since I went to Zhongmu County, has Yuzhi become so popular? The store is also full of people, crowded with female customers who come to buy rouge and perfume, and I saw the shopkeeper Wu greeting and sending off customers at the door with a smile on his face, constantly solving all kinds of small problems.
Li Yanqing looked up again, and there was a large plaque hanging above the door of the store, on which were the three big characters of Zhao Ji's imperial pen handwriting 'Baoyan Zhai'.
"The little official is back!"
I saw a smiling man standing behind him, it was Aunt Yang's brother Yang Xin, Yang Xin's first impression of Li Yanqing was a lively 'Wu Dalang', short stature, short limbs, a big round face, small eyes and a small nose, especially kind and docile, always smiling every day, his father Li Daqi always said that he was the material for the shopkeeper.
Of course, Li Daqi didn't just talk, so when the main store of Baoyanzhai moved to Yujie, the store on the Xinqiao side was handed over to Yang Xin, and Yang Xin was promoted to Yang Shopkeeper.
"Why does Second Uncle Yang have time to come over?"
"The new signboard of Li Ji on the side of Xinqiao will not be done until the day after tomorrow, and I will come to help if I am a little free in the past two days!"
Li Yanqing heard what he said, and hurriedly asked, "The shop over there in Xinqiao has decided to change its name?" ”
Yang Xin nodded, "The proprietor said that it has been decided, and the name is changed to Dye Red Li Ji Rouge Shop, selling high-quality and cheap fat powder and perfume, in fact, the quality is not much different from Baoyan Zhai, but the brand is different, and the price is more than half cheaper than Baoyan Zhai." ”
Li Yanqing sometimes has to admire his father's resoluteness, once he decided, he immediately started, he went to the day of the master's funeral and decided to open another mid-range rouge shop, but he didn't expect that it was only two days, and he started to make plaques, and it was actually called dyed red Li Ji.
"Is there enough stock?" Li Yanqing asked again.
"Speaking of inventory, it's really unexpected, when we took over the red dyeing Wang family's rouge shop, we actually found a room full of various raw materials and rouge in their warehouse, all of which were the inventory of the former rouge shop, and the government took them and it was useless, five hundred yuan was sold to us, we counted one night, the inventory inside was worth at least five thousand yuan, and the quality was not bad, this batch of goods changed its name and became red Li Ji rouge, and we have been busy sorting out these goods for the past two days."
Li Yanqing then remembered that the red Wang family's rouge shop was suddenly seized, and there should indeed be a lot of inventory, which is usually auctioned together with the store, and the store did not sell it, so of course the inventory was cheaper for them.
At this time, Li Daqi, who was sweating profusely, trotted out of the store all the way and said to Yang Xin: "Erlang, there are only five hundred pieces of jade fat left in the store, you go and transport all the prepared jade fat." ”