As for how Jingming broke away from the merchant organization, it has been detailed in the third volume of this book, after General Wang Chong was killed, Jingming began to have a crush on Guo Yi, so after he fled from Taiwan, he ran to the capital to swagger and deceive, Shen Yu and Luo Yan did not know the truth, mistakenly thought that he was sent by Wang Chong, so he let him live at home, and happened to meet Wu Xiang to visit. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

Jing Ming, who discovered the mystery of God, spoke the truth, Wu Xiang did not have any doubts about him, considering that he was the most acceptable person by everyone, he did not hide the purpose of his trip, the original told Jing Ming, asked him to help in Nanjing, and then introduced him to Zhang Sixiu.

Zhang Juzheng, a scholar of Shoufu University, has three sons, the eldest son Zhang Jingxiu has a strong temperament and integrity; The third son, Zhang Maoxiu, although he was born in a noble family, has no habits of being a gentleman, and has accumulated good habits since he was a child. Only the second son, Zhang Sixiu, is elegant, has a wide range of travels, is very understanding, and has the demeanor of a famous man, and has won the favor of his father.

With an unknown history of "Golden Vase Plum", Wu Xiang once had a reputation for the Beijing Division, Zhang Sixiu had already heard of it, under the teasing of Yang Gongzi and others, the two hit it off at first sight, first chatted about some ups and downs, and then talked about the changes in the court situation, and praised the "examination method" and "a whip", the appearance of the empire is a new one, and he expressed his sincere admiration for the dedication of Zhang Daxue to become a country, and at the same time, he also reminded Zhang Sixiu to pay more attention to the body of the scholar, and not to overwork C......

Zhang Sixiu knows his father's physical condition well, and also knows that some of his hobbies can not be persuaded, and he can't help but show melancholy, Wu Xiang sees it in his eyes, is anxious in his heart, and can't wait to tell a story, on the cliff of Changbai Mountain, someone fights tigers, pythons, and cheetahs, and gets a few old ginseng that has not been encountered for thousands of years, and now it is taken to Jinling to be sold.

After listening to this story, Zhang Sixiu was very interested, no matter what the price was, he would buy it, so Wu Xiang mentioned Wu Xuezheng's matter in a timely manner, and told him without hesitation that as long as this matter was done, he could get ten thousand-year-old mountain ginseng, plus 100,000 taels of silver.

Zhang Sixiu can do a lot of this kind of thing, but for the sake of the "Jiangnan genius", the silver can be dispensed without, and he must be able to ensure that those "immortal things" are genuine and can be favored by him, so he told Wu Xiang to go back first, and then he went to Nanjing.

Wu Xuezheng handed over 450,000 taels of silver, took the nine old ginseng from Jingming's hand, and didn't have time to take a closer look, and immediately went to Zhang Sixiu's apartment with great excitement.

As soon as he left, Wu Xiang suddenly appeared out of nowhere, stopped the carriage, and took away 50,000 taels of silver before Jingming sent the remaining 400,000 taels to the three alleys.

Just when Wu Xiang returned to Fu Ji Qian Zhuang and went through the transfer procedures, Jingming had already taken off his hat, wrapped himself in a son's scarf, and accompanied by a large group of dart masters, he went out of Xi'an Gate and went north along the old imperial city wall......

The group went out of the Taiping Gate, after the Shenlie Mountain, Jingming was going to board the boat from Xuanwu Lake, go to the Yangtze River Wharf in Waijinchuanmen, and then go to Ningbo, when he got carried away, he suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder, and was suddenly taken aback, just turned his head, and was suddenly dragged under the horse, and suddenly heard someone shouting loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, please stop moving!"

Jingming looked up, only to see Zhu Hui, who was full of anger, holding a sword in his hand and pointing at him, he immediately got up from the ground, took a few steps back, and shouted to the dart masters: "Hurry up and arrest this robber." ”

The dart masters rushed over to make a move with Zhu Hui, so Zhu Hui waved his hand, put away his sword, and said, "Master, this Taoist priest is a liar. ”

"Who are you? According to the rules of our dart board, we are only responsible for the safety of our clients, so please do not embarrass us. A dart master said, trying to get rid of Zhu Hui.

"Master Liu Meng of the Guidart Bureau is a good friend of Xia, if you don't believe me, please follow me to the governor's yamen to find Shi Shiyong." Zhu Hui said, and continued to preach: "The Taoist priest in front of him, although he is also an acquaintance below, his behavior is very suspicious, for the sake of prudence, let's go to the yamen first." ”

At this time, the dart masters became suspicious of Jingming, and when Jingming found that they had turned their horses' heads, they knew that it was not good, so they immediately took off their blankets from their horses, turned around and ran towards Shenlie Mountain.

So, Zhu Hui urged the horse to chase over, Jingming like a monkey, immediately climbed the hillside, and when Zhu Hui got off the horse and chased into the mountain, he felt that he couldn't run away, and he lay on a mountain and shouted: "Chief Banner Master, you have to spare people and spare people, if you chase me again, I will scatter these nine old ginseng into the ditch......"

Zhu Hui wanted to catch him and ask what happened to cause him to deceive and do such a ridiculous thing, so he climbed the mountain and chased him.

This frightened Jingming, and he saw him holding a handful of old ginseng in his hand, and begged: "Master Qi, you have to spare people and spare people, I will return these ginseng to you, let me go." ”

"What the hell happened to you? Why? Zhu Hui said, stopping the attack.

Jingming didn't answer, stuffed the nine old ginseng into his pocket, threw it towards Zhu Hui, turned around and ran, and when Zhu Hui found the pocket, he found that the nine old ginseng were intact, looked at his back with a puzzled face, and shook his head helplessly.

Returning to the master who came to look for the dart, Zhu Hui said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the master who entrusted you is a liar and has now escaped. ”

"It stands to reason that we should escort the dart to the Yamen of Shangyuan County and hand it over to the county lord to dispose of." One of the dart masters replied.

Zhu Hui knew his situation, he didn't want to go to see the official, and he was also worried that the silver would be blackened by the officials, so he pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Masters, this silver is transported from Fu Ji Qian Bank, where do we come from and where do we go back, do you think it will work?" ”

The dart masters were also worried that if they really wanted to go to the Yamen, they might get into trouble, so they agreed to Zhu Hui's request and drove the carriage back to Fu Ji Qianzhuang.

At this time, the outside of Fu Ji Qianzhuang was very lively, and a full martial arts show was being staged: Wu Xiang invited a group of scoundrels, Wu Xuezheng commanded more than a dozen family members, as well as Qianzhuang's bodyguards and guards, and the three parties were scuffled together, chasing each other in circles, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

It turned out that after Fu Ji Qianzhuang finished his business, Wu Xiang returned to the three alleys, but he didn't come to the left or right, so he began to be afraid, and he didn't dare to say more to Tang Jing, so he quietly went outside to find Jingming.

Wu Xuezheng got the nine "old mountain ginseng", and ran to Zhang Sixiu's apartment in a hurry, who knew that he had already been made out of the package by Jingming, and what was placed in front of Zhang Ergongzi was all fakes carved from big carrots.

Zhang Sixiu didn't see it at first, it was similar to the one he had seen the day before, but he put it under his nose and smelled it, and then pinched it with his hand, and suddenly became furious, scolded Wu Xuezheng again, and coaxed him out.

At this time, Wu Xuezheng was annoyed and angry, thinking that Tang Jing was calculating himself, and with a dozen or so family members, he came to the three alleys violently, and as soon as he came to the mouth of the alley, he met the sneaky Wu Xiang, and immediately ordered someone to arrest him.

Looking at this posture, Wu Xiang knew that the big thing was not good, and they all fell into the trap of Jingming, and shouted loudly while running: "Master Wu, don't blame us, we have all been deceived, and we will see you in Fuji Qianzhuang later." So saying, he got into an alley and ran faster than a rabbit.

Now even if Tang Jing is beaten to death, it is useless, so Wu Xuezheng and others came to Fu Ji Qianzhuang again to ask the shopkeeper about the Taoist priest.

This matter has nothing to do with other people's money houses, the shopkeeper didn't show up at all, and the bookkeeper came out to deal with a few words, and was dragged out and beaten by the Wu family's family; Suddenly, Wu Xiang also arrived with a group of scoundrels, and the bodyguards of Qianzhuang saw that they were not good, so they first rescued Mr. Bookkeeper, and then, without asking the rules, the three parties fought together......

Just when they were inseparable, the dart masters came back with the carriage, and Zhu Hui urged the horse to their approach, shouting: "Stop! ”

When they found out that the dart board had staked the silver back, they immediately stopped the truce, and they seemed to be a little incredulous, and they all fixed their eyes on Zhu Hui.

At this time, Wu Xiang was the most excited, shouting "My brother-in-law is ......", and immediately fell to the ground.

The silver is back, and I don't know if those old ginseng are there? Wu Xuezheng came to Zhu Hui's horse tremblingly, recognized this Tang Jing brought back from overseas, and thought to himself, if he couldn't get the nine old ginseng, he would have to take back the silver, so he said unceremoniously: "No matter which one you play?" The money is still the old man's. ”

Zhu Hui threw the stirrup off the saddle and got off the horse, and replied: "The younger generation asks for peace to Master Wu, please accept the late birth, and it is inconvenient to say more in the public, please believe my uncle, he will never lie to you." As he spoke, he handed the nine old mountain ginseng to Wu Xuezheng.

Wu Xuezheng confirmed that these were genuine goods, and immediately burst into tears, and stammered and asked, "This, this, still, can it be done?" ”

At this time, Wu Xiang got up from the ground and replied loudly: "Of course it can be done, you can do it quickly." ”

"Alas, I'll just say it, the old nephew won't harm me." Wu Xuezheng put away the old ginseng, seemed to be a little uneasy, came over and pointed to Wu Xiang's head, and said menacingly: "The old man knows, you are the mastermind of this matter, I will go to see Zhang Gongzi again immediately, if something goes wrong, come back and ask for your head." ”

Wu Xiang replied without timidity: "This son has been in Beijing for so many years, is he a fool?" Go ahead and don't be embarrassed here. ”

So, Wu Xuezheng went to the old shopkeeper of Qianzhuang and made a request, the silver could not be handed over to Wu Xiang for the time being, and if the matter was not completed, he would have to come back and return it.

At this time, Wu Xiang quietly followed, leaned on Wu Xuezheng's ear, and asked softly, "Do you really think that those old ginseng have played a role?" Master Ti Xueguan, I didn't expect you to be so confused, all this silver has to be given to Zhang Gongzi, and people don't dare to accept your money directly, do you understand? ”

Wu Xuezheng nodded, and said to the old shopkeeper of Qianzhuang: "Forget it, let Wu Gongzi transport the silver." ”

Suddenly, Zhu Hui broke in and hurriedly said: "These nine old mountain ginseng were originally given to Master Wu by my uncle, and today, I can't take half a tael of silver out." After that, bow deeply to Wu Xuezheng.

"What are you doing here?" Wu Xiang asked angrily.

"I just counted it, there are only 400,000 taels on the carriage, where are the 50,000 taels?" Zhu Hui grabbed Wu Xiang's collar and asked angrily.

Wu Xiang, who was angry, stretched out his hand to beat his brother-in-law, and scolded: "What are you doing with this little bastard? ”

"If you hand it over, if you don't pay it, I'll cancel the deal for my uncle." Zhu Hui replied.

Wu Xuezheng couldn't wait, and was afraid that Zhang Gongzi would not accept his money, so he persuaded: "Forget it, my old nephew just needs to have this heart." ”

Zhu Hui didn't give up, pulled Wu Xiang out, and said, "You tell the truth, does Zhang Gongzi want money?" ”

"What do you kid know? Of course they do. ”

"That's good, let's not do anything that hurts the heavens and reason, cancel this business immediately, and I will return to the three alleys and send back the 50,000 taels of silver from the family."

"You dare!"

"See if I dare." Saying that, Zhu Hui called Wu Xuezheng out and wanted to take back all the nine old mountain ginseng.

At this point, Wu Xuezheng began to worry that he would not be able to do it, and immediately agreed to Zhu Hui, but Wu Xiang quit, if he sent back the family's 50,000 taels, it would be really empty, he knew that his brother-in-law could do it, so he told the truth, Zhang Gongzi only needs to participate, not money.

* Wu Xiang handed over the 50,000 taels of silver he had just saved, and all the silver on the carriage returned to the original owner, Wu Xuezheng thanked Zhu Hui for his kindness, re-applied for the deposit, and took out 1,000 taels of silver to thank Zhu Hui, but he said that he didn't want anything, which was regarded as repairing the relationship between the Tang and Wu families.

In the end, Wu Xiang was empty of money and goods, so he played a scoundrel, and had to borrow a thousand taels of silver from the money village to send away the fox friends outside, but Zhu Hui was opposed again.

The old shopkeeper of Qianzhuang admired Zhu Hui and was willing to take out a thousand taels of silver to give away, but Zhu Hui was helpless by Wu Xiang*, so he only accepted one hundred taels, and gave someone an IOU, which was regarded as sending away the scoundrels outside.

Zhang Sixiu got ten "immortal things", and hurriedly wrote a letter to his father, telling about the situation of Jiangnan's secret visit, especially mentioning Wu Xuezheng, a scholar in Jiangnan, who has the talent of the heavens and latitudes, comparable to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and has in-depth insights into the implementation of the examination method and a whip......

A month later, Wu Xuezheng was appointed as a household squire, and he could go to Beijing to take up his new post in the spring of the following year.

(End of chapter)