The sting has passed, and the city of Jinling is warm and full of spring......

Since the opening of the sea ban in the Longqing Dynasty and the sale of the east and west oceans, only more than half a year later, the entire southeast coast suddenly became rich, and Nanjing became the commercial center of the whole country.

After angrily beheading the eunuchs of the prison army in Qixia Temple, Hai Rui gave the court a twist. Seeing that the good situation in Jiangnan was trampled on by villains such as Huang Bingwen, Gao Gong, a cabinet scholar, discussed with the great eunuch Huang Jin, Chengguo Gong Zhu Xizhong and others, and recalled him back to the capital.

At this time, Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, issued a secret order to Xu Ling'er, asking her to go to Fusang again immediately to assist Guo Guoqiang on an errand.

With the help of Hai Rui, Xu Ling'er arranged to receive the Shimadzu tribute, and before leaving, she met with the Luo sisters in Tangfu and promised to let Wen Tao come to Nanjing.

After appeasing the Luo sisters, accompanied by Zhu Hui, Xu Ling'er came to Qixia Temple and met with Elder Yuekong.

Seeing that the ceremony was over, Elder Yuekong asked, "Xu Qianhu, I heard that you are leaving again?" ”

"Yes, Master. I don't know when I'll be able to come back, and before I leave, there are some things that need to be arranged. As for the true identities of Chen Yuanhua and Zhang Gou'er, the master must already know, but I don't know if he can rebel against them, let them do things for the imperial court in the future, hand over Lin Feng's den along the coast, and compare it with the list provided by Luo Amin, so as not to hurt the innocent when the net is closed in the future. ”

"Lao Qu had participated in the War of Resistance against the Japanese and knew the nature of the ambition of the wolf son. Xu Qianhu, do you have any specific solutions? ”

"I want to invite the teacher, can Chen Yuanhua be worthy of our trust?" Xu Ling'er asked.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Chen Yuanhua to recuperate in Qixia Temple, Elder Yuekong talked to him a lot, and knew his situation well, so he replied seriously: "Chen Shopkeeper is a businessman with a lot of experience, I can only say that he still knows shame, has good thoughts, and has faith in his words, but the word loyalty is not yet able to talk about, and now in the governor's yamen, there are 300,000 taels of silver from him, and the old man listens to him, after he returns to Ningbo, he will close the money village there, and hand over the Longmen Inn to Zhang Gou'er, and he will come to Nanjing to do business with Tang Jing." ”

At this time, Zhu Hui looked at the master with blank eyes and asked tentatively, "May I ask what the master thinks of Zhang Gou'er?" ”

Elder Yuekong smiled and replied, "Zhang Gou'er is still young, as long as he no longer associates with pirates, he can become a loyal and chivalrous gentleman." However, things gather like and people gather in groups, and you, as his eldest brother, have to help the master bring him well. ”

With Elder Yuekong's words, Xu Ling'er was relieved, and Zhu Hui also nodded with satisfaction. So, he sent someone to find Chen Yuanhua and Zhang Gou'er, and wanted to show them justice.

As soon as Zhang Gou'er entered the door, he saw Xu Ling'er, and immediately felt ashamed and embarrassed, his face became flushed, he gave the master a salute, and timidly came to Xu Ling'er's approach, and said: "The son of the first Zhang Sanguan of Qiumu Pukou, I met my sister, looking back on the past, the younger brother is very ashamed, and in the name of my deceased father, I apologize to the sister of the Xu family and Uncle Xu, please forgive me!" So saying, he fell to his knees.

Xu Ling'er picked up Zhang Gou'er and replied with a smile: "It's really a vicissitudes of life!" If I hadn't seen you today, you would still be a muddy and runny child in my sister's mind. It's not easy to be a dog brother, and now, you have grown up, and Liuguan Wentao is your role model! ”

"The little brother will never live up to the expectations of the master and sister, it's just that I haven't seen Brother Wen Tao for a long time." As he spoke, Zhang Gou'er's eyes immediately became moist.

Under the careful care of Zhang Gou'er and others, Chen Yuanhua's body has gradually recovered, and he is ready to wait for the arrival of Ma Wu, the leader of the merchant group, to hand over Lin Feng's business to Zhang Gou'er, and completely break away from the pirate group.

Xu Ling'er glanced at Chen Yuanhua and found that he had been bowing his head and not saying anything, and she didn't know what he was thinking, so she said loudly: "Now that Lin Feng is dead, the Luo sisters have been rescued by Wen Tao, the pirate gangs in Satsuma and Heto have been wiped out, and now the imperial court has opened the customs, allowing the sale of the East and the West, and there are more Western missionaries all over the world to preach the 'gospel', then, we also have to spread thousands of years of Chinese civilization to the four seas, Brother Dog, when we have saved enough money for the Sichuan road, we will accompany the two masters to cross the ocean, and the sea is wide and leaping. The sky is high and the birds fly, and you have no problem with building an immortal career, right? ”

"Please rest assured, little brother, I understand my mission."

After hearing these words, Chen Yuanhua knew that everyone was waiting for him to make a statement, but he was different from Zhang Gou'er, because his whole family was still in Pingdo, and now he was most worried about the two Mr. Matsuura who were imprisoned in the governor's yamen, as well as the thirty taels of silver he raised, who were now detained in the governor's yamen.

At this time, the Elder of the Moon Sky who was watching the fire asked: "Lord Hai originally wanted to interrogate Shopkeeper Chen, but was persuaded by Lao Wei to stop it, may I ask Xu Qianhu, what is Lord Hai's attitude towards Shopkeeper Chen's situation?" ”

"Before I came, I went to ask Lord Hai, and Lord Hai's attitude was very clear, as long as Shopkeeper Chen was still a legitimate businessman, the government would not embarrass him. As for the 300,000 taels of silver, it was raised by Xinglong Qianzhuang, and it was all the hard-earned money of the people, so it would naturally be sent back to Ningbo, and it would not be a penny short of him; As for the two Mr. Matsuura, I have interrogated them and have proven their status as merchants. However, we have to wait for the Ministry of Rites to send officials to identify, please believe that Lord Hai will never wronged a good person. Xu Linger replied.

At this time, Chen Yuanhua spoke: "I am grateful for the power of China and the emperor's grace, there is a blue sky lord like Lord Hai, there are loyal and brave soldiers like Xu Qianhu and Zhu Zongqi, and there are living Buddhas like Elder Yuekong, and the grass people Chen Yuanhua swore to the sky, and was loyal to my Ming Dynasty with all his heart, and in the future, he will do business in his own right, and never again interact with traitors, traitors and robbers. With that, he knelt in front of Elder Moonsky.

Elder Yuekong helped him up, looked at the cross he was exposed on his chest, and said: "Shopkeeper Chen, according to the Bible, believers should not swear to heaven, as a believer in Jesus, when you draw a cross and pray every day, you only need to touch whether your conscience is still there, Amitabha." ”

As a Christian, hearing that Elder Yuekong and others were preparing to cross the ocean and compete with missionaries, although Chen Yuanhua did not sneer, he was very unconvinced, and after listening to Elder Yuekong's words, he lowered his head in shame.

At this time, Xu Ling'er said: "Shopkeeper Chen, go back to Ningbo first, Lord Hai will then send someone to send you the silver back, those are the hard-earned money of the people of Ningbo, if your money is no longer done, return it to the people quickly, you understand?" ”

"So, you're going to let me go?" Chen Yuanhua couldn't believe it.

Xu Ling'er nodded and replied, "Yes, I hope you don't disappoint Lord Hai......"

Chen Yuanhua was so excited that he knelt on the ground and shouted, "Lord Qingtian"

At the same time, Wu Xiang, who was far away in the forest of the monks of Eagle Peak Temple, was wearing a long shirt with a straight body of green cloth, and was writing like a stream, and copied it to the twenty-fifth time: Wu Yueniang swinged in the spring day, and came to Wang'er to slander the immortals in drunkenness.

Playing with the brush in his hand, Wu Xiang, who shook his head, stood up slowly, and said in a frustrated voice:

Kick off the swing and get up and straighten out your slender hands. Lunon flowers are thin, thin sweat and light clothes. Seeing the guests coming, the socks slashed the golden hairpin. and ashamed to go, leaning on the door and looking back, but sniffing the green plums.

These days, Tang Jing has been waiting for news, I don't know if Wu Lian's money in his hand has been obtained? He wanted to follow Zhu Hui to Qixia Temple, but when he suddenly heard that Wu Xiang's kid was still in Bailuzhou, he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately came to him to settle accounts.

Pushing open the outer door of the study, Tang Jing squinted at Wu Xiang, who was chattering, and suddenly, he shouted: "I don't know what is dead, have you ever looked for Wu Lian in Qixia Temple?" ”

Wu Xiang raised his head and found that Tang Jingzheng was looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly said: "Sure enough, I saw the guests coming, and the socks were drawn with gold hairpins, haha, come, Tang Daguan, taste it with me, and see what the ladies in his family do when Ximen Daguan is not at home?" ”

I don't know what he was talking nonsense, Tang Jing entered the door, sat opposite him, and asked, "Which Ximen official?" You bastard, do you have a crush on the girls of the Ximen family, so do you still want to marry Miss Shen? ”

"Tang Daguan, where did you start asking?" Wu Xiang put down the brush in his hand, opened the folding fan in his hand, put on an elegant posture, and continued to shake his head and read: "It is said that the Lantern Festival has passed, and the Qingming Festival is approaching, Ximen Qingyou should be invited by the earl early, saying that Sun Widow is the east, and invited the suburbs to play tricks......"

The word "went" was pulled out with a long note, as if the words were rapped in the Qinglou painting boat.

"I see that you have a fucking day when you don't have to worry about it, it's really cool!" Tang Jing scolded Wu Xiang and pulled the manuscript paper closer, only to see that it was written:

The red pink faces the red powder face, the jade crisp shoulder and the jade crisp shoulder; Two pairs of jade wrists were pulled upside down, and the four golden lotuses were upside down.

Seeing this, Tang Jing showed joy on his face and asked in surprise: "Hey......, what kind of bullshit article is this?" ”

Wu Xiang suddenly came to his senses, and started the story with Wu Song's killing of his sister-in-law as an introduction, how the Ximen officials seduced Pan Jinlian, Li Bei'er, and Pang Chunmei, and listened to Tang Jing drooling......

At the end, learning the tone of a storyteller, Wu Xiang asked, "Brother, look, is this Ximen official very similar to that Xu Kun?" ”

Tang Jing's face suddenly turned red and white for a while, and he was silent for a moment, and while Wu Xiang was not paying attention, he slapped him with a big face......

There was a roar in Wu Xiang's ears, his head hit the wall, and the folding fan fell to the ground......

seemed to think that Li Bei'er was Mrs. He, so ashamed that Tang Jing gritted his teeth, wishing that there was a crack in the ground to get into......

At this time, Wu Xiang realized that he had said the wrong thing, and got up with his cheeks covered and bowed to apologize.

Tang Jing gasped for a long time and asked, "Have you ever looked for Wu Lian?" ”

"You don't come these days, I'm all stuck in books, and I've forgotten all about business. Oh, if I want to become the great official of Simon, it is not enough to have a brother-in-law with a bright future, I must have silver in my hand. ”

Hearing that he was still muttering about the Ximen officials, Tang Jing's anger did not fight, and he raised his fist again, frightening him to the side.

So, Tang Jing glared and said loudly: "Let me warn you first, I didn't dare to go out these days, although Huang Bingwen is gone, but Tie Niu is still moving around, he spread the word through the scoundrel, and put his sister's death on the heads of the two of us, now, he may not know that you live here, you give me care." ”

"Oh, how is this good?"

It can be seen that Wu Xiang is indeed frightened enough, Tang Jing replied: "Whether your brother-in-law lets you live in Qixia Temple or not, you'd better move there, so that it will be safer, don't forget, you must find out how much silver Wu Lian has in Xingji Qianzhuang, hurry up and find a way to cash it out, don't let Zhu Hui's kid take the lead." ”

"Don't hesitate, wait until I say hello to Elder Mingche, let's leave today." Wu Xiang said, and hurriedly cleaned up the manuscripts on the table.

"Your kid's little guy writes pretty well." Tang Jing said, picked up the scroll on the table and looked at it for a while, and then said: "Zhu Hui went to Qixia Temple today, it's best not to let him meet you, you can go tomorrow." ”

"What did he do?"

"I heard that Chen Yuanhua and Zhang Gou'er are going back to Ningbo."

Wu Xiang was shocked when he heard this, no matter what, the Ningbo branch of Xinglong Qianzhuang has his share, the 100,000 taels of silver on Zhoushan Island were taken away by Tie Niu, and I heard that there are still 300,000 taels of silver, which are temporarily stored in the Yamen of Yingtian Governor, he believes that Hai Rui will definitely return it to Chen Yuanhua, so he has to come back no matter what.

Finding that Tang Jing was immersed in reading and fascinated, Wu Xiang packed his luggage and asked, "Did you come by horseback or sedan chair?" ”

Tang Jing didn't even raise his head, and replied, "Came on horseback." ”

"Give me your horse, you can hire a sedan chair and go home, I'll go to Qixia Temple." Wu Xiang said, stretched out his hand and grabbed the manuscript in Tang Jing's hand, picked up the package and turned around and ran out.

"After so many days, you are not in a hurry, are you in a hurry for a while?" Tang Jing shouted and chased out.

Wu Xiang straddled the package diagonally, ran to the big tree outside the Jushi Forest, untied the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, and replied with a smile: "Tang Daguan, go and help me say hello to Elder Mingche, you go home and wait for my good news." Also, don't forget to go to Shen's house to propose to me. ”

Seeing Wu Xiang urging the horse away, Tang Jing scolded: "You bastard, persuade your sister well, Zhu Hui's kid is not a good thing, there are already several women, besides, your sister and he haven't worshiped heaven and earth, so Wu Lian's elbow can't turn out......"

Wu Xiang didn't even look back, quickly whipped out of the city, came to the gate of Qixia Temple, happened to meet Chen Yuanhua who was wandering on the shore of Mingjing Lake, hurriedly threw the stirrup off the saddle and got off the horse, and led the horse to his approach.

"Hehe, shopkeeper Chen, don't come to harm!"

Chen Yuanhua turned around and found Wu Xiang standing in front of him, and replied with a smile: "Wu Gongzi, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”

"I heard that you were leaving, so I hurriedly ran to you to settle the score."

"What's the account?"

"Do you need to talk about that? How much money are you going to give me for the money that is temporarily stored in the governor's yamen? ”

"Don't hide it from Wu Gongzi, at noon today, I have discussed it with Xu Qianhu, Zhu Zongqi, Elder Yuekong and others, according to the meaning of Lord Hai, after returning to Ningbo, I will close the money village and completely break off the relationship with Huang Bingwen, as for the silver, my brother also knows that it is all to raise the hard-earned money of the people, I calculated, it should be no problem to pay off the capital, as for the interest money, temporarily embezzled some from the Longmen Inn, barely enough......"

Before Chen Yuanhua could finish speaking, Wu Xiang looked unforgivable and scolded him......

"Brother, you don't need to be so excited, if you have anything to say, please find your brother-in-law to say."

At this time, Wu Xiang was like crazy, let go of the reins in his hand, and pulled Chen Yuanhua to fight......

Chen Yuanhua didn't fight back, he was chased everywhere, and when he looked up, he found Elder Yuekong, Zhu Hui and Zhang Gou'er standing in front of him.

"Stop!" Zhu Hui shouted and stopped Wu Xiang, and at this time, Zhang Gou'er took the opportunity to take the horse in his hand.

"Brother-in-law, don't stop me, you hateful stinky pirate, see if I don't kill him!"

"What the hell do you want to do?" Zhu Hui asked.

"At the beginning, before the opening of the Ningbo branch, Huang Bingwen, who was raised by this bitch, let him take away my 100,000 taels of silver as the capital, I heard that he would stop doing it when he returned to Ningbo, he had to return the capital to me, didn't he?" Wu Xiang asked confidently.

Chen Yuanhua hid behind Elder Moon Sky and replied, "Young Master Wu, we have to be reasonable. Not to mention that the money in the yamen has to be repaid, let's just say that Huang Bingwen asked me to take away the 100,000 taels of silver, how much did you spend in Ningbo? ”

"How much did it take?" Wu Xiang asked angrily.

"What you spent in Fireworks Willow Lane, and helped you buy a house on Zhoushan Island, these small sums of money don't count. The Zhang family in Yuyao County proposed to you, and it cost 50,000 taels; Later, you quietly went to Beijing again, and under the pretext of helping Cai Dezhong with some points, you forcibly took away 50,000 taels, so tell me, is there still your share of the remaining silver? ”

Finding that Wu Xiang had re-opened his posture and wanted to reason with Chen Yuanhua, Elder Yuekong persuaded: "Amitabha, Wu Gongzi, don't say it again, the silver is not directly given to the shopkeeper Chen, Lord Hai will send the official messenger of the yamen back to Ningbo, and supervise the shopkeeper Chen, and return the silver to the people with interest." If you think you should have a share, dog, give him back the horse, and ask him to go to the governor's yamen to find Lord Hai to go. ”

So, Zhang Gou'er handed the reins to him, and at this time, Wu Xiang was dumbfounded when he found that no one was helping him speak.

It seems that I can only think about Wu Lian's silver, thinking of this, I knelt in front of the elder with a plop, Wu Xiang cried and said: "The Buddha of great mercy, save me, Tie Niu said that I killed Yue'er, and gave me a hunt and kill order, and the scoundrels in Nanjing City are looking for me everywhere, and I can't stay in Eagle Peak Temple......"