Chapter Seventy-Four: Tracking
At night on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the time is approaching, if it was this time in the past, the lights in the Lin Mansion would have been turned off and people would have slept peacefully. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info However, tonight, the Lin family also set up an incense case in front of the ancestral hall to welcome the God of Wealth.
Welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is a common custom in Jiangnan. Lin Ruhai's cousins waited for tonight, and they all had to leave for home. Each has its own career and work, and the uncle is a merchant who provides Jiangning weaving fabrics, and his family is quite wealthy. The third uncle and the fourth uncle are relatively poor, but with Lin Ruhai's funding, there are several hectares of fertile land at home, and food and clothing are not a problem.
"It's time! Welcome to the God of Wealth! ”
The gate of the Lin Mansion was open, and two firecrackers began to be set off.
At the same time, every household in Yangzhou City invariably heard firecrackers one after another. On the incense case, melons, fruits and vegetables, four meat and four vegetables, the gods eat differently.
Lin Lan yawned, took the incense and bowed and knelt, and finally coped with the trivial matters of the New Year. He wrapped his fur tightly and hurried back to the house to sleep.
The sun was three poles, and the hour had passed, so Lin Lan got up and ate some pastries alone. Last night, the old beggar Niu Bacha sent a message, and Yang Xinyong came with the news, at noon on the fifth day of the new year, about at Wuting Bridge.
He yawned and went to the bamboo grove building. It was Yun Xiaofan who opened the door.
Seeing that it was Lin Lan, Xiao Fan had a smile on his face, "Young Master, you're here." ”
"Where's Shunyo?" Lin Lan looked at Yun Fan who was still wearing bandages, "Your injuries are not healed, so you should move less." ”
"Shunyo is still asleep, I am used to it, so I get up and feed the pigs."
Lin Lan nodded and said, "Is it the pig that was fed in the way I said?" ”
"Young master, don't worry, everything is done according to what you said."
The door on one side was pushed open, and he ran over smoothly and said, "Young Master, you are here." I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”
"Come on, your eyes are still hanging, didn't you just get up?"
Shun Yu looked at Yun Xiaofan's smile on his face, and knew that this guy betrayed him, and said a little angrily: "Xiaofan, you can do it, it's only been two days with the young master, and you have learned to make a small report?" ”
"Don't slander people Xiaofan, I don't know what virtues you have?" Lin Lan touched her hair like a bird's nest, "Have you prepared all the things you have prepared?" ”
"It's alive." Shun ran into the house and handed a burden to Lin Lan.
Lin Lan said: "In this way, Xiaofan, you can stay here and don't show up these days." Shunyo, you and I go. ”
Yun Xiaofan nodded, and said with some sincerity: "Xiaofan thanked the young master for those brothers." ”
"Don't rush to thanks."
The master and servant left the bamboo forest and rushed towards the Wuting Bridge.
It was still early, so Lin Lan was not in a hurry, but went to Wuyi Lane first to find Niu Ba String of Mouths, so as not to say that he had leaked his mouth when he got it.
Regarding Lin Lan's idea, Niu Ba began to refuse directly, thinking that Lin Lan must be crazy to do this, but after receiving Lin Lan's money, Niu Ba reluctantly agreed to Lin Lan, and the two acted separately.
As noon approached, Lin Lan took out the beggar's clothes from the baggage, and the cold wind blew, and it was really cold.
"Young Master, why are you doing this? The master has said, you don't need to worry about this, why do you have to extract your teeth? ”
Lin Lan wiped his face with some ash from the bottom of the pot, stepped on the ground with both feet, and said, "The lord is the lord's business, how many standards are the commissioners in the county, and I say?" I'm going to put that behind me. You remember, don't lose it later, remember the location, and then give it to the master in three days. ”
"Why three days?"
Lin Lan looked at the beggars who were gradually gathering under the Wuting Bridge, and said, "The other party is cunning, if there is anything unusual, I will get out and spread the news again." If you rashly send someone over and pounce on you, won't your previous efforts be wasted? ”
Shunyo said with some concern: "Then the young master, you are in danger, if the master knows, it is estimated that Shunyu will also be beaten!" ”
The sky was clear today, but the wind in the alley was still so biting. Lin Lan patted Shun Shun's back and said, "You are looking ahead, are you a young master or am I a young master?" ”
"Of course you are."
Lin Lan saw that Niu Ba's figure had appeared, so he walked out of the alley and said, "Then follow it, don't lose it." ”
There are so many beggars gathered on the side of Wuting Bridge, and visitors will inevitably pass by to take a look, thinking that it is a gathering of beggars. Lin Lan blended into the team and looked ahead at the few poorly dressed people who were in the same clothes as Niu Ba.
Sure enough, the old fox couldn't have come by himself. With such a big battle, it is inevitable that people will be targeted, and it is naturally impossible for the old fox to go out in person. Lin Lan also gave the portrait to Lin Ruhai, this Yang Xinyong was originally a private salt leader, and he was on the wanted list of the imperial court, but he was cunning and meticulous, and he has not been able to catch any clues.
Niu Ba swept the people under his eyes, he didn't recognize Lin Lanlai, and when he saw that the hour was almost up, he said a few words to a few stewards, and the two sides stretched out their sleeves and completed the transaction in the middle.
Niu Ba checked the money in his hand, squinted and smiled slightly: "Farewell." ”
"Listen, if you want to get rich, follow our arrangement from now on, and if you leave without permission halfway, you don't have to come back."
"Master, don't worry. You told me to go east, and I will never go west. ”
"Yes, you can give your brothers food and do anything."
Several people glanced at each other, and nearly 100 people were directly separated into five teams.
"It's all up!"
Lin Lan's pupils shrank, and he really planned carefully, even if he brought people in, he had to be so careful. The leading steward took Lin Lan and twenty people around Yangzhou City, paying attention to whether there were any people following him from time to time.
Lin Lan looked at the highest Bird Cloud Tower in the distance, and a subtle smile crossed the corner of her mouth.
Finally, when he was walking through the streets and alleys and almost leaving Yangzhou City, the steward suddenly turned back and took Lin Lan and his team into the largest paper shop in Yangzhou City.
The market just opened today, so there were no customers yet, and after Lin Lan and the others entered, the door was immediately closed.
"If you want to make a lot of money, please cooperate! Put all your heads on me. ”
"Huh? What is this for? ”
"What's going on, making it so mysterious?"
More than a dozen stewards hooded Lin Lan and the others and escorted them into the backyard. Lin Lan closed her eyes, carefully feeling the direction, and kept counting the steps in her mouth. This time, his adventure, I don't know if he can bring the big salt lord Yang Xinyong to justice?
On the far Queyun Tower, Shun Yu felt the luster from the paper shop in the south of the city, put the telescope handed over to him by Lin Lan into the baggage, and silently wrote down the address......