The four treasures of the study are the favorite of the literati, and when Wang Wei saw this treasure inkstone, he was already moved. However, although he was born in a eunuch family and traveled around the two capitals to enter and exit the noble courts, the cost was not small after all, and he thought to himself that if he wanted to buy such an inkstone, he might not be able to buy it for one or two thousand yuan. So, he could only reluctantly suppress that impulse and looked at Du Shiyi with an inquiring gaze.

"The inkstone is a good inkstone, if you bring it to the princes and nobles, it may be able to sell it for a good price just by virtue of its condition. But ......" Du Shiyi suddenly changed his words, but he paused before asking, "You have more than a dozen other inkstones there, if someone else buys this one, but simply puts it on the shelf, your rest of the inkstones will still be piled up at home in vain." In the land of the two capitals, the stone inkstone is not widely spread, and the most is the stone from Qingzhou in Xuanzhou, and the Duanzhou stone inkstone is just famous in the land of Lingnan, do you understand? ”

Yang Zongwan originally thought that Du Shiyi kindly picked up the stone inkstone and returned it to himself that day, and said to himself the words that made his heart warm, and he had a lot of hope in his heart. But at this moment, these words were like a basin of cold water, pouring him cold.

After staying for a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you Langjun for reminding me, it is a certain spirit that is too high, I just think that the land of the two capitals gathers talents from all over the world, and these Duan inkstones must be useful, but now it seems that it is just an empty one." A certain followed Song Xiangguo all the way from Guangdong to the north, and he had already poured everything he had, and now he only had 10,000 yuan in exchange for the inkstone on that side to pay off the arrears of food and accommodation in the guest house, and there was not much left, let alone the return trip. If Lang Jun likes this inkstone, he can just make a price. ”

Du Shiyi saw that Yang Zongwan had a disheartened attitude, and Wang Wei also had a different face, so he laughed: "You misunderstood what I meant, I didn't take advantage of the fire to rob." I mean, this inkstone is not allowed to circulate in the north, and the lack of reputation is one major reason, and there is no good ink that is most suitable for using this inkstone, but it is another big reason, which is like a good horse with a good saddle, a truth. Moreover, let me ask you, how many inkstones are there around you besides this side? ”

"This ...... There are still twelve ......" Yang Zongwan hesitated for a while, and then said truthfully.

"For you, it's a lot, but if Duan Yan is really famous, it won't be enough at that time." Du Shiyi saw that Yang Zongwan's mouth opened wide all of a sudden, his face was full of disbelief, so he said with a smile, "So, you don't have a return journey, I can give it to you, you go back to Duanzhou to collect a batch of the most haode inkstones, remember, it is an inkstone, not a haode stone inkstone that has been carved, and then go back to the Eastern Capital." And don't rush the knife, just put it first. As for those expenses and back and forth, you don't have to think about it, I will ask your Wu Jiu to return to your hometown with you. If you want to raise the name of Duan Yan, I can raise the name of Duan Yan for you! ”

"Lang Jun, is this true?" Yang Zongwan couldn't believe his ears, and when Du Shiyi nodded again, he was so excited that he couldn't help himself. Before Wu Jiu went to invite him, on the way, he had already added fuel and vinegar to announce to him that his Langjun was born in the famous family of Jingzhao Du, and the division commander was Lu Hong, the great hidden man of Songshan who was recruited by the Son of Heaven, and he intersected with the Cui clan in Yongfengli, and became famous in the Dou Mansion of Bi Guogong, etc., he had great hopes in his heart when he came. It's just that the hope has come to naught, and then it has become a more beautiful haode longing, such a gap between the ups and downs really makes him a little difficult to digest.

Seeing his sluggish look, Du Shiyi smiled considerately: "All in all, you can go back and think about it." ”

"No, don't think about it!" Yang Zongwan almost didn't think about it, took a deep breath and said categorically, "I am a desperate person now, but I don't want to be so blue-eyed by Langjun." Originally, I only hoped to find the sound for this treasure inkstone, but now I can find the sound for the end inkstone, how fortunate it is! That being the case, this Fang Bao Yan will stay here with Lang Jun, go back and prepare, and then temporarily store all the stone inkstones in Lang Jun's place, and then you can set off! ”

Dealing with such a cheerful person, Du Shiyi naturally felt relaxed and happy. He smiled and nodded, and when he sent the person to the door of the house, and saw Wu Jiu leading the person away, he looked back, but saw that Wang Wei was staring at the Duan Yan left by the side, looking up and down, looking left and right, as if he couldn't put it down. However, when he returned to sit down cross-legged in front of him, Wang Wei raised his head and said, "The back and forth of going to Guangdong and collecting the cost of inkstones, all this is not a small number. If I'm not mistaken, Du Jiulang, your family should not be well-off, such a large sum of money ......"

"If you pay for the journey, fifty guan is enough, and when I came out of Songshan before, I just had a hundred guan money on my body just in case. As for the cost of collecting inkstones, it is at least no less than 200 yuan when added together with the road fee, which is indeed beyond my ability, but Cui Shilang of Yongfeng Li will definitely be willing to intervene. ”

Wang Wei couldn't help but be even more surprised when he saw Du Shiyi downplay such a risky thing, as light as buying a book. He looked down at the Duan Yan for a while, and finally dispelled the idea of continuing to ask, and said with a wry smile: "I was alone in Liangjing before, and the cost was huge, and I recently welcomed Fifteen Lang to Beijing, plus there are three younger brothers and one sister at home, even if I want to help, I really can't help." ”

"Brother Wang's words are serious, I am a person who always loves to go off the rails with a sword, and most ordinary people are dumbfounded. You still have it at home

Mother and siblings, I don't dare to drag you into the water. However, before this matter was completed, he asked Brother Wang to keep it a secret. As for the ink worker, please ask Brother Wang to pay attention to one or two for me. ”

Wang Wei naturally agreed to such a small request, and sat down for a while before resigning. Soon after he left, Du Sanniang came back with Zhuying, these days she was always in a low mood and went to a Buddhist temple, as if she had achieved some wishes, at this moment it was obvious that she was in a very good mood, and she went to Du Shiyi's house to talk about what she had seen and heard in the Buddhist temple for a long time, and then she was sleepy, and she went back to the room to make up for sleep after lunch. And Du Shiyi instructed Zhuying to guard the house well, and wrote a letter for Tian Mo to send to Cui's house to Cui Jianxuan. And Tian Mo went, but he didn't come back until the curfew in the evening, but he only brought a simple message from Cui Shiyilang.

"I listen to you!"

Since Cui Wuniang and Wang Wei have reminded the Liu family about it, in the next few days, Du Shiyi almost stayed at home, and instructed Du Shisanniang to practice calligraphy in her spare time. During this period, Cui Jianxuan came quietly for a while, left the gold and the two servants as his henchmen, and then left immediately. Du Shiyi had no choice but to ask Wu Jiu to find Yang Zongwan again, and when he learned that he was ready to stop, he asked Wu Jiu and the two Cui servants to go south with him with the money, but let Du Shisanniang take the stone inkstones he kept temporarily to Cui's house for storage in the future.

And since he got the news from Du Fu, he wrote another letter and sent it to Xiping County, Xianzhou. When all this was cleaned up, Wang Wei also recommended two skilled inkers to come, it was already mid-February, Qi Guotai's wife Du De's condition was greatly improved, Cui Taizhi and Cui Gezhi's brother discussed, and finally decided to let Cui Jianxuan immediately follow Du Shiyi back to Songshan to study.

Before leaving, although the Cui family did not gather their children for a banquet, they set up a small farewell banquet in the house where Mrs. Du De of Qi Guotai lived. This time, Du Shiyi just met Cui Jianxuan and Cui Wuniang Cui Jiuniang's mother for the first time, and Mrs. Li Guo. Li married Cui Gezhi at a young age and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Only she was calm, and now her body is not very good, her face showed a little weak paleness, and only when Cui Jianxuan was mentioned, the upper part of her cheeks showed a flush.

"Du Nineteen Lang, Eleven Lang, I will entrust it to you."

"Madam, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of him."

Du Shiyi glanced at Cui Jianxuan next to him as he spoke, and saw that he was very depressed and poured a glass of wine into his mouth, remembering that he had just gone from Du De, the wife of Qi Guotai, to Cui Wuniang and Cui Jiuniang, all of them intentionally or unintentionally reminded him not to let Cui Jianxuan get into trouble, and he couldn't help laughing. When he saw Cui Jiuniang's next seat opposite, Du Shisanniang was also drinking wine from the left and right, and he said: "My sister will live in Cui's house in the future, and she will be really tired." I only have this one sister, not only did she send me all the way to Songshan for medical treatment, but also lived alone in the mountains for the next two years, never saying anything about her hardships, and I owe her a lot. I only hope that she can have more fun with the fifth lady and the ninth lady. ”

"Brother......

Seeing that Du Sanniang finally raised her head, her eyes were already full of water, Du Shiyi raised her glass and smiled at her slightly: "Thirteen Niang, don't forget what you said when you told me to stay." ”

"I won't forget." Du Sanniang saw that her brother drank it all, she bit her lip vigorously, forcibly endured the sourness of her eyes, and said word by word, "Brother, please concentrate on your studies, don't think of me, I will take care of myself!" ”

When it was time to leave, Cui Jianxuan, who hated trouble, directly ordered the luggage prepared by his family to be loaded into another car, and sent two people to follow behind with the two ink workers, and slowly sent them to the Lu's Thatched Cottage in Hanging Lianfeng, and he and Du Shiyi only took one entourage and Tian Mo, and as soon as they left the eastern capital Luoyang, they galloped on the official road. It wasn't until he galloped out for more than ten miles in one breath that he reined in his horse and said with a long sigh of relief: "In the eastern capital, except for angels, horses are not allowed to gallop, and there are endless etiquette rules everywhere, cumbersome dead people!" It's not easy to finally catch your breath now! ”

"You, don't you have any sorrow to say goodbye to your family?"

Du Shiyi's heart was full of Du Sanniang's forced smile, and when she saw Cui Jianxuan like this, she couldn't help but feel that this kid was really heartless. But as soon as he said this, he saw Cui Jianxuan pouting angrily: "The fourth uncle and grandpa blew their beards and glared at me when they saw me, and I was most afraid of them, and I couldn't wait to stay away from them for my sister and ninth sister." As for my grandmother and mother, of course I would, but if I stay at home, they must have a headache. It's not that you don't know, unless I don't see outsiders, I'll offend people as soon as I open my mouth! ”

Seeing Cui Jianxuan talking about his bad problem, as if he was proud, Du Shiyi couldn't help but be angry, and left him and galloped out with a flick of the horsewhip. However, after only a short while, he noticed that there were a large number of people crowded in front of the official road, as if something had happened. With a frown, he casually asked a middle-aged man, but the other party shook his head and sighed.

"I heard that Jiang Shilang of the Duke of Chu was frightened and rushed straight to the wheat field next to the official road, and the house slaves are now saving people, and I don't know what the situation is!"