The old man's surname is Cai, ranked sixth, people in Yuhu County call him Cai Lao Liu, more than fifty years old, fat in his later years, slightly chubby, he was originally a big family in Yuhu County, because he loved gambling, squandered all his family property, and after middle age, he could only rely on a hand abacus to mess around, these two years, after the arrival of the Japanese, he married his daughter to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the business in Yuhu County, full of thought that this time caught the golden beetle son-in-law, you can enjoy the blessings of old age, that knows that the Japanese son-in-law is stingy, do not take a penny to gamble for him, Only send him to Xunyuan part-time procurement outside buying, Xunyuan was originally a private villa of a senior official of the Nanjing government, landscape gardens, pavilions and pavilions, quite large-scale, before the Japanese came, the senior official fled to other places, the Japanese like this villa very much, after taking over as a Japanese military and political dignitaries, or a place for leisure and entertainment for business giants, Cai Lao Liu got this errand, the oil and water were OK, but he couldn't pay the huge cost of his good gambling, often lost long hands and short clothes, green and yellow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The young merchant is actually the thief in the swallow door' A few years ago, before the Japanese came, Jiang Shuihan had stolen the stolen goods of several high-ranking officials from Nanjing in Xunyuan, and after the Japanese came, he also stole the stolen goods of high-ranking officials of the Wang puppet government from Nanjing in Xunyuan, because this is the villa supervised by the Japanese, Wang pseudo-high-ranking officials did not dare to speak out after losing the stolen goods, Jiang Shuihan knew Cai Laoliu under the pseudonym of Jiang Bing at that time, and knew that he liked to gamble, helped him pay his gambling debts a few times, and lived in Xunyuan to steal, Cai Laoliu also regarded him as a giant in business, generous, and his benefactor。

The two of them hit it off at first sight, and after a few cold words, Cai Lao Liu was generous; "Mr. Jiang, thanks to your help last two times, I was able to tide over the difficulties, and today I have a fateful meeting, my sixth brother will invite you to have a drink, and let's catch up."

"Good! You and my brother are destined in this life, since we meet, of course we have to drink, the ancients said; 'When we meet, we don't drink empty and go back, and the peach blossoms at the entrance of the cave are also smiling. 'Let's go, find a quieter place to talk about friendship.' Jiang Shuihan also responded enthusiastically and generously.

The two of them found a restaurant in the city with a quiet environment, went up to the second floor of the restaurant, chose a private room, ordered food, and then sat down and waited for the wine to come up.

After a while, the entertainer set the dishes, cups and chopsticks, served the wine and food, poured the wine for the guests, and then retreated and brought the door.

Jiang Shuihan and Cai Laoliu picked up their wine glasses, toasted each other, pushed the glasses and changed the glasses, drank for a while, ate some dishes, and the mood of the two also relaxed.

Jiang Shuihan smiled lightly; "Brother Cai, don't blame the brother for talking too much, looking at your complexion today, I know that you will definitely lose in the casino, I haven't seen you for a while, or I haven't seen your brother turn over? Brother, you should still be quiet for a while, taoguang and obscurity, nourish your spirit, and then go to the casino for a game, and reverse the previous mistakes, and reap all the losses. ”

Cai Laoliu asked in surprise; "Brother Jiang still knows how to meet? You should teach this to my brother, and when my brother goes out to gamble in the future, he will also look at his complexion, and he will not be able to go? ”

Jiang Shuihan laughed; "Where do brothers know what kind of face-to-face skills, it's just that those of us who do business must learn to look at people's faces, and whether we can make large transactions with people, whether we can rest assured also depends on the other party's face."

"Oh, that's right," Cai Lao Liu sighed; "But Brother Jiang is right, brother, I should really recuperate for a while, go to the bad luck, go to the casino, and get back the lost capital."

Jiang Shuihan picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, put down the wine glass, and then reached out and took out two silver tickets from his pocket and put them on the table, and said slowly; "I know that your brother has been lucky these days and has lost hundreds of oceans, this is the cash check from the Great East Asia Bank in Japan, the county seat, two five hundred, a total of 1,000 integer oceans, take it to resist gambling debts, and the rest should not be moved easily, as far as I said, after recuperating for a period of time, I will try my luck."

Cai Laoliu stared at the bank check on the table with his eyes, his eyes lit up, his hands trembled slightly, and his mouth said excitedly; "I said my brother is my life-saving benefactor! Whenever I am in danger, you will appear in front of me in time to resolve the disaster for my brother, and I am anxious about how to fill the lost public funds, but fortunately I met you. ”

Cai Laoliu put away the two bank checks with trembling hands, hurriedly picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glass for Jiang Shui Han, put down the wine jug, and also raised his own wine glass to salute Jiang Shui Handao; "Brother Jiang, you are really my life-saving bodhisattva! I don't even know how to repay your kindness? Come, I sincerely toast you with a glass of wine and talk about my heart. ”

Jiang Shuihan picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with him, and after drinking, he put down the wine glass, and said with some blame; "I know that my luck is not good, and it is public money, why do I have to go?"

Cai Laoliu cried and mourned, and slapped his right hand with his left hand; "It's all to blame for this itchy hand, brother, don't you know, these days my Japanese dwarf son-in-law instructed me to reserve some high-quality mountain and seafood and fine wine, as if we are going to come to Xunyuan as if we are going to have some VIPs, and now it is stipulated that you are not allowed to go out of Xunyuan at night, and you are busy and busy, so I received a reserve loan and wine money, and I rushed here to try my luck.

Jiang Shuihan looked at him with a smile, in fact, he always understood in his heart that he rushed to the county town of Yuxun in advance, paid attention to the observation of the Japanese military police headquarters, with his skillful experience and keen spiritual judgment and observation, he quickly noticed that although the conditions of the Japanese military police headquarters were good, but it was too noisy and noisy, and it was definitely not comfortable for the Japanese senior officials to live here. Xunyuan is familiar with him, he also observed that Xunyuan is doing large-scale cleaning and sanitation these days, that old acquaintance Cai Lao Liu is still busy and has to take a few gambles, every time he goes out of the casino is depressed, needless to say that he must have lost money, Jiang Shuihan disguised himself as another appearance in the two big casinos in the county town of Xiaoxi to win a small 2,000 yuan ocean, and then disguised himself as the same person who knew Cai Lao Liu before to meet him, and then subsidize him, the purpose is to live in Xunyuan through him.

Sure enough, Cai Lao Liu drank a glass of wine, suddenly thought of something, and said to the river diligently; "Brother Jiang, it is not a problem to live in any high-end hotels and inns in the county seat of Yuxun as you, but I know that my brother likes to be quiet, and he still wants to live in our Xunyuan, but to tell you, Xunyuan has been banned in the past few days, and no one can be issued a certificate by the gendarmerie headquarters, and no one can live in it, even the guests who live in it have driven away a lot, and there is no certificate issued by the gendarmerie headquarters."

When Jiang Shuihan heard him say this, he couldn't help frowning, and he was a little embarrassed; "Brother Cai, you know that I came to Xunyuan County to Xunyuan, if I knew that I couldn't live in Xunyuan, why did I rush here? Forget it, in that case, I'm still in a hurry to go back to Suzhou. ”

Cai Lao Liu hurriedly waved his hand to stop him; "What's that? Isn't there still your Brother Cai, I just have to wronged Brother Jiang, we can't live in its regular guest room, Brother Jiang will live in it as a person in our Xunyuan, we don't live in its building, we live in the staff's dormitory, I will find a way, I will make you live comfortably. ”

Jiang Shuihan poured wine for Cai Lao Liu and his own wine glass, and raised the wine glass to Cai Lao Liu; "Trouble brother, brother is embarrassed, a glass of thin wine is not a tribute, come, brother respect brother!"

Cai Lao Liu hurriedly picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with the other party's wine glass, he lost the public money into the loan for a few days, anxious like ants on a hot pot, every time he wanted to get it back, the more he gambled, the more he lost, he didn't know how to be good, but in the crisis he met a great benefactor who had helped him, and the other party seemed to be the noble man of his life, every time he was generous, he got a lot of money for no reason, and he was short of hands, he was free to think about reporting to the family, and the way to report to the family was also very simple, not to live in the Xun Garden by virtue of his own relationship, After he clinked glasses, he poured out his liver and intestines; "Brother Jiang, you don't know, you have done me a great favor, if I don't meet you today, tomorrow my Japanese dwarf son-in-law will track down the loan, my old life is only afraid of Hugh, and it will also affect my girl." With that, he drank the wine in the cup with gratitude.

Jiang Shuihan also drank the wine in the cup and reminded him; "Your Oriental son-in-law is also a little unkind, are you his father-in-law of Taishan after all, but you also have to pay attention, like I reminded you before, or recuperate for a while, and then go out to touch your luck."

Cai Laoliu grumbled; "I also blame me for being dizzy and confused, and I actually chose a Japanese son-in-law for my daughter, in fact, the dwarf son-in-law's company monopoly monopoly on the economy and trade in the entire county, and run Xunyuan, and found a lot of money, but the dwarf son-in-law was very picky, forget it, don't say it, it's angry."

After the two of them finished drinking, Cai Lao Liu took Jiang Shuihan to live in Xunyuan, of course, he only stayed in the staff area, Jiang Shuihan was naturally satisfied, and it was free and convenient to enter and exit.

Jiang Shuihan settled down and stayed in his own place, so he came out to find Hua Qinglang who was on the periphery to meet him, and told her that he had already entered the Xunyuan Garden, Hua Qinglang didn't believe his judgment and was worried; "Senior brother, I'm just afraid that you will work hard, and those high-ranking officials will not live here at that time?"

Jiang Shuihan waved his hands and replied disapprerovingly; "The high-ranking officers of the Japanese army will definitely live in Xunyuan, and it doesn't matter if they don't live in Xunyuan, the scenery in Xunyuan is really charming, so you should take a break here."

In the evening, after Jiang Shuihan had dinner, he walked in the flower garden in the Xun Garden, in the pavilion corridor on the bank of the small river, and the Xun Garden in the night, the cool breeze was blowing, the water was rippling, the fragrance of flowers was fragrant, it was very quiet and quiet, which made people throw away their troubles and be at peace.

The night was already deep, Jiang Shui Han reluctantly returned to the accommodation, just entered the house and turned on the lights, but saw Cai Lao Liu carrying some braised vegetables and two bottles of wine, and followed into the house excitedly, the two of them put braised vegetables and wine on the round table in the house, and then took out bowls and chopsticks and wine glasses in the closet, and began to drink.

The house is also spacious and spacious, the furniture, tea sets, and wine utensils are all complete, and the bedding on the bed is all newly changed and brand-new satin material, which Cai Laoliu specially prepared for him.

The two of them drank a few glasses of wine, and Cai Lao Liu babbled authentically; "In the afternoon, my Japanese dwarf son-in-law who suffered a thousand knives came to inspect, fortunately, I have already stocked up on the delicacies and fine wines, the dwarf son-in-law is very satisfied, and praised me for doing a good job, and let me arrange the hall on the second floor, specially placed a guzheng qin, to find a skilled, but also trustworthy young and beautiful woman to play the guzheng qin, I have been looking for several theaters in the city, teahouses and night clubs, geisha halls in the afternoon, are some vulgar powder, fiddling with this guzheng if it is not older, It's just that the posture is too bad, so I have to look for it tomorrow. ”

Jiang Shuihan listened to it in his ears, and the thoughts in his heart turned, and he saluted Cai Lao Liu with a glass of wine; "In this way, it is true that the VIPs come to live in Xunyuan, and there must be some people among their VIPs who like to listen to this guzheng qin, and your dwarf son-in-law is looking for a young and beautiful woman to play this guzheng in order to please the guests."

Cai Lao Liu tore off a chicken leg and replied while gnawing on it; "That's what it means, but, Brother Jiang, you don't know, this guzheng is an antique musical instrument, and there are very few people who can fiddle with it, after all, our Xiaohu County is a small county town, and it can't be compared to a big city like Suzhou, it's difficult!"

Jiang Shuihan poured a full cup of wine for Cai Lao Liu and himself, and then raised the wine glass to salute Cai Lao Liudao; "What's so difficult about this, I have a distant cousin, who now lives in Suzhou, and has been taught by a Taoist aunt since he was eight years old, and he can play the guzheng well......

Cai Lao Liu also picked up his wine glass, and before he finished speaking, he hurriedly interrupted him; "Brother Jiang, you are painting cakes to satisfy your hunger! Maybe those nobles will come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and your distant cousin is far away in Suzhou, where can I solve my brother's urgent needs, I think it's better to find a fool who can play the guzheng tomorrow to fool those nobles, and it's also a bad deal. ”

Jiang Shuihan smiled; "Your dwarf son-in-law is only afraid that it will not be good to send it casually, and if it is not good, I will blame you, brother, don't worry, my cousin should have arrived in the county seat of Yuxun a long time ago, but I don't know if she is gone, she comes to the county town of Luxun is generally to stay in the hotel in the south of the city, I will look for it early tomorrow morning, if she doesn't leave, I will bring her to see you, and it can be regarded as an emergency for the elder brother, and keep it so that your short son-in-law will clap his hands and praise him, and reward you greatly."

When Cai Lao Liu heard this, he became energetic and hurriedly asked; "I said that your brother is my lucky star nobleman, there shouldn't be any problem with your cousin, right? Let's talk about her situation, I also have a bottom in my heart. ”

Jiang Shuihan smiled mysteriously again, definitely authentic; "This, you can rest assured, my cousin is Japanese, her father is Japanese, her mother is from Suzhou here, my cousin was also eight years old when she returned to China from Japan, and then their family of three moved to Nanjing, three years ago, the Japanese captured Nanjing, her parents died under the bombing of the plane, and her home was also bombed, she returned to Suzhou, but her home was blown up, all the relocation permits and procedures for returning from Japan were gone, and she also proposed her Japanese identity to the Japanese authorities in Nanjing. Suffering from the lack of any documents to prove her identity, the Japanese authorities only prevaricated her and waited for the investigation, and she returned to Suzhou in frustration, but even if she is found tomorrow, your brother will say that it is your distant niece, don't involve me, otherwise your short son-in-law will definitely blame you for casually getting people into Xunyuan. ”

Cai Lao Liu laughed and laughed; "Don't worry, this is natural, I won't be stupid enough to make myself uncomfortable, this matter is settled, you rush to find your cousin tomorrow morning, let's drink with peace of mind."