Xu Liang was angry, and the business of Loujiabao in Zhenyuan City suffered. Almost overnight, Tietou led hundreds of Tsing Yi and green hat soap boots, embroidered with a moire flying eagle pattern on their chests, wearing blue cloaks, and holding long knives to seal down all the shops in Zhenyuan City with the name of Loujiabao.

In fact, since Lou Ji's big shopkeeper Lou Zhi and most of the guys under him were arrested, the Lou family's business has been in a state of half-opening and half-closing. The remaining few shopkeepers saw the wolf-like Tsing Yi guard come to the door, and they cowered and scattered, fearing that they would be caught if they walked slowly.

There are two guys who are not convinced, and they rushed to report to the Yamen of Zhenyuan County, and the three officials on duty rushed to the scene of the incident to take a look, and when they saw this battle, they were a little timid, and then they heard that it was the Tsing Yi Wei under Lord Xu who was doing business, and they didn't dare to let go of a fart, and they slipped away.

And the two guys who originally wanted to ask the government to apply for justice were thrown into the county jail by two Tsing Yi guards with their collars and like two chickens.

Wu Side, the second treasurer who was locked in earlier in the county jail, saw that the other people who were arrested were all sent back to reunite with their families for the New Year after paying the so-called bail money, but he and Lou Ji's buddy were told that they did not have this bail treatment. He saw that the clothes of these two people were very different from ordinary officials, and he saw that the prison guards were quite polite to the two, so he guessed that these two people must be the descendants of Zhenyuan Zhixian, so he shouted: "Poor master, poor master, I want to see Lord Xu, I have something to say!" ”

The two Tsing Yi guards threw the men into the cell, locked the guards, and came to the door of Woodsted's cell, and said with a smile: "Can you see us adults if we want to see them?" The adults have spoken, all the people in Lou Ji have to stay in prison honestly for the New Year this year, let's take care of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner! ”

Wu Side almost cried when he heard this, and pointed at his nose and screamed: "Poor master, two big brothers! I'm not an ordinary guy, I'm the second shopkeeper of Lou Ji. ”

"Haha!" When Tsing Yiwei heard this, he laughed even more, "It's useless for you to be the big shopkeeper, and you are the second shopkeeper!" He shook his head amusedly, turned and walked out of the cell.

Wu Side knew that the two people in front of him were his only chance to get out as soon as possible, and if he missed it, he would really have to spend the New Year in this dark, dark, smelly, and dirty prison, shaking the iron door and shouting: "Don't go!" I, I have important information to report to Lord Xu! ”

When the two Qingyi guards heard this, they couldn't help but walk back and asked in surprise, "Important information?" What kind of information, tell me about it? ”

When Wu Side heard this, he thought that he was imprisoned because the eldest son of the Lou family had captured Lord Xu's wife, so he shouted: "I, I know where Mrs. Xu is!" ”

The two Qingyi guards were taken aback and asked in surprise, "Do you really know?" Tell me, where was the young lady taken? ”

"I, I don't say." Wu Side shook his head, and secretly said I want to know the whereabouts of Mrs. Xu, she has been released a long time ago, so why should she be imprisoned until now. But if he said this to the two people in front of him, he might not only not be able to get out, but also be severely beaten. Wu Side said in a vague manner: "Such important news, I can only tell Lord Xu in person." ”

The two Qingyi guards looked at each other, and they both suspected that this person was lying, but the two of them knew that Xu Liang attached great importance to the young lady, in case the second shopkeeper of this floor really knew the whereabouts of the young lady, then it would be a great achievement to report it to Lord Xu. The two released Wu Side and took him to see Xu Liang, and threatened viciously on the way: "If the two brothers find out that your kid is lying to us, hmph, it's good for you!" ”

Xu Liang heard the news of Feng Suqin, and hurriedly took the person to the second hall of the county government to inquire in detail, and when he saw Wu Side under the hall clearly, he couldn't help but be disappointed, and scolded the two Tsing Yi guards who took him here: "Nonsense! This person is Wu Side, the second shopkeeper of Lou Ji, he has no idea about the situation of the Lou family, how can he know the whereabouts of the young lady! ”

The two Tsing Yi guards affirmed that they had fallen for someone else's trick, and they didn't dare to fight back when they were scolded by Xu Liang, so they sprinkled their grievances on Wu Side's head, hugged him and kicked Wu Side twice, and they were about to take Wu Side back to prison to clean up.

Wu Side struggled and shouted, "Lord Xu, the small, the small one really has something to say." ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he called the two Qingyi guards back, looked at Wu Side, and asked coldly, "What do you have to say?" ”

Wu Side fell to the ground and kowtowed: "My lord, the little one knows that the bastard eldest son of the Lou family has offended you, but the little one respects you very much, and he has no intention of harming you." Right now, the little one confessed to the adults that it was the eldest prince who captured Mrs. Zun, and we can't go back to this house. Wu Side raised his head and glanced at Xu Liang, kowtowed heavily and said: "From now on, the little one is willing to eat in Lord Xu, be a cow and a horse, and never give up!" ”

Xu Liang looked at Wu Side, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, and said: "This bowl of rice under this official is not easy to eat, today you are so anxious to worship under this official, it is nothing more than afraid of the revenge of the Lou family, hehe, it is not difficult for this official to contain you, as long as you can let this official see the value of containing you." ”

Wu Side was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes and blinked, carefully reflecting on the meaning of Xu Liang's words, Xu Liang made it clear that he would have to contribute something to the big tree of Xu Liang in the future. It's just that I have been working in Lou Ji Grain Store for more than ten years, settling accounts, managing the purchase and shipment, and the yard counter is okay, but it is difficult to get it when it comes to other skills. After thinking about it for a while, he thought of the two newly arrested Lou Ji guys he saw in the county jail, Wu Side remembered that these two people were left-behind guys in a remote storefront, and they were not arrested at first, but something must have happened to get caught in them, so Wu Side asked carefully: "The little one saw that there were two new Lou Ji guys in the prison, but I don't know what happened?" ”

This Xu Liang didn't know, so he looked at the two Tsing Yi guards. Seeing this, a Tsing Yi guard snorted coldly and said: "My lord ordered the seizure of all Lou Ji storefronts in Zhenyuan City, these two people didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they dared to stop them, so they had to arrest them in prison to reflect on themselves." ”

Wu Side said "ah" and said in surprise: "It turns out that the adults want to seal the storefront of Lou Ji, that's really good." There are not many storefronts in the open place in Zhenyuan City, and a few of them are secretly controlled, and others may not be clear, but the small ones are clear. Saying that, he arched his hand towards Xu Liang and said: "My lord, if the small one counts all the properties of the buildings around Zhenyuan, please accept the small one and keep the small family safe!" ”

This is really an unexpected joy, I didn't expect this Wu Side to be so useful, Xu Liang laughed and said: "That's nature." ”

At that moment, two Tsing Yi guards took Wu Side to clean up Lou Ji's property. Because Wu Side knew that there was no way out, he was determined to show himself well in front of Xu Liang, so he recorded the building in the bright light around Zhenyuan City, and the secret industry was clearly instructed, and the account books were sealed and reported to Xu Liang, with a total value of nearly 30,000 taels. Xu Liang saw that Wu Side worked so hard, and greatly appreciated it, and allowed him to work under Luo Baiguan, and specially took over the façade that Xu Mansion took over from Lou Ji.

In the blink of an eye, Chinese New Year's Eve, the wedding of Huang Ziren, the inspector of the Zhenyuan Inspection Division, was held as scheduled in the newly purchased Huang Mansion. In fact, the wedding ceremony at this time is complicated and tight, from the collection, asking for the name to the invitation, and greeting the family, step by step there is the saying of "six rites". If you follow the rules completely, I am afraid that you may not be able to prepare properly in a month. Fortunately, Huang Ziren is not an orthodox Ming person, and Feng Min'er's mother is also far away in Jianchang, Jiangxi. invited Xu Liang as the elder of the man's family, and waited for the worship ceremony, and after three bows, he sent the bride into the cave room to complete the whole process.

The rest of the show is toasting and persuasion. Most of the officers and soldiers present on this day were Liang Jun and the officers and soldiers of the Zhenyuan Inspection Division, and a few officials and scribes from the Zhenyuan County Government also attended the ceremony to celebrate. Xing Zhongshan, Liu Ge, Hu Xiaoyong, Luo Baiguan and other Jianchang old people and Huang Daozhou, He Cheng, Mao Yujie and other Zhenyuan rookies were all present.

Since most of the guests were born in martial arts, they were very arrogant and noisy, and after Huang Ziren, the official of Xinxun, finished a round of wine, they drank happily. There were two tables of brothers who had drunk so much that they fought the table, withdrew the banquet, and threw dice on the spot to gamble money, and there was a circle of people around them to watch, and there were also impromptu bettors.

As soon as the gambling table opened, a group of people surrounded by people on the third floor and the outer three floors. Xu Liang, Huang Daozhou and other officials sitting at the main table couldn't help crying and laughing when they saw it, because this was not in the army, and it was such a festive day, the generals also let it go and did not stop it.

Xu Liang saw Huang Ziren coming back with a copper wine pot and shaking it three times, sat back on the chair, and picked up the chopsticks to eat the vegetables in a rough voice, his face was flushed, and he said in his heart that this kid was probably drunk, and he was afraid that he would suffer the bride at night, and then thought of Feng Min'er's arrogant and willful appearance relying on his cousin Feng Suqin's face, and his heart was secretly refreshed.

Xu Liang was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a string of firecrackers outside the gate, and then there was a singing salute and a loud voice: "Lord Anton Zhongwei Qianhu Long has come to congratulate!" ”

When Xu Liang and the others heard this, they were all surprised, got up and looked in the direction of the gate, and saw Long Feng, the official of the Qianhu Office of Anton Zhongwei, who was dressed in civilian clothes, with two entourage, entered the gate with a smile, looked around, and saw a bunch of people in the corner of the courtyard crowded together shouting and gambling money, stunned, and then saw Xu Liang and others on the main table in front of him, smiled slightly, and strode up.

Xu Liang and the others greeted each other with Long Qianhu, put on clean dishes and chopsticks, and sat down to greet each other. Xu Liang and Huang Daozhou on the side looked at each other, and they were very puzzled that the inspection of the original small county of this town would not alarm the officials of the Zhengwupin Thousand Households who were far away in Pingliang to come to congratulate them, right? For a while, I couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in this dragon thousand gourd.

After being polite for a while, I heard the sound of firecrackers outside the door, and the singer sang loudly outside the door: "Jingzhou rich gentry Liang Yuan came to congratulate the gift, congratulations to Lord Huang's new marriage!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Liang Yinzhi, a wealthy gentleman from Jingzhou with a long beard, walking into the door with the support of a young man in brocade.

Xu Liang was suddenly surprised, an ordinary wedding in Zhenyuan County actually attracted both the Wupin military generals and the rich gentry of Jingzhou, which was really unexpected.