(The trees and branches of the East Garden are glorious again, competing for new good, in order to attract the rest of the feelings, I also have words, the years are in the sign, I am willing to conceive people, say that he is alive)

There was silence in the hall for a moment. After a long time, Yang Zhaoji was the first to react, stood up, and hugged his fists at Qu Yu and said, "Congratulations, Master Qu." ”

Before everyone could react, he walked out. Qu Yu said in a sullen voice: "What do you mean?" ”

Yang Shaoji didn't speak, and still walked out. Qu Yu flew up to stop him and said, "Uncle Yang, why did you leave if you didn't say it clearly?" ”

Yang Shaoji didn't even look at him and stretched out his hand to stop him, stretched out his hand, and rushed out. Qu Yu grabbed a small grab and buckled it to his wrist, Yang Zhaoji took a step diagonally, this step has a name, called 'Piercing Flower Step', the wrist has been avoided as soon as he twisted it, and one hand reversed Qu Yu's chest and took it. Qu Yu said stiffly: "Uncle Yang, Yongji Hall is the main hall of Liuhemen, as the master of the outer hall, can you just come and go?" ”

When he said one word, he made one move in his hand, and after saying five or six sentences, he had already performed five or six moves in his hand. Yang Zhaoji took it one by one, and his mouth was not ambiguous, and replied: "Aren't you going to be the master of the door?" I Yang Shaoji has no opinion, I will be good for you, can't I go? ”

Qu Yu said strangely: "You are gone, how can these people in the hall be dismissed?" ”

Yang Zhaoji said: "That's your Qu family's business, by the way, from today on, Liuhemen is also your Qu Gate, do you owe the debt, do you still have to be rubbed by others?" ”

Qu Yu didn't laugh angrily, "Ha, ha, ha" three times in a row, and it would be boring to stop it again, and if he didn't stop it, he wouldn't be able to develop everyone in the hall alone. The big change came suddenly, and everyone was stunned. Qu Yu muttered, "Shame! If you have a hot stove, you can move forward, but now...... You can't win one by one, hum! ”

At this time, one of them stood up and said, "No one is allowed to leave, and no one is allowed to leave until the matter is clear." ”

It was Li Banxiang, the second shopkeeper of Liangxiang Qianzhuang who spoke before, who spoke. Although he is the second shopkeeper, his reputation in the rivers and lakes is very loud, and he has always taken care of the business related to the characters in the rivers and lakes on the money bank, so if he does not repay the debt, the responsibility is also great. I saw him rush around and say, "Everyone here, big guys, did you say?" ”

The confusion, suspicion, dissatisfaction, and fear that had just pressed on the hearts of the large and small creditors around them suddenly broke out together, and the smaller the creditors, the louder the voice replied: "Yes!" Someone else wept bitterly and said, "That's my coffin." Old man Qu, is it wrong for the big guy to believe you? ”

The more temperamental person had kicked over the chair, jumped up and scolded: "What Liuhe Gate, what Qu Lao Hero, are all liars, all liars!" ”

The scene changed from extremely quiet to a pot of porridge for a while. The people in the Liuhe Gate looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do.

Li Banxiang, the shopkeeper of the two Hunan money houses, has been in the world for a long time and does things in a very orderly manner. Seeing that Qu Yu's face in the hall was getting deeper and heavier, Guo Qianshou's face was getting redder and redder, Aunt Shen's eyes were in a daze, Liu and Yang were silent, and clapped their hands at the moment and said: "Everyone has something to say slowly,—— maybe Liuhemen has another Liuhemen's suffering, Qu Lao Hero has always been bright, although the matter has come to this, I can't believe that he is such a faithless and unrighteous person, and give Liuhemen a chance to speak." Then he waved his hand and said: "It's just that everyone should look at the doors and windows everywhere, so as not to make sure that one of the people in charge of the Liuhe Gate is in a hurry to take a step in advance, and the big guy can't find him." ”

And when the people were worried that there was no one to take charge of the business, they heard this, and they answered it and scattered in all directions. Not only the front door and the back door, but also the windows everywhere were closed and closed, and the room was surrounded like an iron bucket. The light in the house suddenly dimmed, and it was morning, but it was just overcast outside, and as soon as the door was closed, the room became darker and darker. Only the candlelight on the altar flickered, shining on everyone's faces, and the expressions on their faces were uncertain.

At this time, those small creditors had already sat on their own stools and sat at the doors and windows of various places, and when they saw that Li Banxiang was commanding properly, they unconsciously took him as the leader and listened with their ears pricked up one by one. The hall suddenly became empty, and the people standing in the middle were all from the Liuhe Gate - Aunt Shen, Leng Chao, Qu Yu, Guo Qianshou, Liu Wancheng and Yang Zhaoji. There were a few tables scattered around the guest seats that didn't move - the table in Liangxiang Qianzhuang didn't move; At the head of the next table is a man with a short figure, who is the owner of the 'Five Elements Knife' and Hu Qidao, who has also spoken before; On the other table, there was a rich son, with a pair of white and fat hands on the table, and those who knew him recognized him as Wu Si, the eldest young man of the "Banjintang" in Jiangnan; There were three people sitting at the table in the east with gloomy faces, and they didn't know where they came from; There are also Yi Ju and Shen Fang Sanniang; The other two or three tables were in the shadows, and because the doors and windows were closed, the light was too dim for the people in the seats to see clearly for a while—these people were all big creditors, so they could hold on for a while. Qu Yu cleared his throat and said dryly, "Brother Li is treating us all as prisoners?" ”

Li Banxiang said: "Don't dare, it's just a big matter, we borrowed the 110,000 taels of silver in front of the old hero Qu, and we didn't even have a mortgage, and it was almost half of our two Hunan money villages, and we couldn't afford to lose this batch of silver." Although the Liuhe Gate is vigorous, it can't be a death, and the debt is wiped away, so how can you give an explanation. ”

The person next to him said in a hurry: "Yes, yes, give me an explanation,—— take two account books out and read them and just finish talking about it, how do we know that you didn't deliberately create a fake account book to deceive the big guy." ”

Qu Yu sighed: "Liuhe Gate? Quite a buzz? I'm afraid that after today, it will disappear in a blink of an eye. ”

- He is right, the accounts are clearly written, even the fundamental land of this Liuhe Gate, the inner and outer houses of Yongji Hall have been sold to others, and they will come to collect the house in a month, and the Liuhe Gate will not be destroyed at that time.

But I heard someone in the shadows over there: "There must be an article here." Poor Dao Shi listened to the accounts, and calculated in his heart, this total of 527,465 taels of silver, and more than 430,000 taels of silver sold by Liuhemen's own assets, a total of nearly one million taels, have all been spent in just a few years? Where did the silver go, and it flew out of thin air? Let's be clear. Poor Dao and Qu Lao Hero are very familiar with each other, and although they know that others are bold and help the world, they are by no means extravagant and extravagant, and this matter needs to be investigated carefully. ”

His words were peaceful, and everyone nodded secretly when they heard it. I saw that he claimed to be poor, and he didn't think that Qu Bailing even owed the accounts of people outside the party. He claimed to be very familiar with Qu Bailing, and he must have been a master outsider, but he couldn't see his face clearly.

But listening to the "Half Golden Hall" Wu Si Wu Dashao said: "What this Taoist chief said is reasonable. As he spoke, he smiled at Hu Qidao on the Five Elements Sword Seat: "It's just that this hall is too dark to see the true body of the Dao Chief, which is quite shocking." Brother Hu, how about we add some brilliance to this hall? ”

Hu Qidao seemed to be friendly with him, and although he didn't know what he meant, he also nodded. At this time, the doors and windows were closed, and only a dozen candles on the altar were lit in the candelabra. But there are dozens of candles next to it, and I only heard Wu Sidao: "It's ugly." ”

I saw that others were still sitting still, but a bowl in their hands flew towards the offering platform, its momentum was very stable, but its speed was fast. The bowl will fly to the side of the altar, just hit the basket containing the candle, the basket was supposed to be far heavier than the bowl, but was hit by a small bowl and flew up—this is not strange, the strange thing is that the collision seems to have the power of whirlwind, the basket does not go elsewhere, but flies in the opposite direction of Wu Si. Wu Si took it with his hand, and didn't look at the basket, his sleeve had rolled out a candle from the basket, waved it out casually, and threw it at Hu Qidao, and said: "Brother Hu, borrow a fire." ”

Hu Qidao knew his intentions, and when he saw the candle flying, he reached out to catch it. When everyone saw his outstretched left hand, which was dark and rough, they knew that he had only practiced the Black Sand Palm Kung Fu for more than fifteen years. As soon as Hu Qidao took the candle with his left hand, he dialed the knife with his right hand,—— but the knife was a good knife, as clear as water. I saw him laugh loudly, put the knife in his right hand sideways and wipe it on the callus on his left hand, and everyone heard a "bang". His head was not light, but it became heavier and heavier, and he got faster and faster, and he used the palm of his hand as a grinding stone and sharpened a knife! After a while, I saw smoke coming from the blade, and the people in the audience had never seen anyone practice the black sand palm to such a degree! I saw that the candle was on the edge of his left palm, he sharpened the knife in the palm of his hand, and after a while, the candle wick "snorted", and a red dot ignited, Hu Qidao pursed his lips and blew hard, the candle exploded, and it lit up instantly, and he suddenly put away the knife here and threw the candle back to Wu Si. - He sharpened the knife with his palm, lit the fire and lit the candle, played really smartly, and what was even more rare was that the knife was like electricity, which was worthy of the knife handle of the Five Elements Knife.

Over there, Wu Si had already taken the candle flame, stretched out his sleeves and rolled it, and the candle wick exploded again and again, and twenty or thirty sparks had burst out in an instant, and with a wave of his hand, all the candles in the basket had been lit. Guo, Liu, and Yang glanced at each other, and knew that the intention of the two of them was not to show candles, but to demonstrate-the accounts owed to me Wu Si and Hu Qidao are not so good!

The candle flame had flown to the table of the person who had just spoken in the shadow of the east head, and everyone's eyes lit up suddenly, and the person had already stood up, dressed in Taoist clothes, and said with a smile: "Xiaodao Pingyang Guan Su Rhino, I have seen all the donors. ”

Hu Si smiled: "It turns out that he is really an outsider." Brother Dao, Xiao Ke has only heard of Taoist priests, but he didn't think that Brother Dao would release the account. ”

Su Xizi was not annoyed, and still said with a smile: "Xiaodao and Qu Lao Hero Fang are close friends, and the silver is not much, 40,000 taels, but it is the incense money of dozens of friends in Xiaoguan, so I can't help but ask clearly." ”

Over there, Qu Yu had already said to Aunt Shen: "Where did Uncle Qian spend so much?" ”

He himself is quite puzzled, his uncle has always been frugal, how could he disappear in an instant for more than a million taels of silver, and the person he has always counted as beside him doesn't even know the shadow.

Aunt Shen smiled bitterly, "How do I know? ”

Over there, Yang Zhaoji sneered: "Didn't you say just now that everything in the inner hall is yours?" Now that these accounts have been turned over, should they be counted on yours? How are you 'how do I know' again? ”

Aunt Shen's eyes were red, and she said angrily: "That's right, I know, but I don't want to say it - the old man was frugal when he was alive, and I, Shen Yuling, didn't have any indiscriminate expenses, but tell me, which of you is not a brocade cloth?" The whole old man was emptied, angry, and still said this! ”

Yang Zhaoji saw her beating upside down, and couldn't help jumping up and said angrily: "You ......"

Over there, Wu Si sneered: "What's the noise!" Just now, everyone was afraid of having less share, and they couldn't take more of it, but now everyone is afraid of having too much, for fear of getting a little bit of it. Is it going to be another fight? ”

The people in Liuhetang listened to his sarcasm, and they couldn't help but look at him angrily, but they had no time to care about his sarcasm. He also argues endlessly and refutes endlessly. was arguing and shouting, but he heard the three gloomy faces sitting on the east side of the head speak: "Where did the old man spend all these more than 900,000 taels of silver?" Have you eaten them all? Or did he raise hundreds of little wives and give birth to thousands of crooked sons? All soaked in? ”

His voice was sharp, and the people in the room begged for it, but he didn't speak as excessively as he did. Although the people in the Liuhe Gate in the hall were angry, they didn't want to talk for a while, so as not to get involved, but Leng Chao said angrily when he heard this: "What nonsense are you talking about? My stepfather is not like that! ”

The man said sharply, "Then what kind of person is your father-in-law?" He owes not only the rich man, but also many small businessmen. He pointed around: "Selling cloth, selling saddle bridles, selling grain and rice, hehe, the old man Qu has been famous and famous all his life, and he finally showed his fox tail before leaving." He is happy in this life, but how can he live with these creditors? This autopsy is really clever! ”

Leng Chao was so angry that he opened his mouth, but he couldn't find the words to refute for a while. At this time, I heard a faint voice say, "Brother Leng, can you bring me the account book and take a look?" ”

The voice was clear and light, and in the noise of everyone, there was no trace of fireworks. The account book was in Leng Chao's hand, and he followed the prestige, but saw that it was the young man who recited the "Six Questions" before who was smiling at himself. Somehow, he sensed a trust, glanced at the three who insulted his father-in-law, and sent two thin account books over. After a long time of arguing, everyone didn't think to check the account carefully, and when they saw that someone wanted to look at the source of the quarrel, they couldn't help but stop for a while. Everyone saw that the young man carefully turned page by page. The cover of the account book is blue, with yellow sticks on it, and the inner page is slightly yellow, which is placed on the mahogany table, and the hands of the young man who looks at the account are more and more elegant. Everyone opened their mouths to ask, but the young man had a focused look, and couldn't help but hold back the words that everyone had already spoken. The hall was full of discussions, and I saw this young man sitting in the chaos of the times, just looking at the two account books carefully. It wasn't until the last page that he sighed softly: "That's right, it's not wrong,—— Old Man Qu hasn't spent a sum of money for himself, and even his own property has been pasted into it, which is respectable and lamentable!" ”

The crowd didn't know what he was talking about, and they looked at him straight away. But seeing him raise his eyes, he said to Aunt Shen, Qu Yu, Guo, Liu, and Yang: "Xiao Ke has a reluctant request, I don't know if you can allow it-can you give these two accounts to you?" ”

What does this mean? These two books are almost all owed by Qu Bailing, would anyone be stupid enough to buy the accounts owed by others?

Qu Yu thought he was laughing, and snorted: "Transfer, do you know what the price of this account is?" ”

The young man smiled lightly: "I know - the original price, naturally the original price." ”

Li Banxiang seemed to have seen something, and suddenly interjected and asked, "Who are you?" Where did it come from? ”

The young man glanced at Li Banxiang indifferently, nodded and smiled at everyone: "My surname is Yi, and I am from Huaishang." ”

Shen Fang looked at the faces of everyone in the hall, and saw that the faces of everyone in the hall became very strange for a while. Most of those small creditors were blank and didn't know what to say; 'Banjintang' Wu Dashao's face was quite complicated, as if he had been slammed by someone, as if he was going to pretend to be calm; Hu Qidao was stunned, his face seemed to show a little admiration; Su Xizi over there stroked his hair and looked at Yi's face; Li Banxiang's face is the most peculiar, half of his face looks down on the other half is stupid - he has long known that there is such a group of people in Huai, who are stupid and stubborn, unsophisticated, and sacrifice their lives to protect the territory and the people, this kind of behavior is not in line with his businessman's temper, so he will look down on them in his heart; But the existence of this kind of person also seems to provoke some doubts about the value of his own existence in his heart, so his face is half stupid. Only Leng Chao's face showed admiration, as if he had heard his father-in-law talk about those people and things in Huaishang.

- Speak freely. But I heard Yi Yu Chong Qu Yu smile and said: "There are two cars parked outside the lower hall, and there are a few boxes of fine things in the car, I don't know if I can ask someone from your mansion to move it up." ”

Qu Yu was not used to listening to people's orders, but seeing that his tone was pleasant and he was negotiating, he seemed to be unable to refuse. was stunned, and with a wave of his hand, someone under his command had already gone out to move. The people at the door waited to stop, and when they saw the looks on everyone's faces, they couldn't help but stop again. As soon as the door creaked open, the light from outside shone in, and everyone was a little dazzled. Somehow someone exhaled softly, as if he was suddenly relieved. Only the gloomy faces of the three people on the east table didn't seem to like the sun, and after looking at the light for a long time, they snorted in their noses, as if they were very dissatisfied.

The things brought by Yi Ji were quite heavy, and it took seven or eight strong men to lift them up in turn. Everyone looked at it and saw that the first to carry it were two iron boxes, the boxes were not too big, but they seemed to be extremely heavy, and the two stout men who carried it looked quite difficult. The back is wrapped in a cloth bag, and when it is opened, it is sixty or seventy silver sheaths, and there is no need to look at it, everyone knows that it is filled with silver. Although I don't know where this silver came from and what the purpose of carrying it up, everyone can't help but have some joy in their eyes like a long drought and a rain. Everyone didn't know what was in the iron box, and they couldn't help but stare at the box in unison.

I saw Yi Ju stand up, walked to the hall with a smile, took the key to open the two iron box locks, and gently opened the lid of the box, and a layer of yellow satin was laid on the cover. Everyone held their breath and saw Yi Ji uncover the soft satin, and finally revealed the things in the box. Most people just didn't see anything, but the yellow light first came into their eyes, golden and brilliant, and everyone couldn't help but say "oh" in unison - there were two chests of gold in the box! To be honest, none of the people in the audience are poor, but including Wu Si of Banjintang and Hu Qidao of the Five Elements Knife, I am afraid that I have never seen so much gold in my life, and it is real gold and silver, and it is not adulterated. Yi Hui opened a sheath of silver again, and a few ingots of fine silver rolled to the ground, silver and white and pleasing to the eye, and many people looked at the silver and felt that their heartbeats had stopped. I heard the account left by Qu Bailing just now, and a few people who almost felt that they were dead seemed to be alive again.

In the end, Yi Yi took out a stack of paper from his arms, but it was the so-called "Jiaozi" at that time - that is, the so-called silver ticket in later generations, he took one out of it and handed it to Li Banxiang, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, this is the ticket of Lin'an Baotong, look at it, is it credible?" ”

The face value of the ticket was 1,000 taels. That Li Banxiang has a pair of sharp eyes, he has been dealing with these things for half his life, and he knows that it is true at a glance, so he nodded at the moment. Everyone couldn't help but guess how much the pile in his hand should be worth. But he saw Yi Ji bend down, pick up a gold bar, and bet the stack of silver tickets under the gold bar. opened his mouth and said in a harmonious voice: "I don't know if these can buy the account books of the old hero Qu?" ”

After speaking, he looked at Qu Yu with a smile on his face: "The gold is 11,730 taels, the silver is 63,000 taels, and the Lin'an Baotong and Hefei Tongji are a total of 110,000 taels of silver bills." I don't know how much the total amount of official silver is combined? ”

Li Banxiang stretched out his finger to touch the gold. You must know that there was a long time of chaos at that time, gold was precious and silver was cheap, and one tael of gold was enough to deserve nearly thirty taels of silver. I saw Li Banxiang calculating in his belly, and said with a smile: "A total of more than 390,000 taels of silver." ”

Yi Yi glanced sideways at him and said with a smile: "Really? ”

Li Banxiang's face couldn't help but turn red. His face, practicing Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer, has never been popular since he became the shopkeeper, but Yi Ji's light glance seems to make him unbearable. But I heard someone sneering and laughing, and another deep voice said: "Shopkeeper Li, you are a businessman and a creditor, you can ask for debts, but you must also be reasonable, and you can't suppress other people's quality." If you want me to say, this batch of goods, in exchange for 43 or 40,000 taels of official silver, can be said to be fair. Three hundred and ninety thousand taels? - It's not like you say that. ”

Li Banxiang's eyes were angry, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Wu Si who was sneering, but it was Hu Qidao who spoke, but it was also inconvenient to attack. Shen Fang said in a low voice with Sanniang: "That Hu Qidao spoke fairly, and it seems that he deserves the word hero." ”

They whispered, but Yi Hui had already returned to his seat, took a sip of tea, and exhaled softly. Although he is not in a hurry here, everyone over there is in a hurry. With black eyes and white silver, seeing that the debt in his hand was no longer playful, such a large amount of wealth suddenly appeared, and people couldn't help but hang in their hearts. After drinking a few sips of tea, I heard Yi Yi say lightly: "Seven years ago, Huaishang's fine affairs began to take shape, and I was fortunate to know Qu Lao Hero." He is a heroic, see the Huaibei righteous army is hard, at first sight, he will give three industries, his style, so far unforgettable, his feelings and righteousness, Huaishang people are all touched, how dare they forget? ”

Everyone didn't think that he was young, but he talked about his past, but the silver was his, and he could only listen patiently, not to mention that the things in Huaishang had always been rumored and quite mysterious, and everyone was really interested in listening.

I only heard Yi Yi continue: "In the years that followed, the old hero Qu gave a lot of gifts, and he was also uneasy a few times. But he ...... for the matter of his family, "glanced at the people in the Liuhe Gate and paused...... Not happy. Said: 'This handicraft industry is created by me, but it is a pity that the people under the door have been accustomed to peace and happiness for a long time, and only know how to fight, so that my heart to pass on the Liuhe Gate is light", and often said, 'I gain it, I lose it, why should I hate?' After that, Huaishang got more sponsorship from him. Over the years, the reason why Henan Liangxing, General Xiangfan Chu, and Su Beigeng did not believe that they could still fight hard, stick to it, keep one side of the soil, and give the people of Huaibian a chance to breathe. Especially in the past two years, Huaishang has been tight, and every time he has property sent, I know that he is afraid that his family funds are exhausted, so he has a lot of loans for this. He wouldn't say, and I didn't want to ask. I only promised him one sentence in my heart: Although the Huaishang Righteous Army is poor, it must not exhaust the old heroes who owe debts everywhere and humiliate their reputation. I got the news and knew that Qu Lao Hero had also made many achievements over the years, buying a lot of industries, but he had no choice but to have fewer people and more people, and he didn't want to pay back the accounts he owed to the people, but he was too heavy for a while. In the first half of the month, he also asked someone to pass the word, saying that he was exhausted, and asked me what difficulties I had? After a while, he's just afraid that he's going to leave me in some trouble. I knew that the old hero Qu was afraid that he would not be able to support himself and would die soon, but he didn't expect things to come so quickly. ”

After saying that, he sighed, looked at Qu Bailing's face hanging in the hall, and didn't say anything for a while. - Everyone did not know that there was a secret story, and it turned out that the silver had gone like this, and they all followed his gaze to the statue. I saw that in the painting is an old man with a clear face, with a sharp face, slightly upturned lips on both sides, and a kind gaze, as if he is still sad and suffering in the world after death, but his eyes are dry, determined, resolute, and unwilling to bow his head.

Sanniang looked at him, and then looked at Yi Ji, and saw that Yi Ji had no expression on his face. She looked at his hand, and saw that although Yi was weak, his hands were not small, they were thin, and their fingers were white, but they were also dry, hard, resolute, and sure, and they should be a pair of hands that refused to give up easily. The corners of his lips were also slightly upturned, and his expression was different from his usual calm and calm.

Someone in the hall sighed slightly-since they knew that Qu Bailing had died, almost the first thing everyone thought of was their own money and their own stability, and their worries and relatives were all about this. It was only at this time that I really thought of the dead man, remembered Qu Bailing's appearance before his death, and his interaction with himself, and some people couldn't help but have slightly red eyes - not to say far, only to say that it was near, Qu Bailing had a great contribution to Lu'an City. That year, the Jin soldiers went south, and the place they passed through was a scorched earth, and the reason why Lu'an was not completely burned down was due to Qu Bailing's efforts to resist the enemy with the eight-character army. Ordinary people still know what is good or bad, at this time, they put aside their immediate interests a little, looked at the statue, and couldn't help but feel that for the first time in their lives, the old man, that ideal, and that kind of persistence had been so close to themselves.

But he sighed lightly when he heard Yi Ji: "Now that the old hero Qu is going west, although my Huaishang Righteous Army has no grain of rice and cloth, it can't make him clear his name." Therefore, the gold and silver on this hall were brought by me on behalf of the righteous army to pay off the debts. ”

Everyone didn't expect that this account would really be settled. I saw Yi Yi nodding his head to Shen Fang, and then glanced at the silver over there, Shen Fang had already understood his intentions and walked to the side of the gold box and silver pile in the hall.

Yi Ji smiled at Aunt Shen and said, "There is labor, can there be a child here?" ”

It is a tool for weighing silver. Aunt Shen hurriedly replied: "Yes", Chong Leng Chao nodded, Leng Chao had already gone to Feibu to get it. Yi Ji said: "Owe, Yang Zhenghuai outside the east gate is one thousand five hundred and thirty taels." Then he looked down, and saw a man in green cloth standing up, stepped forward, bowed, and nodded at Shen Fang.

Almost all of the people who came brought the IOUs that Qu Lao Sect had set up at the beginning, and that person was no exception, so he presented them immediately. Shen Fang took it, and Guo Qianshou, Yang Zhaoji, etc. verified that it was correct, and the two Liuhemen tents called by Leng Chao were called silver and him.

Fifteen hundred taels is not a small amount, then Yang Zhenghuai is a clothing shop owner, and this silver is owed by the old man Qu and the Huaishang Righteous Army for winter clothes. Yang Zhenghuai originally brought two companions, not for anything else, just to strengthen his courage, and he didn't expect to get the silver back today. He beckoned the two of them to bring a few sheaths of silver to the hall, Shen Fang had also indicated on the borrowed ticket that he was begging, and Yang Zhenghuai also drew a charge, and the matter was over, but when he saw him walking to the door, he hesitated, but turned back.

Shen Fang asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

That Yang Zhenghuai shook his head and walked in front of Qu Bailingling, but with tears in his eyes, he respectfully kowtowed to Qu Bailing's statue three times before going out.

The next creditor is not there. The next one is there, and he will come up to collect the money and pay the bill. Most of these small creditors were rice merchants, cloth merchants, harness merchants, and grocers, and they were delivered one by one. After those people's accounts were settled, many of them bowed in front of Qu Bailing Ling before leaving. Qu Yu looked at him in a daze, he had always regarded his uncle as a straight and pedantic, and it seemed that he really saw him clearly today, and for the first time he knew what it meant to be a husband and what it meant to be loved by the people. ——When someone kowtowed in front of Qu Bailingling, he said: "Old hero, you kept one party safe during your lifetime, and you will be the spirit of one party after you die." I scolded you first, I have no eyes, I blame you. If we don't have heroes like you, what if we make these little money? Can't you get a stability, isn't it robbed and taken away? As he spoke, he came up ashamed, slapped his cheeks hard and picked up his ears, and then walked away with a red and swollen face.

The people next to him couldn't help but be in awe, and the people in the Liuhe Gate were naturally in a complicated mood at this time, and Leng Chao kept pursing his lips tightly. - These small accounts are quite troublesome, and it takes an hour or two for the direct payment to be paid. Then, the hall was empty. Leng Chao seemed to be in a good mood, so he took matters into his own hands and opened all the windows everywhere. Just as the sky was watching, a ray of sunlight shone through the dark clouds, and everyone realized that it was past noon.

Yi Yi also seemed to be a little tired, and said to Shen: "Brother Shen, how much have you paid off?" How many are left? ”

Shen Fang raised his head and said, "A total of more than 131,000 taels of silver have been repaid." There are also small accounts, and the creditors have not yet arrived, and I have asked them to bring this piece of money and put it aside, waiting for the creditors to come and take it. The rest of the silver and gold, and the silver, including the silver bills, should have been worth thirty-seven or eighty thousand taels of silver. ”

With an "oh", he looked at the sun shadow outside the door and sighed softly: "The rest are all big heads." "Take a look around the house. He asked slowly into the account book: "Pingyang Guansu Rhino Dao Chief, 40,000 taels?" ”

Over there, Su Rhino nodded.

Yi Ji said again: "Five Elements Gate Hu Seven Knives, 85,000 taels? ”

Hu Qidao also nodded calmly.

Yi Ji looked at Wu Si again: "Banjintang has a total of 70,000 taels?" ”

glanced sideways, and looked at Li Banxiang again: "Liangxiang Qianzhuang is 110,000 taels?" ”

Both nodded in the affirmative. Yi Yi finally looked at the gloomy three-person table over there, and frowned: "Zhang Wuzang, Gu Ju, and Yu Xiaomu have a total of 170,000 taels - there are a total of six accounts here, are they all under your name?" ”

The three of them smiled gloomily, and the leader said, "Not bad." ”

Yi Yi frowned and said, "Yu Yin is 380,000 taels, and I still owe 475,000 taels." How is this account calculated, and how is it calculated? ”

He looked at everyone and sighed softly: "Are you willing to suffer a loss?" ”

As soon as he said it, no one in the hall had an interface, after all, it was related to such a large amount of silver, and it was the business of so many people, and no one was willing to be reckless. In fact, everyone felt from the beginning that although the gold and silver he brought were huge, they had to pay it back in one go, and they were afraid that it would not be enough. But he first repaid the small creditor, and he was quite righteous in dealing with people, and it was difficult for everyone to speak. After a while, Li Banxiang muttered: "Suffer, how to suffer?" Who suffers? ”

The gloomy man over there said, "Why should you suffer? It is only natural to repay the debt. If you can't settle it, don't come out, and if you come out, you will settle the matter! ”

His voice was extremely sharp and quite harsh, Shen Fang looked at him, and saw that the face of the person who spoke was not lacking in beauty, but in the sunlight shining through the door, his face was a little green, and even the sunlight between the window lattices shone on him, and it seemed that it could not drive away the coldness on him. There was dust flying in the light around him, and the more strange it looked like the three of them. Shen Fang only felt that his voice was unpleasant, and there was no shortage of masters in the rest of the audience, and he couldn't help but be shocked as soon as the voice entered his ears: "Gloomy bamboo"? Is there still anyone practicing this kind of peerless internal skill? ——This person's voice has become so sharp, it seems that he has been immersed in this way for no less than thirty years, could it be that the Wen family in Huzhou in Jiangnan has also come to master?

Yi Yi looked at the three people steadily, and did not speak.

The three of them were furious by him, and they didn't know what was going on, and after a while, the leader said angrily: "You have the money to pay back, but you don't have the money to speak, what are you looking at us doing?" ”

Yi Ji said indifferently: "I can't pay the money alone." But I'm not the only one who owes Qu the old hero a favor, there is another one, and at this time, she should also come. ”

Everyone was amazed, and they couldn't imagine that there would be anyone like him who would come out and confess this dead man's account. I only heard Yi Yi looking out of the door and said in a clear voice: "Miss Zhu, are you here too?" ”

Everyone looked at the door in unison, and it looked like someone. But I heard a female voice outside the door say, "It's coming." ”

It was a very nice voice, fluent and tactful, she only said two words, but everyone in the audience had a feeling of spring blooming for a while. Shen Fang and Sanniang glanced at each other and felt that this voice was familiar. It turns out that there are still people in Yi Gui's arrangement? Miss Zhu - Who is this Miss Zhu?

I only heard the 'squeak' of the hall door, which had been left half-open and half-hidden when the small creditors dispersed, and then the ground was all opened. The one who opened the door was an old man, with deep wrinkles on his face, and he couldn't tell how old he was, and his white hair was puffed up in the sun, suddenly confused. Everyone squinted and looked out, and the weather outside was sunny and cloudy. That ray of sunlight was leaking in front of the door of Yongji Hall, not too bright. At this time, there is a beautiful woman who is slowly climbing the stairs, and every step is swayed into a piece of music. The sunlight was injected into her, and the sunlight seemed to be alive, and every wisp was dancing. And what about the shadow she dragged on the ground? But like a painting splashed with light ink,—— it turns out that there is a kind of person who can be so beautiful that even the shadow has a kind of charm. She hadn't come up yet, but all kinds of sounds, colors, and smells seemed to have come out. Such a person seems to be born to walk out of music, out of dance, out of painting.

Qu Yu felt his breath pause and looked out the door in disbelief. The man's few steps up the stairs seemed to hit his heart every step of the way. Then, the beauty went up to the door, with a jade nose and jade teeth, bright eyes and cherry mouth. It turned out that she was Zhu Yan, Shen Fang and Sanniang glanced at each other, this was the second time he had seen Zhu Yan, and he still couldn't help but feel a feeling of tightness in his breath, feeling that this woman was really beautiful. The third lady was also quite conceited, so she couldn't help but sigh. I thought: If you only talk about appearance, you are really far from her. - but I don't understand how such a gorgeous person could come here at this time?

saw Zhu Yan standing at the door, looked at the people in the room with a pair of wonderful eyes, looked at Yi Yi, and said with a smile: "Am I late?" ”

Her accent was so nice, and everyone in the room only wanted her to say a few more words. It seemed that only Yi Ji could look at her beauty, looked at her with a smile and said, "It's not too late." ”

Zhu Yan turned her head to one side and said, "Old Dong, incense." The old man beside her walked to the spirit and lit three pillars of incense. Zhu Yan herself walked to the spirit and bowed to Yingying, bowed twice after one bow, and bowed three times after the second bow, which was very respectful. After worshipping, she looked at Qu Yu and said, "Is this Qu Gongzi?" ”

Qu Yu nodded. Zhu Yan sighed slightly: "The festival mourns and changes." After speaking, he walked to a table near the center of the hall, without waiting for anyone to be invited. The table was where the account had been cleared, next to the two chests of gold. As soon as she sat there, the gold and silver reflected her face, and as many people in the hall who had seen the world could not help but be stunned for a while.

I only heard Zhu Yan say to Qu Yu: "Master Qu, are you all creditors in this house?" ”

Qu Yu seemed to be a little unruly since she appeared, and he himself noticed it, but the more he realized it, the more difficult it was to control, and the more unnatural it became. As soon as Zhu Yan spoke, he unconsciously showed a look of listening attentively, and nodded hurriedly when he heard the words: "Yes." ”

Zhu Yan said: "Did the old hero Qu have a lot of unpaid debts during his lifetime? ”

As she spoke, her wonderful eyes swept to Qu Yu's face. Qu Yu blushed unconsciously, nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhu Yan sighed: "The little girl Zhu Yan also had a relationship with the old hero Qu that day. Alas, I also know that he owed a lot of debts during his lifetime. The little woman got his help that day, avoided a difficulty, the grace of dripping water, toothless and unforgettable, and came to repay her today. ”

As she spoke, she said to the old man, "Open the box." ”

The old man took out a silver box from his bosom that was no more than a foot long, no more than half a foot square, and no more than an inch and a half thick. The box is very old, but the beauty of the style is rare in the world. I saw Zhu Yan's pair of slender jade fingers gently caressing the box, and sighed: "The little woman has nothing else, but on the side of the dressing table, she has a little savings." Hearing that the old hero Qu had left the west, he had a lot of debts left, and he was afraid of humiliating his name, so he didn't dare to cherish himself, and he came to repay the loan. Although it is a drop in the bucket, there is not much help, just ask for a small help. ”

Shen Fang obviously recognized that the old man was the coachman who was sent to Zhu Yan back in time, and he couldn't imagine how he would escort Zhu Yan to Lu'an. And he also recognized this box, it was clearly the jewelry sent by Luo Han, and somehow it was said to be Zhu Yan's jewelry? He looked at Yi Ju, not knowing what the hell he was messing with. Yi Ji was still expressionless, one finger tapped lightly on the table, no surprise at all. That Zhu Yan appeared too strangely, and the people in the audience included a rough man like Hu Qidao, a delicate son like Hu Si, a treacherous and slippery guest like Li Banxiang, and the three people who were so gloomy as the Wen family, and even impetuous like Qu Yu, decaying like Liu and Yang, and a pair of eyes couldn't help but focus on her. The crowd was embarrassed to look at her face, so they looked at her hand, and saw that her hand was indescribably soft on the silver box. Her expression was a little hesitant, her face was facing the shadow of the sun, and in the deep hall of this wide courtyard, it was like a painting without making a sound. I saw that when she lifted her hand, the lid of the silver box had been lifted, revealing the core. It is divided into more than ten grids, and each grid has a few fine vermilions. Zhu Yan's fingers brushed lightly over those pearls and jade. Although he didn't make a sound, the finger seemed to be sighing.

As soon as she touched the jewelry, it seemed to have become popular and shiny. I saw her take out a string of pearls and gently compare them on her neck, it was really - the neck is like a bead, the bead is like a neck, only to hear Zhu Yan say softly: "This string of beads is a necklace often worn by concubines, if it is worth the debt of the old hero, I don't know how much it is worth?" ”

Everyone didn't know who she asked, and there was no one in the hall for a while. But when he saw her eyes rolling, he looked at Hu Qidao fixedly, and said with a smile: "This strong man, you say, is it worth it?" ”

Heroic and strong as Hu Qidao, what he wants in his life, only good horses, fast knives, beautiful women, and nothing else. He didn't expect that with a full house, she would just ask herself, and she didn't feel that she had a lot of face. What's more, such a stunning beauty is really something he has only seen in his life, how can he be despised by this beauty, just listen to the opening and say: "I think it is worth at least eight thousand taels." ”

Someone in the room sighed softly. I also seem to think that he is really generous. That Zhu Yan smiled and said: "That's this strong man raising love, this string of beads, it's worth four or five thousand taels when it breaks the sky." The little woman didn't dare to take advantage of the strong man, this strong man, how about this string of beads worth your debt of six thousand taels? ”

Shen Fang took a look, and then suddenly realized, and couldn't help but look at Sanniang. I'm afraid that only he and Sanniang can really stay out of the situation. Sanniang has been in the world for a long time, Shen Fang is also from a giant family, they are all people who know the goods, look carefully, feel that although the beads are good, each one is smooth, but it is too much to say that it is worth six thousand taels, and it is really sold, and the goods meet the family, I am afraid that it is less than two thousand taels. The bead is on Zhu Yan's neck, which makes people feel that it is worth this price, worth 6,000 taels. When Hu Qidao heard Zhu Yan's words, he smiled and said, "Okay, it's worth six thousand taels." ”

I saw that Zhu Yan had ordered the old man to send the string of pearls to Hu Qidao's table, picked up a pearl flower in his hand, and sighed lightly: "The rubble pearl is thrown - this pearl flower, but the little woman wants to consult this son." ”

This time, she was looking at Wu Si. Wu Sishi is a merry winemaker, wise-minded, and knows that Hu Qidao is a "Hu price", but when he sees Zhu Yanzhi's bright color, he can also understand him. As this beauty, he is also willing to suffer some losses. I saw him smile lightly and said, "Xiao Ke can subscribe for 1,500 taels." ”

He is a person who stops, and the price quoted is not as outrageous as Hu Qidao, only about twice as high. Zhu Yan smiled, as if she had thanked her, and put the bead flower in another way, faintly facing Wu Si.