"Farewell, Jiankang City." Outside the city gate, the little Taoist priest stood on horseback.

Tian Xuanzi looked ill-willed: "What's the matter, confidant, are you still reluctant to leave?" ”

The little Taoist priest shuddered: "Hurry up, hurry up, the people here are more enthusiastic than enthusiastic." ”

Tian Xuanzi laughed and said, "I suddenly want to shout, the little fairy is here!" ”

The little Taoist priest was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, and begged for mercy again and again.

He complained with a sad face: "Who spread the rumor that a hair on my body is equivalent to a rune, which can be sold for ten copper coins." The clothes on my body are even more immortal clothes in the sky, and if you tear off a piece, you can use it as a copper coin. “

"I'm going, such a naïve rumor, even people believe it? Now whoever sees me wants to pull something out of me. Woo woo, I feel like I, now I have become a moving mountain of gold! ”

Tian Xuanzi laughed so much that he couldn't straighten his waist: "You haven't said it yet, there are rumors that if a woman lingers with you once, she can be as beautiful as a fairy and can stay young forever." Tianyizi, if you appear in Jiankang City at night now, if you can't wait for dawn, you will definitely be squeezed into countless beautiful and ugly, old and young women! ”

The little Taoist priest wanted to cry without tears, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Hey, these ignorant people! ”

After sighing, he shivered again, and immediately patted his horse and left, not daring to stay again.

After a few days, the two returned to the capital.

After entering the city, the little Taoist priest sighed: "It's better to be in Lin'an, there are not many people who know me." The so-called great hidden in the world is like this. ”

I went to Tongxuanguan first, and explained the matter of Jiankang City to Zhang Tianshi in detail, and then the little Taoist priest rushed to Taiqing Courtyard.

Passing by Erzi Street, the little Taoist priest saw that a new shop had opened on the street, and the business was very good, and a large group of people surrounded him, but he sold twisted flowers.

Sell twisted? The little Taoist priest went over to take a look, the two who were busy were not the little fourth brother and the second sister Wang, who else could it be?

The twist shop of these two people turned out to be open. The little Taoist priest looked at the customers who were crowded around, and he was really happy for them, so he shouted, "Come on a few twist flowers." ”

"Okay," the little fourth brother didn't reply: "What kind of guest do you want, the small shop has it, oil rope, brown sugar twist, hemp flower, brittle twist flower." ”

"Just one."

"Okay," the little fourth brother picked up the twist flower quickly, wrapped it in oiled paper, and handed it over: "Chenghui......"

Then he exclaimed, "It's a benefactor." The benefactor has returned to Beijing. ”

The little Taoist priest smiled: "I just came back." You are busy first, and when you have time, go and sit down with me. ”

After speaking, the little Taoist priest didn't mean to give money, waved his hand, and squeezed out of the crowd.

Twilight.

The little fourth brother carried the wine and food and drank with the little Taoist priest in the stone pavilion.

"Benefactor, how does my twist taste like?" The little fourth brother asked expectantly.

The little Taoist priest praised: "Good, excellent." In the past few months, you have bought snacks in Lin'an City for me, and your twist is no worse than any of them. No wonder business is so booming. ”

The little fourth brother was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

The little Taoist priest smiled: "You, the blessing is really not shallow!" Not to mention marrying a beautiful girl, she also got an excellent livelihood. If this business continues, it won't take a few years for you to buy a big house and a servant in Beijing. ”

The little fourth brother arched his hand: "The little one can have today, everything depends on the benefactor." Otherwise, the small one can only guard the tea stall and fight for a lifetime. ”

The little Taoist priest said: "It's just a gesture. By the way, aren't you surnamed Li, why is the shop called Wangjia Twist? ”

The fourth brother explained: "Although my mother-in-law married in, she is a member of my Li family, and this shop should be called Li Family Twist." But I think about it a little, the Wang family's twist shop has been open in the capital for more than 20 years and has a great reputation. The small one is named Wangjia Twist, and naturally he can take over the reputation he has saved before, wouldn't it be better? ”

The little Taoist priest thought for a moment and gave a thumbs up: "That's the truth." You're really a piece of business material. ”

The little fourth brother smiled: "Benefactor, if it goes on like this, it won't take half a year to borrow your money, and the little one will be able to pay it back." ”

The little Taoist priest shook his head: "A little silver doesn't matter to me. Little fourth brother, let me tell you, no matter how much a twist shop earns, it's nothing more than that. Once you have the money, you might as well do something else. ”

"Ah, this, the little one really hasn't thought about it. The little one only thinks that it is very good to keep this business and eat and wear food and clothing for the rest of his life. ”

"Otherwise, little fourth brother, you believe me, as long as you are willing to work hard and be motivated, one day, you will definitely become the leading businessman in my Great Song Dynasty! Your business can be done all over the country, and even overseas. Wouldn't it be nice then! ”

As soon as he said this, the little fourth brother's whole body shook violently, and he muttered: "Benefactor, you, are you joking?" You say, my business can be done all over the country, and I can become the leading wealthy businessman in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Through drunkenness, the little Taoist priest laughed and said: "I am a Taoist priest, a Taoist priest with great ability. If I said you could do it, then you would do it! ”

"I understand to tell you, there are only two people in my Taiqing Courtyard. You know who the mighty-looking man is, the brother of the current queen, who is the captain of the court. And the other person is you. ”

"Little fourth brother, don't be presumptuous. If you were ordinary, would I think highly of you? ”

He patted the little fourth brother on the shoulder: "In the future, Second Sister Wang will know that her marriage to you is not the greatest luck in your life, but the greatest luck in her life!" ”

After speaking, the little Taoist priest left in style.

In the back garden, the little fourth brother sat in a daze, sitting for a long, long time. He didn't say anything, just those eyes were getting brighter and brighter. In the back, it was brighter than the bright moon in the sky!

In the bedroom, the little Taoist priest burped: "Seeing that the little fourth brother is pleasing to the eye, I want to encourage him." But it seems that the words just now are inspiring! ”

"I'll go, no matter what. How much of a storm can the little fourth brother make? For the sake of him saving himself from Zhao Siniang last time, if he caused any trouble, he just carried it himself. ”

After more than ten days, Mrs. Yang came to visit.

But not alone. There was also a man behind him.

Yang Taiwei introduced: "This is the current dynasty Si Feng Langzhong, Shi Tong Uncle, alias Jing Zhai." It is the third son of Shangshu's right servant Shi Hao. Chunxi fourteen years jinshi. ”

The man rushed to see him: "Some, Shi Miyuan, I have heard the name of the little fairy for a long time." Seeing it today is really a blessing for three lives! ”

The little Taoist priest was taken aback slightly, although he was famous, he was neither an official nor a scholar, and it was the first time that an official of the court had treated him so respectfully.

The little Taoist priest hurriedly returned the salute: "The adult is a famous family, and he is a Jinshi, so many courtesies, he has killed the poor Dao." ”

Yang Taiwei smiled: "Don't be polite there, two of you." Nephew and son-in-law, you have done a lot of things in Jiankang City, and you don't talk to so-and-so. If it weren't for the court's commendation, I really wouldn't know. ”

The little Taoist priest shook his head: "A little thing, why worry about it!" ”

Introducing the two of them into the back garden, Shi Miyuan exclaimed: "Although this garden is not big, it is exquisitely conceived and appropriately arranged, and it is everyone's work!" If you can live here for three years, you will have a short life of three years, and you are willing! ”

The little Taoist priest was happy when he heard this, and sighed secretly: "This person is so good at talking." ”

After serving the wine, the three of them drank each other.

After three rounds of drinking, Shi Miyuan said with a smile: "I said a few interesting things, which led the little fairy to have fun, thinking that it was accompanied by wine." ”

"In today's court, there is a 'dog cave book', and another 'dog is called a waiter'. How these two names came about, there are allusions in the middle. ”

"There is a minister in the court, whose surname is Xu Ming. Once, officials celebrated Han Yanzhou's birthday, but Xu Ji was late for some reason, and the gate was closed. He was afraid that Han Yanxuan would blame him, so he was panicked like a lost dog for a while, and he disregarded the physique of an important minister of the court, and got into the dog hole, which was a joke for a while. Seeing that he was so respectful, Han Yanxuan made a distinction and became a scholar. That's why it's called 'Dog Cave Shangshu'. ”

"Ren Shangshu has been in office for two years, and Xu Jizhi has not been promoted. went to cry to Han Yanxuan, and his knees couldn't help bending. Han Yanxuan took pity on him and promoted him to the Privy Council, thus becoming the ruling minister. So the people of the time called him 'ruling on the knee'"

"Han Yanxuan celebrated his birthday, and countless ministers in the DPRK and China vied with each other to present rare treasures. An official surnamed Zhao finally gave a gift and took out two small boxes. Said humbly, but some fruit. Han Yanxuan opened it and took a look, but it turned out to be a grape trellis made of gold, decorated with more than 100 superb pearls. This gift was so precious that all the officials present were ashamed. Because of these fruits, the official surnamed Zhao was appointed as the prefect of Lin'an. ”

"Since Han Yanxuan took charge of the dynasty alone, in addition to the four ladies of Zhang, Tan, Wang, and Chen, there are countless concubines, among whom there are as many as ten famous people. Some officials presented four crowns of northern pearls, and each of the four ladies had one crown. But the ten concubines were all vying for it, and Han Yanxuan felt a big headache. When the official surnamed Zhao learned of this, he immediately bought ten Northern Pearl crowns with 100,000 copper coins and generously presented Han Yanzhou's ten concubines. So Han Yanxuan promoted him to the squire of the Ministry of Works. ”

Shortly thereafter, Han Yanxuan and his guests were drinking in the South Park, and sighed in their hearts for a while, saying, there is really the atmosphere between the fields here, but it's a pity that there is no rooster and dog barking. As soon as the words ended, the sound of a dog barking sounded in the middle of the banquet. When everyone looked, it turned out to be the dignified Zhao Shilang who was learning to bark a dog. So he laughed and called him 'the dog called the squire.'"

This is the origin of the "Dog Cave Shangshu" and "Dog Called Shilang". ”

The little Taoist priest laughed.

Mrs. Yang was interested: "A certain one will also come to one." ”

"Cheng Song, the county magistrate of Qiantang, the word Songshou, really wants to tie up with Han Yanxuan. It happened that Han Yanxuan had a concubine who made a small mistake, and Han Yanxuan was angry and kicked her out of the house. After Cheng Song found out, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy her back. But he didn't touch her, and he served her very respectfully. After a few days, Han Yanxuan's anger disappeared and he missed his concubine. Cheng Song immediately returned the beauty. Han Yanxuan was overjoyed and promoted Cheng Song to be a counselor. ”

After Cheng Song took this position, he was not promoted for a year. So he presented a beautiful woman to Han Yanxuan and named her Songshou. Han Yanxuan asked, why is this name the same as yours? Cheng Song's answer was that he just wanted my cheap name to be heard by adults often. Han Yanxuan laughed, so he promoted him to the Privy Council. In just four years, Cheng Song relied on flattery to win favor, and he actually went from a small magistrate to a ruling minister! ”

This story is also interesting, but after Captain Yang finished telling it, there was no smile on his face. After hearing this, the little Taoist priest's heart was also heavy.

Hey, if I am a group of bureaucrats in the Great Song Dynasty, then why should I be in the Great Song Dynasty, surrounded by wolves, to continue the national ancestry!