This is a bit of a mess, and it is also in a place like Yunlai County, where the emperor is far away, if he dares to talk about it in the capital, he will be thrown into prison the next day.

Li Moke thought that it was not good to talk about such a sensitive topic in a public place, he looked around and saw that no one had noticed this, so he showed a gossip face and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that Brother Fang understands the hidden meaning of this?" ”

Fang Moke sold it: "It's not a secret, it's just that our Yunlai County is too far away from the capital and we haven't heard of it because we owe it to Hengshun." ”

When the two inkmen heard this, they were less afraid of studying the royal affairs in their hearts, and they unanimously urged: "Brother Fang, talk about it quickly, what is the secret of this Lichu matter?" ”

Fang Moke, who became the center of the topic, showed a little complacency, but he didn't whet his classmates' appetite anymore, and told the gossip he heard from other channels:

"It is said that the saint paid attention to the virtuous and talented second prince, and originally wanted to be better than the eldest prince to appoint the second prince as the prince, but where was the eldest prince willing to do so, after sensing the saint's intentions, he targeted the second prince everywhere, and set up a trap for the second prince, where was the second prince willing to agree...... After a long time, the snipe and the clam fought, the two tigers fought, the eldest prince was seized of the throne and was imprisoned, and the second prince was demoted to a barbaric place of exile, but the third prince who was inconspicuous became a fisherman. ”

"Tut, it's really a ruthless emperor's family!" The total power of the royal family, Li and Han, the two ink writers, smacked their tongues: "This saint is also ruthless, and his own son is degraded when he says that he is degraded and degraded, but it is a pity that the second prince was pulled back by the eldest prince and ended up like this." ”

When Fang Moke heard this, he said sarcastically: "How can the affairs of the heavenly family be explained in one or two sentences? These two princes are innocent if they are not innocent, and the eldest prince is not so ruthless, who knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ...... Cough! ”

Realizing that the next words could also cause a catastrophe, Fang Moke quickly stopped: "Anyway, these things have nothing to do with us, we can do whatever we have to do." ”

Fang and Han guessed that Fang Moke had not finished speaking, and did not force him to finish his words, and changed the topic approvingly: "That's it, our main thing is to study, and strive to pass the children's test in the coming year." ”

The three inkmen quickly finished the sensitive topic, and in the following time, they talked about the children's examination and the usual situation in the private school.

Guo Mianmian, who couldn't hear the effective news, retracted his mind with some regret and muttered: "Did he succeed...... So, that's it! ”

Guo Lin, who was covering his hungry belly and complaining that the restaurant was serving food too slowly, didn't hear clearly, and thought that his sister was talking to him, so he couldn't help asking: "Sister, what are you talking about, the second brother didn't hear clearly." ”

Guo Mianmian woke up and quickly shook his head: "I didn't say anything, but I was a little worried about Kunkun, and I don't know if he is well-behaved at home." ”

Guo Lin didn't notice anything wrong, and said with a smile: "Second brother has never seen a better child than Kunkun, so don't worry." ”

Guo Mianmian nodded nonchalantly and didn't say anything more.

When the food was brought to the table, Guo Mianmian had something in his heart, he didn't have much appetite to eat, but Guo Lin's exemplary mouth was straight, and he shouted that most of the expensive food was eaten by him, and he walked out of the restaurant with a strong backhand.

The brother and sister were not familiar with the environment in the city, so they asked several people to find a special market for flowers, grasses, insects and fish. Standing in the middle of the street and investigating for a while, Guo Mianmian pulled Guo Lin to the shop where the business was very good.

As soon as the two walked in, a white man who was over the age of sixteen greeted them: "I don't know what the two guests need to plant flowers and plants?" ”

Guo Mianmian's eyes swept over the flower stands, and unexpectedly found several edible flowers and plants that were not found in the mountains, such as carnation (carnation), hibiscus, and red (hollyhock), which can be made into a good flower sauce.

Guo Mianmian was happy, pointed to the pots of flowers and plants, and said: "Shopkeeper, I don't buy flowers, I only need these flowers and plants." ”

"Flowers?" The shopkeeper frowned, and persuaded with good intentions: "Madam, if you want to raise flowers to pass the time, the old man advises you to buy flowers appropriately, it is too cumbersome to breed flowers into flowers." ”

Guo Mianmian shook his head and replied with a smile: "Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, I want to build a flower garden, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to buy the flowers of the entire flower market just by buying flowers." ”

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask something, when a young man with a servant's consciousness quickly broke in, pulled the shopkeeper and walked out: "Shopkeeper Song, that ancient acacia tree is sick again, you can go with the little one to take a look, my master is about to fall ill!" ”

Shopkeeper Guo's expression changed, and he asked hastily: "Didn't you say yes?" Why are you sick again? ”

Is Gu Huai sick? Do you want someone to go to see it? Guo Mianmian was amazed.

If there is no special reason, most people will never plant locust trees with omitted meanings, let alone find someone to see them after the locust tree is sick. The fact that the master of this servant attaches so much importance to the sick Gu Huai can only show that this Gu Huai is not ordinary, making it impossible for the owner of Gu Huai to save him.

"Ouch Song shopkeeper, if the little one knows what's going on, he doesn't have to rush to ask you to come out in a hurry!" The servant's anxious face turned white, and the next words verified Guo Mianmian's guess: "This ancient acacia was fine two days ago, but yesterday it began to wilt, and today it is even worse, it is falling down in a hurry, the treasure of this Fang family, if there is really a long and two short, it really costs people's lives!" ”

After hearing this, the wrinkles between the eyebrows of the shopkeeper Song became a little deeper, and he said to the servant: "You wait a minute, the old man will go back to the house first to get a few things, and the reason why Gu Huai is so afraid is not that he was struck by lightning." ”

When the servant heard this, he hurriedly urged: "Shopkeeper Song, then you should be as soon as possible, my master is already running out of waiting." ”

Shopkeeper Song frowned, nodded and went to the house, when passing by the Guo brothers and sisters, he suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up and asked Guo Mianmian: "Just now Mrs. said that she wanted to buy flowers and build a flower garden, I think Mrs. is a master of raising flowers, dare to ask Mrs. Do you have any experience with the diseases of plants and trees?" ”

After listening to this, Guo Mianmian instantly understood the intention of the shopkeeper Song, and became more and more sure that it was not easy for the sick ancient acacia, and I was afraid that even the owner of the ancient acacia had some status.

With a plan in his heart, Guo Mianmian's face did not move, and said modestly: "I can't talk about my experience, I have learned from the big hands of flowers and trees for a few years, and ordinary illnesses can also be analyzed." ”

Shopkeeper Song was overjoyed and invited: "Mrs. Fang also heard about the Gu Huai of the Fang family, I wonder if Mrs. can go to the Fang family with the old man to see the Gu Huai?" ”

"This ......" Guo Mianmian hesitated on his face, and said cautiously: "I'm afraid that my little trick will be difficult to bring benefits, and if there is anything wrong at that time, I'm afraid I will be blamed for Zhu Zi." ”

Shopkeeper Song waved his hand again and again: "Madame's peace of mind is that the master of the Fang family is not a deformed and unruly person, and he is the wife of the old clumsy, no matter what the final result is, the old clumsy will not be tired of the lady, and please give the old clumsy a thin face, and go to the Fang family with the old clumsy." ”

The words have already come to this point, and it would be hypocritical to refuse again. Guo Mianmian gave a blessing to the shopkeeper Song and agreed.

Although he didn't know why the shopkeeper Song brought the Guo family brothers and sisters, the servants of the Fang family knew who the shopkeeper Song was, so they didn't ask much.

On the way, Guo Mianmian "inadvertently" asked the doubts in his heart, and gradually learned about the foundation environment of the Fang family and the reason why the Fang family valued an ancient acacia tree with unknown meaning from the shopkeeper Song.

The Fang family is a wang clan that has been inherited in Yunlai County for more than two hundred years, just an ordinary businessman, but because in recent years, there have been two Beijing officials in the family who have been promoted by the imperial examination, so that the Fang family has lost the identity of a businessman and become a local wealthy family.

Mo said that in the small Yunlai County, that is, in the capital city to which it belongs, the Fang family also has a bit of reputation, and the local rulers will give a little bit of thin noodles, all of which are attributed by the Fang family to the ancient acacia that has been raised by the family for two hundred years.

Two hundred years ago, the Fang family had just moved from elsewhere to settle in Yunlai County. At that time, the Fang family had a little money and set up a shop in the city to do business, who would have thought that the shop with good location and goods suffered losses year after year, and it couldn't support it in the fourth year, to the point of selling the house to pay off the debt.

The person in charge of the Fang family didn't want to let the good family business fall into his own hands, so when he was thinking about it and trying to find the problem, it happened that a monk came to the door to resolve the fate, and the outline led the Fang family's defeat completely: the soul of the family is not at peace, and the blessing is not there.

The merchant was very sensitive to the affairs of ghosts and gods, and when he heard that the defeat of the family was due to the absence of the soul of the family, and it could not be given protection, the ruler of the Fang family believed it and hurriedly asked the monk for advice on how to resolve it.

The monk said that the soul of the Fang family was not in the Fang family because the Fang family was an outsider, and the soul of the family remained in the hometown and did not come over. Plant a requiem tree in the courtyard, and do a ritual to attract the soul of the family, so that they can settle here and ensure the prosperity of the Fang family.

With the attitude that he would rather believe that he has something and cannot believe that he does not, the person in charge of the Fang family quickly ordered someone to find an 800-year-old ancient acacia tree according to the monk's advice, and planted it in the courtyard specially designated by the monk, and asked someone to take care of it.

After the ancient acacia sprouted new leaves, the ruler of the Fang family asked the monk to do a ritual to invite the soul.

Coincidentally, on the third day after the ritual was completed, a foreign business trip was ushered in in the Fang family's shop, and most of the Fang family's goods were bought at one time, which relieved the Fang family, who was about to be unable to support it, which made the Fang family's rulers more and more convinced that it was Gu Huai's labor.

In the next 100 years, the Fang family's business will get better and better, getting bigger and bigger, expanding from one shop to dozens of shops, and the business has expanded from the county seat to the prefecture, and even the capital has two branches.

In addition, each generation of the Fang family will produce a scholar, who does not have talent or talent, in short, the Fang family has changed the court, and has become a scholarly family from an ordinary businessman.

The second and third generations of the Fang family have produced two jinshi, the third generation has been an official residence in the third grade before his death, and the second generation is still in office, and he has also risen all the way to the fourth grade of Jingguan, and it is not impossible to achieve the third grade or even the second grade before retiring.