In the evening, Wang Shuangxi and Azhi, who went out to inquire about the news, returned.

The boss of the Aarau dry goods store, his father's ancestral home is Songjiang, but the boss Lao is not an authentic southerner. Boss Lao's father's surname is Guo, forty years ago, Mr. Guo came to Xi'an from Songjiang to do business, and by chance, he joined the Xi'an Lao family, and Boss Lao took a foreign surname.

Boss Lao has a wife and a room, a man and three women, his wife and children have never been to the shop, but his room, he eats and lives in the shop on weekdays, not only to serve Boss Lao, but also to help take care of the shop, both spicy and capable, Nanweifang people know her.

She is neither a wife nor a concubine, but just a room, so the people of Nanweifang call her Miss Mei.

"Miss Mei? Her last name is Mei? Shen Tong was taken aback.

"No, her surname is not Mei, she was originally Mrs. Lao's maid, named Chunmei." Wang Shuangxi was also surprised when he heard the words Miss Mei at first glance, so he found the boss who had business dealings with his shop to inquire in detail, and the boss had a branch in Nanweifang and knew a lot about the things in Boss Lao's shop.

"When I went to Nanweifang, I happened to see this Mei girl, she was busy working in the shop, she was twenty-three or four-year-old, she seemed to be a very cool person, and she spoke official dialect with a northwest accent."

Shen Tong was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Are there many southerners in Xi'an City, are there any officials or big families from the south?" ”

Wang Shuangxi said: "This is too much, the four major academies in the south of the Yangtze River are talented, and there are countless people who have won the laurels in the Cicada Palace, in addition to Jiangnan, there are also famous academies in Lianghu and Sichuan and Sichuan, and among the civil officials who have entered the imperial examination, seven or eight out of ten are southerners." Whether it is the capital or the northwest, as long as there are civil officials, there must be southerners. As far as I know, even the long history of the Qin Palace's Mansion was southerners. It is precisely because of these southern officials who are officials in various places that the southern businessmen can go to various places to do business, just look at the Nanwei Fang in Xi'an City, you can know that there is a supply when there is a need, it is precisely because there are many southerners living in Xi'an, the business of Nanwei Fang will be so good. ”

If it is investigated from the clue of the southerners, it will be even more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Shen Tong thought for a while and said, "Then we can only use the stupidest way." ”

The dumbest approach is sometimes the most effective.

The stupidest way in Shen Tong's mouth is to wait for the rabbit.

Xu An said to Wang Shuangxi and Azhi: "Azhi has met with Mei Shengxue, and Shuangxi has also been to Nanweifang, starting tomorrow, the two of you will not show up in Nanweifang for the time being, and I will guard it with your friends." ”

"Miss, Miss, I'll go to Nanwei Fang to guard it too, and besides, I found it today." In the place of Nanweifang, Fang Fei doesn't have to go every day.

"We've got something else to do tomorrow." Shen Tong smiled and patted her little head.

Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and there is someone in the family who has to go to incense every day.

This good habit was not available before, at least not before Shen Tong went to Yulin.

Shen Tong asked Azhi to follow them a few times, but even a specially trained flying fish guard like Azhi didn't see the clue. didn't want to startle the snake, so Shen Tong didn't let people follow him anymore.

But today, the cinnabar on the orange's feet made her suspicious again.

Orange is very well-behaved, and usually only plays in the two courtyards of the Shen family and the Xu family. Neither of these will have cinnabar, and the orange has just stepped on.

Cinnabar is expensive, many Danqing masters are reluctant to use it, Taoist priests use cinnabar to draw talismans, a talisman can be sold for dozens of hundreds of taels of silver.

In fact, where did the orange step on the cinnabar, and it is not necessary to find the answer.

But for Shen Tong, there is a Xinyu at home, so she must not take it lightly.

So the next day, Shen Tong skipped school.

It is undeniable that after living two lives, Shen Tong is not a seed of reading. She has no talent for reading, Mr. Chi asked her to endorse the book, and she memorized the book backwards, but Mr. Chi asked her, can she understand the content of the book, Shen Tong mostly shook his head, didn't understand, and memorized it hard.

Despite this, Shen Tong is a rare good student. In addition to being dragged to Ci'an Village by the county lord of Yining, no matter how windy or rainy, Shen Tong would go to class early, and she was never lazy with the homework assigned by Mr. Chi.

Therefore, Shen Tong never skipped school until he was forced to do so.

In the morning, Xinyu took a wicker basket and went out of the house like every fifteenth day of the new year.

The wicker basket was covered with a piece of blue cloth, and he couldn't see what was inside, but Shen Tong knew that it was not a Buddha incense candle.

Deyin Temple is located in the prosperous place of Xi'an City, there are many people peddling Buddha incense outside the temple, and there is also an incense place in Deyin Temple, therefore, all the pilgrims who come to Deyin Temple, most of them are to Deyin Temple to ask for incense.

Xinyu's basket was filled with fruit snacks and no incense candles.

Xinyu has always asked for incense outside the temple, and the vendors she looks for are different every time.

Today she asked for incense from a seven or eight-year-old child.

The child's clothes are shabby, but they are cleanly washed, there are many such children outside the Deyin Temple, most of their homes are near the Deyin Temple, every fifteenth day of the new year, they come to the temple to earn a little money.

Xinyu invited incense to enter the temple, and Fang Fei also walked up to the child and said, "What kind of incense did my sister who just carried the basket ask for, and it is the same as mine." ”

The child was very happy and handed a bag of incense and two candles to Fang Fei, who asked, "Your business is very good, next time I come to ask for incense or look for you." ”

The child was a little embarrassed, and said with a red face: "Thank you, sister, but I may not be able to come next time, usually my grandmother comes here to sell incense, and today my grandmother is sick, I came for her." ”

I see.

Sure enough, I didn't come specifically to ask for this kid to ask for incense.

Compared with several famous temples outside the city, Deyin Temple is narrow and crowded, and the temple is full of pilgrims, who want to kowtow in front of the temple and have to queue up.

Shen Tong had already changed into the clothes of a small servant, while Fang Fei stayed outside the temple. Shen Tong mingled in the middle of a group of pilgrims and saw Xinyu talking to a monk from a distance.

Then she handed the wicker basket in her hand to the monk, and the monk took the basket, turned around and walked into the main hall, and after a while, the monk came out of the hall and handed the basket to Xinyu, the same basket, which looked light and fluttering at this time, obviously the basket was empty.

Xin Wei thanked her, and she could see that she was very happy.

At this time, a gray-haired old lady came over and handed a food box in her hand to the monk, who took the food box and walked into the hall again, and after a moment he came out and returned the food box to the old lady, who bent down and saluted, grateful.

Shen Tong understood that there were too many pilgrims in the temple, and the vegetarian fruits and other things brought by the pilgrims needed to be handed over to the monks in the temple first, and then the monks would worship the Buddha.

Shen Tong's eyes lit up.