Wei Chiran roughly understood from the distinction of four households that the Xie family did start as a salt merchant, and I am afraid that there was only one household at the earliest, and then No. B was added to manage finances. In the past 100 years, the number C and D were added, that is, pawnshops and medicinal herbs were later added.

Xie Qingfei said that the reason why the ancestors of the Xie family did this was to avoid family disunity, but as for why they didn't set up the eldest son, they wanted to turn the eldest son into a gentleman, but no one explained, and this is also a taboo of the Xie family, no matter on any occasion, it is not allowed to mention this matter.

In short, as long as the eldest son does not break the law and does not harm others, as long as he can satisfy his family, he will try his best to be satisfied, and if he can't be satisfied, he will find a way to replace it with other ways.

When Wei Chi heard this, and Shane went to follow Xie Denggui to learn the pawnshop business, he guessed eight or nine points: "Shane is a cargo chaser?" ”

Xie Qingfei said: "To be precise, Xie Denggui is a chaser of goods, a chaser of goods without any name, although he studied under a chaser of goods, but he is a closed disciple, he is not a stranger, Xie Denggui privately taught everything he knows to Xie En, and Xie En came up with the idea of walking the rivers and lakes, but at this time, a mysterious person came to Xie's house and said that he wanted to pawn something that the Xie family could never refuse." ”

Wei Chi came to be interested: "What is it?" ”

"An altar, to be precise, is an altar full of ashes," Xie Qingfei looked at Wei Chiran and said, "You must know that ancient China has always paid attention to entering the earth for peace, and no cremation is carried out, unless it is a belief in Buddhism, it is impossible for ordinary people to be cremated, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the ashes are more evil than coffins." ”

The person who came to pawn looked very honest, and it seemed that he was also mentally deficient, but he just said that as long as he came to be a treasure in this jar, the Xie family would definitely pay a lot of money. It just so happened that Shane was in the pawnshop when this man came, and he thought it was strange, why would anyone come to pawn the ashes? When Xie Denggui heard that it was ashes, his face changed greatly, and he immediately invited the honest man to the inner room for tea, and he hurriedly went to the heads of the other three households to discuss.

Xie En originally wanted to ask the pawnbroker, but he was afraid that the rest of the family would know, so he had to quietly follow Xie Denggui, and he found that Xie Denggui called his subordinates to call the heads of the other three households directly into the account room, and closed the door tightly, not allowing anyone to enter.

Xie En felt very strange, so he stayed outside, and waited for an hour, and the four heads of households came out, and they were all surprised when they saw Shane, but they immediately returned to their old faces, and after saying hello, they left separately, while Xie Denggui went directly back to the pawnshop and asked the pawnbroker how much money he was going to make?

The pawnbroker asked, "How much can it be?" ”

Xie Denggui is a little embarrassed, but this is also in line with the rules, generally speaking, the pawnshop will have its own psychological price, in the final analysis, the previous pawnshop is a bit similar to today's private lending, you use something as collateral to borrow money, and the borrower lends you the amount of pawn goods below the market price, and then calculate the interest day by day, if you do not repay it within the time limit, it is equivalent to giving up the pawn, if you want to repay it when it expires, you need to pay it back with interest.

Therefore, opening a pawnshop was actually a very profitable business at that time, but the pawnshop should also be divided into scales, such as the Xie family, a pawnshop like the Xie family, it is not like those small pawnshops that can be anything, and the pawn must be large or expensive, but this is the first time to collect the ashes.

Xie En asked Xie Denggui: "Fourth uncle, why do you want to accept an ash altar?" ”

Xie Denggui said perfunctorily: "This is a matter of family business, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Shane, who was originally puzzled, suddenly associated himself with the ashes altar after hearing this. Because his family did not allow him to contact the trade, and this time he was not allowed to ask about the columbarium for the same reason, so what is the connection?

However, except for the heads of the four households in the family, no one else knew what the family's secret was, and it was pointless for Xie En to ask the other people in the family, he also tried to ask his mother and his brothers, and these people wanted to tell him, but no one knew.

The most important thing is that those younger brothers will not regard Shane as a threat, because Shane will never touch the business, nor is he qualified to touch the business, and will not threaten their status, as for Shane's expenses, it is not large, even if he is really a gentleman, the Xie family's industry is enough for him to lose three lifetimes.

However, from that day on, Shane focused all his attention on Xie Denggui, because from that day on, Xie Denggui began to avoid him, did not let him go to the pawnshop again, and threatened him to inform his father of the matter if he went again.

Shane is very afraid of his father, because his father is very strict with him, and other fathers are strict because they are afraid that their son will not succeed, and his father is afraid that his son will become successful, and he wants his son to spend all day outside drinking.

On the day of Shane's birthday, something happened that made Shane feel even more strange - after the birthday party, everyone was drunk, Shane didn't like to drink in the first place, and after a perfunctory drink to thank everyone, he didn't want to stay at the banquet anymore, so he was about to go back to the room, and when he went back, he passed by the garden, but found that his father was waiting for someone in the garden.

Xie En immediately hid beside him, and it didn't take long for him to see his uncle, Xie Changfu, the head of the household of No. A, hurriedly walked over and said, "The third, the fourth and fifth haven't come yet, right?" ”

The reason why Xie Changfu is called Xie Yuancai is the third is because he is the second, and Xie Yuan is the third, Xie Denggui is the fourth, Xie Qianxiang is naturally the fifth, the Xie family is the eldest and does not run the family, but where did the eldest of his father's generation go?

Shane has been puzzled and strange about this since he was a child.

Not long after, Xie Qianxiang also arrived, and the three of them were anxiously waiting for the fourth Xie Denggui.

Seeing this, Shane realized that they might go to the accounting room, so he immediately went to the accounting room quietly, but he did not have a key, so he could only climb up to the roof of the accounting room from the side, uncover the tiles on it, and look down to see what the four of them were doing in the accounting room.

Not long after, the four of them entered the account room, and Xie Denggui was still holding a large box, and when he opened the box, Shane found that the box contained the urn.

Shane wondered, what did they quietly bring the urn here?

Then, the four of them took out the scales again, then poured out the ashes, divided the ashes into four equal parts with the scales, and then took out a jar of wine hidden under the floor, mixed with the ashes and drank it directly!

Seeing the four elders including his father drinking and eating ashes, Shane was so frightened that he almost fell off the roof, and after eating, the four of them still showed satisfied looks, and their nervous expressions were all eased, and they all sat on the ground and gasped, as if they had just escaped some disaster.

This night, Xie En couldn't sleep all night, and after getting up the next morning, Xie En found one thing, his younger brothers looked at him very strangely, no, to be precise, four of the younger brothers, namely Xie Changfu's son, Xie En's own brother, Xie Denggui's youngest son and Xie Qianxiang's eldest son.

Wei Chiran didn't understand when he heard this: "What is the younger son's eldest son?" ”

Xie Qingfei explained: "Xie Changfu has only one son, Xie Yuancai has a son in addition to Xie En, Xie Denggui has a daughter and a son, and Xie Qianxiang also has two sons, but among these children, Xie En is the largest, so Xie En belongs to the Xie family." ”

Shane obviously felt that the four of them looked at him very wrong, very contradictory, and with a kind of weirdness, he couldn't say it, but he was very scared in his heart, and he was more and more afraid, and then he would dream all day about the elders in the family eating ashes that night.

After that, Xie ran away, ran away from home overnight, and left Xie's house directly, leaving only a letter saying that he had gone to explore the rivers and lakes.

After Xie En left home, the Xie family went crazy looking for someone everywhere, and reported to the official, and looked for friends in the rivers and lakes, but never found Xie En, less than 20 years later, the Xie family's business plummeted, directly bankrupt, and was also involved in some warlord battles, and finally the family was ruined.

It was only then that Shane returned to the ruined Xie family, and others asked where he had gone? Shane didn't say anything, just told him why he ran away from home that year.

After Xie Qingfei finished speaking, he said: "This is the strange thing that happened to the Xie family, you can tell me now, why are you asking this?" ”

Wei Chiran was stunned, recalling the information in the No. 1 world, in which Nian Chengkai went to investigate how his best friend disappeared, and his best friend was also the eldest son of the Xie family at that time, and his name was also Xie En.

What happened to the Xie family in the No. 1 world and the No. 2 world is similar, the difference is that after Shane in the No. 1 world left home to wander the rivers and lakes, he met the nosy Nian Chengkai, he told the strange things in his family, and finally because he was worried about his mother at home, he had to go home, who knew that after returning home, Shane lost his news.

Before Xie En went back, he had told Nian Chengkai that if he didn't come back within a month, please ask Nian Chengkai to go to Xie's house, maybe he had an accident, although he had no evidence, it was all based on his own feelings.

Wei Chiran had a headache, in order to find a helper, it seemed that he had to investigate a strange case when he returned to the Republic of China, and he had to find a way to contact Nian Chengkai in this matter, otherwise, Nian Chengkai would not believe him.

After sorting out the information and writing down all the information in his mind, Wei Chiran was ready to set off, before leaving, everyone sent Wei Chiran to the warehouse that had been vacated, looking at Wei Chiran wearing a robe and horse coat, everyone wanted to laugh a little, but they couldn't laugh, after all, if this trip was not successful, then everything would be over.

Wei Chi Chi touched the fishbone sword in his arms, and checked the box, which was too heavy, except for a few clothes, it was full of gold bars and silver dollars.

At this time, Wei Chiran thought of a fatal thing: "I don't know how to use the Five Elements Pill and the Secret Armor yet?" ”

The falcon behind said: "You have put on the secret armor, and the Five Elements Pill is also on your body, what you have to do now is to use your mind to drive them, you must know that these things originally belong to a part of your body." ”

Wei Chi touched his chest, the secret armor was worn inside, and the Five Elements Pill was also placed in the pocket inside, could it be said that he only needed to think about 1916?

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