Along the way, Shopkeeper Qiu said good things vigorously, and he didn't forget to talk about them. But Gu Yunli was on high alert, except for some polite words, the other Gu Yunli only smiled, and then asked or smiled.

Gu Yunli was on guard, went in from the front yard of Wanghai Pavilion, and saw that the restaurant was busy, so he believed what Shopkeeper Qiu said that there was really a big merchant coming.

The three wild animals were sold for eight taels of silver.

"Shopkeeper Qiu, is this a little too much? Before, it was only five taels of silver. With three taels of silver, Gu Yunli was flustered.

Shopkeeper Qiu praised in his heart, but his face was silent. "I'm really ashamed, the old man has lived a handful of years, and he is not as generous as Gu Niangzi. Thank you Gu Niangzi for being willing to sell wild things to me regardless of her previous suspicions, otherwise the restaurant can't take out good things to greet guests, and the signboard of Wanghai Pavilion will be smashed by me. The price of wild animals after the snow is naturally a little higher than usual, and the three wild animals brought this time are much heavier, so the account room calculated the money and gave eight taels of silver. ”

Gu Yunli accepted the silver at this time, thanked Shopkeeper Qiu, and inquired again: "I don't know if Shopkeeper Qiu knows, which place in the city has better blacksmith skills?" I want to buy a kitchen knife. ”

"Zhao Cripple in the south of the city, that cripple has good iron-making skills, and things are cheap, you can't go wrong to buy a kitchen knife there."

After Gu Yunli came out of Wanghai Pavilion, he walked to the south of the city, and after inquiring all the way, he finally found Zhao Cripple's blacksmith's iron shop.

Zhao Cripple had already received the news sent by Shopkeeper Qiu, and when he saw Gu Yunli entering the door, he still greeted with a stiff face: "What do you want to buy, see for yourself!" ”

Cripple Zhao dressed neatly, trying to make a good impression on his wife.

Gu Yunli glanced at the blacksmith who was wielding a big hammer to strike iron, "Shopkeeper Zhao, can you beat the iron if you wrap it so tightly?" ”

"I'm a well-known skill in the city! Look at the kitchen knife and sickle I played, it was thin and sharp, and the cooks in their restaurants loved the kitchen knives I made. Being questioned about his professional craftsmanship, Zhao Cripple was still a little unhappy.

Gu Yunli picked up the kitchen knife and tried the feel, and tried it with his hair, the knife was broken, it was indeed a good kitchen knife. Maybe people with the ability are all eccentric? "I don't know if Shopkeeper Zhao can help make a set of silver needles, a total of nine needles, the number varies. I also brought paper with me and marked the size. ”

Zhao lame leaned over to take a look, and there were a total of nine needles drawn on it, chan needles, one inch six long, and the head was big and sharp. The round needle, one inch and six minutes long, is ovate-shaped......

"This is a bit difficult, I'm going to go back and study it again, and I'll come back in half a month."

"Done! Why don't I pay a deposit or two upfront? Gu Yunli knew that this silver-needle-like blacksmith couldn't make it, so he also knew that the price was not cheap.

"This-" Cripple Zhao scratched his head in embarrassment, how could he accept his wife's silver! But he's just a general, he's not good at rhetoric, how can he refuse silver???

Gu Yunli secretly complained to himself, "That's right, if you want to make a set of silver needles for a deposit of one or two silver, this is too tricky!" Not to mention the forging technology, this silver needle has to be forged with sterling silver, which is a lot of cost! ”

Therefore, Gu Yunli was very generous and found a few more pieces of silver.

"I understand the difficulties of the shopkeeper Zhao, otherwise, I will pay a deposit of 3 taels of silver first, and I will pay the rest of the silver when it is completed?"

Zhao Cripple was busy, he was afraid that if he hesitated any longer, his wife would have to add silver if he didn't agree! He won't be able to explain to his master when he turns around! The conscience of heaven and earth, he really didn't want to pit Mrs. Niang's silver!

After agreeing on the day to take the silver needle, Gu Yunli went home satisfied.

Gu Yunli saw that it was still early in the sky and planned to go to the West Market for a visit.

As soon as I arrived in Xishi, I saw a large number of officials patrolling, and when I saw a suspicious man, I took him away.

Gu Yunli avoided a silk shop, "Shopkeeper, what's wrong with this?" What's the commotion, is there something big going on in the city? I was so scared that I didn't even dare to buy anything, I just wanted to go back to the village as soon as possible. ”

"I heard that the rogue entered the city in disguise and killed someone! These rogues are really so hateful that they make people panic after the autumn harvest every year. ”

Gu Yunli understood, it turned out to be like this.

After the official patrol passed, Gu Yunli came out of the silk shop.

Now that there is no shortage of meat at home, Gu Yunli just bought some dim sum and roasted food as snacks, and bought eight big meat buns to wrap up. As soon as I wanted to leave the West Market, I saw a stall surrounded by a lot of people.

"Evil, this good old man said that he was taken away. is so old, how can I bear it when I go to the yamen. ”

"Don't say it, let's disperse. When I turned around, I was careful, and even you were taken away, and I couldn't get out of a few dozen taels of silver. ”

An old woman in a dusty dress in front of the stall was wiping tears from her eyes. "God doesn't have long eyes, the old man was arrested, his son is sick, what kind of sin have I created!"

"Auntie, don't cry, be careful that the official is crying again. Hurry up and sell the mutton, and go back and get the old man out! Alas. ”

"yes, it's useless to cry these days. Give me two catties of mutton, and sell it out quickly so that the mutton won't be saved. ”

Gu Yunli figured out most of the reason from the whispers of the onlookers, it turned out that the old couple had sheep at home, and when they were waiting for the winter market day, they would kill the sheep to drive the market to sell meat.

No, I only killed three sheep this year to catch the market, I originally thought that the first trip of this year mutton should be easy to sell, which Cheng thought, this mutton has not yet started to sell, and the old man was taken back by the patrol officer for questioning. has been selling mutton for more than 20 years, how could it be that the rogue got in.

Although everyone knows it, no one dares to say it. Because, the official who took away the old man was the wife and brother of the county lieutenant.

Alas, I can't afford to provoke it, I can't afford to provoke it! This is clearly to ransom people with silver.

The old woman cried for fear that the official would come back again, so she could only sell mutton with tears.

Gu Yunli didn't expect that in this secluded city, this county lieutenant could really be regarded as the emperor of the soil, and no one would care about him if he connived at his wife and brother to kidnap people on the street? !

"Doesn't anyone care about this?" Gu Yunli asked.

"Who cares? The county magistrate of flowing water, the county lieutenant of iron. The magistrates were promoted after accumulating their merits in the hidden city, who would care about the county lieutenant, and besides, there were people above the county lieutenant...... Alas, this world is difficult! ”

"Scattered, scattered, scattered. This day has to pass, and it's time to go out and walk around less these days. ”

Gu Yunli also bought the last 15 catties of mutton, and the old woman also gave 2 mutton bones by the way.

Gu Yunli saw the tense situation in the hidden city, so he turned to buy 30 catties of flour and sent it to the city gate.

Before the beginning of noon, Gu Yunli joined Niu Dali and sat on the ox cart and swayed back to the village.

When the ox cart entered the village, he saw the village chief Wang Chunfu sending two officials out of the village, Wang Chunfu also prepared two purses, stuffed them into the hands of the officials, and the officials did not push them, pinched the thickness of the purse, and then left satisfied. "If there is a suspicious person entering the village, you must report the case to the yamen as soon as possible."

"Definitely. It's hard for the two adults to make a trip. ”

The official glanced at Niu Dali's smoked ox cart, put it on the tip of his nose and waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

Niu Dali jumped down from the ox cart, "I thought there was martial law in the city, but I didn't expect it to come to the village this time." ”

Wang Chunfu shook his head with his hands behind his back, "Peel it off layer by layer, and you can get a lot of silver." ”