This sentence stabbed the hornet's nest, and the shopkeeper immediately threw himself at Su Wu's feet, and wiped his snot with tears:

"This young lady, can't I treat you well? Don't you call us in charge? I have an old mother, a wife and children, and I can't just cut off my life..."

Su Wu glanced at Xiao Er helplessly, took a step back, and said, "I have something to do with you, not because of your attitude. ”

As a result, Xiao Er looked disbelieving and said:

"You all said that I had a bad attitude, in case you casually complained about me, I would be finished, no, let alone let you see us in charge."

Su Wan was even more speechless, there was such a shopkeeper, it was really a big forest, and there were all kinds of birds.

gave Zhishu a look, and Zhishu immediately understood, and shouted with a domineering face:

"Hey, what's the matter with your shopkeeper? Stain our young lady's clothes, or we'll put you in charge, or we'll smash the bookstore!" ”

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that there would be someone more unreasonable than himself! I've been far away from this young lady, where did I get my clothes dirty?

But knowing that if she didn't see the boss today, this young lady was afraid that she would not give up, so she suddenly cried and shouted, "Uncle Fu! ”

Immediately, a white and chubby middle-aged man came down from the wooden building and glared at Xiao Er: "What are you yelling about?" ”

When he turned his head and saw Su Wu, he immediately smiled all over his face: "It turns out that there is a distinguished guest visiting." ”

Kicking the obstructive Xiao Er aside, the middle-aged housekeeper named Uncle Fu came to Su Wan: "I don't know what book Miss wants?" The shop is small but well stocked..."

Su Wan glanced at Uncle Fu lightly and smiled suddenly.

"Let your real leaders come out, the Ming people don't say secret words, I am qualified to visit your masters."

With that, he took out the lapis lazuli from his sleeve and shook it for a moment, and quickly stuffed it back into his sleeve.

The middle-aged steward's expression immediately changed, and he bowed to Su Wu cautiously, and asked, "I wonder if Miss can answer me a question?" ”

"Hmm." Thinking that it was a test before meeting, Su Wu naturally responded.

"Excuse me, how did Mademoiselle find out that I wasn't really in charge?" There was a hint of eagerness on the face of the middle-aged steward.

Su Wan had no choice but to help her forehead, she was asking this personal question about the steward? But it still needs him to pass it on, so it's better not to offend. Thinking like this, Su Wu lowered her voice slightly and said:

"Tianshu Pavilion's business, I'm afraid that few people dare to provoke it, so it is not necessary to have a kind steward, but to need a steward who is shocking, so as to give people a credible feeling."

I was disgusted because I was too kind? Uncle Fu scratched his white head and said, "Wait a minute, I'll help you pass it on." ”

After a while, Uncle Fu came down from the wooden building and looked at Su Wu with a little more awe: "Please go upstairs." ”

Looking at the dilapidated wooden staircase, Su Yu was very suspicious that the staircase would break at some point.

Uncle Fu also saw the meaning in Su Wan's expression, and smiled embarrassedly: "The funds of Tianshu Pavilion are limited, so if you can save it, you can save it." ”

Will a bookstore that resells the information of the nobles of the family be poor? So how can a normal bookstore survive? Su Wanzi didn't believe it, but she didn't ask much.

I thought that the second floor would be as dilapidated as the first floor, but the second floor was far from what Su Wu expected.

The rows of bookshelves are all made of golden silk nanmu, the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall are very valuable, the room is a grass and a wood, a table and a chair, and every place is furnished to reveal elegance.

"Yi Lao, the younger generation has brought people here." The middle-aged steward stood at the top of the stairs and said as he looked deeper into the second floor.

"Go down." The voice of an old man was accompanied by the sound of a cane on the ground, and Su Wu also branched out the knowledge book and the knowledge of the ceremony, and looked towards the source of the sound.

I saw an old man dressed in coarse linen clothes, his body was rickety but his spirit was strong, his eyes showed the light of wisdom to see through life, he was holding a bamboo stick as a crutch, so the dress should be extremely inconsistent with the elegant room, but he gave people a sense of imposing.

Su Wu couldn't help but bow over, and called out with the middle-aged steward's name: "Yi Lao." ”

The old man looked at Su Wu and was silent for a long time.

"Listen to Fuzi, you have an lapis lazuli?"

It was obviously a simple question, but Su Wu felt unprecedented coercion and replied respectfully, "Yes." ”

"Where did it come from?" The old man casually tapped the nanmu floor with his cane.

"It's a gift from someone else."

Quickly raised her head and glanced at the old man, Su Wu lowered her head and replied, but she kept thinking about the family surnamed Xi Guoyi in her heart. This old man's style and identity are definitely not bad, but there doesn't seem to be an official surnamed Yi in Xiguo......

"Show it to the old man."

Su Wan took out the lapis lazuli from her sleeve and handed it over.

The old man played with the lapis lazuli, then put the lapis lazuli in the light, and looked at it carefully, and then, a strange light flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Take your step shake down and give it to the old man."

The old man instructed again, Su Wu's right hand was placed on Nanzhu Bu Shao, hesitated for a moment, and pulled out the Bu Shao and put it in the old man's hand.

Who knew that the old man took advantage of the situation to slash at Su Wu's hand, Su Wu screamed in pain and reflexively withdrew her hand, but there were already blood beads oozing out of the scratched place on the side of her hand.

The old man took a step forward, and Su Wan immediately took a step back and looked at the old man vigilantly.

Regarding Su Wan's attitude, the old man didn't care: "The old man needs a drop of your blood, the girl is naturally delicate, if the old man doesn't do this, how can he get your blood?" ”

After saying that, he threw the step shake to Su Wan.

Su Wu caught it, reinserted Bu Shao on the bun, and asked, "What do you want my blood for?" ”

The old man waved his hand and threw the lapis lazuli to Su Wu: "Drip your blood on it." ”

Su Wu caught the lapis lazuli and looked at it hesitantly, but she didn't know whether to believe the old man or not.

Seeing Su Wan's hesitant appearance, the old man sneered disdainfully: "I don't even have the courage to do this, what are you doing in my Tianshu Pavilion?" ”

Although she knew that the old man was using the method of agitation, thinking of the exiled Su family, Su Wu gritted her teeth and dripped blood on the stone.

The drop of blood seeped into the stone immediately, and there was no trace of it on the surface of the stone.

Su Wu looked at the lapis lazuli in surprise, but suddenly thought of the folk books she was reading, and couldn't help asking, "Recognize the Lord with blood?" ”

The old man listened to Su Wan's words, rolled his eyes that were extremely inconsistent with his age, snatched the lapis lazuli, and turned around and walked towards the depths of the second floor.

"Little girl, wait here for the old man, and the old man will come when he goes."

Looking at the old man's slightly hurried steps, Su Wan was worried that he would fall at any time.

It's just that when the blood is dripped on the lapis lazuli, there is not a trace of it, what is the reason for this? And what did the old man do with the lapis lazuli that had dripped his own blood?

Doubts swirled in Su Wu's heart, looking at the figure of the old man leaving, Su Wu could only pace on the second floor, waiting quietly.