"The son of heaven went down the mountain before yesterday, and the sentinel saw it, Xiao Wansheng said that he had received an envoy and went down the mountain to do an errand, and left a letter for the eldest lady, but the eldest brother didn't let him chase him." Wei Shuisheng explained, Mrs. Sun hurriedly touched a letter from her arms and handed it to the shopkeeper Sun, who opened the letter and read it in a few glances, it was Xiao Wansheng's ghost-like handwriting, there were not a few words in total, Xiao Wansheng was taught to read words, he didn't learn a few words, and there were fewer words that could be written.

Shopkeeper Sun handed the letter back to Mrs. Sun with a calm face, and turned his head to look at Wei Shuisheng: "The big boss is a righteous and generous person, this is all for the sake of the deceased big boss, as well as the face of me and the big lady, what do other people, what does the big boss say?" Do you need me to go back? ”

"No need, that morning, the eldest brother called all the big guys, said this, and told everyone, if you are willing to stay, stay, the eldest brother treats it as his own brother, if you don't want to stay, one person will send five taels of gold, let it go down the mountain, everyone who should go is gone, and the rest, no one wants to leave." Wei Shuisheng explained with a smile, Li Xiaoqi tilted his head to look at Wei Shuisheng, and asked slowly, "The eight people who left are not injured, right?" ”

"Well, only two of them have some skin injuries, and they're almost fine." Wei Shuisheng glanced at Li Xiaomi, and replied with a smile, Sun's shopkeeper's face was even more ugly, Li Xiaomian turned his head to look at him, and said calmly: "If you compare with Sun Da's master, I and the eldest brother, firstly, it is too tender, and secondly, the restraint is also tighter, everything has rules, compared with before, there are many hard rules and rules, everyone wants to go down the mountain to live a good life, it is also common sense, Second Uncle Sun and Sister Sun don't go to their hearts, everyone has their own ambitions, everyone wants to open some." ”

Mrs. Sun looked at the shopkeeper Sun, nodded sadly, Li Xiaoqi turned her head to look at Wei Shuisheng, and her voice was plain and cold: "In the past, it was natural to get together if you cooperate, and if you don't get together, you will leave, but now the brothers on the mountain, whether it is from the East Mountain or the original West Mountain, have decided to stay on the mountain, everyone has become brothers, if you want to go in the future, you have to follow the rules, and then go down the mountain after making it clear, if there is such a thing as stealing money and escaping the mountain, don't blame my brother for being polite!" ”

Shopkeeper Sun hugged his fists and said solemnly: "Fifth master, don't worry, if there is such a thing again, don't work for the fifth master, I and the eldest lady will do it first!" ”

A few people spoke, the shopkeeper Sun was busy taking people to open a shop to do business, Mrs. Sun followed Sister Zhang to the kitchen, while helping her to help, while whispering, the two of them have been able to speak since the East and West Mountains were combined, together, there are endless words, Li Xiaoqi sat next to him and listened to it a few times, I really don't understand the two of you said a while ago, I said a while ago, what do you have to say about such a boring word.

Only Wei Shuisheng and Li Xiaoqi were left in the room, Li Xiaoqi moved the chair to Wei Shuisheng's side, wrinkled his brows, and asked anxiously, "Which box?" How much did you steal? ”

"It's the one in the eldest brother's house, the box with a total of two hundred taels of gold, fortunately I thought about it and opened it separately, otherwise, alas!" Wei Shuisheng raised his hand and rubbed his brows, and said in annoyance, Li Xiaoqi jumped up when he heard it, pointed at Wei Shuisheng and roared: "Didn't I tell you that there is more box in your house, and less box in the eldest brother's house!" How did people steal so much! How many do we have left!? Big brother really just forget it? ”

"What's the hurry! Sit down and speak! Wei Shuisheng stretched out his hand to pull Li Xiaoqi back into the chair in annoyance, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows: "This is my fault, I was careless, I didn't expect this." ”

Li Xiaoqi sighed a few times, no longer blame, it's useless to say more, the two sat silently for a long time, Li Xiaoqi looked at Wei Shuisheng, and said listlessly: "It's a good thing, yesterday I still wanted to send Zhang Gouzi back, you came just right, the dart bureau has a dart, and set off to Taiping Mansion early the day after tomorrow, tell the eldest brother, stop it, deduct half of the goods first, let the Xinyang Dart Bureau make up for last year's New Year's gift, and let Mrs. Sun take a closer look when the things are sent over, according to the example of Sun Da in the past, No point is missing. ”

Since the princess was robbed last autumn and Wu declared war on Liang to the present, Zheng Cheng in addition to the declaration of war when he invited the wild, destroyed his own countless villages, and took advantage of the disadvantage of Qingye to remove Zhengcheng Zhizhou, the rest, there is no movement at half, Yuan Dashuai's army is stationed outside the city, except for the Spring Festival after the suppression of the pen frame Dongshan, next to it, even an ant has not been trampled to death, Zheng Cheng is strangely calm and peaceful, but this tranquility is strange, those businessmen, or sensitive far away from Zheng Cheng, would rather go away to other roads, The business of this dart game has also plummeted, and since the beginning of this year, this is still the first business, and naturally it is also the first business after the merger of Beacon East and West.

"Hmm." Wei Shuisheng nodded in agreement, and was about to speak, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly advised: "You'd better not go down the mountain, even if you go down the mountain, you have to wrap your head and face tightly, you are the owner of this tea shop, there is no big mistake in being careful." ”

Wei Shuisheng smiled and nodded in agreement, the two muttered for a long time, and after lunch, Wei Shuisheng and Mrs. Sun quietly went out and set off to rush back to the mountain.

The next day, Li Zongliang and Li Erhuai were masked with black cloth, wrapped their heads and faces, and took the Xishan bandits who had been practicing hard for half a year down the mountain to do the first mountain bandit business in the real sense, beat away several dart masters of the dart bureau, pulled half of the goods to the door, and let the dart bureau come to worship the mountain with gifts to redeem the goods.

The dart master guarded the rest of the goods, rushed to the next resting place in a hurry, and sent people to Zhengcheng and Xinyang Mansion to deliver letters, waiting for someone from the dart bureau to deal with it.

Master Song came to the teahouse to drink tea that day, and the shopkeeper Sun sighed about this matter, after the year the army just suppressed the pen frame Dongshan, he naturally knew this clearly, now only a few months of effort, there is a nest of bandits on the East Mountain, can not help but make him feel abnormal.

Within a few days, the Xinyang Mansion General Number sent two experienced dart masters to bring last year's New Year's gift, plus a congratulatory gift to congratulate Li Da on the establishment of the village to worship the mountain, Li Zongliang received the gift, let people send half of the goods down the mountain, the dart bureau is a bowl of love rice, can make friends, never use force.

In the summer, Master Song and the shopkeeper Sun talked more and more speculatively, it turned out that the shopkeeper Sun had also taken the imperial examination once or twice, but he didn't even take the children's exam, which made Master Song laugh for a few days, although he didn't win, but the boy's test was passed in one test, and then he was admitted to the people, and he even failed in the examination for several periods, and he wanted to keep taking the exam, but his father died of illness and was forced by the family, so he had to pick up his father's business and start the master. Every time he said this, Master Song sighed with emotion, he couldn't understand the academic talent of Lord Yan, how he just won the lift, he really couldn't understand it, so he had to return to his fate, Lord Yan is blessed with a great life, and he didn't have the blessing of being an official.

One day at the end of summer, Master Song finished his day's official duties, paced to the teahouse with his hands behind his back, and sat under the wisteria trellis with the shopkeeper Sun, drank a little wine, and said with a smile: "If your owner still has silver, it is better to buy the house next door to the east, this east is a good house, it was originally a house in Zhengcheng that lifted people, and just said that there was going to be a war last year, and the family moved into the Taiping Mansion tightly, this house has been empty, and yesterday the housekeeper came back, saying that the house is not going to come back, If you want to sell this house, put it to me, see if anyone wants it, it is very cheap, and it will be sold for two hundred taels of silver, I should go down, I think, it is better to let your owner buy it, tear down this wall, open up the past, and make this Zhengcheng's premier tea house, the autumn poetry meeting, I will talk about it to the adults, and I will put it here for you, and I will also make you famous, and be literate. ”

Shopkeeper Sun was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll talk to our owner, as long as the owner has silver, it must be willing, our owner, you know, there are only two brothers, the second master has gone to the capital to prepare for the exam, only the fifth master is at home, and I will go to tell the fifth master about it early tomorrow morning." ”

Early the next morning, Shopkeeper Sun went to the yamen to find Master Song and asked him to drink tea and talk at the teahouse at noon. Just after the beginning of the afternoon, Master Song entered the tea house, and the shopkeeper Sun let him sit under the wisteria trellis, served tea, soup and rice, and dim sum, and said in a low voice: "Our host, I will say, our host must be willing, but ••••••"

Shopkeeper Sun stopped, moved forward, looked at Master Song, and then said: "I mentioned this, the fifth master is very much in favor, and Mr. also knows that our two brothers are helpless, it is not easy, if it is not really beyond our means, and I don't want to come out to open this tea shop, our owner is like this, what is really something, how can I have the power to protect myself?" It's good to make this business bigger, but if it gets bigger, you have to attract people's eyes, and you have to attract some people who are red-eyed. But if I see such an opportunity missed, I don't want to do it in my heart, it's better to say, Mr. into a stock stock, I told the owner, the house is two hundred taels of silver, Mr. takes half, our owner takes half, and then earns silver, just add two to five, a family and a half, although this shop is small, it can also make some money, Mr. see? ”

Master Song listened a little nervously, and when the shopkeeper saw that he didn't speak, he moved the chair forward again, and said in a low voice: "Regardless of whether Mr. can look down on it or not, in my heart, take Mr. as a know, Mr. At this age, he should plan more for himself, several nephews have not yet started a family, and it is the time to use silver in the future, and the eldest nephew is a very smart and competitive person, and he will go to school in the future, and there are many places to use silver, but I can't let the child make a living•••••• it's a pity like Mr. ”