"What's wrong with the shopkeeper Huang?" Li Tian got into the car, and asked without waiting for Cao Si's daughter-in-law to sit down, Cao Si's daughter-in-law took out a mulberry paper envelope from her arms and handed it to Li Tian: "This is sent by Huang Da's shopkeeper, look!" Cao's fourth daughter-in-law pointed to the words 'resignation' on the mulberry paper envelope.

The envelope was handed face up, Li Tian had already seen the walnut-sized word 'resignation', his eyes shrank slightly, he reached out and pulled out the silver hairpin on his head and picked up the envelope, and only one line of words was written on the thin piece of paper inside: "Huang Zhongxian resigns from the shopkeeper." Li Tian pinched the paper hard, controlling not to let himself tremble, only pinching his nails white.

"It's going to rain, and the mother is going to get married......" After a while, Li Tian said in a slightly dumb voice: "Since you are here, you have to meet it, you have to go up, you run, first ask the shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu to find a quiet private room in Fanlou at the end of the afternoon and wait for me, and then invite the shopkeeper of the six shops in the capital to the backyard of Rong'an Hall, and it will not be over." ”

"Yes." Cao's fourth daughter-in-law agreed, knocked on the carriage, the car stopped, Cao's fourth daughter-in-law jumped out of the car, Yueniang sat in front of the car, lifted the curtain and looked at Li Tian and asked, "Go back or not?" ”

"Go back first, the sooner the better." Li Tian commanded, Yue Niang agreed, and before the curtain fell, the car suddenly rushed forward.

"Mama Xiong will accompany me on a trip, you and Qingzhi will stay here to take care of the yard, Yue Niang, lead your horse." Li Tian stretched out his hands and waited by the green branch to change clothes, and instructed, Yingluo ordered a thousand taels of silver tickets to come out, sealed them with a big red seal, and wrote the words 'Cheng Yi one thousand taels' on the cover, and handed the big red envelope to Mama Xiong.

Mama Xiong put away Cheng Yi's red envelope, Li Tian had already changed into a light gray cloth robe, tied a silk silk silk of the same color around her waist, and wore a dark gray cloth silk cotton cloak outside, and her hair was also broken and curled into a man's bun, wrapped in a light gray silk scarf.

Yue Niang was dressed in a neat riding outfit, holding a very long black silk gray squirrel cloak, and the three of them hurriedly walked out of the corner door, and there was already a very ordinary indigo cloth bib cart waiting outside the corner gate, Mama Xiong and Li Tian lifted the curtain to get into the car, Yue Niang sat in front of the car, tied the horse to the back of the car, and the car quietly rushed in, and ran to the Huang Da shopkeeper's house.

Soon arrived at the Huang Mansion, Li Tian sat straight in the car, through the window, looking at the Huang Mansion with the door closed and no one at all, Mama Xiong rushed back, lifted the curtain and reported: "Wu Niangzi, it was said that the luggage was brightly lit in the middle of the night yesterday, and it was gone before dawn today. ”

"To Lizhou Road? Go to Dailoumen, chase after him and send him off, no matter what, I have to see him. Li Tian commanded in a deep voice, Mama Xiong agreed, got into the car, and hurried to Dailoumen.

Out of the Dailou Gate, the car slowed down and stopped outside the city gate, Li Tian took the process instrument from Mama Xiong's hand and instructed: "You go back first, and pick me up at Fanlou at the end of the afternoon." Mama Xiong nodded and instructed with concern: "Be careful on the road." Li Tian said 'um' and came out wearing a cloak, Yue Niang had already put on the cloak in the gray squirrel, holding the reins of the horse and waiting.

The two got on the horse, Yue Niang wrapped Li Tian tightly with her cloak, shook the reins, and rushed out in the direction of Lizhou Road.

One rode two people to pursue the search, and searched for nearly two hours before they found the shopkeeper Huang Da who was resting in a tea shop on the side of the road.

Yue Niang hugged Li Tian and got off the horse, Li Tian instructed Yue Niang: "You go to find Huang Da Shopkeeper to talk, saying that I came to see him off." Li Tian stopped: "I'll wait here." ”

"Hmm." Yue Niang wrapped the reins, Li Tian stood on the horse, watched Yue Niang stride forward, and said a few words to a few dart masters sitting on the outermost part of the tea house, a dart master got up and went in, and soon came out and said a few words to Yue Niang with an apologetic face, Yue Niang took half a step back, turned around and came back.

"He doesn't dare see you." Yue Niang said with a look of disdain, Li Tian took a deep breath, looked at Yue Niang and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Say that you are sick, you dare not see people, you are afraid of giving others sickness and treacherous sluts! Let's go. Yue Niang snorted heavily.

"Wait, you send this Cheng Yi over, hand it over to those dart masters and transfer it in, and say that Huang Da shopkeeper resigns, and I, the owner, should have given him a good meal, but first, I just received a letter from him asking for resignation, and secondly, I have to guard the filial piety of the old club, so I have to prepare Cheng Yi for a thousand taels, I wish Huang Da shopkeeper a bright future in the future, all the way up, he is not benevolent, we can't be unrighteous." Li Tian took out the big red envelope and Cheng Yi confessed.

Yue Niang's eyebrows were raised, and she stayed for a moment before reaching out to take the instrument, and said with a chuckle: "This has to be said in front of the dart masters, but this is useless, no matter how much the dart master looks down on the proprietor, he has to live well." ”

"Where do you want to go, it's not for this, they are all from the Beijing Dart Bureau, they have to come back, I, as the owner, can't be unjust." Li Tian's heart was full of heaviness and couldn't cry or laugh at Yue Niang's words, but through his breath.

Yue Niang sent Cheng Yi back, Li Tian sat on the horse sideways, hugged Yue Niang wrapped in a cloak and whispered: "Yue Niang, let's just rush to Fan Lou at the end of the afternoon, walk slowly, it's too fast and uncomfortable." ”

"Hmm." Yue Niang slowed down the horse, loosened the reins, walked back slowly from the horse, raised her hand and patted Li Tian and said, "Don't be sad, this kind of treacherous thing is not worth our sadness!"

"It's not sad," Li Tian rushed up with a sour feeling in his heart, rubbed his tears in Yue Niang's warm arms, and said in a low voice: "Huang Lao's shopkeeper is the son of the prince of Nanning County, Huang Zhongxian entered the tent of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion at the age of seven to study, and then followed to become a big shopkeeper, and he resigned at this juncture, and he refused to even see me, there must be something strange in the middle." ”

"Hmm!" Yue Niang replied heavily, and Li Tian seemed to be talking to herself: "They went to Lizhou Road and went to work...... Untouchables can only be admitted to the imperial examination for three generations, Huang Lao's shopkeeper is cheap first and then good, it can't be counted, Huang Zhongxian, Huang Liangyu, these are only two generations, this is going to work, they will get a special favor, who asked them for this special favor? If you send them away, you will be scheming against me, Yue Niang, who will it be? ”

"Otherwise, I'll rush to kill the family surnamed Huang! No matter who it is, I don't believe that he is not afraid, see who dares to beat your idea!" Yue Niang said murderously, this suggestion made Li Tian simply not know what to say: "Yue Niang! It's useless to kill them. ”

"If it's useless, don't kill it, you are relieved, isn't it just a shopkeeper, and he can manipulate you if he leaves? When we're all dead?!" Yue Niang patted Li Tian and comforted, Li Tian let out a long sigh: "That's what I said, but Huang Zhongxian's departure is to break half of our arms, Huang Zhongxian has taken over this big shopkeeper from his father for more than ten years, and he has handled the yamen, the court, the guild, and so on, and the relationships outside are all in his hands, and he leaves so abruptly, the black hand behind him will definitely start the incident next, and we don't know how difficult it will be when the time comes." ”

"Well, that's right, I don't know who this black hand is, what is he trying to do? Money? Person? ”

"Go back and check from this post first, if there is anything to go, there will be an appointment in the ministry, look for it along the way, and I am not afraid that I can't find it, what else can I get, it's nothing more than a word of wealth, look at this style, I'm afraid that he is a ruthless hand who has no fear, alas!" Li Tian hugged Yue Niang tightly, sighed heavily, Yue Niang was silent for a while, and reluctantly smiled and comforted: "Don't be afraid, what can you do?" Money is something outside the body, so if you can't do it, you want to open it. ”

"Those were left to me by my grandmother, and I would rather ruin them...... If it really doesn't work, I'll wander the rivers and lakes with you. Li Tian's words were a different kind of determination, and Yue Niang laughed: "How can you stand that suffering?" It's me, I've been lazy in the past few years, and then I think about it in the past, I followed my master and brother to the rivers and lakes, it was really bitter...... Then again, you have so many eyes, plus my kung fu, the two of us really want to break into the rivers and lakes, but we can make a name for ourselves in half a year. ”

Yue Niang took Li Tian to get off the horse outside the inner city gate, and then went inside, the two of them rode the horse so much to attract attention, Yue Niang led the horse, the two walked unhurriedly for two quarters of an hour, and arrived at the back door of the Fan Building, Mama Xiong and Cao Si's daughter-in-law were already waiting in the car, seeing Li Tian coming, they got off the car busily, the coachman took the horse, Yue Niang, Mama Xiong and Cao Si's daughter-in-law followed Li Tian into the Fan Tower from the back door.

Cao's fourth daughter-in-law led the way in front and quickly turned into a private room behind a bamboo forest.

Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu were sitting opposite each other drinking tea in a muffled voice, and when they heard the movement, Sun Liu hurriedly took a step forward and lifted the curtain and let the four people in. Shopkeeper Cheng also hurriedly stood up, looking at Li Tian with a deep worry and concern in his eyes.

Li Tian's face was calm, he went to the cloak and handed it to Mama Xiong, looked at Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu, and said straightforwardly: "Shopkeeper Huang resigns, he has already set off to Lizhou Road to take up his post early this morning, you already know about this, right?" ”

"I just heard what the Cao Si family said." Shopkeeper Cheng replied worriedly, and Sun Liu also nodded and said, "I also heard what Cao Si's sister-in-law said. ”

"Well," Li Tian stood in front of the window, looking at the bamboo forest outside the window and was silent for a moment, before turning to look at Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu, and said indifferently with a hint of sadness: "Covetousness outside is also common, I also thought of it, but Huang Da Shopkeeper...... Alas" Li Tian sighed: "His father and son have been on an errand with his grandmother for two generations, but I didn't expect it to be so short-sighted, forget it, don't mention him, let's go, he goes, I'm afraid that we will have to work hard for a while, and we will have to work hard for two more in the future." ”