"Rest assured, who doesn't have a hard time? There is no hurdle that cannot be passed, I am here, you just have to rest assured. The shopkeeper Cheng first comforted Li Tian, Li Tian bowed his head slightly to show his gratitude, Sun Liu looked at Li Tian frankly, and said with a hint of excitement in his expression: "The owner's messenger is refreshing, you just command, where do we start first?" ”

"The Huang family has been appointed, it must be Huang Liangyu, the only son of the Huang Da shopkeeper, I heard that it was the messenger of Lizhou Road, and the troublesome shopkeeper inquired from the Ministry of Officials, what kind of messenger Huang Liangyu received, and who helped him ask for this appointment." Li Tian looked at the shopkeeper Cheng and ordered, the shopkeeper Cheng nodded and agreed, Li Tian turned his head to look at Sun Liu and ordered: "You have more things, first, carefully inquire about Huang Liangyu's whereabouts, since the day of my grandmother's death, who have you seen, where you have been, and what you have done, the more carefully the better; Second, pay attention to the movements of the six shops and shopkeepers in the capital, regardless of size, but there is a trace of unusualness, so they hurriedly reported to me, and the letter was handed to the shopkeeper of the Muji soup noodle shop next to the Gongyuan. ”

"Yes!" Sun Liu's answer was loud and simple, Li Tian looked at the two of them and explained: "Be careful for a while, we have to find the hand that secretly moved the shopkeeper of Huang Da, but we have to keep it hidden in the dark, and we can't let people pick it out in the light, otherwise it will be really difficult to do it." ”

"Don't worry." Shopkeeper Cheng and Sun Liu solemnly responded, Li Tian motioned to Mama Xiong to hand over the cloak and put it on, tilted her head slightly and tied the cloak strap and said proudly: "If someone wants to stretch out his hand, let's try it with a knife, this outstretched hand is not so easy to retract!"

Sun Liu's excited eyebrows moved, and he promised heavily, and he bowed to the end, and the worry in the eyes of the shopkeeper Cheng plummeted, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, he bowed his hand respectfully and sent Li Tian out of the door.

Li Tian and his entourage went out of Fanlou, found another hotel for lunch, and saw that the hour was almost up, so they got in the car and went to Li Tian's largest shop in the capital, Rong'an Tang Crude Medicine Shop.

The shopkeeper of Rong'an Hall took Li Tian in, and the backyard of the pharmacy was in the upper room, and the shopkeepers of the other five shops had already arrived, either worried or thoughtful, or with a hint of excitement and expectation, and watched Li Tian, who was dressed as a beautiful scholar, come in, and greeted him unevenly.

Li Tian's cold eyes swept the gazes of several shopkeepers, with a decent smile on his face, he raised his hand and said, "You shopkeepers don't have to be polite. After speaking, he walked to the left side of the head and sat down, Mama Xiong and Cao's fourth daughter-in-law stood at the door of the upper room with their hands hanging from left to right, and Yue Niang stood upright behind Li Tian with her hands behind her back.

"You may be seated." Li Tian politely raised his hand to give way, the six shopkeepers humbly conceded a few words, and sat down, Li Tian saw that everyone was seated, and said in a calm voice: "Please come, there are two small things to explain, one is that the shopkeeper Huang sent a letter to resign today, and he has already left for Lizhou Road early in the morning to take up his post." ”

Li Tian stopped talking, looking at everyone's reactions, the shopkeeper Wang hung his head and sighed heavily, the shopkeeper Zhao and the shopkeeper Qian who were next to him had a strong surprise on their faces, and quickly exchanged glances, and the rest of the shopkeepers looked at the shopkeeper Wang, and then looked at Li Tian, with a suspicious expression on their faces, as if they didn't know whether to be surprised or sighed.

"The second little thing, that is, there will be no more big shopkeepers in the future, you are all first-class shopkeepers in various industries, needless to say about business matters, if there is anything on the side, report to me, I and everyone will consider the disposal, and your annual example will be increased by two percent since this month." Li Tian continued, several shopkeepers looked at Li Tian in surprise, Huang Da shopkeeper wanted to resign, they all knew earlier than her, more or less they had thought about who the new owner would let take the position of the big shopkeeper, but listening to Li Tian's meaning, she didn't plan to mention another big shopkeeper.

"Grandma drove the crane back to the west, Huang Da shopkeeper left in a hurry, and the New Year is approaching, this time I also ask you to work harder, everywhere and worry more, and pass this year safely, I will thank you again." Li Tian didn't plan to stay longer, and stood up and said goodbye.

Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly led Li Tian to the corner gate, looked left and right, looked at Li Tian and said in a low voice: "Dongjia, I heard that Huang Dalang got an envoy from Ningyuan County, I thought you knew about it, and this is the next ...... There are people in the back, so be careful. ”

"Thank you, I see, you have to worry about it in the shop." Li Tian's eyes flashed with a warm light, and he bowed slightly in thanks, and the shopkeeper Wang sighed lightly, and continued: "The owner takes care of himself, people are the most important." ”

"Well," a smile bloomed on Li Tian's face: "I wrote it down, don't worry." ”

In the evening, Li Tian called Mama Xiong, Yue Niang, Cao's fourth daughter-in-law, Yingluo, and Qingzhi to come in, and briefly said the resignation of the shopkeeper Huang, looked at everyone and continued: "Now that there is no big shopkeeper, this account has to be handed directly to us this year, and the account is in charge of the fourth sister-in-law Cao, and Qingzhi is good at the abacus, you give the fourth sister-in-law Cao a start, and Yingluo will take over the matter and send it to me for disposal." ”

Cao's fourth daughter-in-law, Qingzhi and Yingluo hurriedly nodded in agreement, and Mama Xiong said worriedly: "Fifth lady, this is not okay without a big shopkeeper, we are all women's families, if there is really something, there is no one who even shows up." ”

"I know, but at this time, I can only hold on first, look at the other party's way, as soon as I came up, I lured Huang Zhongxian away, this is the way to capture the thief and capture the king first, if we propose a big shopkeeper again, it is just to put up a target for the other party, this big shopkeeper is either bought by the other party, or the idea is taken away, no matter which one, our situation can only be more difficult, the lesser of two evils, now this is like this, that is, it is inconvenient, this is a trivial matter." Li Tian explained carefully.

"What kind of king is a big shopkeeper, I look at this black hand is also a fool!" Yue Niang pouted and said, Li Tian didn't answer her words, only turned her head to look at Cao Si's daughter-in-law and then ordered: "I'm afraid I have to bother Cao Si Ge for a trip." ”

"How can you afford the word trouble, the fifth lady just commands." Cao's fourth daughter-in-law hurriedly got up and answered, and Li Tian continued: "Annoyance Fourth Brother Cao will go to Hangzhou Mansion first, bring a letter to my aunt, and our shops in Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Fujian and Liangzhejiang Road will be entrusted to my aunt to take care of for a while, and then ask my aunt to send a safe steward, walk around each shop together, and give the shop to my aunt." ”

Cao Si's daughter-in-law looked at Li Tian with a blank look, and didn't dare to answer for a while, she was Li Tian's chief manager of the inner tent, except for Cheng's shopkeeper, the business next to her was all under her control, and the shops in these four places accounted for nearly seventy percent of Li Tian's industry, so she entrusted it to her aunt who didn't meet her? It's also too risky!

"That's it," Li Tian rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, not ready to explain more: "Tell Fourth Brother Cao and ask him to go day and night, the other party is afraid that he will start the arrangement on the day of his grandmother's death, we are already half a month late, let him be as soon as possible." ”

"Good!" Cao's fourth daughter-in-law gritted her teeth and replied, Li Tian signaled Yingluo, Yingluo turned around and entered the house, took a very ordinary indigo muslin bag and handed it to Cao's fourth daughter-in-law.

"All sewn?" Cao's fourth daughter-in-law took the burden and asked, Yingluo nodded and said, "I sew several layers, you go back and add another layer of oilcloth to wrap it." Cao Si's daughter-in-law agreed, carefully hugged the burden, got up and said goodbye: "Fifth lady, then I'll go back quickly, and I'll send Brother Shi and his father to set off tonight." ”

"Hmm." Li Tian agreed, Qingzhi hurriedly lifted the curtain, and saw Cao's fourth daughter-in-law go out, Li Tian turned his head to look at Mama Xiong and whispered: "Mama in this house is bothering, staring at something else." ”

"Five ladies rest assured." Mama Xiong hurriedly responded: "It's only been half a month, the fifth lady has lost a lot of weight, don't worry too much, no matter what, the body is the most important, the old lady has always said so." ”

"I know, it's not too early, you should go back early to rest, everyone should take care." Li Tian said with a slight smile, Mama Xiong agreed, stood up and walked out of the yard, and went around the back kitchen before going out.

The next day, Sun Liu's side first had a letter, sure enough, it was Huang Liangyu, the only son of the Huang Da shopkeeper, who was appointed by the county Cheng of Ningyuan County, Lizhou Road, and several rich children who usually befriended Huang Liangyu gave him a good meal, but on the side, there was no letter, and after a few days, the shopkeeper Cheng came over in person, and he found the official who wrote this appointment, saying that Huang Liangyu got this post because of Tui'en, but who invited him to this Tui'en, he has no way of knowing here.

Sure enough, it was Tui Enjin, Li Tian stood under the porch wrapped in a cloak, looking at the twists and turns of the courtyard and the freshly pruned plum trees, his heart was cold, who else could there be besides her? !

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of Mrs. Lin's funeral, and early that morning, Li Tian followed the white funeral procession of the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion and sent Mrs. Lin's coffin to Fayun Temple for temporary mailing.

After the ritual was completed in the evening, Li Tian did not go back, and borrowed a quaint Wujin house on the edge of Fayun Temple, saying that he was going to stay for two days to accompany his grandmother.

Li Tian had already told Yu Yaofang and Lin Ke that Mrs. Xu could rest assured that Li Tian lived outside the city alone, so she took Yu Yaofang to the mansion early in the morning, and she must stay with her for two days.

Lin Ke naturally wanted to follow Li Tian, with Mrs. Xu watching, Princess Jiang Jun was very relieved, explained a few words to Lin Ke, and got in the car and hurried back.

The next day, a trace of fish belly white just appeared, Li Tian had already given his grandmother a good incense in Fayun Temple, closed the door of the temple and came out, Yue Niang rushed to the hall leading to the back mountain and said, "The person has arrived." ”