There are only two tables of guests on the second floor of the teahouse.

Xiao Er accepted Gu Mingzhu's silver, and said to her words: "Although Gu's cloth is good, the business is not good. ”

Gu Mingzhu raised his face, looked at Xiao Er curiously, and said, "Obviously, the store is in the market, how can the business not be good?" What did the little second brother say? ”

Gu Mingzhu is only sixteen this year, his eyebrows are like light smoke, there is a small pear vortex on his left cheek when he laughs, a pair of eyes are like crystal jade, his eyes are shiny like a string of black jade agate when he looks at people, and his childish goose egg face is even more harmless to humans and animals.

Her voice was like a yellow bird, where could Xiao Er stand her like this, her heart fluttered slightly, and she said: "Don't hide it, Miss, there are a lot of young ladies in this teahouse on weekdays, and I overheard it when they were chatting, saying that if Gu's cloth shop continues like this, it will close down in less than a year." ”

"Business is so good, you have to close your doors?" Gu Mingzhu said.

Xiao Er lowered his voice and said, "I heard that there are people making trouble behind the scenes, and the business is originally a disgraceful means, and there is a lot of knowledge here!" ”

Gu Mingzhu's eyelashes fluttered, and she smiled at him: "Little second brother knows a lot. ”

After some small talk, the words of the set are almost done, and the downstairs is inseparable from the running hall, and Xiao Er hurried down.

Gu Mingzhu pondered the doorway here, and after a while, Yue Yan and Yang Jiu came.

"How?" Gu Mingzhu asked.

Yue Yan took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, looked at Gu Mingzhu with heavy eyes, and said, "Miss, something is wrong."

Yue Yan groaned slightly, and said: "I specially learned about the situation of Pingjing from the second master this morning, the Gu family cloth shop is not an ordinary store, pay attention to quality, and the materials are carefully selected, but just now I went to the shop and took a turn, and found that good materials are sold very cheaply, not to mention ordinary fabrics, no wonder the front door of the store is like a market, who doesn't take advantage of this big bargain?"

In this way, it is no longer a matter of someone enriching their own pockets, and some people want to destroy the Gu family's business.

Gu Mingzhu was thinking about it, and the two middle-aged men sitting at the next table heard Yue Yan's words, and one of them said, "This girl, you don't know anything about this."

All three turned their eyes to him.

Gu Mingzhu smiled slightly and said, "This big brother, don't you know about the Gu family's shop?"

The man put down the teacup and said: "I don't know, almost everyone in Pingjing County knows that although the Gu family's cloth shop is sold with high-quality fabrics, its price is also frighteningly high, the Gu family's cloth is mainly sold to the rich people in Pingjing, its material is good, and it has a monopoly on high-ranking officials and nobles, can others be willing?" Soon, out of nowhere, a batch of fabrics exactly the same as the Gu family flowed into the market, and the price was half cheaper than the Gu family. ”

Yue Yan said: "Then why is this Gujia cloth shop still closed, but sold cheaply?"

"I don't know this, the Gu family's fabrics are well-known for being good, and the people will naturally cheer for it if it is sold cheaply, this is already the third day of low prices, and if it goes on like this, Gu's store will soon be closed."

The two of them had eaten almost enough, got up and checked out and left.

Yue Yan frowned slightly and said, "Miss, someone is playing ghosts, but I don't know if this is the case in other places."

If it's all the same problem, it's a big problem.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Don't worry, in this way, you go to Licheng with Yang Jiu to see what the reason for Licheng's losses is."

Yue Yan said: "Miss wants to stay in Pingjing to investigate?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "Exactly."

Yueyan groaned slightly, and whispered a few words in her ear.

After listening to this, Gu Mingzhu said, "In that case, I'll go to Licheng."

Gu Mingzhu stood up, Yang Jiu was about to get up, Gu Mingzhu said, "You stay in Pingjing to protect Yueyan."

Yang Jiumu grimaced: "Miss, I am your guard."

Gu Mingzhu said lightly: "Since you call me Miss, you have to listen to me."

Gu Mingzhu asked the second uncle to prepare the horses, leaving Yueyan and Yang Jiu in peace, and rushed to Licheng with the little guy.

Licheng is the second largest capital city in the territory of Kyushu, although the prosperity of this place is not as good as Kyoto, but the customs and people are strong, and Licheng is also the Qingyong army of the king of Dingbei is stationed.

It was already the afternoon of the second day when he arrived in Licheng, Gu Mingzhu took the little girl to stay at the inn, and after dinner, he rested for a while, and Gu Mingzhu went downstairs.

Licheng was particularly lively tonight, and when I inquired, I found out that it was the day before yesterday that the battle was won, and the people were cheering and celebrating.

Gu Mingzhu walked to the street, there was a vendor pestering her to buy flowers, Gu Mingzhu saw that she was shabby, she should be a child from a poor family, took out a piece of broken silver so that she didn't have to look for it, and the girl gratefully gave her all the flowers in her hand.

Gu Mingzhu was carrying a basket of flowers, standing on the street and crying and laughing.

Boom!

The night sky is full of fireworks.

Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but raise her eyes and smiled.

The old woman who was setting up a stall on the side saw that she looked well-behaved and quiet and lovely, and couldn't help but talk: "Girl, you are from the south, right?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "How did the eldest lady see it?"

"It's cold in Licheng, your clothes are so thin, your face is red in protein, you don't look like a local."

Gu Mingzhu smiled.

The old woman fumbled and took out a cloak from the stall: "Girl, it's cold at night, put on it."

Gu Mingzhu was stunned.

The old woman said again: "Don't worry, don't want money."

The old woman was kind and kind, and her smile was kind, which reminded Gu Mingzhu of her late grandmother, she took the cloak, tied it and took out the silver, and the old woman hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, no, girl, if you say you don't want money, you don't want money."

Gu Mingzhu didn't allow her to refuse, and forced the silver to the old woman, saying, "Auntie, thank you for your concern."

The old woman didn't mean that, but seeing her tough attitude, she had to accept it and asked, "Does the girl come to Licheng to visit relatives?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "Passing by Licheng."

"If you are passing by, it is better to go and have a tour, walk all the way from this street, there is a Yinhua Temple, spiritual."

It's hard to resist hospitality.

Gu Mingzhu was walking along the street, and some pedestrians saw her carrying a basket of flowers, thinking that she was a flower seller, and sold a few along the way.

Walking all the way, I walked to Yinhua Temple.

Gu Mingzhu looked at the entrance, a little incredulous, a temple actually fell in the downtown area. According to the old woman, whenever the Qingyong army won a battle, Yinhua Temple opened the temple door for three days day and night to cross the souls of the dead.

Sounds like a nice temple.

It's all here, how about going to the temple gate?

Gu Mingzhu entered.

There are still many pilgrims in Yinhua Temple at night, and the temple hall is very pious.

Gu Mingzhu didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he still put on incense and immediately withdrew from the hall.

There were also many people in the court, and Gu Mingzhu walked down the steps.

Suddenly, a voice came from his ear, slightly rude: "Hey old monk, you temple spirit?"