Be steadfast in being a passerby v. 104
That's a big deal! When the tea came, the Chinese people hurriedly got up and poured tea for Dr. Feng: "There were big families in Shengran Mountain a few years ago, but they had many concerns and didn't dare to start. "Wild animals are easy to deal with, but big families are afraid of people. It was too close to Mohuilin. Tantric monks are not afraid of meat and vegetarians, they are all uncles, and one of them is unhappy and comes to raid your nest, and you don't have a place to cry.
Understood, Feng Xiao waved his hand and motioned for him to sit: "How much money is an acre of wasteland over there?" ”
"If you buy it all, it's probably a tael of silver."
"Then you can help me make a few trips."
"Cheng," the Chinese man excited: "Today I will take a few of you to see the courtyard of Dashijinan, and the villain will go to the government to ask." "If that wasteland can be sold, not to mention that he is the big brother in Yaxing, even the official family must remember his name. These people are really capable, and they dare to buy property in the area of Shengran Mountain, that is, they are not afraid of tantra.
The donkey cart went out of the north city gate, and walked along the east slope road for half an hour to arrive at Dashiji. Dashiji is not like the Nanshikou outside Luohe City, there are no shops here, only stone stalls. Dozens of acres of stone land, black pressed people.
The Chinese people who led the way in front were afraid that the rich and noble would not like this noise, so they immediately explained after crossing the boundary: "Today is a big gathering, and there are not so many people on weekdays. The courtyard we are going to see is nearly a mile away from the stone ground, and it is very quiet. ”
"It's good to live near Daji..."Lu Yaozu rode a horse and walked beside the Chinese: "If you want to eat something, you can buy it with a step on your feet." ”
"You're absolutely right." The Chinese pointed to the village not far away: "Xunjiatun is really a good place, although it is not confined in the city, but life is no worse than in the city." Each family has land, and it is convenient to buy and sell anything. Don't look at the simplicity of the big stone market, there are many people in the city who like to come here to catch the market. In particular, whoever wants to buy meat and vegetables will live a life and will go to Dashiji to buy it. ”
"Cheap?" Lu Yaozu asked.
The Chinese man raised two fingers: "One pound is cheaper than two big bucks." The butcher shops in the city were all rounded up by the Xu family in the east of the city. Regardless of whether it is chicken, duck, goose, pig, cow, horse, and donkey meat, the price of which it will be sold is all up to the Xu family. Just yesterday, a pound of good pork was thirteen wen in Dashiji, and the butcher shop in the city was sixteen wen in the morning and fifteen wen in the afternoon. ”
Lu Yaozu twisted his eyebrows and pretended to think: "Is the executioner Xu Jia?" ”
"In Chongzhou, ordinary people don't dare to shout like that." After speaking, the Chinese man smiled again: "But like you, you can't do anything if you shout." "No one is afraid of Tantra, and the Xu family is not a fart in front of Tantra.
Although Lu Yaozu has never run anything, he also knows a little bit about business: "Then the Xu family has no opinion on Dashiji?" ”
"The opinion is big." They have the ability, and the Chinese do not hide it: "In the past, there was Xun Li Xun of Xunjiatun behind the big stone set, and the tunli was tight, and the Xu family wanted to commit crimes, but their strength was not enough. ”
"Butterfly King Sword Xun Li?" Lu Yaozu blurted out.
The Chinese man was stunned, he didn't know what the Butterfly King knife was: "He who holds a knife in both hands, and the knife is half a foot long." ”
That's it. Lu Yaozu stared, when he was in the rivers and lakes, he also hunted people with Xun Li on the same road. Xun Li's Butterfly King Knife is three and a half inches longer than an ordinary butterfly knife, and the left-handed knife is half a move faster than the right-handed knife. Twenty-five years ago, no one in the martial arts who played double swords dared to raise their chin in front of Xun Li.
"What's wrong with Xun Li?"
"I've been missing for three or four months." The man sighed: "It should be more than lucky, his two knives were broken in Qiufengling, and there was blood on the knives and on the ground." Hundreds of people in Xunjiatun searched for dozens of miles in a radius, but they could not see people alive or dead, and finally they made trouble with the Xu family. Xu Weihai, the head of the Xu family, was full of respect for Xun Lao and did not admit that he had plotted against Xun Lao. ”
The knife is broken, but the person is gone? Lu Yaozu grabbed the reins.
Worried about his eyebrows, the Chinese smiled bitterly: "It's only been a long time since Xun Lao's accident, and someone in Xunjiatun has sold houses and land." The big guys knew in their hearts that if Xu Jiajia couldn't tolerate Dashiji, they wouldn't let Xunjiatun have a good life. Last month, the Xunjiatun scholar was arrested. At the beginning of this month, the two sons of the master, who opened a private school in the west of the city, and another family of scholars in Tunli were all killed. ”
Lu Yaozu sneered, the person who cleaned up Xunjiatun was also a powerful person, and he started to teach the master first. Under normal circumstances, teaching teachers is very important in every village and town. The ruthlessness of these tactics is enough to deter ordinary people.
The Chinese were embarrassed: "The last time the wind doctor asked the house, the villain was afraid that you would fall in love with Xunjiatun, and picked out a bone in the egg with a clear conscience, saying that the house was old and the roof should be reorganized. Actually, the house was old, but the walls were made of stone bricks. The roof needs to be repaired, but it does not need to be overhauled, and it only needs to be replaced with a few tiles, and it can be done in half a day. ”
Xin Shansi, who was sitting in the carriage and listening, understood the concerns of the eldest brother. Xun Jiatun saw that there was going to be big trouble, and he just wanted to do some peaceful business. Seeing that the little thing in the basket was shaken to sleep, she moved her ass to Dr. Li's back.
"What a good thing! After buying this yard, we don't have to bother to find a reason, and we can go against the executioner Xu Jia. ”
"Indeed." Li Shang curled his lips: "The Chinese have already heard our origin clearly. Today, we should be able to buy this yard very smoothly, and we don't need to repair the roof eighty percent. ”
The courtyard is on the northeast corner of Xunjiatun, and you can see it as soon as you arrive at the mouth of Tunzi. There were more than a dozen people gathered outside the courtyard, both old and young. Seeing that the middle-aged man was leading two donkey carts, the middle-aged man standing beside the two old men in the middle wiped his eyes and stepped forward.
The middle-aged man parked the ox cart and was pulled aside by the middle-aged man to speak. The two of them did not know what they were muttering, but they were both silent.
Xin Shansi looked at the sleeping girl in the basket, and although she couldn't bear to argue with her, she still picked her up and handed her out of the carriage to Dr. Li, who had already gotten off the train. Li Shang took it, took the little man with a frown into his arms, and coaxed him lightly.
Looking back at Doctor Feng, the middle-aged man leaned over and put his mouth on the middle-aged man's ear: "You go and tell the old people of your family that this yard is going to be sold to them, and the Xu family in the city will not dare to touch your Xunjiatun and Dashiji." ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately tightened his mind: "What do you mean?" ”
"Big come." The voice of the middle man is even quieter: "The buyer's surname is Li, have you heard of Baicaotang?" ”
The middle-aged man nodded evenly: "My son's ear disease is favored by the Baicaotang in the city." ”
"Baicaotang was built by Dr. Li. His wife's surname is Yan, and her skills are no worse than Xun Lao's. I'll give you a thorough explanation, the piece of Shengran Mountain, people want it. ”
"Really?"
"You don't know what my reputation is in Chongzhou City? When Xun Lao had an accident, I felt uncomfortable, and when I thought that the big stone set was gone, it would be even more panicked. If I am not a capable person, I will not go to Xunjiatun at all. The Chinese man looked at Old Man Lu and said, "I know Old Xun." ”
Seeing the middle-aged, Lu Yaozu raised his hand and clenched his fists.
The middle-aged mind is turning quickly, and he doesn't really want to sell his house, but disaster is coming, even if he is not afraid of wanting to live and die with Xunjiatun, but what about the mother-in-law and children? Glancing at the good-looking young couple again, he turned and walked towards the chief.
yard , he sells. If this group of people can really save Xunjiatun from fire and water, he believes that if his family will come back one day, Tunli will not be tolerated.
Xin Shansi looked around and felt that the scenery was correct. There is a canal on the east side of Tunzi, and on the other side of the canal is a field of crops. There is a hill on the west side, and I don't know if it is a fruit tree planted on the hill. There are chickens scurrying under the trees. The houses in the tunli are many square. The road under your feet is seven or eight feet wide and smooth. From here, she could still faintly see Shengran Mountain.
I don't know what the middle-aged man said to the old man, and the two old men stepped forward on crutches. Li Shang patted Li Jiujiu lightly, his eyes not avoiding their scrutiny.
The eyes of the descendants are clear and elegant, and the head of Xunjia Tuntun admires it in his heart. Only Sanlin said that they could protect Xunjiatun? He had to ask for it himself. Xunjiatun is close to the city, so he must know Baicaotang. But the owner of Baicaotang is a doctor, can he fight with a pig-killing knife?
The two elders were followed by a group of people, and Li Shang watched them approach. The ruler sword came to the side, smiled and bowed, and did not speak.
Lu Yao crossed his waist and squinted in the direction of Shengran Mountain: "Don't worry about it in your hearts, only they can solve the troubles of Xunjiatun." It was also a coincidence that they had a big account to settle with the executioner. ”
The executioner's family is the Xu family in the city... The two elders looked at each other.
Xin Shansi is more straightforward: "After buying the yard, we will go to Dashiji tomorrow." Pay a penny for each stall, and from then on the big stone set will be under our protection. Whoever dares to move the big stone set, we will not be able to get along with anyone. ”
"Is it a penny a day?" A small man in the crowd was nervous.
Qi Jian replied: "No, it was before the collapse of the Xu family in the city, I received this article." ”
Can the Xu family fall? The people of Xunjiatun didn't believe it, but they looked at this pedestrian and felt inexplicably relieved. After a long silence, the Chinese abducted the seller Xun Sanlin. Xun Sanlin immediately went to help his father, and said to the tun chief with a smile: "What do you see? ”
Xun Sanlin's father did not object to the sale of the house, and if the Xu family could really be brought down, then his family Sanlin would be the hero of Xun Jiatun.
Tun Chang came back to his senses, leaned sideways and asked: "That... Then go and see the yard first. ”
The courtyard wall of Xun Sanlin's house is six or seven feet high, and the three main rooms have turned into kitchens, and the east and west compartments have two doors. Indeed, the house was made of stone bricks, and the walls were very solid. The front yard was spacious, and a small plot of land was opened near the well platform, and green onions and leeks were planted in the field. The backyard is large, the chicken coop, pig coop, and cowshed are the same, and the vegetable garden is full of fat, and the vegetables grow very energetically.
After reading the backyard, Xun Sanlin took them into the house again and pointed out a few places where the rain was leaking.
The tun chief spoke: "It's easy to repair the roof. It happened that the eldest son of the old man still had a few tiles left over from the house built last year, so in the afternoon he asked him to push the tiles, find a few people to go up to the roof to have a look, and replace all the broken tiles. ”
Feng Xiao glanced at the lord and replied with a smile: "Then there is a labor for you, how much is the salary, you can remember it first." I'll marry you when you move in. ”
The tun chief waved his hand: "It's not bothersome, what kind of wages are it?" ”
"Wages must be paid." Feng Xiao was reluctant to take advantage of this: "You help to watch the point, the little sister of the main family is only four months old, and she is very delicate, and the roof must not leak." ”
Li Jiujiu opened his eyes, looked at her father, moved his mouth twice, and then went to sleep. Li Shang looked at Shansi, and Xin Shansi bowed. Feng smiled and understood, and went out with Zhongren and Xun Sanlin.
Xun Sanlin's father, seeing the three of them out of the house, looked at Dr. Li, who didn't look like a doctor at all, and asked tentatively, "When are you moving here?" ”
The tun chief was also about to ask about this, staring at the people. Li Shang frowned slightly, thought for a while, turned his head and asked Lu Yao: "Which day is cheap?" ”
Lu Yao pinched his fingers twice: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”
"When I go back, I'll have someone repair the roof." Tun Chang hoped that they would move in earlier. People are in the tun, if there is something, just shout. He was looking forward to the Xu family in the city as soon as possible, how could there be such an arrogant one? I also want to ask Dr. Li to help me think of a way to see if I can find the old man?
Xin Shansi spoke: "Then let's move tomorrow." ”
"Done." Xun Sanlin's father said: "Do you have a lot of family? There are a lot of young and strong men in our tun, and you can call for them. ”
"Thank you, we have enough people." Qi Jian wanted to say that he could move it alone.
After a while, Feng Xiao and Xun Sanlin came back, followed by a smiling Chinese. The people of Xunjiatun didn't stay long, explained a few things, and left. The Chinese were anxious to go back to the city to inquire about the wasteland in Shengran Mountain, and knowing that they would have to stay for a while, they also took their leave.
With no outsiders gone, Xue Bingning walked through the yard again, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became: "In the future, my house will be built according to this mold." The vegetable garden can be small, two or three plots of land. He turned his head and asked Uncle Feng, "How much money did you buy in this yard?" ”
"The price is not high, sixty-two taels of silver." Feng smiled and said, "All the vegetables in the field are given to us." "Xunjiatun is twelve or thirteen miles away from Chongzhou City, this yard covers an area of two acres and one point, plus houses, wells, etc., if Xunjiatun is not in trouble, it is easy to sell seventy or eighty taels of silver.
Xin Shansi was steady, and jumped on the roof. The leaks are obvious, and there are five in total. In addition to these five, there are two other houses with two tiles cracked in the corners. Pulling out a few sticks of grass from the wall, she landed on the ground and walked towards Dr. Li.
When the Chinese went to the government to apply for the deed, they did not hide anything at all. In the afternoon, the Xu family in the east of the city learned that Li Shang and Yan Qing had not only bought a house in Xunjiatun, but also wanted to buy the wasteland in Shengran Mountain. The head of the family, Xu Weihai, tightened a pair of hanging eyebrows, put his fists on the table, and wondered what Li Shang meant.
"Big brother..."Xu Weijiang, Xu Weihai's second brother, turned the wrench on the thumb of his left hand: "How our father died, everyone in the martial arts knows." We were very angry with Shang Lishang. It's Li Shang, if you know right from wrong, you should avoid my Xu family. ”
He didn't need to remind him, Xu Weihai was very clear: "Have you forgotten that Yan Qing picked the head of Gushan in Xuyun City?" What he was afraid of was that Li Shangyu Xunjiatun's house was deliberately coming to the Xu family, and said in a low voice, "You and I both know that our father didn't really die in Bazigou in the west of the city, but..."
Bang, Xu Weijiang slapped the table and stood up, emphasizing in a deep voice: "Dad just died in Bazigou." ”
Don't talk to him, Xu Weihai said: "Let's send a letter to Yuyang." ”
Chapter 86
Hearing this, Xu Weijiang showed a touch of sarcasm: "It's up to you." He sat back in his seat with his face turned out. The eldest brother sent a letter to Yuyang, which was nothing more than telling Song Jiali that he had found Xu's family. But will the Song family be of any help to the Xu family after they find out? No.
He's the second brother... Xu Weihai patiently explained: "Eleven families are on the same boat. I went to Yuyang, not only to tell the Song family, but also to remind the Song family. If something happens to the Xu family, if they don't ask, then don't blame me for digging the boat, and everyone will die together. ”
When these words came into his ears, Xu Weijiang felt better. He was tough on the lips, but his heart was tight. Yan Qing is ruthless and leaves no room for action, and is already famous in the rivers and lakes. She dares to kill in the street in Gushan, and the Xu family is not a problem.
Turning his head, he looked at his eldest brother: "Tan Siyu, who revealed his life experience at the gate of the city last night, seems to be at odds with Yan Qing on Lishang. ”
Hearing the sound, Xu Weihai thought: "She now lives in Huhede Ma's mansion. "Tan Siyu is not dealing with Li Shang Yan Qing, but her identity... Will Datai admit it?
"You just think too much." Xu Weijiang dislikes the eldest brother the most: "You also said that Tan Siyu now lives in Ma Hao Mansion. Ma Hao, a Daru Huachi with a palm print, if he didn't care about Datai, would he leave Tan Siyu in the mansion to live? ”
Xu Weihai frowned.
"As long as Ma Yu has scruples, Tan Siyu will have a bit of weight when she talks in front of Ma Lu." Xu Weijiang nodded: "If there is weight, we can use Tan Siyu to stir up the matter of Li Shang Yan Qing." Didn't they want to buy the wasteland of Shengran Mountain? Sheng Ran Mountain is 100 miles to the east, but it is Mohuilin. Tan Siyu could completely make Li Shang Yan Qing unable to buy that piece of land.
With her pestering Li Shang Yan Qing, our Xu family is not only much safer, but also can wait for the opportunity to move. It would be best to put those two to death, and not to hurt them severely. The rest was handed over to the Absolute Evil House and the ten families. ”
It's a good idea, Xu Weihai weighed.
Xu Weijiang changed his tone: "Tan Siyu revealed his identity in front of everyone, and Yu Datai can be regarded as a heavy blow. Datai didn't recognize this daughter, and he couldn't block the mouth of Youyou, and Xifolong Temple would also ask about it. But if he admits it, then he will have to take off his cherished robe, and will he have no resentment in his heart?
I understand these principles, and Tan Siyu naturally understands them. Therefore, she must now be anxious to make meritorious deeds and seek her father's forgiveness and approval. Moreover, if her identity is now known, she can act in an official manner in the future. If Yan Qing does not return to Xifolong Temple for one day, he will have to look at the face of the official family for one day.
You believe me, Tan Siyu can definitely tie Yan Qing. As long as Yan Qing is stumped, Li Shang is not worried. ”
Xu Weihai smiled: "Then someone will give Miss Tan a good breath." ”
Xu Weijiang raised his hand to stroke his half-inch short beard, revealing some self-satisfaction.
Only he didn't know that when he was complacent, the two letters heeled to the foot of Wudang Mountain. Wudang Mountain is beautiful and beautiful, and the high risk is not inferior to Shifeng Mountain. As soon as I heard that he arrived one step later, Xiaodao also came to deliver a letter to Yu Erzhen, and said in a grand manner: "Then you can go up the mountain with me." ”
"Thank you, Master Chaichi."
Thanks to the difference between the two people, Xiao Dao didn't have to say a word to meet Yu Erzhen. The letter was handed over to Yu Erzhen, and although he was in a hurry to return, he looked at the dark sky, and went to the guest house with Xiaodao to rest with Fengyu.
Yu Er, who has white hair and white beard, has a translucent complexion, calm and gentle eyes, and does not have the old age of his old age. Looking at the two letters in his hand, his heart was heavy for no reason. The breeze blew across the hill, swaying his robe. After pressing the letter from a friend, first open the letter sent by Xiaodao.
Tearing open the seal, Yu Er drew the letter, and suddenly a strong wind snatched away a piece of paper. His eyes did not wander, and he reached out and grabbed the piece of paper that had been rolled two feet away with two fingers, and pulled it back. When he only saw the image on the piece of paper, his expression changed. After a few breaths of silence, he put away the piece of paper and immediately opened the letter.
The content of the letter made him frightened and gave birth to a hint of abruptness. The destruction of the wealthy Li family in the northwest 20 years ago was a knot in his heart. This knot, with the subsequent change in the style of doing things, became more and more tight, and became more and more difficult to solve.