Be steadfast in being a passerby v. 109
Xin Shan thinks about it, isn't the Lu family, who is an organ, in Peng Hejiang?
"Where are you going?" Li Shang asked.
"Shiyun City." Wen Mingyue's face showed solemnity: "On the fifth day of the ninth month of the nineteenth year of Taishun, Fang Ji, the old leader of the Santong Sect, made a gambling contract with Zeng Zhuochang of Hushan in Yixiang Tea House in Shiyun City, and gathered in the same place and on the same day five years later to see the portrait.
The reason for this gambling contract is that Zeng Zhuochang said that he was more than his uncle Zeng Yu.
Fang Ji didn't believe it, so he made a gambling contract with Zeng Zhuochang, and asked Zeng Zhuochang to draw his appearance five years later on the spot, and handed it over to Meng Mingxiao, the head of Shiyun Mountain, for safekeeping. Zeng Zhuochang painted the appearance of Fang Halberd five years later according to his words, and handed the painting into Meng Mingxiao's hands. For this gamble, Fang Ji passed the position of sect leader to his son Fang Shengli in advance, and retreated in the mountain room of the sect for five years.
A month ago, he left the customs and left the mountain for Shiyun City. The people from the First Boundary Building still saw him in Shiyun City on the second day of the ninth month, but on the fifth day of the ninth month, Zeng Zhuochang waited in the Yixiang Tea House for a day and didn't wait for Fang Ji. ”
Hua Feiran looked at Li Shang: "Yijielou suspects that someone is arresting the master of the Central Plains martial arts. ”
"Don't doubt it... It is. Li Shangdao: "Chongzhou Xu family, Peng Hejiang Lu family, Hushan Zeng family, don't you feel familiar with these?" ”
"It's because we feel familiar that we're coming to you." Wen Mingyue's eyebrows tightened: "Just in case, I have sent a letter to my master, asking Emei to be careful." With my Master's temperament, she will definitely inform the major factions. ”
Xin Shansi glanced at Doctor Li, it was not that they were unwilling to inform Yijielou about Siqin's refining of the Baihui Pill for Meng Yuling, but that the fewer people who knew everything about the Baihui Pill, the better. In the martial arts, there are not only righteous paths, but also evil outer paths. Once the effectiveness of the Parkway Pill is leaked out, and people know that Dr. Li has the formula of the Parkway Pill in his hand, then it will be difficult for them to have a peaceful day. Martial arts can also be messed up.
The room was silent, and Hua Feiran withdrew his gaze from Li Shang's body, and drank a cup of tea. The little monkey who sat on the same bench with him secretly looked at its owner.
"That's right," Wen Mingyue took out a letter from the cloth bag she was carrying and pushed it to the other side: "Feng Xiyi gave it to you." ”
"She?" Xin Shansi was a little flattered, picked up the letter and looked at it on the front and back, and asked, "What's the situation in Changshan?" ”
Wen Mingyue sneered coldly: "The maid is called the full moon, the round of the square circle, the moon of the moon, I have already found Gu Mingyi a few days ago." Gu Ming didn't make a ruthless move. Speaking of this, she glanced at the landlord who got started, and hummed quietly with her mouth, "Yijian Villa bought Dong Mingsheng's daily life." ”
"Oh..."Xin Shansi looked clear: "Master Gu Zhuang is planning to put Dong Mingsheng..."
Wen Mingyue lowered her eyes and looked at the tea in the cup, and she didn't glance around. Hua Feiran got up and walked to the table, took a pomegranate from the small basket on the table and gave it to the little monkey: "Eat." ”
Cai Bai heard a piece of news, and Xin Shansi didn't dare to take the pomegranate back. Seeing Hua Feiran sit down, she asked, "You just said that the people from the 21st Boundary Tower in the 2nd month of September had seen Fang Ji in Shiyun City, and today is only the 7th day of the 9th month, where did you come from, and how did you get the letter so quickly?" ”
"We came from Jiangping." Wen Mingyue raised her eyes, stood up and carried the teapot to pour tea for the two rich men diligently: "On the fifth day of the ninth month, Zeng Zhuochang didn't wait for the Fang halberd, and the people who were in Shiyun City sent a message to us. The Flying Eagle must be fast, it will arrive in a few hundred miles a day, do you want to add some money? A boundary building is dedicated to raising a few eagles for you. ”
"So we spent thirteen thousand gold and don't deserve to have the Eagle Messenger, do we?" Xin Shansi asked the little shopkeeper with a smile.
Hua Feiran stopped drinking tea: "The transmission of the eagle is very complicated, and in order to establish a new transmission route, it is necessary to set up markers first, and then retrain the eagle. Therefore, the First Boundary Building has not yet provided the Flying Eagle message for the guests. "For a business like theirs, Yijielou is also the first to take over.
"You guys went to Shiyun City this time to investigate Fang Ji's disappearance?" Li Shang asked.
"Yes." Hua Feiran said: "It's not long since Fang Halberd disappeared, let's go see if we can find anything." ”
"Keep an eye on Zeng Zhuochang and the people around him." "Remember, remember, be careful. ”
Wen Mingyue nodded: "We will." ”
"Do you want to stay for the night?" Xin Shansi asked.
Wen Mingyue shook her head: "We have to arrive in Shiyun City as soon as possible." ”
Well, then she didn't hold back: "I'll go and make you something to eat." ”
"No, you don't." Hua Feiran said: "We were full of food in Chongzhou City before we went out of the city to Xunjiatun. ”
Wen Mingyue laughed, her eyes crooked: "I heard that you witnessed Tan Siyu being forced to reveal his life experience?" ”
"Yes, my family has been murdering her for a long time." Xin Shansi gave Wen Mingyue a thumbs up: "You are amazing." ”
Wen Mingyue hurriedly waved her hand: "It has nothing to do with me." I just told my master, and my master was always concerned about Emei, and the Emei disciples were busy writing to my senior sister when they talked about Siyu. My senior sister in charge was jealous and hateful, and she couldn't see the villain's pride, and she sympathized with the situation of Nongyue'an, and couldn't bear to keep them in the dark, so she went to Yingtou Mountain to hint at a few words. In the final analysis, it is still the head of the Yue'an who is thorough in his mind and clever in his means. ”
When Feng Xiao and Lu Yaozu came back from the old tun chief's house, the two of them took their leave. Xin Shansi and Li Shang stopped when they sent them to Tunzikou: "There will be a period later." ”
"There will be a date later." The two of them did not ride horses, and they disappeared into the darkness and disappeared without a trace.
When she returned home, Xin Shansi opened Feng Xiyi's letter, thinking that Feng Xiyi's temperament must be long, and she didn't want to just say a few words. But these few words made her face change.
Seeing her frowning, Li Shang's undressing hand slowed down: "What's wrong?" ”
Xin Shansi looked at Dr. Li: "On the night of July 17, the high priest observed the celestial phenomena and found that the fierce stars were aligned, and went to the altar to deduce for three days and three nights. Xiyi was recalled, indeed because something happened in the clan, and the high priest of Tianqing was no longer good. Xiyi said that her master had only deduced three times in his life. After the first two deductions, they were both seriously ill for three years. This time, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. ”
Chapter 90
"The high priests of the Miao people are not ordinary people can do, they have been wise since they were young, they have been close to the beasts, tasted the herbs, and understood the way of the world." Admiral Li hung the clothes he took off on the shelf: "Although Feng Xiyi didn't say what her master deduced, she also mentioned the Fierce Star Alignment, and I came to this letter to let us prepare early." ”
After reading the letter three times, Xin Shansi could not read between the lines the slightest intention of seeking medical treatment: "Is this letter really just a reminder to us? ”
Knowing what Shansi was thinking, Li Shang turned around and took away the letter in her hand: "The High Priest of Tianqing himself is a master of medicine, and he is also very good at cultivating medicine Gu. If she can't save herself, then she can't help me. ”
Is it really untenable? Xin Shansi sighed lightly, she also said before that she would lead their master and apprentice to worship the master, but she didn't think about it... Contemplation recalled, in the original book, Feng Xiyi seemed to have disappeared from Gu Mingyi's side for a while, but he did not mention the death of the high priest of Tianqing. But it's normal, the book "The Biography of Xue Yu Yingyang" was originally written around the male and female protagonists. The high priest of Tianqing guards the Miao village, and it is already very good to have a name in the text.
"Dr. Li, I want to reply to the letter."
"It should." Admiral Li put the letter back in the envelope: "I'll ghostwrite." Tianqing has a friendship with Han Lingshu, and Shansi, as the only heir of Han Lingshu, has to send a letter to greet her.
The little man on the kang pouted and turned over to sleep on his side. Xin Shansi looked at her lips slightly raised, and her eyes were full of pity: "Let's write it again tomorrow, I can't send it away tonight, let's rest early." ”
"Listen to you." Li went over, touched her girdle, helped her loosen her clothes, and said, "The monkey raised by Wen Mingyue is so temperamental, I just took a few steps to open the window, and it threw the letter on the ground for me." ”
Xin Shansi looked down at his hand: "Yijian Villa is going to kill Dong Mingsheng, do we have to press back the matter of selling books?" ”
"Press it, so as not to startle the snake." Li Shang hoped that Yijian Villa would succeed: "Feng Xiyi's letter made me feel a lot of urgency. When the land in Shengran Mountain was in hand, we would find someone to weed. ”
"Okay." She also has to focus more on the "Thirteen Chapters of the Mixed Yuan Sutra".
At noon the next day, the Chinese came running happily and shouted before they could enter the door: "Good news, good news." ”
Feng Xiao saw that he had a bottom in his heart immediately, welcomed people into the main house, and asked with a smile: "When will the land be measured?" ”
"Early tomorrow morning, one or two pieces of silver and one acre." It's really a peak and a loop! The middle man was overjoyed: "I didn't ask the villain to spend a word, this morning the official family took the initiative to find the villain in the tooth shop." ”
"Cheng, then let's get early tomorrow." Feng Xiao poured tea for the Chinese.
The middle man stood up suddenly: "I'll come, I'll come." "Tomorrow, as soon as the land in Shengran Mountain is sold, he will be able to get a few dozen taels of silver into his pocket. With these tens of taels of silver, he had a good life in his house for the next few years.
On the ninth day of the first month, it was still black and numb, and Xin Shansi and his party went to Shengran Mountain, and arrived at the ground at noon. A few horses of the officials were scattered along the official road to graze, and they were already measuring the land, and the Chinese people followed with bags of lime. Feng Xiao took the eight embroidered bags he had prepared last night and asked familiarly, "Why are you so early?" ”
"It's thanks to Lord Huhede. Last afternoon, the adults informed the city guards, and this morning several officials and villains were already out of the city when the roosters crowed. ”
The Chinese put down the lime bag and arched his hand at Mrs. Yan, who had not come forward. Several officials also stopped what they were doing, straightened up, and greeted the visitors.
"Thank you." Feng Xiao shook hands one by one and stuffed the embroidered bag: "A little caution is not a respect." ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The embroidered bag is heavy, there must be two or three taels, and the official has a smile on his face.
Feng Xiao stuffed the last embroidered bag to the Chinese man, and the Chinese man hurriedly refused: "I'll forget it." ”
"It's not all for you." Feng Xiao clenched the hand of the Chinese man, not allowing him to refuse: "A few officials have come so far to measure the land for us, and you have to help set a table and entertain you when you return to the city in the evening." We live outside the city, so it's inconvenient to go into the city so late. ”
What a decent person! The Chinese people admire it in their hearts, and it is not surprising that they can become the arms of Dr. Li.
Then, the officer's hand loosened. Looking at the size of Shengran Mountain, it is even bigger. The official ran for two hours, and he was so tired that he held his waist, and the last sharp corner was casually Kuang, a total of one hundred and eight hectares. After measuring, they took a breath and hurried back.
Feng smiled and gave the silver a refreshing feeling, and the Chinese ran for two days, and the red deed of the land in Shengran Mountain was finally completed on September 11. On the same day, Ma Hao took advantage of the Xu family's monopoly on the meat market to raise the price of meat, and copied the Xu family's six butcher shops in the east of the city.
Without waiting for the Xu family's reaction, two butcher stall owners in the west of the city of the Xu family got into a fight with a man who was selling pork on a trailer. This Yu Ma was sleepy and touched the pillow, and he confiscated all the meat stalls of the Xu family in the city.
"Bastard!" Xu Weijiang was so angry that the few broken hairs scattered on his forehead shrugged up, and he roared angrily: "This is a bright robbery." ”
"Can't I see it's a robbery?" Xu Weihai's eyes protruded: "Isn't this because of your bad idea?" What kind of stirring up when we arrive in Chongzhou City, it's none of our business? In the past, Ma Hao laughed with us, it wasn't that he was stupid and foolish, but that we honored him for filial piety. ”
"It was my bad idea, but don't you nod your head too?" Why blame him? Xu Weijiang had long seen that Xu Weihai was unhappy, and he didn't have any idea when he encountered something, he only knew how to think about it. He Xu Weihai has been thinking about it for so many years, what has he come up with?
"If you don't talk so much, will I nod?"
When the two quarreled, there was a lot of joy outside.
"The Xu family should have been unlucky a long time ago. You go out and look around, where is the pork sold for 16 cents a catty? ”
"His pork can't be sold today, and he will continue to sell it tomorrow, which is much worse than the meat on the Dashi set. Last month, my uncle walked through Chongzhou, and it came suddenly. It was noon, and I couldn't rush to Dashiji, so I gritted my teeth and went to Xu's butcher's shop to chop two catties of meat. The meat smelled so bad that I couldn't get rid of it after washing it several times. ”
"The Xu family still can't get along with Dashiji. Dashiji has a good meat of 13 yuan a catty, and his shop wants this price, who in the city wants to spend that leg to run Dashiji to sell meat? ”
Dashiji heard that a lot of Xu's butcher shop in the city had been raided, so he didn't worry much about the future business, and Zhang Zhang's face was full of smiles.
"The Xu family is also enough."
"I'm waiting for the day when the Xu family falls."
"If it's really going to pour, I'll rest for a few days and go to the wine lady's shop in the city to hug the altar, and I've been reluctant to buy the old Xishan wine that I've been thinking about for a few years but have been reluctant to buy back."
"Let's scrape together a few pennies and buy two firecrackers to set off haha..."
After obtaining the red deed of the wasteland of Shengran Mountain, Xin Shan Sili summoned a few people to sit in the hall. Li Jiujiu was asleep on the kang couch, with pillows around the left and right.
"Something?" Lu Yao looked at the two people sitting in the main seat.
Xin Shansi nodded, and Li Shang opened his mouth: "When Shansi and I left Tangshan Village to choose a site for the tea house, we didn't think much about it. It was only later that we walked more places and saw more and more, and we had some thoughts. ”
Lu Yao poured tea for the two: "Just say what thoughts you have." ”
"Build a martial arts village." Xin Shansi pushed the red deed of the wasteland of Shengran Mountain to the middle of the table.
What? Lu Yao didn't understand, and his eyes fell on the red deed in the middle of the table. Seeing that the cup was full of water, the ruler sword took the teapot in his hand.
"It's literal." Li Shang's expression was very calm, and he had already thought about everything about Wulin Village nearly a hundred times: "Starting from Shansi's teahouse and my medical hall, we will attract talented and talented people from all walks of life to gradually build Wulin Village with the back of Shengran Mountain." ”
"I agree." Xue Bingning was the first to raise his hand: "Sister Yan Qing's house is the first household in Wulin Village, and I am the second household." ”
"Why did you become the second family in Wulin Village?" Lu Yao disagreed: "According to the first come, first served..." Speaking of this, he suddenly found that Xue Yatou had come into contact with the nephew's family before the two of them.
Xue Bingning snorted, squinting at Lu Banxian: "Say, according to the first come, first served, am I the second household?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Lu Yao was afraid of her, and looked at her again: "First tell me how you planned?" Building a village is not a trivial matter, and it is well planned. ”
Xin Shansi asked, "How about the land in Shengran Mountain?" ”
"Good." Several people unanimously replied: "It extends in all directions." ”
"A good place means a good location." Li Shang took out the map of the small land drawn by Shan Si, and pointed to the east: "If it weren't for the beasts on Shengran Mountain and the Demon Huilin a hundred miles away, this hub location would have been bought, and it wouldn't be our turn." ”
Agreeing, Lu Yao contemplated the possibility of Wulin Village.
"Now that the land has been bought, we plan to start weeding in the near future." Xin Shan thought: "It is not a simple matter to remove the grass on the other side of Shengran Mountain, because we don't know if the wild beasts on the mountain will be alarmed during the weeding period, and whether there will be wild beasts coming down the mountain to attack people? Therefore, those who go to Shengran Mountain to weed must have some kung fu. ”
"Hiring a middle-aged weeder who can do kung fu is not cheap." Lu Yaozu said: "At least 30 wen a day." "The coolies on the docks can earn about fifteen or sixteen wen a day. Double them, for sure.
"Two hundred wen a day." Li Shangchu did not feel distressed about this money: "If we pay a high price, we will have a lot of room to choose." Now it's weeding, then it's building houses, and who can be sure that there won't be any of our villagers in these laborers in the future? ”
"In addition, a laborer costs 200 wen a day, and such a high price will definitely cause a lot of discussion." Xin Shansi smiled in her eyes: "If there is a discussion, the name of our Shengran Mountain will be played." At the beginning of spring next year, I will not only build a tea house, but will set up a main street and build a lot of shops on both sides of the street, which will be used to sell later. ”
"That's a huge cost!" Lu Yaozu calculated the beginning in his heart, then stopped, and stopped counting.