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"I'm going to have to find a cat, but ordinary cats can't deal with a good mouse. Qiu Yan, have you recognized a cat demon who has a way?"
Li Xintian returned to his yard and asked Jiading and Yahuan to go outside first, so he could only ask Hu Qiuyan.
"This, it's really not, but you can find a cat and help it enlighten the spirit, but if it is enlightening, it takes time, maybe you can also find the existing red tiger, after all, there are already tens of thousands of Taoists, isn't it more than enough to handle a hundred-year-old Dao mouse?"
Hu Qiuyan said with a smile.
"yes, I'm going to call it. ”
Li Xintian also felt that what Hu Qiuyan said was reasonable, why did he go to such great lengths to enlighten a cat? Isn't the existing Flying Tiger King fragrant?
Li Xintian summoned the Flying Tiger King, and the Flying Tiger King also landed over the Li Mansion and explained that the Flying Tiger King was going to guard the Li family's treasury and had to catch mice.
"What? Why do you want the king to catch mice?"
When the Flying Tiger King heard that he was going to catch the mice himself, he was immediately unhappy.
"Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, you hurry up and change, and I will arrange for you to enter the Li family's vault." ”
Li Xintian said.
"No, no, why don't you let you go? That guy has a cat's face. ”
The Flying Tiger King licked his tiger claws and said.
"What? Want to try the Immortal Slashing Broadsword?"
Li Xintian stared at the Flying Tiger King with his eyes and said.
"Okay, it's not enough for this king to go. ”
The Flying Tiger King remembered that the mountain god was a righteous god, and the two knives died in the hands of Li Xintian, but he didn't dare to joke with his own life, and then shrunk his body and changed into a cat, but the tiger stripes and color did not change.
"That's it. ”
"Someone, send the red tiger to the master's side, and say that he wants to put it in the vault. ”
Li Xintian shouted and said.
"Yes, young master. ”
A family member ran in, held the Tiger King with both hands, and ran to Ronnie Lee.
When Ronnie Lee saw the Flying Tiger King, he was still amazed, he was dressed in tiger stripes, and it was really right to be called a red tiger.
After calling the Flying Tiger King in the vault, Li Xintian can be considered at ease, and he doesn't have to worry about the white rats coming to invest money again.
And a moment later, the news came from the guards.
The black three found a suspicious person.
After Li Xintian heard this, he immediately took Hu Qiuyan out.
When I got out of the house, I came to a roadside tea shop, but I saw three or five splashed skins, idlers sitting in the tea shop drinking tea, eating melons and fruits.
"Yo, the eldest young master is here. ”
Immediately, a swarthy short man put down the tea bowl in his hand and got up to say hello.
Li Xintian said: "Hei San, I heard that you have some news in your hand, tell me about it." ”
"Hey, don't worry, don't worry, sit down, boss, make a good pot of tea for the eldest young master, and put it on my account." ”
Hei San shouted, and then hurriedly signaled, and an idler next to him hurriedly got up and gave way to a wooden stool.
"Tell me, what's going on. Li Xintian asked after sitting down.
Hei San grinned: "Big young master, this news is small, but can you talk about the price of the big young master, you see, the big young master has lost a full 10,000 taels of silver in the mansion, but he only gives the small five hundred silver, is this too much, too little." ”
"Oh, you don't think the price is too much?" Li Xintian looked at him and said.
"Don't be angry, young master, the little one is a layman, and he is worried about a little work in the Li Mansion on weekdays, and besides, the eldest young master is also a generous person, so if you don't want to add three or four hundred taels, of course, if you can make up a whole number, it would be the best." ”
Hei San said, and then looked at Hu Qiuyan next to Li Xintian, and said with a smile: "Yo, the eldest young master is ready to marry a wife, congratulations to the eldest young master, congratulations to the eldest young master, the little one is here to congratulate the eldest young master in advance, congratulations to this sister for giving birth to a noble son early, and giving birth to a big fat boy for the eldest young master." ”
Hei San is indeed younger than Hu Qiuyan, and is called his sister by Hei San, this person in the market is really flamboyant, with no skin and no face.
Li Xintian frowned slightly and said, "You want a thousand taels of silver?"
"The eldest young master is a rich and noble person, and a thousand taels of the eldest young master is just a drop in the bucket, presumably the eldest young master will not take it to heart. ”
Hei San said.
Li Xintian smiled suddenly: "Hei San, I haven't been looking for you for a while, you are becoming more and more greedy, not as honest as before, I gave you five hundred taels of silver, you are not satisfied, and you want to double it." ”
Hei San smiled and said: "Isn't it a little tight for money during this time, just this time, next time the eldest young master has any orders to run errands for the eldest young master for free." ”
"Hmph. Li Xintian immediately snorted coldly, and slapped the wooden table with his palm, and a clear concave and convex handprint was immediately left on the hard wooden table.
"This time, you don't even have five hundred taels of silver, only ten taels of silver for you, although my Li family is rich, but I can't afford to be blackmailed by people like you, I really think that I, Li Xintian, haven't made trouble in the county all these years, so I forgot that my Li Xintian's reputation is not successful. ”
In the past, when he practiced martial arts, he was the little overlord of Hydrological County, and he cleaned up these ruffians and hooligans cleanly and obediently.
However, a few years ago, I began to go to the capital to practice martial arts, and I went to a private school in the capital to practice literature, so I didn't have time to make a fuss in Shuiwen County, so some ruffians and idlers in Shuiwen County were active again.
Li Xintian also knew that these people would never become extinct, so he let them go, and only occasionally beat them, after all, these people can still be used at some point.
It's just that I didn't expect that this black three was so greedy that he even dared to lie to him.
Seeing the palm print on the wooden table, Hei San's heart jumped, and he immediately smiled: "The eldest young master is so handsome, he has learned a good skill with the Taoist in the past few years, but the small bones are cheap, and it is not worth the eldest young master's hands, so as not to dirty the eldest young master's hands, but if the eldest young master is willing to give the small ten taels of silver, then the small one can't help, the eldest young master should ask another master." ”
"Xu Zhutou. ”
Suddenly, Li Xintian saw several messengers passing by, so he called out.
A middle-aged head catcher took a look at it, and immediately exclaimed: "Young Master, what kind of wind blew the eldest young master, the little one didn't see it, please don't blame the young master." ”
Li Xintian waved his hand and said, "Xu Zhutou doesn't need to be so polite, this time I want to make Xu Zhutou half busy." ”
"What does it not help or not, the eldest young master will speak, and the small one will respond. Xu Zhutou said.
Li Xintian pointed at Hei San and the others and said, "These people have committed a crime, and they will be locked up for a month by Xu Zhutou." ”
"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say. Xu Zhutou walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hei San, if you offend the eldest young master, just bother to go with us, the brothers of the province will do it, so as not to hurt the feelings." ”
"Hey, since Xu Zhutou has spoken, how dare the little one be, brothers, go to the prison. Hei San greeted, but he was not afraid of being locked up for a month.
Xu Zhutou motioned to a few subordinates and brought Hei San and the others back.
"The eldest young master, what is the third black man guilty of, he actually dares to offend the eldest young master. ”
Li Xintian said calmly: "I'm disobedient, my bones are itchy, and I want to beat and beat." ”
Xu Zhutou's eyes moved, and then he suppressed his voice and said: "Hei San is a well-known wall grass, in the past, the Li Mansion covered the sky with one hand in Hydrological County, and Hei San was obedient. ”
Li Xintian heard the meaning outside the strings: "Xu Zhutou is saying that Hei San has seen other masters...... Shuiwen County is so big, and there are no outsiders recently, huh? Yes, Xu Zhutou refers to the new county official, and this Hei San is doing things for the county master?"
"Shhh, this is not a small thing, it was guessed by the eldest young master himself. Xu Zhutou said, looking left and right in fright.
"Hehe, I see, no wonder Hei San is disobedient, he took refuge in the new county master, but Xu Zhutou doesn't seem to fall over there. ”
Li Xintian said with a smile.
Xu Zhutou smiled and said: "The new one is the official of flowing water, and the Li family is the master of iron, and the small one is not as short-sighted as Heisan." ”
"Since Xu Zhutou said so, then help me do something again, inquire something for me, and after the matter is completed, the five hundred taels of silver that Hei San originally earned will belong to you. ”
Li Xintian said.
"Please also ask the eldest young master to command. Xu Zhutou said.
Li Xintian said the things he had ordered Hei San before.
Xu Zhutou nodded, indicating that he would do it immediately, and immediately beckoned his subordinates and others to leave.
Li Xintian watched them leave, his eyes moved slightly, it seems that this new county lord is a restless lord, even the black three, a group of unscrupulous idlers, has to be taken for his own use, what does this county lord want to do?
And Xu Zhutou, who was far away, was a little excited
"This time, this black third is unlucky, he didn't hug the thigh of the Li family, and went to hug the leg of the county master, which cheapened me and made me earn five hundred taels of silver this time. ”
"Head, we are doing things for the Li family like this, and if it is passed on to the county master, I am afraid that it will not be good," said a subordinate next to him.
Xu Zhutou glared at him: "You are also a short-sighted guy, do you know the power of the Li family?"
"Isn't it just three generations of super-rich, very rich, and nothing special. Said quickly.
Xu Zhutou shouted in a low voice: "Idiot, what have you done in the past few years, do you know that the Li family built a horse farm and opened an iron mine near Shuiwen County many years ago? The Li family's dart shop has already been driven to the capital, do you still think that the Li family is just rich? There are at least a few thousand dart masters under the command of the Li family, all of them are good at walking the underworld, and there are not a few who see blood, and you don't want to think about it, with horses, iron, plus thousands of dart masters, and three generations of wealth, what can you do." ”
The catcher suddenly looked at him in horror and said, "Then the Shunfeng dart line belongs to the Li family?"
"Or do you think, fool. ”
Xu Zhutou took a sip.
"What did the Li family do when they recruited so many outlaws, they also raised horses and opened mines. ”
Catch fast and shudder.
Xu Zhutou patted him on the head and said: "You don't care what the Li family does, it's enough to do your own thing honestly, as long as you remember, this Shuiwen County will always be the world of the Li family, don't go to see any county master, not a county master, Hei San will follow to seek death, don't pull me." ”
Xu Zhutou was also well-informed in Shuiwen County, and after a while, he sent a government official to pass on the matter that Li Xintian wanted to inquire about.
"Zhang Liangde, a carpenter in the north of the county, spent a lot of money during this time, and spent money like flowing water, some people saw him spend a few hundred taels of silver to redeem a woman from the Qinglou to go home, and some people saw that he spent nearly a thousand taels of silver to buy a big house, ready to pass in a few days. ”
The official said in a low voice.
Li Xintian, who was wandering on the road, immediately moved his eyes at this time, and signaled: "I know about this matter, you go and get busy first, if this matter is found to be true, remember to come to my Li family to receive the reward." ”
"Thank you, young master. The official arched his hand happily, and quickly bowed his head and left.
"Carpenter Zhang Liangde?"
Li Xintian thought about it in his mind, but he had a little impression of this person, Zhang Liangde is the only son of an old carpenter in Shuiwen County, and in recent years, he heard that he has inherited the family business and is also a carpenter.
However, Zhang Liangde did not learn his father's craft, and when he was working, because he was not satisfied, others made trouble a few times, and his reputation was notorious, so no one asked him to work anymore.
After a long time, the originally okay family background declined.