In the past, on the street outside the alley in Fucheng, Changping Prefecture, there was a small tavern called Jinyue Restaurant. The tavern has only one floor, and the area is small enough to accommodate more than ten tables.

The boss's surname is Wu, he is a searcher, he likes to be careful, and the wine he sells always feels that it is mixed with water and has no taste of wine, which leads to a worse and worse reputation, so the business of the tavern has not been good.

The business is not comparable to the restaurants and teahouses on the side, and it is very bleak, and sometimes even a bowl of wine may not be sold a day.

In the end, there was no choice but to sell the tavern with a sign, but more than half a year has passed, the price has dropped again and again, and no one is willing to take down the tavern, which makes Boss Wu a headache.

Until a month ago, a foreigner came, surnamed Ke Mingtang, a fat man with a bloated figure, not tall or short, with a mustache, and his eyes were not big, and he looked like a profiteer.

In the end, he fell in love with Boss Wu's tavern and cut the price for two days. Boss Wu really can't wait for half a year, and it's not easy for someone to be willing to buy, and it is estimated that he won't be able to wait for a second buyer.

A gritted tooth, a stomping of the foot, the long pain is better than the short pain, sign the sales contract.

On the same day, Ke Tang saw that the name of the tavern was too rustic, so he immediately removed the plaque and replaced it with 'Spring Breeze Pavilion'.

Fuchengzhong also didn't think that the owner of the restaurant had been replaced in recent months, and it should have closed down a long time ago according to Boss Wu's search appearance, but it felt a little fresh about the newly opened Chunfeng Pavilion. There is both the spring breeze and the spring breeze, and the boss is a personality lover.

Boss Ke, who had just ordered the tavern, ordered his men to clean it up. Boss Ke threw away all the wine in the original tavern again, and replaced it with the most spicy heartburn knife, this wine is the favorite of the boss's surname, the price is cheap and normal eight copper plates can drink a big bowl, about half a catty.

The next day, Boss Ke put firecrackers at the door and pasted a piece of red paper: the new store opened, and the authentic burning knives in the hall were all six copper plates and one bowl, two bowls and eleven copper plates, for three consecutive days.

If you don't say that people are angry compared to people, Boss Ke is so generous that there is an endless stream of drinkers in Chunfeng Pavilion for three days in a row, even after three days, the drinkers in Chunfeng Pavilion are no longer as deserted as before, and the business is very good every day, and they are busy.

I have to say that the new boss Ke not only knows how to do business but also behaves as a person, and he is also generous and free-spirited, but all the frequent drinkers praise him.

On the first day, the drinkers who entered the hall to eat and drink, all the new faces Boss Ke gave a small plate of appetizers, although it was not much, but it was better to have a heart.

Besides, this boss Ke is also a person who loves wine, no matter what kind of peddler and pawn, farming people, carrying a sedan chair coolie, as long as you feel that you can talk, you will sit next to you with a wine bowl and side dishes, what gags, parents are short, all the gossip in the township will talk to you, and sometimes the wine money will be free for you when you drink all the fun.

For the owner of Chunfeng Pavilion, the drinkers who often go to eat and drink don't know much, only that the surname is Ke, and he is a fat man. According to Boss Ke, he made some money doing business in other places, and he was too lazy to toss, so he went home and just ran a tavern, and then found a matchmaker to say a kiss and ask for a daughter-in-law when he had the opportunity in the future.

However, in addition to the surprisingly good amount of wine, this boss Ke also has a hobby, he likes to listen to the drinkers chatting about all kinds of gossip, and he talks to the drinkers about meat. In the words of Boss Ke, this drinking is not only a side to the drink, but also an indispensable condiment for interesting chats. often provokes the old men to keep giving a thumbs up, and when they raise the bowl, they are about to kill Boss Ke, so Boss Ke naturally does not refuse.

"Shopkeeper, many drinkers outside are not going to our house now, insisting that our burnt knives are not only cheap, but also very authentic, and the taste is unique. ”

In the morning, whether it is a restaurant or a tavern, there are no guests, and one of Ke Tang's subordinates who came from the capital helped to play as a guy called Liao Dahe, and said while wiping the tables, chairs and benches.

Ke Tang joked boredly: "Yo, I said Dahe, now this shopkeeper is very smooth." If you wait for the young master to finish the things he explains, I will leave you to open a tavern here, ask for a daughter-in-law, and have a baby, I think it's pretty good. ”

Liao Dahe scratched his head and smiled: "Don't, that's not good, Boss Liao can make a lot of money in this place, and after the young master, he eats and drinks spicy food every day, and he still has face when he goes out." ”

Ke Tang laughed, opened the wine jar behind him, smelled the wine and said: "You said that this wine can be authentic, everyone is mixed with water, and this tavern opened by our brothers is mixed with good flower carving, if you make trouble, you will think that my boss Ke is a fool." ”

Liao Dahe put the rag on his shoulder and said, "Then I have to pay a lot of money this month." ”

Ke Tang counted the account books and said: "Then you kid don't have to worry about it, this wine and everything are sent by the young master's chamber of commerce, but the money earned from this tavern belongs to the two of us." ”

Liao Dahe pursed his lips and said, "Boss Ke, when will this little profit be able to enter your eyes." ”

Ke Tang smiled, shook his head and said, "I'll just say, you young people are short of knowledge now. Do you think that the young master's family business fell from the sky all of a sudden, isn't it also how many generations have slowly accumulated, and the business of a few copper plates has been slowly started from the beginning. You kid just wants to become fat in one bite, how can it be so easy. ”

Ke Tang's words are reasonable, and Liao Dahe made it clear, "What Boss Ke said is insightful, little brother, I still have to learn more." But Boss Ke, if the task here is completed, will we have a reward?" Finally, Liao Dahe asked Ke Tang in a low voice.

"If you want me to say that you kid just has no brains, if you think about it, the gang of people in the Jiang Gang can eat and drink if they have nothing to do, is the young master bad for his own brothers? Besides, look at the things that the young master personally explained, which brothers didn't grin when they received the reward after they did it, our young master doesn't care about money, as long as things are done clearly, it is not a problem. ”

"That's right, isn't this the first time I've come out to do things, I don't have any experience, by the way, let's ask! Besides, the young master treats our brothers down is not thin, if anyone is not in love, then it is really unconscionable. I, Liao Dahe, am naturally not a greedy person, I am purely curious, curious, hehe! Boss Ke, you say, how much money does the young master's family have?"

Ke Tang really asked Ke Tang at this time, Ke Tang thought for a while, "Dahe, have you seen a big gold ingot of twenty-two pieces?"

"Not really, but I've seen ten taels of gold ingots. ”

"That's also true, let's put it this way, it is said that the young master's father, who passed away, once took 100,000 gold ingots of 20 taels and gave them away. If it were according to ten taels of gold ingots, it would be 200,000, which is enough. ”

Liao Dahe looked at Ke Tang dumbfounded when he heard this, and said with his mouth open: "That...... That's ...... Two million taels of gold, twenty million taels of silver, free ...... Gave it away?"

Ke Tang nodded and said: "It is said that it is so, it is not bragging, it seems to be given to Emperor Qian, you can ask if you have the opportunity in the future." ”

Liao Dahe secretly calculated, how can he spend 20 million taels of silver by himself, thinking about it, his skull has exploded, and he won't spend so much money for himself, and he won't be able to spend it.

Ke Tang looked at Liao Dahe, who was counting with his hands, patted Liao Dahe's head and said, "Okay, okay, don't dream early in the morning, a few days ago, I asked you to check the new batch of unknown people in the city, and you found out if you found out." ”

"I don't have a clue yet, that group of people is secretive, all of them are extraordinary, and there are many masters among them, I don't know what they are here for. ”

"It's a bit of a problem, I'm afraid it's going to be the same as our goal. ”

"That'...... Or we'll do it for this guy. Saying that, Liao Dahe made a movement to wipe his neck.

Ke Tang felt that it was inappropriate, shook his head and said: "It's not appropriate, I don't know the origin of these people, it's better not to make extraneous branches." After I have consulted the young master, I will make a plan, let the brothers resist these people first, and don't act rashly. ”

"Good. ”

"Also, how did I let you keep an eye on Steward Sun, who was working in the Sun Mansion before, is there any movement?"

"No, except for buying some food and drinks and going to the teahouse to listen to books, I spend the rest of my time at home basking in the sun. ”

"Send more people, keep an eye on me at night, and be clear about going out to pee a few times, but remember, don't disturb the elderly. ”

"Yes, but Boss Ke, you said that you suspect that it was this old man who saved Yu Shun back then, it's unlikely, it's just an ordinary old man. ”

Ke Tang poured himself and Liao Dahe a glass of wine respectively, took a sip and said, "Dahe, you don't know how to do martial arts. ”

This martial arts practitioner is the easiest to forge the body, and it is not difficult to forge the Eight Gate Realm, but the two forging the body to death is to strengthen the body, and the Eight Gates will cultivate the mind and gather qi. But once the realm is high and deep to the Four Elephant Realm, it has begun to have the effect of prolonging life, especially after entering the Liangyi Realm, it is no problem to live a normal life of more than a hundred years, as long as there are no major old injuries and dark diseases, it is rumored that once the cultivation is high and profound to the Great Perfection of the Liangyi Realm, it is not a matter to live for more than 200 years old, and then I am afraid that I will be able to be a god.

Don't look at Ke Tang, although he is a martial artist in the Four Elephant Realm, sometimes he is no different from the boss of the profiteer in the market, and his head is very shrewd. Ke Tang was originally born in the 'Shantou Newspaper', and later his qualifications were not bad, and when he reached the cultivation of the Four Elephant Realm, he was enshrined by Liu Mingsheng, which is why Liu Ming sent Ke Tang here to investigate Yu Shun's whereabouts.

Ke Tang once investigated all the rich mansions where Yu Shun had worked part-time before, as well as the oil mills, butcher shops, cloth shops, pastry shops, etc. frequented by Yu Shun and Wang Qiao, and listed them one by one.

Twenty-three years is not a short time, and the children have grown up and started a family. Twenty-three years of change is enough to change a lot, some of the rich mansions have become a barren ruin, overgrown with weeds, some shops have changed owners, and some children continue to carry on their father's business, day after day, year after year.

But in this process, Ke Tang found a very ordinary kind-hearted person - Steward Sun, who was an ordinary and strange old man, and then Ke Tang found the whereabouts of Steward Sun and went to see it in person. Immediately, all the years of suspicion were put on Steward Sun, first of all, Steward Sun, who was originally not young, seemed to be not too old after twenty-three years, and his body was healthy.

Ke Tang visually inspected it, and estimated that there should be no more than eighty or seventy years old this year, although it is understandable that some people do have a relatively long life, such as Zhao Haiming, the old assistant of Daqian, who is already seventy-three years old, and he has been recuperated by the imperial doctor in the palace for a long time, and he has very good conditions to enjoy.

Eliminate 10,000 possibilities, and leave that even if Steward Sun is an ordinary long-lived old man. But Ke Tang has made intelligence for so many years, and his intuition tells him that he can't let go of this in case.

Ke Tang once learned from many subordinates who used to work in Sun's mansion that Steward Sun liked Yu Shun very much at that time, and he was hardworking and willing to work. Other helpers are always either a little dissatisfied with their work, or they are slow in their work, so Steward Sun often recommends Yu Shun to the head of the family as a helper. And the salary is also happy, and sometimes it will be allocated more, so I also mentioned to people that I have never seen such a simple young man for a long time.

And Ke Tang once felt for a moment that Steward Sun gave him an illusion like an abyss and a sea, so Ke Tang has always insisted on focusing on Steward Sun, if Yu Shun is not dead or missing, it must have something to do with Steward Sun. If Steward Sun was really a reclusive master as Ke Tang guessed, then the guards of the two Eight Gate Realm and one Four Elephant Realm masters who were killed by Yu Shun in the Cui family back then would make sense.

Otherwise, how can an ordinary person do this, you must know that a master of the Four Elephant Realm is not a strong young man who can only farm and has a bit of brute strength can match, even if there are one hundred and eighty more. Unless it is like Mo Daowei who has had complex training, the quality of individual soldiers is extremely high, the body is strong, and some cultivation, it is still possible to have a three-squad to kill a four-elephant realm according to the formation method in the army.

After listening to Ke Tang's analysis, Liao Dahe sighed, and suddenly realized: "If you don't say it's Ke Boss, it's Gao." ”

But Liao Dahe looked back and asked a little worriedly: "Then according to what Boss Ke said, what if that old man really did what you said, if he felt that our brother who was spying on him offended him, and waved his hand, he burped all the fart?"

Ke Tang shook his head and said, "No, from the first day, Steward Sun didn't say anything, which means that he disdains us and ignores us, or that he doesn't want to reveal his identity." You just need to take care of your brothers and don't interfere in other people's lives, if you are found by the old people or whatever, remember to be respectful to others, we are here to find people, not to find trouble. ”

"Well, I'll send a message to my brothers later. Liao Dahe still felt that it was wrong, "And Boss Ke, if it's really like what you said, then if the old man is really a peerless master, what if he disappears in front of him with a 'whoosh'?"

Ke Tang touched his eight-character nonsense and said: "This is the best, it means that our guess is not wrong, and he must know the whereabouts of Yu Shun's life and death." When the time comes, I'll have my own way, so you don't have to worry about this. ”

"Boss Ke, are you very good at playing chess?"

"How do you say this?" Liao Dahe asked thoughtlessly, which made Ke Tang a little confused.

"It's not that people who can play chess are smart, I think Boss Ke is very tall!"

Ke Tang straightened his clothes and sat down and said: "Let the special mother fart, Lao Tzu won't, if it weren't for the previous work in the 'Shantou Daily', Lao Tzu wouldn't know a single one." ”

Then Ke Tang changed his words, "But watching people play chess is really quite elegant and toned, and I will learn it another day." ”

After a while.

"Big river!"

"What's wrong? Boss Ke. ”

"Buy a game of chess and come back. ”

Liao Dahe thought about it and said seriously: "Forget it, Boss Ke, don't spoil other people's things." ”

Ke Tang let out a sigh, it was rare that he didn't scold Liao Dahe, picked up the bowl and took a sip of wine. Well, it's still a strong wine, and elegant people can't drink this wine, and they are in a good mood all of a sudden.