After a while, extremely slight footsteps sounded on the road, and the boss listened carefully and said softly: "Five people ......"

The brothers and sisters all nodded. Although there were more people than expected, everyone was not panicked, in their four-elephant combined array, one person and five people, in fact, the relationship is not very big, not to mention that the teacher is also there, and the advantage is still obvious.

As the footsteps got closer and closer, a group of people ran over on the road, exactly five, and after this group of people came closer, the senior brothers and others squinted their eyes and began to identify, ready to find out Zhao Zhiran inside. But it can be seen that there is no goal in this group of people, and the senior brothers and sisters have their eyes behind this group of people again.

But when he saw these five people come to the tea stall and stop, one of them greeted Old Man Gu with a smile: "Why are the old seniors here?" What a coincidence, haha......

Old man Gu said hehehehe: "Xiao Mo, Gu Yu, Yu Hang, Xiao Huang, Xiao Xie, where are you going?" The old man came out for a walk at night, just to rest with this tea stall for a while...... "These people are the lottery circle that Old Man Gu often messes with on weekdays."

Mo Buping smiled heartily: "It's just right, let's rest our feet together......"

Old man Gu glanced behind them and said, "If you have something to do, go and get busy......

Everyone said: "I'm not busy, I'm not busy, I just have something to discuss with the old-timers." ”

Mo Buping sat down and shouted at the second senior brother who was boiling water: "Get five bowls of tea!"

The second senior brother responded: "Guest officer, close the stall!"

Zhao Guyu glared and said, "I'm afraid I can't afford to pay for your tea?" took out more than ten coppers on the table, looked at the fourth child who was begging on the other side of the road, popped out two coppers, and accurately fell into the bowl, making two crisp sounds.

What should I do? The four brothers were in a hurry, looking at the old man. Old man Gu was helpless, and greeted Mo Buping and Zhao Guyu: "This tea is too vulgar, let's change places, and the old man will be the ......."

Mo Buping tugged on his sleeve and pulled him back to sit down: "Don't be busy, senior, we don't have time to drink tea, let's talk about something first." I wanted to inform the old-timers before, but I didn't have the old-timers' contact information......"

Zhao Guyu interjected: "Senior, haven't you always said that the flying talisman is too expensive to use? Let me tell you a good news, Junshan has started to sell new flying talismans, guess how much silver?"

Old man Gu couldn't hold his breath anymore: "Hehe...... Let's go, let's go to the lake, and we'll talk about it in detail on the lake......"

Zhao Guyu stretched out a finger hesitantly: "One tael! I can't think of it, old-timer, in the past, it was only possible to refine one piece for five taels of silver, but now there is no need to refine it, just buy it, one or two pieces of silver! Of course, you can only send letters, not carry things." There is another kind that can be carried, but it costs two taels of silver, but it is not much stronger than in the past! This news has not yet been announced, and it is ready to be published in the next issue of Junshan Notes, the flying talisman in your old hand should be used, don't be reluctant, this is the gossip I just got today, I have a distant relative, it is the ...... of the Zongsheng Pavilion."

Xiao Huang, Xiao Xie, and Xiao Zhou next to him grabbed him: "Okay, let's get down to business." ”

Mo Buping pulled out a brocade scroll from his cuffs, threw it on the table, and said to Old Man Gu: "Senior, just now a few of us were recruited to Purple Mountain by President Peng, and the couplet was returned. ”

Old man Gu was stunned, and stretched out his hand to open the scroll, isn't this the Jinlian that he proposed to send out?

I listened to Mo Buping explained: "President Peng said, Zhao Daochang meant, good intentions he understood, but the practice ball competition can be held well, the practice ball lottery can be issued well, can accumulate charity lottery money for the people of the Ming Dynasty, this is the credit of our lottery players, to write thanks to the Jinlian should also be the Xiangluxuan Organizing Committee to the majority of lottery players, and should not be reversed, so this Jinlian dare not accept, can only be returned." ”

Mo Buping took out a golden letter of thanks and said: "Abbot Zhao also said that the golden page letter is too valuable, and it is not easy for us to wait for lottery players, and he is also ashamed. ”

Zhao Guyu exclaimed: "Abbot Zhao's original words are: This year's festival will not receive gifts! Of course, this is a joke, and there is no festival to celebrate now, but it fully shows that Abbot Zhao's consistent two-sleeved breeze and consistent high wind and bright festival are worthy of our surname Zhao's family!"

Mo Buping said: "It is indeed a high wind and bright festival. A few of us asked President Peng at that time, how to express our gratitude to Abbot Zhao and the envoy of the Li Academy, and President Mo quietly came up with an idea, tomorrow is the final round of the top ten competition, we can pull up the banner during the competition, and say hello to the abbot Zhao and the envoy of the Li Academy. President Mo said that Abbot Zhao doesn't like flowery rhetoric, but only likes simple and pragmatic words, so everyone is not hurrying to get ready to let the old Luo family store make banners. I happened to meet the old-timers, and you also gave an idea, what kind of greeting should we write......"

Old man Gu stared at the thank you letter that was returned in front of him, took a deep breath, and a feeling of a knife instantly surged up, muttering, "It's so good......"

......

After returning to the residence, the five masters and apprentices sat in the room, each silent. It wasn't until half an hour later that the fourth child broke the strange tranquility, and he couldn't help but say with a weak heart: "No, what the senior brother said is true, this Abbot Zhao is really favored by God......

This sentence originally came from the mouth of the senior brother, but he suddenly became ruthless at this moment: "Our senior brother has never seen any battle? How can he be discouraged because of this little setback? What kind of providence? Even if it is favored by the heavens, he has to do it this time!"

The second and third children all agreed, and found another explanation: "It doesn't have to be God's favor, maybe the surname Zhao knows our inside story?"

The senior brother reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, how can our own family leak secrets? Don't be suspicious!" After reprimanding, he turned to Old Man Gu and said, "Teacher, do you think there is a problem in the upper third palace?"

Old man Gu didn't answer, and he didn't know how long he was quiet, he suddenly spoke, he didn't answer the disciples' questions, but said something else: "Duan Chaoyong told the teacher today, let's close all the Xiu'an before the end of the month, and the teacher plans to close the Xiu'an in Luoyang, give him an explanation first." ”

The senior brother said dejectedly: "What about those show girls?"

It took nearly 30 years for the five masters and apprentices to build more than ten Xiu'an temples across the country, two of which have been destroyed by the Sanqing Pavilion and the Dongji Pavilion. And in the Xiu'an in Luoyang, there are fourteen well-trained show girls, if these fourteen show girls are sold to the islands of the East China Sea, they can make a profit of about 30,000 silver, which is a huge amount of money, and it is one of the foundations for their masters and apprentices to settle down.

Old man Gu sneered: "The one surnamed Duan asked us to bury all the people, but how does he know how much work it takes for us to cultivate a show girl! When Zhao Zhiran's matter is solved this time, you will go to Henan and transfer people to Shuangyu Island." So far, I won't hide it from you, I have already negotiated with the Wutong Dao people, this island belongs to our master and apprentice. Shangsangong wants to cross the river and demolish the bridge, but we are not as good as they want, they don't let us run Xiu'an, we do it ourselves, they don't let it be done in the provinces, let's go to the East China Sea to do it!"