Cao Jianren whispered in his ear: "We are going to Yangzhou." ”

Wang Shi muttered in his heart, you want to go to Yangzhou, you can use such a mysterious thing. With a puzzled face, he asked in a low voice, "What are you doing in Yangzhou?"

Zhou Huo, who was sitting next to him, touched his beard with his hand and shook his head at Cao Jianren with a smile, which means telling him not to say it. Cao Jianren laughed and said: "Senior brother, you are too careful, Brother Wang is a good friend who can be trusted, and it is okay to tell him." ”

He whispered to Wang Shi in his ear: "Go and transport some salt." By the way, buy some seafood. ”

Wang Shi's heart suddenly brightened, it turned out that he was doing illegal salt trading, which caught the crime of killing his head, and the court cracked down very hard. No wonder so careful.

A few people pushed the cup and changed the lamp for an afternoon, and went back to the room in the evening, and the next morning, Cao Jianren came to resign. Since then, Wang Shi has only sat in the store every day, occasionally going to Wu Ren's place, waiting for Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang to come back.

It is said that Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang first walked into the water from Jinling, came to Chongming to receive a boat of kelp and seaweed, some dried fish, mussels, at this time it is the Dragon Boat Festival, in May, the sky rains and the river rises sharply, in Chongming delayed for two days, before starting to Sichuan, the boat is on the water is slow, in addition to the ship in the cargo more, it is more difficult to walk, than the ship to Liangzhou, it took a month, to the weather in June, the ship docked at the Liangzhou wharf, and sent these seafood to the inn, the two of them found the owner of the dry grocery store in the city for sale, because the road is far away, and there are few people who transport seafood, this ship is very profitable, and has a profit of six hundred taels of silver, and the two of them are in the guest room at night, After calculating the accounts, Cheng Guang said: "What about Brother Wang's share, how to calculate it." ”

Feng Laifu touched his mustache: "He is just trading silk with us, and we brought this seafood by the way, and there is no share of him." After saying that, he smiled.

Cheng Guang took the silver and sighed. After resting in the city for two days, the two went around in the villages near Liangzhou to buy silk and Shu brocade. It was delayed until July that the two ships were completed. And inferior silk accounted for most of it, and Shu brocade did not receive much. It's not as much as the last time. There were many merchants engaged in the satin business in the vicinity of Liangzhou City.

The two of them barely finished the goods, chose an auspicious day to set off, hired two big river boats, lived all the way to the night, traveled on the river for five or six days, walked to the ground of Jingzhou, and caught up with the rainy season, and it rained all day long, and it has been raining for half a month. The two were delayed at Jingzhou Wharf, because there were no boats on the Sichuan River at night, and no boats on rainy and windy days. In the rainy season, the river water swells, the water surface is turbulent, and there are many undercurrents and reefs.

Wait for the seven and a half months at the Jingzhou wharf, the folk customs here are to worship the ancestors from the beginning of July, put river lanterns in the river, burn paper money, and people come up to burn paper money on the side of the wharf every day. It's a miasma. On the 15th of July, the weather was clear, the boat continued to go down the river, walked for more than ten days to Jinling Wharf, Feng Laifu hired a porter to carry the goods to the Yuelai Inn, Feng Laifu entered the store: "Boss, quickly arrange two upper rooms! My goods will arrive later, and I will clean the warehouse behind." ”

The boss looked up at Dahan who was writing accounts on the counter and said, "Yo! Boss Feng, your trip has been going for a long time, almost three months." While greeting Feng Laifu, he instructed Xiao Er to clean the warehouse. The two were gossiping, Wang Shi heard Feng Laifu's voice in the room, and said happily in his heart: Waiting for the anxious, you can be regarded as back. Hurriedly came out of the house and walked quickly to the hall downstairs, seeing Feng Laifu standing in front of the counter and talking to the shopkeeper, Wang Shi walked behind him and hugged his fist: "Brother Feng, you are back, you have worked hard all the way! ”

Feng Laifu turned around and glanced up and down at Wang Shi. With a blank expression, he replied lightly: "The outside is moving goods to this side, you go to take care of it on the way, Cheng Guang is going to watch on the boat, you can help take care of it on the way, I will go to the warehouse and wait for the collection." ”

Wang Shi saw that he was so cold, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head, he was a little unhappy in his heart, and he agreed to it, and when he went out of the store, he saw five or six porters carrying sacks to the store from a distance, and when they carried the sacks into the warehouse and came out. followed to the dock, and saw Cheng Guang standing on the deck with a notebook and counting. Wang Shi stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Brother Cheng, it's hard work." ”

Cheng Guang saw that it was Wang Shi and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for almost three months, haha." ”

Wang Shi said: "Why have you been on this trip for so long?" ”

"On the way, I encountered the rainy season again, and I was delayed for half a month, and this time I went to collect the goods near Liangzhou City, and there were many people doing silk business in that place. It takes a long time to do the goods. So it's been a long delay. ”

Wang Shi went back and forth between the dock and the inn with the transport, walked dozens of times, and was busy until the third watch, and returned to the dock and Cheng Guang to the inn together, at this time Feng Laifu was already in his room, arranging all the wine and food.

The three of them persuaded seven or eight glasses of wine, ate until the fifth watch, and then went to sleep. The next day, after lunch, Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang went to the city to find buyers. Feng Laifu went to the Wang Ji Silk Shop in Scissors Lane, and when he entered the door, he saw that Boss Wang was watching the guy tearing cloth for the two women. hugged his fists and said: "Boss Wang's business is good, haha." ”

Boss Wang got up and clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Boss Feng hasn't seen you for a long time, how much Shu brocade did you bring this time." ”

"There are not many Shu brocades this time, and I will sell them all to you at the right price from Boss Wang. This trip has a lot of silk. ”

Boss Wang smiled: "Is it a high-grade silk?"

"There are all of them, there are the superior ones, and there are the inferior ones. ”

Boss Wang said: "I have time this time, why don't I go and see how your goods are now." ”

Feng Laifu smiled: "That's good." ”

The two of them went all the way around the corner, walked to the Yuelai Inn, drank a cup of tea on the table in the hall, Feng Laifu took Boss Wang to the back warehouse and asked the shopkeeper to take a pair of scissors, cut the stitches of the sack, and took out the sample of Shu brocade to show Boss Wang, the two negotiated the price, Boss Wang went back and called a few guys to use a carriage to pull away more than a dozen bags of Shu brocade, and this batch of Shu brocade earned more than 1,000 taels of silver, and the rest of the silk was earned. Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang were secretly happy. In the next few days, I continued to look for buyers, and the silk was almost sold, and finally there were more than a dozen bags left, this afternoon Cheng Guang brought a brocade boss to see the silk, cut the sack and took a look, all of them were moldy, some of them were black, the brocade boss saw that the silk was moldy and sighed: "Such a good silk is ruined, and it can only be sold to the bedding shop to make quilts." ”

Because these dozen or so bags were pressed on the bottom of the cabin, they were damp, and in addition to the rainy season, they were delayed on the ship for a long time, and the air was moist. Fortunately, there are not many, but only a dozen packs, that is, these dozen packs of silk are given away for free, and this trip is still more than 2,000 taels of silver. Feng Laifu came to see the dozen or so packets of moldy silk, and touched the eight-character Hu Xi at the corner of his mouth with his hand.

Cheng Guang said: "These dozen or so bags of silk are moldy, and you still laugh." ”

"I don't have a place to deal with this surnamed Wang, why don't we go and call Wang Shi to come and see, and say that this batch of goods is moldy and has not been sold at a good price. After saying that, he laughed.

The two came to Wang Shi's room, and the three of them sat down, Wang Shi said: "The two brothers have been busy with business for several days, and today I will be the east, and I will treat the two of them well." ”

Feng Laifu said: "Brother Wang, this batch of goods has been delayed for a long time in the rainy season on the road, and there has been some dampness on the ship, and many of them are moldy, hey!"

Wang Shi said suspiciously: "Wasn't Shu brocade sold very well some time ago, and Boss Wang came to pull a full carriage." ”

Feng Laifu said: "They are all sold cheaply, and the price of Shu brocade in Sichuan has also risen high." ”

When Wang Shi saw him say this, he didn't say anything, Feng Cheng and the others said goodbye, and the next day they found the owner of the futon shop to get rid of the moldy silk.

At night, Wang Shi ordered a table of wine and food in his room, and called Feng Cheng and the others to eat together. After persuading five or six glasses of wine, the three of them ate deeper. Wang Shi said: "I don't know this business either, it's all up to the two elder brothers." I would like to toast you. ”

Seven or eight glasses of wine were persuaded in two strokes. Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang were drunk, and Wang Shi helped them back to the room to rest.

After dinner the next day, Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang came to Wang Shi's room with silver and abacus. In fact, the two of them had already made a fake account, but they were just pretending to do it in front of Wang Shi. Feng Laifu dialed the abacus up and down. Finally stopped: "This time we made a total profit of 500 taels of silver, Wang Shi invested 200 taels, which should be divided into 20 dividends, 1 into a bonus of 50 taels, 20 into a bonus of 100 taels of silver, and a total of 300 taels of silver with interest." Here, Cheng Guang handed Wang Shi the three hundred taels of silver and six fifty taels of silver ingots that had been prepared.

Wang Shidao: "Hahaha, thanks to the two brothers, I earned a hundred taels at once, Brother Feng, you just give me a share of the profits, how can you return the capital to me." The two hundred taels of silver are still counted as my shares. ”

Feng Laifu said: "Don't hide it from my brother, Brother Cheng and I have been away from home for several years, and we have never met my wife and children. Guarding his wife and children, I don't want to take any more risks, so I will pay you back the capital. ”

Wang Shi said abruptly: "In this way, it is also a good thing, then why don't you brothers drink it bitterly." It's okay to see off the two brothers. Wang Shi opened the door and went downstairs to order a table of wine and food. The three of them drank bitterly, and drank straight to the five watches.

The next day, Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang repaid the store money and hired a carriage and went back to Bianliang. Cheng Guang complained: "You just pay him back, how can you say something unlucky." ”

Feng Laifu was puzzled: "I said something unlucky." ”

"You said the boat capsized. ”

Feng Laifu smiled: "You are also superstitious about these. ”

Cheng Guangdao: "We have a bad conscience for Brother Wang, don't we hear that there are gods in the three feet above our heads, as the saying goes, there is a wish at the exit." You and my brother have walked on the river for more than ten years, and they are all blessed by God. I usually never do that short thing. Now that I don't have so much money and silver from Brother Wang, my heart can't be as worthy of heaven and earth as before. After saying that, he sighed.

Feng Laifu said: "Why don't you come out to do business just to make money, you and I have made enough money this time, which is the most important." After going home for a few days, I went directly to Sichuan to do the goods. ”

Let's say that Wang Shi sent Feng away, and Cheng and the two returned to the inn, and the shopkeeper came to ask for the money for the meal. Wang Shi said suspiciously: "Why, Boss Feng, didn't they settle the bill when they left?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "When the two of them left, they only settled the half month's house payment." And didn't give you a checkout. ”

Wang Shi was a little displeased: "Then you calculate how much silver I should give you." ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "It's all good, you owe a total of forty taels of silver for four months, the wine and food you ordered a few days ago, and the usual meal money is thirty taels and five dollars." a total of seventy taels and five pieces of silver. ”

Wang Shi went to the room and took one hundred taels of silver to the shopkeeper, and found twenty-nine taels and five coins to make up. Holding these broken silver in his hand, he thought to himself, now that there is no business to do, and living in this store is not a long-term solution, first find a place to settle down and find a deal to do. After thinking about it, he went to the room to make a bag of a few clothes and silver, came out of the room, and met the shopkeeper at the door: "Why is the guest officer leaving." ”

Wang Shi said with a cold face: "En." With that, he walked out of the Yuelai Inn and walked to Wu Ren's residence in Pearl Lane, and Wu Ren happened to be absent at this time. Wang Shi walked around the door, and waited until the evening to see Wu Ren return. The two saw each other, clasping each other's fists and saluting. Wu Ren said: "After a long time, I asked my brother to move in together, and it has been delayed until now." Then they went into the house and put away their baggage, and went out to eat and drink together. ”

Wang Shi said: "Feng and Cheng went back to Bianliang, and they had no business to do, so they had to come to Brother Xian to disturb them for a few days." In the area of doing. ”

Wu Ren brought Wang Shi into the house and settled down. The two went to the street tavern and ordered some vegetables, and the bartender came over to sift the wine. The two persuaded seven or eight cups, and Wu Ren said: "Since my brother has no business to do now, why don't you come to the yamen to do things, and I'll go and tell Master Zhong." It can be done for a few taels of silver. ”

Wang Shidao: "Fan Rui, the prefect of Jinling, is not a good thing, if I work as an errand in his yamen, then it is better to respond to Zhu Fu and go to his subordinates to be a personal entourage." ”

The two persuaded a few more glasses of wine, and Wang Shi said, "Do you know what is suitable for me to do in this city?" I still have a few hundred taels of silver. ”

Wu Ren said: "If you want to do business, it is to sell smuggled salt, and the fastest way to make money." ”

Wang Shi said with a smile: "That's a crime, if you go to sell smuggled salt, why do you and my brother have to go down the mountain." Wu Ren laughed when he heard this: "There are also some small deals, but I'm afraid you won't be able to see it." ”

Wang Shi asked: "What kind of small business, you can talk about it, as long as there is a small profit, you can do it." ”

Wu Ren persuaded another glass of wine, and the two put the wine glass down. Wu Ren poured the wine jug and said: "This Jinling is a rich place, densely populated, and the intersection of the canals in the north, with convenient water and land transportation. ”

Wang Shi was embarrassed when he heard this, and frowned: "The shops of this wharf and traffic arteries are occupied by others, how can they be rented, even if they can be rented, the rent is very expensive, and I only have more than two hundred taels of silver now, how can I support it." ”

Wu Ren said with a smile: "I still have five hundred taels of silver, I can give it to you, whether I borrow you or buy shares, you can use it as you like." ”

Wang Shi was secretly grateful to Wu Ren in his heart when he heard this, he used to be my enemy several times in the cottage and plotted against me, all because he killed Laizi. After talking about the matter, I realized that Wu Ren was actually really righteous.

The two drank until late at night, and the shopkeeper came over and said with a smile: "We are a small shop, and we are almost three watches." Our store is closing. ”

Wu Ren got up and settled the wine money, and the two of them helped them back, put Wang Shi'an on the bed and put him to sleep, and Wu Ren made a wooden plank on the ground.

Wu Ren went to Dianmao in the morning and came back, and bought some breakfast by the way, Wang Shi went out to find a shop after eating early, and walked around the dock a few times and did not see a satisfactory one, so he took a ferry and crossed to the other side of the river. Go up all the way from the ferry, out of the wharf, go straight to the Zhonghua Gate, the inns and restaurants on both sides are lined up, the business is booming, go forward past five or six shops, next to this grain store, there is a shop closed with two big black doors, there is a red paper pasted on the door, and it is written on the head that the shop is going to be leased. Wang Shi read the rental advertisement, see the contact address written below: Lotus Pond Laminating Paper Shop, Wang Shopkeeper.

Wang Shi walked to the grain store next door and asked the guy in the store: "How to get to this lotus pond." ”

While the man was busy moving rice, he said: "Keep going forward, the front fork is to the left, the next intersection is to the right, and then I see a T-junction and go straight forward, and I came to Ganlu Temple, and I turned left in front of it." "It turns out that the streets are crisscrossed here, and the route this guy said is only what he usually takes when he turns around, but when he walks like this, he goes in a big circle. Wang Shi was confused when he heard this, shook his head, and went forward, walked to the left of the fork in front of him, and went forward for more than a dozen battles, and it was a fork in the road, and he saw a man picking vegetables on the opposite side, so he stepped forward to ask for directions, and the man impatiently pointed his hand to the back, "Follow this road and go straight to Ganlu Temple, and turn around to the lotus pond." After speaking, he hurriedly picked up the dishes and left.

Wang Shi had to go all the way straight, walked three or five miles, and saw a temple in front, vermilion wall, a memorial archway gatehouse in the middle, a big black plaque hung on it, and three big characters were written in regular letters: "Ganlu Temple"

Wang Shi walked to the gate of the temple and was looking in, when suddenly a man wearing a soft scarf, wearing a soap coat, and carrying a waist knife came out of it, followed by five or six men who were also dressed in the same costume. When you look closely, it's none other than Xu De.

Wang Shi was looking inside, but he was seen by Xu De, and walked quickly to the door, hugged his fist and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, and my lord often asks about you, so I sent me to inquire about your residence." I didn't expect to meet you here today. Haha, it's really fateful. Brother Wang is also here to offer incense?"

Wang Shi cupped his fists and saluted back: "I was about to go to the lotus pond to have something, and I passed by here to see a big temple, but I met Brother Xu." What are you doing here?"

"Miss Fuli accompanied Madame to incense. You said you were going to Lotus Pond? Lord Zhu's house is on the main street of Lotus Pond. After a while, I ran errands and came to sit in the house. I haven't been together for a long time. Brothers must serve three glasses of wine. ”

Wang Shi was about to say goodbye, Zhu Chunfang and the girl Qingwen came out of the palace of the king of heaven, but just saw Xu De talking to Wang Shi, so he also walked to the door, Wang Shi hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted, Zhu Chunfang made an appointment to return the salute and smiled: "Since I arrived in Jinling, I have made people look for you several times, but there is no news. ”

Wang Shi was always a little at a loss in front of Zhu Chunfang every time, and he actually threw the matter of going to the shopkeeper of the paper mounting shop Wang and renting the storefront to the clouds. but stood dumbfounded outside the door.

After a while, Zhu Fu's wife Yan came out of the inside after finishing the incense, Xu De and Wang Shi followed everyone all the way, turned to the lotus pond street, and went not far forward, it was Zhu Fu's house, two vermilion doors at the door, the door saw that everyone came back and quickly opened the door, Xu De let Wang Shi to the hall, went in and told Zhu Fu. Zhu Fu came out of the study, wearing a white silk shirt. said with a smile: "Wang Zhuangshi, I really can't invite you." Hahaha. Then he ordered the maid to serve tea. The two of them sat down as guests.

Zhu Fu said: "How did Wang Zhuangshi think about it. ”

Wang Shidao: "I came here today to find the shopkeeper of the paper shop, and he is going to rent his shop on Zhonghuamen Street and open a tavern. Just now I passed by Ganlu Temple and was pulled over by Leader Xu. ”

Zhu Fu heard Wang Shi say that he did not come to visit, but passed by and sat down, which meant that he was very unhappy. He reluctantly smiled on his face: "Wang Zhuangshi wants to open a tavern, okay, I must support it then." ”

Wang Shi first saw Zhu Chunfang go into the corridor next to him, so he couldn't stop looking at it, and he didn't see Zhu Chunfang's figure for a long time, and he looked a little stupid, so he got up and said goodbye: "I still have something to do in my later life, so I won't bother much, and I will leave first." ”

Zhu Fu said: "Since you are here, you will have lunch here before leaving, why be busy at this time." I haven't been together for a long time. ”

Zhu Fu ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food, set up a big table in the back hall, Xu De accompanied him, persuaded five or six glasses of wine, Zhu Fu persuaded Wang Shi to persuade those words, Wang Shi just insisted on refusing, after lunch, Wang Shi came out of Zhu Fu's house, found a paper shop on the street, and the man called Wang out of the shopkeeper, and the two met. Wang Shi asked: "How much is the rent of Boss Wang's shop in Zhonghuamen in January?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and said: "What do you do by renting for a month, my shop is rented on an annual basis, and if you want to rent, you can rent it for a year." ”

"Then it costs a year's rent. ”

Boss Wang looked at Wang Shi with a smile and said: "My shop, you also know, in Zhonghuamen Street, people come and go is a lively area, the boss who rented my shop, because he was sick a few years ago, closed the shop and went back to recuperate." It turns out that business is doing very well. ”

Wang Shi said: "What kind of business is this boss doing?" ”

You said that my shop was originally in a lively area on the street, so I should have opened a restaurant or something, but he opened a coffin shop, but I didn't expect that the business was not bad. After two years in business. So he got a serious illness and went back to his hometown. ”

Wang Shi heard that it was originally a coffin shop, so he didn't want to rent his shop, and he was unlucky.

Shopkeeper Wang said with a smile: "If it weren't for the fact that others disliked the coffin shop, it would have been rented out a long time ago." I don't know what kind of business my son is renting this shop. ”

Wang Shi replied a little coldly: "I originally planned to open a restaurant. ”

Shopkeeper Wang smiled happily when he heard this: "It's good to open a restaurant, this place is just a restaurant." If you are worried that the business of the coffin shop is not good, I will not charge you rent, you open the restaurant first, and the rent will be counted as my shareholding. After making money, give me 30% of the dividends. ”

When Wang Shi heard that he was willing not to charge rent, he was immediately happy and agreed. Well, the two wrote the deed for a year. After setting up the deed, the shopkeeper Wang took the key to the store, and took Wang Shi to the front of the Zhonghuamen store, unlocked the lock, opened the door, and saw that the inside was very wide, and there were two large open rooms at the door, and there was a wooden ladder behind it, which could go up to the second floor, and the shopkeeper Wang said: "You see, the two rooms below can be changed into a dining hall and dozens of tables. Then he pointed to the place against the wall by the stairs: "There is a counter there." Open a small door in the back and build a kitchen at the back of the house, the land is mine, you can get it. The two came up the stairs, and the shopkeeper pointed and said, "Tear down the middle wall of the two rooms, build a passage in the middle, and make five rooms on one side." And then here and then it points to where to draw. Busy afternoon. The shopkeeper handed over the key to Wang Shi and went back himself.

The next day, Wang Shi found a few masons and carpenters, and began to decorate the house, painting the stairs anew, and painting the door of the shop in new red. After more than a month of busy work, everything was cleaned up, and Wu Ren also came to the store to see that the entire store was magnificently decorated. Wu Ren said: "Your store looks really well decorated, no worse than the Yuelai Inn." "Wang Shidao is finished now, and he can open it just by choosing an auspicious day for the zodiac.

The auspicious day of the zodiac was chosen, and the hotel was named Stone Inn. On the day of the opening, the families in the city were busy with the festival, and Wang Shi hired two men, one called Shang Xiaoyi, and the other called: Geng Erniu. Both of them were still diligent, and Wu Ren was in charge of collecting the accounts on the counter. Wu Ren went to order Mao every morning and came to the store to help. When Wu Ren was away, Wang Shi took care of the accounts at the counter. Some simple soup, that Geng Erniu can also cope with it. In the first few days of opening, business was lukewarm, with only one or two customers a day. After more than a month of operation, business gradually improved, there were more than a dozen tables of guests at noon every day, and the upstairs rooms were often full. Seeing the winter moon, one and a half afternoon, Wang Shi was settling accounts on the counter, only to hear three men coming in the hall, the shopkeeper Shang Xiaoyi hurriedly went to greet him, one of the guests ordered a few dishes, Wang Shi listened, put down the account book, ready to go to the back kitchen to fry vegetables, but suddenly felt that the voice was a little familiar, looked back, only to see these three people wearing green sand soft hats, holding a waist knife in their hands, wearing green clothes, there is a short man inside, take a closer look at the person is Lai Simao. suddenly became puzzled, and secretly said in his heart: What are the people of the Tsing Yi Club doing here. Could it be that they found out about Zhu Fu's residence again and came to assassinate him? When I thought of Zhu Chunfang, I became worried again. didn't make a noise, went to the kitchen to fry the dishes, for fear of being recognized by Lai Simao, and instructed Shang Xiaoyi: "Some people are uncomfortable at this time, go upstairs to rest first, what soup do they want, let Geng Erniu do it." Geng Erniu said beside him: "You might as well go and rest, I will take care of what they need." ”

Wang Shi just went upstairs for a while, Wu Ren came back from the yamen, and saw that there was no one at the counter, there was a table of guests in the hall, only the second brother, Shang Xiaoyi was waiting beside him. He walked into the counter and asked, "Where are you Boss Wang?" Why not on the counter. ”

The three people who ate in the hall were the three of Ma Guren's subordinates of the Tsing Yi Society, Lai Simao, He Changfeng, and Yi Xingming.

Ma Guren has been chasing and killing Zhu Fu and refuses to give up, that is because Long Yunfei, the leader of the Tsing Yi Society, gave him a chase and kill order, and this Tsing Yi Club has always taken killing corrupt officials as the main goal, killing corrupt officials and robbing him of all his money. Long Yunfei knew that this Zhu Fu had looted a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and it was a fat sheep that killed him could not only gain a good reputation in the rivers and lakes, but also pocket the money of corrupt officials as the expenses of the gang. It's a win-win-win How can you say that this Long Yunfei is not careful, Ma Guren lost his hand twice, Long Yunfei was very angry, and gave a death order.

Lai Simao was picking up a glass of wine to drink, but when he heard Wu Ren say something about Boss Wang, he looked back and saw that Wu Ren was still wearing the clothes that were not in tolerance, he glanced at him and ignored it.

The three of them had eaten, settled the bill, and went out. Wang Shi listened upstairs, and the three of them went out, so they came down from upstairs, and Wu Ren said: "I heard Shang Xiaoyi say that you are uncomfortable just now, but now you are better." ”

Wang Shi beckoned to Wu Ren and told him to go up. Wu Ren looked puzzled, came out of the counter and went upstairs, Wang Shi whispered: "The three people who ate outside just now are from the Tsing Yi Club, and the short one is called Lai Simao." ”

Wu Ren asked with a puzzled face: "What Tsing Yi will, what for." ”

"You don't know that Tsing Yi will kill corrupt officials, I guess I heard the news of Zhu Fu this time. ”

Wu Ren said: "What does it have to do with me." All we have to do is open our own hotel, and you don't care who they kill. ”

Wang Shi was worried about Zhu Chunfang's safety, so he wanted to persuade Wu Ren to go to the prefect's yamen to move troops. Seeing Wu Ren's attitude of not caring about himself. changed his tone and said: "Do you want to make meritorious service, do you want to get rich." ”

Wu Ren said: "If you want to make a fortune, it doesn't matter if you make meritorious service or not." ”

"Okay, I have a plan to make a fortune, you listen to me, the people of this Tsing Yi Club must have killed Zhu Fu, they have heard the news, and they will do it tonight." Zhu Fu lives on Lotus Pond Street. You go and tell the prefect Fan Rui immediately. Let him send troops to quietly ambush Zhu Fu's house and the nearby streets, as long as the people of the Tsing Yi Society make a move, they will kill them. ”

Wu Ren frowned and said, "What's in it for me." ”

Wang Shidao: "You saved Zhu Fu, Zhu Fu will definitely thank you, and you have made a meritorious contribution to catching thieves, and the prefect Fan Rui will also reward you." ”

"That Fan Rui's silver, only those who take it in, when are they willing to take it out, when they say that I say this, he will not believe it. ”

Wang Shidao: "You go and say this to the prefect, first tell him that the Tsing Yi Society specializes in killing court officials, and not long ago, the people of the Tsing Yi Society heard that Tang Yong was his godson, so they killed him." Now this Tsing Yi Club is plotting to kill Zhu Fu again. When Fan Rui heard this, he would inevitably send troops. ”

Wu Ren asked suspiciously: "Then Tang Yong really did it by the people of the Tsing Yi Society, why did they cut off his hands and feet." ”

Wang Shidao: "I also heard from friends in the rivers and lakes, originally the people of the Tsing Yi Club were going to kill Fan Rui, but when they saw that there were many soldiers coming in and out of the yamen, they didn't act, and later I heard that Tang Yong was Fan Rui's godson, so I had to use him to vent my anger." ”

Wu Ren smiled when he heard this: "In this way, this matter can't be faked, I'll go now." ”

Wu Ren came out of the tavern and ran to the yamen, first asked Zhong Ming to tell him the ins and outs of the matter, and Master Zhong entered the back hall and told Fan Rui these words. Fan Rui was furious: "This Tsing Yi will be so rampant, it is necessary to hold these thieves with a thousand knives." I have long heard that Tsing Yi will assassinate court officials everywhere, and today he is actually going to do nonsense on my ground. Immediately ascended to the court, called the two heads Pei Qing and Zuo Yunsheng, and ordered a hundred soldiers to immediately go to Zhu Fu's house to ambush. Fan Rui called a servant to write a book and went to the city defense department to throw himself at General Zhen, and asked him to take 500 soldiers to ambush in the streets around Zhu Fu's house, and not a single thief could be left.

This Zhen Shen general, surnamed Zhen Qingyuan, the word Desheng. Seven feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, a simple knife in his hand, and excellent martial arts. After receiving the prefect's letter, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately came to the teaching field in a neat manner, and ordered three hundred sword players, one hundred crossbowmen, and one hundred horse troops. Early ambush in the homes of residents on both sides of the street.

Saying that Lai Simao, Yi Xingming, He Changfeng, the three of them listened to the certainty, returned to the outskirts of the city to report Ma Guren, and at night on the third watch, with thirty or fifty gangs, they went straight to Zhu Fu's house, and jumped outside the wall, and everyone jumped over the wall and flew into the courtyard. Not long after he finished speaking, he saw the people of the Tsing Yi Club flying into the courtyard. Pei Qing, with a shout, led everyone to kill up, Ma Guren saw that there was an ambush, turned around and flew to the courtyard wall and was about to jump down, only to see that in four strokes, the arrows were like flying locusts, and there were three arrows in the chest, and the gang that jumped out were all shot into hedgehogs. Poor Ma Guren, who has been plotting all his life, died under the dark arrow today. Exactly: if the crockpot does not leave the well, the general will inevitably die in battle. The gangs in the courtyard were surrounded by officers and soldiers, some of them who desperately resisted were hacked to death with knives, and the rest of the gang saw that the officers and soldiers were powerful, and they were all captured.

Duan never let go of a thief, Pei Qing and Zuo Yunsheng took more than a dozen Tsing Yi Guild helpers to the prefect's yamen hall overnight, Fan Rui ordered him to ascend to the hall, and exhausted all kinds of torture, one or two were willing to recruit, and some did not say a word. One or two were killed by sticks on the spot, and the rest who didn't die were beaten to only half a life. Fan Rui wrote a table to apply for the imperial court, and the emperor finished reading it, and issued a decree, and Fan Rui was promoted to a meritorious official who broke the thief, and Zhen Shen was promoted to a regular general. The rest of the officials were rewarded.

The next morning, when Wu Ren returned from the yamen, Wang Shi asked, "How did things go last night?" Wu Ren poured a bowl of tea on one side and said: "I shot the leader of the Tsing Yi Society to death last night, I heard that it was called Ma Guren, and I also arrested more than a dozen Tsing Yi Club helpers." ”

Wang Shi heard that Zhu Chunfang was fine, and smiled happily: "I tired you last night." I'm going to stir-fry two dishes for you. Drink two drinks together. ”

Wu Ren said: "Don't mention it, this credit is all because Fan Rui's dog thing was snatched, and I didn't even see Zhu Fu's face." What kind of reward do you say, I think it's nonsense, and I'm busy in vain. ”

Speaking of Long Yunfei, the gang leader of the Tsing Yi Society, he heard that all the gangs led by Ma Guren were wiped out by the government, and he hated and angered him in his heart, and sent his second-ranked killer, Emei Woman, Yang Lulu. When you go to Jinling to find out what happened, you must find out how Ma Guren was ambushed.

This Yang Lulu has a flowery appearance and moon appearance, dressed like a child, wearing a soft-winged head, wearing a round-necked beige gown, wearing a belt of eight treasures and jades around his waist, and carrying a sword. Riding a fast horse to Jinling, it happened to be a coincidence, just led the horse to the door of the Wang Shi Inn, and saw a signboard hanging on the door, "Stone Inn, I thought to myself, it was a little interesting, how to call it a stone inn, and walked into the store, Xiao Ershang Xiaoyi hurriedly greeted: "Guest officer, you are eating, you are staying in the hotel." ”

Yang Lulu said: "There is my horse tied to the pillar outside the door, you take it to the good life and feed, you have to feed the fine material, if you lose fat, you will settle the account!, and then give me a room, be clean, I like to be clean." ”

Shang Xiaoyi agreed, went out and led the horse to the back trough to add water and feed. Geng Erniu came to greet Yang Lulu and led her to the first room on the left of the upstairs to settle down. "If you want to eat and drink, you can tell me." Geng Erniu retreated from upstairs as he spoke.

Wang Shi lowered his head in the counter and didn't pay much attention to it. Yang Lulu rested in the store, came down from upstairs for breakfast the next day, and after breakfast, she was about to go out, but she saw Wu Ren wearing a tolerance dress and coming in from outside the door. Yang Lulu was about to go to the prefect's yamen to inquire about the situation, and saw Wu Ren wearing the clothes of the prefect's yamen, got up from his seat and hugged his fists and said, "Yo! ”

Wu Ren smiled when he saw that he hugged his fists in return: "Xiao Ke, Wu Ren, what do you call Brother Tai?"

Yang Lulu invited Wu Ren to sit down with her and asked, "I came from Bianliang to do business, I just arrived yesterday, and my surname is Jia." Wu Ren said: "It turned out to be Jia Gongzi, fortunately!." ”

"It seems that Brother Wu is on an errand in the yamen. ”

Wu Ren said: "It's just a mouthful of food." ”

"Brother Wu is on an errand in the yamen, he is also a person in the public family, Xiao Ke has just come to your land, and he is not familiar with the place, so he has to rely on Brother Wu to take care of him. ”

Wu Ren saw that Yang Lulu's face was white, his appearance was elegant, he was dressed as a scholar, and he spoke politely, and he felt comfortable when he looked at it, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, in this Jinling, if someone dares to bully you, just come to my brother." ”

Yang Lulu asked suspiciously, "Brother two?"

Wu Ren said with a smile: "This inn is opened by my brother, and I usually help here." My brother is good at kung fu. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just say it. ”

Yang Lulu heard Wu Ren say that the innkeeper was good at kung fu, so she hurriedly asked, "What is the innkeeper's name and what is his name." ”