Chapter 5 Gift-giving

In the lobby.

Lin Zhennan asked, "Zhang Darttou, how are things prepared?"

The Zhang dart head hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Haha, the total dart head, finally lived up to expectations, today that Li Lao'er finally relented, and promised to sell the painting to our dart bureau at a price of 5,500 taels." ”

"It's done?" Lin Zhennan wrapped his left palm and right fist, slapped it excitedly, and laughed: "Great!"

"Seeing that it has been delayed for more than a month, it has already entered winter, and the matter has not been negotiated, I want to give other gifts in the next two days, and it is great that it can be negotiated at this juncture. ”

Then he hesitated: "By the way, you didn't use force to intimidate people, right?"

Zhang Dart said: "How can it, every time you go back, you have to tell the head of the dart, where do I dare to threaten? Every time I go over, I have all the good things to say, and I am waiting for a good life." ”

"Okay, so I can rest assured, after all, we are doing serious business, and buying and selling is not benevolent and righteous, if we force us to buy and sell, how is it different from a bandit? It is not advisable to ruin my reputation, so I would rather spend more money and make a few more trips than force it. Lin Zhen South Road.

Zhang Darttou complimented very doggedly: "The head of the dart is really insightful, and his vision is much farther than those of us, who are like us, most of them only care about the small profits in front of them, and none of them have any long-term plans." ”

"Haha, Zhang Darttou is too modest......" Lin Zhennan laughed, and after a little groaning, he said, "Hmm...... Now that the matter has been negotiated, then you should immediately go to Mr. Dong to get the money, and settle the deal as soon as possible, so as not to regret it. ”

"Yes, I'll go. ”

The dart head hurried out the door.

Lin Pingzhi listened to the conversation outside the door, and then appeared and walked into the hall, Lin Zhennan and Zhang Darttou had a little tongue, and were drinking tea, when they saw him come in, they took a sip, put down the teacup, and asked with a smile: "Pingzhi, don't you want to practice hard and let your father see and understand? Why did you come here?"

"It's boring to practice all day, and I come out for a walk. ”

Lin Pingzhi explained casually and asked, "Dad, just now I was listening to a conversation between you and Zhang Dangtou outside the house, and it costs you a few thousand taels of silver to buy a painting? What kind of painting is so expensive? I don't see you have this Yaxing on weekdays, why did you think of buying this?"

Lin Zhennan said: "Hey, what Yaxing? That's a gift." ”

Then he explained: "That painting is a picture of flying immortals in the sea made by famous hands in the first dynasty, and I heard that it is in the hands of Li Yuanwai of our Fuzhou City, so I sent someone to buy it, and I plan to send it to the Yuguan master of the Songfeng Temple of the Qingcheng faction as a gift." ”

"Give a gift to Qingcheng?"

Lin Pingzhi pretended to be puzzled.

Lin Zhennan looked at him and said, "Yes, you are also an adult, maybe you should be left alone, I don't talk much about these things, let you know now......"

Then he explained: "Our Fuwei Dart Bureau has been established for decades, in your generation of Yuantu Gong, it is natural to establish the world with prestige, his one-handed swordsmanship to ward off evil spirits, powerful rivers and lakes, rare opponents, this majesty, it is really a hundred years that no one can match." And to the father, the martial arts are not as good as your great-ancestors, but they rely on the eight-character true trick of 'making more friends and less enemies' to make a living, and now our dart game has spread to ten provinces, but the country is not only these provinces, for the father to naturally ponder and expand and expand, this Sichuan is the next goal. ”

"But if we want our dart car to walk comfortably on the road in Sichuan, we have to open up the situation from the two major factions in Sichuan, Emei and Qingcheng. So since two years ago, I have always prepared generous gifts in spring and autumn every year, and sent people to send them to the heads of the two families, but whether it is the Jinguang Master of Emei Jinding Temple, or the Yuguan Master of the Qingcheng Songfeng Temple, they all refuse to accept the gifts, and I wonder if this is not what I want to give. ”

"Although we don't know those two, we can look at the identity, and we can boldly guess that the Venerable Jin Guang is a great Buddhist master, so I asked for a Buddhist scripture from the Shaolin Temple in Putian that is said to be the handwriting of the five ancestors. And Yuguan Lord, you look at the word Canghai in his name, this is very atmospheric, Qingcheng is a Taoist lineage, what the people of this sect are asking for is nothing more than a first-class immortal, it just so happened that I learned that Li Yuanwai in this city has treasured a picture of flying immortals in the sea, isn't it very consistent with Yuguan Lord?"

"But I was annoyed that Li Lao'er, I refused to let go, I went from the market price of two thousand three hundred taels, until the five thousand five hundred taels, he agreed to come down, and delayed me for more than a month in vain, otherwise, according to the practice of previous years, I prepared gifts in spring and autumn and sent them, this year he was dragged by him, which was delayed until winter, if there were a few more snows along the way, before the end of the year, I may not be able to deliver. ”

Although it is said that the transaction is not benevolent, but it took a few thousand taels of silver and ten years of time to say that it is not annoying, it must be fake, in front of outsiders, it is natural to pick it up, but in front of relatives, Lin Zhennan can't help complaining.

Lin Pingzhi heard it quietly, and without waiting to finish listening, he secretly said sure enough.

The disaster of destroying the door in the memory, the root is naturally in the sword spectrum to ward off evil spirits, and the direct reason is that Lin Zhennan has been giving gifts to Qingcheng for many years, and after Yu Canghai agreed for the last time, he pushed the boat down the river and sent people over, wanting to return the gift in the name of secretly doing things, but there was a variable in the middle, and Yu Xiaozi's son was accidentally killed by "him", which provoked Yu Canghai to directly destroy the door.

Thinking about this section, he wondered if he could try to stop this, which would definitely not allow the surname Yu to dispel the covetousness, but if it succeeded, it might be able to delay for some time, and if it was too long, even if it was just dragged on until Liu Zhengfeng washed his hands, it would be good.

After all, even if the sword technique of warding off evil spirits is a well-known quick masterpiece, he is only new to the woodwork, and the more time he has, the better.

It's just that Lin Zhennan is now thinking about opening up the situation in Sichuan, and he directly said that it would definitely not work if he didn't give gifts, so he still had to move from the side.

As soon as the thought was clear, Lin Zhennan also finished speaking, and he said: "Dad, I am now eighteen years old, and I am not young anymore, I should also go to the rivers and lakes to walk more, see more, and experience a little, now Dad, you want to go to Sichuan to give gifts, so why don't you leave this errand to me?"

"You?"

Lin Zhennan looked at him and said with a smile: "You have been pampered since you were a child, and you are arrogant, where did you do this? Even if you can stand the fatigue of thousands of miles, when you get to the mountain, you can't do the work of smiling and flattering, you can't do it." ”

"Dad, you just said it yourself, now that I am an adult, it is time to be on my own. ”

Lin Pingzhi insisted.

The two of them argued, and Lin Zhennan couldn't resist Lin Pingzhi's stubbornness, so he had to let go and said, "That's it, I can't talk about you...... But I'll have to discuss this matter with your mother, so go back and wait, and I'll give you an answer later." ”

It didn't take long for Mrs. Wang to come and mention it.

After Lin Pingzhi's persuasion, Mrs. Wang was also explained, and the couple decided to let him follow, but they would definitely not let him lead, in fact, they just made up the number, and the dart head was the real gift-giver.

Another day later, a group of seven or eight people, with two carts of gifts, officially set off.

Lin Pingzhi couldn't sit on the horse, so he found an excuse to ask for a spacious carriage, let a runner help catch the car, hide in the carriage himself, and endure the bumps to go out of the city on the road, and this took half a day.

After surviving for a day, to a small town, Lin Pingzhi estimated that it was far away from Fuzhou City, even if he was willful at this time, the people around him would not go back to the city to find Lin Zhennan, so he began to have a seizure, and stopped people, under the pretext that his butt hurt from sitting for most of the day, and he had to stay in Panhuan.

After resting for half an hour, he went on the road again, and not long after, Lin Pingzhi began to be a demon again, so many times in a row, it was estimated that the distance would be at least seventy or eighty miles a day, and it was too late, and he was only halfway through.

And so it was on the third and fourth days.

Zhang Darthead couldn't stand it, and when he made trouble, he invited him aside, and said with a bitter face: "Shao Dart, what do you want? It's been three days, you are looking for an excuse to stay every day, a lot of waste of time, if this continues, when will we get to Chuandi?"

"What do you mean by making excuses? I'm really uncomfortable sitting up. Lin Pingzhi said dissatisfied.

Zhang Darthead hesitated for a moment and asked, "Shao Darthead, do you actually not want to go to Chuandi?"

Lin Pingzhi: "Who said that? ”

Zhang Dart said: "Then what kind of trouble are you going to make?"

Lin Pingzhi pursed his lips and didn't say much.

Zhang Darthead was helpless, sacrificed a killer weapon, and said: "Young dart, if you have to do this, I have to send someone back to invite the chief dart head to come and watch you in person." ”

Lin Pingzhi looked at him and snorted, "Don't use my father to press me." ”

But it seemed that he did have scruples, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Zhang Darttou, in fact, I don't want to do this, but let's be honest with you...... I don't want to give this gift!"

Zhang Dart was surprised: "Why?"

Lin Pingzhi said: "My Lin family is the home of the Buddha, you know?"

"Of course I know. ”

"But Qingcheng is a Taoist vein, since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism are not separated, let my Lin family go to Qingcheng to send gifts, my father can bear it, but I can't swallow this breath. ”

Zhang Dart looked at him, and didn't know whether he meant it or not, so he said tentatively: "Although Qingcheng is a Taoist vein, isn't Emei a Buddhist sect? ”

"I'm not stupid, Emei Qingcheng is juxtaposed with Buddhism and Taoism in Sichuan, if I go to give gifts to Emei, but Qingcheng doesn't go, wouldn't it be a slap in the face with the surname Yu? Although I don't want to tie up with the Qingcheng faction, I don't want to offend like this. ”

"What are you going to do?"

Lin Pingzhi said bluntly: "Since we don't go to Qingcheng, Emei naturally won't go, let's find a place to hide for a few months, and then return to those two families who still refuse to accept gifts." ”

"This ......" Zhang Dart's face was difficult: "Less dart, do this, once it is discovered by the chief dart......"

Lin Pingzhi didn't care: "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything, you just need to agree, and find a way to seal other people's mouths." And if you do it well, you will definitely be indispensable...... When I get back, I can suggest to my dad that you go out and preside over a substation. ”

Now that he has said it, he doesn't mind pretending to be a willful and reckless kid again.

Zhang Dart's eyes are shining, Fuwei Dart Bureau ten dart boards, eighty-four dart heads, nine dart boards in the other nine provinces, each game is a host dart head, three walking dart heads and a group of ordinary dart masters, the configuration of the executioner, the rest are on standby in the General Bureau, Zhang Dart Head is the case, if you can really go out to be a game host, no, even if you can't be a host, just a walk, the oil and water is much bigger than working under the nose of the total dart.

In the past two years, he has worked tirelessly to fight for the matter of Emei Qingcheng, for what? Isn't it just to have a good relationship, and when a new bureau is opened, he can be the leader? But the two years of encounters and the attitudes of the two factions also let him know that this hope is slim, and now, Lin Pingzhi has given another way, it seems to be easier, after all, he knows that the Lin family and his wife dot on this son-in-law, so ......