Chapter 1: True and False Masters
Today's weather is like a hot sun, coinciding with the rain just after July, and the streets of the capital are like a steaming drawer. On an avenue from east to west, in front of a large mansion facing north and south, a man rode a tall white horse, and when he dismounted, he was more than six feet high. Broad shoulders, strong chest, neat hair tied into a bun with a large hosta, wearing a dark red shirt on the upper body, dark blue crotch trousers on the bottom, a black rag belt with a waist, a pair of black gold-rimmed boots, and a sword on the left waist, shining in the sun. Look at the face again, the face of the Chinese character, the thick eyebrows of the eight characters, the hanging nose, the closed lips, step by step is full of momentum.
I saw this person, a few steps to the door, "pound pound pound!" knocked on the door three times, but there was no response in the house, accompanied by the chirp that made people more and more irritable.
"Pound pound pound!" knocked on the door three times again, and it took a long time for a "squeak" to open a crack, and a young man who was about fifteen or sixteen stretched out his head, puffy face, not tall, not big or small eyes dripping, looked at the big man, and a sentence came out for a long time: "It's full today, come back tomorrow!" After that, he was about to close the door, with a bang, the door was blocked, and the young man opened his mouth and was about to scold, and saw that it was a silver ingot blocking the door, you must know that this can top his salary for half a year, his eyes rolled around, and there was a smile on his face, "This uncle, I don't know who you are?"
The big man gently pushed the door open, and the young man didn't stop him too much
"This is a bit of broken silver, I hope the little brother can do a little favor and put it in!"
"It's okay to let you in, but the master doesn't count, I can't guarantee it!"
"This is nature, this is nature!" Seeing Dahan's answer, the young man hurriedly took the silver ingot, put it in his arms and patted it, and told Dahan to follow and go inside.
Beyond the door of the house, a large blue brick shadow wall appeared in front of him, with a big blessing character engraved in the center, and a bat facing outward on each of the four corners. Bypassing the shadow wall, a large vat of lotus flowers stands behind the shadow wall, which is regarded as entering the main courtyard, there is a big banyan tree on the left side of the main courtyard, the roots are tangled and entangled, the sunlight is refracted through the gaps, and the emerald green leaves are shaking their eyes from time to time. There is a deep well on the right side, there are two wings on the left and right sides, which are connected to the main house by a long verandah, and there are two partial rooms next to each other not far from the left and right of the main house, so it seems that this yard is not small.
The big man followed the guy to the door of the main room and stopped, and there was a screen with a picture of flowers and birds at the door of the room, and the sound inside could be faintly heard.
A woman's voice came from inside, and it was very uncomfortable to listen to with a thin and sharp voice.
"My bracelet must have been stolen by my daughter-in-law, yes, it must be true, my old man also said, I saw my daughter-in-law sneakily looking for something in my cabinet! Master, you calculate for me, where is the bracelet? That is the only thing my old man bought for me in his life!"
"Madame, don't worry, and stretch out your hand!" a low, magnetic voice, very comfortable to listen to, for a while.
"Madame, are you sure you're looking for this bracelet?"
"Of course, you're not a liar, do you!Give me back the money!" the woman's thin, high-pitched voice was slightly harsh.
"Well, then I'll tell you, your bracelet wasn't stolen by your daughter-in-law. Let's go to the incense pavilion in the west of the city to find it, and I can't say anything else, go back and ask your family master!"
"Isn't that a brothel? What do you mean? Hmph! I'll go back and ask, you're going to lie to me, Ming'er is looking for someone to smash your sign!"
As soon as the words fell, a woman with a meaty face turned out from the side of the screen, and when she saw the two of them humming and shook her head, she left, and the young man patted the big man and asked him to go in to try his luck and send off the guests himself.
The big man walked around the screen, and saw two pairs of birch chairs on both sides, two birch-backed Taishi chairs were placed on the main seat, and above the Taishi chair hung an ink painting of a tiger, in which the tiger was sleeping on a stone with its eyes closed. There was a person sitting on the Taishi chair on the left side of the center, with fair skin, a pair of big eyes and no spirit, and the tip of the mountain was terrifying, wearing a green shirt, wearing a jade pendant around his waist, and stepping on the scholar's shoes.
I saw that the master drank two sips of tea and looked at the big man, "I should be the last person just now, and Xiaosheng only looks at seven people a day! I hope that the strong man will come again tomorrow!"
Dahan was busy thinking, "I have heard the master's calculations for a long time, you might as well help in the next calculation, you can know the priority, if the master thinks that the matter below is not enough to worry about, he is willing to pay ten times the silver!"
The master closed his eyes, thinking to himself that this life is burly, strong and upright, presumably he is either a martial artist or a soldier, and it is not very good for him to offend anyone.
"Well, come forward, stretch out your right hand!" the big man did, and the master reached out and touched the big man's right hand, and after a while he opened his eyes, let go of his hand, and stood up.
"Xiao An!!" the master shouted out, and after a while, the young man just now ran in and whispered to the master.
"If you don't return the money to this official, beware of your life!"
When Xiao An heard this, his legs staggered, his hand hurriedly went to his arms, and his trembling hand brought out several broken silver, Xiao An hurriedly knelt on the ground, touched the largest one, and hurriedly handed it to the big man
"The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he still hopes that the official will forgive his sins!"
The big man was not angry, but laughed, "It seems that the master is really capable, there is no need to talk about gossip, touch the palm of your hand to see the real chapter!
Xiao An glanced at the old man, his hand was stunned in mid-air, and he didn't take it back, there were still some broken silver on the ground that he wanted to pick up but didn't dare to pick it up, and the young little face was frightened.
The master sighed and waved his hand, and Xiao An hurriedly picked it up and ran out.
"Let's make a pot of tea!" the master ordered, and Xiao An hurriedly responded, taking two steps and one step backwards, bypassing the screen, but tripped over the threshold and crawled out of the room in embarrassment.
"General Qiao! How offended, in Xia Lu Ziang, please sit down!"
General Qiao hurriedly excused himself and said, "Master Lu, it really lives up to its name, and if you don't say anything, you know that your surname is Qiao." In Xia Qiao Chenpei, dare to ask the master, in the next to seek the master...?"
"General Qiao's words are serious, it is natural to serve the country! But the things of the royal family are all contaminated with the breath of the true dragon, and whether they can be found or not, I don't know the bottom of my heart!"
Lu Ziang wiped his sweat, in fact, what he said was all, if he didn't do anything for the court, he would have to kill his head, and if he didn't do it well, he would have to kill his head, and this was to find the lost property of the royal family by himself.
General Qiao seemed to be prepared, "That's nature! Master, and relax." Originally, I thought that the master was a charlatan again, and I didn't have much hope! Whether it was successful or not, I won't blame you! The remuneration will not be less than that of the master, and I don't know if the master will move to discuss it in further detail!"
"I also hope that the general can give me time to bathe and wash in the next little bit, Xiao Sheng doesn't want this sour and rotten gas on his body to pollute the royal holy land!"
"Haha! Then I'll go and prepare the car, and I hope the master will do it as soon as possible!"
"That's nature, that's nature!
"Master!" Xiao An ran in with a pot of tea.
"Send the general out!
"Yes!" Xiao An put down the teapot and led General Qiao out.
After General Qiao left, Lu Ziang paced around in the hall, thinking to himself that people are really afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong, if you are looking for other things, you may be able to get an official and a half position, this is the jade seal of the country! I can't find it, I can't find it, I can't find it, I can't get out, the more I think about it, the more anxious I am!
Let's say that General Qiao left the Lu family's mansion, got on the horse and went back to call a coachman and rushed back to the Lu Mansion, and saw from a distance that the servant who was called Xiao An was looking back and forth at the door of the house, very suspicious, and came to the front of this Xiao An and saw him and called straight in.
General Qiao chuckled in his heart, didn't this master run away?