"Master Kuan will come here every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year," Hu Jinyu introduced this Master Kuan to Song Huiyue in a low voice. "He is very polite in his words and deeds. He does not only do our Hu family's business. As long as he is willing to pay, he will come here."
He will take the money to Xiazhou or bring things here."
Mr. Kuan was originally a scholar. With his mediocre qualifications, he studied hard for twenty years in Hanchuang. After the sixth imperial examination, he finally became a scholar.
After being admitted as a scholar, he felt proud and proud, thinking that he was a wise fool and a late bloomer, and insisted on making his own achievements in the imperial examination.
He continued to work hard and took the exam for ten years, but in the end he failed to pass the exam.
At this point, Mr. Kuan also realized that his future in education was bleak, so he turned to business.
He found his elder brother - his elder brother was a master. He had made his business prosperous, made money in a good way, and made a lot of money every day. He was a man who was loved by dignitaries.
The uncle of the Kuan family had a deep affection for his brother. When he saw his younger brother coming to visit him, he immediately paid out his capital and asked his younger brother to use it to do business.
Mr. Kuan said goodbye to his brother in tears, and once again worked hard to do business. He lost all his money in the business, so he had to shamelessly go back to ask for a sum of money from his brother.
Master Kuan paid out another sum of money without any complaints. This time, Master Kuan took the money, divided it into two, and first invested it in a lucky ship going out to sea.
The brand-new blessing boat rides the wind and waves, sails straight to the sea - and sinks as soon as it leaves the dock.
Mr. Kuan is a conscientious person. When he saw that his brother's hard-earned money was squandered, he immediately did not dare to do business anymore. He took the remaining money and had no idea. It would be useless to spend it or not to spend it.
On the contrary, Master Kuan did not care about his brother's failure, but gave him another sum of money and gave him an idea to go to Xia Kingdom to do a very profitable business.
Mr. Kuan patted his chest and promised that he would live up to his brother's high expectations. He came to Xia Kingdom in hiding. Before the first business was completed, he heard the bad news. His best brother in the world was beheaded and abandoned for selling illegal salt.
city.
Thinking that her brother had never been harsh on her in her life, she had to do the last thing she told her, so she stayed in Xia Kingdom and followed three older brothers who sold green and white salt. The end of the older brothers was not very good.
, Mr. Kuan had no choice but to rely on his own efforts, but instead he made a name for himself.
Now every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Kuan would burn a mountain of gold and silver for his brother, and also burn the paper cows, paper horses and paper figures on several cars, just to make his brother live a better life underground.
After Song Huiyue listened to a story about deep brotherhood, she wondered why Master Kuan didn't go to Zhangjia to defeat Zhang Xutang?
what a pity.
Hu Jinyu said again: "When you arrive in Xiazhou, Mr. Kuan will take you to the southern Xinjiang market. After you have taken a fancy to the salt seller, you will write a document and set a time to pick up the goods. Then you can come back. Once the reward is due, you tell Kuan
Just keep it as usual."
After saying that, he took out the money box and the map and gave them to Song Huiyue: "As soon as you see Mr. Kuan, give this box to him. The buyer doesn't need to be familiar with him. I'm afraid he has some rift with someone in the Xia Kingdom, and I'm afraid someone else will follow the clues.
Find it out. Master Kuan will know what to do when he sees the box. Be careful not to leak anything. Master Kuan will be there as soon as it gets dark."
Song Huiyue wrote it down carefully again.
Hu Jinyu opened the package, took away what he needed, and returned with ten people, then looked back.
When he saw Song Huiyue sitting still and the others staying far away from her, he felt a little unbearable, but he had no choice but to hit the horse and drive away.
When it got dark, Mr. Kuan arrived as expected, followed by a large group of little brothers, each carrying large bags of gold and silver ingots, or carrying paper figures and horses, as well as exotic beauties.
Upon seeing Song Huiyue and his party, a younger brother immediately came forward to inquire. After Song Huiyue expressed her intention, the younger brother smiled happily, put the knife back, and led Song Huiyue to where Master Kuan was.
The smoky fire that was burning in Mr. Kuan's place was burning, and bags of gold and silver ingots were thrown into the fire one after another. With solemn expressions, the young men carried over some of the most beautiful women they had stabbed, and lined up to burn them.
When Song Huiyue saw this, she couldn't go there for a while, because Master Kuan was very pious and worshiped his dead brother as the God of Wealth, praying to his brother to bless him with abundant wealth.
She stopped and took a closer look at Mr. Kuan. It was indeed as Hu Jinyu said. Mr. Kuan had a fair face and a gentle manner, but he was so resplendent that it was difficult to look directly at him.
He was wearing a brocade robe woven with a golden vulture pattern. The gold threads on it were thick and dense, and the golden light was dazzling. The cotton robe inside was also woven with gold auspicious clouds. He wore a round hoop felt hat on his head, with a frame on the back of the felt hat.
There were three golden bells hanging from the silk, and the ten fingers were covered with rings of various colors, which were extremely dazzling under the firelight.
Song Huiyue rubbed her eyes, blinked, and rubbed them again before she got used to the gentle Mr. Kuan in front of her.
Mr. Kuan burned it as a filial tribute to his brother, stood up and smiled amiably at Song Huiyue: "I've never seen this little lady before. She must have been hard on the way here. Poor girl, please sit down and have a cup of hot tea."
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Song Huiyue wandered around the mountains like a savage for half a month, almost degenerating into a beast. Suddenly, she received Mr. Kuan's polite and cordial greetings. She immediately became more polite and softened: "Thank you, Mr. Kuan."
Master Kuan happily asked her to sit down, and the boys added a chair with ease, and set up a fire on the ashes. The wind blew from behind the low stone wall, making a whistling sound.
Song Huiyue leaned against the stone wall and looked at Butler Wu. Butler Wu quickly took out the camphor wood box left by Hu Jinyu from the package and solemnly handed it to Song Huiyue in the firelight. Then he stepped back and stood with his hands down.
Behind Song Huiyue.
Mr. Kuan smiled and glanced at this group of people. Seeing that they were very obedient to Song Huiyue, he lifted Song Huiyue's weight upwards from his stomach to his chest.
Song Huiyue stretched out her hand, and a young man stepped forward and took the box from Song Huiyue's hands. He opened it and looked through it himself. After seeing that there was nothing fatal, he handed it to Master Kuan.
Master Kuan took the young man's hand, stretched his neck and took a look inside. Seeing the Hu family's tokens and banknotes inside, he smiled clearly: "I see, don't worry, little lady, I have a good reputation for what I do, so there won't be any problem."
He also invited Song Huiyue to have a bowl of mutton soup. The mutton soup itself tasted good, but Master Kuan added many nourishing substances to it, so the taste became sweet, bitter and salty.
Song Huiyue could tolerate the taste, but when she thought that her nose would bleed if she took too much nourishment, she did not dare to drink. Mr. Kuan thought she was shy, so he smiled and invited her again and again.
Song Huiyue had no choice but to drink.
Master Kuan drank the bowl of soup with satisfaction, then stood up and invited Song Huiyue to go on the road with him.
He has been traveling back and forth between Huaizhou and Xiazhou for half his life. He can go out even if he closes his eyes. However, because he has such a large number of people around him, no matter how small the movement is, he cannot avoid people's eyes and ears. He has to imitate that owl.