Su Hao and his wife rested for the night at the Jinzhong Inn. Early the next morning, they got up and freshened up. The shopkeeper came to the guest room with a smile on his face.
"My dear guests, did you have a good rest last night?" the shopkeeper asked.
"Well, it's not bad." Su Hao replied lazily. There were not many people staying in the hotel, and the shopkeeper just came to them to say hello, and he just responded to the sentence, "If you have nothing to do, please show your courtesy, and if you are a traitor, you will be a thief."
Sure enough, after the shopkeeper exchanged a few words with Su Hao, he pretended to be concerned and said: "Is this your first time to Bozhou? Our breakfast in Bozhou is quite different from that of other places.
Don’t you plan on going for a tasting?”
Su Hao asked strangely: "What, your inn doesn't care about our breakfast?"
"No, no," the shopkeeper denied repeatedly, "Of course our restaurant will provide guests with breakfast. It's just your first time in Banshu, so it would be a pity not to try our most authentic breakfast in Banshu. So,
I am the host and would like to invite you two to have breakfast at Bowanglou, the best restaurant in Banshu. Would you like to enjoy it?"
Su Hao sneered secretly in his heart, but did not show it on his face. He said to Chen Guanyu: "Old Chen, look at what the shopkeeper means, should we accept it or not?"
Chen Guanyu is a good person. Su Hao was obviously trying to show off by asking this question. He quickly took over the conversation and said: "Young Master, I think the shopkeeper has good intentions. If we were polite, it would be bad."
"That's right." Su Hao followed suit, "Since Old Chen also said this, we would be disrespectful."
The Bowang Tower mentioned by the shopkeeper was not far from the inn. Su Hao and Chen Guanyu followed him and walked for a few minutes before they arrived. The waiter from the restaurant came forward to greet them and invited the three of them upstairs.
The shopkeeper looked around and said: "Mr. Su, I see there aren't many guests upstairs, so there's no need for us to sit in the private room. It's too stuffy, isn't it? Sitting in the lobby, it's bright and lively, I don't know.
What do you think, Master?"
Su Hao waved his hand and said, "As long as the owner thinks it's appropriate, guests can do as they please."
The three of them sat down. The shopkeeper ordered a table of local snacks and introduced them to Su Hao and Chen Guanyu. Although he knew that the shopkeeper was being pretentious, Su Hao still listened with interest. After talking for a while, the shopkeeper suddenly
He patted his head and said in an annoyed tone: "Oh, look at my pig brain. I forgot a big thing. It's so bad."
"What, is it an urgent matter?" Su Hao asked in response.
"Exactly." The shopkeeper stood up, "Master Su, Mr. Chen, please forgive me. I suddenly remembered that there was an important matter to be done, and I had to rush back to the store to do it. I have already paid for these meals.
, you two please use it with ease, I’m taking my leave.”
As he said this, he apologized desperately, rubbed oil on the soles of his feet, and slipped away quickly.
Su Hao watched the shopkeeper walk away and just smiled. He picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake with chopsticks, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly. He knew that the show was about to begin.
Sure enough, after a while, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs, and the waiter led a middle-aged man up the stairs. The middle-aged man was wearing a long gown, like a master in a government office, or a businessman's accountant. He walked towards the lobby
After walking two steps, he seemed to accidentally see Su Hao's table. He couldn't help but frown slightly, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, Zhumen's wine and meat are smelly, and there are frozen bones on the road. The ancients are sincere and I can't bully them."
Su Hao raised his head, looked at the middle-aged man, and said with a smile, "Why did you say this, sir?"
The middle-aged man pointed to the food on the table and said, "How big of an appetite do you two have, but you ordered so many snacks that you can't finish them all in a while? Isn't it a waste?"
Su Hao said: "Sir, you misunderstood. We were originally dining with three of us, but because a friend left temporarily, his share was left. If you don't mind, sir, would you like to share the meal with my two brothers?"
?”
A trace of imperceptible surprise flashed across the middle-aged man's face. He nodded and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but let's all share the meal money later."
"No need, my friend is already good at settling accounts, sir, it doesn't hurt to use it," Su Hao said.
The middle-aged man sat down, first bowed his hand to Su Hao, and said: "Student Wang Qifeng works as a clerk in the Xuanwei Si Mansion. I heard that the two accents are from other places, but they are guests who come to this city to do business.
?”
Su Hao also raised his hand and said: "Student Su Hao, from Jiangxi. This is the student's senior brother, Chen Guanyu, Chen Daochang."
"Disrespectful," Wang Qifeng said, "Since he is a guest from afar, it is more appropriate for Wang to treat us to this meal."
"It's really not necessary. My friend can already settle the account." Su Hao had no choice but to say it again. There was no other way. Who made the opposite Wang Ren so into the drama?
The three of them chatted some gossip while eating breakfast. After a few words, Wang Qifeng brought the conversation to the main topic. He asked: "Master Su, what do you two do in Bozhou City?"
Su Hao sighed and said: "Well, it's a long story. To be honest with Brother Wang, I'm here to redeem someone. Since Brother Wang is here to comfort the Si Yamen, he might even invite Brother Wang to him when the time comes.
Help."
"Redemption? What do you mean by this?" Wang Qifeng asked pretending to be strange.
Su Hao said: "I'm afraid Brother Wang doesn't know my younger brother's identity yet, right? My younger brother is actually a surveyor, and he has some ancestral mining skills. This time, he was entrusted by someone to go to the ground of Banzhou to look for minerals."
"Looking for qi and prospecting?" Wang Qifeng was really shocked this time, "I don't know how Mr. Su used qi to prospect."
"My son is the twenty-seventh generation Celestial Master of the Yuhua Mountain Taoist Sect in Jiangxi. The special skill of my master is gas prospecting. The so-called gas prospecting means that you can tell whether there are mineral deposits underground just by looking at the weather of the mountains and rivers. My family has a master
All the skills have been given to my young master, so that my young master can be appreciated by Eunuch Li and be recommended to Sichuan to work for Eunuch Hu." Chen Guanyu explained at the side.
"Is this really true?" Wang Qifeng asked dubiously, "I don't know who Mr. Chen is referring to by Eunuch Li. Eunuch Hu...could it mean Eunuch Hu Yu, the Sichuan mine supervisor?"
"Old Chen, don't boast nonsense in front of Brother Wang, so as not to make others laugh." Su Hao pretended to scold Chen Guanyu, and then said to Wang Qifeng with a smile: "Brother Wang, don't listen to Old Chen's nonsense, little brother
I only learned about 30% of what my father taught me. When I was in Jiangxi, I met mine supervisor Li Long and Eunuch Li was looking for talented prospectors. My younger brother, who was also a newborn calf, actually went to apply for the job. Fortunately, my ancestors blessed me, and my younger brother came across a big gold mine.
, it can be regarded as a little limelight in front of Eunuch Li."
"No, Mr. Su is too humble. I think when the list was unveiled, Mr. Su was already confident about finding the gold mine. Mr. Su was able to find the gold mine in such a short period of time. This ability is probably not applicable to the entire Ming Dynasty.
It's also one of the best." Wang Qifeng said with compliments, but he was secretly surprised in his heart.
As early as the Jiajing period, Ouchi has been sending mine supervisors to various places to search for and mine. For mine supervisors, the favorite mineral is gold. But after so many years, the number of newly discovered gold mines across the country has been reduced with just one slap.
It can be counted that most of the gold mines being mined have been discovered in the past and were simply taken over by mine supervisors to operate.
Su Hao dared to say that he found a gold mine for Li Long. It would be difficult to lie about such a thing. In other words, if Su Hao was lying, he should at least make up a more reliable lie. If Su Hao
What Hao said was not a lie, so his probing skills were indeed amazing.
"Since Mr. Su is on errand for Mr. Li, the mine supervisor in Jiangxi, why did he come to Sichuan again?" Wang Qifeng continued to ask.
Su Hao said: "This makes people afraid of being famous and afraid of being strong. Because my younger brother found a big gold mine for Eunuch Li, Eunuch Li was praised by the emperor. Eunuch Hu from Sichuan did not find the mine, so he was reprimanded by the emperor. Li Eunuch
My father-in-law and Eunuch Hu had a close friendship in the palace back then. Eunuch Li couldn't bear to see Eunuch Hu being blamed, so he asked his younger brother to go to Sichuan to explore some mines for Eunuch Hu. Now, my younger brother is here."
"I see." Wang Qifeng said, "Then Mr. Su just said to redeem people, why?"
Su Hao said: "The surveying techniques of our Yuhua Mountain Taoist Sect are different from other places. If you want to look for minerals, you need to look at the earth's energy first. Sichuan is so big, even if I have the ability to clone myself, I can't go all over it. So, I recruit
Dozens of apprentices taught them some simple methods of looking at qi, and then sent them to various places to look at qi, and recorded them into symbols for the younger brother to interpret. In this way, a pair of eyes of the younger brother would become dozens of
Two eyes?"
"That makes sense." Wang Qi said, "But Mr. Su hasn't said anything about redeeming people yet."
Su Hao said: "This is how it happened. A few days ago, a group of apprentices I sent to Bozhou to look after their anger, somehow offended the Xuanwei Division, and were arrested by the soldiers of the Xuanwei Division. I heard from the apprentice who ran back,
The person who went to arrest the man turned out to be General Yang Shen from Bozhou. After asking the people in Chongqing Wei, I found out that General Yang was actually the son of Ambassador Yang Xuan. Brother Wang, tell me how troublesome this must be."
Wang Qifeng seemed to ask casually: "Master Su, do you have any friendship with Chongqing Wei?"
Su Hao pretended to be shy and said: "To tell you the truth, Brother Wang, in order to make it easier for me, Eunuch Li arranged for me to sue a member of the sixth rank of the army for me. When I came to Sichuan this time, Eunuch Hu
I also specifically told Chongqing Guards to receive my younger brother. In fact, my younger brother is not interested in the vulgar warriors in the army. My ambition is to study for the imperial examination and pursue a serious official career."
Wang Qifeng nodded silently. Whether what Su Hao said is true or false remains to be verified. But so far, what Su Hao said is self-explanatory and reasonable. If Su Hao really came here according to Hu Yu's order,
Since Yang Chaodong is looking for a mine in Bozhou, it is not appropriate for Yang Chaodong to be violent with him. After all, Yang Yinglong has not yet prepared to break up with the court. At this time, he will indiscriminately kill the surveyors sent by the mine supervisor, which will cause great trouble.
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