"Alas, there are pitiful people everywhere in the world. Does Si Niang know where Bai Qixuan is now?" Chen Mengsheng asked with a long sigh.
"Replying to the judge, Si Niang has lived in seclusion in Caihe Village for fifteen years. Bai Yuchun, the master of the Bai family, originally owned three silk and satin shops in Lin'an City. Later, Si Niang heard that Bai Yuchun sold two silk and satin shops.
Zhuangzi, there is a silk and satin shop at Linjiang Bridge. Your Majesty, you can go there and ask."
"Thank you so much, Si Niang. Chen Mengsheng will go and have a look now. Please take care of yourself, Si Niang."
"Your Majesty, Sir, Si Niang has one more extravagant wish, and I hope you will agree to it." Si Niang was about to bow down, but was persuaded by Chen Mengsheng to stop her.
"Si Niang has something to manage and said that only Chen Mengsheng can sit down and do his best."
"Siniang grew up in a poor family and was sold into a brothel by her father at the age of nine. After her mother died, all her brothers and sisters in the family were sold by her cruel father and have never seen each other again. I only hope that the judge can tell Si Niang my love.
Are those brothers and sisters still alive?"
Chen Mengsheng took out the birth and death book and asked Xu Siniang to read the names and birth dates of her brothers and sisters one by one. After reading it, Chen Mengsheng said: "Siniang, your brothers and sisters are all still alive in the world, but I can't find out where they are now.
place."
"Amitabha, Amitabha. Thank you Lord Judge. Si Niang is contented only to know that they are still alive. Now the Lord Judge has to change his appearance. Si Niang no longer has to hide. When daybreak, Si Niang plans to look for me.
Those relatives who have been separated for many years. Your Majesty Judge, please accept Siniang’s bow.” Siniang knelt down and bowed down. When she looked up, there was no sign of Chen Mengsheng...
Linjiang Bridge is actually not a bridge at all. It is a commercial street in Lin'an City, connecting Yu Street to the north and Hefang Street to the south. The street is full of bustling pedestrians, and the cries of vendors and footmen can be heard endlessly.
In the middle of the street, there was a silk and satin shop with four large golden characters "Baiji Silk Shop". When Chen Mengsheng walked into the silk and satin shop, he only saw a few clerks chatting. The clerk glanced at Chen Mengsheng sideways and saw that he was wearing a coarse cloth gown.
He said: "What does this guest want?"
"Is your boss Mr. Bai Yuchunbai?"
"You're looking for Mr. Bai, but I'm afraid you're late. Mr. Bai is chatting with the Lord of Hell right now. The owner of this shop is Mr. Bai now."
"Then are you, Mr. Bai, here?"
"Yes, I'm not drinking tea with the prince in the back room."
"Which prince is this?"
"Young Master Wang Bao'er of the current royal family. Hey, are you here to buy silk and satin, or are you here to talk nonsense?" The waiter looked at Chen Mengsheng and he didn't look like a rich master.
Stop paying attention to him.
Chen Mengsheng also left wisely. Within a few steps, there was a small wine shop across the street. He carried a small apricot-yellow flag with a border that read "Fu Lai Restaurant". The wine shop was not big, with only three or four tables and not many customers. 5
The teenage shopkeeper was settling accounts with his hands on his cheeks. When he saw Chen Mengsheng walking in, he walked over with a smile and said, "Sir, you are here. What do you want to eat?"
Chen Mengsheng came here to inquire about news. It really didn't matter what he ate, so he responded smoothly: "Just have some wine and food."
"Haha, guest, this is the most difficult thing in the world. The shop's 'wine for whom' is a specialty in Lin'an City."
"'Drinking for whom'? I've never heard of it."
The shopkeeper suddenly became more energetic and said: "This 'wine for whom' is made from the nectar of hundreds of flowers, mixed with the rainwater during the Qingming Festival, steamed and brewed three times. As the saying goes, honey is harvested from hundreds of flowers. For whom?"
Who are you working so hard for?"
After the shopkeeper's spit flew, Chen Mengsheng secretly rejoiced. "Shopkeeper, please bring me a pot of 'wine for whom'."
"Sir, please wait a moment. Zhuzhu's mother has a pot of wine for whom..." the shopkeeper sang and went to the back. After a while, shopkeeper Gonggong came over with a tray with four dishes and a pot of wine.
"Haha, shopkeeper, I'm so drunk, let's have a couple of drinks together."
The shopkeeper rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "This, this is not good."
Chen Mengsheng reached out and poured two glasses of wine: "Come and have a drink. How long has the shopkeeper been doing business here?"
"Haha, the little old man's surname is Xiao, and he and his wife have opened a shop here for more than 30 years."
"Shopkeeper Xiao, I see that the business in the wine shop doesn't seem to be satisfactory?"
"Oh, don't mention it. My family is unlucky. Xiao is not blessed. There is a prodigal in the family who spends all his time playing tricks on money and drinking. Sir, let's not talk about this while we drink." Shopkeeper Xiao drank to himself for three days.
After a glass of wine, he let out a long sigh.
After drinking for three rounds, Chen Mengsheng asked, "Does the shop owner of that silk shop across the street know you well?"
"Bah, then Bai Qixuan is just a playboy. His parents were so angry that he forced his wife to death with a divorce letter. Today's Bai family is no longer the rich Bai family before. How can we be rich?
Three generations later.”
While Chen Mengsheng was chatting with shopkeeper Xiao, someone rushed in like a whirlwind from outside and went straight to the cash box at the counter. He cursed in his mouth: "Grandma, what the hell, opened seven small guns in a row."
.I don’t believe that the handle is too small, why is it only thirty taels of silver?”
Shopkeeper Xiao said angrily: "You bastard, you only know how to come back and get money after you lose money. Is it easy for your mother and I to get up early and go into the dark? You unfilial son, I will beat you to death today." Shopkeeper Xiao walked up to his son and shouted.
He slapped his hand, but he didn't move for a long time and finally dropped it weakly.
The boy put the money in his pocket and pushed Shopkeeper Xiao away, and went out without looking back. The diners in the hotel seemed to have been used to it, eating and drinking, with indifferent expressions on their faces.
Chen Mengsheng stood up and was about to pay the bill, but shopkeeper Xiao refused to accept it and said: "Sir, I, Xiao, have treated you to this meal today. If you want to pay, you are looking down on me, Xiao." Chen Mengsheng had to thank Xiao.
The shopkeeper walked to the door of the hotel and saw a man roping a horse in front of the Baijia Silk Shop. Two people in their thirties or forties were standing in the silk shop. A fat man was talking to another very delicate man.
The faces of the two people were full of smiles.
Chen Mengsheng walked over quietly, and the fat man had already reached the stable of Silk Village, and said to the man who was tying the horse: "Save the horse for me, I will come back later."
"Yes, Master Bao." The waiter beat the horse and led it back to the shed.
Chen Mengsheng knew that the fat man in front of him was Wang Baoer, so he followed Wang Baoer in stealth mode.
At the end of the Linjiang Bridge was a rejuvenation pharmacy. There was only a young woman packing medicine on the counter and putting it in the cabinet. Wang Baoer looked around and saw that there was no one in the store, so he walked tiptoe behind the young woman and hugged her slender waist.
The young woman let out a coquettish cry, turned around and saw Wang Baoer, then she laughed and cursed: "Damn it, why are you free to see me today?"
Wang Baoer put his hand into the woman's skirt and said playfully: "In a few days, it will be my father's sixtieth birthday. Didn't I just go to Bai Qixuan Village to choose some pieces of silk? Where is the shopkeeper Qiu?"
The young woman broke out of Wang Baoer's arms and said softly: "It's broad daylight. It would be bad if someone comes. My Qiu Renxin has gone to collect medicinal materials in the past few days. It can be as early as three days or as late as ten and a half months."
"Ah, isn't that a snub to my little sweetheart?"
"Then you come. Every time you come here, you don't know when you will come again, which makes me miss you so much." The woman laughed so hard that her branches trembled.
"Haha, I'm here right now, aren't I?"
"Then it will be updated tonight. Dulan will be waiting for you to come."
"Xiaolang Hoozi, I will be here on time." Wang Baoer patted Dulan's buttocks and walked away laughing. The conversation between the adulterous couple and the adulterous wife was all heard by Chen Mengsheng outside the window.
After Wang Baoer came out of Huichun Pharmacy, he walked west along Hefang Street and came to a stop in front of a large house. He banged the copper hanging on the door and heard the sound of people in the courtyard. "
Who is it? Here it is, here it is." A servant opened the door.
"Ah, Master Bao'er is here. Master Bao'er, you haven't been here for a while."
"Is your Luo Qingshan here?"
"Yes, yes. My husband was harmed by a crazy monk a month ago. He is not feeling well and is resting now."
At this time, a howl like a slaughtering pig came from the courtyard. Chen Mengsheng heard faintly in the distance: "This damn crazy monk, I am going to kill him and demolish his temple. Oh, it hurts to death."
I am..."
Wang Baoer pushed the servant away and said, "Brother Qingshan, what's wrong with you?"
Luo Qingshan was being helped by Luo Fu to get into the sedan chair. When he saw Wang Baoer coming, he felt like he was seeing a relative. "Brother Bao, I have been harmed by that crazy monk. I want to go to my uncle and kill that monk."
Destroy his temple. Just come here and tell me after entering the house that you will help avenge my brother." Luo Qingshan and Wang Baoer walked into the house one after another, and Chen Mengsheng was waiting for Wang Baoer outside Luo Qingshan's house.
In the room, Luo Qingshan was yelling at Monk Jigong, just because Luo Qingshan spent 4,500 taels of silver to let the girl go that day, and he became more and more angry as he thought about it. When he tried to catch the girl again, she disappeared.
Luo Qingshan has never experienced such cowardice. The losses within the dike must be made up by outside the dike. Luo Papi's private foreign debt raised the interest by another 10%. His heart began to hurt, and the pain became worse day by day. Luo Qingshan was ready to tell him
My uncle killed Na Shang.
"Brother Qingshan, don't worry. As long as that monk is still in Lin'an, I will make him unable to live or die."
"I don't know why Brother Bao came here today?"
"My father's sixtieth birthday will be in half a month. Brother Qingshan has seen countless women on weekdays and wants you to find a stunning rouge horse."
"Haha, that's easy to say. A few days ago, brother, I just bought two stunning beauties from Pingyang Mansion for ten thousand taels of silver. I was upset by the monk's incident. These two girls are still in Pingyang Mansion. Brother, I will send someone to give them to them.
Mr. Wang will send it."
"That's very good. I'll take my leave now."
"Brother Bao, let's have dinner before leaving. We're going to get up soon today."
"No, brother, I still have something to do."
"Brother, since you have something to do, I won't leave you alone. Please worry about your monk affairs."
Wang Baoer left Luo Qingshan's compound and walked back slowly, but he didn't know that someone was following him. Half an hour later, Wang Baoer came to the back door of Huichun Pharmacy and knocked lightly on the wooden door.
After a while, Dulan, the proprietress of Huichun Pharmacy, opened the door and came out. She said with a charming smile: "Damn you, you are here."
Chen Mengsheng was hiding in the darkness across the street. When he saw Du Lan, he was shocked and sighed to himself: "This woman is not simple." Behind that woman was the ghost of a dead man...
The man on his back was restrained by three ghost-suppressing talismans on his forehead. He was unable to move or speak. He was glaring angrily at the couple...