The female shopkeeper finally lost her patience, and her pretty peach-blossom face turned as cold as ice. She gave an order and all the waiters gathered around her. Xu Lushi sat back with a plop, her eyes dull and her face ashen. She was finally sure that she was being raped today.
The chosen son was cheated.
At this time, Xu Zizhen was already on the road outside the city. Soon he came to a small earth temple on the roadside. Daye was already waiting here. Behind the temple was a car parked with piles of cloth and silk.
"Good job." Xu Zizhen praised, but looked at the pile of cloth with difficulty. These are all high-quality things. Brocade, silk and satin, none of which ordinary people can buy casually, now there is a trap.
With so many, how to deal with them has become a big problem.
Ohno scratched his head and asked: "Master, what should I do with these things?"
"Don't make any noise, I'm thinking."
"oh."
A voice suddenly rang: "Have you thought about it?"
Xu Zizhen said impatiently: "I told you not to make any noise... Damn it! Why is it you again?" When he turned around, he found that it was not Daye who spoke this time, but the elusive old man again.
The old man smiled and said: "Why can't it be me? You are trying to burn bridges, but I helped you at least just now, right? I didn't say anything, I'll give you half of it when we meet."
Xu Zizhen was not willing to buy his account. The old man did buy himself some time by holding the tailor back, but it did not have much impact on his actions. When he saw the old man following him again, he was angry and funny.
He said, "Okay, how about you give me half of the money, and everything including the car and the cloth will be yours."
The old man thought about it seriously, and actually took out two gold ingots and a silver check: "Okay, it's a deal."
Xu Zizhen was dumbfounded now: "Are you really giving it?"
The old man looked at him strangely: "Of course I do. Isn't it just to make some money for you to go through such trouble?"
Xu Zizhen stared at the two gold ingots, which were large ingots of fifty taels each. Even the banknotes were Qian Xingchang's general redemption notes, with a denomination of two thousand taels. He was stunned for a long time and blurted out: "You are actually like this
rich?"
The old man said dissatisfied: "When did I say I have no money?"
Xu Zizhen finally came to his senses, smiled like a flower and went to get the gold and silver notes: "Then I won't be polite."
"Wait a minute." The old man shrank his hand and took the money back.
Xu Zizhen was stunned: "Aren't you the one who regretted it so quickly?"
"Hey, this little money won't hurt my body." The old man smiled evilly and looked at Xu Zizhen, "But I'm a little curious about what grudge you have against that person named Xu. You have to tell me that these gold and silver are yours.
"
"Because he is a dog official." Xu Zizhen answered readily. There was actually no deep hatred between him and Xu Bingzhe, it was just that he was unhappy.
The old man was still curious: "Then why didn't you kill him?"
Xu Zizhen sneered: "I'm not stupid. Killing an official is a big trouble. There's no need to sacrifice my life for his. It's enough to make his mother sick and disgust him."
The old man smiled and said, "You're pretty good at cheating."
"Oh? How do you say that?" Xu Zizhen understood, but he still pretended to be stupid.
The old man said with a bad smile: "Isn't the shopkeeper of Gui Xiangchun pretty? She is the concubine of Mr. Liu who stayed in Jingzhao Mansion. Besides... Mr. Liu and Mr. He of Fu Yin can't urinate in a pot."
Xu Zizhen looked stunned, and then said suspiciously: "I said you know a lot. Is there anyone in your family who is an official?"
The old man glared: "Are you still leaving? Are you waiting for the dog officer to come and arrest you?"
Xu Zizhen snatched the gold and silver from his hand: "You go first, I will take the last...this stolen property is yours now."
The old man glared at him again and suddenly smiled: "That's right, kid. I'll treat you to a drink later when I get the chance." After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked away slowly. Another young man with a low eyebrow came in from the door and said quickly.
He drove the car away.
Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment and shouted: "Old man, what do you call me?"
The old man's voice came from outside the door: "Just call me Yong Ye."
"Hey, this old man likes to call himself Lao Tzu even more than I do." Xu Zizhen couldn't help laughing. He weighed the gold in his hand and said to Ohno, "You need to find a place to hide first. I'll see you here tomorrow at this time."
Daye nodded: "Master, be careful."
Xu Zizhen smiled: "It's okay, Master, I'll go back and watch the fun."
…
Half an hour later, Xu Zizhen appeared at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion again, but now he was completely different from before. He had taken off his leather robe and put on a light blue Confucian shirt, and wore a
Wearing a square scarf, gently shaking the folding fan in his hand, and having shaved his beard cleanly, the dusty northwest swordsman just now has been perfectly transformed into a personable and troubled young man.
Many sergeants appeared at the gate of the city. They were shouting and interrogating the people who were leaving the city, especially the men with beards. They all became the targets of their interrogation. Xu Zizhen secretly laughed and walked into the city. No one gave him a second glance.
.
Xu Zizhen was thinking about Zhuo Ya who was sleeping alone in the inn. He moved faster, but when he came to the inn, he still turned around and went to the Guixiangchun Gate. Before he got close, he saw the Guixiangchun Gate in the distance.
Many people gathered around, and Jingzhao Mansion Yin He Zhengzhang and Xu Bingzhe were among them, but they were all wearing ordinary casual clothes, looking very embarrassed, and whispering something to a middle-aged scribe in the shop.
The scribe looked to be less than forty, with a white face, a slight beard, and slender eyes. There was no expression on his face. He just dealt with He and Xu lightly, and seemed to have extraordinary bearing. It seemed that he was the left-behind Mr. Liu, Taohua.
The female shopkeeper with a dirty face was standing behind him, her face full of anger, and she didn't know what she was talking about.
Xu Zizhen was too far away to see clearly, so he simply came closer. Anyway, Xu Bingzhe didn't have time to pay attention to others at the moment, and he was probably still trying to excuse his mother.
Sure enough, when I got closer, I saw Xu Bingzhe's wife, Xu Lu, sitting in the shop, with a pale face and dull eyes. Her daughter-in-law and Sister-in-law Xiao Tao were standing behind her tremblingly, obviously very frightened.
The advantage of being so close is that I can even hear their conversation. When Xu Zizhen came over, he heard Xu Bingzhe say with an apologetic smile: "Mr. Liu, this... my mother is also old and confused. She was framed by someone for a moment, and she also...
I hope your lord and madam will forgive me, and I will let you know how much I should pay for those goods, and I will pay you accordingly."
He Zhengzhang also greeted with a smile: "Brother Guangshi, this matter is just a misunderstanding, why not give it to Brother Yu to save face? Someday..."
Master Liu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then interrupted lightly: "Is this what Master He means by face?" He said and pulled the female shopkeeper over.
The female shopkeeper stood up angrily, and Xu Zizhen could see clearly at this moment that there were five finger marks clearly printed on that peach-blossom face. It was easy to guess that it belonged to the old shrew Xu Lu.