"As an official of the imperial court, I naturally have many worries."
"It's just that after seeing Mr. Li suffer such a misfortune, and the people highly respect the Tiancai Society, it is natural that I want to stay in Fengchun permanently."
Xia Yuhuai showed a helpless look, but the envoy didn't take it seriously and said, "Your Excellency has many worries. Don't we, the Tiancai Association, have any worries about you?"
"how do I say this?"
"What's more, those who join our Tiancai Club must pay membership fees first, and..."
The envoy paused and looked Xia Yuhuai up and down, "Sir...your salary...I'm afraid you still need to save some time."
Xia Yuhuai was dissatisfied with being looked at by the envoy like this. He also thought that Tiancai had tried to win over Li Lingfeng many times before but was so dismissive of him. He couldn't help but said angrily, "What do you mean?!"
"Don't you know very well what I mean?"
"How dare you insult the imperial official!"
The envoy seemed to be amused by Xia Yuhuai's words, "Sir, please don't misinterpret my meaning. Is there anything I said that was a lie?"
"The official robes worn by your Excellency are already of the standard from three years ago. I guess your income in Xiayi is not satisfactory either."
"Actually, that's true. Given your family background, Mr. Xia, if you can reach the position of county magistrate, your pockets have probably been emptied out a long time ago. How can you bother to change into official robes?"
Xia Yuhuai was stung by these heart-wrenching words and was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he sighed, "It seems that you have already investigated me."
The messenger shook his head, "There is no need to investigate such a matter. The Stone God will make it clear to us."
The envoy now felt candid and said calmly, "Isn't it a pity that someone as talented as your Excellency should be delayed by such a court?"
"If I have offended you just now, please bear with me. I... just want you to see clearly the face of this dog court!"
Xia Yuhuai raised his eyes and looked at the messenger without saying a word, but the resentment in his eyes was clearly seen by the messenger.
The envoy took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and said, "Your Excellency, you wanted to join our Tiancai Club before, just to protect yourself. But... our Tiancai Club never accepts useless people, how can you be limited to this with your talents?"
Little Fengchun?”
"what do you mean?"
"Now the world is divided into three parts, Da Liang is weak, and is controlled by a group of Qiang people who only know how to ride horses and shoot arrows, and the aristocratic families have no backbone and dare not regain their former prestige. They only know how to live in dissipation and raise a bunch of drunkards and rice bags.
, but beyond Jiangdong is Nanjing, and to the north of Qilian Mountain is Helian. Surrounded by powerful enemies, the Stone God came out to save the world, just to save the world from the dire straits!"
Xia Yuhuai's three views were shattered by the messenger's words again. When he made an overt and covert visit last year, the Tiancai Society was not so ambitious, nor was it so outrageous!
How come in just two months, Tiancai Hui changed from a blood-sucking dodder flower to a snarling man-eating flower?
The messenger paused, "Of course, it's normal for adults to have doubts."
Xia Yuhuai interrupted the envoy decisively and said, "No, since Tiancai Society has such ambitions, I will join!"
The envoy did not expect that his persuasion to surrender would go so smoothly, and asked doubtfully, "Sir... you are so happy, why don't you think about it anymore?"
Xia Yuhuai laughed loudly and said, "Why is the envoy so embarrassed?! I invited you here today just to discuss this matter, but the envoy doesn't seem to welcome me..."
The messenger also smiled and said, "To be cautious, everyone who joins our Tiancai Society will have to go through this."
"The Stone God calls it: pressure interview."
Seeing Xia Yuhuai's confusion, the envoy explained, "God's will is mostly confusing. Sometimes, as venerable people, we can't fully understand the Stone God's meaning."
Xia Yuhuai noticed something was wrong and asked, "In other words, you have all seen the Stone God before?"
"joke!"
"How can I not see this when I serve the Stone God?"
Xia Yu was full of slander, but I thought he was making it up.
Since you have seen this person, there must be someone behind the scenes who is playing tricks!
"Then I would like to ask, what is the shape of this stone god?"
To avoid misunderstanding, Xia Yuhuai also added, "Messenger, please don't misunderstand, I am just curious. I have never seen a god in this world before, so..."
The envoy did not answer Xia Yuhuai's question directly, but sneered, "Do you think that we are all idiots who are as stupid as pigs and have been deceived by others who pretend to be gods and ghosts?"
Xia Yuhuai: Who says it’s not the case? You are criticizing yourself! You spoke first! Don’t blame me.
Xia Yuhuai waved his hands repeatedly, and the envoy calmed down his anger, "The Stone God naturally has to turn into a human form to talk to us, but most of the time, the Stone God prefers to show his true form to people. And the Stone God's true form is now in our Tiancaihui Temple.
Let us be bathed in the light of the sun and moon to help us accomplish great things in the future!"
"But I heard that you didn't need these things to join the membership before. You just paid the membership fee. When did you have this... pressure interview?"
"Today is different from the past. How can adults and those common people be compared?"
"Since you have joined us, my lord, tonight is a good day."
Xia Yuhuai:????
"We are planning to hold a banquet for you at Tiancai Building. Firstly, it is to celebrate your joining Tiancai Club. Secondly, we have been busy with business in the past few days. We did not have the chance to visit you when Mr. Xia came. Tonight, we should treat you
Jie Feng! Let the adults also feel the customs and customs of my Fengchun!"
Xia Yuhuai hurriedly refused. The Queen Mother asked him to go deep into the enemy camp and find out the details, but she did not let him get along with these people and call them brothers.
"Why, my lord, are you unwilling?"
"No, no, no, the envoy has invited me. I will go no matter what. It's just..."
Xia Yuhuai had an idea, "Master Li just passed away not long ago, and the case hasn't been closed yet. I'm going to have banquets here and there. This... is really not good... not good."
"What's the harm?!"
"My lord, don't worry. I can guarantee that no one will dare to reveal a single word of where your lord has been and what he said tonight as long as I say a word!"
Xia Yuhuai was a little panicked when he saw that this move was useless, and quickly changed his words, "To be honest with you, the messenger, the pressure from above is really too tight. Tomorrow is the last day for me to close the case. If I say
If I don't grow up and be ugly, I won't be able to keep my... black gauze hat."
The envoy frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "In that case... I can ask the Stone God for you. If the Stone God is willing..."
"Then I would like to thank the Stone God for his blessing!"
The messenger immediately turned his head and looked at Xia Yuhuai with a surprised look on his face. Why did Mr. Xia Yuhuai, who was speaking righteously just a moment ago, change his face so quickly?!
Xia Yuhuai himself didn't have much reaction to this. He just looked at the messenger expectantly: Go and ask, it's best to give him a clue so that he can continue to investigate!
The messenger had no choice but to turn away, but he always felt that he was not happy anywhere?!
Why do you feel like you're being taken advantage of?
Lu Qingfeng followed Li Da here, only to see him return to his woodshed and tinker with things, and then leave the backyard mysteriously.
Lu Qingfeng took advantage of Li Da's back and went to his room to investigate.
The woodshed where Li Da lives now has been abandoned for a long time. If Li Da hadn't moved here, almost no one in the county government would still remember that there was a dilapidated courtyard here.
Pushing open the unlocked door, several strands of old ash came out from nowhere, choking Lu Qingfeng to step back.
I don’t know how this uncle lives here, or why the dust is so big...
The woodshed was simple and crude, and the cabinets had been torn apart by Li Da just now. But looking around, it seemed that something was missing from Li Da's residence.
It's a bed!
Li Da’s residence didn’t even have a bed for sleeping!
So how does Li Da live on a daily basis?
Without thinking carefully, Lu Qingfeng turned around and left the county government office to look for someone on the street. Sure enough, he saw Li Da sneaking into a carriage and driving away quickly. He immediately went back to the county government office, picked up a fast horse, and chased after him.
In the direction Li Da left.
When Li Dagang arrived at the entrance of Tiancai Town, Lu Qingfeng had already put away his riding whip, tied the horse behind Li's house, and was just waiting in the dark.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li Da's carriage to stop in front of Li's house. The coachman asked him for ten cents. Li Da cursed the coachman for being cunning and asked him for ten cents for such a small distance.
He hurriedly took out the money from his sleeve and threw it to the driver, then turned and entered Li's house.
When Lu Qingfeng passed by the coachman, he only heard the coachman mutter, "My family is so wealthy and yet I can be so stingy in my dealings. It's really... unfair!"
Lu Qingfeng immediately stopped the driver and asked, "Do you know anyone from this family?"
"We know each other. Isn't the person who just got out of the car the same as Yamen Li who works in the county government?"
"How about my good fortune? Originally, I was just a low-income farmer. I had some spare money and sent my son to a book school without even checking whether my son was the right one. But what about now? Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Lu Qingfeng saw that this coachman knew a lot, so he decided to invite him to tea.
The coachman waved his hand, "Sir, I'm not as lucky as others, and I don't have as much free time as you to inquire about other people's affairs. If I don't drive, I will be hungry tonight!"
Lu Qingfeng had no choice but to take out his money bag and wave it in front of the driver's eyes and said, "If you say it right, this bag of rewards will be yours."
The driver said dubiously, "Really?"
Lu Qingfeng nodded, "That's natural."
Seeing that the coachman was about to agree, he suddenly became wary and said, "Are you trying to trick me into working in a black mine? There have been several strangers coming to Tiancai Town before, and I have deceived a lot of people."
People go to black mines and never come back... You won't..."
The coachman was about to run away, so Lu Qingfeng had no choice but to show the sword on his waist and block the coachman's way, "If you didn't tell me, I would kill you right now!"
The driver was so frightened that he begged for mercy again and again, "Say it, I'll say it!"
"I said...where are you?"
Lu Qingfeng was just trying to scare him. Seeing him looking at him weakly, Lu Qingfeng softened his tone and said, "You said that his son didn't even check whether he was the material."
"Ah...yes, yes!"
"His eldest son was extremely naughty and often made the teacher very angry. Later, his eldest son was not allowed to go to the school anymore, so Li Da only sent his second son there."
"Although this eldest son is not good at studying, he is quite good at businessmanship. Gradually, the family has accumulated a lot of money, and life is getting better day by day..."
"But there are always wins and losses in business. When he is not making money, the eldest son of the Li family often resorts to drinking to drown his sorrows. This wine is a food essence, but it can also cause serious harm to others."
"He got into trouble because of the wine."
"For this reason, he even pawned his family's land, house and cattle, just to pay off the debt."
Lu Qingfeng hesitated and asked, "What about now?"
"Sir, please don't worry, this is the blame for this."
"Then one day, Li Da, who had been kicked out, was suddenly called by the Fengchun County government to be a government servant, and the eldest son of the Li family got some capital from nowhere and started business again."
"He has learned his lesson from last time. He didn't make any mistakes, but..."
"It's just that the folks in the village wanted him to take him with them to do his business, but he flatly refused. Now, the Li family's reputation is completely ruined."
"In the past, my fellow villagers helped him pay off his bad debts, and helped him fend off debt collectors. Later, when they tried to get him to make money with them, he refused. Now, he has aroused public outrage."
"So, don't forget that they are building houses and buildings now, but no one treats the three of them. The boss is almost thirty now and has not found a wife yet."
"You mean, the Li family's wealth was earned by their eldest son?"
The coachman nodded, "It's not good."
"Then what is this eldest son's name?"
The coachman grinned with a row of white teeth and said, "He is Li Da, and the eldest son is Li Dabao."
Lu Qingfeng silently wrote it down, turned around and was about to leave. When the coachman said "Hey-", Lu Qingfeng remembered something, threw the money bag in his hand to the coachman, and headed towards the Li family without looking back.
"There really are such weirdos in the world."
Lu Qingfeng walked around Li's house, found a low wall, and climbed over it. Fortunately, although Li's house was big, there were not many servants. Otherwise, Lu Qingfeng, who was so big, could make such a big move by climbing over the wall.
It has already attracted the owner's attention.
Lu Qingfeng took a quick look and guessed where the main courtyard of the mansion was, so he walked toward the main courtyard.
As soon as Li Dagang returned home, he went straight to Li Xiaobao's yard. Before Li Xiaobao could react, Li Dah grabbed him and searched him.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
"Money bag...money bag...your money bag, let me ask you where is your money bag?!"
Li Xiaobao was confused and said, "I met my uncle a few days ago and he asked me to borrow money, so I..."
Before Li Xiaobao finished speaking, Li Da's slap fell on the back of Li Xiaobao's head, "You prodigal, your uncle lent you money, and you gave it all to him?!"
Li Xiaobao said aggrievedly, "Uncle, why is it borrowing? It is clearly robbing!"
Li Da took a few breaths to calm down and said, "Since it is the money bag Li Shisan lost, you should remember that the money bag has nothing to do with you, you know?"
Li Xiaobao also felt guilty and just mumbled "Yeah."
Li Da was dissatisfied and said in a hoarse voice, "Louder! Do you remember?"
I went to have my wisdom teeth extracted today, both the upper and lower ones. The extraction process went well, but now they are swollen into pig heads and it is difficult to type. Please bear with me~
