When Su Ziji came in, a customer in the corner shouted to the waiter: "Give me another pot of green bamboo wine!"
Take a closer look, who is it if it’s not Jia Yuan?
"I'll prepare it for you!" the waiter responded. As soon as he turned his face, he saw Su Ziji and smiled again: "Hey, my guest, it's raining heavily outside, please come in quickly!"
When it came time to find a seat for Su Ziji, Su Ziji pointed directly at an empty table next to Jia Yuan: "There seems to be an empty seat there?"
"There is this table."
"That's right there. Someone may come over in a while. Let me have a bottle of your signature wine first, and then some dishes."
With that said, Su Ziji went over.
The environment in the tavern is naturally noisy. Even if dozens of people talk in low voices, it will still be buzzing.
The rainy day did not delay the business here. Except for the occasional empty table, it was basically full of people in twos and threes.
This kind of place has the same advantage, that is, it is relatively easy to hear some news.
Su Ziji glanced at the man wearing dark brown satin clothes and sat down, drinking tea slowly and looking around.
Until the waiter served Su Ziji the food and warmed the wine, Jia Yuan opposite him, who was in his forties and looked sad, was still drinking sip after sip without using his chopsticks to eat the dishes in front of him.
Su Ziji did not go over immediately, but listened to the conversation of several people at a table not far away.
Their voices were not loud. To Su Ziji, even if they were whispering in his ear, only one of them could hear: "Did you hear? The heavy rain in Nanba County turned into a flood, and people died."
"Real or false? If that's the case, why can't we hear any news here? Nanba County is not far from us, right?"
"I'm afraid the higher-ups stopped me. If I don't have any relatives there, I'm afraid I won't know about it. I heard that even the government offices were flooded, and the great master ran away with his wife and children..."
This is definitely nonsense. Escape from a flood is almost the same as losing land. The county magistrate must bear heavy responsibility.
"Is there going to be nothing wrong with us here? It's been raining for eight or nine days. When will it be sunny? If it rains like this again, will something happen to Jiangba?"
"Shh! Don't talk nonsense about this. You two are talking about this here without fear of being overheard and causing trouble."
"Oh, that's what I said. I won't say it any more. Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"
When Su Ziji heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Even ordinary people are feeling uneasy. If the floods cannot be cured, there may not be peace here. They can't help but secretly think: "I wonder if this year's floods have anything to do with monsters."
Just then, following the waiter's voice, someone else came in.
This man put away his umbrella, said a few words to the waiter, and then came over. He was a wild Taoist.
"They didn't follow?" Su Ziji asked casually when he saw the wild Taoist sitting across from him.
In fact, you don't need to ask to know that the wild Taoist people thought of a way to temporarily lure away the people who were following Su Ziji.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you won't find him." The wild Taoist said, and his eyes fell on Jia Yuan across from him. Although it was not the first time he saw him, he still sighed inwardly: "Look at Jia Yuan, he is a good-looking person. What a pity."
After sighing, he didn't say anything immediately. He took out a small oilcloth bag from his arms, placed it on the table, and opened it to find several rolls of paper.
"... Young Master, this is what you want." The wild Taoist pushed them towards Su Ziji.
Su Ziji knew that this should be the evidence found by the wild Taoists. Without asking first, he opened the papers and read them one by one, with a hint of appreciation on his face.
"Actually, Jia Yuan and Huang Liangping are still relatives, first cousins."
"The Jia family is originally a single generation, with land and land. On the contrary, although Huang Liangping has a large family, they are not wealthy. They are just a middle-class family!"
"Both Jia Yuan and Huang Liangping passed the government examination and are scholars."
"Twenty years ago, suddenly, the Jia family was attacked by bandits. At that time, Jia Yuan's parents and wife were burned to death in the ancestral home. The wife was still pregnant, so the three of them died."
"Not only that, the county magistrate at that time also asked Jia Yuan why he was involved with the gangsters. Jia Yuan was so distressed that he sold his ancestral land to Huang Liangping and went to do business."
"After careful investigation, I found out that Huang Liangping did everything to fight for a piece of land from the Jia family."
"I looked at this piece of land, and there is indeed some knowledge. But it was not meant to enlighten me, but it happened to be bought by the Jia family. As a businessman, I can become the richest man in the province, and as an official, I can produce a third-level official, and it can last for three generations. The only thing
His only flaw is that he has few heirs."
"Thank you for your hard work." Su Ziji still believed in the opinions of professionals. No wonder Huang Liangping, the prefect, chose the Jia family's Feng Shui treasure to seize, and it was not easy to investigate it so carefully. He said at the moment: "I went with
He speaks."
With that said, he wrapped the small oilcloth bag and stood up to go over.
"Sir, you have a status now, so it's not appropriate to go." The wild Taoist glanced at the next table: "It will be even worse if you are deeply implicated. I will just go there."
With that said, he went over and said, "Brother, it's boring to drink here alone. Why don't you have a drink with me?"
Jia Yuan glanced at the wild Taoist. The wild Taoist shook his head secretly. When he got closer, he saw that the man had an increasingly bitter look on his face. It was obvious that he should have descendants full of wealth, but his appearance was cut off by a few extra lines.
And this pattern is related to experience.
Jia Yuan was a person who went to county school and was a maritime businessman. He felt that the person in front of him could not be distinguished by his dignity. He was slightly surprised and confused. He didn't know what this stranger meant. He wanted to refuse, but suddenly his heart moved and he agreed.
: "Then I'm sorry to bother you."
The Ye Taoist called the waiter and put the two tables together. Su Ziji had already gone elsewhere, so the Ye Taoist and Jia Yuan were the only ones at this table.
Without much persuasion from the wild Taoist, this man's eyes were blurred and he had already revealed his identity.
"So, Brother Jia is engaged in maritime silk trading? This is a profitable business. Judging from Brother Jia's clothes, the business must be booming. Why is a man just drinking in this small tavern to relieve his sorrows?" The wild Taoist asked knowingly.
Jia Yuan was not surprised by the wild Taoist's question. Maritime trade was inherently profitable. Although it carried risks, the profits were extremely considerable, so it was not surprising that he was puzzled.
He just sighed: "It's not the heirs who are causing trouble. To be honest, I'm almost at the age where I know my destiny. My previous wife passed away and my second wife also died of illness a few years ago. I married a second concubine from a good family.
It looks like it’s easy to have a child, but after all these years, let alone a son, I don’t even have a daughter!”
The more Jia Yuan talked about it, the more uncomfortable he felt: "Even if I have made some wealth over the years, if I don't have any heirs, wouldn't I be advantageous to others a hundred years later? How will I face my ancestors when I go to Jiuquan? What do you think I will do?"
How can I not worry?"
Thinking of the sadness, he didn't care that the person speaking was unfamiliar, and sighed repeatedly: "My first wife was pregnant with me back then. It would be great if I could give birth to her."
As he said this, the dignified seven-foot-tall man actually wiped away his tears.
The wild Taoist looked at it and was amazed. This kind of thing should not be said casually, but as soon as the young master sat nearby, he seemed to be the other's relative and close friend, and he said everything.
The wild Taoist has also thought about it carefully these days. There are several spells that can achieve similar effects, but they are not so easy.