In a large manor in the north of Fengyi County, Tongzhou, there are endless wheat fields in the manor, and there is a forest in the northwest corner. This manor covering an area of 30 hectares is surrounded by walls. It can be seen that this is a very large manor.
Old manor.
At this time, a carriage drove in from the gate and drove along the main road to the westernmost house.
As millions of horses have been brought from Hexi and the northern grasslands in recent years, horses are no longer scarce. The imperial court has released single horses to ordinary people, whether it is a carriage pulled by a single horse or riding a horse.
Whether farmers or businessmen, they can use it at will.
However, the two-horse carriage must be used by officials above the county magistrate, the three-horse carriage must be used by officials of the fifth grade or above, the four-horse carriage must be used by officials of the third grade or above, and the five-horse carriage requires special approval. Currently, only Jixianden University
Only the emperor can use it. As for the eight-horse carriage, only the King of Jin and the princess can use it. The nine-horse carriage is an imperial carriage, which is not available yet. Although the Queen Mother can do it, she is very low-key and rarely goes out. At most, she rides a two-horse carriage.
carriage.
So this ordinary carriage pulled by a single horse drove into the manor. There was nothing special about it. Many carriages that traveled long distances for business were just like this one.
Sitting in the carriage was an old man with deep eyes and a high nose, who looked to be of some Hu origin. He looked deeply at the wheat fields on both sides. The wheat had turned yellow and would be harvested in half a month.
The carriage rushed all the way through the woods. After a while, it came to a big house. This was actually a house, covering an area of about twenty acres. It was located in the woods. A small river ran through the house. The scenery was extremely beautiful. It was simply...
A paradise.
The carriage dismounted and walked directly to the mansion. The two warriors saluted him quickly. At this time, the housekeeper came out and said, "The steward of Kangda is here!"
"Is the master here?"
"It's in the back garden! Chief steward, please follow me."
The old man followed the housekeeper to the back garden and saw an old man in a white robe sitting on a big stone feeding fish. The old man named Kang stepped forward and said respectfully: "See the master!"
The voice of the old man in white robe was very cold, "Of the twelve chief stewards, you are the last one to arrive."
"In my humble position, I have to deal with the matter thoroughly and not let the other party take advantage of me, so I'm a day late. Please forgive me, Master!"
"Have you dealt with it?"
"Reporting to the master, everything has been dealt with. Wu Faping has been killed in time. We suspect that his brother Wu Fashan knows something about the situation, but there is no evidence, so we will kill him too. The other party will never find any clues."
The old man in white robe sneered, "You underestimate Guo Song too much. He has already seen through that Wu Faping assassinated Dugu Qiu, and the man in black you created was just a deception."
The old man named Kang was shocked. This was his proud work. He thought it had no flaws, but it was actually seen through?
"Ashamed of my humble position!"
"So I often tell you, don't be smart. This little cleverness is not enough in front of Guo Song. If you underestimate him, we will die without a burial place. If you think about it again, what loopholes will there be?"
"I have thought about it over and over again, and there is indeed no loophole."
"wrong!"
The old man in white robe gave him a sharp look, "You still kept the pigeon letter, how did I tell you?"
"But many merchants use pigeon mail."
"You dare to talk back to me?"
There was a hint of coldness in the words of the old man in white robes. The old man surnamed Kang trembled all over, lowered his head and said: "I don't dare to do this for a humble job! I will send the pigeon letter away when I get back."
The white-robed old man's face softened a little, and he said seriously: "Only if we don't move, there will be no loopholes. As long as we move, loopholes will come out. This is why I came to you. Everyone should be silent and don't take any action.
Just engage in business honestly and don't take any action for at least three months."
"I remember the master's instructions!"
The old man in white robe looked at the sky again and said: "Our career is a long-term process. We have suffered too many losses. We must learn lessons deeply, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, be patient, forbearing, and plan carefully. If we cannot escape unscathed, we would rather give up."
Planning and patience are the only ways for us to defeat Guo Song. Do you remember what I said?"
"Master's teachings, I will always keep them in mind."
"Did you find anything?"
"It was discovered that Wei Huan, the head of the Wei family in Chang'an, was extremely dissatisfied with Guo Song. He often criticized the court and the King of Jin at friends' gatherings, and humbled himself to ask for instructions. Can he win over?"
"no!"
The old man in white robe categorically denied, "This Wei Huan is a man of great ambition and talent. He has little success but more than failure. He is also arrogant. If you come into contact with him, he will definitely betray us. Moreover, Wei Yingwu is the most prestigious in the Wei family now. You can't win over Wei."
In our family, mediocre people like Wei Huan and Guo Song have no use, and neither do we."
"I understand the humble position!"
"Go! Take a detour to Jingzhou and return to Chang'an. Your whereabouts have nothing to do with Tongzhou."
The old man named Kang bowed and left in a hurry.
The old man in white robe started feeding the fish again. He sat on the big rock like a statue, with no expression on his face, as if nothing happened.
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At dusk that day, the closing bell of the West Market rang. Although Chang'an has not closed the city gate, the West Market and the East Market are still closed. This is also the request of many merchants, taking into account the safety of the goods.
The customers left, and all the merchants were busy counting the goods and calculating the accounts. In the tea shop, a group of five or six-year-old children were happily playing a hide-and-seek game. They were very familiar with every corner here. A child was hiding
When we arrived at the corner of the second floor of the stairs of Bashu Chuanxiang Tea Shop, there was a small hidden space there, just right for a child to hide.
The child was hiding in the corner, and the setting sun was shining through the cracks in the wooden boards. Through the gaps in the wooden boards, the child discovered that the small room next to him turned out to be a treasure house. He opened his eyes wide, and one of the treasures was very close at hand. He finally couldn't help but hold his little hand.
Stretched in through a small hole bitten by a mouse
There is also a tea shop next to Bashu Chuanxiang Tea Shop called Zhushi Tea Shop. The owners of the tea shop are a couple, a fat woman and her skinny husband.
Mrs. Zhu is very fat. She has given birth to three children. The eldest daughter is married, the second son is sent to school, and the youngest son who is only five years old is with her. Like other shops, when they are busy doing business, the children are left alone.
of.
The shop has been closed, Mrs. Zhu is settling the accounts, and her husband and two clerks are counting the goods upstairs.
At this time, a child suddenly heard from the backyard! He cried loudly, and the cry was very sharp, as if something big had happened.
Mrs. Zhu was so frightened that she dropped the account and ran to the backyard. The scene in front of her shocked her. She saw the child's hands full of blood, sitting on the ground crying. She immediately panicked and shouted: "Child, he is
Dad, come quickly!"
After a moment, shopkeeper Zhu and two waiters came running like a gust of wind. Seeing his son's hands covered with blood, shopkeeper Zhu stamped his feet anxiously, "Hurry up and find a doctor!"
One of the waiters had been a soldier and had been injured. He had experience and said quickly: "Shopkeeper, don't worry, let's deal with it first. Madam, please bring me a basin of water!"
"Why!"
Mrs. Zhu quickly went to fetch water, and after a while she carried a bucket of water. The man cleaned the child's hands. Fortunately, three fingers were cut at the same time, but the cut was slightly deeper and the blood flowed more.
There are common hemostatic herbs in the store that can disinfect and stop bleeding. The clerk applied medicine to the child and wrapped it with a bandage.
Seeing that the problem was not serious, shopkeeper Zhu Zhu complained dissatisfied to his wife: "Why don't you take better care of your child?"
"I don't know either! How did he do it?"
Mrs. Zhu saw an arrow under the child at first sight, and she was so frightened that she quickly pulled it out, "Where did this come from?"
The clerk recognized at a glance that this was not a feathered arrow, but a crossbow arrow. He took it and took a closer look. He saw that it was a typical military crossbow arrow, a three-edged arrow with blades on both sides. It was very sharp. The child's hand was cut by the blade.
Shopkeeper Zhu also recognized that this was a crossbow arrow, and he quickly asked his son: "Xiao Sanlang, where did you find this?"
The child sobbed and said, "It's in the stairs next to it."
"Why is there such a thing on the stairs? Tell the truth, and daddy promises not to hit you."
"There is a small house inside the stairs. There are many, many of them, so I took one."
"Are they all arrows?" the man asked.
"Lots of others, long spears, and broadswords, lots and lots of them."
Five- and six-year-old children all admire weapons very much, just as children of later generations admire weapons. They basically know all kinds of weapons.
The clerk and shopkeeper Zhu looked at each other. They both knew that spears, broadswords, and crossbows were weapons that were strictly prohibited from being owned by civilians. If you have a rusty spear or broadsword at home, it's not a big problem. If you have many, many, that's it.
Big problem.
"Shopkeeper, let's go report it!"
The guy served in the military and was discharged after being injured, so he is more vigilant.
But the shopkeeper was hesitant. He had a good relationship with Li Wulang, and the report would be tantamount to betraying Li Wulang. But Mrs. Zhu thought about the child. If the child knew his secret, would he attack the child in the future?
"I'm going to report!" Mrs. Zhu made a decisive decision.