sinovels Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Weisheng smelled faintly of alcohol, even if his clothes were neat and his face was normal, he still couldn't escape Cangdoushan's eyes.
He held back his anger: "Why did you go? You came back so late?"
Weisheng readily admitted his mistake: "I drank."
Cang Doushan couldn't figure out who Weisheng, who counted money in the store every day, could know someone, and who was close enough to drink and drink in the middle of the night: "With whom? Where?"
"A grain seller, let's chat with him to make a big deal." Weisheng sat down with a smile, lifted the cover of the supper bowl, and his face suddenly collapsed: "Why is it wonton again?"
"If you like to eat, don't eat, if you don't eat, you will fall down."
"I'll eat, I'll eat!" Weisheng belched, picked up his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He was overjoyed after tasting it: "Mutton and carrot stuffing? When did you buy the mutton? Do you have any more?"
"The little leftovers and minced meat left over from the butcher's meat sale are sold to me at a discount." Cang Doushan got up and yawned, "I'm going to sleep first."
Weisheng chewed the wonton and asked, "Has the grain cellar been dug?"
"No, but there is a storage bag, the same."
"Hey, where did you get the storage bag? It seems expensive."
"Boss Huang sent it."
"Tsk..."
Weisheng ordered three thousand catties of grain, more than 500 catties of glutinous rice cakes, and several hundred catties of dried sweet potatoes, which just filled a storage bag.
"These are all money!" Weisheng patted the storage bag full of content, full of satisfaction.
Not long after Weisheng purchased the grain, the price of grain in Wenjin County skyrocketed by as much as five times. In an instant, public dissatisfaction boiled over, and Huxianju's business was also affected.
A few days later, the boiling public grievances finally intensified into substantive violence. Cangdoushan had long heard the roaring explosions inside and outside the calyx, and was so excited that he roared crazily.Weisheng squatted by the lotus pond and brushed his teeth: "Probably grabbing food, what are you doing up so early, go back to sleep."
Before the words finished, there was a fierce knock on the door, Wei Sheng's expression changed: "Go back!"
Cang Doushan calmly said, "I put a thousand-jun talisman and a fire-avoiding spell on the door, they couldn't break it." He poured tooth powder on the toothbrush, and after brushing for a while, he suddenly thought of a question, "Oh no, the plaque is still there." outside!"
Weisheng hehe: "It was taken off the night before yesterday, you don't know yet."
"Where did you put it?"
"Here, put it there, you can't see such a big thing, should I laugh at you for being blind or stupid..."
The sound of hacking and chiseling replaced knocking on the door, and the people outside were annoyed to find that the door could not be broken open, nor could the fire be started, so they turned to the next door angrily.
The merchants in Huaeli are all strong, and they took precautions early. The thugs went around a few times and failed to knock on the door of any merchant. They greeted the wives and mothers of the merchants in a rage, and left angrily.
In the afternoon of that day, the government's Xiubing came out to restore order, and the streets became even more chaotic. The bustling city was full of gunpowder and smoke, and the piercing sword light kept flashing in the sky until nightfall.
On the third day, Weisheng boldly sneaked outside for a while, and came back with a relaxed expression on his face: "The doors are open, we can open for business."
Cang Doushan was still a little worried: "Where are those people?"
"He must have been arrested, and food prices have started to drop."
Grain prices in Wenjin County fluctuated sharply, returning to the normal level in the past few days. The half-day riots became the talk of ordinary people after dinner. What they talked about was nothing more than how scary that day was, and how many grain merchants died that day. No end, it is agreed that unscrupulous businessmen who hoard food and raise prices should be killed.
As a member of the "should be killed" range, Weisheng continued to stock up on dried sweet potatoes and glutinous rice cakes. Huxianju's customer traffic dropped by more than half, but the orders of top customers remained the same. Huxianju almost counted on those few The guest survived.
It seems to have returned to the peacefulness of singing and dancing when we first came here, and Wenjin County is still peaceful.
Cangdoushan bought a mirror and took a look at himself. His face was white and round, and his cheeks were plump and pink.
Weisheng tried to seduce him: "Really don't want to eat it? I poured eggs and there is a sea duck egg yolk, which is so tender and oily, and white pepper and sesame seeds are sprinkled on the egg surface, do you really not want to eat it?"
Cangdoushan said indifferently: "Don't eat."
"How can you keep yourself full with corn mush? Let's eat a little." Weisheng cut off a part of the salted duck egg filled egg pancake, "Look at the color, it's shiny. This is the best batch of duck eggs salted this year, with a thick yellow color." It’s a lot of oil, it’s a pity not to taste it.”
Cangdoushan grimaced, and reluctantly took a small bite.
The sea duck egg yolk is tender and delicate in the mouth, with a salty and sweet taste, and it is perfect with corn paste. Cang Doushan suspects that he did it on purpose, definitely on purpose!
"Adding sesame seeds and pepper also mixed up the taste, which is not good." Cang Doushan continued to drink corn mush with a stinky face, and went back to the house to try the new formula of balm after drinking.
Weisheng ate the leftover pancakes, washed the dishes and prepared to close the shop.I accidentally found a white paper lantern at the door.
The handle of the lantern was inserted into the door, more than an inch deep into the stone wall.
Weisheng took a little effort to pull out the lantern, looked left and right, and instinctively concluded that it was a magic weapon. He took the lantern to look for Cangdoushan: "Doushan, let's see what this is."
Cangdoushan glanced at it, then suddenly stood up: "Where did you come from?"
"It was inserted in the door, and a hole was poked." Weisheng put down the white paper lantern, "Do you know?"
"The biggest information dealer on the rivers and lakes, Gudengshuixie." Cang Doushan put the paper lantern in front of him and looked at it carefully.The shape of the lantern is almost the same as it was thousands of years ago, but the core formation of the lantern is more ingeniously designed. The seemingly brittle lantern paper has changed its material, and its texture has become tougher, smoother and whiter.
He clasped the head of the lantern and injected spiritual power, and a faint blue flame rose from the wick of the lantern. The lantern paper was baked by the flame, and several lines of words slowly emerged. The content was exactly the same as the format thousands of years ago. It made him want to laugh.
Weisheng probed his brain: "Is this useful?"
Cang Doushan pursed his lips and smiled: "It works." A stream of air cut his middle finger, and he wrote his name on the lantern paper. The blood seeped into the lantern paper and gradually disappeared.
Weisheng looked confused: "What is this for?"
"Agreement." Cangdoushan stared at the blue flame, "I didn't expect it to be passed down."
Not long after he became the master disciple of Xinmen, he received a black paper lantern from Gudeng Shuixie. At that time, when he was young and upright, he burned the black paper lantern without even thinking about it.
Thinking about it now, if he had accepted the lantern from Gudengshuixie at that time, he might not have to investigate alone now.Dark lights are extremely high-ranking in Gudeng Waterside Pavilion. If any "dark light" dies for no reason, Gudeng Waterside Pavilion will definitely investigate the cause and record it.
The faint blue flame flickered for a while, and slowly extinguished.
"This is the end?"
"Yes." Cang Doushan searched around with the lantern, and pressed the hidden button at the bottom of the lantern. The skeleton of the lantern clicked, bent from the middle, and folded into a flat disc. Stand up automatically."
Weisheng was amazed: "What will happen after signing the agreement, will I send you money?"
"If there is an entrustment, I will give you a commission share." Cang Doushan smiled, "The white lamp is the lowest level of the solitary lamp water pavilion, with the largest number of people. The higher the commission, the higher the natural status. The highest level of fog lamps, there are Rumor has it that they are all big figures at the Tongtian level."
"Oh." Weisheng looked at it over and over with a white paper lantern in high spirits, and then went to do other things.
Cangdou Mountain hangs white lanterns under the eaves. The white lanterns of Gudeng Water Pavilion are exquisitely made. The handles of the lanterns are made of ebony, embossed with flowing clouds and sea waves.
He hung it up, but he didn't expect it to light up within a few days, and lines of writing appeared on the white paper. He never expected that his first task was... Cha Xiaosan.
Chase Huang Desheng's mistress or mistress [-] and [-], including how many times he has been in a brothel outside, also need to investigate clearly, the commission is [-] silver.
The pay is pretty good.
Cang Doushan wrote down the content, waved out the lights, and the writing on the white paper disappeared immediately.He shouted: "Weisheng, Weisheng?"
"In the kitchen!" Weisheng replied loudly.
"Why are you in the kitchen all day long?" Cang Doushan muttered, walked into the kitchen and saw that Weisheng was sweating profusely in the heat, and was about to throw away a pot of dark potatoes in his hand.Cang Doushan glanced curiously: "What's wrong?"
Weisheng was unhappy: "The sugar juice is burnt."
"You want to make shredded potatoes?"
"What to do, it costs sugar and money, so don't do it." Weisheng dumped the potatoes into the slop bucket resentfully, "What's the matter?"
"Gudeng Shuixie is here for a mission, check Xiaosan. Check a man named Huang Desheng."
"Huang Desheng?" Weisheng gave a startled smile, and couldn't help laughing, "Huang Desheng, hahahahahaha!"
Cangdoushan was puzzled, and Weisheng smiled for a long time before saying: "Isn't it our boss Huang, hahahahahaha!"
Cang Doushan couldn't laugh or cry when he realized it, it was fun now.
Weisheng volunteered to take care of Xiaosan's investigation, and with a wretched smile, he promised to check him out.Cangdoushan also felt relieved to let him do it.After searching for a few days, he submitted a very long list, which shocked Cangdoushan.
There are men and women on the list, and Boss Huang's footprints are found in the famous dusty places in Wenjin County, and the details are clearly recorded down to the time of entry and exit.Cang Doushan could only look in amazement: "How did you find out so many?"
The corners of Weisheng's eyes and brows were full of pride: "Think about it, the development of the Gudeng Waterside Pavilion and the fact that we make white lanterns must have taken a fancy to our special news channels. The only special channels we have are those brothels."
Since Yiyue Pavilion has become a regular household in Huxianju, Fengyue venues with comparable status to Yiyue Pavilion have stepped into the door one after another to order makeup powder.After coming and going, I became more and more familiar, and it was easy to ask them for some news.
Cang Doushan smiled when he heard it, and took up a pen to write the list on the white lantern paper. The blue flame flickered and suddenly expanded and swallowed the lantern. The words on the white paper disappeared completely as the flame expanded and contracted.
"Where did this spread?" Weisheng was itchy to see it, and wanted to take it apart to see what happened.
"Yeah, it will probably take a few days to receive the banknote." Cang Doushan folded the lantern and inserted it into the big vase next to the bookshelf, "What are you looking at, don't take it apart."
Weisheng looked innocent: "I just want to see..."
The author has something to say:
During the exam week, the daily change will be on the [-]th, the ninth will not be changed, and the tenth will continue.
Recently, I tried to write salted eggs for the first time in Gou’s third book, and my head became bald.