Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood at the door of the Manji Sugar Shop, staring at a huge hanging painting facing the door in the store.
In the middle of this painting are eighteen gods and Buddhas, surrounded by a circle of water ripples, and the water ripples are separated from the middle and look inexplicably familiar, like two fish tails.
Bai Yutang suddenly saw this painting, and inexplicably thought of the fishtail pillow, and felt that the fishtail pillow seemed to simplify the painting and then roll it up.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were at the door of the Manji Sugar Shop, staring at the wall of the hall in a daze, and it was such a coincidence that Man Muhua, the owner of Manji, was in the shop, and as soon as he went out, he saw the little fourth son.
Full of Muhuale, beckoning to the little fourth son to say hello.
The instinctive reaction of the little fourth son was to see others beckoning to him, so he stretched out his little hand and waved at him.
Man Muhua was even happier, but the shopkeeper on the side gently touched his young master, signaling that there were not only the fourth son at the door, but also Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, they didn't look like people who would come to buy candy.
Man Muhua also came back to his senses, smiled when he saw Zhan Zhao, and arched his hand slightly, "Isn't this Lord Zhan, passing by to investigate the case or buying sugar cakes?"
Zhan Zhao looked at Man Muhua, not only Zhan Zhao, at this time, Bai Yutang and Tianzun also understood what Pang Yu said, this Man Muhua "is not a second ancestor in the traditional sense, but not a second ancestor in the non-traditional sense", what this sentence meant.
Man Muhua looks very shrewd, a little bit of a businessman, but he seems lazy and casual, as if he is not serious.
In addition, his dressing style is completely different from Bai Yutang, but it can be seen that the fabric is exquisite, and all the details are very particular.
The question asked by Man Muhua was also quite direct, Zhanzhao appeared at the door of the sugar shop for no more than three reasons, it is unlikely that he passed by, investigated the case, and bought sugar before and after, and the middle one is more reliable.
However, Man Muhua couldn't remember what case had happened recently and had something to do with their sugar shop, so someone choked to death after eating sugar When Zhan Zhao was still thinking about how to answer, Tianzun behind him said, "Little Fourth Son is here to buy candy." ” "Oh" A smile immediately appeared on Man Muhua's face, "Little Fourth Son still needs to buy whatever he wants, take whatever he wants, are you my honored guest?"
Tianzun and Xiao Sizi glanced at each other, bypassed the Zhanzhao White Jade Hall, which was still pestled at the door like a piece of wood, and walked into the shop.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed behind and walked inside, their eyes fixed on the painting on the wall.
Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Don't you think this painting is weird?"
Bai Yutang nodded and asked, "Do you have any shops in every house?"
Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I've only seen it in this main shop. ” Bai Yutang frowned.
"How" Zhanzhao asked him, "what do you think?"
The fifth master was silent for a long time and said, "What an ugly painting" Zhan Zhao poked him with his hand, which meant that people were hanging on the door, and if they felt ugly, don't say it Everyone stepped into the store, and Man Muhua greeted the little fourth son very warmly, and asked the shopkeeper to take out the new products in the store and try them for the little fourth son.
Tianzun reminded the little fourth son, "Your father can say, you can't eat too much and have tooth decay." ” Although Xiao Sizi said that he was here to buy sugar, he didn't seem to be very interested in the sugar on the table, but muttered in a low voice, "Where is the sugar?"
Tianzun almost burst into joy, daring to find "evidence of the crime".
Man Muhua's ears are quite good, and he asked the shopkeeper to take out the signature candy in the store.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also a little curious, what the legendary candy made according to the appearance of the little fourth son did not look like it The guy just took out a few brocade boxes, Zhanzhao almost sprayed, the color paper box is very exquisite, according to the different fillings, the color of the colored paper is also different, the red bean paste is red, the egg yolk is yellow, the corn is orange, the sesame black In short, no matter what color the colored paper, there is a chubby, cute rabbit painted on it.
The little fourth son stared at the rabbit, and his cheeks puffed up.
Tianzun poked him, telling him not to get angry first, and to open it to see what was going on inside.
Zhan Zhao touched his chin, thinking that he could let Pang Yu consider adding this sugar to the sugar cake he sent, which should be liked by many people Bai Yutang had already moved his mind to let Bai Fu quietly order a thousand copies for him, and sent them to the Demon Palace, Yingxue Palace, Red Cherry Village, and Trap Island.
Tianzun stretched out his hand to open the lid and looked inside, but he couldn't help it, and let out a "poof".
When Xiao Sizi heard Tianzun laughing, he raised his face and glanced at him resentfully.
"Ahem."
Tianzun hurriedly made a serious face and shook his head at the little fourth son, which didn't mean anything like it Man Muhua poked one with his signature and let the little fourth son taste it.
Xiao Sizi reached out and took it, took a bite, smacked his mouth, and felt that it tasted quite good.
"How much does this cost for a box," the little fourth son asked after eating.
"A box of five cents, a set of four boxes, a set of twenty cents, and a packet of sugar."
Man Muhua replied.
Xiao Sizi looked at him, "It's not cheap, a pound of pork is only twenty yuan." ” Man Muhua smiled, "I remember that all I sell are high-quality products." ” Bai Yutang gently touched his chin.
Zhan Zhao, look at him, young master, do you know how much pork costs a catty Bai Yutang pretended not to see it, continued to admire the paintings on the wall, and once again sighed at the ugly paintings Xiao Sizi found a chair, climbed up and sat down, covered the box, looked up at Man Muhua with a smile on his face, and asked, "This candy is not thrown off according to my appearance, and when it is not sold, it is a gimmick made by me."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, oh, the fourth son is preparing to theorize Man Muhua smiled, "That's right, you also know that everyone in Kaifeng City likes you." ” Xiao Sizi nodded, took a piece of paper, took a pen, brushed and wrote, and asked, "How many boxes of candy like this can you sell in a year?"
Man Muhua thought for a moment, "Hmm" "It's useless to think about it, you have to look at the ledger."
The little fourth son is quite serious.
Man Muhua amused him, and asked the shopkeeper to bring the account book, a total of more than 200,000 boxes of sugar were sold last year, and more people bought it this year, and 100,000 boxes had been sold just in April.
Xiao Sizi nodded and stretched out his little hand, "Give me thirty percent of the money you earn from selling all the dim sum that has something to do with me." ” Man Muhua was stunned.
Zhan Zhao and Tianzun blinked, and Bai Yutang nodded, "Justice." ” Man Muhua played haha with the little fourth son, and asked him to come and get whatever he wanted to eat in the future.
Xiao Sizi flattened the piece of paper just now, and saw that the conversation between him and Man Muhua was recorded on it.
Xiao Sizi wrote the word "form" at the top of the paper, and looked at Man Muhua, "Then let's file a lawsuit." ” Man Muhua opened his mouth wide.
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Zhan Zhao couldn't help but laugh, the fourth son is the son of the master of Kaifeng Mansion, and he is not treated in vain in Kaifeng Mansion, and if he can't communicate, he will file a lawsuit Man Muhua couldn't cry or laugh, sat down to discuss with the little fourth son, and said, "Thirty percent is too much" "Thirty percent is not much at all," Xiao Sizi shook his head, "In the future, if you want to sell things related to me, you will give me thirty percent." ” Man Muhua took a breath of cold air and looked at Zhanzhao.
Zhan Zhao spread his hands, indicating that the fourth son was in charge.
Man Muhua narrowed his eyes and teased the fourth son, "This is unfounded, and you may not win the lawsuit." ” Xiao Sizi tilted his head, "Then let's try." ” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both surprised, and the dumplings were not ambiguous Man Muhua took another breath of cold air, isn't this ball an honest man The shopkeeper tugged on Mu Hua's sleeve, shook his head at him, and the young master thought twice, it was not wise to file a lawsuit with the little fourth son Man Muhua moved a chair and sat down to reason with Xiao Sizi, "Then the candy we sell is made like the twelve zodiac signs, wouldn't I score thirty percent for the twelve animals?"
Xiao Sizi was unhurried, "How can people and animals eat chickens every day without breaking the law, you try to eat people every day." ” "Poof" Zhan Zhao and Tianzun didn't hold back.
Bai Yutang nodded as worthy of being from Gongsun's family, it doesn't look like a three-point thing Man Muhua was so choked that he couldn't say a word, and finally bargained with the little fourth son, "It's better to do this, take 20%, and the people you introduce to buy things will be folded in half in the future."
Xiao Sizi seemed to think about it for a while, and began to be in a daze when he looked at the box of candy.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other.
I saw that the little fourth son stretched out his little hand and touched his chubby chin, "Sancheng seems to be a little less, otherwise let's split it in half."
Man Muhua opened his mouth and said that Xiao Tuanzi wanted to take away his family property Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded and couldn't even deal with coaxing, the group was not simple.
Man Muhua and Xiao Sizi grinded for a long time, Zhan Zhao and several other adults did not help, they all watched Xiao Sizi clean up the eldest young master, and finally Man Muhua was defeated.
"Good" Gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, Man Muhua signed the contract, and after signing it, he threw the pen and leaned on the table for him Lao Tzu to feel sorry for the silver, and poked the little fourth son, "Little fourth son, you will not be able to do anything in the future, do you think about doing something business?"
The little fourth son pulled out another piece of paper and puffed out his cheeks, "Don't do business, I want to be Langzhong." ” After speaking, I saw Xiao Sizi brush and write three lines on the paper and handed it to the bookkeeper who was in charge of giving him the silver, "In the future, all the silver will be divided into three parts and sent to these three places." ” Man Muhua looked at the piece of paper, and the fourth son wrote a total of three addresses, one was the good hall on the street behind Kaifeng Mansion, and the other was the largest porridge shop at the city gate.
The bookkeeper looked at the little fourth son, and the good hall on the street behind Kaifeng Mansion included the study for the adoption of orphans, the pharmacy and the clinic for the grandson.
As for the porridge shop at the gate of the city, everyone knows that it is a place to provide food and warm clothing for the homeless and beggars.
Mr.
Ledger was getting older, smiled and stroked his beard, and nodded that the little fourth son was kind-hearted.
I went to look at the last line of words again, and when I looked at it, I was stunned.
In the last line, Xiao Sizi writes the address of a street.
Man Muhua was a little puzzled and asked, "What kind of place is this?"
Zhan Zhao also leaned over to take a look, and was shocked when he saw it, this was the address of the alley where the palace maid Liang Qiaoyu's house lived.
The fourth son said, "Every family on this street has to get a share. ” Man Muhua's face was dazed, "Where is it?"
The shopkeeper and the bookkeeper turned white at this time, and whispered a few words to their young owner.
According to Man Muhua's age, he was not yet born when the case happened more than 30 years ago.
But after all, it's your own business, so it's impossible that you haven't heard of it.
Man Muhua nodded and asked the fourth son, "You mean to compensate the families who were victims of Xu Ji's case back then."
"Hmm."
The little fourth son nodded.
"But it was Xu Ji who poisoned him back then."
Man Muhua said, "Man Ji has also suffered heavy losses, after all, we are making food, even if the people of Kaifeng City know that it is Xu Ji's people who poisoned it, but for a long time, everyone did not dare to eat Man Ji's things."
Later, my grandfather ate one and sold the other, so that the business was started from scratch. ” The shopkeeper also nodded and said to the little fourth son, "This matter really has nothing to do with Manji, and the government didn't sentence us to pay them silver." ” "It's not for them."
Xiao Sizi shook his head, "I gave it to them, and the silver is mine." ” Man Muhua looked at the little fourth son for a long time, and suddenly reached out and hugged him, "I'll take you as a godson."
Zhan Zhao hurriedly went to snatch the little fourth son back, and said in his heart, it was still awkward to recognize Zhao Pu's grandson at that time, and it would be crazy to have another godfather grandson at this time.
Man Muhua seemed to be in a good mood, waved his hand to the account room and the shopkeeper, signaled them to do what the little fourth son said, and asked Zhanzhao Bai Yutang, "If you want to invite, it's better to meet by chance, let's go to dinner together, Pang Yu didn't come, I haven't touched him for a while, I heard that Concubine Pang took over this year's birthday banquet, and I was about to discuss with him the style of this year's sugar cake." ” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, this matter was only confirmed yesterday, and they also knew early in the morning, this news of Manmuhua was fast enough.
Zhan Zhao felt that it should not be a problem to ask Man Muhua directly, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the painting on the wall and asked, "That painting" "It's ugly," Man Muhua suddenly became excited.
Bai Yutang nodded silently, the furniture and furnishings in this store were all first-class and tasteful, but this vulgar painting was simply out of place.
"This is my Manji heirloom, as for where it came from, no one knows, only that my grandfather said, even if there are mountains of gold and silver in the shop, as long as it is on fire, the only thing that needs to be snatched out is this painting, and it is stipulated that this painting must be hung on the wall facing the gate of the main shop of Manji for generations" Man Muhua was also angry, "I wanted to take it down several times, but my father said that my grandfather was going to climb out of the grave, so I had to keep it." ” Zhan Zhao frowned, "Do any old people in your family know the origin of this painting?"
Man Muhua hugged his arms and shook his head, "My grandfather and grandfather have passed away, and my father usually gets up three glasses of wine in the morning to get drunk for a day, I also asked him, and he said he didn't know." ” Zhan Zhao looked at the two elderly bookkeepers and shopkeepers.
The bookkeeper shook his head, but the shopkeeper pondered for a moment and said, "The old man suddenly brought it back one day." ” It was the first time that Man Muhua had heard of it, "Let's talk about it in detail." ” The shopkeeper said, "I remember that day it was raining raining, and the sky was thundering, and the old man suddenly ran back with a long piece of oiled paper, and he was drenched himself, but the umbrella and robe were protecting the paper bag. ” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned when they heard this, and their behavior was quite abnormal.
"After the old man came back, he hid in the room and didn't come out, I guess he sat all night."
The shopkeeper said, "I was still young at that time, just an apprentice, and I was still serving the old man's life, I took a change of clothes to knock on the door, the old man asked me not to go in, the next morning, the old man changed clothes." ” "So strange," Man Muhua was also puzzled.
"The next day, after the master changed his clothes, he hung the painting on the wall facing the main door of the lobby, and specially burned incense to worship, and then set this family motto" The shopkeeper said, "That's all I know, but this painting is very auspicious Since it was hung, Manji's business is getting better and better. ” "When was that?"
asked Zhanzhao.
"Oh, that's been a long time."
The shopkeeper thought for a moment, "I was only twelve or thirteen years old that year, and I had to be sixty years old. ” Man Muhua saw that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were very interested in this painting, so he asked, "Is something wrong?"
Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, didn't say anything, bought two packets of candy for the little fourth son, and prepared to leave.
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Man Muhua said that he wanted to invite the little fourth son to dinner, but the little fourth son still had something to do, Tianzun seemed to be in a hurry, and ran away with him.
When Zhan Zhao went out, he saw Bai Yutang involuntarily looking in the direction that Tianzun ran away, so he asked, "Curious" "Don't you think it's weird, mysterious."
Bai Yutang counted the days, "It's not a New Year's festival lately, and I haven't seen anything happen to him in April before." ” "Let's go along and see, we'll understand" Zhanzhao pulled Bai Yutang and followed.
The little fourth son was lying on Tianzun's shoulder, and naturally saw Zhanzhao and Baiyutang following behind.
Zhan Zhao waved his hand at him and motioned for him not to speak.
The fourth child was nodding, and he heard Tianzun say without looking back, "They don't know if I'm mixed up with them."
Xiao Sizi looked at Tianzun, "Zunzun, what is wrong with you, let the cat know in vain that even Yin Yin can't be brought" "Small things, many troubles."
Tianzun said, looking at the little fourth son, "It's you." ” The little fourth son blinked.
"You gave the money to the porridge shop and the good hall, but it's okay, why do you still give a part of it to those households," Tianzun asked.
The fourth son said, "Daddy kept talking about this last night. ” Tianzun was curious, "Your father asked you to give it" Xiao Sizi shook his head, "That's not true." ” "Then you have to give it yourself," Tianzun sighed, "It's one thing for you to have a good heart, but sometimes some things are not easy to solve." ” The little fourth son nodded.
"Xu Ji was sentenced to be beheaded all over the house, which means that his family didn't even leave a newborn baby."
Tianzun said, "Xu Ji must have compensated after the sale of his family property, and besides, human life cannot be exchanged for silver, and to put it bluntly, it is human life for human life, so this case has been closed." ” The little fourth son nodded.
Tianzun knew that this kid was sometimes a little stunned, and he didn't know if he understood, so he continued, "The older you get, the more unfair things in this world will be.
Sometimes well-intentioned, but the results in exchange may not always be good. ” The little fourth son nodded again.
"Especially when there is a large group of people involved, and people are different, and treating one person is different from treating a group of people."
Tianzun said, "A person can stay awake, but a group of people is easy to lose their minds, a bad person is easy to deal with, but a group of good people sometimes do bad things that you can't imagine." ” The little fourth son then nodded.
Tianzun was also powerless, rubbing him, "You don't understand" Xiao Sizi still nodded.
Tianzun couldn't cry or laugh, thinking that maybe he couldn't understand it, but the fourth son asked, "Zunzun, did you reason with him like this when you were a child?"
Tianzun pouted, "How is he the same as you, you are so well-behaved, he will talk back if he has the right idea" Bai Yutang, who was following behind, suddenly stretched out his hand to cover his nose, and Zhanzhao hurriedly dragged him into the alley first, wondering, "What are Tianzun talking about with your little fourth son?"
Bai Yutang rubbed his nose and said, "It is estimated that it is a little experience that he has accumulated for more than a hundred years. ” "About what" Zhan Zhao wondered.
"Didn't you see that when the little fourth son said just now that he was going to give the money to Liang Qiaoyu's neighborhood, my master frowned?"
Zhan Zhao had a "so it is" expression on his face Bai Yutang, does that mean you are quite careful, Tianzun frowned, you know Bai Yutang muttered, and happened to see it.
Zhan Zhao pondered for a moment and asked, "Tianzun is afraid that the little fourth son will be too kind in the future, and the result will be the same as the demon king."
Bai Yutang sighed, "It's normal for the old man to teach children how to behave, the key is whether they can be taught." ” "If you can be a man," Zhan Zhao spread his hands, "Then what else is there to be that people are the same all over the world, how boring" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao and smiled, nodding.
Tianzun, who was walking with the little fourth son in front of him, had no choice but to look back, and saw two "tracking" Zhengzheng Daguang standing in the middle of the road looking at each other.
Tianzun shook his head, these two little ones are too unusual. was looking back, and heard the little fourth son ask him, "Do you have any enemies?"
Tianzun amused him, "Otherwise, why do you think Yutang's kung fu is so good, and my enemy's credit is greater than mine."
The little fourth son was amused by Tianzun and laughed "hehe".
Later, Bai Yutang couldn't help it, a sneeze.
Zhan Zhao squinted at him, you should be attentive to follow Bai Yutang was speechless, you really didn't think he found out "Then has anyone done anything to be sorry for you," the little fourth son then asked.
Tianzun was slightly stunned and smiled faintly.
"If someone does something you'll never forgive."
Xiao Sizi asked seriously, "But that person apologizes to you every day, and tries to do everything to compensate you for being so long, will you forgive him?"
Tianzun seemed to be distracted, for a long time, and asked the little fourth son, "If one day, someone kills your father, and you can't kill him to avenge your father, and then that person apologizes to you every day and tries to compensate you, will you forgive him?"
Xiao Sizi shook his head.
"Won't it?"
Xiao Sizi then shook his head, "I don't know." ” Tianzun was stunned.
"I won't know if I'll forgive him until he does."
Xiao Sizi said, "Even if I won't forgive him, he should apologize Oh whether he forgives or not and whether he apologizes are two different things." ” Tianzun stared blankly ahead.
The fourth child asked Tianzun, "Among those who are sorry for you, has anyone apologized to you?"
Tianzun stopped.
Behind, Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao also stopped, a little puzzled, although they were quite far apart, it seemed that something was not right.
Tianzun stood for a long time and shook his head slightly.
Xiao Sizi reached out and touched his head as a sign of comfort.
Tianzun suddenly smiled and nodded, "If one day, the descendants of those people come to apologize, it will indeed feel better."
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Saying that, he looked at the little fourth son, "You sent the silver over, just to make them feel better, isn't that the truth?"
Xiao Sizi smiled and nodded, "Hmm." ” "What if it's not rewarded," Tianzun asked him.
The little fourth son smiled at Tianzun.
Tianzun stared at him, squinting.
The little fourth son pinched Tianzun's face, "Zunzun is so handsome" Tianzun raised his eyebrows, "That's" After speaking, he walked away happily with the little fourth son.
Zhan Zhao wanted to follow, but Bai Yutang reached out and gently pulled his wrist.
Zhan Zhao turned back.
Bai Yutang waved his hand and signaled not to follow.
Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang turn around and walk back, so he followed, "You're not curious."
Bai Yutang shook his head.
"Don't worry about accidents," Zhan Zhao asked.
The fifth master smiled faintly, "If someone looks at him, nothing will happen." ” Zhan Zhao nodded, nodded and said to the roof, "Then don't follow Grandpa."
On the roof, Yin Hou, who was sitting with his chin up, sighed, shook his head, and turned to leave.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned around and continued to investigate the case, but since they said that it was a headless public case, where to start Just walked back to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, I saw a sedan chair parked at the door, the style was very luxurious, and the carriage and horse team were all hung with a unified family crest, a pair of antlers in a circle, just a plum blossom.
Bai Yutang frowned, "I seem to have seen this family crest somewhere." ” Zhanzhao's eyes also showed doubts, "This is the deer king Mei Lie's people." ” "Mei Lie" Bai Yutang remembered, "In terms of seniority, he is Zhao Pu's cousin."
Zhan Zhao nodded, "I probably came to attend the birthday banquet, so I stopped by to see Zhao Pu and Master Bao."
The two of them were at the door, when they heard someone behind them talking, "Brother Zhan." ” Zhan Zhao turned around and saw someone walking not far away.
Bai Yutang also took a look, and it was a young man about the same age as them, dressed in black, elegant, he was leading the horse, followed by his entourage, and there was prey on the horse's back, looking like he had just returned from hunting.
Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "Little Wangye." ” Bai Yutang was puzzled by the little prince Zhan Zhao introduced to Bai Yutang, "Mei Tianyun." ” Bai Yutang thought about it for a while, the little prince surnamed Mei is probably Mei Lie's son.
Mei Tianyun smiled, "It's Mei Tianfei, Brother Zhan made a mistake between me and my second brother." ” Zhanzhao smiled apologetically, "Oh rude." ” Mei Tianfei waved his hand indifferently and saluted Bai Yutang, "This must be Bai Shaoxia, look up for a long time." ” Bai Yutang nodded slightly and looked at Zhanzhao.
"My second brother and I are twins, they look the same, his name is Mei Tianyun and I am called Mei Tianfei, even my father will be confused, only my eldest brother and my mother will not confuse the two of us in this world."
Mei Tianfei seems to have a rather cheerful personality, Zhan Zhao asked him, "Come to Kaifeng with the Deer King to attend the birthday banquet" Mei Tianfei touched his chin, "Well, of course I have to attend the birthday banquet, but there are some other things." ” Zhan Zhao nodded, and didn't ask much, anyway, it's none of his business, it doesn't matter what you're here for.
But Zhanzhao didn't ask, but Mei Tianfei took the initiative to say, "Come to Kaifeng Mansion, of course, there is only one thing." ” Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned and looked at him.
Mei Tianfei spread his hands, "I'm here to report the case":