Chapter 51 Section IX

The moon is dark and the stars are high, and the night is hazy.On a grassy beach on the outskirts of Guihua City, dozens of camels could be vaguely seen gathering together, and the racks on the camels were full of goods. Zhang Youhe inspected the camels one by one, very carefully, and said to the camel driver: "The tying of the rope and the wrapping of the head are all properly done. This is no better than other routes, and there is no ambiguity at all." The camel drivers agreed: "Understood, shopkeeper." At this time, Wen Quanbao led a horse and came to Zhang Youhe: "Youhe..."

Zhang Youhe: "Shopkeeper Wenda, let's go back." Wen Quanbao said in a low voice, "Youhe, this business trip is different from usual. This is a dark house. You have to be careful along the way." Zhang Youhe comforted Wen Quanbao and said, "Don't worry, shopkeeper, this incident of going to a dark house has a history of hundreds of years in Guihua City, after all, it is a minority." Wen Quanbao: "You can't be careless, once it is exposed, it will be a matter of losing your head!" Zhang Youhe: "Don't worry, big shopkeeper, even if God doesn't have eyes, if something happens, I, Zhang Youhe, will take care of everything alone. I will never implicate Wenda shopkeeper and Wan Yuchang. I, Zhang Youhe, alone I have all my brains!"

Wen Quanbao took Zhang Youhe's hand and said, "Youhe, I know you're a man. I don't worry about anything else. I'm worried about you." Zhang Youhe smiled calmly: "I'm sorry for the shopkeeper Lao Lao. If there is nothing else, we should set off." Wen Quanbao let go of his hand and said, "Okay, take care!" Suisheng was chasing a flock of chickens all over the yard in his home.The group of chickens fluttered and clucked, and the chicken feathers and grass clippings were in a mess. Yulian came back from the outside, saw the scene in the yard and shouted, "Suisheng, what are you doing?"

Suisheng was holding a small knife in his hand, and he said disheveledly, "I want to kill a chicken." Yulian: "You're not a little kid, what kind of chicken are you killing?" Suisheng: "If Uncle Huangyang can kill sheep, I can kill chickens." Yulian went over and snatched the knife from Suisheng's hand: "You kid, you are good at dancing knives, do you think you are playing?" Yulian dragged and hugged Suisheng back to the house, but Suisheng quit and wanted to run outside. Yulian said: "Be obedient! Come on, Suisheng. Look, Mom will make you a joke."

When Suisheng looked up, he saw that his mother was holding a few mutton knuckles in her hands. The knuckles were all painted with colors, the red and green ones were really pretty. Yulian asked, "Do you like it?" Suisheng took the mutton joints from his mother: "I like it." Watching Suisheng calm down, Yulian picked up a sheep stick bone and polished it. After grinding for a while, she took the sheep stick bone and exposed it to the sun, and the sheep stick bone became smoother and smoother. Suisheng saw it, came over and asked, "Mom, what is this?" Yulian was all smiles, she said softly to her son, "I'll make something fun for your father too."

Suisheng: "Father is such a grown-up, do you still need something fun to play with?" Yulian laughed and said, "Your father, you'll be an adult for a while, and a child for a while, so why don't you make fun of him?" Yulian polished the lamb bone, carved a small groove on the end, and took a strand of ponytail that had been prepared, and tied it tightly to the lamb bone with a strong hemp rope... … At dusk, the door creaked, and Taichun pushed it open and walked in.Yulian hurriedly ran out of the house to meet her.As usual, Taichun crossed his arms and waited for Yulian to sweep the dust off his clothes.

Yulian hid one hand behind her back and said deliberately: "You can sweep it yourself." Taichun said: "Sweep by myself, but... I can't see behind me." Yulian smiled and said, "I'll give you something." I saw Yulian holding the hand behind her to Taichun's eyes: "Here." When Taichun saw it, he was overjoyed. This is a rare thing!I saw that it was a whisk made of sheep stick bones and horsetail silk.He looked at the whisk carefully: the smooth handle was warm and smooth in his hand; the ponytail was snow-white, and there was not a single hair in it.Taichun liked to say: "This thing is pretty good, where did it come from?"

Before Yulian could speak, Suisheng hurriedly said, "This is something my mother made for you to play with!" Taichun beat himself on the back with the whisk: "Okay, okay! Hey, you really did it?" Yulian: "If you say I didn't do it, who else will do it for you?" Taichun: "Ah, my daughter-in-law is really not simple, she has a clever mind!" Taichun stretched out her arms to hug Yulian, and Yulian smiled and dodged: "What are you doing? Are you crazy? How can Suisheng be a father when he sees you !" Taichun smiled, and continued to beat the front and back of his clothes with the dust whisk, and said: "I know, I'm afraid you have spent a lot of effort on this small dust whisk. Who would do such a thing except your own relatives?" Hard?"

Yulian didn't speak, just stood there looking at her husband with a pursed smile, her face was full of happiness and contentment. Later that day, Mr. Lu went out to do some business, and Helian was in front of him calling for business.In Sanyitai's accounting room, Taichun was sitting in front of the cabinet and checking the current accounts.At this time, the door of the house was pushed open with a "bang", and the gazelle hurried in. The gazelle looked flustered: "Brother Taichun, something bad happened!" Taichun raised his head: "What did you say?"

Yellow sheep: "Brother, Wan Yu's long camel caravan went to a dark house and was detained by the government on the way." Taichun: "Is this really the case?" Huang Yang: "It's news from the Daotai yamen." Taichun: "Ah... Is there any news about you and brother?" Yellow sheep: "Brother Youhe is leading the team and he is running? The important thing is that Brother Youhe put Sanyitai's goods in Wanyuchang's cargo bag again this time." Taichun was surprised: "Why don't I know?" Yellow sheep: "Brother Youhe won't tell you, he also wants to earn some money for Sanyitai, and he also wants to do something beautiful."

Taichun annoyed: "You are so confused! We, Sanyitai, do business according to our duties and make money based on our ability. Who told you to make such dirty things!" Yellow sheep: "You and brother, you don't know? How can I stop what he decides?" Taichun said: "Oh, then won't you tell me? This is a big mess! Brother Youhe is also the same person. He clearly promised not to do this again, why is he doing it again!" Yellow sheep: "Brother, what should we do now?" Taichun stood up and put the brush on the cap: "It's too late to say anything else, it's important to save people now, I'll go find Wen Quanbao." In Wan Yuchang's small living room, Wen Quanbao was drinking tea leisurely, while Taichun sat beside him with an anxious expression on his face.Apparently Taichun had already told Wen Quanbao about Zhang Youhe.But what puzzled Taichun was that Wen Quanbao pretended to be confused about Zhang Youhe's matter and pushed six, two, five: "Master Xu, where did you get the news about Youhe? How come I haven't heard of it?" Taichun patiently said: "The shopkeeper of Wenda, Zhang Youhe is the shopkeeper of your bank. He led the camel caravan to set off. How can you say that you, a big shopkeeper, don't know?" Wen Quanbao: "If you don't know, you don't know. I, Wan Yuchang, have been doing business according to the law for decades, and I will not get involved in anything that breaks the law." Taichun: "Zhang Youhe was detained in Uliasutai, and his life was at stake!" Wen Quanbao: "Even if Zhang Youhe really took the camel team out of the dark house, that is Zhang Youhe's personal business and has nothing to do with me, Wan Yuchang!" Taichun: "The shopkeeper of Wenda! You—" Wen Quanbao: "Shopkeeper Xu, don't say any more. I have already given you a great deal of face. If someone else told me that Wan Yuchang went to the dark house before me, I would have kicked him out a long time ago! You know No, it's bad for my Man Joo Chang's reputation." Taichun also knew that the business world was dark, but he didn't expect Wen Quanbao to be so despicable. He knew it would be futile to stay any longer, so he stomped away from Wan Yuchang. Coming out of Wanyu, Taichun went back to Sanyitai, took a few bank notes and went straight to the Daotai yamen.Taichun has long learned the meaning of the phrase "the gates of the world open to the south, don't come in if you have a reason and no money", you don't even want to enter that gate if you don't have money!That Qian Daotai took the banknotes, and after listening to Taichun's narration, he didn't say whether he could do the work, he gritted his teeth and said a few nonsense, then sent Taichun out.Taichun came out of the yamen and came to the street, anxious and angry, he cursed in his heart: You are a stupid official who drank the people's blood and scraped the people's fat, but you have such an attitude at the critical moment, I am so mad! Taichun turned around and had no choice but to return to Sanyitai.It happened that Mr. Lu and Gazelle were there, and they were anxiously waiting for news from Taichun.Seeing Taichun come back, Huangyang hurriedly asked: "Brother, is there any clue?" Taichun: "I didn't know Wen Quanbao's true intentions until I entered the Daotai Mansion. He pretended not to know in front of me, but he knew the whole story clearly. I never thought that this person would be so vicious..." Yellow sheep: "Then... what does Wen Quanbao mean?" Mr. Lu said: "That's not clear, Wen Quanbao is going to kill someone with a knife!" Taichun: "I suspect that Wen Quanbao planned the sneaking into the dark house. He intentionally made a trick for Youhe to exploit." Gazelle: "You son of a bitch, you have such a vicious heart!" Mr. Lu said repeatedly: "Oh, shopkeeper Zhang is such a shrewd person, how could he do such a stupid thing!" Huang Yang suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Brother, should we go and find Lord Shagder? Lord Shagder is a good man, he has seen a lot of world, maybe he can help us!" Taichun also felt that this was the only way to go, so he got up and went to the Grand View Garden.After seeing Lord Shagdel, Lord Shagdel suggested that Taichun go directly to the general, but Taichun thought it was inappropriate, because the camel caravan that went to the dark house was detained by the general's people.Lord Shagder smiled and said that the person who tied the bell is still needed to untie the bell, and the first thing you need to do is to find him.Don't forget, that general is Na Ye's father.Taichun thought there was no other way, sighed and had to bite the bullet and try. According to today's sayings, Guihua City is an old city, and most of the city is a business shop and the residences of ordinary people; five miles east of Guihua City is Suiyuan City, and most of the city is full of camps for Manchus and troops.The General's Office is located in Suiyuan City to the east of Guihua City. Although it is not far away, the city gates are closed before dark.Taichun saw that it was going to be late, returned to Sanyitai, grabbed a horse, rode on it, and galloped away to Suiyuan City.