Chapter 58 The fifty-eighth return of the precious box to comfort the two escorts

The donkey rider had already left, but Zhu Longxiang's face changed color! Wu Zongyi, the bodyguard from the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Fengchun from Taiji, and Jiang Enbo, the bodyguard from the North Road, all sent their animals. Because the embankment is too narrow, the people in front can't turn back to check, but they already know that an accident happened behind. As soon as the tripman greeted him, he immediately strangled the people in front of him, protected the four mules and snatched them forward. Because after crossing this long embankment, the terrain is expanded, and the mules can be packed, which is easy to guard.

Zhu Longxiang here opened a paper bag, and saw that there was a piece of gray inside, but there were a few lines of words written on the paper bag. Everyone gathered together to take a closer look, and saw that it said: "The word Yu Long'er : The head of Zhenwei's bodyguard is quite moral, and the friendship of the same origin in this way, he draws his sword to help. The three birds in Qinzhong are not idle people, how should they be underestimated? I have already fought with the head of the bandit, and the original bodyguard returned it at Dusongguan. The bodyguards of the south of the Yangtze River , Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. When you first enter the rivers and lakes, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds, so as not to embarrass your family and add humiliation to your teacher.”

The lower part is adorned with a word and. Zhu Longxiang said: "When I looked at the old man just now, I was suspicious that he looked like a patriarch. It really was my second patriarch, Ai Jingang. Wu Biaotou, you can rest assured that my patriarch is around the mountain. He is willing to help his comrades in the rivers and lakes of Zhengyi, and he never expected to come here this time. Moreover, the two of his old brothers have always walked together. Received a letter in Liaodong, went thousands of miles to help, and arrived at Qingfengbao. Because the uncle had led the people to the Twelve Links, he rushed to fulfill the agreement. The old man met us on the road, so he drew his sword to help. Our matter, we have both With the generous help of his old man, the thieves will never succeed. But the three birds in the Qin Dynasty mentioned in the old man’s card, the disciples don’t know which road is the green forest road, do the teachers know?”

At this time, the group of martial arts escorts in front also got the letter, knowing that there was nothing wrong. Jia Yutang and Lu Jiantang asked the passengers to put the mules together and waited for the group of people to come to them. They talked to each other about Yanzhao Shuangxia, Erxia Dwarf King Kong Lan and Liu Jian, and said that they had already tried their best to deal with Qin Zhong Sanniao, who were these Qin Zhong Sanniao? Do any of us know his origin? Taiji Liu Fengchun said: "Oh! It turns out that it is Qinzhong Sanniao who came to the Jiangnan Road to cut business. This is a strange thing! This Qinzhong Sanniao is an old partner in the underworld, and he is a thug with a mountain of cases in Qinzhong. Scoop The master is Hou Tianhui, the wind-chasing iron-winged eagle, and he has two juniors: one named Yumian God Xiao Ye Tianlai, and the other named Zhuantian Kite Liu Cheng. Hou Tianhui, the wind-chasing iron-winged eagle, is even more skilled, with a brisk figure and a gold-threaded locking whip in his palm. There are not many opponents in the world. All the crimes he has done are picking on corrupt officials, wealthy businessmen, and wealthy businessmen. He has the reputation of a knight-errant, and there are several famous green forests who have joined him to help him commit crimes. Hou Tianhui, the wind-bearing iron-winged eagle, has such abilities, and he has a group of great robbers to help him, so for more than ten years, although the officials have He has been arrested many times, but his brother finally slipped through the net. But all these years, I only heard that the three birds in Qinzhong only committed crimes in the northern province, and now they suddenly appeared on Jiangnan Road. As far as I know, they are still the first to solve the problem Suffering. If you say that Yanzhao Shuangxia competed with him, it was really a match. On the one hand, they are gangsters, and on the other hand, they are chivalrous sons of the Huaiyang faction. Let's get this red stuff back!"

But the escort Deng Qian asked: "Master Liu, since I know about the Three Birds in Qin Zhong very well, why didn't I think of this old senior last night?" At this time, everyone discussed with each other, and they all believed that this old man played games all his life, was a hero, never said a word of dishonesty, and thought that he would be able to help us so much, let's not delay, let's go! Wu Zongyi and Sima Shouchang, Jiangnan's bodyguards, knew that since this hero drew his sword to help, they would not disappoint everyone in the future. Now that you have been instructed by the old man, everyone should follow the old man's instructions and go to Dusong Pass to see and act!

The two men tried their best to be reserved, not daring to show their liking, and immediately ordered the troopers to urge the mule drivers to set off. This group of people made a plan: "This trip is less than 200 miles away. We have too many people here, which is very conspicuous. We should separate. Don't stay too far away. We will respond from a distance. If there is no change, let it be. Once there is an alarm , as soon as he said hello, he immediately stepped forward to respond, and the second hero, short King Kong Lanhe, instructed Dusongguan to retrieve the lost dart, but did the old knight take back the red cargo box? Passing by there, where will the second hero intercept it? There is no explanation in the Cambodian post. We will look at it later, so we must take a step back, so as not to be caught off guard."

Everyone thought it was true, so they divided this group into two groups. Sima Shouchang and Wu Zongyi, together with Jiang Enbo, Lu Jiantang, Ji Xiaochuan, and Deng Qian, walked in the escort; Liu Fengchun, Jia Yutang, Shuangdao Jinhe , Sun Yukun, Sun Yugang, Xiaoxia Zhu Longxiang, these six people followed from afar. The two called people to echo each other and arrived at Zhongyang Town at noon. After everyone discussed it, we can go another five or sixty miles after playing the tip here. When we asked the mule driver, the mule driver said: "The next stop is Qinglongyi, which is still a big station. There is a big shop there. It is the most famous inn. When it comes to Renhe store, everyone knows, but in fact the store is not very particular, and it is famous for another reason.”

Although this Renhe shop is neater and cleaner than the inns along the way, it is definitely not as particular as the inns in the provincial capital. The reason why it is famous is because of the proper employment of people in the store. In the past few years, the owner of the shop did a righteous deed to recover the money. The rare thing is that the owner of the Renhe shop, Qiu Renhe, was paying for the shop and was about to close down. At this time, there was a guest who threw his luggage and horses into his shop. At that time, there were not many rooms in the shop, only a dozen or so rooms.

I also quit all the shop assistants, leaving only one old buddy. Because I am too far away from my hometown, I can't go home, so I can only work with this unlucky shop owner-every day counts. When the guests left the next day, it happened that the old man went to the street to buy food but did not come back, so the owner of the Renhe shop could only busy himself with taking care of the guests. The owner of the Renhe shop has always been honest and honest in his work. He counted all the guests' bags and bags, and handed them over to the guests. The guests left in a hurry. Unexpectedly, when the guest got on the horse, a small bag fell from the bag. When the owner saw it, the guest had already gone a long way on the horse.

The shopkeeper greets the guests again, how can he still hear them? The shopkeeper brought the small bag in, and saw that although the bag was small, it was tightly sealed and wrapped in four layers of brocade. The shopkeeper opened the brocade burden, only to see a pair of emerald rings and a pair of bead bracelets inside. Although the shop owner Renhe didn't know the value of this kind of precious jewellery, he probably heard people say that it can always be worth eight thousand taels of silver. The owner of the Renhe shop was overwhelmed with surprise. When he was poor and sad, he could suddenly become a rich man. This Renhe shop would not close down, and it could still prosper.

Even if the customer came, he didn't need to worry, he was asked to check his luggage before leaving without evidence, and he had already left the shop, so he had nothing to do with what he lost. The shopkeeper became more and more happy when he thought about it, and soon the old shopkeeper came back. When the shopkeeper saw the vegetables he bought, he was shocked, thinking that he still lives in such a poor life today, but tomorrow he will become a rich man. But when he thought of himself, he also thought of the guest who perfected himself and turned from poverty to wealth. Judging by his outfit, he looks like the second master of the housekeeper, he may have lost his life because of losing these things. This is not three hundred and two hundred taels, which is worth tens of millions, and the fault is not his own. Throw a stomachache. From the looks of it, this man was about to die. Thinking of this, the shopkeeper couldn't help wandering back and forth in the room. He caught sight of a bowl of cold rice on the table covered with paper. "Cultivation is not seen by anyone, but God knows it with the heart." These ten characters are clearly written. When the owner of Renhe saw these ten words, he couldn't help pouring a ladle of cold water on him. He called to himself, Qiu Ren and Qiu Renhe, although you are doing this kind of rough business, you have never done anything harmful to nature at your age. Although it is unlucky now, how could it possibly starve my family to death! Sell ​​this piece of house and do some other business, and you can still support your wife, so why make him unable to live! "The dark room has a bad heart, and the eyes are like lightning." oops! I don't want to do such outrageous things, and I don't know where this man's hometown is, so how can I send it to him. I was in a dilemma when there was a sound of horseshoes outside the shop door, at the same time the shop owner's two children came running from the courtyard and greeted their father for dinner. The shopkeeper pointed to the guy and said that Lao Liu had already cooked the vegetables. The children burst into tears, saying that they didn't like it, and asked their father to buy meat for them. The big cry, the small one, the owner's heart is like a knife and scissors. Thinking that as long as he turned his heart away, the man came to him and only gave him three words "I didn't see". My children here immediately wore silk wraps and satin, chicken, duck and fish, and the whole family was happy. The owner of the store was hesitating, when there was a sound of footsteps and hooves outside, followed by someone calling: "Shopkeeper Qiu." The voice was short and panting, Qiu Renhe came out and saw that it was the guest. His face was livid and his head was covered with sweat. The owners of Renhe shop, Qiu Ren and Mo Jian, looked at the two children in the room, feeling sad for a while, and wanted to get rid of their conscience and let their wives and children enjoy some immediate blessings first. It's just that seeing this guest's panic-stricken, ashen-faced situation, he couldn't help but move his heart to hide. Then he wiped away the greed just now, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "Guest, how do you go back and forth, come and go, you should rest in the room you live in! Your room is still empty!" The guest smiled wryly and said: "I'm still staying in the store, I'm just waiting to crawl into the dirt! I can't survive. Shopkeeper, my words can be said in my head. I have two sentences that I shouldn't say. I just got caught. Things are busy, so I have to ask the shopkeeper to make a ghost and do me a favor. I lost a small brocade bag, and the things there are related to the life of my Zhang Da family. If this brocade bag can’t be found , my whole family will die.” Speaking of this, there was a burst of impatience, and Qiu Renhe didn't dare to look at him with such an ugly look on his face. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I said to the guest: "Master, did you lose a square bag wrapped in a brocade burden?" The customer Zhang Da said: "That's right, it's a square bag, shopkeeper, do you dare to see it?" Qiu Renhe, the owner of the Renhe shop, said, "I saw it, don't worry, sit inside." Hearing the shopkeeper's tone, the guest seemed to have seen the brocade bag that he had lost, so he immediately calmed down, and then followed the shopkeeper into the house. After sitting down, the shopkeeper Renhe took out the brocade bundle bag he had picked up and presented it to the guests. He told him to open the bag, and then showed the several pearl and mother-of-pearl ornaments inside in front of the guests one by one. Check it out. The guest Zhang Da was so grateful that he shed tears, bowed his head to the shopkeeper and said: "Shopkeeper Qiu, you are really my reborn parents, the grace of rebirth, not only I am grateful for life and life, but also my family, wife and children. Even if I die, I will never forget the benefits of your old man." The shopkeeper Renhe hurriedly said: "Then where did these precious ornaments from Yetai come from, and where are they going to be sent?" The guest Zhang Da said: "Old shopkeeper, to tell the truth, I was looking for food on Chang'an Road, and I was working at the Hangzhou Weaving Department Cheng Supervisor. Master Cheng is the emperor of the Zhenghuang Banner. He has been an official in Beijing for many years. Five years ago, he was let go of a foreign post. This Mr. Cheng has only two daughters, and these two ladies are all married. Adults love the second lady the most, and the second lady married Mr. Jin of the Military Aircraft Department as a son-in-law. I often come to Guining, and every time I get something new, I have to send it to the second lady. This time I got these two jewelry, because the value is too expensive, our adults dare not send others, so I was sent to Beijing Send it to the second lady. Who would have thought that I should be so careless, slipping this jewelry out of the package. I could have spared my errand and gone away alone, and ran away with my own life, but when I got up, our lord I have already followed the post road to Xin, and Xin is much faster than me." "My family is all in the capital. When I return to Beijing, I want to escape with my family. How can I be allowed to escape? How can I choose my own child and kill my parents, wife and brothers. So I thought that as long as the lost things can't be found, My family can't survive. I didn't expect to meet shopkeeper Qiu. You are such a good person. You told me, who was on the verge of death, to come back from a desperate situation! How can I not be grateful. I have nothing else to repay you. I am here as an errand , I have saved five hundred silver, and give it to the shopkeeper to supplement and rectify this business! From now on, we will be regarded as a life-and-death friendship, so please don’t refuse.” This Qiu Renhe said sternly: "Let me ask someone to talk! Brother, you are wrong. You put the five hundred silver and these pieces of jewelry together for comparison. Instead of asking for your silver, how can I take your few pieces of silver?" How about a piece of jewelry? Although you can’t eat the rest of your life, you can still enjoy it for three to five years. We have become friends from now on. If you leave this matter behind, you won’t be afraid that you will think of this old brother in the future and give it to me. It's three hundred and five hundred, if I refuse again, I will be considered unreasonable. Brother, do you think so?" Zhang Da, who reported his gratitude, heard the words of Renhe shopkeeper Qiu Renhe, and said seriously: "Brother Qiu, you want to save my life, how can I not do my best to help you? Since we both In exchange, no one can but tell the truth. Although I have only been here for one day, I have already heard from your buddy about your situation. Your business has already done so much that you cannot support it, and it is about to go bankrupt. Life is about to be cut off. You have saved my life, so what about me? I have survived this catastrophe, and I have this little savings at hand. With it, I don’t feel much surplus. Without it, I don’t feel any embarrassment. This money belongs to you bro, it can temporarily save the immediate emergency. Since you treat me as a friend, bro, why are you stubborn? Don’t refuse me, bro, please accept the five hundred silver! " Qiu Renhe, the owner of the Renhe shop, hurriedly said: "Brother, that's not what you said. Your intentions, not to mention that you still have this kind of strength, can really help me, just based on your intentions, and based on your few words, I Qiu Renhe is finally not empty-handed. I have made friends with you. You can see that I have worked hard in this business. It is true. But brother, you don’t have to worry about me. Are you willing to stay for a day? Or follow the road? In my opinion, brother, you should follow! This is obvious that I will drive you out, but in fact, our brothers have changed their hearts, and there is no false politeness. I have not prepared anything for you here. Dinner and dinner, let me call you outside now, brother, you must feel uneasy. I think brother, you should explain the business quickly. If you think about today’s incident, it’s terrible if you think about it! The lives of your family are only There is a layer of window paper! So with such precious jewels, I have to explain it early, so as not to worry about it. Brother, if you are thinking about your unlucky old brother, you can come to me after you have finished explaining the business Let’s go for a while. Brothers, if we hang around for a few more days and have no worries at that time, wouldn’t it be happier than this time.” That Zhang Da frowned and said, "Old brother, don't you just disobey me at all? Then let's split the five hundred silver! Is it okay?" The owner of the Renhe shop, Qiu Renhe, said with a straight face: "Brother, you are being dishonest. I have always been a person who has gone all the way to the dark, and I have no false feelings. I said that I will not keep a tael of silver now, so I must do so. Brother, if you don't follow me, we brothers will not have friendship." Zhang Da saw that the shopkeeper Qiu's tone was not moving at all, so he knew that he couldn't resist him, so he had no choice but to talk later. So he was very ashamed, put away the money, and bid farewell to the benefactor and the owner Qiu Renhe with tears in his eyes. Qiu Renhe sent it directly to the store, Zhang Da rode on his horse and rushed to the capital. When I arrived in the capital, I explained everything, and then I told the second lady that I lost my jewelry in Qinglongyi, and the shopkeeper Renhe picked up the gold. Wen didn't repay him, although it was out of the intention of the owner of the Renhe shop, but he thought Zhang Da couldn't handle things, so no matter what he thought of, it was a little expression of his heart. The second lady gave Zhang Da a thousand taels of silver from her own private savings, and urged Zhang Da to go to Qinglong Post as soon as possible to give the thousand taels of silver to the shop owner. Zhang Da thanked the second lady, he didn't dare to go directly to Qinglongyi, he planned to go back to Hangzhou, finished his business affairs, asked for half a month's leave, and took the thousand taels of silver from the second miss and the five or six hundred taels of his own family. They didn't leave them at home, but brought them all back. When he arrived in Hangzhou, he finished his official business and reported to Supervisor Cheng that he almost lost the pearl bracelet and so on. This grown-up man is full of worldliness, with a cold heart, and it is admirable that a philistine (at that time, five kinds of people in cars, boats, shops, feet, and yamen were regarded as pariahs and not valued) had such virtues. Respectfully. The supervisor of Cheng also donated a thousand gold generously, and asked Zhang Da to Qinglong post to help the owner of Qiu Renhe shop, who was not ignorant of the money, to rectify the Renhe shop. Let him also know that saving others is saving himself, and let him get the reward of doing good and auspiciousness in front of him. At that time, Zhang Da saw that his master did not blame him for his negligence, but instead helped him to repay his kindness. He immediately knelt down in front of the master, kowtowed and thanked him, and rushed to Qinglong post happily. When I arrived at Qinglongyi, and came to the door of the old Renhe store, I couldn't help being stunned. I saw that the door of the store was closed tightly, and the front of the door was deserted. Although it was evening when Zhang Da came here, he would never have gone to the shop at this time. He went up to call for the door, but after calling for a long time, no one answered. There was a tea house next to the store, someone came to Zhang Da and said, "Do you dare to stay in the store? Don't bother, please go to the south of the street to live! This store has been closed for a long time." Zhang Da asked in surprise: "Why, this store is quitting, and the shopkeeper, Qiu Renhe, has also moved away?" The man said: "The shopkeeper is still here, but it's not easy to hear the greeting here, and the door will be opened when they come out to buy things." Zhang Da said: "I'm not staying at the hotel, I'm looking for someone to come." When Fang said this, the door of the store opened suddenly with a bang, and Zhang Da saw that it was Brother En and the owner Qiu Renhe. It's just that his face is pale. Although it's only been three months, he seems to have aged two or three years. Zhang Da hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: "Brother Qiu En, how are you doing? I should have come to visit Brother En earlier, but I was only entangled in various matters, so I delayed until today. Why did Brother En close this business?" Qiu Renhe sighed and said: "It's hard to say a word, it's inconvenient to talk here, let's talk inside!" So he led Zhang Da into the shop. Zhang Da saw that the store was closed, and it was dusk again, the courtyard was extremely gloomy, all the guest rooms were closed, covered with dust, and the owner of the Renhe shop was even more desolate. Qiu Renhe led Zhang Da to the back, and went straight to the courtyard at the back. No one comes here easily, and even Zhang Da has never been here, only to see that there are only four houses across the courtyard. Qiu Renhe let Zhang Da into the upper room, and saw that although the furnishings in the room were all there was, it was extremely messy, which clearly showed that the owner had no intention of tidying up the house. Qiu Renhe let Zhang Da take a seat in the main room, and then ordered his wife to come out to meet Zhang Da. Zhang Da played around for a while, and then asked why the shop was closed. Only then did Qiu Renhe close the store and find another owner to share with others: "Brother, if you come at this time, we brothers can still have gatherings. If you come two days later, as soon as the buyer pays the money, I will take it with you." If the relatives return to their hometowns, it may be difficult for us brothers to meet together." At that moment, Zhang Dasui presented Mr. Cheng and his second young lady with a thousand pieces of gold in recognition of his righteous deeds, and tried his best to fulfill his brother En. Master Cheng also wanted to meet Brother En, and told me to settle everything here with Brother En, and be sure to follow me to Hangzhou. The shopkeeper Renhe wanted to resign firmly, but Zhang Da tried his best to tell the shopkeeper what Master Cheng wanted, and Qiu Renhe stopped declining. Because Zhang Da is honest and loyal, it is not easy to arrange the business in this way. I didn't take out the two thousand silver, so I didn't work hard, and I personally sorted out the business. Pay off all the debts owed by shopkeeper Qiu, and then reorganize this old Renhe shop. After spending more than one thousand taels of silver, I bought the shop next to it at a high price. Then the Renhe store was expanded to more than forty guest rooms. All the staff in the store were selected by Zhang Da himself, and they were all shrewd, capable and articulate. This way, the Renhe store has been sorted out, and it is really prospering day by day, which really corresponds to the saying: "A dead store is opened by a living man." Zhang Da really showed his full strength, and his business was flourishing day by day, so he felt that he could rest assured. No matter how honest this benevolent brother is, I have made arrangements for him, as long as he can follow the steps and do it well, there will never be another failure. Zhang Da worked for several months, the reputation of Renhe Store was well established, and then he bid farewell to his brother, returned to Hangzhou, and reported his orders to his master. This kind of business is extremely easy to do, but also extremely difficult to do. If your reputation is bad, no matter how cheap your house price is, no one will take care of you. As long as you have a good credit and reputation, you don't come here uninvited. Even if you have a high house price, the guests only live because of your brand name, and they will never take it into account. The owner of the Renhe shop, Qiu Renhe, only wanted to collect money, and he got such a good reward. The old Renhe shop in Qinglongyi was famous far and wide, and Zhang Da formed a life-and-death friendship with Qiu Renhe. This incident was heard from alleys in this area, but the speakers were different, and they could say everything. It has been more than ten years in a flash, and people still don't forget that the porter actually told this group of martial artists all the time, and everyone nodded in admiration when they heard it. They had already arrived in Zhongyang Town, and at this time everyone had already divided into groups. Two dials, but the interval between them is not very far. These two groups of people all entered Zhendian, but they didn't fight together, and they still didn't know each other. Let's talk about Sima Shouchang and Wu Zongyi's two bodyguards, the first group and Jiang Enbo, Lu Jiantang, Ji Xiaochuan, Deng Qian, these six are resting at Yicui Restaurant. The place is extremely cool, and it strangles the main intersection leading to Zhongyang Town. As long as you go to Zhongyangdian, you can't get past this Yicuilou restaurant. The second draw is to set blessings on the entrance of Zhongyang Town to reach the top. It was noon at this time, and the store was not very busy. The store owner saw that this group of guests were bodyguards and martial arts masters, so they tried their best to curry favor, serving tea, wine and rice, very thoughtful. Zhu Longxiang himself had finished his meal early, and was looking at the front of the store. Someone behind him wiped his palm and said, "Master Zhu, why are you so narrow-minded! Do we have to risk our lives for this matter?" Is it?" Zhu Longxiang turned his head, and saw that it was Shuangdao Jin and Teacher Jin who were talking to him, Zhu Longxiang said with a smile: "Mr. Jin, you just say that I don't eat without food, and I can't make up my mind. What's wrong with you? How about I come out together?" Shuangdao Jinhe laughed and talked about other things with each other. At this time, there was a customer at the front of the store, dressed plainly, like an ordinary businessman. At this time, the man seemed to turn around, Zhu Longxiang and Shuangdao Jinhe must give way a little. Just as this person passed by, he heard that two bad horses from outside the town arrived at a fast speed. As soon as they entered Zhongyang Town, they stopped their galloping momentum a little bit, and the animals slowed down and passed in front of the shop. Zhu Longxiang and Shuangdao Jinhe were startled suddenly, they whispered in a low voice: "Isn't this the subordinate brother of Hou Tianhui, the chasing wind and iron-winged eagle? The gangster is so bold, he dared to reveal himself." The two whispered, and couldn't help leaning out to check. Those two poor horses galloped out of the town at a fast speed. Shuangdao Jinhe was quite aggrieved, and immediately followed after Ruoxin, but was stopped by Zhu Longxiang. Instructing Shuangdao Jinhe, under the circumstances at that time, one point should not be reckless. Shuangdao Jinhe turned around angrily, Zhu Longxiang suddenly gasped and said, "Master Jin, where did the paper card under your skirt come from?" Hearing Zhu Longxiang's words, Shuangdao Jinhe hurriedly lowered his head, only to see a red card tucked under his lapel, but he didn't notice it at all, this man's skill is really nimble enough. When Jin He carefully inspected the invitation card, he couldn't help being filled with anger, and sternly cursed: "The thief is deceiving people too much!"