"Master, the scarred man who appeared in the yamen is called Xu Zhi. He lives alone at No. 14, Yongfu Lane. He is 45 years old this year. He opened a pawn shop at the dock and makes a living by hiring people to help unload cargo ships. When he was young, he worked as a peddler and traveled all over the country to sell goods. It was 15 years later that he returned to Futai County to open a pawn shop. His home..." Songbai told him the information he had found out in detail without haste.
Chu Tiankuo wrote on the paper slowly and steadily, holding the pen in an upright position and with his back straight. The sunlight from the window fell on his elegant and handsome features, making him look even more handsome.
Songbai finished his report and glanced at him subconsciously.
He wrote down on the paper words like fifteen years ago, dock, pawnbroker, criminal conviction, unknown father, killed in battle, no news from Beijing, thirteen years, winery, etc.
The master is used to writing down key words when thinking about a problem.
Chu Tiankuo put down his pen and turned to look out the window.
Outside the window, clouds and fog are rolling. The continuous mountain ranges are covered by the sea of clouds, with only a section of the peaks showing, like a fairyland.
His eyes were dark and unclear.
I came back fifteen years ago and the timing was right.
Chu Tiankuo retracted his gaze and turned a silver bead in his hand: "Arrange someone to secretly monitor Xu Zhi's every move..."
"Yes!" Songbai responded respectfully. His eyes subconsciously fell on his hand. Why did the master only play with a silver bead? Where was the gold bead? "Are you only paying attention to the eldest wife of the Shen family? Where is that girl?"
"Need not."
"Yes. Master, where is your golden bead?" Songbai asked curiously.
Chu Tiankuo said calmly: "Missing. Back off!"
Songbai automatically translated "missing" into "gone missing" when he heard this. His face changed. "Jinzhu is missing? Why didn't the master tell me earlier?"
That is the most precious treasure in the world!
"I'll arrange it right away." Songbai hurried out.
He is so busy, with so many things to investigate, and he also has to help his master find the golden beads, which he doesn't know where they fell!
Chu Tiankuo held the remaining silver bead with an unclear expression.
He knew that the golden bead had gone to the girl on its own.
Zhuzi recognized her master by dripping blood, but he had clearly dripped blood before, so why was it okay for him to touch her blood
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Creation Spirit Pearl
Xingnong climbed up the towering antique display shelf and turned the flower pots one by one, looking for a mechanism to leave.
This towering shelf seemed to have no end. She had been climbing for a long time but still couldn't see the end.
But there was no way. She tried everything but couldn't find a way to leave.
At this time, the door outside was opened, and Xingnong saw a ray of light penetrate into the golden beads, and then the room returned to its original darkness.
Xinghui and Xingqing gently pushed the door open and walked in.
Xing Qing came in sweating and covered in dirt. Seeing Xing Nong sitting on the kang without sleeping, she asked in surprise, "Sister, are you awake? Does your butt still hurt?"
Xingnong breathed a sigh of relief, he finally came out!
She nodded calmly: "Yeah, I'm awake. What time is it now?"
It was almost the right time.
"It's three quarters past the hour of You now. It's almost dark." Xinghui replied.
Three quarters of an hour in the evening was about six o'clock, and she had been inside for two hours. It seemed that the time inside was the same as in reality.
Xing Qing said at this time, "Sister, I made a herbal soup to get rid of head lice. My head is itchy and I have head lice. Brother and aunt are washing it together. Do you want to join us?"
If you have head lice, the only way to get rid of them is to work together as a family.
Xingnong: Head lice
Xing Nong feels unwell!
The thought of bugs crawling around in her head made her entire scalp tense up.
No wonder her head was always itchy, it turned out she had head lice? ! ! !
By the way, in the original owner’s memory, they only washed their hair once a month because their hair was too long.
The same was true for the whole village. In this dynasty, hair could not be cut unless an elder in the family passed away. So most people had long hair, and every summer, many people got head lice.
"Wash!" She jumped off the bed.
In the narrow open space next to the kitchen, there were four wooden basins filled with dark medicinal soup, which was emitting steam.
Shen Ruoxi sat next to one of the wooden basins and said to the three people, "While the medicine soup is hot enough, wash your hair quickly and burn the lice to death."
After saying that, she spread out her butt-length hair and lowered her head.
The scalp under the hair roots suddenly turned red!
Xing Nong's mouth twitched: "Isn't it hot?"
"It's hot, but it's not hot enough to kill the lice eggs." Xing Qing also spread out her thick but dry hair and began to wash her hair.
Xingnong watched the two people washing their hair skillfully. She thought of the lice crawling all over her head and shuddered subconsciously. She quickly untied her hair and put her head in with a fearless look on her face!
"Hiss~"
This is probably how the pig's hair is scalded when it is slaughtered and shaved!
She must find a way to cut this head of summer cypress!
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"Cock, cluck, cluck..." A rooster from somewhere crowed first, and then the crowing sounds echoed one after another in the village.
It was still dark at this time, but people in every household started to get up, and soon smoke from cooking began to rise.
Before going to bed last night, Mrs. Gu said that she wanted to sell the old hen at home for some silver, and then buy a few kilograms of brown rice and salt.
There is no rice and salt left at home.
There were still a few days left until the end of the month, and Xinghui and Gu had not received their wages yet, so they had to sell the old hens to buy rice.
Xingnong finally persuaded Gu to let her go to the city to sell chickens.
So the family drank some wild vegetable porridge and went about their own business.
Gu went to the town to work. The town and the county were in two different directions and took different routes, so she set off first.
Xingnong carried a backpack and Xinghui carried a chicken coop, and they walked out of the alley together.
Outside the main house of the Shen family, Shen Zhiyuan was about to get on the carriage. When he saw Shen Xingnong and his brother, he immediately snorted. He didn't even look at Xingnong, but looked Xinghui up and down and said disdainfully: "Go to school to sweep the floor? Don't think that you can pass the exam to become a scholar and an official just by sweeping the floor and secretly learning two words. It's impossible!"
Shen Zhiyuan is Shen Mingzhu's elder brother and a prominent figure in Bailu Academy. He passed the imperial examination and became a scholar at the age of sixteen, and ranked among the top!
"What is it to you!" Xinghui's face turned red, and he pulled Xingnong and left quickly.
Shen Zhiyuan said to the two people who passed by him, "I am promoting you. As the saying goes, a third-rank official is in front of a prime minister. If your family gives up the house, I will condescend to let you be my book boy. When I pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official, you can be my doorman and get a third-rank official position."
"Thank you, it's not necessary! I can do it on my own." Xinghui pulled Xingnong and walked faster.
Xing Nong looked at the other party and said, "I don't believe what Banxian said. Tell me, why is your family so eager to occupy our house? Then we will consider giving up the house."
The Shen family owns a large winery and is considered a wealthy family in the entire Futai County. There is no need for them to suddenly make a fuss about taking back their ancestral home, unless there is a secret that they would never tell anyone.
Shen Zhiyuan's eyes flashed, and then he said loudly: "If it's not the words of a half-immortal, then what is it? I'll give you a day to think about it. After that, don't even mention being a watchdog. I won't pay any attention to you even if you lick my shoes. It's good to be confident, but I haven't heard that sweeping the floor can make a champion. Think it over. If you reject me, you can only be a sweeping dog in this life! Don't disbelieve it, if you can pass the exam to become a scholar in the future, I will lick your shoes!"
The eyes flicker and the voice becomes louder, which are signs of guilty conscience.
After her guess was confirmed, Xing Nong smiled faintly: "Then you wait."
Shen Zhiyuan sneered and looked at Xing Nong with disgust: "What are you waiting for? Wait for him to become a house cleaning dog? Wait for you to be unable to get married, wait for him to be unable to find a wife? Or wait for your family to be extinct and become extinct?"
"When Xinghui passes the exam to become a scholar, you will lick his shoes! Don't forget!"
"Haha..." Shen Zhiyuan laughed out loud as if he had heard a huge joke.
After Shen Zhiyuan finished laughing, he said loudly: "Okay, I'll wait. If he can pass the exam to become a scholar, no, he doesn't need to pass the exam to become a scholar. There will be an examination in the academy next month. If he can beat me, I will not only lick his shoes, but also yours. If he loses, you will get out of Meihua Village. Do you dare to agree?"
Xinghui was so scared that he quickly pulled Xingnong away, fearing that she would agree.
Xing Nong turned around and smiled: "It seems that you are really eager to drive us away. I won't!"
Shen Zhiyuan: “…”