There are many treasures in this country

Now that midsummer has just passed, although the dog days have come out, the autumn tiger is at work, and the weather is still steaming fiercely, as if in a cage.Xiao Suo was sad, his body was frail, and he had injuries, so he often couldn't sleep well at night.

Shan Gu was very considerate, and brought him a canvas mat with two mandarin ducks embroidered on it, which seemed to be something for the girl's family.Xiao Suo thanked him again and again, but there was no shop.

Whether it's jade mats or canvas mats, he won't spread them anymore.

The sky did not disappoint him, day by day it got colder, and when the heat and cold were the most pleasant, Xiao Suo's injury healed.He didn't want to stay at home, and he couldn't do odd jobs in the teahouse, and he didn't want to listen to the tangled stories.

Therefore, he settled for the next best thing, set up a small table, set up a black inkstone, and did what he was best at, writing letters for others and earning some money.Although the income is not much, at any rate it is an income, which can make up for one or two.

Nancheng is a place where the lower class gathers, there is money and money, but there are not many people who are proficient in writing and ink.What's more, the testers who lived here before, those who didn't win, have returned to their hometowns to prepare for Qiuwei, but those who won all rely on their status and are unwilling to keep calligraphy easily.As a result, Xiao Suo became the only one, and no one came to compete with him for business.

He leaves the stall early in the morning every day, goes back to have lunch at noon, and waits until dusk in the afternoon before closing the stall.There were very few people who came to him to write letters at first, and even if there were a few patrons, they came to ask him for some unfamiliar words.

Later, the old door plaque of a tea shop was rotted by the heavy rain, and the shop owner couldn't wait for the scheduled new plaque in a hurry, so he casually called Xiao Suo, who was writing on the street, and asked him to write four big characters "Juyi Tea Shop" On the door frame, deal with it for the time being.

Unexpectedly, by such a coincidence, this tea shop is one of the shops that supply tea to Hongjian Building in Dongcheng.That day, the store manager came to buy goods, and specially invited Lu Yu, the champion of tea, to come to take care of the tea together.Before entering the shop, Lu Yu glanced at the door plaque, first praised the four big characters, obviously liked it very much, and then asked who wrote it.

Being involved in two big cases one after another, and being mentioned by the emperor, Xiao Suo is quite famous in Beijing.Although he is the last one on the list of emperors, he is already a supervisor and can be an official directly.

It's just that in the capital where two officials can be killed by throwing a brick, they dare not say anything about their status.After all, the most inconspicuous oil shop boy on the corner can talk to his relatives in the Ministry of Industry across two doors.

But Lu Yu is different, no one knows his name.Back then, he came to Beijing alone from Jingzhou, and won the favor of the emperor with his superb tea art and knowledgeable tea ceremony, and was awarded the number one tea scholar by the late emperor.

Later, when the first emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne, Lu Yu left the imperial confinement and retreated to Hongjian Building, where he became an idle tea doctor.To this day, he is still announced to the palace every now and then to make tea.

With such a Buddha, the business of Hongjian Building is like boiling water, and it has never calmed down.There are some large-scale teahouses in Beijing, who are not envious and envious, overtly and secretly undermining the walls.Lu Yu remained unmoved and took root in Hongjian Building.

There is a reason for this, although Lu Yu has no fame, no property, and is just dressed in white, but because he is a person who can speak in front of the emperor, everyone in Beijing respects him three-pointed, and there is no response. Don't dare to be negligent.

Xiao Suo's handwriting was praised by him, like a wild pheasant plated with gold, soaring into the sky and turning into a phoenix.Since then, his business has been improving day by day, people in the surrounding area have come to him for calligraphy and calligraphy, and some merchants in Beijing can't ask for famous calligraphy and paintings, so they also come to him, at least they can be arty.

Later, I don’t know which bodhisattva was offended, and his calligraphy and paintings were inexplicably unsalable. Except for the occasional servants of Lu Yu’s family who came to buy them, the painting buyers in the city who were flocking to them suddenly disappeared without knowing where to go.

Fortunately, I haven't lost the job of writing letters on my behalf. Although it is not as profitable as selling calligraphy and paintings, it is still enough to make ends meet.He is by nature self-sufficient, since he is not hungry, he doesn't care.It's better if no one comes to ask for paintings. I'm happy to be at ease, and I can take time to read books.

Until one day, he was sitting bored behind the desk reading, when suddenly a shadow like a hill fell in front of his eyes.Xiao Suo raised his head, only to see that the person who came was nine feet tall at least, with a majestic appearance and an extraordinary bearing, with a knife on his waist.

"This... hero, do you want to write some letter?" Xiao Suo hurriedly straightened up.

"Foretelling!" The man dropped two words coldly.

"Hero." Xiao Suo arched his hands, "The student is a scholar who only knows how to read and write, and has no knowledge of Taoism. He really doesn't know how to fortune-telling. I heard that there is a mountain in the south of the city, and there is a cloud dwelling temple on the mountain. Go ask."

The man waved his hand and said: "A certain person came from Fuzhou Mountain. The Taoist priest there said that what a certain person is asking for can only be solved by coming to a place in the north where there are lotus flowers!"

Xiao Suo was baffled: "But the students really don't know how to tell fortunes, why don't the heroes look elsewhere?"

The man's eyes were as wide as two copper bells, he slapped the table with his big hand, and said: "If a certain guest doesn't bother the second host, it's you! Where did you come from so many excuses, is it because you can't pay the money?" ?” As he spoke, he took two ingots of silver.

Xiao Suo was extremely embarrassed, seeing that he was born so tall and burly, even Shen Yan was not as good as him, so he couldn't help feeling afraid, but he really didn't know how to divination and fortune-telling, he really didn't know how to pretend to be a ghost.

When he was hesitating, the man suddenly grabbed him by the collar, and his big fist was about to come down.Seeing the commotion, the people around came forward one after another, pointing and whispering, but no one stepped forward to help.

Xiao Suo hurriedly shouted: "Why are you so unreasonable, what do you want me to do if I don't know how to do it?"

He was more than a head shorter than the opponent, and he held his body lightly in his hand, and it was no more difficult than catching a cat.Before the man could speak, a scarlet horsewhip suddenly fell in front of his eyes.

Xiao Suo's eyes were tightly closed, his eyelashes trembling under the light.The expected pain did not fall on his body, and with a muffled groan, he fell to the ground.

Shen Yan sat on the horse with a gloomy face, his hair was a little messy, with a bit of carelessness.When the whip in his hand was withdrawn from the strong man's body, it left a red mark of flesh and blood.

He looked at Xiao Suo, but Xiao Suo also looked at him.

The four eyes are connected, and they are separated with one touch.

The strong man pulled out his knife angrily, and wanted to chop at Shen Yan with a cold light.Before he could move, a group of armored guards suddenly rushed up behind him, surrounding the man inside.

"Arrest him, send him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and see how Master Zhang Yunjian takes care of this guy!" Shen Yan coldly ordered Eleven, wherever he went, he could clearly see Xiao Suo shivering when he heard the word "Zhang Yunjian" one time.

Zhang Yunjian has already become Xiao Suo's nightmare every night. In the midnight dream, he always sees him touching him. If he refuses, he suddenly takes out the iron tongs to pull out his nails. His eyes are full of blood. woke up.

Shen Yan's heart seemed to be pinched by someone, and he glanced at him with frowning eyebrows, as if he had moved.Suddenly, half of a gentle face appeared from the carriage behind him, and said lightly, "Wenyu, are you still leaving?"

Xiao Suo recognized that it was Yan Jun.

After a pause, Shen Yan really obeyed, led the guards of the brigade, and rode away.

"Did you fall?"

Xiao Suo came back to his senses, saw Ouyang Xu standing beside him, and shook his head: "It's okay. Why are you here?"

Ouyang Xu had just heard that there was a dispute here in the tea house, and he was worried that something might happen to him, so he hurried over, saw him fall down, and saw the people from the general's mansion heading south in a mighty manner, so he had already guessed. point.

"Come out for a stroll, I came to your place by chance to have a look." Ouyang Xu helped him up, dusted off the dirt, and said, "The teahouse left early today, I have nothing else to do, I'll help you look after the stall. Go back first, be careful Just fell again."

Xiao Suo packed his things, covered the table with a sheet of tarpaulin, and said: "Let's go back together, I think it's going to rain tonight."

After he recovered from his injury, although he was not disabled, the area around the tailbone became extremely sensitive. When it was cloudy or rainy, or he went to a humid place, he would always have a dull pain, like the knees of an old man, who could predict the weather.

It really started to rain in the evening, when Shen Yan walked into the Linde Hall, the rain soaked the Persian blanket on the ground.Fortunately, Huan Ye didn't blame him, and ordered Shang Huai to wipe him with a handkerchief, and told him to change his clothes.

Yan Jun watched coldly, sighed, and everyone was embarrassed for a moment.It was Huan Ye who cleared his throat and was the first to break the silence: "I summoned you two because I have something to do." As he spoke, Shang Huai raised his hand, and Shang Huai immediately brought a bowl of water.

"You two smell it, and see what's different about the water." Huan Ye's eyes fell on the zhezi, and he didn't look directly at the two of them, and there seemed to be a look of rain on his face.

Yan Jun stepped forward to sniff, frowned, and said, "It seems...it has a stench. It's just that the smell is very light, not very obvious."

Shen Yan also sniffed, "This smell...why does it smell like rotting corpses on the battlefield!"

Huan Ye stroked the jade in his hand, and said: "This is the ice water that was provided in the summer palace this summer. People in the harem had doubts for a long time, and they all said that the ice had a smell. I ordered the palace to investigate it, but there was no result. There are a lot of things going on in the court these days, and I haven't taken care of them, now that I have time, I just think of this matter, so I'll let you two investigate it."

Yan Jun and Shen Yan looked at each other, bowed and said: "I will obey the order."

All of a sudden, Shen Yan came out of the palace, held an umbrella and asked Yan Jun: "The emperor is very good, why do you want me to check for some ice cubes? Now that the summer is over, what's the use of checking? It's useless! What's more Why should you and I investigate this matter, just leave it to the eunuchs in the palace to investigate."

Yan Jun smiled and said: "It can be seen that you have been running too much in brothels recently, and you are also foolish in the gentle village! How could the emperor entrust you and me to investigate the mere two pieces of ice? As you said, even if you want to investigate , it should also be checked in summer, not after autumn. This is not like checking ice cubes, it is obviously going to be used again!"

Shen Yan said: "Your Majesty has been calculating these things all day long, and he always makes use of them. It's really exhausting!"

"What nonsense!" Yan Jun suddenly elbowed him, "You've been too impetuous lately, could it be that he's gone and hooked your soul away? There's nothing to stop you!"

Shen Yan put away the umbrella in front of the palace gate, sighed, and said: "Shu Huai, to be honest, if he hadn't become an official in the future, it would be worrying to support him alone in the court, I would have stopped wading in this muddy water long ago! "

Yan Jun snorted coldly and scoffed, "You've put your heart into it!"