Hexi

Chapter 50 She seems to have changed

Su Shou didn't know why Zuo Yang was so obsessed with the batch of locks from the Ministry of Household Affairs. After the early court, he was stopped by Zuo Yang on the way back to Dali Temple, and he said some worrying words.Su Yanrao understood that he was worried that there were some facts, and he couldn't stand such entanglement, so he responded with a few perfunctory words and then avoided the yamen.But he was still sitting at the door, insisting on having a deep talk with him.

After going down to the office in the afternoon, at least there was no one outside the door, so Su Yan took a deep breath and boarded the carriage back home.

After entering the study and sitting down for a cup of tea, it was said outside that the second master was here.

Su Shou looked at Su Yan's wet robe hem, and asked, "Where are you from?"

"I was reminded by my elder brother yesterday, so I went to inspect the shop during the day, and the accounts were stable, but I heard an anecdote."

"What anecdote?" He put tea.

Su Yan dragged a chair, sat down beside his desk, and then looked at him and said, "The clerk in the shop earlier said that a master locker suddenly appeared in the capital in the past two months, and he specially customized lockers for big merchants in the city. , That's all, the key is that the locks he made are of extremely high craftsmanship, and now they have gradually spread among the merchants in the city! According to the difficulty of the locks, he charges three to five hundred taels of silver, and everyone tends to If you want it!"

Su Shou looked at him for a while while serving tea, and said: "Our Tiangong workshop uses the locks for the people, and the best locks are only two or three hundred taels of silver, and there are people who are eager for three or five hundred taels of silver locks. Where did the man hear the nonsense and talk nonsense there?"

He was a little displeased.Because of this ancestral skill, he has been worrying about baldness lately. He has been embarrassed by people like Han Mo and Zuo Yang outside, and he has no good way to change it. It is obvious that there will be no good if he hears such far-fetched words at this time. tone.Although the Su family's ancestral business has encountered difficulties, it does not mean that it has reached the point of being so despised.

"Brother," Su Yan frowned, "I'm guessing that this matter may be true. The clerk in the store has seen the lock made by ghosts with his own eyes, and he said that it is better than the Su family's existing locks in every way. Be strong. Although I haven’t seen this lock with my own eyes, I have questioned him carefully, and he compared the lock cavity, reed and other aspects, and said that he is actually strict.”

"Ghost hand?" Su Shou was finally distracted, "Is this the name he used?"

"That's right." Su Yan nodded, "Every lock made by the ghost hand has two specific characters. It is said to be a character, but it is more like two symbols similar to ghost claws, so gradually people call it 'ghost'. Hand'. But our great-grandfather was hailed as the 'holy hand' by the quilt, but he was called the 'ghost hand'. This is already a posture to be compared with our great-grandfather.

"Although the nickname is chosen by the world, it also shows that this person probably has some skills. Brother, we must not take this matter seriously!"

Su Shou frowned deeply, and then looked over: "This is too absurd, the Su family has dominated the lock industry for many years, and all the sects who are good at making locks know the details, even if they are talented children from other families , We also know it in our hearts, it is absolutely impossible for someone among them to be born suddenly.

"—What is his origin, don't you know?"

"It is said that no one knows at all. He is erratic and has not been seen by anyone."

"Then who did they ask for the lock?"

"It is said that there is a shop in Nancheng, and this person can be contacted, but generally no one knows which shop it is.

"Everyone who has made locks with him has signed an agreement. If the news leaks, many locks and keys will be left out of the locks of this house. In other words, it will end up with hundreds of taels of silver. In the end, a few hundred taels of silver may not be much, but they are using it to lock up the treasury of countless properties, and they have no reason to break this agreement.

"And the most important thing is that it is said that the person who meets face-to-face with each merchant who seeks the lock is different, and this is even more impossible to disclose."

Su Shou's eyebrows knotted when he heard this. "If it's so mysterious, then there must be something wrong.—What about the guy?"

"The guy said something he shouldn't have said in the shop, which annoyed Liu Yuan and was almost kicked out, but I just sent a message to keep him here."

Su Shou sighed, and then said: "Immediately ask him to find a way to bring this kind of lock to verify it. If he can't bring it, then he can take you there to see for himself. Whether it is true or not, this matter must We must find out as soon as possible!"

"Yes." Su Yan nodded.

"Also, don't you forget to send someone to investigate around the capital to see if there are any other rumors? This incident is too strange to be believed, so it is not ruled out that someone is stirring up trouble and playing tricks to suppress the reputation of the Su family. So as to achieve the purpose of fishing in troubled waters. If this is the case, then because he is causing trouble under the eyes of the Su family, the Su family will definitely use means to let him know that he is serious!"

"Brother saves it." Su Yan nodded deeply, "I will immediately ask Wu Chun to arrange people to go to the East, West, South, North City."

Su Shou waved his hands angrily.

This incident disrupted the thinking that was already kneaded even more, it was simply bad news that came out of nowhere.

"By the way," Su Yan walked to the door, then came back after thinking of something else, "Did you talk to my sister when she came back this time?"

Su Shou turned his head sideways: "How?"

"It's nothing." Su Yan said, "I just feel that my sister is not the same as before when she came back from a six-month trip. I saw her with Han Mo earlier. There is a huge difference in status between the two, but she He is not afraid of the little Hades who is frightened by the people in the capital, and he can still laugh in front of him...

"Obviously this girl has been well-behaved and docile since she was a child, but somehow she seems to be a different person, and she can't leak her words when she talks back. It's unbelievable."

Although Su Wei had explained her conversation with Han Mo before, Su Yan obviously couldn't fully believe it, but he didn't need to delve into it.There is a huge gap in identity and personality between Han Mo and her, no matter how they get in touch, they will not be as impressive as Su Wei who suddenly became so agile and dazzling.

"Her and Han Mo?" Su Shou looked over again, and sure enough he was more concerned about this.

Su Yan didn't want to make extra troubles: "It should be just a chance encounter, and I got to know each other somehow. It happened that I met, so I asked my sister to come back first."

Su Shou withdrew his gaze and didn't ask any further questions.

Su Yan said: "I'm just asking casually, nothing else. Since your father and daughter haven't talked about it seriously, then just pretend I didn't say it. It's important that I go to work first."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for the next sentence.

Su Shou waited for a long time after he went out before raising his eyes from the scattered documents on the table.

(End of this chapter)