Fu Shifeng

Chapter 77
After a night of heavy snowfall, Linlang Garden was covered with silver, and the servants went out to sweep the snow before dawn. According to Su Wangting's arrangement, they piled up the snow into small hills, surrounded by a lacquered golden wooden house about ten feet high. The rockery is covered with coral branches and embellished with precious stones such as glazed amber and crystal pearls, which is extraordinarily luxurious.

"What a treasure mountain!"

When Wang Yuanbao saw this rockery in the snow, he couldn't help but marvel: "No wonder Su Zhang sent someone to inform him in advance that he wanted to take a large amount of jewels, so it was to build this treasure mountain."

"I made Wang Weng laugh." Su Wangting explained: "Time is running short, and the Qibao Mountain seat has not yet been completed. Later, tassels and golden bells will be tied, which is wonderful to hear the wind."

"Mountain seat?" Wang Yuanbao happened to see an inward depression on the high part of the rockery, which was shaped like a seat and could accommodate one person.

Su Wangting said: "I heard that when the Buddhist masters in Chang'an preach, they usually climb to the high seat on the altar. In the future, when His Royal Highness King Qi arrives, you might as well invite him to sit on the Seven Treasures Mountain Seat to show his majesty."

The Weinan Fighting Treasure Club was originally organized by His Royal Highness King Qi, and invited the four major merchants in Chang'an to participate in the grand event. If they want to stand out from the crowd, it is natural to see who can please His Highness King Qi more.

After all, with the honor and splendor of King Qi, what kind of rare treasures have never been seen in the world?The treasures gathered by the four powerful merchants in Chang'an mobilized their men may not really make King Qi tempted.It must be a lot of insinuations and efforts from other places.

"Your Seven Treasure Mountain Seat is not just for His Royal Highness King Qi to show off his prestige?" Wang Yuanbao asked with a smile.

"Wang Weng Mingjian." Su Wangting said: "If you can win this time, Wang Weng can bring this Seven Treasure Mountain Seat together to present to His Majesty."

"Whether we can win this year or not is up for debate." Wang Yuanbao smiled with his hands behind his back: "Yang Chongyi got the fairy treasures like Yuanqiao Bingxiao, and I also have a headache!"

That being said, Wang Yuanbao didn't have the slightest bit of sadness on his face. He and Su Wangting visited the renovated Linlang Garden. There was a winding stream in the backyard.

"Strange, I remember that the stream here is not a hot spring, why hasn't it frozen yet?" Wang Yuanbao asked upon seeing this.

Su Wangting replied: "I ordered people to break up the solid ice, then pour warm soup from the upstream, draw water from the pond downstream and transport it, and the cycle is endless. In this way, even in the middle of winter, you can enjoy the snow scene, bend the water and recite poems and poems at the same time. "

This method can be described as extremely extravagant. How much charcoal will be consumed to boil the water in order to keep the water flowing in the stream?How many people are needed to transport water back and forth?But Wang Yuanbao didn't criticize, just leaned down to test the temperature of the water, then flicked his fingers, praised: "This method is good, King Qi is the most elegant, if there is a set of curved water flowing cups in winter, I will definitely be happy."

Su Wangting said: "Then I will prepare more hand stoves and firewood later for outdoor banquets."

"King Qi's share is unnecessary." Wang Yuanbao reminded.

Su Wangting was very puzzled: "But Mr. Changqing looked up at the sky a few days ago and said that there is still heavy snow around the winter solstice. It is very cold and freezing to hold an outdoor banquet. If there is no heating, I am afraid that the body will be frozen."

In order to hold the Dou Baohui well, Su Wangting also asked about King Qi's likes and dislikes.This prince is good at calligraphy, painting and Fu, and often associates with romantic and famous people, so Su Wangting followed the customs of Shangsi and made such arrangements.

Wang Yuanbao said with a smile: "King Qi doesn't like burning with fireworks. If it's cold, he will use concubine Ji's skin to warm his hands. Even if the wind and snow are bitter and cold, he will surround concubine Ji closely like a screen and use the popularity to keep warm."

Even Su Wangting, who was used to the extravagance of the rich and powerful, was slightly taken aback when he heard this way of treating people like utensils, but his face was as if nothing had happened.

"Are all the treasures sent from all over the Kanto properly placed?" Wang Yuanbao then asked.Even though all his entourage retreated to the distance at this moment, and there were no outsiders around, he still lowered his voice.

"Everything is in order, please come with me." Su Wangting led Wang Yuanbao to the treasury, and saw Cheng Sanwu with his head held high, standing outside the courtyard with his sword on guard, like a spiritual official enshrined in a Taoist Buddhist temple.

"The treasures of the Kanto are all in it." Su Wangting came outside the warehouse and signaled to the command flag in the corner: "I asked Mr. Changqing to cast an enchantment, which can prevent all thieves, even flies can't fly in."

Su Wangting handed over the door closing amulet and the warehouse key to Wang Yuanbao. He went in alone to inspect it, walked out after a while, locked the door again, and returned the two things to Su Wangting.

"Su Zhang is cautious in everything, I am very relieved." Wang Yuanbao was expressionless, but he could feel the sincerity: "During the treasure fight, Lin Changshi from the Qi Palace will come to receive this batch of treasures."

"Yes." Su Wangting didn't ask any further questions. He knew very well that for a businessman like Wang Yuanbao to be able to achieve the current scale of business, he had to make contributions to the princes and relatives.

Isn't Su Wangting like this?He has been in the Western Regions for more than ten years, and he has earned so much money from his business that he can't even count it.But in the end, he didn't even have a tenth of the share that really belonged to him.

When they came to the gate of Linlang Garden, Su Wangting and Wang Yuanbao turned into businessmen talking happily again.

"Brother Su, I will trouble you for working hard for a while!" Wang Yuanbao said with a chuckle, "I have to meet and talk with those three old rivals in Weinan City in the next few days, and I am so worried that my hair will fall out. "

Su Wangting raised his arms and was about to answer, but saw a familiar figure in the distance, it was his eldest son, his face was full of panic and anxiety, if he was not blocked by the crowd, he would probably rush over immediately.

"Wang Weng has been taught by Buddhism for a long time, maybe this sign of hair loss is the Buddha and Bodhisattva who took the precepts for you!" Su Wangting complimented with a smile.

"I'm also thinking about going to become a monk someday, and stop worrying about these mundane things!" Wang Yuanbao waved his hand: "Okay, then I'll take my leave first. If there is any difficulty, just send someone to the Linwei Tower in the city to spread the word, Su Brother, you don’t have to run around yourself.”

The two bid farewell with each other, Wang Yuanbao got into the carriage and left with a large group of attendants.

When the crowd dispersed, the Su family's boss rushed over, threw himself into Su Wangting's arms, and almost fell to his knees on the spot.

"Why are you here? What happened at home?" When Su Wangting saw his son coming, he guessed that something happened at home.

"Gui girl..." Su Family Dalang raised his head, weeping, "Gui girl was taken away by thieves!"

Hearing this, Su Wangting's heart seemed to have been hit hard by someone, his eyes turned white, and he almost couldn't stand upright. The two hands holding his son instinctively used strength, and he cried out in pain.

Hearing his son's cry, Su Wangting immediately woke up and led him directly into Linlang Garden.At this moment, Cheng Sanwu and Changqing just arrived, and before they could speak, Su Wangting's face was livid, and he said in a low voice: "Follow me!"

Cheng Sanwu and Changqing looked at each other, they both sensed that something was wrong, and followed them to an unoccupied hall.

"The thief took Miss Gui and left this letter behind." Dalang of the Su family took out a ball of paper from his pocket, inside was a small and cute tiger-toed shoe, which was worn by Miss Gui.

Su Wangting's fingers trembled, and he eagerly opened the letter to read it.Changqing remained calm, and asked Su Jia Dalang from the side: "What happened? You can tell us in detail, so we can help."

According to the Dalang of the Su family, Girl Gui was at home at the time and was taken care of by the daughter-in-law of the Su family as usual.The thieves who came from nowhere suddenly took Gui Yatou away. When Su Wangting's wife found out, she saw her daughter-in-law fainted by the kitchen stove.

Due to the heavy snowfall in the past few days and nights, several old houses in the village were overwhelmed by the snow. Dalang of the Su family happened to take the farmers to clean up and repair the houses by the way.As a result, a sloppy man bumped into him halfway, and stuffed the letter and Gui Yatou's shoe into his arms.

What the letter said was to ask Su Family Dalang to find Su Wangting and ask him to take out [-] gold and silver treasures and go to the Jinguang Temple in Fengyuan, south of the city, in exchange for Gui Yatou's life.And only Su Wangting is allowed to come alone, if there is no movement within three days, or if he dares to report to the officials, he will send Miss Gui's head to Linlang Garden.

When Su Family Dalang read the letter, the slovenly man had long since disappeared. He rushed home, and Gui Yatou was indeed kidnapped.

Just when the Su family was at a loss, Mrs. Su slapped him to wake him up, immediately led a horse, and asked his son to go to Weinan Linlangyuan to find Su Wangting immediately. The country people can no longer deal with such things.

When Su Wangting read the letter, he sat down without saying a word, squeezed his five fingers, and directly squeezed the corner of the table beside him into sawdust.

"Damn it!" Cheng Sanwu took the letter and glanced at it, only to feel his scalp tingling, and he couldn't breathe with an unbearable regret. The bloody night, and that crying face.

Changqing snatched the letter and whispered: "It's not signed, so I don't know who did it."

"Not an ordinary person, not alone." Cheng Sanwu scratched his head and paced back and forth, and he immediately made a judgment: "Climb over the wall and enter the hospital, kidnap Gui girl, knock Dalang's wife unconscious, and have not yet made a sound to attract him." Others pay attention, it’s done in one go, and the skills are not bad. Writing a letter to kidnap, and knowing how to leave a shoe as proof, these thieves are well-prepared. They must have been eyeing the treasure of Linlangyuan for a long time, not a day or two!"

Su Wangting's face was extremely ugly, he supported his drooping head with his hands, he had already had a lot of thoughts about organizing the Dou Baohui, but at this moment, a sudden change made his mind in chaos, as if he was bent over by a thousand weights, unable to support himself.

"Father, what should we do now? Girl Gui, she, she..." Although the Su family's eldest son is a father, he is already in a panic at this moment and doesn't know what to do.

"Why are you crying? Don't cry!" Cheng Sanwu yelled in a low voice, frightening the Su family's eldest son into a daze.

Cheng Sanwu wiped his face fiercely, and then said, "I seem to have been to Jinguang Temple in Fengyuan. I'll go explore the way first."

Hearing this, the three of them looked together, especially Su Wangting and Chang Qing, who immediately thought of Cheng Sanwu's experience of fleeing all the way west after committing the Heyang massacre.

"My horse is fast, go check out the opponent's battle first, if you can save Gui girl, then I will save it by the way. If not, then I can come back before sunset." Cheng Sanwu looked extremely resolute at the moment, completely No past recklessness.

Su Wangting rushed forward, grabbed Cheng Sanwu's shoulder, and said eagerly, "What are you going to do?"

Cheng Sanwu said in a flash: "Old Su...you take out one hundred thousand gold and silver treasures in the name of counting the warehouse, remember, it's best not to occupy a lot of land, and a large cart can fit it. "

Su Wangting's haggard eyes reappeared, and he understood almost instantly.Cheng Sanwu turned to Changqing and said, "Rearrange the guards in Linlangyuan to make way for no one to see."

"Are you planning to..." As clever as Evergreen, he had already guessed Cheng Sanwu's intentions.

"Hurry up, but don't rush." ​​Cheng Sanwu didn't say a word of nonsense, and then looked at Su Jia Dalang: "You stay here and don't go anywhere. Don't cry until Girl Gui comes back safely! "

After saying this, Cheng Sanwu patted Su Wangting on the shoulder, nodded heavily, then turned around and walked out, walking like a tiger.

……

"Almsgiver, forgive me." A pale-faced young novice only opened the gate of the temple by a single line, and said to several pilgrims in front of him together: "There are merchants staying in the temple at present. The almsgiver will come back in ten days."

Several benefactors complained a few words and had no choice but to leave.When the temple door was closed, a thick wooden door bolt passed across it, almost breaking the little novice's fingers.

"Let's go." A black-faced man raised his hand and grabbed the little novice by the collar, threw him into the courtyard, and drove him to the main hall.

At present, more than a dozen monks, big and small, were sitting in the corner of the hall. They either held their heads and shivered, or closed their eyes and silently recited the Buddha's name and prayed for the blessing of the Bodhisattva, but none of them dared to look up.

Because a horrifying scene was happening in the temple at this moment, the body of the head monk of Jinguang Temple, which was still warm, was lying in front of the Buddha statue and was disembowelled by a sharp knife.

The little novice monk came to the main hall just in time to see this bloody scene, and fainted from shock on the spot. He was kicked to the corner by the black-faced man casually, and no other monks dared to rescue him.

"The master." The thin monkey finished cutting off the heart and liver, wiped his hands with his monk's robe, and asked cautiously: "There are at least 80 million guan treasures in Linlang Garden, and we want [-] guan, isn't it too little?" ?”

"It's more, can Su Wangting bring it out by himself?" the head asked back.

"But isn't there an expert around Su Wangting? Will he really come here alone?" The thin monkey asked, "Maybe he has already reported to the official right now."

"Report to the officer, he dare not. I have let the eagle stare at it. If I see a large amount of smoke, dust and fire, I will kill the doll immediately and then evacuate. As for whether to bring other people, it depends on how cruel Su Wangting is. Anyway, when the time comes We still have to grab it by hand." The head of the family looked away and asked: "Is the firewood piled up?"

"It's all piled up, and with the addition of stone resin water, it can be burned with a little fire!" one of the men replied.

"The boss is planning to cover up his tracks after getting the treasure? Gao, really tall!" The thin monkey raised his thumb and praised repeatedly, then looked at the group of monks in the corner: "How do they deal with it?"

"Kill it before you leave." The head of the family took another piece of heart: "Your knife skills are getting better and better. Kill another one when you have dinner."

"Obey." The thin monkey clasped its hands, which has long been commonplace.

(End of this chapter)