Song Yi

Chapter 622 The First Letter
Seeing what Du Wenhao said, Lin Qingdai opened the envelope to look at it, and after looking at it, she handed it to Du Wenhao with a strange look on her face.

Du Wenhao took the letter and looked at Lin Qingdai: "What's the matter, look at your expression, as if you saw something terrible."

Lin Qingdai pursed her lips: "Look for yourself, don't you know why I have such an expression?"

Du Wenhao took a look at the exhibition letter and saw that it said: "The river is dry and the river is flooding."

Du Wenhao: "What do you think Mr. Yang means by this?"

Lin Qingdai expressionless: "How do I know, what kind of river, what kind of river, is obviously playing riddles for you, to see if you are smart enough."

Du Wenhao asked Hantou to go downstairs to find wine, and after dismissing him, he whispered: "If you ask me anything, you know that the person who understands me best in the world is you, Lin Qingdai. It's really boring to play riddles for me at this time. .”

Lin Qingdai snickered and said, "It would be the best if I have half your wisdom and wisdom. Unfortunately, this question was given to you by Mr. Yang. How can I understand it? That's why I ask you if you understand it?"

Du Wenhao nodded Lin Qingdai's forehead: "If this is the case, I will force you, but this old man is really amazing!"

Just as he was talking, Han Touzhe walked in with a few bottles of wine and smiled.

Filled the wine for Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai and roared, looked at Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai with a silly head, put a piece of meat in his mouth, and muttered: "Master, what did you see, I don't understand at all."

Du Wenhao ignored Hantou, and said: "So, the old man is very clear, Jiang, should be Jiang's shopkeeper, and He Shui should be the county magistrate He Zhao."

Lin Qingdai: "I had such a flash of thought in my mind before, but I thought it was a bit funny. Now that you say that, Wen Hao, it seems that I am not a woman who is supercilious."

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "I have always said that your feelings are the most accurate. Qin'er is too rational and kind-hearted. Xue'er is an expert at managing the family and managing money, but she is less flexible. You are better."

Lin Qingdai bowed her head shyly and silently, probably because it was inconvenient for Hantou to speak, and it happened that there was a guy outside the door named Hantou, and Hantou himself was also embarrassed, so he hurried out with an excuse.

Du Wenhao jokingly said: "Are you still embarrassed? What I said is true,"

Lin Qingdai: "Wen Hao, I think so too, but... isn't it said that Jiang is the biggest shopkeeper? Why did Mr. Yang give us such a few words?"

Du Wenhao pondered for a while: "So, the old man knew that we would come to Yuanshan, and that we would definitely go to shopkeeper Jiang, but shopkeeper Jiang and Yang Rui have a very good relationship, and this bone is not easy to chew, so he let us go around Jiang shopkeeper and directly approached the county magistrate."

Lin Qingdai: "But if we don't meet Keren this time, how can we get close to County Magistrate He?"

Hantou: "Isn't there still a letter? Open it and have a look?"

Lin Qingdai: "Yes, open it and have a look."

Du Wenhao shook his head: "Now we are close to He County Magistrate's concubine. If the letter really taught us how to do it, I don't think it is necessary."

Lin Qingdai: "Wen Hao, but I always feel that something is wrong."

Du Wenhao: "I think so too. I can't go to the magistrate He every time, and use the county magistrate to suppress shopkeeper Jiang. What if the shopkeeper Jiang secretly plots against us? And he has a relationship with that Yang Rui So good, how could he bow his head and surrender so willingly?"

Lin Qingdai was discouraged and said, "It would be better not to watch it if I knew it earlier."

Du Wenhao: "Have you ever thought that exhaustion and flooding are actually bad things?"

After thinking about it, Lin Qingdai felt that this was the case, and she became even more confused.

Du Wenhao muttered to himself the four words exhaustion and flooding. He couldn't figure out what this old man Yang wanted to imply to himself. He was probably worried that Yang Rui would see this letter, so he hid his head and showed his tail.
Thinking of this, Du Wenhao saw the four words written on the paper, and looked at them carefully. Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind. Could it be the overflowing words and the exhausted words? The two words put together are the homophony of intercept , but intercept what?

The more Du Wenhao thought about it, the more his head became dizzy, so he simply didn't think about it, crumpled the paper and threw it aside to drink.

Back at the inn, Du Wenhao was lying on the bed, those eight words were still in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of them no matter what.

Seeing this, Lin Qingdai tentatively said: "Since what the old man said is not what we thought at first, why don't we read the other letter?"

Du Wenhao still insisted that he didn't want to watch it: "I don't want people to lead me by the nose. After all, Yang Rui is his grandson. We just saved his life. He is willing to let his grandson kill him. You Then we can know what is more important in his heart, forget it, don't think about another letter, let's go to meet that shopkeeper Jiang tomorrow."

Early the next morning.

Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai, who didn't disguise himself as a man this time, went out. They didn't wear a fool's head, but asked him to do another thing, which was to find out what kind of person this county magistrate named He Zhao was. Du Wenhao knew If you want to do something in a place where you are not familiar with, you must know yourself and the enemy before you can win all battles.

Jiang Huaiyuan, a medicine merchant in Yuanshan County, in his early forties, is short and thin, likes money and women, and is a mercenary villain. The only thing about this person is filial piety, and he is very filial. His father died early, and only The mother is alone, in her 60s, with a strong body. Unlike Jiang Huaiyuan, she is an old lady with a straightforward personality.

Du Wenhao took Lin Qingdai to find Jiang's house without much trouble, a very well-built house at the entrance.

Lin Qingdai went to the concierge, and said it was Jiang Huaiyuan at the waist. The concierge immediately became unhappy when he saw the visitor with empty hands, and was about to yell to drive Lin Qingdai out, when a silver-haired woman walked over, followed behind her. Four servant girls.

"What's the matter?" asked the old woman.

The concierge quickly bowed over and said with disdain, "Probably came to beg the master to sell medicinal materials again."

The old lady took a look at Lin Qingdai, who was dressed in a short dress, delicate and neat.

The old woman came forward, saw Du Wenhao outside the door, and said, "What do you want from me?"

Lin Qingdai bowed and said, "We are from Xiushan County. We want to pay a visit to Shopkeeper Jiang, and we want to ask the concierge to make it easier for us."

The old woman hummed, but she couldn't see any expression, and said, "Go back, my family Huaiyuan has gone out, isn't the medicine market open tomorrow? I'll see you then." After finishing speaking, she turned and left.

Seeing this, Lin Qingdai glanced at Du Wenhao, Du Wenhao signaled her to forget it, but she was hesitating, the concierge thought she wanted to play tricks and refused to leave, so she stepped forward and pushed her, Lin Qingdai twisted and sent it away reflexively, the concierge immediately screamed .

The old woman turned her head when she heard the voice, her eyes lit up, and she stepped forward: "Miss, do you still have this skill?"

Seeing that the old woman did not blame her, Lin Qingdai showed joy on her face, knowing that the old woman must like kung fu, so she let go of the gatekeeper. The pain in the gatehouse was bared teeth and mouth, but because of the old woman's presence, Zhihao hid aside while holding his own wrist.

Lin Qingdai: "I'm sorry old lady, he didn't touch me, nor did I..."

The old woman was really happy, and said: "There is nothing to be ashamed of. They treat everyone like this. They are all indulged by my son. Someone can teach him a lesson."

Lin Qingdai was desperate to get her, and she cupped her hands and said, "The old lady is sensible, so I won't bother you. I'm leaving." After speaking, he turned to leave. Du Wenhao stood at the bottom of the steps and watched, knowing that Lin Qingdai didn't care about acting, just watched.

"Girl stay!" the old woman said kindly.

Lin Qingdai turned her head and looked at the old woman: "Is there anything else the old lady has to do?"

The old lady came forward without saying a word, and suddenly she slapped Lin Qingdai's chest with her palm. Lin Qingdai bent down, and the old lady staggered and almost fell. Lin Qingdai quickly supported her with both hands, and the old lady Only then did he stagger and stand firm.

"Be careful." Lin Qingdai said lightly.

"Young lady's reaction is quite fast!" The old lady said with a smile.

Lin Qingdai smiled slightly: "I made you laugh. I practiced kung fu since I was a child, and your palm was just a fake palm. You didn't really want to hit me, so you naturally dodged it easily."

In fact, the old lady really hit her, but she didn't hit her. Originally, she felt a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that Lin Qingdai's words would just save her own face. She couldn't help liking this beautiful girl a little bit.

"Hehe, yes, how could I really hit you, but I just want to see if you know how to kung fu, it's good, it's good."

Lin Qingdai saw that the old lady was happy, so she struck while the iron was hot: "The old lady is very clean, and she must have practiced for many years, right? You can see that she is very skilled."

When the old woman heard Lin Qingdai praise herself, she was as happy as a child, and laughed loudly: "Where did I practice anything, but I just like it. When I was young, I learned a few days from the troupe. I can't practice anymore."

Lin Qingdai: "Who said that at your age, you are already hunched over and leaning on a cane. Look at you, you have a strong body and can walk like flying. As long as you want to practice, isn't it easy?"

Du Wenhao didn't make a sound all the time, just thinking why he didn't realize that Lin Qingdai was so good at taking pictures of people and horses before, but it's not surprising after thinking about it again, if a woman wants to be a good pharmacy shopkeeper, she has to do everything by herself, after so many years Naturally, it has been practiced. Thinking of this, looking at Lin Qingdai who is usually unsmiling, although she still doesn't smile much now, she can make an old man smile. It's not for herself, but for this family, she can't help but feel more pity.

The old woman said proudly: "Of course, this is not fake at all. I have been climbing the back mountain every morning for more than ten years. Even the maids around me can't keep up with me."

Lin Qingdai smiled indifferently: "I can tell, well, since shopkeeper Jiang is not here, it doesn't look good for us to stand here and talk, so please go back."

Seeing that Lin Qingdai was about to leave, the old woman suddenly felt reluctant. There was no one in the family with whom she was so close that she could chat about her favorite things. Now that she accidentally met one, she was afraid that she would not be able to meet her in the future, so why not hurry up and keep a guest? !
"Why don't you sit at home for a while, my son should be back soon."

Only then did Du Wenhao come forward and bowed to salute.

Lin Qingdai introduced: "This is my master and the shopkeeper of our pharmacy."

Du Wenhao: "The younger generation's surname is Du and the name is Yunfan. I have met the old lady here."

The old lady saw that Du Wenhao had pretty features and spoke politely, which was different from her son's drinking and meat friends, so she naturally liked Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai very much, so she invited Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai into Jiangfu.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the drug market opened.

In the past, Du Wenhao had never had the opportunity to go shopping with Lin Qingdai, and naturally he had no chance to see it. Now that he saw it, he was really shocked.

The entire drug market is nearly 1000 meters from east to west. The gate of the drug market faces east, and there is a red silk hanging high on the door, which is ten meters high. There are fruit offerings and high incense lingering on it. The opening of the market is a pre-selected time. The person with the highest seniority in the medicine store leads all the people to worship before the official announcement of the opening of the market.

The drug market is full of people, and businessmen from the southeast and the northwest gather here, making it very lively.

When Du Wenhao and the others opened the market, they didn't see anyone from the Yang's herbal medicine store. They were wondering, so they randomly picked up a seller and asked about it. After asking, they found out that the Yang's family was very airy, and there were few of them. If you come by yourself, you just open an order directly, and the pharmacy here will send it over, and the Yang family only does business with the Jiang family. Who doesn't know that the Jiang family is a well-known medicine merchant in Dali, and they can get in touch with them , the business is naturally half improved.

Du Wenhao thought it would be better if Yang Rui didn't come. Anyway, Lin Qingdai had a good chat with his mother the first day, and even agreed to go hiking with Jiang's mother. The two left on purpose before Jiang Huaiyuan came back. I didn't want to cause trouble, originally I wanted to go directly to Jiang Huaiyuan, but after thinking about it, I forgot it, maybe it would be easier for Jiang's mother to come forward.

As expected by Du Wenhao, after visiting the whole medicine market, everyone has medicinal materials on hand, but as long as they hear that Du Wenhao and the others are from Xiushan County, they will not sell them at all, no matter how high the price is, they will not sell them to you. You, you have nothing to do. After shopping, the three of them returned empty-handed. It was already expected, and there is nothing to be depressed about.

The medicine market will be opened for half a month anyway, but Du Wenhao is not in a hurry. The guest's medicine will take a few days to be effective. Du Wenhao stays in the inn all day reading, and Lin Qingdai accompanies Mother Jiang to climb the mountain every day. Don't say anything, don't ask anything, Hantou will continue to spend the day in teahouses, and listen to the matter of this county magistrate He Zhao.Ten days passed in a flash.

On this day, Lin Qingdai went out to accompany Mother Jiang to climb the mountain early in the morning as usual. Du Wenhao was lying on the bed reading a book with nothing to do, when someone knocked on the door suddenly.

(End of this chapter)