The most common thing you see on the streets of Xinping County is the business of selling ceramics. The big stores have a dazzling array of all kinds of ceramics. Although the small stores are not big, they are well-equipped. Occasionally, an old man will pick up a load and put some on it.
These ceramic toys are also unique.
"Mr. Lang, buy a pair of porcelain dolls. Let's see how much the little lady likes them! It costs five cents for a pair. Don't think it's too expensive, Mang. You can ask around Xinping County. The porcelain dolls of my old man Zhou's family are those of Lian Huo Zhongtao.
You can't do it either." The old man selling ceramic toys persuaded the old man with a smile when he saw the young lady fondly playing with the porcelain dolls on the stall.
Mu Pinshan picked up a porcelain doll holding a book in his hand, looked left and right, and then picked up a little bare-chested doll. He suddenly smiled and said, "It's so cute. I can give this to my nerdy second brother. Just give it to me."
For Brother Blacksmith."
The iceberg beauty, who was never fond of smiling, made the whole world lose color with her smile. The old man selling porcelain was dumbfounded for a moment and forgot to brag about his craftsmanship.
Cui Mingdao stood next to Mu Pinshan with a big and small bag, and sighed: "Buy, buy, buy them all!"
The Cui family, which is the richest in the world, doesn't care about these two small coins. Even if they buy two pieces of Cui Mingdao from the Huo family, they won't blink an eye. The key is that after entering Xinping County, the most common thing Cui eldest son said was "Buy, buy, buy."
Buy!" Now his body is covered with packages containing porcelain, and he looks like a down-and-out young man who has fled.
Cui Mingdao thought that he was a handsome and charming man, but he had never been so embarrassed before, but he really couldn't afford to offend the woman in front of him. Since he couldn't afford to offend him, he had to find a way...
The Cui family had a store in Xinping County. Cui Mingdao led Mu Pinshan to the Cui family's store and handed all the bags he had on him into the hands of the shopkeeper, and told him to deliver them to Zhujian Mountain without any delay.
Already.
Without a bag and a light body, Cui Mingdao turned back into the carefree and uninhibited young man. On the way to Huo's house, Cui Mingdao learned the lesson this time and stopped walking on the busy streets of Xinping County. Instead, he chose the nook and corner alleys with few people, even if
It doesn't matter if you get confused.
"I just walked through this alley! Do you know the road?" Mu Pinshan suspected that Cui Mingdao did it on purpose and deliberately retaliated against her for buying too much porcelain.
Cui Mingdao turned around and smiled awkwardly: "I came here once when I was a child. I can't remember it clearly, but I'm sure I can find it."
Mu Pinshan was not in the mood to accompany Cui Mingdao in circles. With a slight step on his feet, he rose into the sky, spun around in mid-air, twisted his waist and flew towards the largest house...
Cui Mingdao secretly said that he was going to be punished. We came here to investigate and investigate secretly. He passed away in such a ostentatious manner. Cui Mingdao complained in his heart, but he had to chase after him, fearing that the girl would ruin the Huo family if she said something inappropriate. The Cui family is here
Daqian Dynasty's business spread all over the country, and its reputation has always been very good, because the Cui family is reasonable and never bullies the small or the weak.
The Cui family has always been kind to others, but recently their caravans in various places seem to have been targeted, and not only were their goods robbed, but their mouths were also silenced. Especially the Cui family's pottery caravan was robbed as soon as it left Xinping County, and was robbed.
Not just once.
The Cui family is kind, but it does not mean that the Cui family is easy to bully. The Cui family is also very scary. The Cui family offers a huge reward and will skin and bones those who rob the Cui family's goods at any cost. The Cui family
We had to do this, otherwise some random cat or dog would jump out and snatch the Cui family's things.
The Huo family does not have a store in Xinping County because it is not needed. The old man's name is the biggest golden sign. The merchants who come to the Huo family to buy pottery can be queued for more than a mile from the Huo family's gate...
After a few ups and downs, Mu Pinshan crossed the long dragon in front of the Huo's house and slowly landed in front of the Huo's house. Cui Mingdao, who caught up, breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought that this girl was still polite and did not directly climb over the wall and enter the Huo's house. .
"Two distinguished guests, if you are coming to Huo's house to buy pottery, please go to the back and wait in line. If not, please explain your purpose of visit, so I can report it." The servant in charge of welcoming guests from Huo's house smiled and stopped Mu Pinshan and the two of them. .
Cui Mingdao stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Daxing Dugu family Dugu Qingfeng, this is my roommate Dugu Qingyu. I was passing by Xinping County this time and wanted to come to the Huo family to say hello to Mr. Huo Lao."
The Dugu family can be said to be the largest aristocratic family in the Daqian Dynasty. The first queen of the Daqian Dynasty came from the Dugu family. In the hundreds of years of Daqian history, the Dugu family had three queens. Three queens from one family were so prominent.
I heard that she was the young master of the Dugu family. The servant of the Huo family was so bent that she could almost reach the ground: "Young master, please come in. I will inform the master and the eldest master right away."
After crossing the gate of the Huo family, Mu Pinshan rolled his eyes at Cui Mingdao and murmured in a low voice: "You can tell lies when you open your mouth. You have deceived so many young ladies with your mouth! You should be more careful in the future, even if those young ladies don't dare to look for you. If you work hard, if the sick scholar knows that you are swindling around in his name, he will fight for you!"
"That said, I can't say that I am Cui Mingdao in front of so many people outside! As for the sick scholar, anyway, I have been traveling around the world in his name for more than a day or two. I have too many debts to burden me. Afraid of where he will come from."
The old man of the Huo family was still making pottery and had no time to make a clone, so Huo Yimiao received Cui Mingdao and the other two. As soon as they met Huo Yimiao, they felt something was wrong. Although they had never met the sick scholar in person, they had some understanding of the man in front of him. Dressed in fine clothes and looking elegant and graceful every step of the way, this is not what a sick scholar should look like.
Huo Yimiao had a delicate heart and was calm and not impatient in his work. Although he saw through it, he did not say anything about it. He bowed and saluted and said: "The visit of a distinguished member of the Dugu family makes the humble house shine! My father is at the critical moment of making pottery. , please forgive me for the inconvenience of seeing guests!"
After sitting down, Huo Yimiao started to choose nice things to say, which made Cui Mingdao, who had always been shameless, unable to sit still. When Cui Mingdao saw that this person was silent and did not ask why he was here, he had no choice but to open the door and speak frankly.
"To be honest, eldest son, my Dugu family really wants to buy some pottery, but I heard that the pottery of the Cui family in Guangling County was robbed by thieves as soon as they left Xinping County -" Cui Mingdao said with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on Huo Yimiao. look.
Huo Yimiao was surprised and said: "This is happening! These thieves are so bold. They even dare to rob Cui's goods in Guangling County!"
Cui Mingdao said with difficulty: "If you dare to rob Cui's goods in Guangling County, then my Dugu family will not be able to protect all of them, and they will be taken care of by thieves. Has the eldest son heard any news? My Dugu family should be prepared in advance, otherwise I was really robbed. Money is a small matter, but face is a big deal!"
"Master Dugu, my Huo family is a craftsman. If you ask me about pottery, I can really tell you one, two, three, four, five, but how can the Huo family know about such things in the world!" Huo Yi Miao fiddled with the tea cup and replied with a wry smile.
Cui Mingdao failed to get anything useful out of Huo Yimiao's mouth, so he got up and left, saying that he would come with the deposit next time.
Huo Yimiao sent Cui Mingdao and the two outside the gate, watching them disappear at the corner of the street before turning back home. Huo Yimiao did not tell the old man about the visit of the Dugu family, because Huo Yimiao was sure that these two people He is definitely not a lonely person.
After staying away from the Huo family, Cui Mingdao said: "The Huo family must have problems. Although the Huo family has not set foot in the world, no family can really stay out of the matter. I never believe that the affairs of Xinping County can be hidden from the Huo family. How could he, Huo Yimiao, not have any news at all?"
Cui Mingdao Hui suspected the Huo family for a reason. The Cui family responded immediately after their goods were robbed many times in the Daqian Dynasty. People in various shops put on new faces and shipped goods under the banner of other companies. , so that only the boss who sells the goods knows who his goods are sold to. But even so, there are still several places that have been robbed by thieves, and the Huo family's pottery is one of them.
The thieves didn't rob anyone's goods, but they robbed the Cui family's goods, and they did so accurately. Cui Mingdao wouldn't believe it if the Huo family didn't have any moles.
Cui Mingdao and Mu Pinshan left Xinping County directly and went north along the official road, but they got off the official road after leaving Xinping County...
The next day, the Cui family's caravan left Xinping County under the escort of Zhennan Escort Bureau and headed south...
The sun was about to set, and it was about to get dark. The Cui family's caravan hurriedly hurried and slowly seemed to be unable to reach the small town ahead to rest. I saw the Cui family dressed as a servant sitting in the shopkeeper's chair. On the carriage, from time to time I opened the corner of the curtain and looked around.
"Big shopkeeper, do you think Zhennan Escort Bureau is reliable? If a thief comes to rob us again, can they keep us safe? Don't leave us, master and servant, and run for our lives as soon as the thief comes!" The boy rubbed his hands. He said with some worry.
"Zhennan Escort Bureau still has a loud voice south of the Huaihe River. Green forest heroes will give some face when they see the banner of Zhennan Escort Bureau. You, please relax." The big shopkeeper told the boy not to worry, but he himself But he was very worried, but he seemed calm on the surface.
In order not to arouse suspicion, the Cui family only hired a dozen escorts to escort the goods in the car. The person responsible for this escort was the branch of the Zhennan Escort Agency in Lujiang County.
"Brother, do you think the big shopkeeper's brain has been kicked by a donkey! If we miss the town just now, we will have to sleep in the wild tonight. Not to mention anyone freezing to death in this wilderness, he is not afraid of thieves coming to rob him!" The young guard, carrying a single sword and wearing coarse linen clothes, caught up with the senior brother who was walking ahead and complained.
The middle-aged bodyguard had a cold face and reprimanded: "This is the money we earn from working hard. Even if the boss wants to sleep in the wild every night, you will have to endure it. If you can't even endure the hardships in our line of work, It’s better to stop doing it as soon as possible.”
"Senior brother, don't be angry, that's what I said." The young guard was scolded by his senior brother and returned to the escort car with his head lowered.
The big man with a knife next to the escort car looked at the young guard who was dejected and returned in despair. He smiled and cursed: "Is it comfortable to let Senior Brother scold me?"
"It's none of your business!" the young guard cursed with a sullen face.
"Little bastard, is your leather tight again? Brother, I'll loosen it for you later when we're camping."
"I'm afraid of you." The young guard looked disdainful.
As the sun set over the mountains, the sky became completely dark, and the caravan found a sheltered forest to rest. After all, people were on a long journey, and pack horses couldn't bear it either.