, the man was about to leave, when he turned around and suddenly saw the old man, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh, this...is this old man Song?"

The old man turned back blankly and responded: "It's me, you are..."

The merchant said happily: "I am about to go to my old man's house. I am Chang Qianna who went to Kaifeng to do business with your son. Old man, your son is doing business in Kaifeng and won't be able to come back for a while. He knows how to eat at home."

I have almost used it up, so I specifically asked me to bring you some money and a letter from home. Since we met here, please give it to me."

As the merchant spoke, he opened his bag, took out a sealed cloth bag and gave it to the old man, asking the old man to open it in front of him. Sure enough, there was a large ingot of silver and a letter. After the old man collected the things, the merchant said goodbye to him and left.

Already.

The old man said to the waiter: "Old man, my eyes are dim and I can't understand things clearly. Please help me read my family letter."

The clerk struggled with him for a long time. He was very impatient, but he didn't want to offend the guest. He reluctantly took the letter and read it. The contents of the letter were all trivial family matters. Finally, he said that the old man's son was doing business in Kaifeng and he would not be able to come back for a while.

He asked Chang Qian to bring back a piece of silver and ten taels of silver to his father to supplement the family income.

The old man was overjoyed and said: "Although my silver is in pieces, it is of the best quality. I asked you to exchange it for more money, but you refused to give it to me. That's all. Since my son brought back a large amount of silver, I will exchange it for this ingot."

Big silver, this big silver ingot is not as good as my scattered silver, so let’s redeem it first.”

The clerk impatiently threw the broken silver that had been weighed back to him, and then took the large silver ingot. After only one weighing, he found that the silver ingot actually contained eleven or two or three cents.

The old man said outside the counter: "The current market price is one thousand and fifty taels of silver. The old man has already found out clearly that these ten taels of silver should be exchanged for 10,500. You have to

Just redeem it in full."

The boy's heart suddenly jumped. Ten taels of silver? This is obviously eleven taels of money. If the old man's son hadn't made a mistake and weighed the wrong portion, it was because he came home with a little money.

I have never remembered that carefully. If I exchange it according to the ten taels of silver, the extra one or two or three coins will be... Hehe, I don't know when his son will come back. I will come back to the theory when the time comes. There is no basis for it.

What are you afraid of him for?

Thinking of this, the clerk became greedy and quickly took the silver and weighed it carefully. It was indeed eleven taels and three cents. The clerk was so happy that he didn't care about the details. He quickly counted the money for the old man according to the number of ten taels of silver.

The treasure banknotes. The treasure banknotes were counted and handed over to the old man. The old man staggered away. Yu Jian, a beggar and beggar hired by someone else's money, happened to walk in and beg for food. They bumped into each other.

Yu Jian came forward to beg for food with saliva on his face, but the waiter refused to pay attention to him and just chased him away. Yu Jian then said with a smile: "I lived elsewhere before that man. He is a liar who only deceives people with fake money. You are not willing to give it to me."

Eat, don't be fooled and lose your job, you won't even be able to eat tomorrow."

When the clerk heard this, he was shocked and quickly went back to the counter to inspect it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more something was wrong. The shopkeeper was sitting in the back room calculating accounts. He didn't pay attention to the situation here, so he took the scissors and cut the ingot of silver.

Come on, the guy almost cried when he made the cut. It turned out that the big silver ingot was just covered with a layer of silver on the outside, and it was actually lead inside.

The clerk quickly ran out of the counter and asked Yu Jian, "Where did you meet that liar? Can you still find him?"

Yu Jian chuckled and stretched out a hand to him. The waiter had no choice but to reach into his arms, take out some money and put it in Yu Jian's hand.

Yu Jian rolled his eyes and said: "Are you sending me away to beggar? Uh... I am a beggar, it's true, but today you are asking for something from me, and you want to send me away with these few dollars? It's less than two guan notes, no."

Dry"

The clerk was very anxious, thinking that the loss of more than ten guan banknotes was really too much to compensate for. If he only had two guan banknotes and worked for a few months in vain, he could still barely pay them back, so he went to the counter and took out two more guan banknotes and handed them to Yu.

Jian, Yu Jian was overjoyed and said to himself: "With this money, plus what the guy just gave me, I can live frugally and go outside the customs."

The guy said anxiously: "I gave you the money, you have to accompany me to find the liar, otherwise, I have to get it back."

Yu Jian nodded quickly and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, when I was begging for food, I happened to see them cheating in another bank, and then they checked into an inn. I will take you there."

The clerk immediately locked the counter, closed the door, collected the cards and closed the store. Because he was a familiar clerk in the store, the shopkeeper didn't care at all and left everything to him. The clerk finished in a hurry and said to the back room.

With a sound, he pulled Yu Jian and left in a hurry.

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Act 4:

In the inn, Wan Songling, who had just pretended to be an old man, and Gongsun Dafeng, who had gone to hire a beggar, were sitting at a table with several plates of side dishes, a pot of turbid wine, and a plate of steamed buns, eating.

Wan Songling whispered: "What happened in Suzhou has not spread. Song Sheng's power is only in Xiliang. They can't arrest us all over the world. Basically, we are safe. Life is hard now."

It's a while, let's wait a little longer. When the wind calms down completely, the master will take you around to see the colorful world of the original. If you make a big fortune, wash your hands in the gold basin. Alas, you two, don't imitate the master.

, when the time comes, you can start a family and start a business, and get back to your normal business."

Gongsun Dafeng said: "Master, once you are a master, you will be a father forever. Qianqian and I will naturally obey the master's arrangements. However, since we want to live in peace for a while, why ask the beggar to find the victim again?

Wouldn't it just make things worse?"

Wan Songling said: "You are not as smart as Qian Qianduo. After teaching you for so many years, you... Well, to be honest, you are really not suitable for this job. Think about it, we want to study in Xingyang

This small place has been a cat for a while, but all the money was spent on the limo, and the little money I have is almost spent, so I have to make some money to spend, right?

But the money has been defrauded, and the clerk can't find us, so how can we not report it to the official? Once reported to the official, how can we stand here as we are unfamiliar with the place? At that time, we will have to escape and find another place to live.

Today I asked the guy to look for us, but he couldn't get the money back even if he tried to find us. When his shop owner found out, he knew that he couldn't win the lawsuit, and he was afraid of ruining the reputation of his shop, so he couldn't do anything in the future.

In business, this mute will have to endure the loss. At that time, even if we are walking sideways in Xingyang City, what else do we need to worry about?"

Gongsun Dafeng was embarrassed, but he still couldn't figure out the reason.

At this time, the scholar surnamed Wang, who had been beaten up by the gangsters in the alley, walked step by step with his legs spread apart, as if standing on a horse. He was sweating profusely and walked extremely slowly. People on the street

They all looked sideways at him, and many people in the store looked at him curiously. When Wan Songling and Gongsun Dafeng saw everyone's strange behavior, they couldn't help but shut up and looked at the man curiously.

A clerk in the store said strangely: "Hey, isn't that Instructor Wang from Xingyang College? What's wrong with him?"

Next to this inn was a medical clinic. The scholar surnamed Wang stumbled to the door of the medical clinic, raised his hand and knocked on the door, shouting in a sheepish voice: "Open the door, open the door, Gao Lang, open the door, help me..."

After a while, the door of the medical center opened. The young apprentice in the medical center saw this man and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Oh, instructor Wang... what's wrong with you?" He said and quickly helped him in.

Seeing this situation, Wan Songling didn't take it seriously anymore and continued to eat with Gongsun Dafeng while planning his future plans.

In the medical center, Instructor Wang was lying on his back on a wicker chair, with his legs resting on two high stools. His green robe was opened, and his small clothes were taken off. Lang Gao Jingyan from Gao's Medical Center was standing opposite him, stroking his white hands.

He must, his brows furrowed.

This Gaolang is very old, tall, with fair hair and a round face, and his face is red. He is a very famous trauma doctor in Xingyang City. He is very famous for treating bruises. It is said that he is a high-ranking doctor in Jinling City.

A distant cousin of the imperial physician.

Instructor Wang looked like he was dying and asked with a trembling voice: "Gao Lang, how is my injury...?"

Gao Lang sighed softly and said, "Just cut it off..."

"ah……?"

"Oh, it's no use anymore. Let's cut it off. Both of my balls...are broken..."

"ah……"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is too cruel, Mr. Wang, you... you really shouldn't be involved in this gamble. You look like this now... If you don't cut it off, the wound will rot and your life will be in danger."

The young apprentice handed over the medicine box. Gao Lang stretched out his hand and took out a sharp knife that was curved like a sickle. He said proudly: "Mr. Wang, don't worry. Although I, Gao Lang, am not a knife maker, I used to work with my cousin in Beijing."

When I was studying medicine, I had dealings with several famous knife makers in Beijing. I promise to cut them cleanly and not hurt anyone."

Instructor Wang burst into tears and begged reluctantly: "Gao Lang, I...I have no...hope? It must...be cut off?"

“It must be cut”

Instructor Wang covered his face and cried, and Gao Lang sighed: "Mr. Wang, now is not the time to be sad. If this injury is not cured, my life will be in danger. If you agree, I will take action immediately. After a long time, I am afraid that I will be unable to do anything. But

...This is no ordinary injury. If you agree, you must sign and pledge yourself to avoid trouble."

Instructor Wang was shaken and nodded sadly. Gao Lang took a pen and paper, wrote down what happened, and handed it to Instructor Wang. Instructor Wang took the paper and pen, cried for a while, then signed a monogram on it and wrote:

own name:

"Wang Zhen"

Gao Lang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered his young apprentice: "Tian Yan, immediately prepare fire tongs, pig gall, charcoal basin, wheat straw, hemp powder..."

Act 5:

Xia Xun, Zi Qi, and Tang Sai'er took a few guards to visit Xingyang City for a while and visited several street scenes. It was getting late.

Xia Xun said: "Let's go. The city gate will be closed soon and there will be fewer pedestrians on the streets. Let's go back to Guanyi to have dinner and have a good rest after dinner. We have to hit the road tomorrow."

Tang Sai'er held his hand and said, "Godfather, please eat something outside. The food in that hotel is not edible and it doesn't taste good at all."

Xia Xun smiled and said: "If we talk about flavor, of course it's among the people. It's impossible for official banquets to serve that snack. Well, let's eat outside today."

Xia Xun waved to a guard in casual clothes and ordered: "Go to the hotel and tell Xilin and others not to wait for us. We will eat outside and then go back."

The guard took the order and left. Xia Xun pointed forward with his folding fan and said, "Let's go. This street is brightly lit and very lively. Let's go find a small shop to have something to eat."

At this moment, Yu Jian led the bank clerk from the other end of the long street and turned into an inn before meeting Xia Xun and others.

"It's you, where can you go, you old liar?"

When the clerk saw Wan Songling, he rushed forward excitedly, grabbed Wan Songling, and shouted: "Liar, give me back my money."

"What's going on? What's going on? Why are you beating our customers?"

The boss and the waiter hurriedly came to greet him, and all the guests who had left the table came here one after another. The bank clerk said angrily: "This old liar used ten taels of silver wrapped in lead and defrauded me of ten thousand five hundred dollars.

Damn it, give me back my money.”

Wan Songling slowly stood up and said with an angry face: "What are you talking about? The old man went to your store to exchange the treasure banknotes, but the old man exchanged the money with ten taels of silver brought by his son. The silver is real or fake. Are you saying

Didn’t you check it on the spot? Now you’re here to seek the old man’s bad luck.”
To be continued...