Chapter II. 255.The Fisherman and the Fish

But most of those who seem to have a 'bright future' and have it at their fingertips will have a mind that they will definitely win; And if you have this kind of mind and are seen by the other party, you can only end up being cut fiercely and releasing a basin of blood.

This simple truth is very clear even to the ladies who go to the market every day to buy vegetables, and they have also figured out a unique way to crack it: either pretend not to buy people, or just arrange the goods with the stall editor, how bad the goods are, and try to kill the price to maximize their own interests.

This reason couldn't be simpler, but Li Sanlin, who was complacent, was obviously about to fall hard in this place.

As the 'all future' of the Li family, Li Sanlin seeks to open up a trade route of his own, which is also a matter of course. And this kind of request that Li Sanlin is putting forward now is, of course, a beautiful thing that cannot be sought for by Shen Gui, the 'invisible rich second generation'.

And his act of death is the same as the mistake of Li Gao and Yan Tian: it was a winning game if it dragged on, so he had to add a few more 'guarantees' to his own cleverness, in order to achieve perfection and the unity of heaven and man; As everyone knows, this is the same as being an official, the more you do, the more flaws you will expose.

Shen Gui pretended to hesitate for a long time, and then carefully took out the stack of silver tickets, carefully counted out 500,000 taels, and pretended to be arrogant:

"Since my brother is willing to save my life, I will no longer look forward and backward, so as not to hurt my brother's kindness! The 500,000 taels of silver will be placed here by my brother! The business is done, which is a fate given by God to our brothers; If it doesn't work, it will be treated as a brother's wine money for his brother! Anyway, I'm a dying man with no relatives and no support, and it's useless to ask for so much silver......"

Don't look at the heroic and dry clouds that Qi Yan said now, but he is still cautious in his actions of counting silver tickets. Such contradictory behavior of inconsistent words and deeds fell in the eyes of Li Sanlin, who was born in a rich family, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny. However, he didn't plan to hack his money at all, but genuinely wanted to meet a few future partners.

Now that he plans to do a good deed, he simply does a good job to the end and sells him a favor directly......

"I know what my brother is worried about, but you and I are good friends! This friendship is friendship, business is business! Since I have received your deposit, I will inevitably leave you a note! In this way, even if I, Li Sanlin, can run, where can such a big Li family go? Don't blame my brother for being so angry, although this 500,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, but if it is thrown into the big river of my Li family, it can't even make a splash......"

"That's that...... My brother is the successor head of the Li family, how can he take this little money in his eyes......" Shen Gui said excitedly while rubbing his hands incessantly. Immediately, he gritted his teeth again, counted out a silver ticket of five hundred taels from his arms, and pushed it in front of Li Sanlin: "This is my brother, and I give my brother your filial piety ......."

Li Sanlin, who looked at him like this and felt that he had already grasped the initiative, glanced at the large silver ticket on the table with a smile, stretched out his hand and pushed it back:

"Brother, you also saw it just now, the successor of the Li family is already in my brother's pocket; Don't look at the stakes on Li Zilin, there are a lot of bets, but you go out to inquire, is there a local in the Great Wilderness City who is pressing his heavy bets? Most of the people who bet on him are out-of-town businessmen who come to skewer goods, purely because of his high odds, and his 'old man's skin', which looks bluffing......"

"That's that! I have long heard people say that Governor Li is cowardly and incompetent, and he is a response insect who only knows how to be obedient and errands; The reason why he can get to this point today is also because Prime Minister Li takes pity on his lonely background...... So how shrewd is Prime Minister Li Cheng's perception of people, how can he not see which of the two of you has real talent and real learning? ”

Li Sanlin was extremely comfortable being 'patted' by Shen Gui with a few sycophants, and now he looked at him with a little appreciation in his eyes:

"I didn't expect my brother to be quite knowledgeable! In my opinion, you're not a simple trader, are you...... But I also understand that those of you who are away from home must always prepare a few more pairs of dough to protect yourself! However, no matter who you are, you must remember one thing: the person who does business with you today is me, Li Sanlin, and has nothing to do with the Li family...... Do you understand? ”

Shen Gui pretended to think about it carefully, and as if he suddenly understood, he was about to speak, but he was pushed back by Li Sanlin with his eyes:

"It's good that we brothers know it...... Hahaha......"

In the summer, the sky brightens up very early. After Shen Gui walked onto the street, the sky had already begun to turn from dark to bright. And the deposit note stamped with Li Sanlin's hand seal in his arms also made him feel full of returns. With this note, it is impossible for me to return empty-handed when I come to this great wilderness city.

In fact, judging from today's Youbei Third Road, although Prince Yan Tian has gained the upper hand, the actual situation is far less optimistic than he imagined.

The attitude of Li Deng, the 'King of the East Shadow', has gradually become clear. Thanks to Yan Tian and Di Ting's secret peace, they made peace first; and made Zhi faint, and united with the relatives of the Li family to seize Li Deng's ancestral business; Of course, the last straw that made Li Deng make up his mind to completely give up Yan Day, his 'pro-nephew', was the assassination of Li Le'an.

As long as you know the name Li Deng, you also know that he, the prime minister of Youbei, is a famous 'daughter slave'.

As for Pei Ya on Zhongshan Road, although he still doesn't know what happened between him and Guo Xing, but at present, the entire Zhongshan Metropolitan Army is also in a dormant period of standing still, or 'sitting and watching the direction of the wind'.

According to common sense, the governors of all walks of life, who died violently and commanded troops at the border passes, should enter Beijing for funeral as soon as possible; In addition to showing his personal attitude of 'supporting the new emperor', he can also prove that he does not have the ambition of taking advantage of the chaos to rebel.

But today's Zhongshan Road, there is neither the preparation of ordnance training soldiers, nor the presentation of mourning, and the invitation to Beijing; This indifferent attitude that has nothing to do with himself makes it unclear to anyone what kind of medicine he is selling in Pei Ya's gourd.

However, this situation is acceptable to the Yan brothers who are competing. After all, this posture of not moving the enemy and not moving, and focusing on 'defensive counterattack', can only be considered reasonable if it is used by both sides. If this kind of indifferent reaction was really a ploy adopted by Pei Ya, then he would take himself as a puppet governor too much.

And now the wind direction in Fengjing City has already become a pot of porridge under the joint efforts of all kinds of 'rumor-mongering masters'. Under such circumstances, the folk prestige of the great shaman He Wendao has a faint tendency to be comparable to Li Xuanyu; And the word Yan Day, on the contrary, was related to all 'uncivilized words' overnight.

According to Shen Gui's thoughts, no matter how many questions there are in front of him that have not been answered, as long as the Elephant Valley on Dongyou Road breaks through the ground, all the layouts will be unfolded immediately. He never believed that there was any perfect nirvana in this world, and no matter how perfect it looked, there would eventually be a hidden game-breaking cover.

Perfection means that there are flaws everywhere. The ability of the person who lays it out is also reflected in how to use and cover up those covered doors.

Shen Gui, who was stuffed with a head of 'intrigue', finally walked to Li Caifu. Now it was dark, but there was still no pedestrian on the street. A few dogs barked occasionally from the street, and the great deserted city was even more deserted.

Shen Gui, who was in a hurry, didn't even bother to abide by the 'industry rules' such as 'going around the mansion' at this time, but bent his knees, jumped up gently, and put his hands on the wall of the Li Mansion, and then fell into the Li Mansion like an old dog.

Shen Gui in the past. They all strictly follow the rules; Today, it may be that the dog barked a little depressed, so this troublesome step was omitted.

However, no matter what the rules are, there is a reason why it must exist.

As soon as Shen Gui's figure landed, he stared at a man and a woman standing in the courtyard.

The woman in the courtyard, who looked to be in her early twenties, was standing in the middle of the garden in a light and airy goose-yellow saron. And the man in front of the mansion was probably about twenty years old; Like Shen Gui, dressed up in a Tsing Yi hat and carrying a blanket on his back, looking at the misty sky, his facial features are quite delicate.

This embarrassing situation. None of the three thieves knew what to say.

As soon as Shen Gui saw this man and woman, he already understood a little in his heart. I think that the two people opposite should be the pair of 'bitter mandarin ducks' in the main house when they came to steal books during the day. In a sense, that little merchant can be regarded as a 'partner' he has never met.

And the woman who was dressed very simply, that is, Li Cai's wife Wu, looked at Shen Gui's dress, and then looked back at her lover's dress, and for a moment she didn't know whether to shout or not. It's all because in her opinion, these two people are dressed exactly the same, and their looks should belong to the relationship of 'colleagues'; Could it be that this person saw that my lord was about to return home, and he came to report the news?

And the little merchant was not as complicated as he thought. He just looked at Shen Gui's dress, and then looked down at himself, feeling a little 'mixed' in his heart: what an adulteress! The schedule of 'shifts' is so tight! I used to seduce me because I was a man of outstanding character. Dare to love what you like is the 'profession' of a merchant, you can change anyone!

Of course, it has to be said that Shen Gui is a human being in two lifetimes, and he is used to seeing big scenes, and in the dead silence of Li Caifu's upper garden, he was the first to speak and break this embarrassing situation.

He first looked up at the sky, then pinched his fingers with his right hand and whispered something; In the end, he raised his head, looked at the merchant standing in front of the Li Mansion with admiration, and said from the bottom of his heart:

"Dude...... You're in awesome ......."