Chapter Seventy-One: The Tea House Asks for Money and Pays for Tea in Gold

Liu Qingyun's fishing drum fell to the ground, and was stepped on by a food delivery person. Not only did he step on the fishing drum tube, but he also fell a big ass squat. A hundred pounds of vegetables were all destroyed. If he catches Liu Qingyun, he will ask Liu Qingyun to compensate. Liu Qingyun told him to go to the people who were riding horses on the street to ask for losses.

This one grinned when he heard it, and he muttered in a low voice, and Liu Qingyun listened very seriously on the side. The man who rode a horse in the street, surnamed Qian, rode a horse on the street because his father died suddenly. Liu Qingyun was in his spirits at that time, and he grabbed the food delivery person: "What did you just say? That Second Young Master Qian's father died? Can you tell me what's going on? Don't let you say it in vain, if you make it clear, I will pay you for the food." Not only will I pay you, but I will also give you twice the original price. ”

As soon as he heard the food, his eyes lit up: "What you said is true." Liu Qingyun nodded: "Of course it's true, the monks don't speak." The person who delivered the food still didn't believe it: "That's strange, what are you asking for? What's in it for you?" Liu Qingyun smiled, this food delivery is really a tendon, isn't it okay to have silver? Why do you ask so much? But you still have to give him a reason, did he ask?

Liu Qingyun made a gesture: "Immeasurable Buddha, alas! That's right, you see that I am a monk, what can a monk do? We also rely on doing practical things for others, reciting sutras and so on to make a living. This young master Qian's father is dead, he must ask the mage to overdue, you think the Qian family is rich, if I make a French ceremony for Master Qian, I will overspend the soul of Master Qian. Can the Qian family give less money? But before that, I have to find out about the situation of the Qian family, right?"

The food delivery man nodded when he heard this: "Well! Liu Qingyun didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he pulled his arm with his hand: "Okay, you have asked everything you want to ask." Let's find a clean place and go. As he spoke, he was about to pull the food delivery away, but the food delivery person quickly picked up the flat pole on the ground: "Alas, you wait a while." Wait for me to clean up the basket. ”

Liu Qingyun looked at it: "Don't ask for this basket, you see it's broken." I'll buy you the money for the basket when I go back, don't you," I didn't say anything more when I heard the food delivered. Carrying a flat burden, he followed Liu Qingyun into a teahouse next to him.

After entering the teahouse, Liu Qingyun called the tea officer, and the tea officer asked for a single room. I ordered a pot of Biluochun and asked for a few plates of dim sum. Liu Qingyun stretched out his hand: "Sit down and talk, it's so convenient." We talked as we drank tea. Haven't you asked the donor's honorable name yet?" The food delivery man poked the flat burden next to him, and then sat down opposite Liu Qingyun: "Eh! Born in a poor family, where did the honorable surname come from? My surname is Zhang, and I am in the fourth line of my family, and others call me Zhang Si." What is the name of the master, and where did you become a monk?"

Liu Qingyun pushed the dim sum in his direction: "Oh, Zhang Si." Poor Road Law No. Flying Star. I am a Taoist priest who travels and does not have a fixed temple. Zhang Si put his arm on the table, reached out and picked up a piece of chestnut cake and put it in his mouth. After eating, he wiped his mouth: "Dao Chief, just ask, do you want to know about the Qian family?"

Liu Qingyun thought about it while holding the teaglass: "When did this old man Qian die? Did he die of a sudden emergency, or did he die of illness all year round?" Zhang Si sighed after hearing this: "Alas! Speaking of old man Qian, he is a very good person! It can be said that he is kind and charitable." Just before dawn this morning, when I went to deliver food to their house, Mr. Qian suddenly fell ill and died. To say that Mr. Qian is not too old, he is fifty-four years old this year. The body has always been very good, but who would have thought that this person said no, he was gone. Mr. Qian has three sons, and when the old man was angry, none of his sons were there. ”

Liu Qingyun nodded: "Before this old man Qian died, did anything special happen to their family?" Zhang Si looked puzzled: "Special thing? What special thing can this be? I really don't know." Liu Qingyun smiled: "I should ask like this, has anything special happened to this horse kiln in recent days?"

Zhang Si's eyes lit up: "If you say so, there is really something strange." I don't know what's going on in the past few days? People are dying every day in our horse kiln, and they all die of sudden illness. These people had no hidden illness before, but the government couldn't find out anything about it? Counting it, Mr. Qian is already the fifth. ”

Liu Qingyun tapped the index finger of his right hand on the table and thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out. According to the instructions of the Shadow Explorer, the Shadow Ghost is in this Ma Yao Town, and it stands to reason that the people who died in the past few days should have been done by the Shadow Ghost. But why can't you find out what you do? A dead corpse has no pupils, and you can't find it? Could it be that the government deliberately concealed it? It is also possible. Such a strange thing, the government is afraid of causing a riot, and it is reasonable. It seems that I will wait until I see it.

Liu Qingyun was thinking about how to enter the Qian family? Zhang Si looked at Liu Qingyun and was stunned and asked, "Dao Chief, Dao Chief." What do you think? Is there something wrong with this?" Liu Qingyun was stunned for a moment: "Oh, no, no, it's okay." I'm thinking about how to do things for Master Qian?" Zhang Si didn't doubt what Liu Qingyun said, and Liu Qingyun asked some more about the Qian family. Zhang Si saw that the time was not early, and he stood up: "Okay, Dao Chief, I told you everything I knew." You see, it's not too early, and our boss should be in a hurry for a while. Look at this -- that food money. ”

Liu Qingyun smiled slightly, and took out a piece of gold from the treasure bag in his arms, this piece of gold is not thirty taels or about the same? Liu Qingyun stuffed the gold into Zhang Si's hand, Zhang Si's eyes were bigger than a bean bag, and his legs were weak and he sat on the ground. Who doesn't love Huang Chengcheng's gold, but more than 100 catties of vegetables can be exchanged for 30 taels of gold, which really makes him a little unbearable. His two baskets of green vegetables can be sold for three taels of silver, which is a high price, but Liu Qingyun gave thirty taels of gold, and this gold is exchanged for silver, how much can he get?

Liu Qingyun also had no choice, he didn't have any silver in his treasure bag, only gold and jewelry. Is this thirty taels of gold or a small piece of gold? Zhang Si looked at Liu Qingyun with the gold in his hand: "Dao Chief, did you really go to Qian's house to do things? Don't you look like you have no money to make ends meet?" Zhang Si said this, and Liu Qingyun opened his mouth to ask: "He-he-no, this? He, he didn't give it to you, didn't he give it to you, this? This is, it was to pay for tea." Yes, pay for the tea. I'm telling you to pay for the tea. ”

Zhang Si looked at the gold, and then at Liu Qingyun: "Drink tea and pay gold, I really haven't heard of it." Don't you have any money?" Liu Qingyun continued: "Yes, yes, like this. There was too much silver to carry with me, so I replaced it with gold, and now I run out of silver. So I had to pay for the tea with gold. ”

Liu Qingyun hurriedly stretched out his hand and took the gold again: "Forget it, I'll pay for the tea, right?" Liu Qingyun took the lead out of the private room and came to the counter. Liu Qingyun put the gold on the counter, and the shopkeeper was stunned, and the shopkeeper stared at the piece of gold in front of him, such a large piece of gold, he saw it for the first time, and this piece of gold was about thirty taels. The shopkeeper's correct abacus: "This, this Taoist, we don't exchange gold and silver." ”

Zhang Si next to him almost laughed. He bumped Liu Qingyun with his arm: "Dao Chief, I'll just say it." How can you use gold to pay for tea and dinner?" Liu Qingyun didn't mention this embarrassment, he hurriedly explained to the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper is like this. What about me? Unfortunately, I've run out of money. There's only such a piece of gold left, you see we're drinking tea with you, we can't afford not to pay for the tea, can you? You can see if you can do this? You call man, help me go to the silver number and exchange it for silver. I paid for the tea. ”

The shopkeeper didn't think much about it: "Oh, so that's the case? I'm really a little worried about such a big piece of gold to ask the guy to go." Daoist, wait a while, I'll go and exchange it for you myself. Liu Qingyun nodded, the shopkeeper turned out of the counter, said to the guys, told the guys to take care of the business, and he went out of the teahouse.

Liu Qingyun and Zhang Si returned to the private room to wait for the shopkeeper, and it didn't take long for the shopkeeper to come in with a bag, and he put the bag on the table: "Dao Chief, your gold is a total of thirty-one and twenty-four coins, and it is exchanged for silver, a total of three hundred and sixty-five twenty-seven coins of silver." You click on it, right? ”

Liu Qingyun smiled: "No need to order, how much is the tea money?" The shopkeeper looked at the things on the table: "Ah, the tea and snacks are a total of one or two or four dollars of silver." Liu Qingyun took out three taels of silver from his bag and handed it to the shopkeeper, and then he waved his hand: "If there are more, you don't need to look for them, they will be rewarded for you." The shopkeeper smiled again and again, and he withdrew with the silver.

Liu Qingyun took out another ten taels of silver, and he took it in his hand and turned it upside down: "Zhang Si, this piece of silver should have ten taels." The money for your dishes and baskets should be enough, right?" After speaking, he put the silver on the table and pushed it towards Zhang Si. Zhang Si picked up the silver, with a smile on his face: "It's enough, it's enough, in fact, five taels of silver is enough." You're giving too much. ”

Liu Qingyun smiled: "You have been with me for so long, and it has delayed you a lot." The rest of the money is yours except for your host. Zhang Si accepted the money and left happily. Liu Qingyun saw him leave, and then he also came out of the teahouse. When he got outside, he recognized the direction, and he walked towards the Qian family.

When he was in the teahouse, Liu Qingyun had already asked Zhang Si where the Qian family was. He walked straight to the fourth street of Daoma Yao, and when Liu Qingyun arrived at the door of the Qian family, he first looked at the Qian family's house. This Qian family is really not ordinary and rich, just by looking at this door, you can see it.

The tall gatehouse can be more than two zhang high, and there is a plaque hanging on it, on which are written the two big characters of Qianfu. The black-painted gate had seventy-two fist-sized nails on it, and two beasts with brass rings on them. There are also two corner doors next to it. There are two bluestone carved lions at the door, carrying two dragon claws on both sides. There are also two stakes for walking horses next to it, as well as upper and lower horse stones. On either side of the gatehouse, there are also two gatehouses. Now the two corner doors are closed, and the middle gate is open. There are many family members who come in and out, some step on stools to hang white lanterns, and some throw ladders to hang filial piety for the gatehouse.

After Liu Qingyun finished reading it, he walked towards the door of Qian's house. As soon as Liu Qingyun arrived at the door, the family next to him found out. The family hurriedly put down the things in their hands and took a few steps forward, and the family members bowed to Liu Qingyun with their hands together: "This master, it's unfortunate that you came today, our Qian Mansion has a white affair today." You'd better come back another day, right?"

Liu Qingyun also recited the Buddha's name with his hands and mouth: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this benefactor has misunderstood." Poor Dao didn't come to turn his fate today, and he heard that Master Qian was kind and kind. I don't want to live a good life for a long time, I am here today to chant the sutra for Master Qian and help Master Qian to ascend to bliss. The family saw that Liu Qingyun said sincerely, he thought about it and asked Liu Qingyun to wait, he went inside to report it first, and then invited Liu Qingyun in. Liu Qingyun was going to carefully examine Master Qian's body.