Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood at the entrance of Manji Sugar Store, staring at a huge hanging painting facing the entrance of the store.

There are eighteen gods and Buddhas in the middle of this painting, surrounded by water ripples, and the water ripples are separated from the middle... It looks inexplicably familiar, like two fish tails.

Bai Yutang suddenly saw the painting, and inexplicably thought of the fishtail pillow, and felt that the fishtail pillow seemed to simplify the painting and then roll it up.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were at the door of Manji Sugar Shop, staring at the hall wall in a daze, and by such a coincidence, Man Muhua, the young owner of Manji, was in the shop, and when he went out, he saw the fourth son.

Full of joy, he waved to the fourth son to say hello.

The instinctive reaction of the little fourth son was to wave when he saw others waving at him... So he stretched out his little hand and waved at him.

Man Muhua was even happier, but the shopkeeper at the side touched his young master lightly, indicating that there were not only the youngest four sons at the door, but also Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, they didn't seem like people who would come to buy candy.

Man Muhua also came back to his senses, smiled when he saw Zhan Zhao, and cupped his hands slightly, "Isn't this Mr. Zhan? Passing by? Investigating the case? Or buying candy cakes?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Man Muhua, not only Zhan Zhao, but Bai Yutang and Tianzun also understood what Pang Yu said, this Man Muhua "is not the second generation ancestor in the traditional sense but not the second generation ancestor in the non-traditional sense." Shizu", what does this sentence mean.

Man Muhua looked very shrewd, with the intention of a businessman, but he seemed lazy and casual, as if he had no seriousness.In addition, his dressing style is completely different from Bai Yutang's, but it can be seen that the fabrics are exquisite and all the details are very particular. In short, Zhan Zhao appraised it, and this should be a rich, tasteful and capable second-generation ancestor.

The question Man Muhua asked was quite straightforward. There were three reasons why Zhan Zhao appeared at the door of the sugar shop, passing by, investigating the case, and buying sugar... The first two are unlikely, and the middle one is more reliable.

However, Man Muhua couldn't think of any recent cases related to their candy store. Could it be that someone choked to death while eating candy?

When Zhan Zhao was still thinking about how to answer, Tianzun said behind him, "Little Si is here to buy candy."

"Oh!" A smile immediately appeared on Man Muhua's face, "Do you still need to buy it? You can take whatever you want to eat! Are you my Manji guest!" After finishing speaking, he went inside himself.

Tianzun and the fourth son looked at each other, bypassed Zhan Zhao Baiyutang who was still stuck at the door like a log, and walked into the shop.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked in behind, their eyes fixed on the painting on the wall.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Do you think this painting is weird?"

Bai Yutang nodded and asked, "Does every Manji shop have it?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I've only seen it in this main shop."

Bai Yutang frowned.

"What?" Zhan Zhao asked him, "What do you think?"

Fifth Master was silent for a long time, and said, "What an ugly painting!"

Zhan Zhao poked him casually, what did he mean - he hung it right in front of the gate, don't say it if you think it's ugly!

……

When everyone stepped into the store, Man Muhua greeted the fourth son very attentively, and asked the shopkeeper to bring out the new products in the store for the fourth son to try.

Tianzun reminded the fourth son, "Your father can tell you, you can't eat too much and your teeth will decay."

Although the fourth son said that he came to buy candy, he didn't seem very interested in the candy on the table, but muttered in a low voice, "Where is the candy?"

Tianzun was almost overjoyed, and dared to look for "criminal evidence".

Man Muhua's ears are quite good, so he asked the shopkeeper to take out the shop's signature candy.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also a little curious, what does the legendary candy look like if it was made according to the appearance of the fourth son?

As soon as the buddy took out a few brocade boxes, Zhan Zhao almost sprayed it. The colorful paper boxes are very delicate. According to the different fillings, the color of the colored paper is also different. The bean paste is red, the egg yolk is yellow, and the corn is orange. , sesame black... In short, no matter what color the colored paper is, a chubby and cute rabbit is drawn on it.

Little Four stared at the rabbit, his cheeks puffed up.

Tianzun poked him, telling him not to get angry, open it and see what's inside.

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin, thinking that Pang Yu could consider adding this kind of candy to the candy cake he gave away, and many people would like it...

Bai Yutang has already made up his mind to ask Bai Fu to quietly order a thousand copies for him, and send them to the Demon Palace, Yingxue Palace, Hongying Village and Xingkong Island respectively.

Tianzun stretched out his hand to open the lid and looked in, couldn't hold back, and let out a "poof".

Hearing Tianzun's smile, the fourth son raised his face and gave him a resentful look.

"Ahem." Tianzun hurriedly looked serious, and shook his head at the fourth son, which means - it's not like!Not at all!

Man Muhua stamped one with his signature, and asked the fourth son to taste it.

The fourth son reached out to take it, took a bite, smacked his lips, and thought the taste was quite good.

"How much does this cost per box?" the fourth son asked after finishing eating.

"A box of five Wen, a set of four boxes, a set of twenty Wen, and a pack of candy." Man Muhua replied.

The fourth son looked at him, "It's not cheap, a catty of pork is only twenty yuan."

Man Muhua grinned, "I Manji sells all high-quality goods."

Bai Yutang touched his chin lightly.

Zhan Zhao looked at him——Master, do you know how much a catty of pork is?

Bai Yutang pretended not to see it, continued admiring the paintings on the wall, and sighed once again—what an ugly painting!

The fourth son found a chair, climbed up and sat down, covered the box, looked up at the smiling Man Muhua, and asked, "Is this candy made according to my appearance? When it was sold, it was made of me." Is it a gimmick?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—oh?Is the fourth son ready to make a theory?

Man Muhua laughed, "That's right, you also know that everyone in Kaifeng City likes you."

The fourth son nodded, took a piece of paper and a pen, brushed and wrote, and asked, "How many boxes of candy like this can you sell in a year?"

Man Muhua thought for a while, "Hmm..."

"It's useless to think about it, it depends on the account book." The fourth son was quite serious.

Man Muhua made him amused, and asked the shopkeeper to bring the account book. Last year, he sold a total of more than 20 boxes of candy. This year, more people bought it. Just in April, he had already sold [-] boxes.

The fourth son nodded and stretched out his little hand, "I will give you [-]% of the money you earn from selling dim sum related to me."

Man Muhua was taken aback.

Zhan Zhao and Tianzun blinked, while Bai Yutang nodded, "Fair."

Man Muhua chatted with the fourth son, telling him to come and get whatever he wanted to eat in the future.

The fourth son spread out the piece of paper just now, and saw the conversation between him and Man Muhua recorded on it.

The fourth son wrote the word "签" at the top of the paper, looked at Man Muhua, "Then let's file a lawsuit."

Man Muhua opened his mouth wide.

Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing, the fourth son is the son of the head of the Kaifeng Mansion, and he doesn't stay in Kaifeng Mansion for nothing, if we can't communicate, we will file a lawsuit!

Man Muhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, sat down to discuss with the fourth son, and said, "Thirty percent is too much..."

"Thirty percent is not much at all!" The fourth son shook his head. "In the future, if you want to sell things related to me, you will have to give me thirty percent."

Man Muhua took a breath and looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao spread out his hands, expressing that - the fourth son is right.

Man Muhua narrowed his eyes to tease the fourth son, "This is groundless, and you may not win the lawsuit."

The fourth son tilted his head, "Then let's try."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised——ho!The dumplings are unambiguous!

Man Muhua took another breath of air - isn't this dumpling rumored to be honest?

The shopkeeper tugged at Man Muhua's sleeve, and shook his head at him—young master, think twice, it's not wise to go to court with the fourth son!

Man Muhua moved over a chair, sat down and was ready to argue with the fourth son, "Then the candies we sell are made in the shape of twelve zodiac animals, wouldn't I give [-]% of the points to those twelve animals?"

The fourth son took it easy, "How are humans and animals the same? Eating chicken every day is not against the law, so try eating people every day."

"Pfft..." Zhan Zhao and Tianzun couldn't hold back.

Bai Yutang nodded—as expected of Gongsun's family, doesn't he look like a three-pointer?

Man Muhua was so choked that he couldn't speak a word, and finally bargained with the fourth son, "How about this, [-]% will be drawn, and everyone you introduce to buy things will be given a [-]% discount in the future!"

The fourth son seemed to think about it for a while, and stared at the box of candy without shaking it, and began to be dazed.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other.

I saw the little fourth son stretched out his small hand and touched his chubby chin, "Thirty percent seems to be a little less, or we should split half and half!"

Man Muhua opened his mouth - hey!Xiaotuanzi is trying to seize his property!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded—they can't even deal with coaxing and cheating, the dumplings are not easy.

Man Muhua quarreled with the fourth son for a long time, Zhan Zhao and other adults didn't help, they all watched the fourth son clean up the young master, finally Man Muhua was defeated.

"it is good!"

Gritting his teeth and stomping his feet, Man Muhua signed the contract, and after signing, he threw the pen and leaned on the table to feel sorry for his father, while poking at the fourth son, "Your future will be terrible, you should consider doing something What business?"

The fourth son took another piece of paper, puffed his cheeks, "I don't want to do business, I want to be a doctor."

After finishing speaking, I saw Xiaosi scribbled three lines on the paper and handed it to the accountant who was in charge of paying him the money, "From now on, all the money will be divided into three parts and sent to these three places."

Man Muhua looked at the paper, the fourth son had written three addresses in total, one was the Shantang on the street behind Kaifeng Mansion, and the other was the biggest porridge shop at the gate of the city.

The accountant looked at the fourth son, the philanthropic hall on the street behind the Kaifeng mansion included a study for orphans, a pharmacy, and a clinic for Gongsun.As for the porridge shop at the gate of the city, everyone knows that it is a place to provide food and warm clothes for homeless people and beggars.

The accountant was getting old, he stroked his beard with a smile, and nodded, thinking that the fourth son was kind-hearted.I went to look at the last line again, and after a glance, I was taken aback.

On the last line, Xiao Sizi wrote the address of a street.

Man Muhua was a little puzzled, and asked, "Where is this...?"

Zhan Zhao also leaned over to look, and was surprised when he saw it. This was the address of the alley where the maid Liang Qiaoyu who hanged herself lived.

The fourth son said, "Every household on this street has to get a share."

Man Muhua looked blank, "Where?"

The shopkeeper and the accountant turned pale at the moment, and whispered a few words to their young master.

According to Man Muhua's age, when the case happened more than 30 years ago, he was not born yet.But after all, it is their own business, so it is impossible not to have heard of it.

Man Muhua nodded, and asked the fourth son, "You mean to compensate those who were victims of the Xu Ji case?"

"En." The fourth son nodded.

"But it was Xu Ji who poisoned him back then." Man Muhua said, "Man Ji also suffered and suffered heavy losses! After all, we are in the food business, even if the people in Kaifeng City know that the poisoned person is Xu Ji, but For a long time, people didn’t dare to eat Manji’s stuff anymore. Later, it was my grandfather who ate one and sold one and started the business from scratch.”

The shopkeeper also nodded, and said to the fourth son, "This matter really has nothing to do with Manji, and the government didn't order us to pay them money."

"It's not for them." The fourth son shook his head, "I gave it to them, and the money is mine."

Man Muhua looked at the fourth son for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his arms to hug him, "I'll take you in as a godson!"

Zhan Zhao hurriedly went to snatch the fourth son back, thinking that Gongsun was still awkward to recognize Zhao Pu at the time, but now he must be crazy to have another godfather, Gongsun.

Man Muhua seemed to be in a good mood, he waved his hands to the cashier and shopkeeper, signaling them to follow what the fourth son said, and asked Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang, "It's better to meet by chance, let's go have dinner together? Is Pang Yu not here? I haven't seen him for a long time, I heard that Concubine Pang will take over this year's birthday banquet, I just want to discuss with him the style of this year's sugar cake."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, this matter was only confirmed yesterday, and they also knew it early in the morning, the news of Man Muhua was fast enough.

Zhan Zhao felt that it would be fine to ask Man Muhua directly, so he pointed at the painting on the wall and asked, "That painting..."

"It's ugly!" Man Muhua suddenly became excited.

Bai Yutang nodded silently. Originally, the furniture and furnishings in this shop were all first-class and tasteful, but this vulgar painting was simply out of place.

"This is my family heirloom. As for where it came from, no one knows. I only know that my grandfather said that even if there is gold and silver in the shop, as long as there is a fire, the only thing that needs to be snatched is this painting! It is also stipulated that this painting The paintings must be hung on the wall facing the gate of Manji's main shop for generations to come!" Man Muhua said with resentment, "I wanted to take it down several times, but my father said that my great-grandfather was going to climb out of the grave , so I had to keep it."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Does anyone in your family know the origin of this painting?"

Man Muhua folded his arms and shook his head, "Both my great-grandfather and grandfather passed away. My father usually wakes up in the morning after three glasses of wine and will be drunk all day. I also asked him, and he said he didn't know."

Zhan Zhao looked at the two elderly accountants and shopkeepers.

The accountant shook his head, but the shopkeeper thought about it for a while and said, "It was brought back suddenly one day by the grand master."

It was also the first time Man Muhua heard of it, "Tell me in detail."

The shopkeeper said, "I remember it was raining heavily that day, the sky was thundering and lightning, the old man suddenly ran back with a long oil paper bag, he was drenched, but the umbrella and coir raincoat were protecting the paper bag .”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned - their behavior was quite abnormal.

"After the master came back, he hid in the room and didn't come out. I guess he sat there all night." The shopkeeper said, "I was still young at that time, just an apprentice, and I was still serving the master. I took a change of clothes to Knock on the door, the master told me not to go in, and the master only changed his clothes the next morning."

"So strange?" Man Muhua also felt puzzled.

"The next day, after the master changed his clothes, he hung this painting on the wall facing the main entrance in the lobby, and specially burned incense to worship, and then set this family motto!" said the shopkeeper, " That's all I know, but this painting is very auspicious! Since it was hung up, Manji's business is getting better and better..."

"When did that happen?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh, that's been a long time." The shopkeeper thought for a while, "I was only twelve or thirteen years old...it must have been 60 years."

Seeing that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were very interested in this painting, Man Muhua asked, "What happened?"

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, didn't say much, bought two packs of candy for the fourth son, and was about to leave.

Man Muhua said he wanted to invite the fourth son to dinner, but the fourth son still had something to do, Tianzun seemed very anxious, and ran away with him in his arms.

When Zhan Zhao went out, he saw Bai Yutang involuntarily looking in the direction where Tianzun was running, and asked, "Curious?"

"Don't you think it's weird? He's mysterious." Bai Yutang counted the days, "It's been a busy day recently, and I haven't seen anything happening on April before."

"Let's follow up and see if we can understand!" Zhan Zhao pulled Bai Yutang up and followed him.

The fourth son lay on Tianzun's shoulder, and naturally saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang following behind.

Zhan Zhao waved his hand at him to signal him not to speak.

The fourth son was nodding, but Tianzun said without turning his head, "They both follow me and don't know, so am I still in the mix?"

The fourth son looked at Tianzun, "Zunzun, what's wrong with you to let Maomao know for nothing? You can't even bring Yin Yin?"

"Small things are troublesome." Tianzun said, looking at the fourth son, "It's you."

Little Four blinked.

"You don't mind giving the money to the congee shop Shantang, why do you give some of it to those residents?" Tianzun asked.

The fourth son said, "Daddy kept talking about this last night."

Tianzun was curious, "Your father asked you to give it?"

The fourth son shook his head, "Not really."

"Then you want to give it yourself?" Tianzun sighed, "It's one thing for you to have a good heart, but sometimes some things are not easy to solve."

The fourth son nodded and nodded.

"Xu Ji was sentenced to beheaded, which means that his family didn't even leave a newborn baby behind." Tianzun said, "Xu Ji's family property must have been compensated after the sale, besides, human life cannot be exchanged for money. To put it bluntly, it’s life for life, so this case has been closed.”

The fourth son nodded.

Tianzun knew that the child was a little dumb sometimes, and he didn't know if he understood, so he continued, "The older you get, the more unfair things in this world will be found. Sometimes good intentions come in exchange for the result But it’s not all good.”

The fourth son nodded again.

"Especially when a large group of people is involved here, each person's situation is different, treating a person is different from treating a group of people." Tianzun said, "A person can stay awake, but a group of people can easily lose their minds. A bad person is easy to deal with, but sometimes a group of good people do bad things that you can't imagine."

The fourth son then nodded.

Tianzun was also powerless, rubbing him, "Do you understand?"

The fourth son still nodded.

Tianzun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thinking maybe he didn't understand, but the fourth son asked, "Zunzun, did you reason with him like this when Bai Bai was young?"

Tianzun curled his lips, "Why is he like you, you are so obedient, he will talk back if he is right!"

Bai Yutang who was following behind suddenly stretched out his hand to cover his nose, Zhan Zhao hurriedly dragged him into the alley first, wondering, "What is Tianzun talking about with your fourth son?"

Bai Yutang rubbed his nose and said, "It's probably a little bit of experience he accumulated over 100 years."

"About what aspect?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

"Didn't you see that my master frowned when the fourth son said that he would give the money to Liang Qiaoyu's neighbor?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang with an expression of "so that's how it is", what does that mean - are you quite careful, you know Tianzun frowned?

Bai Yutang muttered - just happened to see it.

Zhan Zhao pondered for a while, and asked, "Is Tianzun afraid that the fourth son will be too kind in the future, and the result will be the same as the demon king?"

Bai Yutang sighed, "It's normal for an old man to teach children how to behave, the key is whether they can be taught."

"If you can teach people..." Zhan Zhao spread his hands, "Then why are people? Everyone in the world is the same, how boring?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao and smiled, then nodded.

……

Tianzun, who was walking in front of him with his fourth son in his arms, looked back helplessly, and saw two "following" upright people standing in the middle of the road and looking at each other.

Tianzun shook his head, these two little ones are too outrageous.

Looking back, he heard the fourth son ask him, "Zunzun, do you have any enemies?"

Tianzun made him amused, "Otherwise, why do you think Yutang is so good at martial arts? My enemy's contribution is greater than mine..."

The fourth son was teased by Tianzun and laughed "hehe".

Behind him, Bai Yutang couldn't bear it anymore and sneezed.

Zhan Zhao squinted at him—you should pay more attention to following him!

Bai Yutang was speechless—do you really think he didn't find out?

……

"Then has anyone ever done something to apologize to you?" The fourth son continued to ask.

Tianzun was slightly taken aback, and smiled lightly.

"If someone does something you will never forgive." The fourth son asked earnestly, "But that person apologizes to you every day, and tries every means to make it up to you... After such a long time, you will Won't you forgive him?"

Tianzun seemed to be distracted for a long time, and asked the fourth son, "If one day, someone killed your father, and you couldn't kill him to avenge your father, and then that person apologized to you every day and tried every means to make up for you, would you? Will you forgive him?"

The fourth son shook his head.

"Isn't it?"

The fourth son then shook his head, "I don't know."

Tianzun was taken aback.

"You won't know if I'll forgive him until he has done it." The fourth son said, "Even if I won't forgive him, he should apologize! It's two different things to not forgive and not to apologize. "

Tianzun stared blankly ahead.

The fourth son asked Tianzun, "Among those who have sorry for you, has anyone ever apologized to you?"

Tianzun stopped.

Behind them, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao also stopped, a little puzzled... Although they were quite far apart, something seemed wrong.

Tianzun stood for a long time, then shook his head slightly.

The fourth son reached out and touched his head to show comfort.

Tianzun suddenly smiled and nodded, "If suddenly one day, the descendants of those people come to apologize, it will indeed feel better." Then, he looked at the fourth son, "You sent the silver over just because you wanted to To make them feel better...isn't that the point?"

The fourth son smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

"What if there is no reward?" Tianzun asked him.

The fourth son smiled at Tianzun.

Tianzun looked at him and squinted.

The fourth son pinched Tianzun's face, "Zunzun is so handsome!"

Tianzun raised his eyebrows, "That is!"

After finishing speaking, he walked away happily holding his fourth son in his arms.

Zhan Zhao wanted to follow, but Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and gently pulled his wrist.

Zhan Zhao turned his head.

Bai Yutang waved his hand, signaling - don't follow.

Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang turn around and walk back, so he followed, "Aren't you curious?"

Bai Yutang shook his head.

"Aren't you worried about something going wrong?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Fifth Master smiled faintly, "Someone is watching him, nothing will happen."

Zhan Zhao nodded, nodded, and said to the roof, "Then why don't you follow me, Grandpa?"

On the roof, Yin Hou, who was sitting with his chin propped up, sighed, shook his head, turned and left.

……

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went back and continued to investigate the case...but since it was said that it was a case without a head, where should we start the investigation?

As soon as he walked back to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, he saw a luxurious sedan chair parked at the gate, as well as a team of chariots and horses... All of them were hung with a unified family crest, a pair of antlers in a circle, and a plum blossom in the middle.

Bai Yutang frowned, "I seem to have seen this family crest somewhere."

There was also doubt in Zhan Zhao's eyes, "This is the deer king Mei Lie's men."

"Mei Lie..." Bai Yutang remembered, "In terms of seniority, he is Zhao Pu's cousin, right?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Maybe he came to attend the birthday banquet, so he stopped by to see Mr. Zhao Pu and Mr. Bao?"

The two were standing at the door when they heard someone behind them say, "Brother Zhan."

Zhan Zhao turned his head and saw someone approaching not far away.

Bai Yutang also took a look. It was a young man about the same age as them. He was dressed in black and elegant. He was leading a horse, followed by his followers. There was prey on the horse. He looked like he had just returned from hunting.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "Little Prince."

Bai Yutang was puzzled - little prince?

Zhan Zhao introduced to Bai Yutang, "Mei Tianyun."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, the little prince surnamed Mei must be Mei Lie's son.

Mei Tianyun smiled, "It's Mei Tianfei, brother Zhan mistaken me and my second brother."

Zhan Zhao smiled apologetically, "Oh... sorry."

Mei Tianfei waved his hand indifferently, and greeted Bai Yutang, "This must be Young Hero Bai, I've admired him for a long time."

Bai Yutang nodded slightly and looked at Zhan Zhao.

"My second brother and I are twins. They look the same. His name is Mei Tianyun and my name is Mei Tianfei. Even my father can get confused. Only my elder brother and my mother can't confuse us."

Mei Tianfei seems to have a rather cheerful personality,

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Come to Kaifeng with King Deer for the birthday banquet?"

Mei Tianfei rubbed his chin, "Well...Of course I have to attend the birthday banquet, but there are other things."

Zhan Zhao just nodded and didn't ask any further questions, it's none of his business anyway, it doesn't matter what you're here for.

Ke Zhanzhao didn't ask, but Mei Tianfei took the initiative to say, "Of course there is only one thing for me to come to Kaifeng Mansion."

Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback and looked at him.

Mei Tianfei spread his hands, "I'm here to report the crime!"