The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

After Xu Minqing came back from the academy, Lao Qiu was amazed when he saw it, as Xu Bei expected, and Xu Bei became more and more elated.

Lao Qiu had also seen some things in the world, and the handsome young man in front of him saluted and greeted him generously, without any embarrassment. If he hadn't come out of Shangpo Village knowing that he was Xu Bei's younger brother, he would have thought it was someone The young master who ran out from a rich family, except for a little plain attire.He thought to himself, no wonder Xu Bei brags about his younger brother all day long, if he had such a son, he would probably wake up laughing when he fell asleep.

Huh?I always feel that there is something wrong with this generation, what is wrong?

Xu Minqing was not startled by Lao Qiu's ferocious face, but Granny Qian, who came to cook dinner for the brothers, was taken aback when she saw Lao Qiu, but it was not her turn to say anything, which made her feel even more These brothers cannot be bullied.

Most people in the world are like this, they will bully the weak and fear the strong, the two brothers have only moved here not long ago, and they look young, the neighbors inevitably gossip, and some people go to Granny Qian to inquire about the two brothers.Granny Qian knew what they were thinking, and she was very protective in her words on weekdays, and she did not disclose what she had seen about the master's family.

Seeing a man with a scary face living in now, Granny Qian calmed down after being frightened. With this murderous man around, those outside who want to trick the brothers can also rest their minds. With such thoughts She put a little more thought into making dinner, making sure they were satisfied.

Xu Minqing, who was writing big characters in the room, saw his eldest brother come back after discussing things with Lao Qiu, put down his pen and asked, "Brother, are you going out again tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I have to go to Suanzhou tomorrow, hurry up and take care of the master's affairs, and I will be able to relax a lot when the store is up and running." Xu Beikou was a little dry, pouring himself a glass of water and explaining.

There is no way to hide this matter from Minqing, not to mention that when the matter here is over, he will have to go south as soon as the news comes. Xiang Xu Minqing's eyes could not help but be filled with apology, his elder brother did not seem to be qualified, and he was used to being alone in his previous life, and he didn't feel anything when discussing things with Lao Qiu before, but now he remembered Minqing. , in modern times, Min Qing's age is not yet graduated from primary school, yet he wants to leave Min Qing alone at home, it seems a little cruel.

What Xu Minqing wants is this guilt, so that the eldest brother will always miss him when he is out walking, but he has always been a well-behaved younger brother. Although he is sad in his heart, he still pretends to be strong and said: "Brother, it's okay with me, let the eldest brother run around alone. I just can't bear it, bro, I'm the one who dragged down big brother."

Stepping forward, he buried his face in the chest of the eldest brother, showing his dependence on the eldest brother.

Xu Bei was so soft-hearted because of his younger brother's well-behaved and sensible, he pretended to be angry: "What are you talking about, it's not natural for a brother to take care of his younger brother. By the way, what Min Qing wants, I'll bring it back from Suanzhou for you."

Xu Minqing shook his head sensibly: "Brother, I don't need anything, as long as I come back as soon as I finish my work."

"Hey!"

At night, the two brothers were still on the kang, and after only a few days, Xu Bei had gotten used to Min Qing curling up in front of his chest.

On the second day, after sending Min Qing off to school, Lao Qiu also said: "The family really needs to arrange someone. Min Qing is easy to be bullied at home alone at a young age."

"Yes," Xu Bei was also worried, "I originally planned to ask brother Zhang for help, but now..." Brother Zhang belongs to the Wan family in the south after all, although I don't know the relationship between the fourth son and the nine young masters of the Wan family. What kind of relationship is it, but since he is working for the fourth son now, there is always some taboo.

Lao Qiu felt that Xu Bei was right to worry, and said, "Let me figure out a way. Although my brothers were injured to some extent, it is still possible to knock down a few ordinary people." There should also be peace of mind, so that he can also take care of his former brothers. Lao Qiu thought about those candidates from poor families and simple people.

"Okay, thank you Brother Qiu, let's go now, I promised Minqing that I will finish it and come back as soon as possible."

"I know your precious brother." Lao Qiu joked.

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When they arrived in Suanzhou City, the two of them went straight to a side courtyard in the west of the city without delay, and knocked on the courtyard door.

The door opened from the inside, revealing a thin middle-aged man with white face and beardless, looking at the two of them vigilantly: "Who are you looking for?"

"But Manager Wang?" Xu Bei asked. The person the Fourth Young Master asked them to contact was apparently the manager of a gambling shop in Suanzhou City, and he shook the token in his hand while talking.

When the man saw the token, he showed respect, and replied, "It's Wang, please come in."

Welcoming the two of them into the house, Steward Wang asked respectfully: "I don't know what order the master has brought. No matter what you two order, Wang will obey you." His gaze was still sizing up, just because of the two of them, One is too young, and the other has a bad face.

Lao Qiu secretly praised in his heart, the people chosen by the fourth son were very vigilant, and he still did not fully trust them under such circumstances, so he gave Xu Bei a look and asked him to take out the letter written by the fourth son.

Xu Bei didn't bother to play around. On the surface, he took out the letter from his arms but actually took it out of the space and handed it to the waiting steward Wang.Steward Wang took it carefully. There was indeed a secret code left by the master on the envelope. After confirming everything, he smiled at the two of them and opened the envelope in front of them.

The content of the letter was very simple. It was nothing more than to ask Guanshi Wang to cooperate with Xu Bei and the two of them. Both manpower and money could be at their disposal.

Steward Wang no longer had any doubts. After reading the letter, he pondered for a while and said, "You two happened to be in good time. Wang happened to have two shops in his hands, and someone bet them in the gambling house."

Xu Bei and Lao Qiu looked at each other, and Xu Bei said, "There won't be any problem." Lao Qiu stood behind Xu Bei, making it obvious that Xu Bei was the main one.

"No," Wang Guanshi said, "This was originally a bureau set up by Wang. The original owner of the shop was the concubine's brother-in-law of a confidant of Ma Zongbing. He was at a loss due to poor management. How about Will Wang accompany you two to see it now?"

Xu Bei sighed secretly, the people under the Fourth Young Master are really all-pervasive, listen, what kind of confidant's concubine's brother-in-law, he just said, how could the Fourth Young Master and the Dingbei Palace allow a court cron like Ma Zongbing to be in the North? Acting arrogantly on the ground, thinking of being able to pry into the corner of the horse commander, Xu Bei's original resistance disappeared, and he grinned and said: "Okay, Lao Wang is in charge, by the way, my surname is Xu Dan, and my name is Bei. This is my brother Qiu Cheng."

"Brother Xu, Brother Qiu, please." Steward Wang said politely.

After leaving the house and walking down the street with Steward Wang, Xu Bei had the time to look at the prefecture. Both the buildings and the streets are much neater and more imposing than that of Kang County. The Yanzhou City where the Wangfu is located must be more prosperous and imposing.Seeing Xu Bei look around curiously, Guanshi secretly guessed that this was his first visit to Fucheng, so he thoughtfully introduced the situation of Fucheng to him, as well as a few families in the city that needed attention, especially the Ma family.

"Nowadays, Zhou Zhizhou in Fucheng is only looking forward to the leader of the army. This autumn, the distribution of food is because the prince ordered the dispatch of inspectors, so that the people who were hit by the disaster did not go hungry, otherwise..." Steward Wang While talking, he shook his head and sighed secretly, "Even so, some of them fell into the hands of those people."

While talking, Steward Wang took the two of them to North Street, where most of the common people lived here, hidden in the city. Xu Bei didn't need to place his shop in a conspicuous place, as such a place would easily go unnoticed.

This place is much more crowded than the South Street where high-ranking officials and nobles live. Along the way, you can see ordinary people like Xu Bei, as well as wealthy households in silk and satin. The palace also encourages businessmen, but for most of the middle and bottom businessmen, their status is still much lower. The merchants are ranked last, and the various business taxes that are exploited layer by layer make many people daunted. up.

Xu Bei is also considered a merchant now, he doesn't care, merchants are not allowed to take the imperial examination to become an official, it doesn't affect him at all, of course he is the only one who has become a merchant, it doesn't matter to Xu Minqing.

"Those two shops are next to each other. Although the North Street is not as prosperous as the South Street, the two shops cost seven to eight hundred taels of silver. That bastard dares to bet 800 taels of silver on these two shops. Hmph, I He has to be told to spit out everything he eats." The originally gentle Wang Guanshi suddenly showed a stern expression, and Xu Bei thought to himself that he is indeed a person who hangs out in a gambling shop, how could he be really harmless, but the two shops It's worth 1000 taels of silver, so the shopkeeper of the teahouse before was really a caring person, and the price given by Fangzi for dim sum was very high, otherwise he wouldn't be able to spend so much during this period of time.

The three of them walked on the sidelines, and ox carts and horse-drawn carts passed by from time to time in the middle of the road. The location of the store that Manager Wang said was relatively remote, otherwise, in such a busy city, it would not be so poorly managed and lose money.Steward Wang said that the concubine's natal family was a merchant in the city, and that the concubine was more than the best, but because the concubine was born beautiful, the family found a way to send her to the mansion of Ma Zongbing's confidant as a concubine. It's just a concubine's natal family, so they show off their might.

While they were talking, there were screams for help from behind, and the sound of horseshoes getting closer and closer behind them.

"You bastards, hurry up and get out of the way, don't block the way of Uncle Jiang, or you will be held accountable! Get out!" There was an arrogant scolding sound, and there was the sound of a whip being whipped. You can imagine this without looking back. In a scene, the bully-like Uncle Jiang galloped through the market, and a gang of villainous servants bullied others, and the civilians on the street ran around in embarrassment.

The sound of horseshoes was very fast, and there was no sign of stopping or slowing down. It was too late and then too fast. Xu Bei had no time to dodge the sound of the wind coming from the back of his head. He only heard Lao Qiu call out to be careful. Pulling away from the side, he saw a black shadow flashing in front of him, which made him gasp, it was a disaster from heaven.

That black shadow was the whip held by the horse. Xu Bei, who was standing still, looked up, and saw an arrogant man staring at him viciously, as if he shouldn't avoid it, but Xu Bei didn't deserve him to stop his horse , whipped another passer-by before laughing, and galloped past with a group of evil servants like a gust of wind. People on both sides of the road were really turned on their backs, the loads carried by pedestrians were knocked over, and the goods inside were scattered. All over the place, sometimes there were screams from people who were knocked down and beaten.

"Then who is the person on the horse? Is there any Wang Fa on this street?" Xu Bei let out a bad breath, and asked darkly, "Grandma, he walked well on the side of the road, if it wasn't for Lao Qiu to pull him away quickly." Open, isn't he going to take that bastard's whip in vain.

"That is Mr. Zongbing's brother-in-law Jiang Eishao, king's law? Who dares to tell Mr. Zongbing's king's law? The boy should be careful, lest his words be heard by the people in Mr. Zongbing's house. It’s not good.” Someone beside him kindly reminded.

Steward Wang checked Xu Bei's condition at the first time, and he was relieved when he found that he was not injured. He thanked Lao Qiu and explained in a low voice: "This is the brother-in-law of Zongbing Ma. Relying on Zongbing Ma's power to do whatever he wants, especially when Zongbing Ma's request for merit for his brother-in-law has come down in the past few days, that kid has actually been promoted to a fourth-rank military officer, bah! I don't know how it came about, but this bastard can still kill bandits and barbarians with a knife!"

Xu Bei was just angry at first, what the hell was this, he was a tyrant and bully, but after hearing Wang Guanshi's words, he became gloomy and gloomy, not to mention Lao Qiu, even Wang Guanshi realized that something was wrong.

Lao Qiu pushed Xu Bei, and worried: "What's wrong with you, Bei boy? Next time you meet such a person, stay away, as long as this thing can last, it will have to be cleaned up sooner or later."

Xu Bei took a deep breath, and looked up at Guanshi Wang. A storm seemed to be brewing in his dark eyes, and his whole demeanor changed drastically. Even Guanshi Wang felt a pressure.In his previous life, Xu Bei was also a successful person after all. He managed so many people under his command and experienced a lot of things. He somewhat possessed the aura of a superior person, and he could bluff people when he was serious, especially now when he was attacked by anger.

"Guard Wang, you said that this guy surnamed Jiang made meritorious deeds, but do you know what merits he made and when did he make meritorious deeds?" He was very suspicious that the so-called military merits had something to do with the kicker's murder of a good man. No, he was very sure that this person was in charge, and the general soldier behind him would clean up the aftermath and erase the traces.

Seeing Xu Bei staring at him closely and insisting on asking him to give an answer, Steward Wang thought to himself, could this matter have something to do with him?He didn't hide anything from his mouth, as long as he deliberately inquired about the news, he would be able to find out, not to mention that everyone is working for the same master now, so he told about Jiang Yunli's merits and when he made them. His anger grew stronger.

"Grandma, I should have chopped him up with a knife just now!" Xu Bei gritted his teeth and said, his eyes turned to the direction where the pedestrians and horses disappeared. It seemed that there was a fire inside that was going to burn up the screwdriver.

Lao Qiu had a bad premonition in his heart, he was finally relieved to see Xu Bei venting again, and stretched out his hand to pat Xu Bei.Xu Bei turned his head, with a ferocious expression on his face, and said viciously: "It's just this bastard who killed my parents, and that bastard cut off my parents' heads and used them to fill people's heads. Sooner or later, I will have to kill those The kid's head is screwed off!"

The appearance of the enemy caused a strong hatred to surge out of this body, wishing to take a knife and chop that person off. This... probably is the obsession left by the original owner, Xu Bei almost couldn't help it Controlled the anger that was so strong that it was about to become real, and after venting the anger in his heart with those cruel words, it seemed that something was pulled away from his body, causing his body to sway and almost fall to his buttocks. on the ground.

Could it be the obsession left by the original owner of this body?Xu Bei knew that the original owner had two wishes, one was to raise his younger brother and cultivate him into a talent, and the other was to find the murderer who killed his parents and bring him to justice to avenge his parents.

Now the obsession is completely dissipated after hearing my promise.

Xu Bei's expression also gradually calmed down.

Neither Guanshi Wang nor Lao Qiu expected this to be the result, especially Lao Qiu. He knew that Xu Bei's parents had passed away, and he and his younger brother Min Qing depended on each other for life. But Xu Bei himself is not a person who likes to complain to others, so he didn't tell When Xu Bei suddenly mentioned the reason of his parents' death, he didn't know how to comfort him.

But now Lao Qiu sees Xu Bei as his brother, and his brother's hatred is his hatred. Instead of saying useless words, it is better to avenge his brother together, so he said: "Brother, you are right, this is not Living human things is a waste of food, when the time comes, I will wring that boy's head off with you, brother, and burn it on the grave of my uncle and aunt."

"Okay! Thank you, Lao Qiu." Xu Bei nodded emphatically.

The two looked at Guanshi Wang together, and Guanshi Wang smiled wryly: "Everyone should get rid of this kind of person quickly, don't worry, I won't say anything, on the contrary, I have long wanted to teach this kind of bastard a lesson. "

Xu Bei's eyes lit up: "Okay, Guanshi Wang told me about that kid's situation, even if he can't be killed now, it won't make him feel better."

Wang Guan said thoughtfully that this kid is a ruthless person even though he is young, but the master can't have soft-hearted people under his command.For such a thing as Jiang Yun, it doesn't make much difference to the master whether he is dead or alive. If he accidentally kills him, he may cause some troubles for the pretending commander-in-chief, so he said: "It's easy to say, easy to say, Let's go to the shop first and talk about it together."

"Okay, please, Manager Wang."

The three of them smiled darkly, and the pedestrians beside them felt the cold wind whistling. Winter is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Today is really unlucky, that wicked young man came to North Street to make a fuss.

The street in front was in a mess as if it had been abused, but the people on the street dared not speak of their suffering, so they could only swallow their anger.

The two shops are not far apart, one is at the entrance of the alley and the other is inside the alley. Undoubtedly, the location of the former is relatively better, but the shop in the alley is larger in size, and there is a yard behind it for people to live in. Xu Bei and Lao Qiu went in to have a look, and the furnishings inside were not outdated, and there was a kang built in the room, both of them were very satisfied.

Xu Bei has no plans to move again for the time being. Kang County is not too far from Suzhou, and he can go back and forth in a day if he catches up on the road.

"How? It used to be a grocery store here, and the one at the entrance of the alley is a silk and satin store. Although the location is not good, if you manage it well, you won't necessarily lose money. It's because the family has a big heart and climbed into the door with the surname Ma. I don’t care about such a small business. I went to that silk shop. The fabric patterns in the warehouse are all old years, and they are not well kept. Some of the fabrics are moldy and faded. It was disposed of. Because I didn’t think about whether to resell it or use it for some business, so it has been empty and has not been used.” Wang Guanshi took them to look back and forth and said, because Xu Bei said not to be too conspicuous. , he recommended it to the two of them.

"I think it's okay, Lao Qiu, what do you think?" What Xu Bei wanted was to keep his eyes open, so he turned his head and asked Lao Qiu again.

Lao Qiu rolled his eyes, and Wang Guanshi trembled when he saw it: "I don't know how to do business, so you can make the decision. I'll be your errand runner."

"Haha, I don't really understand either. Let's explore while doing it. By the way, Manager Wang should help us watch out, so that we don't lose money like the previous owner." Xu Bei joked, but he didn't say anything about his exploration. Wrong, after all, the environment is different, what you did in your previous life may not work here, you have to adapt to the environment here.

Steward Wang laughed dryly. After thinking about it, he knew that the two of them opened the shop as a cover-up. It doesn't make much difference whether there is a master here or not.

After seeing the shops, the two followed Steward Wang back to his courtyard in the west of the city. Steward Wang asked Xu Bei how to clean up the two shops and how to arrange them after serving tea.

"There is no need to open a silk shop in this kind of street market. If you want to open it, you can go to South Street, and you have to buy new goods from the south." Although Jiang Yun was a jerk in the middle, Xu Bei was also careful. After observing the situation on this street, most people still wear cotton and linen and other materials, and the high-end silk and satin fabrics cannot be sold here. The shop, if we want to change the specific way, we need the steward Lao Wang to help us find a few people, by the way, there should be a small workshop behind the grain shop." The workshop is used to process grain, such as coarse grain grinding, rice husking and so on .

"No problem, I have free people under my command, just let them run errands." Steward Wang seemed to be used to ordering people around, and said nonchalantly.

This couldn't be better for Xu Bei and Lao Qiu, the two of them, especially Xu Bei, couldn't stay here forever.

After talking about the shop, Xu Bei brought up the matter of that boy Jiang Yun and the chief soldier of Lao Shizi again, and Xu Bei became curious: "The man surnamed Ma shouldn't be too young, he doesn't have a son himself, so he should hold a brother-in-law."

"The Ma family is quite powerful in Beijing, so the eldest son of Zongbing Ma stayed with his grandfather in Jingli. There is only a youngest son who is only five years old here. I heard that he is also an uncompromising master at such a young age." Steward Wang It's not that I look down on that Mrs. Jiang, but what kind of good son she can bring up with a wicked young man like Jiang Yun.

Five year old?Xu Bei frowned. Even if he had an enmity with the Ma family, he couldn't do anything about a child.

Steward Wang looked at it and sighed secretly, Xu Bei was still soft-hearted, the master would not keep Zongbing Ma forever, it would be a disaster if he kept him, no matter how young the child would be, he would be accused of crimes along with him, but for Xu Bei who came from the modern society Some people say, but there is not much concept of connected plants.

But Wang Guanshi changed his tone and said: "The eldest son of Ma Zongbing has heard that he has come to Suanzhou for a while to celebrate his father's birthday."

Xu Bei's eyes lit up immediately, and he murmured to Guanshi Wang for a while in a low voice, his eyes were so dull, of course Lao Qiu heard it all, and he went to make up the number when he said it, it was for his brother Qiu charged some interest in advance.