Scholar and old attack

The meal made Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.

The Ren family's property has undergone tremendous changes, and Jiang Jingyuan is hesitating whether to help the Ren family.

Since coming into contact with the Ren family, the Ren family has given him a good feeling. They have not deliberately helped him, and of course they have not ignored him. This kind of relationship is very delicate, and it will neither hurt self-esteem nor make people feel inferior.

Simply put, the Ren family members are very good at being human.

It is also very reassuring to cooperate with such a person. If he is a scholar without some background and wants to make money, I am afraid that he will not be able to spend his life.

Jiang Jingyuan thought a lot for a while, and thought he could give it a try. Anyway, if he misjudged it, he would have nothing to lose, at most it would be the same as now.

The Ren family father and son were still discussing the dyeing formula, and no one at the table noticed Jiang Jingyuan's expression.

"This formula was obtained by accident back then. Now it's gone. Our Ren Jia'an can sell cloth with peace of mind. After earning for so many years, we have accumulated a little savings, which is enough for you to marry ten or eight daughters-in-law for the rest of your life. gone."

Ren Che is very open-minded. If the property is gone, it will be gone.

He grew up in a den of robbers since he was a child, and followed a gang of robbers to rob their homes. After finally accumulating a little wealth, he ran away without even thinking about it.

Who would be a robber if he had money?

And Wang Xiangyun met on the way to escape. At that time, he had a heavy responsibility and was in danger. It happened that Wang Xiangyun rescued him and saved his life. But this woman is also a fool.

Don't you even ask her identity clearly when saving someone, and you're not afraid that he will wake up and kill her. What's even more stupid is to serve her parents-in-law who abused her all day long, and worry about running the house until her parents-in-law dies.

At that time, he was angry, and he had to take this woman back. He didn't mind raising a brat at all, but the brat was disobedient and always ran back. Later, he didn't even recognize his mother, so he let him go up.

After having Quan'er, they put their minds on Quan'er, and paid less attention to that disobedient brat.

After having a woman, I must settle down and start a family. I bought a cloth store, which happened to be a prescription I got by accident before, and my life went on like this day by day.

"Father, can it be the same? I still have a bunch of brothers under my hand." Ren Quan was a little unwilling. He was running the No. [-] gangster in Wutong County, the Tiger Head Gang. If he lost his property, what would he do to support his gang? Bottom brother.

"I don't study well all day, and I don't do business." Wang Xiangyun has been raised by Ren Che for a long time and has forgotten his original submissive temperament, and has become a bit aggressive. He also hates his son who is not good at learning.

Turning his head to look at Jiang Jingyuan, who was obediently eating, he couldn't be more satisfied, "My grandson is better, he is weak in writing, he looks like he came from a good family."

Jiang Jingyuan put down his chopsticks, stopped eating, and asked in a low voice, "Grandma, does the cloth shop run by the Ren family rely on dyeing to maintain it?"

Wang Xiangyun was stunned when Jiang Jingyuan asked about this, but thought that his son's prescription had been stolen, so he ignored it, nodded and said, "Although the dyeing of our Ren family is not very good, the color is better than It is brighter than other dyeing workshops, hence the name."

"And the Liu family has a much deeper background than our Ren family. They have a lot of dyeing workshops. With this brightening ability, they may be able to compete for royal tribute this year. If we have this relationship, we There is no way out for the family.”

Ren Quan spoke to the side again, he was not familiar with Jiang Jingyuan, but since his mother wanted to recognize this grandson, he couldn't stop him, anyway, he was considered a half relative.

Speaking of which, the background of the Ren family is still too shallow. This cloth village has only been open for more than 30 years. If he has a century-old background like the Liu family, he has complete confidence and can protect himself wisely.

"What if I had a better color-enhancing formula." Seeing that they didn't take it seriously, Jiang Jingyuan threw out an explosive news.

"Impossible. Our Ren family has specialized in various formulas for decades, and there is no better color-enhancing formula than the present one."

Ren Quan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. It is not so easy to come up with a formula, and Jiang Jingyuan, a scholar who knows nothing about this matter, could come up with a better formula.

"You'll know if you try it." Jiang Jingyuan looked confident.

"What kind of prescription." Ren Quan frowned, although he didn't quite believe Jiang Jingyuan, but at least he treated a dead horse as a living horse doctor, in case it worked.

"Alum." Jiang Jingyuan blurted out, "You can try adding alum to the dye to see if the color will be brighter, but this ratio needs to be adjusted by you. You can use a few more pieces of cloth to try."

Many people know that alum can be used to make fried dough sticks, but its value is not only that...

So if you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid to travel all over the world.

Ren Quan squinted his eyes and couldn't believe it. Is it possible to dye with materials.

However, he still ordered his servants to find a few pieces of white cloth, and it happened that there was an alum in the house, so he did it himself.

Two hours later, Ren Quan looked at the beautiful yellow cloth in his hand in surprise.

Not only is the color beautiful and silky to the touch, but more importantly, it does not fade.

You must know that the heavier the color of the cloth, the harder it is to dye. Most of the dyed fabrics will lose their color. In summer, when sweat is soaked, dirty clothes will be stained everywhere.

This alum can not only brighten but also fix the color. This is a treasure!

When Ren Quan came out with a piece of bright yellow cloth, even Ren Che gasped and murmured in disbelief, "This...this color..."

Bright yellow can only be worn by the nobles in the palace. Ren Che has been in the cloth business for so many years and he has some knowledge. The beautiful bright yellow in Ren Quan's hand can directly compare to the cloth that was paid for tribute.

what does this mean?

It means that dragon robes can be made!

Dragon robes, if the cloth dyed by the Ren family can be made into dragon robes, then that would be the real prosperity.

I don't know how many times more expensive than the current small business.

The way Ren Che and his son looked at Jiang Jingyuan changed.

"Jing Yuan...how did you learn that alum can enhance and fix color?"

Ren Che stroked the piece of cloth in his hand, a little fondly of it.

"I read it in the book. Grandpa Ren should have heard of it. There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book." Jiang Jingyuan is not stage fright at all. He originally read this knowledge in the book.

Ren Che was dumb, he was a rough man who didn't know a lot of words, it was more difficult for him to read than to fight, so was Ren Quan, although he had studied for two years, he just felt dizzy after shaking his head with that school teacher. When it's over, I don't want to read any more.

"We vulgar people are naturally not as useful as you scholars, how about we share [-]% of the business of our Renjiabuzhuang with you in the future." Ren Che is not a master who likes to take advantage, since Jiang Jingyuan came up with this recipe, he should be rewarded.

All he can get out is this [-]% profit.

"Yes, but I only take the profit. I don't ask what you are going to do next."

Jiang Jingyuan also understands that [-]% is already the limit. No matter how many people in the Ren family's cloth shop, the surname will not be Ren, but Jiang. Moreover, Jiang Jingyuan is willing to spend more time on this. Fundamentally speaking, the Ming Dynasty still values ​​literature over literature. In a country of merchants, no matter how rich a merchant is, he can't compare to a scholar.

After signing the contract, Ren Quan left Jiang Jingyuan alone.

"Jing Yuan, you know our family was born as a robber, right?" Ren Quan looked at Jiang Jingyuan meaningfully.

Jiang Jingyuan nodded. He only knew about it just now, but he immediately said, "Don't worry, I won't reveal a word to the outside world, otherwise I won't cooperate with you."

To be honest, the robber Jiang Jingyuan is really not afraid. Born in this era, how many people have a clean background, and they have done everything for several generations.

Moreover, the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty was also born as a bandit. If there is an argument, no one is more noble than the other.

"Of course I know this. What you want to tell you is that I sent someone to investigate the matter of Li Sanquan. His family members disappeared a month before he attacked you. You know that means what?"

Ren Quan patted Jiang Jingyuan on the shoulder and didn't say much.

He was very pleased that Jiang Jingyuan didn't dislike their bandit status. Speaking of which, Ren Che was able to clear his name thanks to his cleverness. He had never killed anyone, and even let someone go several times. Being a bandit was not an option at that time, but his The heart is still kind.

Jiang Jingyuan nodded heavily, and understood that behind this there was a pair of invisible big hands fueling the flames.

"I can only investigate this. I have also traced the direction of those people's disappearance, but I can't find anything. Jing Yuan, what you are going to face may be a big man that you can't even imagine."

It is easy for a group of people to disappear for no reason, and there will always be some traces left behind. His people have been chasing in that direction for more than two months, but there is no clue at all. If there is no one to help is it possible.

Who the hell wants to kill him?

He is just an ordinary person, with no background behind him, at most he is a scholar, and a scholar should be dealt with so painstakingly.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't have a clue at all. If Jiang's father's background was not simple and he had provoked some enemies, he still had some clues.

But Jiang's father's background is clearly laid out here, how can he provoke any enemies, not to mention that Chen Xiuxiu has taken his orphan and widowed mother for so many years, wouldn't it be easier to kill him when he was young.

Walking out of the secret room, Jiang Jingyuan's head hurts, and he has no clue.

Xu Shuizhou talked to Wang Xiangyun for a long time, and Wang Xiangyun was amused. Perhaps Xu Shuizhou was born with a kind of affinity for old people. Everyone who met him liked him very much.

"Ah Yuan, is the deal settled?" Xu Shuizhou knew that Jiang Jingyuan was a person who was responsible for great things, so he obviously didn't ask any further questions.

"Well, that's it, let's go home." Jiang Jingyuan saluted Wang Xiangyun and said goodbye.

"Go, go, give me a great-grandson as soon as possible when I go back." Wang Xiangyun waved happily.

Xu Shuizhou blushed, and looked at Jiang Jingyuan with some resentment, they haven't consummated their house yet, let alone a great-grandson, he can't even give birth to a egg.

"A Yuan—"

Walking out of the gate of Ren's house, Xu Shuizhou grabbed Jiang Jingyuan who was distracted, and almost bumped into the carriage.

At this moment, a dirty child walked over, leading an equally dirty yellow dog, holding a broken bowl, and looked at Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou with a pair of clear eyes.

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"What is this for?" Xu Shuizhou was a little puzzled.

Jiang Jingyuan thoughtfully took out a few copper coins from his pocket and put them in a small broken bowl, and patted his head without disdain.

The child bowed deeply to Jiang Jingyuan, and led the yellow dog past them.

Xu Shuizhou seemed to have thought of something, and took two steps forward to give him a few more copper coins. At this moment, a speeding carriage flashed by, and took Xu Shuizhou and the child away together.

Jiang Jingyuan was waiting with a smile on his face. Seeing such a sudden change, he was furious and kidnapped people in such broad daylight. The surrounding people seemed to have not seen it.

Jiang Jingyuan rushed into the gate of Ren's house in a hurry, went directly to the stables to grab a horse, and rode out of the Ren's compound, no matter how panicked the Ren family was, he didn't care about trampling the Ren's garden to pieces.

If it was a little while at night, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to see anyone. Sure enough, they went all the way west and went straight out of the county.

The Ren family's father and son learned that Jiang Jingyuan had taken the horse and galloped out. After asking about the cause and effect, they first went to the Yamen to report the case. It is still necessary to say hello to the Yamen for such things.

County magistrate Zhang had an ugly expression on his face. Just after two days of peaceful life, someone in the county under his jurisdiction took people abducted in broad daylight, and the key one was Jiang Jingyuan's husband.

This problem is big.

The servants of the yamen were sent out to help, and a group of people soon joined Jiang Jingyuan, looking at the many roads outside the city gate, they were dumbfounded, where to find it.

"Jing Yuan, let's search separately. They haven't run for long, so many people will definitely be able to catch up." Ren Quan chased after him on horseback and said.

He also sent a lot of men out to guard the checkpoints, and they could stop any suspicious carriages or people. Xu Shuizhou has two dimples on his cheeks, which are easy to find.

Jiang Jingyuan frowned and got off his horse. He didn't think Xu Shuizhou would just sit there and wait for him to save someone.

Ah Zhou usually behaves naively, but in fact he is very smart. At this kind of forked intersection, there may be something unexpected left behind. Even if there is nothing left, you can find it through the traces of the carriage wheels.

Jiang Jingyuan checked several roads, and sure enough, he found a new trace of rolling wheels on one road, and even more rare, Jiang Jingyuan also found a copper coin.

When Xu Shuizhou first caught up to give money to the little beggar, he was holding a handful of copper coins in his hand, and he was reminding him through this copper coin.

"Follow this road." Jiang Jingyuan said happily.

Everyone got on their horses and rode their horses to chase the road pointed by Jiang Jingyuan.

The captive's carriage didn't stop, and walked southeast all the way out of the city gate. They had been in this business for many years and were very experienced. Who would notice beggars like this on the street.

Even if you notice, there is no way to report it.

But this time there was a bit of an accident. When he was kidnapping, there was an adult standing beside him. The situation was urgent, so he had no choice but to take this adult into captivity as well.

"Third, what are you doing? Why did you arrest the big one?" There were only two captives, the third and the fourth, one was in charge of setting up the horse, and the other was in charge of kidnapping.

"The situation was urgent at the time, and I had no choice but this guy looks pretty good, and he can sell for a good price."

In the eyes of the traffickers, the captured people were never let go. It was indeed an accident this time, but they didn't think they would be discovered.

Xu Shuizhou and the little beggar were tied up in the carriage, but fortunately Xu Shuizhou was not noticed by them holding a handful of copper coins tightly in his hand. The way is to throw a copper coin.

It's a pity that the two traffickers were obviously very experienced, and after arriving at a three-way intersection, an identical carriage appeared.

What's even more frightening is that the traffickers didn't put them in any carriage, but let them get down and walk directly, not on a three-way road, but on a road without a road.

Xu Shuizhou's mouth was gagged, he was afraid that Jiang Jingyuan would not know that he got out of the carriage, and there were not many copper coins in his hand, if he went to chase the carriage and missed it, he would suffer.

His eyes rolled around, and he kept thinking of ways.

"Be honest, you two, don't play tricks on me, sell you to a wealthy family, and you can still eat and drink. If you dare to play tricks, you will be killed." The trafficker saw that Xu Shuizhou was a little restless, scolded.

Xu Shuizhou quickly shook his head like a wave drum, expressing that he would be very obedient. At this time, he must not just get along with these gangsters, get away with it first.

And the little beggar who obviously couldn't speak kept looking at Xu Shuizhou with his eyes, and when he saw him shaking his head, he shook his head too.

Xu Shuizhou thought for a while, and looked at his waist. He remembered that his grandma had given him a big gold chain. Seeing that the traffickers were still whispering, Xu Shuizhou slowly squatted down and signaled the little beggar to take off his clothes with his eyes.

The little beggar suddenly seemed to think of something, with his back to Xu Shuizhou, with the hands tied behind his back, he reached into Xu Shuizhou's clothes, grabbed a gold chain, and threw it on the ground.

Xu Shuizhou nodded in admiration, quickly stepped on the surrounding grass, and covered the gold chain with grass.

The little beggar gave him a smile back.

The two waited on the side tacitly.

Not long after, two people changed to take them to a remote place. Along the way, Xu Shuizhou deliberately walked to places with grass, so that the grass he walked would have traces of being trampled on, which made it difficult for Jiang Jingyuan to find someone.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will not give up.

The human traffickers may have been on the road for a long time, and their vigilance may not be as strong as before. They didn't notice Xu Shuizhou's small movements along the way, and they were quite complacent.

Because someone was driving a carriage to shake off the pursuers, no one would have thought that they would drop him halfway, wait until the limelight had passed after hiding in the mountains for a few days, and then smuggle him away. won't find out.

Sure enough, Jiang Jingyuan and the others followed the wheels to the intersection of the three forks in one breath. Here they found that there were wheels on the three roads, and they were all new. It was obvious that two carriages had stopped.

I just don't know where they are going.

Jiang Jingyuan got off his horse again to look for copper coins, but this time he couldn't find them. He frowned, feeling that something was wrong, even if he didn't keep copper coins, he would leave something else.

"Maybe there is nothing left, let's divide into three groups." Ren Quan looked at Jiang Jingyuan and said with a frown.

"Well, you lead people to chase in three ways, and I'll look around." Jiang Jingyuan had no choice but to do so.

Ren Quan led his subordinates to chase in one direction, the Yamen people also chased in one direction, and Ren Che, who was old and strong, also led a group of people to chase in another direction.

There were still a few people around Jiang Jingyuan, who spread out in the vicinity to find something. Not long after, Jiang Jingyuan found a gold chain hidden under the haystack five meters away from the road.

He recognized at a glance that it was the one that Wang Xiangyun gave to Xu Shuizhou, and Jiang Jingyuan said pleasantly, "See if there are any traces of trampling on the surrounding grass."

"It's here." Three meters further forward, some grass was stepped on.

"Chase." Following the clues left by Xu Shuizhou, Jiang Jingyuan ran forward with several people.

Since they are walking, they must not be walking fast, and there are many vegetation in the mountains, Xu Shuizhou will leave traces in many ways, even if there is no grass, Xu Shuizhou will leave a deep footprint on the ground with his feet.

Track all the way to a dilapidated temple in the mountains.

"Damn, who would have thought that this temple is actually a gathering place for human traffickers."

Everyone hid in the bushes, and when they saw about a dozen human traffickers standing guard outside the temple, everyone couldn't help but cursed in their hearts.

Looking at the posture, I don't know how many children have been kidnapped over the years.

"No, there are too many people. We can't beat them and it's easy to put ourselves in. You guys send someone to find the person just now." Jiang Jingyuan is not an impulsive person, and quickly analyzed the situation.

These human traffickers all have fat heads and big ears. Unlike the few skinny people he brought, they will obviously suffer losses in a fight. Anyway, their lair is here, and they cannot escape.

Two people sneaked down the mountain to call for help, while the rest followed Jiang Jingyuan and hid in the dark to observe.

It seems that the vigilance of this group of people is not very strong, yes, it is not so easy for people to discover the lair that has been working for so many years. Jiang Jingyuan did not make any big moves here, so they would not be able to discover it.

Ren Quan led his men to chase him, but he only managed to catch a carriage frame, but the horse was ridden away. Naturally, there was no way to chase him. Ren Che also returned home without a feather, but the people in the yamen had no hair at all. see.

Going back to Sancha Road, I wanted to meet Jiang Jingyuan, but I found two people who said they had found a trafficker.

Everyone chased up the mountain, and after meeting Jiang Jingyuan, Ren Che rushed up with a big knife. After all, he had been a robber for many years and still carried a gangster's air.

The people behind were not to be outdone and rushed up to fight. The traffickers saw that their lair was exposed, and they didn't panic. More than 20 people rushed out of the ruined temple to protect the ruined temple.

Jiang Jingyuan knew that his self-defense skills were not good enough, and he was good enough to deal with a few peasants who didn't have any moves. To deal with such desperate gangsters was to seek death, so he didn't go up to help, but slipped past the side and quietly went to the temple. later.

There are cliffs behind the temple, but these traffickers are obviously not stupid. They actually hide many hanging ropes on the cliffs, which seems to be preparing for escape.

Jiang Jingyuan took out the dagger that Ren Quan gave him for self-defense just now, and gently cut the joint of the hanging rope without cutting it.

Jiang Jingyuan thought very clearly that this group of people was desperate for their lives. If they directly cut off their retreat, they would probably fight to the death. In this way, no matter whether it was the Yamen or the Ren family, there would be casualties. The cliff is so high that if you fall down, you will be crippled if you don't die.

They were all people with young and old at home, Jiang Jingyuan didn't want them to lose their lives, so he could only let this group of traffickers die, and dying on the road they had prepared for themselves was considered retribution.

After half cutting off the traffickers' back road, Jiang Jingyuan sneaked into the temple and saw another person guarding a cellar, nervously looking out of the main entrance, without noticing him.

Jiang Jingyuan found a stick in his hand, and walked towards him step by step, his palms were sweating from tension, he could even hear his own heartbeat, for fear of being discovered, but fortunately, the fight outside was a bit big, until Jiang Jingyuan's sap was knocked down, He didn't find out.

Fearing that he would not be dizzy with a stick, Jiang Jingyuan knocked it hard a few more times. He didn't drop the stick until he saw blood on the back of his head, and opened the wooden plank in the cellar.

After knowing the scene inside, Jiang Jingyuan wished he could go out and slaughter these beasts.

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