Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 68

"I'm looking at people on South Street."

He Liudao: "Let's just go to South Street and look for him."

Soon, the four of them rode fast horses towards South Street.

When I came to South Street, there were dozens of common people surrounded by Taoist Master Zhenxuan's hexagram booth, as if they were waiting for Taoist Master Zhenxuan to tell his fortune.

"Brother Six, do you think we can catch the murderer this time?"

Looking at Taoist Master Zhenxuan who was using his tricks to fool the common people, Su Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. In this world, fortune-telling and fortune-telling are not nonsense. It's just the bragging of those fortune-tellers and hexagram masters.

"Taoist Master Zhenxuan is extremely proficient in the technique of face-to-face. There is no doubt about misfortunes and fortunes. With the help of Taoist Master Zhenxuan, there should be hope to catch the murderer."

He Liu said calmly, although he himself felt that there was a high probability that the bamboo basket would be a waste of water this time, but he did not damage his morale.

"Hopefully."

Hearing He Liu's words, Su Hao also knew that he didn't have too much hope, but it's normal, the current Yellow River hasn't changed its course, and the mouth of the sea is in Jiangnan, which is the main artery leading to Jiangnan from Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan. There are countless ferries on both sides of the Yellow River, thousands of boats come and go every day, and there are countless merchants.

No matter how powerful Taoist Master Zhenxuan is, how many people can he see in a day, not to mention there are water bandits and unscrupulous boatmen on the Yellow River, and there are unjust water ghosts who pull people to death in the river. If you want to find the murderer, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, probably even bigger The most likely thing is to miss the auxiliary car and catch a few water bandits or unscrupulous boatmen.

On the other side, Taoist Master Zhenxuan also put away the hexagram stall after seeing Su Hao and the others, and persuaded the common people to leave.

"A few laymen are waiting."

Coming in front of the four of them, Jishou, the Taoist chief of Zhenxuan, made a Taoist salute.

"Daoist Zhenxuan is too polite."

He Liu smiled and said, "Next, I will trouble the Taoist priest."

"This is the job of the poor."

Daoist Zhenxuan said with a smile, but when he saw Su Hao, Daoist Zhenxuan suddenly let out a sigh: "This layman's face is so strange."

Hearing Taoist Master Zhenxuan's words, Su Hao's heart shuddered, but he still smiled and said, "What is the meaning of Taoist Master's words? What's wrong with my face?"

Taoist Master Zhenxuan looked up and down for a long time, and after much deliberation, he opened his mouth and said: "If the poor Taoist's face is correct, it should be a sign of early death. He should have died a few years ago, but now the layman is still alive. Moreover, from the face of the layman, there is only the image of the past, but the future is not visible, which is really puzzling for the poor, could it be that some masters changed their fate against the sky for the layman?"

"The Daoist was just joking, the kid is just a heretic sorcerer, how can He De let such a high-level person risk the sky to change his life against the sky for the kid."

Hearing this, Su Hao frowned and said coldly, he didn't expect that the Taoist priest in front of him was really capable, and he was able to see the problem from his face.

However, he was not too worried. There are so many ways to change fate against the sky in this world. few.

"It seems that the old Taoist's eyesight is wrong, so don't blame the layman."

Hearing the coldness in Su Hao's words, Zhenxuan smiled awkwardly. He was just curious before, but he didn't have the idea of ​​enmity with Su Hao. What's more, Su Hao has already made it very clear that he is a heretic warlock , they are not from the same Taoist school, and if they pursue it, they will become enemies.

Soon, a group of five people rode out on fast horses. This time, the destination of the five people was Mengjin. Mengjin is just beside Luoyang. Meng Jin checked it out, and then ruled it out bit by bit.

.........

Zhangjiakou Fort, Fan Family.

"Second brother, is there any news about that little bastard from various places?"

In the lobby, Fan Yongdou flipped through the ledgers. As a smuggling family, he personally handled the most important ledgers in the family.

"not yet."

Fan Yongcheng, who was standing aside, shook his head: "No major sect in the Jianghu accepted our Fan family's reward order, only small and medium gangs in some places accepted, but those gangs were not too active, probably just accepting it with the mentality of trying their luck." down."

Although the reward offered by the Fan family is not small, a full 3 taels of silver, but for the major sects in the Jianghu, 3 taels of silver is really no big deal, and they will not mobilize people to find it for 3 taels of silver. Someone who doesn't know where.

And those small and medium-sized gangs just took over with a mentality of trying their luck. After all, Daming is so big, who knows where Su Hao will go, for an uncertain reward, he would spend a lot of money to find someone, and only a mentally retarded person would do it. , At most, he got the reward order, and then asked the people below to pay a little attention.

Under such circumstances, unless Su Hao really did something earth-shattering, they would never be able to find someone in this lifetime.

"Tell the people below not to issue any more reward orders. If anyone finds Su Hao, please let me know."

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou sighed. He just couldn't swallow the breath when he issued the reward order. Just relying on a reward order to ask people all over the world to help him find Su Hao. If you really spend money to find someone, you can't beat a million taels of silver.

"yes, Sir."

Hearing this, Fan Yongcheng nodded.

After a pause, Fan Yongcheng said again: "Brother, what should we do with the offerings in the capital this year?"

"What do the clan elders say?"

Fan Yongdou said calmly, if the people in their line of work hadn't been well managed, they would have died long ago.

"The clan elders said that in the past two years, Wei Zhongxian, the servant of the emperor, has shown signs of gaining power, and asked if we need to make friends in advance."

After a moment of silence, Fan Yongcheng said: "In addition, Zhang Heming, Minister of the Ministry of War, has already retired at the end of last year."

"Reduce Zhang Shangshu's offering by half, and then take 3 taels of silver from the family treasury and send it to Eunuch Wei."

After thinking for a long time, Fan Yongdou said that if he wanted to stay in the frontier safely, all the ghosts and snake gods had to burn enough incense, otherwise the Fan family might disappear one day.

The benefits of smuggling are huge, and they cannot be monopolized by a mere Fan family. To put it bluntly, their Fan family is only doing work, and they only get small heads. The real big heads are those big shots in the capital and those generals in Liaodong.

After a pause, Fan Yongdou continued, "How will the elders arrange this imperial examination?"

In the past, the Fan family at most had conflicts with some officials with no background. Relying on the large number of contacts they made in Datong Mansion, the Fan family was almost invincible, but this time they had a conflict with Zhang Jiatao, but the reality slapped him hard.

All connections are fake. In the eyes of those high-ranking officials, the Fan family is always a merchant who can't stand on the stage. For things that can be done with little effort, they don't mind extending their hands for the sake of money.

　() Three requirements for quality, seeking collection, recommendation, and pursuit
　　


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