Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 151 Selling Fish
After solving the matter of Chu's cemetery, Li Xiuyuan also settled one thing on his mind.

There is nothing in my heart, but it is rare to be at ease. Because the morning is too comfortable, I am a little bit reluctant to get up. It seems that as long as I get up together, there will always be endless things to fall on me. Only when I fall asleep, I will not So much trivia.

But I think so, but it's not the case.

"Master, look, the paper dress that was placed in the copper basin yesterday is gone, but there is a red egg in the copper basin."

Du Chunhua came in with a copper basin at this time.

However, there were traces of being struck by lightning on the copper basin, and there were some signs of melting, and the top was scorched black, but in the middle of the copper basin, there was a huge red egg.

The eggs are faintly shining with light, which is extraordinary.

"Ok?"

Li Xiuyuan immediately frowned and sat up from the bed; "Chunhua, bring it here for me to see."

Du Chunhua brought the copper basin over.

Li Xiuyuan took a look, but saw a faint shadow of a big rooster floating in the vermilion egg. The appearance of that big rooster was exactly the same as that of the 99 roosters that were transformed into ghosts and thunder in the Chu Family Cemetery yesterday. .

"What is Thunder God going to do by leaving a cock behind?"

He suddenly became puzzled.

Thunder God Swallowing Ghosts never mentioned this before, he just asked himself to give him a piece of clothing, but now that the clothes were delivered, he returned an egg.

Is this a return gift?

"Thunder Lord Swallowing Ghosts, as the Thunder God of the sky, is an orthodox god. It is impossible for such an existence to do meaningless things, just like that city god. When he helped me, it was nothing more than to win my favor and use me to do things for him. , Is it because of this that the Ghost Swallowing Thunder God left this egg?"

Li Xiuyuan kept guessing in his heart.

But he felt that this was not like the situation of Chenghuang.

Because Ghost Swallowing Thunder God did not notify in advance.

"Now my uncle Mu Taoist should take Heihu back to the master's gate. If he is here, I can ask my uncle's opinion." Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly.

How come the critical moment, the people around will always disappear.

"Young Master, is this egg weird? Should I throw it away?" Du Chunhua asked.

Li Xiuyuan said: "No, keep this egg and put it in the study, it may be useful in the future."

He thought about it, but he still didn't dispose of the egg casually. After all, it was left by Lei Gong, and it was wrong to throw it away rashly.

However, after he had the incident with the City God last time, he also became somewhat wary of this Thunder God Swallowing Ghosts, and he did not trust ghosts and gods so easily.

"Yes, sir."

Du Chunhua responded and left with the copper basin, intending to keep the egg as a decoration in her young master's study.

"Master, it seems that the college exam will be held in a few days. The young master has not studied so much these days. Does the young master not need to prepare for the exam?"

Suddenly, under the quilt, Xiaodie got out with a slightly red face, and couldn't help reminding.

"College exam?"

Li Xiuyuan suddenly said: "If you don't say it, I almost forgot it. It seems that the day of the college examination is indeed coming soon, um, how many days are left?"

"It's only been a few days, only six or seven days." Xiaodie said.

"Only six or seven days left?"

Li Xiuyuan stared at her with wide eyes: "Why are you going to take the exam so soon?"

Xiao Die pouted slightly and said: "It was so fast originally, this is a date that the government has set long ago, the young master has often gone out these days, I guess he didn't take it to heart."

Li Xiuyuan smiled awkwardly: "It seems to be the case."

Thinking back, although he came to Guo Beicheng a while earlier, he was busy with other things and only had a small amount of time to study books.

"It seems that I can't continue to sleep in today, so I have to get up and study hard." Li Xiuyuan hurriedly said.

This exam is still very important.

A scholar who has tried in the academy is a scholar, and with the status of a scholar, he is considered a real scholar, with many conveniences and privileges.

Tong Sheng's status is still too low.

In ancient times when the class system was strict, Li Xiuyuan still understood the importance of this status very well.

Even if I am a born saint, it is only recognized by gods and ghosts, and other people in the world do not recognize it, so in the eyes of ordinary people, I am just an ordinary scholar, as someone said, it is really ordinary.

"Get up quickly and go to study with me." Li Xiuyuan urged.

"understood."

Xiaodie responded coquettishly, looking very happy.

In the past few days, in order to cope with the college examination and to be a scholar in the exam, he really did not go out of the door, and he did not go out of the second door.

However, there are also some gossip rumors in the city, saying that a man-eating black tiger appeared in the woods on the outskirts, and the head of the Chu family, Wang Tong, and more than ten guards were all killed by the black tiger. Chu Tian, ​​the second son of the Chu family, got his retribution and was bitten by a poisonous snake. He is now dying and is about to die. In addition, the government is already recruiting hunters to go out of the city to hunt tigers.

The matter of a dozen human lives was a very big thing in ancient times, but because it was done by a tiger, the big thing became a small thing.

There is no need to file a case, and there is no need to pursue it. After all, there were already many scholars who saw that scene with their own eyes. Just find a scholar to verify it and you will know it clearly. There is nothing suspicious.

But it's strange to say that Li Xiuyuan also participated in this matter, but these few days he was studying at ease, but he was not asked by the official, which saved him a lot of worry.

All in all, although the case was serious this time, the involvement was very small. The government only defined the case as a fierce tiger wounding a person, and only issued a reward for the black tiger, so nothing happened.

As for the black tiger, it was naturally impossible for him to be hunted and killed by the surrounding hunters, because he had already left Guo Beicheng with Taoist Mu.

But today.

There is a river dozens of miles away from Guobei City. This river has no name, but it is just a tributary of Wujiang River.

There is a small town by the river, where people live by fishing for generations. Over time, a fishing town has been formed. Merchants from all over the surrounding areas will come here to buy fish, and then sell them everywhere.

An old fisherman in the fishing town returned from fishing on the river as usual, and brought back a full load of fish to the market to sell.

"Yeah, old Yutou, you've been able to do it today. Where did you catch such a big mullet? It probably weighs dozens of catties. It's rare to see such a fish."

A peddler who was buying fish saw this old fisherman coming with a big black fish on his back in a fish basket, he was startled and stopped him in a hurry: "Old Yutou, sell me this mullet, I'll pay a premium of two." Cheng Acquisition, it happens that my daughter-in-law is about to give birth, so I bought this black fish to make soup for her."

"Go, go, your daughter-in-law gave birth half a year ago, I won't sell this black fish, I'll keep it for myself," said the old fish head.

The peddler laughed and said cheekily: "Thirty percent, how about I pay a premium of thirty percent? In the past few days, I happened to meet a person who bought black fish. It would be a waste if you take it back to stew the soup. Why don't you sell me and use the money to buy something else? Isn't it better?"

Although the old fisherman is old, he is not confused. He moved his eyes and said, "I have known for a long time that a rich businessman bought black fish here these days. If you pay a [-]% premium, I will sell you this black fish, otherwise I will give you the black fish." I'll go aside."

"Look at Old Yutou, you're like learning opera, you're up for grabs."

"Hey, why not?" The old fisherman smiled.

The peddler underestimated in his mind and calculated that the premium of [-]% is still profitable. He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, the premium of [-]% is [-]%. Go over there and weigh it."

"I don't worry about your scale, I have to use mine," said the old fisherman.

"All right, all right, use your name," said the peddler.

Soon, the old fisherman sold the black fish and got a sum of money after bearing the weight of the valuation. He went home in a good mood.

But after the peddler bought the big black fish, he hurriedly took the black fish to the inn in the town, and planned to sell it exclusively to the rich businessman who came to the town to buy the black fish a few days ago.

When the hawker arrived at the inn, there were already many other fishmongers selling black fish here.

But out of confidence in the black fish in his hand, he shouted loudly: "I have a hundred-year-old black fish here, come and take a look."

"Just brag about it. Although your black fish is bigger, it's only a dozen years old, not hundreds of years."

"Go and go, you will know how to brag, don't delay my business."

The nearby fishmonger said in a word.

But the peddler's words immediately attracted the attention of the rich businessman in the restaurant. Immediately, a wealthy middle-aged man in brocade clothes rushed out of the inn with a few guards.

This middle-aged man was none other than Master Chu of the Chu family in Guo Beicheng.

"Buy my fish, my black fish is fresh, just caught."

"My black fish is big and fat, buy mine."

The nearby fishmongers rushed over immediately.

Master Chu immediately ordered the guards to stop the fishmongers, then went straight to the hawker and said, "How much do you sell this black fish for?"

"Ten taels, less than a penny will not be sold"

Before the peddler finished speaking, he threw a piece of silver over.

"Take this black fish away and go back to Guo Beicheng. Remember my master's previous instructions. If something goes wrong, my master will never forgive you."

Master Chu took a serious look at the black fish, saw that there was a scale growing upside down on the black fish's neck, he was sure it was correct, and immediately shouted.

"Yes, sir."

The guards of the Chu family responded, took the black fish, and immediately rode away to Guo Beicheng without any delay or hesitation.

"A fishing town next to the Wujiang River will catch a black fish in the past few days. This black fish is 100 years old and has a reverse scale under its neck. The blood of this black fish can save the world."

"My son must keep in mind that after buying the black fish, immediately send someone to fly back to the city. Don't miss a single delay on the way, otherwise the event will be impossible and Tian'er's life will be hard to save."

At this time, Master Chu couldn't help but think of the words his father entrusted to him in a dream a few days ago.

After he got Tuomeng, without a trace of doubt, he immediately went to the fishing town to buy black fish at a high price, and now finally the emperor paid off, and bought this special black fish.

Seeing the guard Pegasus leave, Master Chu's heart was slightly relieved.

(End of this chapter)