Chapter five hundred and seventy third merchants
Chu Xunyu and the other two stayed in Chaoyang Pavilion in Dongxia Town, and a different detail appeared, that is, the restaurant, from the shopkeeper to the servant, had a red rope tied to his wrists, and was soaked in cinnabar realgar wine. This is a very strange thing. Realgar and cinnabar are both evil things. Is there something dirty in this restaurant? That's why I did this action?
The three of them were curious and just had nothing to do. Mu Yuan and Chu Xunyu discussed and asked the guy later. If there was really something monster that was causing trouble, we might as well take it, which would be considered a benefit to the people. Chu Xunyu thought about it and wanted to ask for it. Since he had encountered this merit today, he would just do it thoroughly. If there was a monster, it would be contrary to the laws of nature. He nodded immediately.
After a while, I called the waiter and asked directly after ordering the food. But the guy replied, "I'm sure that the guys know that the red rope tied in my hands is not a monster, but the boss ordered that the most taboo in doing business is to have evil things, so let us tie this thin rope. Not only that, the guys who are doing business are like this, just to put a lottery ticket."
This answer really disappointed everyone. It turned out to be a prize for a prize, so he went to the waiter. Mu Yuan curled his lips and said, "The boss of this family really believes in these things. Every guy tethers to ask for a prize for a prize for a prize. It's really weird. It's better to have nothing to do, so we can have some leisure time."
Chu Xunyu nodded in disappointment, but unexpectedly, he was shocked. He suddenly saw Wangchen frowning and looking around. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you seeing with me?"
Wangchen looked around and asked strangely: "You didn't show this restaurant and didn't even worship a statue of god?"
"Huh?" After hearing this, the two looked around and found that there was no god in the restaurant. It was really strange. Logically speaking, the owner of the restaurant firmly believed in the ceremony of warding off evil spirits and should worship statues of gods. The God of Wealth, who was in charge of money, the Kitchen Lord, the Emperor Guan Wu who avoided evil spirits, etc., why didn't there be any one? Wangchen was a senior after all, and he could see the mystery at a glance. The three of them thought for a long time but couldn't help but think that this was really weird.
The three of them were discussing that the waiter came over again. It turned out that it was served and the orders were all vegetarian. There was only one plate of braised beef for Chu Xunyu and Wangchen. Chu Xunyu picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. It felt that the taste was different. The braised beef was made like braised, and he couldn't help but say wonderingly: "Waiter, your braised beef is not very good, the braised beef is made like braised."
The waiter smiled awkwardly while posing the plate: "Objectively, we are really not good at making beef here, because what we are best at in our store is the 'braised snake cube'."
After saying that, he angrily spoke at someone else's table. The three of them looked back and found that as expected, there were snakes on each table. Chu Xunyu couldn't help but smile and said, "I've been making a fuss for a long time and it turns out that your signature dish is made of snakes. We don't have to do it anymore. Let's stay first when we go back and have to try it when we have dinner."
"Okay, you can use it first, call me if you have something to do." The waiter put on the good stuff and shouted back.
The three of them sat there eating, drinking and chatting. There were several merchants chatting on the table next to them. It was a coincidence that they were talking about the boss of the Chaoyang Pavilion, praising him for his business and learning about it. From their remarks, they couldn't help but understand some of this content.
The owner of this restaurant is Mu. He is indeed a big dealer with all his hands and eyes. He has been operating in the border area for a long time. His business includes tea, silk, restaurants, and fur. It has been a small scale for more than 30 years. Their family is a family-style business, and almost all his family members are on it. Their family is now well-known locally, and their friends are all over the country. I heard that even the king Yingtian has their own product number there, which is very well served.
The people who talked about the Mu family were also merchants who came out of seclusion. According to their description, Boss Mu usually lives in Xiningzhou to manage business. During this period, Boss Mu happened to go back to Shuzu, his hometown in Dongxia Town. These people discussed finding ways to get close to Boss Mu, and maybe he could get rich.
Chu Xunyu and the other two were so amused that they were amused by the art of business, but they had to sigh that Boss Mu was proficient in business skills and could survive in troubled times. It is important to know how many wealthy businessmen and great merchants lost their money during the wars of the two dynasties. The world is really impermanent and has changed a lot.
That night, Chu Xunyu and the other two lived in Chaoyang Pavilion, without saying a word all night.
But at dawn the next day, there was a lot of noise downstairs, and something seemed to have happened. Mu Yuan sat up from the bed with a carp and shouted, "I know!" After that, he put on his clothes and took the lead in watching the fun, which made Chu Xunyu roll his eyes. What a mess, this kid is looking forward to this day.
Wangchen and Chu Xunyu also washed up briefly. When they left the lobby, they found that there were many officials and yamen runners in the lobby asking for someone to interrogate. Mu Yuan stretched his head and looked in the crowd, greatly satisfying his mood to watch the fun.
Chu Xunyu squeezed over and asked what was going on. Mu Yuan had come down for a while and had already figured out the matter. So he roughly told the story. It turned out that early this morning, a corpse appeared on the back mountain of Dongxia Town. It was a local rogue. He was caught by a hunter who drove up the mountain in the morning. So he reported to the official. Now, the government sent a servant from Xiningzhou to inquire.
Chu Xunyu asked curiously: "Did you say how he died?"
"I didn't say that." Mu Yuan shook his head.
As a result, there was a guy watching the fun in front of me who turned around and interrupted indifferently and answered Chu Xunyu: "It's no big deal. I heard from my friends in the yamen that they were attacked and bitten to death by beasts. They ran into the mountains in the middle of the night and were taken away by beasts, and it was really worth it."
"Run into the mountains in the middle of the night?" Chu Xunyu was stunned and then asked again, "Is there any important place in the back mountain? Why did you run into the mountains in the middle of the night?"
"Who knows this?" said the guy gloat, "that ruffian was a rogue, so he might just die, so he would not cause trouble on weekdays."
"Is his reputation so bad?" Mu Yuan was a little surprised.
"Of course." As soon as he asked, the guy who replied was full of resentment. Even many passers-by around him looked like he empathized with him. "You don't know that the guy relied on being the distant nephew of the prefect of Shanxi. He was used to being rampant in the local area. He had always eaten for free, teased good families, bullying the market, and gathered five or six accomplices to do everything they could. We all hated him to the core. This time he was taken away by a wild beast. God really deserved such an end."
"Hey, even if God doesn't accept him, he won't be too arrogant for long." Another passerby's confident illustration, "I heard that not long ago, this guy messed with Boss Mu for some reason. Boss Mu spoke up and said that he would be prepared to teach him a lesson and benefit the countryside after he comes back. Even if he doesn't die today, he can't escape Boss Mu's methods."
Chapter completed!