The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

Listening to Lin Mingyu's words, Tu Shuo glanced from Xu Chongqing to the wooden box in Sun Ze's arms, and quickly looked back.After looking at the Qiqiao Liuli Zun, and then looking at this building boat, I don't think there is anything special about the building boat.He is a nobleman in the imperial capital, and he will never be reduced to the point where he competes with a few poor scholars for objects. He is so cheap!

If you want to fight, you have to fight for this rare thing, right?

Tu Shuo's eyes once again fell on the Liuli Zun, showing the momentum that he must win.

Lin Mingyu turned his gaze, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, hiding the sly look in his eyes,

Not long after, the guys brought out three exquisite utensils. Although they were not as stunning as the Liuli Zun, they were all ingenious and out of the ordinary.After everyone commented, shopkeeper Zhang said, "I don't know if Mr. Tu is interested?"

Tu Shuo glanced at Lin Mingyu with a smile, but didn't speak.

Lin Mingyu made a look of thinking, first he was reluctant, then he showed a cheerful expression, blinked, and said with a smile: "Mr. Tu still has eyes for this Liuli Zun?"

Tu Shuo smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, "So what if you look good? This is Ming Yu's favorite thing."

Lin Mingyu shook his head: "Although I like it, a gentleman has the beauty of an adult. If Mr. Tu likes it, you might as well take it. I'm just a stubborn person. Putting things here is just a waste. If it's in Mr. Tu's hands, you can get it's home .”

"Oh? Is Mingyu going to give it to me?" Tu Shuo's eyes lit up.

"I can't say anything. I just made an appointment with the shopkeeper to look at the goods, and I didn't have any business agreement. Since Mr. Tu likes it, of course you can do what you want."

Tu Shuo nodded and said two words "yes".

Shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly said with a smile: "Should I wrap it up now and Master Tu will take it away? Or should I send it to the house?"

Tu Shuo waved his hand, and Xiao Qing took out a bank note from his pocket.Shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly motioned to the staff to take it to the settlement, and personally wrapped the glass respectfully, put it in a red sandalwood box, and handed it to Xiaohong.

"Master Tu, is there anyone else he likes?"

Tu Shuo had already stood up, and the rest followed suit. "No need, next time you have something good, remember to send a letter to the master. If something like this happens again, don't blame the master for not giving you face." He threw the jade pendant in his hand and glanced in Xu Chongqing's direction. Then he said to Lin Mingyu: "Master still has something to do, let's take a step first. When I have time, I will visit you at the house."

Lin Mingyu cupped his hands, making a gesture of invitation.Tu Shuo stomped on his boots, turned around and walked away with astonishing momentum.

Shopkeeper Zhang sent them to the outside of the store, breathed a long sigh of relief, and came back to give Xu Chongqing and the three of them a deep bow: "Thanks to the three guest officials for their care today, the small shop is very sorry. It is very expensive, but please choose one at random as an apology."

Xu Chongqing exchanged opinions with his companions, helped the shopkeeper up, and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang is serious. I didn't expect to meet such a master. If you want to say that you are wronged, Mr. Lin is wronged. We are just taking a little bit of time , If you accept any compensation, you will be a scholar in vain. Mr. Lin gave up his beloved in order to preserve our beloved, this kindness, I dare to admire."

As they spoke, the three of them bowed their hands to Lin Mingyu in unison, as a thank you.

Lin Mingyu returned the salute and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, you don't need to be more polite. Meeting is fate, why be so rigid. If you three have other matters, please go to your own devices. Shopkeeper Zhang and I still have some things to ask. Three..."

Xu Chongqing waved his hands again and again: "We have an appointment with our classmates, and we are saying goodbye. Mr. Lin, please do your own thing. I'm leaving." Zhao Geng and Sun Ze both cupped their hands, and then the three of them left the shop together.

After all the customers in the store had left, shopkeeper Zhang bowed and saluted Lin Mingyu again: "Master."

Lin Mingyu nodded, and shopkeeper Zhang said again: "There are many people here, please move to the backyard to talk."

Shopkeeper Zhang invited Lin Mingyu to the backyard, let him take the upper seat, and sat on a stool underneath, while the servant girl made new tea.Shopkeeper Zhang picked it up in person, served the tea, and waved away the maid, leaving only himself and the tent in the room, reporting the store's income and expenditure to Lin Mingyu.

Lin Mingyu checked the accounts by the way, this account was clear and well-organized, and with Zhang Zhang explaining beside him, the account check went smoothly.Saying that it was time for dinner, shopkeeper Zhang asked Lin Mingyu for instructions, then went to Taibai Building to order a table of food and wine, and brought them to the back hall to serve Lin Mingyu to eat.

After Lin Mingyu invited him again and again, shopkeeper Zhang and the accountant sat down to eat at the same table.On less formal occasions, Lin Mingyu was also not so disciplined.The three of them ate slowly, chatting and laughing occasionally during the dinner, and did not talk about business matters.After Lin Mingyu put down his chopsticks, shopkeeper Zhang and the accountant also stopped chopsticks.

After dinner, Lin Mingyu thought that there was not much left in the account, so he didn't take a long rest, and called the two of them over again, aligned the accounts, and finally summed up a figure.

"...Last month, I had a surplus of 800 taels. This month, Yi Xun came over. I had a surplus of 540 taels of silver in my account. In the second half of the year, a batch of new oriental goods came. There will always be a surplus of ten thousand taels of silver at the end of the month." The accountant reported.

Lin Mingyu nodded: "Very good, everyone has worked hard. Shopkeeper Zhang, this month's surplus will be 3000 taels, you and the accountant will each get 800 taels, and the rest should be shared among the guys. Another 1 taels of silver will be put in. Here again, next month, I plan to sell a new product, which is a kind of perfume specially used by noble ladies. Nowadays, people who go to the ceremony, three festivals and two birthdays, the gifts given to the wives of the rich and powerful mansions are also big. Perfume can come in handy, and the profit will be even more substantial. The 1 taels of silver are used to prepare for this matter. You should think carefully about how to do it, and if you have something to do, let someone come to me."

Shopkeeper Zhang was very excited, how much money would he be able to make if he made a living with more lucrative profits than the current one!But he would not doubt the accuracy of Lin Mingyu's vision. His past experience had given him incomparably strong confidence. If he followed Lin Mingyu's boss, he would never suffer a loss.

Both of them thanked Lin Mingyu for the reward, and reported the things that needed to be decided in the shop.After finishing all this, it was already noon, and the sun was slowly setting. Lin Mingyu realized that she had already been busy outside for a day, so she didn't stay any longer, and let shopkeeper Zhang deliver it.

Back in the Lin Mansion, Lin Hailuoya came back.After receiving the letter, Lin Da greeted Lin Mingyu at the gate of the mansion.Lin Mingyu didn't ask, went to Lin Haichu to say hello first, talked with Lin Hai for a while, and waited for Lin Rui to come back. The three of them had dinner, and then talked about homework for a while, before they went back to the yard.

When Lin Rui first came to the capital, he and Lin Mingyu lived in the same yard. Later, when Lin Hai came, Lin Rui was hit by Tanhua, and neither of them mentioned it, so they still lived together and moved out.A few days ago Song Wenning came to the Lin residence to prepare for the exam and lived in Lin Mingyu's yard.It's a bit crowded for three big men to live in one yard.It's not that Lin's mansion doesn't have extra yards and rooms, so Lin Rui proposed to choose Xietong Courtyard, which is adjacent to Lin Mingyu's Xinghua Courtyard, to live in.

Lin Rui sent Lin Mingyu to the gate of the courtyard, and seeing him go in, Fang changed his way back to his own courtyard.

After entering the courtyard, the maids greeted him. Lin Rui asked the maids to wait for him to change his clothes. Fang Ping retreated to the left and right, and entered the study alone.On the Longevity Festival on the ninth day of June, the governors-general of all walks of life will come to Beijing to pay their respects, and King Changping, who lives in the northwest of the far town, will inevitably enter Beijing according to the imperial edict. What kind of situation will be stirred up in the capital at that time?

Now that Mingyu has become a companion of Prince Lefu's mansion, and today he is related to Tu Shuo of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, I'm afraid that some interested people will make a fuss about it.Moreover, my uncle's attitude towards the Changping Prince's Mansion always feels a little wrong.

Lin Rui thought about it, connecting all the details he discovered on weekdays, and felt more and more that Lin Hai had an ambiguous attitude towards the Changping Palace.It can't be said that there is opposition or support, there are always inextricably linked between the two.

Lin Mingyu naturally didn't know what Lin Rui was thinking.As soon as he returned to Xinghua Courtyard, he also led Lin Da into the study room, leaving no one to wait on him.

"Tell me, what did you find?"

Lin Dayin was a little excited, calmed down, and returned: "Master, you asked me to check the details of Taibailou. I searched for nearly ten days, and today I finally found out some clues. The ancestral home of the shopkeeper Du in Taibailou Gusu, who came to Kyoto alone more than [-] years ago, opened this restaurant, and then developed steadily to its current position. Since the day he started his business, Taibailou has not encountered any disaster. Those who cause trouble in Taibai Tower will be cleaned up inexplicably in the end."

"Clean up?" This word made Lin Mingyu feel strange.

"Yes, clean up. All those who offend Taibailou, whether they are princes, nobles, officials, or wealthy businessmen, will always be involved in some strange incidents in the end. Officials may be transferred or demoted. , lost his money for the rich or got into a lawsuit. In short, either he can’t stay in the capital anymore, or he can no longer provoke Taibailou. There is a mysterious force behind Taibailou, which allows him to transcend all the restaurants in Kyoto Beyond the store. Become one of the most well-informed places in Kyoto.”

"Following this clue, I secretly found someone to help me, but the result was very strange." Lin Da grew up in the capital. He was the son of a housekeeper. After a while, Lin Mingyu discovered that he was good at martial arts, and at the same time he had a very flexible mind. He was very popular outside, and he could find some connections from all walks of life.With such a talent and a son from a family, Lin Mingyu has always trusted him.

"How strange?" When he said this, he must have found something very confusing.

Lin Da thought for a while, and seemed to be sorting out his thoughts: "... behind him is the power in the palace, it seems that there are, and our master..."

my dad?Lin Mingyu frowned and did not speak for a moment.Reminiscent of Taibailou Shopkeeper Du's attitude towards him, it seems that it suddenly became different. If it is related to the father, then he is the son of the father. For the sake of the father, if he treats himself specially, he will It should be the same attitude from the beginning, so that it will not change suddenly.

What caused that change in him?Lin Mingyu recalled slowly, but she was still a little short.There seemed to be a clue in his mind that was about to jump out and tell him the answer, but it was dimly separated by a layer of veil and disappeared in a flash.

Lin Da waited for Lin Mingyu to ponder for a long enough time before asking for instructions: "Master, do you want to investigate again? This time, the brother followed carelessly, and the other party was very vigilant, so it should have been noticed by the other party. Perceived."

Lin Mingyu thought for a while, "Don't check anymore, I just need to confirm that there is indeed something wrong with him. Don't meddle in the following matters, and do what you have to do. The person you are looking for, thank him very much, and let him He stopped checking and acted like nothing happened."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Lin Mingyu nodded, and Lin Da immediately went out to deal with it.

Lin Mingyu thought for a while, and after letting the maid come in to change her clothes, she walked out of the yard again and went to Lin Hai.