Chapter 47 I have a date with Master Bai (two chapters in one)
Zhao Shiqing put the small silver ingot of one or two silver in front of Loach: "This is yours."
Loach was overjoyed and hurriedly packed up the money.
Although the golden beans are good, one tael of silver can be put into the pocket immediately.
Zhao Shiqing took out another ingot of silver of about the same size and put it on the table as well: "Every row is like a mountain. Master Bai is a scholar. How did he become the boss of Kuixing Tower?"
Ni Loach was startled. He first knew about Mr. Bai who was the boss, and then he learned that Mr. Bai was a scholar. Then he heard that Mr. Bai and the Imperial Academy's Jijiu Wine were brothers. As for the blood-and-tear journey from Scholar Bai to Mr. Bai, Ni Loach didn't know. .
He looked at Jie Liuzi: "Do you know?"
Jie Liuzi finally finished his last mouthful of wonton soup and was wiping his mouth with a snow-white handkerchief. Niluo looked strangely distressed. It was such a waste to use such a good handkerchief to wipe his mouth.
As for how to avoid wasting money, Ni Loach didn't think about it. In short, he felt that this street kid was abnormal and poor.
Hearing Loach ask him, Jie Liuzi's black and white eyes glanced at the small silver ingot in front of Zhao Shiqing, and shook his head: "A little less."
Zhao Shiqing.
She took out the two golden beans: "Is one golden bean enough?"
The loach's eyes widened, golden beans, gold!
Thinking about the one tael of silver he had just earned, Loach hugged his thin self sadly.
The street runner raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Shiqing: "After that, when will you give it to me?"
Zhao Shiqing: "Yes, I'll give it after you say it."
When you go out, you have all your belongings with you.
Jie Liuzi cleared his throat and said: "The reason why Mr. Bai became Mr. Bai is because of his godfather! Mr. Bai's godfather is Mr. Zhong San, who used to be the talker of Kuixing Tower.
Do you know the name of the Kuixing enshrined in Kuixing Tower?
Zhong Kui!
Mr. Zhong San is said to be a descendant of Zhong Kui! ”
Zhao Shiqing's eyes gleamed. This Mr. Zhong San was really smart. When she retired from the world, she went to set up a stick in front of the Temple of Wealth.
Do you know who is worshipped there?
Zhao Gongming!
My surname is Zhao too!
This land is mine!
Jie Liuzi continued: "When Mr. Bai was still a scholar, he would come to pay homage to Kuixing every now and then. He went back and forth and became familiar with Mr. Zhong San.
It is said that Mr. Bai failed the exam for the first time and came to worship Kuixing again. Mr. Zhong San felt sorry for him, so he invited him to have a drink. They recognized him as godson at the wine table, and Mr. Bai became Mr. Zhong San's godson.
Mr. Zhong San had no sons and treated Mr. Bai as his own. Mr. Bai provided Mr. Zhong with his old age and died, and later took over Mr. Zhong’s territory and manpower. Mr. Bai had two sons, both surnamed Zhong and none surnamed Bai.
Master Bai now wants money and a house. In fact, it doesn't matter whether he returns to the Bai family or not, otherwise he would not let his two sons all have the surname Zhong.
Master Bai just wants to win a fight. Don't the Bai family look down on him? He was going to take the exam to show the Bai family. ”
Zhao Shiqing understood that it was Master Bai's obsession to take the exam.
Ni Loach slapped his thigh: "Both my sons are named Zhong. Not everyone can do it. Mr. Bai knows how to repay his kindness and is extremely righteous. He is such a man!"
Zhao Shiqing felt that Jie Liuzi spoke very well. The most important thing was that Jie Liuzi's voice was very nice. His voice was different from Xiao Zhen's.
Jie Liuzi's voice was clear and melodious. If he sang, it would definitely linger around for three days, while Xiao Zhen's voice was a little deeper, making people's ears numb and their bodies numb.
Zhao Shiqing flicked the golden beans, and the golden beans stopped in front of the street slider. The force was just right.
Loach looked at her eagerly, "My boss, there is still a golden bean."
Zhao Shiqing smiled, reached into his arms, and this time he pulled out another golden bean.
"Whoever can take me to see Mr. Bai will have this golden bean."
Loach is wilted. He has no friendship with Mr. Bai, and he doesn't know where Mr. Bai lives.
He glared at the street kid and let you succeed again.
The street kid bared his little white teeth and said, "What a coincidence, Master Bai and I are neighbors. Come on, I'll take you there."
The three of them left the wonton stall, with Jie Liuzi walking in front, Zhao Shiqing following, and Loach hesitating for a moment, but also followed.
Just kidding, if you finally meet a rich man, of course you have to follow him. A little bit from between your fingers will be enough to make him popular.
The place where Mr. Bai lives is across the street from Kuixing Tower. It is an ordinary-looking house. The paint on the door is peeling off and there are broken tiles on the wall. It really doesn't look like the home of a local snake.
The street kid knocked on the door, and the door opened a crack from the inside. An eight or nine-year-old child stuck his head out: "Brother, why are you so dirty again? Be careful of Master scolding you."
Street Liuzi touched his little head and asked, "Is Mr. Bai at home?"
The child nodded: "It's in the piano room."
Jie Liuzi turned to look at Zhao Shiqing: "What is your name?"
Zhao Shiqing: "Little Four."
Jie Liuzi said to the child: "Let them go in and wait while I go and talk to Mr. Bai."
The three of them entered the courtyard and the street runner walked away.
Zhao Shiqing looked at the courtyard. The courtyard looked shabby from the outside, but there was something special inside, at least after entering the courtyard.
There was a stone table directly opposite the upside-down room, surrounded by four stone drums. The child pointed at it and said: "You can wait here."
Zhao Shiqing was startled. She didn't pay attention just now, but now she listened carefully and found that the child's voice was also melodious and sweet.
What's going on, she has met all the people with nice voices in the capital?
However, the voice of the loach is not pleasant to listen to. Just like Xiao Su, it is sometimes rough and sometimes thin, which is extremely unpleasant. The second brother was also like this for a while.
The two waited for a while, but before they could wait for Ji Liuzi, the child from before came back again.
"Come here." The child said to Zhao Shiqing.
Zhao Shiqing stood up, and Loach quickly stood up to follow. The child made a stern face: "I didn't tell you to go in, but you are waiting here. Do you really think that anyone can enter here?"
If it were in other places, Loach would still argue with his neck, but he didn't dare to do it here. He was a thief. What thieves fear most is not the government, but bosses like Mr. Bai.
If caught by the government, the most they can do is to spend a few days in jail. If you commit petty theft, you will not be sentenced to severe punishment, and you can still grow fat in jail.
But if he offends the boss, he will never think about having a peaceful life, he will either die or be disabled.
The loach obediently sat back on the stone drum, hunched its shoulders and hunched its head, wishing it could crawl into the cracks in the ground. Zhao Shiqing followed the child into the second courtyard with her head held high.
As soon as she came in, Zhao Shiqing couldn't help but nod her head. When she entered the courtyard, she saw carved pillars and painted thrushes hanging on the verandah. The most interesting thing was that the beams of other people's verandas were painted with the words "Twenty-Four Filial Piety" or "Twelve Flowers". Order, but what is painted on the verandah of Mr. Bai's house is a play, with each beam showing a play.
An idea flashed through Zhao Shiqing's mind. This Mr. Bai might be a theater fan.
She thought again of the street kid and the child's good voice.
The two stopped in front of a house, and the child said to the door: "Uncle, someone has brought it."
"Come in." The voice was clear and cold, neither pleasant nor unpleasant. Zhao Shiqing was actually a little disappointed.
The child opened the door, Zhao Shiqing took off the bamboo hat on his head, dusted off the dust on his body, and stepped in.
The room was not big. There was a huqin placed by the window, and there were Yueqin, pipa, xianzi, Xiao and suona on the shelves around it.
It seems that this is the piano room that the child mentioned just now.
Leaning on the Arhat bed was a middle-aged man, about forty years old, dressed as a scholar, but with a rough face, brow eyebrows, beard, and two eyes like copper bells.
Don't tell me, although this person's surname is not Zhong, he does look a bit like the legendary Zhong Kui.
Zhao Shiqing clasped her fists and saluted like a man, and said gracefully: "Xiaosi has met Mr. Bai, Mr. Bai is safe."
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Mr. Bai hummed, without even looking at her: "You want to see me? Is there something wrong?"
Zhao Shiqing smiled: "Xiao Si wants to make a deal with Mr. Bai."
Only then did Mr. Bai raise his eyelids and look at her with his eyes: "She looks good, but she is too young. I am not good at this."
Zhao Shiqing: "Don't you think I am recommending pillow mats to you? You are so old, you really dare to think so."
Master Bai was stunned. It had been more than ten years since he changed from Bai Xiucai to Master Bai. Except for the Bai family, no one dared to speak to him in this tone. This little girl was so brave.
Master Bai became interested, sat up straight and said, "Little girl, your accent doesn't sound like someone from the capital."
Zhao Shiqing: "Can you hear it? This is Mandarin. I am the best Mandarin speaker here."
Mr. Bai laughed loudly and pointed at the little boy next to him: "Since you are not here to recommend a pillow mat, then tell me about your deal."
Zhao Shiqing was curious: "Is it true that the legendary Master Bai is so easy to talk to?"
Master Bai: "I always have to give some face to the people Xiao Yueyue brings."
Xiao Yueyue?
Is that street kid named Xiao Yueyue?
Haha, this name is so girly.
"Master Bai likes to listen to plays. Then I invite Master Bai to act in a play with me. I wonder if Master Bai is interested?"
The gentleness on Mr. Bai's face disappeared. He smiled coldly: "You put on a disguise and come to me again. Have you forgotten that this is the capital, at the feet of the emperor?"
Zhao Shiqing seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "I am indeed in disguise, but for Mr. Bai, this play is just easy. Although this is the emperor's feet, after the event is completed, Mr. Bai promises not to touch him. By the way, Mr. Bai wants to I don’t want to hear the conditions I offer. If Mr. Bai is satisfied, it won’t be too late for us to get down to business.”
"Tell me, what are the conditions?" Master Bai asked.
"I heard that this year's Beijing and Rural Examinations, the person in charge of setting the questions is Mr. Fang Er?" Zhao Shiqing asked.
Mr. Bai was startled. He didn't expect that this little girl would penetrate his vital point directly. His vital point was the provincial examination.
"There is such a rumor, but it cannot be true." Although Mr. Bai said this, he believed it in his heart.
Mr. Fang Er’s eldest brother is Fang Ying. In the first two examinations, Fang Ying was the one who gave the questions and took the exam. Next year’s examination will probably still be Fang Ying.
Although Mr. Fang Er is not as famous as Fang Ying, he compiled a collection of poems for the Emperor last year. The Emperor was delighted and gave him three elixirs.
The elixir was refined by the Supreme Emperor himself, and just like this collection of poems by the Supreme Emperor, it is marketable and priceless.
Not only that, the emperor also summoned Mr. Fang Er. Mr. Fang Er is now in the Hanlin Academy and is compiling books for today's emperor.
Zhao Shiqing paid attention to the expression on Master Bai's face, and also saw the two small clusters of blazing flames in his eyes.
Mr. Bai was almost going mad because of the fame of being elected.
Zhao Shiqing pretended not to see anything and continued: "Everything happens for a reason. Since there is such a rumor, it must not be groundless."
Mr. Bai said in a deep voice: "So what if it is, so what if it's not?"
Zhao Shiqing smiled slightly: "What a coincidence, I happen to have two books at home, one was read by Bachelor Fang, and the other was read by Mr. Fang Er."
Mr. Bai stood up in a hurry. He didn't even have any shoes on his feet and stood on the floor tiles in his socks.
"The book you mentioned has their annotations on it. What book is it?"
Zhao Shiqing smiled: "It seems to be called Xia Dong."
Mr. Bai: Damn summer and winter, it’s spring and autumn, it’s spring and autumn!
He spent a lot of money to get a piece of news from a guest of the Fang family. It is said that the two brothers have been compiling a book at home for eight years. The book has been compiled for two years and has a total of thirty volumes. In "The Spring and Autumn Period", the Fang brothers analyzed the Spring and Autumn Period in depth and put forward many unprecedented insights. However, for some unknown reason, these thirty volumes have been compiled long ago but have never been published to the public.
Now hearing Zhao Shiqing say this, Master Bai felt like he was enlightened. Why didn't he think of it?
There was only one reason why the Fang brothers hid these thirty volumes for two years, and that was because they were worried about missing questions!
This year’s provincial examination and next year’s national examination will definitely test the Spring and Autumn Period!
Mr. Bai's voice was trembling with excitement. He wore socks and walked around Zhao Shiqing several times, his eyes green.
"Little girl, someone in your family is an official?"
Zhao Shiqing sneered: "Of course someone in my family is an official, and he is also a high official. The two books I mentioned belong to my second brother, but they belong to me now. I can decide who to give them to."
Master Bai suddenly bent down and came face to face with Zhao Shiqing: "Little girl, are you bragging?"
Zhao Shiqing shook her feet: "Just tell me what the conditions are like?"
Mr. Bai calmed down, since this little girl dares to make this condition, then
"No, what if you don't admit it after everything is done?"
Zhao Shiqing wanted to laugh. He didn't even ask what he was asked to do, he just thought about those two books.
Zhao Shiqing said: "Tomorrow, I will pay you a deposit first. Of course it won't be real money, and you are not short of money. I will give you the deposit tomorrow, and then you can judge whether what I say is credible."< br>
Mr. Bai looked at her deeply and said after a while: "Okay, you will come here tomorrow at this time."
Zhao Shiqing smiled: "Master Bai believes in me, and I believe in Master Bai. I believe that Master Bai will not set a trap to ambush a poor little girl like me."
Mr. Bai
You have all the good and bad words to say alone.
Zhao Shiqing walked out of the piano room and greeted the birdcage hanging on the corridor: "Aunt Thrush, your hair is about to fall out."
The thrush was furious.
Zhao Shiqing said hello all the way, and the corridor was filled with excitement. When Mr. Bai heard the chirping of birds and came out, he was startled. He saw all the birds shouting and squawking in the cages. He looked like a shrew. .
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(End of this chapter)