"Etta, right?" Lin Sui'an said helplessly, "You and I are neither relatives nor friends... No, I have no enmity or grudge against you -"
"Watch the move!" Ita shouted, his fists drew a dazzling rainbow light, and he was dazzled and smashed over.
Oh ho ho ho!
Lin Sui'an was forced to accept the challenge and dodged three moves in a row. Ita obviously felt that he had the upper hand, and the attack became more fierce and he pressed forward step by step. His speed was not as fast as Jin Ruo's, and his strength was even worse than Dong Chao's. He dodged three more moves. Lin Sui'an saw the clues. This Eta only knew three moves, left uppercut, right uppercut, and uppercut. He just added the flashing effect of the ring. It looked quite bluffing, especially today. The sky was clear and there was plenty of daylight, so this attack was nothing short of light pollution.
The seventh move came, a proper right hook. Lin Sui'an took half a step back with his right foot and grabbed Eta's right wrist with his left hand at lightning speed. Eta was furious and hit him with another left hand. The uppercut was caught by Lin Sui'an's right hand, and the two crossed their hands into two crosses, forming a confrontation.
Veins popped out in Eta's arms and his hands were shaking violently. Lin Sui'an was quite relaxed, not panicking at all, and even showed a smile.
"Brother Ita, is there any misunderstanding between us?"
Ita struggled, "Shiro said, you are great."
Lin Sui'an was confused: "What?"
What's so big? She doesn't have any special skills that can be called "big", right?
"Little lady, I guess he is talking about Dazi, right?"
"No, no, it's the big head."
"This little lady doesn't have a big head either."
"I understand. The young lady and the Persian boy fell in love with a pig head at the same time, and they took action in the street."
"What kind of pig head deserves to be robbed like this?"
There were random discussions, and Lin Sui'an realized that a circle of people had gathered around to watch the excitement, and they were all commenting excitedly.
Taishe is dead!
Lin Sui'an and Khan came down.
"Hey, let's make a truce first and find a place where no one is around before fighting again?" Lin Sui'an suggested.
Etta: "Not good!"
"What the hell is Dada?"
"Shiro said that the big one is very powerful. You have to beat him to win. You have to win or lose!"
Lin Sui'an finally understood that it was not "big brother" but "partner" and couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, we are just temporary partners, Caotai team."
"Da Da, we will live and die together, never leave!" Ita insisted, "You can't escape!"
Lin Sui'an was speechless, he was another stubborn middle school boy.
"Does it mean that as long as I win you, you won't cause trouble in the future?" Lin Sui'an asked.
Ita's eyes lit up: "Yes!"
"Okay!" Lin Sui'an bared his teeth, suddenly let go of Eta, flew back three steps, and made a gesture of invitation.
Eta's fists collided with each other, and he rushed over with two big blue eyes. The rainbow light from the gemstone ring opened colorful wind traces in the air, and the momentum was very amazing.
Lin Sui'an stood still, and circled the handle of Qianjing's sword with his palm. He suddenly pulled the sword out of its sheath, and two cross sword lights shot out of the air. There was a continuous crackling sound, and the gemstone ring shattered and flew in all directions. , like a daytime meteor.
Qianjing burst out of the star and landed squarely on Eta's neck.
All this happened in an instant. When the gem fragments all over the sky fell to the ground, everyone came back to their senses and cheered and applauded.
"Good work!"
"so beautiful!"
"Amazing!"
Eta lowered his fists in confusion. All ten of his gemstone rings were broken into pieces, leaving only empty shells.
Lin Sui'an sheathed the sword, "How?"
Ita stared at Lin Sui'an, his blue eyes filled with water. Suddenly, a bright smile broke out, he knelt down and kowtowed three times towards Lin Sui'an. Ring your head.
"What are you doing?!" Lin Sui'an was so frightened that his hair exploded and he almost escaped to the wall.
Ita stood up, wiped his eyelids, solemnly clasped his fists, turned and left.
Lin Sui'an stood there with questions on his head.
What are you doing?
The next morning, when Lin Sui'an and Jin Ruo arrived at the gate of Huazhai, Hua had prepared two large double-wheeled carriages. The horses had strong muscles and shiny coats. They looked good at walking long distances. A driver It's Mu Xia, and the other one is actually Ita.
Hua Yimeng and Hua Yifeng stood at the gate holding hands, looking at Lin Sui'an with expressions of gloating.
Jin Ruo: "Why are they staring at you like this? Do you owe him money?"
Before he finished speaking, Eta jumped out of the car, took over Lin Sui'an's baggage, and said in a very respectful tone, "Pigman, get in the car." He actually had ten more gemstone rings on his hands, which looked better than before. more bright and shiny.
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Jin Ruo: "He called you a pig?"
Hua Yimeng and Hua Yifeng were laughing crazily.
"Lin Sui'an!" Hua Yitang hurried out of the door, turning the small fan into an electric fan, "You - really accepted Eta as a servant?"
Lin Sui'an: "What?"
Hua Yitang pulled Lin Sui'an. He shook his head and sighed, "You are too messy!"
Lin Sui'an: "What attendant? What the hell? I don't know!"
Hua Yitang: "Did he challenge you to compete in martial arts?"
Lin Sui'an: "Ah."
"Did you win?"
"ah."
"Did he kowtow to you?"
"ah."
"It's over, he has recognized you as his master."
"..."
What the hell? !
Lin Sui'an collapsed: "There is still such a rule?! Why didn't anyone tell me earlier?!"
Jin Ruo couldn't stand it anymore, "Hua Yitang, don't talk nonsense here. Persians who want to be officials in the Tang Dynasty must go through the formal recruitment process of Honglu Temple. How can there be such nonsense rules?"
Hua Yitang: "Yita's status is quite special. He can make his own rules and has the acquiescence of Honglu Temple."
Jin Ruo: "Hey, what kind of identity can that oily-haired and pink-faced boy have?"
"He is the prince of Persia."
Jin Ruo turned into an emoticon of being struck by lightning, and Lin Sui'an's jaw dropped.
Hua Yitang held his forehead: "I never expected that Eta would actually target you. I should have warned you earlier. Never compete with him. Even if you compete, you must not win. If you win, you will He relied on it."
Lin Sui'an's brain cells, which were shocked to a pulp, finally made sense, "Could it be that Eta actually wants to be your attendant?"
Hua Yitang sighed: "He wants to stay in the Hua family."
Does that have anything to do with her? She is not from the Hua family - wait a minute, Lin Sui'an recalled what Eta said before. Could it be that the kid's logic is that she is Hua Yitang's partner, which means she is from the Hua family.
Lin Sui'an went crazy, "I'll go and tell him clearly that I have nothing to do with Hua -"
Hua Yitang grabbed her, "That kid is stubborn and can't get back what he believes in. If something is not handled properly, he will complain to Honglu Temple and it will cause diplomatic problems."
Lin Sui'an: "...it will only cause international problems if he serves as a retainer for a noble prince!"
"Don't worry, there are seventeen Persian vassals, and there are hundreds of princes in name, and 70% of them are studying in the Tang Dynasty. As the saying goes, if the people don't promote, the officials won't investigate. As long as Honghu Temple doesn't investigate, it should be fine."
Lin Sui'an: It's not like we hired an attendant. We clearly hired an uncle. No, we hired a time bomb or an international bomb.
"Oh, blame me, a wise man will make a mistake after all his considerations!" Hua Yitang sighed deeply while shaking his fan.
I believed your evil deeds! Lin Sui'an said, don't think I didn't see you snickering.
There must be a big hole here!
Jin Ruo: "What should we do now?"
"The matter has come to this, let's take it one step at a time." Lin Sui'an glanced at Eta from afar, worrying about another thing.
How much salary does a prince need to pay?
"This matter originated from the Hua family. All of Yita's expenses will be accounted for by the Hua family." Hua Yihuan said, "Ms. Lin only needs to concentrate on escorting Shiro as agreed. As for Jin Langjun's five hundred gold , since we are both escorting Shiro, Hua also paid for it, so there is no need for Mrs. Lin to spend any money."
When Hua Yihuan said these words, Lin Sui'an saw an angel's halo above the expressionless head of the Hua family.
As expected of the Hua family, the layout is big enough!
"Thank you, Master Hua." Lin Sui'an clasped his fists.
Hua Yihuan looked at Hua Yitang again: "On our way to Dongdu, we pass through seven counties and three cities, all of which have Hua's property."
"Understood. If you have any questions, please ask them for help." Hua Yitang raised the white jade pendant in his hand, which was engraved with the hieroglyphic character "花", which was obviously the Hua family's token.
Hua Yihuan nodded and signaled the attendant to move two large boxes into the car, "You can check the account on the way."
Hua Yitang: "...Brother, isn't the time gate enough?"
"It's been more than two months since the Danri System was launched. You can read the account book at most half a day in one city, and you'll be able to reach the Eastern Capital within twenty days."
Hua Yitang had a sad face and muttered something. Hua Yimeng and Hua Yifeng pulled him and gave him instructions again.
Lin Sui'an looked at the sky and saw that it was already past the beginning of the morning. If the ink continued, he would not even be able to leave Yangdu City at noon.
"Ms. Lin," Hua Yihuan clasped his fists seriously, "Thank you for your hard work along the way."
Lin Sui'an: "It's right to use people's money to eliminate disasters."
Hua Yihuan paused and then said, "Take care along the way."
With tears in their eyes, Hua Yimeng and Hua Yifeng sent Hua Yitang to the carriage, and Hua Yihuan stood with them on the side of the road to watch the carriage go. Hua Yitang got his head out of the car window and waved his fan reluctantly, "Brother, second sister, third sister, don't worry, I will definitely become a high official!"
Hua Yimeng: "Silang has a safe journey."
Hua Yifeng: "Pay attention to your health!"
Hua Yihuan clasped his hands behind his back and said nothing. She didn't know if it was Lin Sui'an's illusion, but she seemed to see a fleeting smile on Hua Yihuan's face.
The smile looked familiar, giving Lin Sui'an an ominous premonition, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. It wasn't until a few months later that Lin Sui'an came back to his senses.
She had indeed seen Hua Yihuan's expression. On the first day of school every year, the same subtext was on the faces of every parent who sent their children to school - Damn it, the naughty child is finally gone, I am so relieved!
Heading north from Yangdu, you pass Heyue City, Mulan City, and Hechao City in sequence. Among them, Heyue City is the closest to Yangdu and can be reached in three days. It is also the city with the most industries in the Hua family. Hua Yitang needs to personally check the general store. There are five stores with nearly a hundred branches.
About the time Hua Yitang became notorious for being a playboy, the shopkeepers of the five general stores in Heyue City heard the news. As if facing a formidable enemy, they led a convoy out of the city to meet him ten miles away. They wished they could carry Hua Yitang into the city with an eight-carry sedan. Accommodation, food, and entertainment were carefully arranged, and Hua Yitang was not polite. He took everyone around the city for a whole day, allowing Lin Sui'an to get over his addiction to the extravagance and waste of the old society. During this period, Hua Yitang spent a whole day Tang fully demonstrated the professionalism of Yangdu's number one dude. He was very good at eating, drinking and having fun. He never mentioned the matter of checking accounts. Instead, he became brothers with the five shopkeepers and had a lively chat. He also clearly hinted that this trip was just for Play and escape from the clutches of Hua Yihuan's supervision.
Lin Sui'an watched helplessly as the five shopkeepers began to be wary of Hua Yitang, gradually became relaxed, and finally turned into disdain, and were completely fooled by Hua Yitang.
Therefore, when Hua Yitang said he wanted to check the accounts the next day, Lin Sui'an took a seat early, prepared candied fruits, and stayed aside to watch the excitement.
On the main seat, Mu Xia has already helped Hua Yitang lay out the stall, complete with pens, inks, paper and inkstones, plus Hua's standard incense burner, it looks very much like that.
Jin Ruo was very puzzled: "Isn't it just checking the accounts? What fun can there be?"
"Idle time is idle, just take a look." Lin Sui'an was about to grab the candied fruits, but a hot tea bowl was stuffed in his hand. Ita reminded, "Pigman, have some tea."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
To be honest, it was very comfortable to go out with Hua Yitang. They ate well and slept well. The only thing that didn't go well was the attendant who was born as a Persian prince. Not to mention anything else, communication alone is enough to make Lin Sui'an upset. Ita's Chinese is not fluent and she also has a foreign accent. In most cases, she just jumps out a few words, and Lin Sui'an travels through time. However, the speaking habits are also different from here. The conversation between the two is completely inconsistent.
What's even more disturbing is that Ita seems to want to follow Mu Xia's example and try to take care of Lin Sui'an's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Unfortunately, Mu Xia's food, housing and transportation are all taken care of, leaving no room for improvement. Due to the differences in clothing between men and women, he can only After being able to give up, I thought that Eta would give up, but I never expected that this guy would find another way. Seeing that Lin Sui'an only drank boiled water every day, he made tea making the first task of his career as a servant.
Lin Sui'an has long been familiar with tea in this world, but he never expected that there are mountains outside the mountains. The tea made by Eta can no longer be defined as unpleasant. If he had to use an adjective, it would be "letting go." ". I don’t know if Persians have more complicated taste buds. Ordinary spices can no longer satisfy their imagination, so they add all kinds of weird things into their tea.
So far, the tea ingredients that Lin Sui'an has drunk include: green onions, shrimps, chestnut shells, peels, sausages, pig skins, garlic... Every time he drinks tea, it is like opening a scary blind box, bringing Lin Sui'an A serious psychological shadow.
Lin Sui'an glanced at today's tea. There seemed to be walnut residue and raisins floating on the surface. He breathed a sigh of relief and took a careful sip. It was sour, spicy and sweet, with vinegar and Sichuan peppercorns added. He probably got it from the hot and sour soup. inspiration.
Lin Sui'an swallowed it with great difficulty, Eta's blue eyes stared straight at her, like two pools of sea water.
"There is progress." Lin Sui'an said with difficulty.
Ita's eyes lit up and she gave Lin Sui'an another spoonful of tea.
Lin Sui'an: "...Let's change it to boiled water."
Ita's blue eyes dimmed, and she silently put away the tea bowl. She sat down beside the stove, took out the paper bag from her arms, grabbed a handful of strange condiments and sprinkled them into the tea cauldron, stirring them as she sprinkled them, while muttering to herself. If you don’t understand the language, if you wear a cloak and buy a wand, you can enroll in Hogwarts directly.
Jin Ruo was still frightened: "I have a hunch that you will be poisoned by him sooner or later."
Lin Sui'an couldn't laugh or cry: "Fighting and losing, defeating and fighting, my spirit is commendable."
When the time came, the shopkeepers from the five main stores arrived one after another. Each of them was holding a wooden box with a scroll account book in his hands. They looked relaxed and chatted with each other. After chatting for a few words, Hua Yitang walked out with a cricket pot in his left hand and a fan in his right hand. His seven layers of clothes swayed and flashed with his body. According to Mu Xia, he was wearing Nanlou Snow today. Wearing a blouse, lantern flower letter boots, several smoke and water fans, and two Muyun hairpins, he showed off his dandy style. He greeted the five shopkeepers cheerfully, and then motioned to Mu Xia to bring over the account books.
The five shopkeepers looked more and more disdainful, because Hua Yitang's attitude in reading the account book was too perfunctory. He opened a volume, flicked through a few pages with his fingers, put it aside casually, and read the next volume. Rather than reading, Not to mention sweeping.
Lin Sui'an was curious and took a look at it. The account book was divided into four items, namely "old management", "new collection", "broken use" and "seeing in". He could probably guess that they corresponded to "accounts inherited from the past", The four items "new income", "expenditure" and "balance" are all recorded in Chinese characters and arranged vertically, which looks really dizzying. (Note: The four-pillar accounting method was commonly used in the Tang and Song Dynasties.)
Without using a stick of incense, Hua Yitang read all the account books, flicked open his fan and said, "Mu Xia, record."
Mu Xia: "Yes."
"The Felt Hat Shop has one main store and thirty-six branches under its jurisdiction. There are many records that have been broken down and used, all of which are false reports due to manpower."
Lin Sui'an: Ouch, you're eating empty wages?
The shopkeeper of the felt hat shop jumped out immediately, "That's absolutely not the case! Shiro must have seen it wrong!"
Hua Yitang raised his eyelids and said, "There are three clerks in each store of Thirty-Six Branch. Each clerk's monthly salary plus commission should be one thousand nine hundred and eighty-two nine hundred yuan, but the account book records that the labor cost is Two thousand five hundred and forty-five taels and two hundred cents, which is an extra six hundred and thirty-six silver and thirty cents, which happens to be one more waiter in each shop."
The shopkeeper of the Felt Hat Shop paled for a moment, then recovered quickly and said with a smile: "Shiro really got it wrong. Each of the thirty-six shops has four clerks."
The other four shopkeepers also agreed:
"Every business office has a daily attendance record. Who comes to work, what day they come to work, what days they have rest, what time they start work, and what time they finish work are all recorded. There will be no false reports."
"If Shiro doesn't believe it, we can submit all the daily records and ask Shiro to check them."
"The accounting is done by the old accounting clerk who has been with Hua's for many years. There will be no mistakes."
"I heard that Shiro rarely reads the account books on weekdays. Could it be that he is not familiar with the format of the account books and has made a mistake?"
Hua Yitang also smiled while waving his fan, "Yesterday before the curfew, I went to the felt hat shop on Siqi Street, Liuhefang and bought two felt hats. Mu Xia chatted with the shop assistant for a while and looked through them. Daily Qinlu. The four clerks recorded in the Daily Qinlu are Li Shan, Zhang Erliang, Huang Silang and Wu Sanda. Among them, Wu, Huang and Zhang all work shifts and have vacation records. Only Li Shan works from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. At the end of the day, he never took a day off, and there was no record of sick leave or leave. The most interesting thing is that in all the journal records, Li Shan has never sold a felt hat." Hua Yitang sighed, "This person has worked so hard and accomplished so much, and yet It's really weird to be so stupid and stupid as a pig. I really want to meet this person. I wonder if the shopkeeper can recommend him?"
The shopkeeper of the felt hat shop turned pale and cursed repeatedly, "It's all these unreasonable people below who are messing around. Don't worry, Shiro, I will investigate thoroughly and will never tolerate it."
Jin Ruo was speechless: "No wonder she still had to go shopping when it was almost dark yesterday. Mu Xia was chatting animatedly with the guy from the felt hat shop, and almost gave up. It turned out to be a cliché. It was so treacherous."
Lin Sui'an thought so.
Jin Ruo: "Wait a minute, yesterday we seemed to have visited the treasure store, grocery store, silk store, and fruit store—"
The faces of the four shopkeepers of the Treasure Shop, Grocery Shop, Silk Shop, and Fruit Shop also turned pale.
Hua Yitang smiled brightly, "There are still two hours before lunch, why don't you shopkeepers take back the account books and take a look at them again, and review them after dinner?"
"Yes, yes, we will go back and check again immediately!"
"Shiro later."
The four shopkeepers scrambled to grab the account books and ran away, as if there was a savage beast behind them.
"Shopkeeper Li, please stay," Hua Yitang said.
Shopkeeper Li of Jumbo Store almost knelt down, "S-Sirang, what are your orders?"
Hua Yitang slowly beat his fan, "The Treasure Shop on Siliu Street of Sanhefang——"
"Hui Silang, this store is the best treasure shop in Heyue City. It sells all overseas precious goods. There is one shopkeeper and five assistants, all of whom are real people. There is absolutely no problem with the accounts. I swear!" Mr. Shopkeeper Li Call.
"That store's accounts are indeed fine." Hua Yitang said with a smile, "But the agate grape wrapped with gold sachet ball is a fake."
Shopkeeper Li looked as if he had been kicked by a donkey. He rolled his eyes and fainted.
Lin Sui'an: "Well, the fun is coming."
Jin Ruo: "..."
small theater
On the day Sanniang returned to Yangdu, Eta also came back.
Hua Yitang looked at the dusty Eta squatting at the door and felt that one was as big as two.
Mu Xia frowned for the first time: "Last time, Silang deceived him to follow Sanniang to Andu for half a year. Now this kid has learned his skills outside, and he probably won't be able to deceive him today. Silang, what should we do?"
Hua Yitang tapped his forehead with his fan, turned around twice, sighed deeply, lifted his robe and went out, squatting next to Eta.
"Ita, you need to know your identity. You are a prince. Sooner or later, you will return to Persia to inherit the throne."
Ita raised her big blue eyes and said, "I am not a prince, I will only stay in the Huahua family. They were unkind before, but I am unloyal now!"
"The Kingdom of Persia has submitted its credentials to Honglu Temple, and your status as a prince has been confirmed!"
"No matter! You didn't care about me for ten years, I don't recognize it. I have been in the Huahua family for ten years, eating flowers and using flowers. I want to be a servant of the Huahua family! Repay your kindness!"
"Actually... the ways of repaying gratitude can be richer, and there is no need to stick to just one..."
"A wise man from the Tang Dynasty said: There is no way to repay a great kindness. The only way to repay a kindness is to be a cow, a horse, and a ring of valerian. Therefore, you must be a servant to repay your kindness!"
Hua Yitang looked at Mu Xia with trembling eyelids: "Who taught him this?! Why do you remember this sentence so clearly?!"
Mu Xia: "You taught me ten years ago."
"..."
Hua Yitang is about to faint.
"Ahem," Mu Xia cleared her throat, "Ita, Shiro already has me."
Ita showed his fist: "Muxia fight me, I win, you go, I will be Shiro's servant to repay the favor!"
Mu Xia: "..."
Hua Yitang could only make nonsense: "Our Hua clan has rules. Mu Xia and I signed a life and death contract. My servants can only be him and cannot be changed."
Furious: "Nonsense! Lin Shui, I am also your servant!"
"Oh, my mother!" Hua Yitang was so frightened that her tone of voice changed into "Ita-like", and she patted her chest repeatedly, "Don't talk nonsense! She is the partner I only begged for by kneeling down and praying to the Buddha! "
Eta tilted her head: "Big? What is it?"
"A partner is someone who lives and dies together and will never leave you!"
Ita's eyes lit up, "I understand, she is also from the Hua family."
"Uh-" Hua Yitang's eyes rolled around, "That's right... Hehehe..."
"Does she have servants?"
"Eh?"
"If I defeat her, can I be her servant?"
Mu Xia burst out laughing, and Hua Yitang laughed so hard, "Hahahahahaha, defeat Lin Sui'an? You? How is it possible? She is Lin Sui'an who can defeat hundreds of people with one enemy and kill Jiang Yang's thieves with one move. An, it’s impossible for you to practice for another hundred years, so just give up on this idea!”
Ita frowned, with a resentful look on his face. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and his eyes brightened again, "If you have a way, change the rules. If you can't win, then change it to losing!"
Hua Yitang: "Huh?"
"As the wise man from the Tang Dynasty said, can a flower man still be choked by a bird?" Ita stood up, "The rules are to die, but the people are to live! I'm going to make a fight right away!"
After saying that, he ran away like a gust of wind.
Hua Yitang's face twitched crazily, "What flower? What bird?"
Mu Xia frowned: "He is saying that a living person can still be suffocated to death by urinating?"
"..."
"You taught him this sentence nine years ago."
"..."
"Um -" Hua Yitang laughed dryly and shook his fan, "Lin Sui'an shouldn't be as knowledgeable as Eta, right?"
Mu Xia lowered her eyes: "As long as Mrs. Lin doesn't fight, nothing will happen."
Hua Yitang nodded: "Lin Sui'an has an easy-going personality and treats people well. He will never fight with others for no reason. It doesn't matter."
"What Shiro said is true."
It was quiet for a long while.
"Actually, if you think about it... that Jin Ruo... Eta next to Lin Sui'an must be smarter than him..."
"...What Shiro said is true. Ita finally knows the truth."
"Hey Hey……":,,
