In the evening, before it got dark in front of the Huanggai Lake Oil Buying and Selling Store, a few lanterns were lit up.
The boss of the trading company stood in front of the door and was gesticulating and talking. A group of employees of the trading company were clearing the snow. The spacious ground had revealed its background from the thick snow.
Wu Daode and other seven people walked towards the merchants, each carrying a basket of soybeans on their shoulders.
The owner of the trading company came up to him and asked, what is in the basket?
Wu Daode replied: Soybeans.
The boss of the trading company said that they were all placed at the door.
Wu Daode and other seven people successively unloaded the baskets from their shoulders and piled them at the door of the trading house.
The owner of the trading company reached out and grabbed a handful of soybeans, looked at them carefully, and then put them into the basket. Then he grabbed the soybeans in other baskets and inspected them. After that, I said with satisfaction that the soybeans were okay, the grains were plump, and they were clean after drying. Then he asked the employees of the trading company to quickly weigh the soybeans delivered to them and calculate how many kilograms they weighed.
Wu Daode asked, how much was the purchase price?
The owner of the trading company replied, 9 cents per catty.
Wu Daode said, boss, the quality of the soybeans we collected is not bad, and the purchase price is 10 dan qian per catty. Now we sell them to you, and you pay 9 dan qian per catty, won’t we lose money? In such a cold weather, it is not easy for us to transport it by boat from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Boss, you should think about it for us!
The boss of the trading company relented, so let’s pay 10 coins per catty! After weighing, count the weight to see how many pounds it weighs.
After the store employees finished weighing the seven baskets of soybeans, three more people from the group carried another basket of soybeans from the snow to weigh them.
The employee of the commercial bank clicked the abacus, and the number displayed on the abacus was exactly 1,000 kilograms of soybeans.
The owner of the commercial bank said that he would give them 10,000 yuan to settle the bill.
Wu Daode and the two of them each brought a basket and followed the employees of the trading company into the trading company.
It was also the evening of the same day, the wind was howling, and it was extremely cold.
Riyouxuan stood on the bank of the Chibi River, curled his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted at the undercurrent of the Yangtze River: Hello Master Sijiang...
Cao Hongyou, who was crying, waited for the seven dead to calm down. They all looked up and saw a big man with a bighead and ringed eyes suddenly appeared in the middle of the river. He was the Great God Si Jiang.
Master Si Jiang responded, "Well, the underworld is patrolling every day. If you don't catch the souls of the dead in the world, why are you calling me?"
Riyuxuan said sternly, "Oh, you don't know yet?" He raised his hand and pointed at the seven undead souls including Cao Hongyou, and then said, the seven members of the Cao family took a boat from Chibi Pier and passed this river today, intending to go ashore in Wulin on the other side. However, when the boat reached the middle of the river, they were blocked by seven people. The robbers brutally killed them all and threw their bodies into the river.
Master Si Jiang said, I really don’t know. Last night, the Dragon King of the East China Sea invited me to his Dragon Palace for a year-round tea party. I will celebrate the New Year at the Dragon Palace at noon today and will return in the afternoon, so I don’t know about it. Please ask Hades to patrol. Don’t blame me.
Riyouxun said, you are responsible for what happened on your river.
Master Si Jiang argued that I have no control over Yang Shi's affairs and should not be held responsible. Of course I want to know, why did those seven masked robbers kill that family of seven? What time did the crime occur today?
Riyouxun said that the seven masked robbers committed the murder at noon to rob the ship full of soybeans.
Master Si Jiang said, "Then I have no more responsibility. I didn't even return at noon."
Riyouxuan pondered for a long time before saying, now it is secondary to pursue the responsibility or not. I am just asking you where the seven masked robbers went. Of course, you don’t know. You can ask your subordinates. , let them provide clues, and must assist the Yangjian government to capture them and avenge the seven members of the innocently killed family as soon as possible.
Master Si Jiang said, wait a minute, I will ask. Then a fierce man got into the waves of the river and didn't come out for a long time.
At this time, seven people, including Wu Daode, Hu Xiangcai, Qian Wanguan, Wu Liangjin, Kan Nenglai, Xiang Laizao, and Cai Wanmin, sold 1,000 kilograms of soybeans, and the Huanggai Lake Oil Buying and Selling Company paid 10,000 yuan. They used There are three empty baskets filled with them.
Wu Daode looked at the three baskets filled with money and said, "Two of you each carry one basket, pass through the Huanggaihu Street in front, and gather in the area in front of the Huanggaihu Restaurant."
Everyone knowingly did what he wanted. Hu Xiangcai and Qian Wanguan were the first to walk in front, holding a basket full of money. Wu Liangjin and Kan Nenglai followed behind, carrying a basket full of money. Those carrying baskets are Xiang Laizao and Cai Wanmin. Wu Daode followed the formation with his hands empty-handed, then quickened his pace and walked from the back to the front. Along the way, he looked as triumphant as everyone else.
Wu Daode said, "We did a great job today. All the brothers have worked hard. The money will be divided equally."
Hu Xiangcai said that if we divide the 10,000 coins equally among the seven of us, each of us can get 1,400 coins. Then there are 200 coins left, and each person will be divided into another 30 coins. There is still 10 coins left. Who wants to get 10 coins less?
The six people walking on the street made no sound, only the sound of whooshing as they stepped on the snow was heard.
Wu Daode chuckled and continued, "I don't want to divide the 200 yuan, and I don't want it either. Today is the New Year, so I will use the money to order a table of dishes at the Huanggaihu Hotel. It is not only a reward for everyone, but also a token of appreciation for today's business." Celebration of success.
Hu Xiangcai was a little anxious. He asked, where to distribute the money?
Wu Daode said, there is a row of lanterns in front of the Huanggai Lake Hotel. When we get there, we can light up the lights and share the money, okay?
Six people, including Hu Xiangcai, all said in unison, "Okay!"
At this time, the Yangtze River tidal flat shrouded in the night looked silvery because it was covered with a thick layer of white snow.
Ri Youxuan made vivid gestures to Night Youxuan who came on duty, and explained clearly the circumstances of the extremely serious case in which seven masked strongmen robbed a ship of soybeans and killed seven members of Cao's family.
Cao Hongyou and other seven undead people who walked into the night knelt down, crying and begging one by one, asking God to capture the seven masked strongmen and avenge our Cao family!
Ye Youxuan said, I understand, you don’t have to kneel down, just get up. Looking at Cao Hongyou and the other seven undead, all of them were wet, and some were still bleeding, I suddenly felt compassion. He said, look for the nearby Chenghuang Temple! Ask the City God to arrange some dry clothes for you to wear.
Day Tour said goodbye to Night Tour and left.
Suddenly, a slender and curved figure appeared on the Yangtze River tidal flat.
Ye Youxuan approached him and called out, "Lu Shen, I want to ask you something."
Lu Shen asked, what happened?
Night Tour Patrol said, can you see seven people acting suspiciously?
Lu Shen said he didn’t see it.
The night tour driver spoke loudly and said that today there was a murder on the Yangtze River from Chibi to Honghu and Wulin. Seven masked men killed and stole goods. He raised his hand and pointed to the seven dead souls who were still wailing softly. They were the seven members of the Cao family who were killed. I hope you can provide clues to the case for the arrest of the head of the Yamen in the underworld or the head of the underworld.
Lu Shen looked at the seven poor souls carefully, then shook his head and said, I don't know about this. The key is that it snows heavily today, and my road is covered with a thick layer of white powder. Plus, today is the New Year, so I rarely come out of the courtroom. The snow stopped in the afternoon, so I went out for a walk, and it was only on land. As for the murder on the water, I really don’t know. If you hadn’t asked and told me, I wouldn’t have known about the murder on the river. Such a big thing.
