Si Tian Guan

Like Qisheng Building and Chunqing Building, Songzhuxuan is owned by Du Quan.The two sides are not far apart, just a fork in the road, just walk across.

Although there is no divination signboard, there are still customers. After dinner, I mentioned the little monster under the name of shopkeeper Du, and I just called it to have a look, just for fun.

So Qu Chenzhou occasionally went to Songzhuxuan, and even the waiter recognized him.

"Boss Lin, is it over so quickly?" Xiao Er saw a few people coming down from the upstairs wing room to the first floor, and happened to be free, so he came over to say hello to them.

Manager Lin smiled and said: "It's nothing serious, just take a look, maybe just for a while."

"Brother Xiaoqu, you've grown taller again, and you're still so thin, why does your face look better?"

"It's better." Qu Chenzhou also stopped, and waited for everyone to exchange greetings with Xiao Er before finally saying, "Brother Zhang, long time no see."

Xiaoer was also a warm-hearted person, and he didn't treat them as outsiders, so he hurriedly wiped a chair for Manager Lin and helped them sit down.

"By the way, our steward heard that you were coming, and asked the kitchen to leave some sugar water for you. Steward Lin, please rest, I'll go and bring it to you."

Manager Lin responded to him with a smile: "I am so old, why do I want to join in the fun with you, what kind of sugar water do I drink?"

Having said that, he still didn't urge him, and he acquiesced. Several people were waiting in the lobby, and Xiao Er excitedly brought over the trays after a while, and distributed them to everyone one by one.

The others are all domestic servants, but Qu Chenzhou is a domestic slave who has signed a contract of sale after all, according to the rules, the last one is his.

When Xiao Er handed the sugar water bowl to him, he bent down and thanked him, took the hand warmer out of his sleeve, put it on the table beside him, took the sugar water with both hands, and only gestured to his lips He touched it lightly, and held it in his hand.

When the others were about to finish their drinks, a group of guests just happened to come outside the door, calling for friends and friends, Xiao Er quickly apologized, left them, and went to entertain the guests.

Steward Lin urged them to finish their drinks quickly, put down the bowls, and went out along the street towards Qisheng Building without saying hello to the busy waiter.

Not long after they went out, an idler who had been sitting outside the door looked at the people who left, and then looked at the hand stove left in the main room, staggered in, picked up the hand stove carelessly, and To be tucked in the sleeves.

Xiaoer happened to be passing by, and quickly grabbed the stove with his hands: "Is this your thing? You just take it?"

The idle man shoved him, snatched back the stove, and spat: "Don't look down on me, it's not my father's, is it still yours?"

Xiao Er really didn't notice who put the hand stove here just now, just seeing that it is exquisite, it must not belong to the famous scoundrel on this street.

The two argued for a few words, the idle man didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he slapped Xiao Er on the face, and was about to go out, but was surrounded by people in the hall.

"What's going on?" Du Quan was talking with the distinguished guests in the upstairs wing room before, and when he heard the noise downstairs, he thought something happened, so he came down to have a look.

Xiao Er covered his face and got up, pointing to the idler: "The shopkeeper! It's that scoundrel who insisted that the hand stove belonged to him! I said it wasn't his! How could he have such a thing!"

"Bah!" Seeing that there were so many people, the idle man became even more cynical: "I tell you, my old friend gave me this thing!"

When Du Quan saw the thing in the idle man's hand, he recognized it as belonging to his daughter-in-law at a glance. Hearing his slick tongue, he trembled with anger: "Nonsense! Come on! Get it for me! Beat him to death!" !"

People on the street ran in one direction, as if rushing to see some excitement, Qu Chenzhou stood still.

"Shen Zhou, what are you doing? Let's go." Steward Lin also stopped and urged.

"Boss Lin, Young Madam's hand stove... I didn't take it. When I was drinking sugar water, it fell on the table in the lobby."

Steward Lin hesitated for a moment, if it was someone else's it would be fine, it doesn't matter if it's slow, but it belongs to the Young Madam, so he hurriedly sent someone back to get it.

Qu Chenzhou still didn't move, his eyes followed the crowd running on the street: "Guard Lin, these people on the street... seem to be in the direction of Songzhuxuan. Is something wrong?"

"Don't worry about it so much."

Because Qu Chenzhou had too many previous convictions, Manager Lin didn't dare to let him stay on the street for too long, especially when there were so many people crowded and shoved, he wanted to take him back as soon as possible, so he led him Hand: "Go back quickly, what else can happen over there?"

Manager Lin was completely wrong this time.

Not only did something happen to Songzhuxuan, but something major happened.

A well-known rascal on this street was making trouble in the lobby, just as the shopkeeper Songzhuxuandu was also there.

There was some impulsiveness on both sides, and shopkeeper Du was furious. Without saying a word, he called the shop assistants to start their hands.

The troublemaker was outnumbered, his eyes were red with three punches and two kicks, he rushed to shopkeeper Du's side like a desperado, took out his knife, and stabbed shopkeeper Du several times.

Songzhuxuan was completely blown up.

All the people in the hall rushed over, and were busy snatching shopkeeper Du out to find a doctor, but they punched and kicked the man again, inadvertently hitting him hard, and the scoundrel died on the spot.

Shopkeeper Du died before the doctor arrived.

There must be no way to pursue the scoundrels. The Jingzhao Mansion can only lock up all the people who killed people in Songzhuxuan to the yamen.

If everything ends here, it is nothing more than the death of two people, which is not a big deal.

But the people in the yamen seem to have got someone's instruction, interrogation after trial, and soon the matter became serious, not only the servant who killed the person was arrested, even the young master of Qisheng Tower was involved, there was a lot of murder The meaning of repaying one's life.

Although nothing was said on the surface, many people guessed that the "who" was probably the Eunuch Pan whom shopkeeper Du had offended some time ago.

The two backbones of the family disappeared immediately, and the people who were willing to call Du Quan brothers in the past disappeared without a trace.

The madam and the young mistress cried into a ball, and panicked around begging for help, hoping to get the young master out of prison.

For a time, the money was spent like running water.

However, there are not many people who visit places that are involved in human life lawsuits. Not only Songzhu Pavilion, but also Chunqing Building and Qisheng Building are deserted at the same time.

At home, there are only expenditures but no income, and it will soon be stretched.In Beijing, several halls including Chunqing Building were sold at discounted prices, and finally only Qisheng Building remained.

The word "Qi" in Qishenglou was originally created because of Qu Shenzhou's yin and yang demon pupils. After the divination signs were removed, Qishenglou has become an ordinary restaurant, which is not very prominent compared with other places. .

There are people who come to ask, and they all want to find a way to make mistakes, and keep lowering the price.

As the days passed, they could only beg for help in the yamen and wait for someone to offer a good price for Qishenglou.

All the changes that happened outside were conveyed uncomfortably in the whispers of servants and domestic slaves, and no one knew what the future would look like.

Qu Chenzhou has never been a gregarious person, no one likes to talk to him, so he still does his work step by step, and now that there is less work, he will stare at the sky in a daze for a long time.

Although he knew what happened outside, he was not sure of the final result.

Chongming once told him that everything in this world has a cause and effect, and for ordinary people, cause and effect are unpredictable.

Only he is an exception.

His eyes guide him, not only can he see where the result is, but he can even actively reach out his hand to connect cause and effect that shouldn't be connected together.

It's like an ordinary hand stove, the cause, and the hexagram image displayed on the idle man - the death of Du Quan, the result.

In the previous life, he was under one person, and the slightest touch would cause thousands of hectares of waves to shake.

This hand stirred the pool water again and again, watching the huge waves swallowing every life with a cold eye, until he got his wish and saw the waves rushing towards his face.

Under Chongming's little guidance, he used to be ecstatic, thinking that he was really omnipotent, but when he saw that terrible hexagram on Chongming's body, he felt his hands and feet were cold and his heart was flustered.

"The red qi invades Ziwei, the white rainbow pierces the moon, the war dominates the chaotic world, and the world becomes a vassal."

At that time, he was no longer a young man ignorant of the world, and he didn't know what went wrong for a while, so Chongming had such rebellious and outrageous words.

But no matter how much he thought about intervening, he couldn't shake this sentence, and Eunuch Yu happened to come to summon him. Until the last moment, he could barely leave Chongming with a fleeting life.

"The day after tomorrow...at the Nianhua Shop, wait for my news."

But the young man who was full of expectations didn't wait for his news. He only saw the billowing smoke from the Andinghou's mansion, and only waited for the way to die in another country.

He didn't expect that that was the last sentence he said to Liu Chongming, see you later, he was already a sinful mute, and he couldn't even ask that last sentence.

"Chongming, these years, have you ever thought about me?"

In fact, he is not a person worthy of death, in fact, he can't save anyone.

Just thinking, trying to struggle again in my stagnant situation.

Already a person with bloody hands, he doesn't care about adding a few more strokes.

Before the first snowfall of winter, the Qisheng Building was resold, and everything outside finally settled down.

After squeezing the oil and water dry, the young master was released.The family packed up the last bit of soft food and went back to their hometown.

Qu Chenzhou naturally also sold to the new owner along with Qishenglou.

But the new owner was rich and powerful, and didn't care much about this side. They only selected a few old stewards to stay, and sent a few people to take care of them, but they didn't show up.

The owner is kind and generous, and all the servants and servants have received a generous reward. Even the living quarters of these servants have been expanded into three rooms. Each person has a lot more space to move around, and they have obtained some new equipment. Thanks Dade.

Qu Chenzhou even got a room on the second floor, although it was not big, it was far more comfortable and spacious than the previous place.

Although Steward Lin said that he didn't know who the new owner was, he met several new stewards.

Liu Chongming had a heart, and sent people he had never seen in other courtyards to take care of Qisheng Building, but he had seen these people in Jinxi Academy before.

In the days that followed, he still worked in the backyard every day, doing the same things as before, as if nothing had changed.

When everything in the building began to return to normal, the busiest day of the year came.

There was congratulations from all over the building, couplets were pasted up and lanterns were hung in every household outside, reflecting the heavy snow that had just fallen, it was really festive and beautiful.

It was a special day, and the stewards allowed them, who had nowhere to go, to light oil lamps all night, then locked the door, packed their things and went home to celebrate the New Year.

Although no one was with him, Qu Chenzhou still sat under the candlelight until midnight, and the sound of firecrackers outside never stopped, it was really lively.

This kind of life year after year made him a little accustomed to enduring alone in the busy days.

Unknowingly, the sound of firecrackers suddenly became high-pitched, and the building guard delivered the dumplings on time, then locked the door and left.

It was a bit cold on the ground, so he took the dumplings to the bed, wrapped them in the blanket, and ate them all in one go, only to feel warmer.

He was fascinated by the sound of firecrackers for a long time, and he said softly to himself: "Congratulations, it's been another year..."

The author has something to say: Liu Chongming: I finally bought my wife, and my wife kissed Xiaoqu [cold face]: Oh fuck off, why don’t you serve me dumplings for the New Year’s Eve?

Let's see when everyone is paying attention to recovering memory, there is still a long time, don't wait, it is probably in the middle of the full text, I haven't written it yet, I am testing on the verge of death, let's see how everyone's psychological endurance is, and look forward to wailing all over the place about Xiao Shen Zhou, don’t worry too much. A little spoiler. It was discovered in the last few months of his previous life that he secretly helped Chongming. He didn’t always suffer that kind of abuse in the palace. His identity is indeed his shortcoming. But he is not a soft persimmon about the degree of sweet abuse. You have survived the front, and the drizzle is behind. I swear it is true [Serious Face] I received eleven lock texts and short messages in the morning. I am really convinced, okay. I don’t need to do anything else today, and the update on Saturday is at 11:30 pm, not early morning, so don’t wait in the early morning