Chapter 16 There are ghosts in the West City
Chang'an West City is full of traffic.
It is noon, which is also the most noisy time in the West City.
There are four cross streets in Xishi, divided into nine districts. The goods sold in each area are different, so there seems to be no connection. The city office is located in the middle district and is the center of the entire Xishi. The shops here are mainly Yisi and Guifang, which are similar to the financial districts of later generations. Yisi, as the name suggests, is not difficult to understand; while Guifang is actually an existence similar to a bank. The financial currency of the Tang Dynasty was mainly copper coins. However, if there is a large amount of copper coins when there is a large transaction, it is inconvenient and unrealistic; and it is not safe.
You should know that if there are thousands of traffic, and if it is a transaction in another place, it will be very troublesome.
Copper coins are always there, six jin and four liang.
Thousands of silos of copper coins are as many as ten tons.
It is precisely for this reason that the cabinet house came into being.
Accompanied by the emergence, the world's earliest banknote: flying money.
Compared with the other eight areas of the West City, the central area is slightly deserted.
Most of the people who come here do currency delivery and will not be too obvious.
"Ship Wei came here the day before yesterday?"
Su Dawei and Di Renjie sat in front of a fangqu in the middle area, looking around while eating the fruits they bought on the roadside.
This is the time when cherries are ripe.
People in the Tang Dynasty liked to eat cherries, so in the West Market, vendors selling cherries were everywhere.
Di Renjie spitted the cherry seeds into a paper bag and nodded, "I have seen the records left by Wei Shan. He did come here the day before yesterday."
Su Dawei narrowed his eyes and looked around.
"There seems to be nothing else here except the cabinet shop."
"That's right."
"Wei Shuai is not a rich man, he..."
Su Dawei's eyes rolled and he guessed Di Renjie's thoughts.
"Brother, do you think Wei Shuai is here to find clues?"
"I don't know, so I came over and took a look."
As he said that, Di Renjie handed the paper bag in his hand to Su Dawei and walked straight to the cabinet.
This is a cabinet shop that is not too large, and there are no people inside. Behind the high counter, there is an old man with a goatee. Seeing Di Renjie, he rolled his eyelids, but he didn't move and did not react at all.
Di Renjie took out a piece of flying money and handed it to the shopkeeper.
"I want to cash in."
The goatee then raised his eyelids, stretched out his thin hand, and took the flying money.
He glanced at Fei Qian and said, "Do you want it now?"
"yes!"
"You are ten coins of money, nine out of ten, do you understand the rules?"
"Naturally know."
The goatee was not irresistible and greeted the counter.
After a while, a Kunlun slave, who was about 190 cm tall, had a slender arms and a burly body, came out with a bag of copper coins.
"Do you want to take a look?"
"No need, you are an old brand. I used your money from your family when I was in Taiyuan and I can trust you."
As he said that, he waved, "Ami, I'm not here to get the money."
The meaning of ten in and nine out is very obvious, which means that you save ten guans and nine out of ten guans. The less guan is the interest and handling fee.
Don’t think it’s too much. In contrast, if Di Renjie brought ten jin of coins from Taiyuan to Chang'an, the 64-pound copper coins weighing 64 jin will not only be inconvenient, but may also cause trouble. The more money you bring, the heavier the portion, the more dangerous it will be.
Spending one tenth of the money in exchange for safety along the way is not a loss.
The flying money that Di Renjie took out will be sent to Taiyuan through the post station for delivery in Taiyuan.
In short, in this era, the emergence of cabinet shops undoubtedly made transactions easier.
Su Dawei agreed and quickly walked forward and took the wallet from Kunlun slave.
At this moment, a strange feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart. Then, Su Dawei felt dizzy and hurriedly held the counter with one hand. Subconsciously, he looked up at the goat beard. His eyebrows became hot, and Su Dawei was shocked.
The goatee is still a goatee, but that appearance has changed.
It was a sheep's face.
The two hands placed on the counter turned into two knives and two sharp scimitars.
The scene disappeared immediately.
The goatee was still standing behind the counter, still looking half-dead.
Is he weird?
Su Dawei's heart trembled.
And at this time, the goatee also looked at him.
Su Dawei quickly picked up his purse and carried it on his shoulders...
"Customer, you guys have a little bit of a weak body!" Goathu showed a sarcastic look and said with a smile: "Do you need my Mole to help you? One hundred dollars, you can send it anywhere, and it is safe and there is no danger."
Namole looks really majestic.
Di Renjie smiled and waved his hand and said, "No, no, Ami just wants to be lazy, so he can't get stuck in his words."
"Hahaha, you have to discipline yourself."
Di Renjie and Goathu fought and left with Su Dawei.
"Ami, what's going on?"
After leaving the cabinet, Di Renjie couldn't help asking.
Before he could finish his words, Su Dawei said first: "Don't be angry, but I ate two more glasses of wine yesterday and suddenly got so much money. Let's go quickly. If it's too late, there will be no seats at Hongfu Gambling."
Di Renjie was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Dawei in surprise.
However, he immediately reacted and cursed, "Unless guy, what else can you do besides drinking? I almost made me feel embarrassed. I will deal with you when I go back. Let's go, let's continue to make money."
At this time, Kunlun Numole walked out with a broom, and when he heard the conversation between the two, he immediately laughed.
"Ami, what happened just now?"
"That old guy, unusual."
“How to say it?”
Su Dawei didn't know how to explain it.
Did he tell Di Renjie that he saw through the true face of the goatee?
But thinking about it, Su Dawei felt a little scared. He was strangely mixed in the world. He could even dress up as a human?
The shopkeeper of the cabinet shop is not an ordinary role.
Su Dawei was even a little scared. How many strange people are mixed in Chang'an City with nearly one million people?
"intuition!"
He pointed to his head and whispered: "That old guy is weird, not an ordinary person."
Di Renjie couldn't help laughing, "You have no evidence. Just say that someone is weird? It's too much of a joke."
"Brother, I'm a bad person."
Su Dawei whispered: "Although I've been a bad person for less than a year, I have encountered fewer people than you in the things I have encountered. If I hadn't been my keen intuition, I would have died long ago."
I can't refute this reason!
Di Renjie didn't know how to refute Su Dawei's words.
He understood what Su Dawei meant. In fact, he had such intuition.
When he helped Di Gong, his father solved the case, he used his intuition to finally lock in the criminal.
Buddhism has the Alaya consciousness; Taoism has the theory of divine consciousness.
This is a mysterious existence and is difficult to express in words.
"Since that's the case, I'll ask the county master to check him?"
"It's better not to alert the snake first. I can find someone to secretly monitor it."
"Okay!"
Di Renjie thought about it and agreed to Su Dawei's suggestion.
If you are not sure, using the power of the official may consume his position in Pei Xingjian's mind.
Fortunately, twice, three times...
In the end, he will lose Pei Xingjian's trust.
Therefore, every time you mobilize the power of the official family, you must be very cautious.
If you are not sure, don't act rashly. After all, he is just a student, not a real official.
Looking at Su Dawei's gaze became a little different.
The two hurriedly left the Central District and rested in a tavern in the Northwest District.
Here, near the release pool. Sitting next to the window, you can see a constant stream of people releasing animals by the release pool.
After Su Dawei sat down, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one go.
"This is the last place where Weishan came the day before yesterday.
After that, he returned to the county government and did not leave until nightfall."
Di Renjie looked a little more elegant, took a sip of wine, and whispered: "He walked in three places the day before yesterday, but we checked all three places, and it seemed that we didn't find any clues. Either, he was the eyeliner who asked the day before yesterday; or we ignored something. Ami, think about it carefully, have we overlooked any clues today?"
Su Dawei did not answer and just focused on eating vegetables.
Di Renjie smiled slightly, and knew that he had asked the wrong person.
His eyes passed through the window and looked out.
An old man who was making pancakes was very skillful and putting pancakes into the oven. His business was very good. Passing customers would buy two pancakes and eat them while walking, which seemed to be delicious.
"It should be the shopkeeper of the cabinet shop."
"ah?"
Su Dawei raised his head and said seriously: "I told me intuition that Wei Shuai came to Xishi and was looking for him."
"How do you say this?"
"Wei Shuai is a man who seeks progress and is very fame and fame.
He has no money and his family's conditions are average. But such a person appears near the cabinet shop. What are you doing? Going to the clothing store? It is unlikely. Wei Shuai has never been a person who wants to wear it. He has no contact with the municipal office, so he will not come to the municipal office to find someone when he is on a job. Then there is only one possibility left, the cabinet shop."
Di Renjie's eyes lit up.
Su Dawei's words seemed to have opened a window for him.
"The Guest House has a lot of money in and out of money every day, and they have many people in contact. They have sufficient financial resources to inquire about various information, and then go in and out of money in and out of money through the Guest House. Wei Shan is a bad guy, so he must know this, so he comes to the Guest House for information?"
Su Dawei said: "Theoretically speaking, the past."
"But who wants to kill Weishan? How do they know what Weishan is doing?"
"Then I don't know!"
"Well, I think the problem lies with Wei Shan."
When Di Renjie thought of this, he suddenly stood up.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"I'll go to the county government and I want to see Weishan's body with my own eyes."
"I'll go with you?"
"No, you can take the money back.
I almost have to pay the rent today. You can take the money back and wait until I go back."
Di Renjie seemed to have a way of thinking and seemed impatient.
Chapter completed!