Chapter 238 Evil Book
Lu Sen's words silenced all the businessmen.
The scene was very embarrassing.
In this situation, Lu Huiqing even chuckled out loud, which seemed very abrupt and even a little rude.
But except Lu Sen, no one dared to say anything about him.
Liu Qingqing also covered her mouth and wanted to laugh. She suddenly realized that the so-called dignitaries seemed... easy to get along with.
As long as you can find a real and powerful backer.
After the whole pleasure boat was silent for a while, someone finally spoke up. A handsome businessman stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me, Master Lu, what do you want? As long as we can give it to you, please tell us clearly."
Lu Sen looked at him for a while, until the man felt a little guilty, and then he swept his gaze over all the merchants below, making everyone feel a chill on their head.
After a while, he asked with a smile: "That is to say, you didn't think about paying me just now."
All the merchants froze, but the quick-witted merchants said, "That's not the case. We are just waiting for Master Lu to propose conditions."
In fact, these businessmen really didn't think about paying Lu Sen.
Because Lu Sen is an "immortal", immortals only need to accept incense and worship, why would they compete with the people for profit?
Besides, Lu Sen provided the shipping route map to the merchants, but he didn't ask for anything in return.
He even built a huge treasure ship to help escort.
So these businessmen also thought that if they could persuade Master Lu to provide nautical charts, wouldn’t they be rich?
As for Lu Sen's reward, Master Lu is broad-minded and doesn't care about these things.
Therefore, almost all businessmen did not mention this matter. Now that Lu Sen asked about it, they naturally said that they were willing to give some compensation.
Lu Sen shook his head and ignored the people below, then drank and chatted with Lu Huiqing.
When it was almost midnight, Lu Sen stood up and said, "Lü Junshou, I've been drinking for so long, I should go back too."
Lu Huiqing also stood up, his face flushed from the alcohol, and said, "It's really rare to be able to drink with Master Lu. If Master Lu is free in the future, you might as well come to my house more often."
"No problem." Lu Sen clasped his fists in return.
Seeing that both of them were saying goodbye, the merchants who had been waiting for a long time became anxious.
One of them stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Master Lu, can you give us a definite answer? Is this possible?"
Lu Sen ignored him, but Lu Huiqing looked over and said coldly: "Stop making noise. If you make a sound again, I will put you in jail for ten days or half a month."
After all, he is a high-ranking official. Although he is still young, when Lu Huiqing's triangular eyes are slightly narrowed, they feel like sharp knives.
The businessmen below were so frightened that they dared not speak.
Then Lu Huiqing turned around and said to Lu Sen with a smile: "I won't leave for now. I'll wait until the case in the painting boat is investigated thoroughly."
Having said this, Lu Huiqing became completely cold.
Poison was placed in the place where he was going to eat. No matter who the target was, he was already involved. Fortunately, it was Lu Sen who was sitting next to him and was able to discover the poison. If it was someone else, he would probably have been dead.
Lu Sen understood what Lu Huiqing was thinking. He did not force anything, but turned to Liu Qingqing beside him and said, "I'm sorry to bother you to pour tea and water all night. I give you this little thing. It can help you maintain your health."
A white jade pendant emitting a faint green light was placed in front of Liu Qingqing.
You can tell at first glance that this thing is not an ordinary item.
Liu Qingqing really wanted to say that what she wanted was not this kind of thing, but... But she also understood the other party's identity and her own identity.
So she forced a smile, took it with both hands, and said, "I will take good care of it."
Lu Sen nodded slightly and left the houseboat.
A group of businessmen below were watching eagerly, and many of them wanted to stop Lu Sen because they knew that if they missed this opportunity, it would be almost impossible to invite the elusive Lu Sen again.
But no one dared!
They even looked around and used their eyes to signal others to come forward.
Not a single merchant stood up until Lu Sen walked out of the pleasure boat.
There were bursts of sighs, followed by accusations against each other, and then these businessmen began to blame Lu Sen.
Why can the maritime merchants get Lu Sen’s help without any compensation, while they have to pay something? This is unfair!
On the second floor, after Lu Huiqing finished instructing his men, he looked at the jade pendant in Liu Qingqing's hand with some envy.
He also knew that this was a good thing, but when he thought that it was sent by Lu Sen, he didn't dare to have any thoughts.
A mere prostitute has such good luck.
Lu Huiqing was very depressed, and then he heard the discussion below, which made him even more unhappy. He stood by the railing of the cloud platform and said condescendingly: "You merchants value profit over righteousness. Master Lu gave the sea route map to the sea merchant, that was a gift from him. People can give their things if they want, what's your business? Now you invited Master Lu to come over, it's you who begged him. Why, just because you invited him here and said something, others have to be nice to you and give you visible benefits? Do they owe you something? Obviously, you all dress brightly and beautifully, but you speak so vulgarly. Even old farmers in the countryside understand the ways of the world better than you. Humph, merchants are extremely greedy, no wonder they are not the lowest of the four classes of people."
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and came down the stairs: "I am ashamed to be associated with you."
Looking at Lu Huiqing walking away, all the businessmen looked extremely unhappy.
They felt that this gathering was extremely unsuccessful and even had a counterproductive effect.
He offended two big shots at once, and seemed to be involved in some pretty troublesome things.
After Lu Huiqing left, they started quarreling and blaming each other, and the scene was very ugly.
They actually wanted to leave, but the entrance to the pleasure boat had been sealed by yamen runners. All of them had to cooperate with the Hangzhou government's investigation to find out what the "reason" behind the poisoning was.
Not to mention the poisoning of Lu Sen, just the poisoning of Lu Huiqing... these people cannot be separated from the matter for the time being.
Lu Sen didn't pay much attention to it. He knew that Lu Huiqing should be able to find out everything about the poisoning.
After all, he was a capable minister whose name was recorded in history books, so he did have this ability.
Lu Sen walked slowly on the street. Although many people noticed him, not many people associated him with 'Master Lu'.
Because Lu Sen rarely appears in public, and people who know him will not go around talking about what Lu Sen looks like.
Lu Sen walked for a while, and suddenly a "Laotoule" car came up and drove parallel to him. The window was rolled down, revealing an old man's face inside.
"Master Lu, it's a rare opportunity to meet you. Would you like me to treat you to some flower wine?"
Lu Sen turned his head, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Master Lin. I'm so sorry, but you are still hanging around outside so late?"
The few "Lao Toule" cars he synthesized using the formula were all snapped up by wealthy people and nobles at high prices. Afterwards, Lu Sen specifically asked Mr. Zhang, the owner of Bitian Pavilion, to conduct an intelligence survey on the buyers.
Master Lin was one of them. He was only a scholar and had never been an official. But the problem was that he was good at teaching in a school. He had taught for more than 40 years and his disciples spread all over the country, and some of them even served in the court.
These students came back to see him every few years. In addition, everyone knew that he was a good teacher, and more and more people wanted to send their smart students to his school to study.
Maybe his personal status is not very high, but his "network of contacts" is quite huge.
It is said that when Fan Zhongyan was working in Hangzhou, he also performed the etiquette of a disciple in front of him.
When the Yang family moved to Hangzhou some time ago, the first thing they did was to visit some local powerful people in the city with gifts.
At that time, Lu Sen and Yang Jinhua were just there as background members.
He didn't talk much during the whole process, just saying hello, and that's why he became familiar with Master Lin.
"It's not late!" Master Lin raised his head and pointed at the sun boat in the sky: "With this magical object, there is no such thing as late at night in Hangzhou."
That's true.
Lu Sen smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Lin, for the invitation, but let's forget about the wine, I just came out of the Fortune House."
"Why don't you come to my house and have a seat?" Old Master Lin said meaningfully, "I have a rare and precious book in my house, which seems to have something to do with you practitioners."
Oh... this Lu Sen is interested.
Then Lu Sen went around to the other side, opened the car door and got in.
Mr. Lin started the car in a familiar manner, honked the horn, turned, and drove steadily towards the north of the city.
"Master Lu, this thing you made is really good. It can not only keep out the wind and rain, but also emit hot and cool air. It is not afraid of cold or heat." Old Master Lin said excitedly, "It's a pity that it is not fast. It would be great if it could run as fast as a thousand-mile horse."
Lu Sen looked at Master Lin's thin figure and couldn't help laughing: "I can build a vehicle that can run fast, but I'm afraid you can't control it."
"Who said no? He rode the most powerful Rouge Horse in Hangzhou the night before last, and he didn't do anything to me, an old man."
This was the first time that Lu Sen felt like rolling his eyes since coming to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Generally speaking, scholars and students all pay great attention to etiquette, and Master Lin was no exception in his time.
But after his sixtieth birthday, he began to let himself go.
He began to speak frankly and without affectation, and after his original wife left, he became even more fond of visiting brothels and would spend the night in them from time to time.
If he had played like this before he was sixty, he would have been badly regarded by the people.
But after the age of sixty, people are considered to be very old, and the elderly at this age have privileges. As long as they don’t actually kill or burn people, almost anything they do can be forgiven or treated as normal.
Going to a brothel to have sex with a prostitute was just a small thing, and the brothel didn't even dare to accept his money.
Seeing Lu Sen's speechless expression, Master Lin smiled and said, "Master Lu, in terms of cultivation, no one in the world dares to compete with you, but in terms of worldly experience, I guess anyone who is stronger than me can only beat me with one palm. Now I understand clearly that the so-called rites, music and ethics are nothing more than shackles and chains that shackle the people of the world like driving cattle and horses."
When he said this, Master Lin had a strange look in his eyes.
If other people were given such a nonsensical answer, they would probably be confused.
Because these words seemed to be truly "treasonous" at this moment, but Lu Sen understood what Master Lin wanted to express.
He just smiled and didn't answer.
If he continued the conversation, the other party would probably discuss philosophical issues with him.
Deep down, Lu Sen didn't want to discuss these things with Master Lin.
Master Lin glanced at Lu Sen for a while, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he didn't continue the topic.
Then the two of them talked about some daily things in the car.
After a while, the old man stopped in front of a big house. After the gatekeeper opened the door, Mr. Lin drove the car in and said with a smile: "In order to let this car enter the gate, I even leveled the threshold of my house."
The threshold has a lot of meaning in Feng Shui, such as gathering wealth, blocking negative energy and so on.
The fact that the threshold has been leveled shows that Master Lin no longer cares too much about esoteric doctrines and pays more attention to practical matters.
Lu Sen smiled and said, "The threshold is still useful, for example, it can keep away rats."
Master Lin turned his head and looked at Lu Sen, and said with a smile: "Just to keep away the rats?"
"What else can be done?"
Mr. Lin smiled, opened the car door and got out, and Lu Sen also went out.
Two male servants came over, and Master Lin waved his hand and said with a smile, "Let Qin'er entertain the guests."
The two men looked strange, and one of them advised: "Master, it's late at night now. It's not a good idea to let the lady come over."
"Shut up, you are the head of the family, and I am the head of the family." Old Master Lin waved his sleeves unhappily: "Let her come over, don't talk so much nonsense."
The man walked towards the backyard helplessly. Of course, he would not really go to the backyard. Instead, he would go to the door there to inform the maids in the backyard and let them be responsible for passing on the message.
Lu Sen said beside him: "Master Lin, there is no need to do this. I just came here to see the strange book."
Generally speaking, the "big lady" refers to the wife of the head of the household.
For example, Yang Jinhua is the eldest lady of the Lu family.
Mr. Lin's wife has passed away for several years, and he has not remarried, so the "maid" these people are talking about should be the legal wife of his eldest son.
Letting your son's wife come to accompany the guests, what kind of operation is this?
It doesn't seem like something a respected teacher would do.
"Then Master Lu, please follow me." Master Lin led the way.
The two of them soon came to a study, and a man following them quickly lit the candles in the room.
In fact, it’s okay not to light it. Just open the boat and the light from the sun boat in the sky will naturally shine in.
I wouldn’t say it’s as bright as daytime, but at least it’s as bright as the evening when it’s almost dark.
"Master Lu, please wait a moment." Master Lin turned around and went to look for a book.
At this time, the male attendant who had notified the lady to entertain the guests came back. He said helplessly, "Master, the lady replied that it was late at night and it was not convenient for her to meet with men from other places. Please don't embarrass her anymore."
"What kind of bullshit is this? Am I making things difficult for her?" Old Master Lin, who was looking for a book, seemed a little annoyed, and then sighed: "Forget it, forget it. If she doesn't want to, then let it be."
The man retreated after hearing this.
Although Lu Sen was a little curious, he didn't say anything.
At this time, Master Lin placed a book with a black cover in front of Lu Sen: "Master Lu, this is the strange book I received, please take a look."
Lu Sen took it, glanced at it, and saw the words "Secret Art of Living Corpse Refining" written on it!
