Wang Wan and Shi Mou walked and chatted. When they reached the palace gate, Zhou Gui came up nervously and saluted respectfully and said, "Greetings to see a few sirs."

Wang Wan looked at Zhou Gui in confusion and asked Shi Mou: "This person is..."

Shi Mou immediately said: "This person is Zhou Gui."

Wang Wan suddenly realized: "Is this the righteous man who is willing to take a strange risk and expose Huai Guzi?"

Shi Mou nodded and said, "It's this person."

Wang Wan looked at Zhou Gui with satisfaction: "It's rare, it's rare."

Zhou Gui was completely confused: willing to take a risk? A righteous man? Am I?

After Wang Wan and Shi Mou finished chatting, Zhou Gui dared to ask nervously: "Sir, I don't know the banished immortal asking for pastries..."

Shi Mou nodded with a smile.

Zhou Gui was immediately overjoyed and knew that the matter was done. But at the same time, he was a little disappointed: this time, it seemed that he would not be able to see His Majesty.

While waiting at the palace gate just now, Zhou Gui was so nervous that he was afraid of summoning him in a while. But now he is sure that he doesn't have to see the emperor, and he feels a little disappointed again.

Zhou Gui sighed, suddenly remembered something big, so he asked anxiously: "Does the banished immortal hold a grudge?"

Wang Wan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm the one who has the right to do everything. If Huai Guzi dares to bully you, you can just come and find me."

Zhou Gui looked at Wang Wan with a little confused and whispered: "Please forgive me for being a fool, this lord is..."

Shi Mou said: "This is the Prime Minister."

Zhou Gui screamed in surprise and quickly saluted.

Although I didn't see the emperor this time, it's enough to be able to chat with the prime minister for half a lifetime.

Wang Wan pointed to the front and said, "Let's go to the Exiled Immortal Tower to have a look. The Exiled Immortal should have been summoning merchants and planning to do this."

Shi Mou and Zhou Gui responded and followed Wang Wan obediently.

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The Exiled Immortal Tower has posted a notice and summoned all merchants who have received the invitation.

Those merchants didn't know what happened, but found that it was the banished immortals who dared not come? Even though some merchants had a small business and had not received invitations, they came over to see the fun.

Li Shui and Li Xin stood on the steps of the Exiled Immortal Tower, next to it was a craftsman with a loud voice.

The craftsman said loudly: "Sometimes, the exiled immortal went to an invitation to you and invited you to sponsor the selection meeting of Shangjun Villa. None of the fifty-three merchants refused."

"The Exiled Immortal considers that some people may be embarrassed to refuse. Therefore, the Exiled Immortal declares today that there is no need to be merciful when talking about business. Anyone who does not want to participate in the sponsor can immediately raise it. The sponsorship can be invalidated immediately."

The audience was silent. After hearing this, several merchants were happy and wanted to stand up on the spot. But seeing that no one else moved, they stood still and dared not move.

The craftsman said again: "Don't worry, you have already had an order in the palace. As long as you are unwilling to sponsor, you can give up immediately. The exiled immortal will not make things difficult for you."

When these people heard that it was the will of the palace, their minds suddenly became active.

But they still dare not stand up.

Li Shui was a little impatient and said, "Don't worry, I am a banished immortal, and I will not take revenge on you later for this small matter. Besides, if you really get bullied by me, you can go to the Prime Minister's house to file a complaint. Your Majesty has ordered the Prime Minister to accept this matter specifically."

When the merchants heard this, they whispered: "Prime Minister? I don't know whether it is true or not."

At this time, a voice said, "Of course it's true."

Then, the vendors made way and looked at Wang Wan who was slowly walking towards him with a respectful look on his face.

Wang Wan nodded at Li Shui with a smile, and stood on the steps, and then said to the merchants below: "I am the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, Wang Wan. If you feel bullied by the exiled immortal in the future, you can come to our mansion directly. I am appointed by Your Majesty to share your worries and solve your problems and never shirk your responsibility."

Many people's eyes lit up.

Li Shui said impatiently: "Is anyone going to quit? Let's stand up now."

It can be seen that there are many people who are eager to try, but no one wants to be the first one.

Shi Mou looked at Zhou Gui.

Zhou Gui thought about it and said that he had offended the banished immortal to death, so he was not bad at all. So he stood up and said, "The banished immortal, the villain doesn't want to sponsor pastries."

Li Shui nodded: "Yes."

Then, the craftsman around him took out a large piece of paper, wiped Zhou Gui's name in the pastry column.

Zhou Gui waited for a while, and saw that Li Shui had no other instructions, so he boldly asked, "Is there nothing wrong?"

Li Shui nodded.

Zhou Gui tried hard to hold back his laughter and happily retreated to the side.

With Zhou Gui, more than 40 shops have returned the sponsorship.

The remaining dozen companies are either Li Shui’s own industries, or Li Xin’s, Zhou Qingchen’s, and Wei Zhang’s…

At this time, many court officials rushed to watch the fun. These people were not satisfied when they saw Li Shui suffer a loss, so they went to the Exiled Immortal Tower to enjoy themselves.

Seeing that the name on the paper was already outlined, the craftsman suddenly sighed and whispered: "In this way, the pastry will not be found."

Wang Wan was expressionless next to her, but she was gloating in her heart. And many of the court officials were happy.

At this time, a slightly younger person in the crowd stood up and said to Li Shui: "The exiled immortal is a villain, he is not talented, he wants... well, he wants to sponsor this pastry."

Li Shui's eyes lit up: "Who are you?"

The man bowed his hand and said, "The villain has no surname, only his name is Damai."

At this time, another woman stood up behind the man, pulled Dabae's clothes, and said anxiously: "Are you crazy? If we sponsor this little bit of our furniture, wouldn't we lose everything?"

Damai waved impatiently: "Women, what do you know?"

Wang Wan smiled slightly and said to Damai: "Everything should be done according to your ability. Let's discuss it first before you come."

Damai bowed to Li Shui and said, "I am willing to sponsor this pastry because of this villain."

Wang Wan asked curiously: "Even if you lose everything, you have to sponsor it? Is there any hidden secret in this? Could it be that someone secretly threatens you and threatens you to do this?"

Li Shui looked helpless: "Prime Minister, Xiaoxian has been standing here all the time. You have seen it too. When did I scare him?"

Wang Wan smiled: "I didn't say it was done by the banished immortal, why should I be anxious?"

Li Shui rolled her eyes.

At this time, Damai said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, the villain is not intimidated, the villain is voluntary. I do this today to repay kindness."

Li Shui looked at Damai with some confusion: This person has a very good eyesight. I don’t know him, so what kind of kindness do you repay?

Damai said: "The villain was originally a poor farmer outside Xianyang City. He didn't keep his meals and his clothes were covered. The most difficult thing was in winter. When there was no food at home, he couldn't get some leaves and roots to fill his hunger."

"It was not until last year that the exiled immortal came. First, he promoted the field method, which doubled the food in the villain's family. Then the exiled immortal bought a large area of ​​land and rented it to the villain at a low price. Later, he rented it to the villain cattle and sheep."

"My life is better every day. My family has a lot of food, enough to eat for three years. So I saved some money and set up a stall in Xianyang City to sell some pasta."

"My business is not big, not as good as Zhou Gui's pastry shop. But my confidence tastes good and will not insult the reputation of Shangjun Villa."

"Today, the exiled immortal is looking for a businessman's sponsorship, but no one responded. The exiled immortal was ridiculed by others. The villain saw it and was very anxious. How could he not stand up and rescue the exiled immortal?"

"Even if all this money is used up, it's nothing. But I'll just go back to plow the fields. I'll be able to come to Xianyang City to sell things again. As long as the exiled immortal is still in the court, the villain will feel relieved."

After saying this, Li Shui was filled with heart: "The eyes of the people are so bright."

Damai's wife sighed and stopped saying anything.

The craftsmen next to Li Shui solemnly added the name of barley next to the pastry.

Perhaps those small vendors were moved by Daba’s words, and more than a dozen people took the initiative to stand up and sponsor Li Shui.

Li Shui looked at these people and felt that he had been struggling in Xianyang City for so long, and it was really in vain.

Wang Wan and the court officials were a little disappointed. It was obviously a good show, but they were ruined by these stupid Guizhou leaders.

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Zhou Gui returned home and said to his wife happily: "The matter is done. The exiled immortal has agreed to withdraw the sponsorship. Not only us, but also forty families, all of them have withdrawn."

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she was immediately happy: "Okay. With more than 40 other families to accompany her, I am not afraid of revenge for the exiled immortals."

Zhou Gui smiled slightly: "Even if we are the only one, don't worry. Your Majesty has issued an order. If the exiled immortal takes revenge afterwards, we can rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion and complain to Lord Wang Wan."

Mrs. Zhou nodded repeatedly and looked at her husband with admiration: "I only realized today that you are so capable."

Zhou Gui smiled flutteringly.

Zhou Gui and his wife were very happy, while Damai and his wife had a big fight that night.

The content of the quarrel is naturally about sponsoring the exiled immortal.

The woman stood beside Damai and sighed, "I understand your great principle of repaying kindness. But you also saw that there are mountains of gold and silver in the exiled immortal palace. Even if he invited people from all over the city to eat for a year, he would not be afraid of anything."

"But what about us? After working hard for so many days, you will run out of money in one go?"

Damai pointed to a portrait inside the room and said, "I ask you, are you sincere in your worship of immortals all day long, or are you talking about it?"

The woman looked at the portrait on the wall and sighed.

The portrait is Li Shui, which I bought at a market last year. After buying it, the woman worshiped her devoutly every day, obviously very grateful to Li Shui.

Today, when the woman heard her husband mention it, the woman had nothing to say, so she could only wave her hand: "Forget it, forget it, I don't want this money either."
To be continued...