Wu Shanchuan suddenly invited Xie Yan to a banquet. Zhan Zhao saw the opportunity to investigate Wu Shanchuan and said he wanted to go together.

While they were chatting, Chao Chao ran in with an invitation and handed it to Zhan Zhao, saying that it was sent by people from Wulong Village.

Zhan Zhao opened it and saw that the invitation was written by Wu Shanchuan himself. The general meaning was that he had invited people from Taixue and Tangmen to a dinner, and he wanted to take this opportunity to apologize to Xie Yan and Tangmen. But Wu Shanchuan

Shanchuan was afraid of embarrassment, so he wanted to invite Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who had good relations with both parties, to come and help mediate.

Zhan Zhao smiled and waved the invitation, "The opportunity has come!"

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Who from the Tang Clan did he invite?"

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao looked at the invitation again, but didn't write in detail.

Lin Yehuo curled his lips, "People from the Tang Sect may not pay attention to him."

"No way?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Huo Feng curled his lips and said, "You might not look good if you go!"

"The person Wu Shanchuan wants to apologize to is my younger sister. She is getting married soon. She will definitely not move around. My godmother and I are old, so we won't go either." The fifth master thought for a while, "There are only four of the Tang family.

A brother."

"Of those four, Tang Si is the most honest..." Lin Yehuo shook his head, "Lao Wu can drink a pot of wine from any one of them, so don't ask for trouble."

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Is Tang Sida like that considered honest?"

Lin Yehuo pointed at Bai Yutang, "Generally, the smallest and most capable people are careless..."

After finishing speaking, Wu Ye touched his chin, but others found it very convincing.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "The four brothers of the Tang family obviously get along well with each other."

"You are a member of the Tang Men's family, so of course the four brothers will treat you well." The Fifth Master also felt that Lin Yehuo's words were reasonable, "In fact, Tang San's personality was very difficult to deal with, and Tang Er was the most difficult to deal with.

, don’t look at his polite and smiling face, Tang Si is indeed the most honest one.”

Lin Yehuo added on the side, "Usually there are more than three children in a family, and the second child is the one who is least likely to be messed with!"

Everyone raised their heads and thought about this.

Zhao Pu did the math, "Among the brothers in my family, if I am the eldest... Lao He will be the second..."

Everyone glanced at He Yihang, who was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea with a teacup in his hands... and felt very convincing for no reason!

There is still some time before the dinner, and everyone is busy with their own affairs.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went to the backyard to visit the bamboo garden where bamboo bears were raised, and found that most of the backyard of Kaifeng Mansion had been leveled, including the stables.

A large number of craftsmen were building bamboo sheds and building walls, and a group of old men with special skills in the Demon Palace were busy carving stone and wood.

"What is this for?"

Zhan Zhao found Ma Chiyanbi, who was feeding horses at a temporary stable.

Yan Bi tilted his head, "Zhao & Zhao, don't you want to build a zoo?"

Zhan Zhao took a breath, "What kind of zoo? Isn't it just a bamboo garden to raise bamboo bears?"

Yan Bi glanced at Bai Yutang beside Zhan Zhao.

The fifth master turned around and went to see the bamboo bears at Xiaosizi's place.

"Didn't Xiaobaitang dig a koi pond earlier?" Yan Bi told Zhan Zhao, "He gave a lot of money and said he wanted to renovate the back garden of Kaifeng Mansion. You can see that he has drawn the drawings."

With that said, Yan Bi took out a drawing from the boss and showed it to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao's mouth opened wide when he saw it, "Are you going to build an imperial garden?!"

Yan Bi smiled and pointed to Zhan Zhao, "Xiao Baitang said, since we have already raised bamboo bears, the stables should be built better, and Xiao Wu and Yao Yao should also have a place to play. There are still many in Kaifeng Mansion.

Cats? Just build a cat garden. There are also turtles, Gongsun's little donkey, and some peacocks, cranes, mandarin ducks, etc. In the future, there may be little tigers and little dragons... And, in front of the Demon King

A while ago, he said that he would take over seven little foxes to raise, and then the Fifth Master asked for some snow leopards from Kuangshi City, and the Ninth Prince said that he wanted to get a black bear to raise... The Palace Master bought two from the Western Regions

Little alpacas... The owner of the island sent over a dozen deer, and a pair of snowy owls, by the way! The kennels at Huofengtang are not enough, and some dogs want to be raised here."

Zhan Zhao felt his head was buzzing, "You are carrying out such a large-scale construction project, have you asked Mr. Bao..."

"I asked." Yan Bi nodded, "Master Bao is also very interested in the little black bear!"

Zhan Zhao was completely speechless, shook his head and went back to the front yard, thinking about how to quickly drink the wedding wine and send these grandparents back to the Demon Palace. Otherwise, with the support of Xiaobaitang, they would have money and leisure, and they would have to work hard every day!

In the front yard, several classmates from Taixue had not left. A group of young talents gathered around a table and were reading. In fact, they were also accompanying Lin Xiao, who was upset.

Zhan Zhao also walked over and sat down. Xie Yan poured him a cup of tea and said, "Brother Zhan, I want to ask about something."

Zhan Zhao nodded and waited for Xie Yan to ask.

Xie Yan pointed to the invitation sent by Wu Shanchuan, "This is the address."

Zhan Zhao took a look and wrote down the address of the Wu family in Kaifeng Courtyard, which was in the south of the city, near Shangtu Bridge.

"There are indeed many manors there." Zhan Zhao remembered that there was also a villa nearby on Xiankong Island.

Xie Yan held his chin and asked, "Wu Shanchuan is a Jianghu sect of Kaishuizhai, which is similar to the original Gaohezhai. It is not an island like Xiangkong Island or Hebang Shuimeng, which is mainly engaged in business, right?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, indeed.

"Even if he annexes Gaohe Village, water transportation requires connections. Those who can make money are those who have been in business for more than ten or even decades. He only has a small fleet." Xie Yan pointed to the other characters on the invitation.

Address of the hospital, "Land in the Imperial City of Kaifeng is very expensive. It would be great if an ordinary sect can buy a decent house. He actually has a manor in the city. Besides, my father runs a wharf by the canal in Hangzhou Prefecture. That's not bad."

It’s not something that ordinary people can afford. I always feel that the Wu family’s money is a bit too much. Could it be that it came from something wrong?”

Zhan Zhao listened and thought about it - indeed, Wujiazhai was just a small sect in the past, and it was located in the remote southwest. Why did he suddenly become a nouveau riche recently, coming to Kaifeng to buy a house, and then to Jiangnan to buy a dock. Gaohe

The village is just an empty shell. Wu Shanchuan may not be able to collect more money if he accepts disciples... How did he become rich?

"Wu Shanchuan said that he wanted to buy a dock and my father ignored him. There are two possibilities. One is that he was lying, and the other is that my father also felt that the source of his money was unclear, so he did not have much contact with him."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and asked, "How can I get rich overnight?"

Everyone stared at Zhan Zhao.

By chance, Bai Yutang walked in from outside.

Xie Yan and others saw Bai Yutang again, and several talented people looked at Zhan Zhao together, "Just... marry or marry a rich family or something..."

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes at several people.

The fifth master came over and sat down. He didn't know if he heard it just now, so he took Zhan Zhao's cup and drank tea.

"You can't get rich overnight unless you get a sudden windfall." Pang Yu has also done a lot of research on this. "Did he dig up a treasure map or something..."

While everyone was chatting, Lin Xiao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly frowned, "Speaking of the treasure map and the dock...I suddenly remembered something."

"Is it related to Da Changsu, Xiao Changsu and the others?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Maybe..." Lin Xiao said, "Big Changsu, Little Changsu and Su Yun all like to collect paintings."

"Then what?" Bao Yan was curious, what happened to his love for collecting paintings?

Lin Xiao pointed at himself, "But they never accept my paintings."

Everyone was stunned, then thought about it, yes! Why didn’t you accept Lin Xiao’s paintings if you liked collecting them? How many collectors in Kaifeng City beat each other to pieces for one of Lin Xiao’s paintings!

"Then what paintings do they accept?" Master Wu asked.

"Collecting landscape paintings." Lin Xiao recalled, "mostly landscape paintings of embankments, tidal flats and wharfs. My godmother and I traveled all over the world on our boat. Everywhere we went, they liked to go to some painting shops to collect paintings.

, Su Yun also goes there often."

"Are you looking for something?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Do you know the specific locations of your father's docks in the Jiangnan area?" Bai Yutang asked Xie Yan.

Xie Yan asked the book boy to ask Mr. Bao for a map of water transportation in the Jiangnan area.

The bookboy went away for a while and then came back with the pictures.

Xie Yan spread the drawings on the table and took a pen to outline the locations of several docks.

"It's strange." After all, Fifth Master has lived on Xiankong Island for a long time and is most familiar with water transportation. "This is not a very well-located pier!"

Xie Yan also nodded, "My father didn't intend to buy or sell docks. Many of them were used by others to pay off debts. These are the ones I remember, and the location is not good. So if Wu Shanchuan wants to buy it, my father has no reason.

Don’t sell it to him.”

"But is it worth buying this kind of dock at a high price and going through all the trouble to get it close to...?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Fifth Master shook his head, "Maybe there really is another agenda."

"Then Wu Shanchuan is interested in the dock. Da Changsu and Xiao Changsu seem to be interested as well." Pang Yu poked Lin Xiao, "Have you seen Wu Shanchuan before?"

Lin Xiao held his chin and thought about it. People who are good at calligraphy and painting usually have good memories, but when Lin Xiao was young, he was often on Shen Yuelian's boat. There were too many people coming in and out of Yuelian Pavilion, and he couldn't think of it.

Get up, and he doesn’t often stay with the eldest Changsu and the little Changsu.”

After thinking for a while, Lin Xiao suddenly went to take out the long scroll he drew when he visited the lake before.

This scroll was created by many students from Taixue University. It was going to be given as a gift to Long Qiaoguang and Tang Xiaomei, but it just needed to be framed.

Lin Xiao opened the scroll, pointed to the five dragon emblems on the boats in the Wulong Village in the painting, and said, "This... I may have seen it when I was a child, but it was not five dragons, but like five people put together..."
To be continued...