I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 2 Six Heart Residence

The winding alleys of Qianmen Street in the south city and Dazhalan.

Dashilan is the most prosperous commercial area in the south of the city. Almost all the necessities of life, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, can be found in Dashilan.

There is a spacious shop on the east side of Dazhalan, with a plaque with three large characters "Liuxinju" written on it. The signature is Yan Jiexi.

The current chief minister of the cabinet, Yan Song, was nicknamed Jie Xi!

Lin Shisan rode a strong mule and came to the gate of Liuxinju with Sun Yue.

Sun Yue was surprised: "Oh, this shop is really big."

Lin Shisan said: "You are from Shandong, you don't know the reputation of Liuxinju in the capital. Even Prime Minister Yan eats Liuxinju's pickles every day. Look at the big plaque, it was written by Prime Minister Yan. With this plaque, the tax collectors in Shuntian Prefecture dare not extort money from Liuxinju."

Sun Yue stroked his fat chin and stared at the plaque thoughtfully. After letting out a loud fart, he had a new question: "Master, why is this Liuxinju six hearts? Not eight or nine hearts?"

Lin Shisan explained: "When Liuxinju first opened more than a decade ago, it was not specialized in pickles. The seven necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Liuxinju had a small business at that time and could not afford tea among the seven commodities. So it was named Liuxin, which means that firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar are carefully taken care of."

The two walked into the door of Liuxinju. Immediately, a waiter came up to greet them and asked attentively, "Sir, what can I do for you?"

Lin Shisan didn't say anything, but lowered his head and looked at the boots on his feet.

Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty could only wear shoes or leather straps, and those who wore boots were definitely officials.

The receptionist of a big businessman is naturally very discerning. He immediately changed the topic: "Ah, what can I do for you, sir?"

Lin Shisan said, "I am from the Imperial Guards. I am here to see your boss."

What happened to the elephant training school? What happened to the Tangtie school lieutenant? He was also from the Jinyiwei. It was more than enough to scare the ignorant people.

The waiter changed his tone again: "Oh, it's the messenger. Wait a moment, I'll go find the boss."

Lin Shisan said: "We Jinyiwei don't like to wait for people. Just take me to find him."

The receptionist gestured "please come in" and led the master and his apprentice to the inner accounting office.

Zhao Cunren, the owner of Liuxinju, was dressed in cloth, and his eyes showed the shrewdness of a businessman. He stood up and asked, "Who are you?"

Lin Shisan said, "I am Jinyiwei Lin Shisan. I heard from my superiors that Boss Zhao wants something from me?"

Zhao Cunren was as happy as if he had seen clouds after a long drought: "Ah! It's the Thirteenth Master! I have heard of your name for a long time. Come on, come on, sit down! Bring me some tea! Serve me some good tea!"

Lin Shisan and Sun Yue sat on the chairs.

Zhao Cunren hurriedly said to Lin Shisan: "My rooster, its color, its wings, its crowing, hey, don't even mention it. But such a beautiful insect was lost! What a sin I have committed!"

Lin Shisan noticed something unusual.

When wealthy people in Beijing lose their beloved pets, their expressions and tones are either heartbroken or in agony.

Looking at Boss Zhao again, he was panicking at the moment, as if that was not a chirping insect, but his life and property.

Lin Shisan interrupted Zhao Cunren: "The rooster that your family is talking about is the short-winged mountain green grasshopper, right?"

Zhao Cunren replied: "That's right."

Lin Shisan remained calm: "How did it get lost?" Zhao Cunren took out a sorghum stalk octagonal katydid cage: "It disappeared. Look, this is the katydid cage for raising roosters. I went to feed it a snack of carrots, sheep liver, and soybeans three days ago. I saw that the cage was empty."

Lin Shisan took the katydid cage and looked at it carefully: "No wonder."

Zhao Cunren asked quickly: "What do you mean?"

Lin Shisan spoke eloquently, "All creatures are endowed with spirits. The Short-winged Mountain Green Grasshopper is the best among all the other spiritual insects in the world. It has the wisdom of a child. The cage to lock it in should have 36 vertical sorghum stalks. But your cage has 32 sorghum stalks. The gaps between the sorghum stalks are too wide. It is easy for the spiritual insect to escape."

Zhao Cunren sighed, "Alas, my insect art is not good enough."

At this time, a waiter came into the inner accounting office and said, "The eight-treasure pickles that were sent to Lord Yan's residence in the evening are ready. Please have a look, Master."

Zhao Cunren roared, "Get lost! Let the Second Boss have a look!"

After hearing this roar, Lin Shisan was puzzled: For a big businessman like Zhao Cunren, business is more important than anything else. What's more, it's about delivering goods to the Yan Mansion? Just because of a singing insect, he is indifferent to the business of the Yan Mansion?
No, there's something fishy.

Zhao Cunren continued, "Master Thirteen, I bought three abandoned yards next to my backyard. I cleared them and prepared to use them as a soy sauce jar. There are a lot of weeds and plants in the abandoned yard. I hung this cage in the abandoned yard."

Sun Yue interrupted: "The rooster may have run into the weeds in the deserted yard."

Zhao Cunren smiled bitterly, "Sir, I thought the same thing before. I asked more than 20 men to search for three days and three nights, but found nothing."

Lin Shisan waved his hand and said, "Stop it. You said you had more than 20 guys searching in the deserted yard for three days and three nights? How many guys do you have in Liuxinju?"

Zhao Cunren replied: "About forty."

This made Lin Shisan even more suspicious. Everyone in Beijing knew that the three Zhao brothers of Liuxinju valued their business more than their lives. This is how Liuxinju became famous in Beijing.

But now the boss of the Zhao family lost a cicada, and he actually asked half of his men to search for it day and night? Are they going to give up their business?

Lin Shisan said to Zhao Cunren, "Please take us to the deserted courtyard."

Zhao Cunren led the master and his apprentice to the deserted courtyard behind. Sun Yue took a breath and said, "How do I find this?"

Liuxinju had amazing financial resources. The three abandoned courtyards they bought covered a total of ten acres after they were connected. Because they had not been weeded yet, they were overgrown with weeds. The weeds were almost half a person tall.

Sun Yue asked Zhao Cunren: "Boss Zhao, why don't you ask the guys to cut all the weeds? Wouldn't it be easier to find your rooster if they cut all the weeds?"

Lin Shisan answered for Zhao Cunren: "Singing insects like to live in weeds. The rooster that was lost here should be hiding in the weeds. If the weeds are gone, the rooster will be even harder to find elsewhere."

Zhao Cunren praised repeatedly: "Master Thirteen is really an expert."

Sun Yue said, "Isn't it important to listen to the sound when catching katydids? Boss Zhao, have your staff listen to the chirping of roosters and catch them with a small net."

Zhao Cunren said, "I have used this method before. I did catch more than a dozen wild katydids, but I didn't see any roosters."

Lin Shisan said: "As I said earlier, Gai Xiongji is a spirit insect. It knows that a group of people are looking for it, so it won't make a sound easily."

Zhao Cunren was extremely anxious: "Master Thirteen, tell me the truth. Can Gai Xiongji be found?"

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "I can find it. But I never do stupid things. You have to tell me, why do you value Gai Xiongji so much? Why do you even ignore your business for it? If you don't tell the truth, I will leave immediately."

Zhao Cunren knelt down in front of Lin Shisan and said, "It's not just a bug. It's the life and property of all 15 members of my Zhao family! If it's lost, I'm afraid the Zhao family will no longer have a place to stand in the capital!"

(End of this chapter)