Lin Wan gently tugged at the reins and said, "Hongfan obediently, let's go." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" As he spoke, Hongfan slowly opened his hooves and walked to the west side of the street.

Zhou Chengkuan, Gale Wind, and Qingtong also turned over their horses and followed behind.

On the way, Zhou Chengkuan told Lin Wan about the situation this morning.

The seven killers of the Shadowless Pavilion who had been locked up in the City Lord's Mansion had already been released, and Changfeng asked them to stay and obey Lin Wan's arrangement. Jin Pengzhan, who was in a coma, was still locked in the secret room, and was taken care of by the subordinates of the City Lord's Mansion.

Prince Ning left Lianbi City early this morning, according to Lin Wan's plan, he did not stop him, but arranged for two Shadowless Pavilion killers to follow and monitor all the way to see who he would report to and who he would contact when he went back.

Zhou Chengkuan had already sent people in the city to look for Xue Baokun's place to hide grain, but after looking for a day yesterday, he didn't find any clues.

At Lin Wan's suggestion last night, Zhou Chengkuan has been sending people to follow Xue Baokun since this morning, and finally found that he had hidden the grain in a farm outside the city. Now, Qi Rubao has sent the army to transport grain, directly to the barracks of the Eastern Qi army.

The spies reported that Xue Baoliang, the second master of the Xue family, had not made any special moves in the past two days, and was still opening a shop to do business, as if anything in the Xue Mansion had nothing to do with him. Even if a neighbor asked him about the Xue family, he just shook his head and didn't express any opinion.

When Old Lady Xue was alive, she always took great care of Xue Baoliang, a concubine. Although he separated early, he still let him live in Xue's mansion. However, after Old Lady Xue died, Xue Baoliang left the Xue family with more than a dozen concubines. Now a few years have passed, more than a dozen concubines have walked and run, and now only his wife Tang is left to take care of a rice shop and a grocery store with him.

The terrain of the two shops is not good, but the business is not bad, and it is more than enough to provide a family life. But over the years, the relationship between the husband and wife has been getting better and better, but they still have no children.

Xue Baoliang and his wife lived at the back of the rice shop, and it was in the afternoon when Xue Baoliang was settling accounts in the rice shop, and his wife went to the grocery store to read the account books.

Lin Wan took off his weft hat and slowly walked into the rice shop, followed by Gale and Qingtong.

Xue Baoliang looked at Lin Wan, with a light veil and a masked face, with a good demeanor, and some doubts in his heart, such a young lady, of course, did not come to buy rice, and asked in a friendly voice: "This young lady, what is the price?"

Lin Wan smiled slightly and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to buy all the rice in your store, you can make a price." ”

Xue Baoliang thought for a while and said, "This young lady, although I don't know what your purpose is, I can't sell you all the rice in Xia. Now even Bicheng is very short of food, if you buy all this rice, I have nowhere to buy it for a while, then the people may have to run out of food. There are a lot of misses, please forgive me for not being able to do this business. ”

Lin Wan snorted coldly and said lightly: "I'll give you ten times the price, how about it?"

Xue Baoliang frowned, seemed to be a little angry, shook his head and said, "Miss, please go back." ”

Lin Wan was not angry, and said, "Do you know? Even the people of Bicheng are looking for them now, and it is estimated that if they can't find anyone again, they will find you. I think you should sell me your two shops, and leave here with the money, so as not to be angered by the people. ”

Xue Baoliang shook his head again without hesitation and said, "I will not leave Lianbi City, the foundation of our Xue family is here, and I will not sell the shop left by my father to you." I have no relationship with Xue Baokun for a long time, and I haven't been in contact with each other over the years, and the villagers know about it, and I believe they will not embarrass me. ”

Lin Wan asked suspiciously: "Your Xue family has collapsed, you are still here, and it is useless to leave these two such small shops?"

Xue Baoliang shook his head helplessly and said, "Miss, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I won't sell the shop." ”

Lin Wan nodded, very satisfied with Xue Baoliang's answer, and asked in a long tone, "Then, if you are given a chance to save the Xue family's industry, are you willing?"

Xue Baoliang looked at Lin Wan in a daze, for a long time, then shook his head and said, "Miss, don't be joking, the debts owed by the Xue family, I sold all the current properties of the Xue family, and I can't pay them off, where can I have the ability to save it?"

Lin Wan smiled faintly, looked at Xue Baoliang seriously, and said: "You are not afraid to repay the debt, as long as you are willing and have confidence, you will definitely be able to repay it, and you can revive the Xue family." But it may take your whole life to pay it back, do you want to, give me a reply, you only have a cup of tea. ”

Xue Baoliang listened to Lin Wan's words, and couldn't believe it, but looking at Lin Wan's firm gaze, he couldn't help but have a hope in his heart, hoping that this was true.

Zhou Chengkuan walked in slowly, nodded to Xue Baoliang and said, "Second Uncle Xue, what this young lady said is true, think about it and give her a reply." ”

When Xue Baoliang saw Zhou Chengkuan coming, he completely believed it, although he didn't know what Lin Wan's identity was, but Zhou Chengkuan was a person from the City Lord's Mansion and represented the decision of the City Lord's Mansion. Could it be that the Qi family still remembered the old relationship between the two families and didn't want to see the Xue family disappear in Lianbi City, so they sent someone to test themselves?

There was only one table in the rice shop, and Lin Wan walked to the table and sat down, waiting for Xue Baoliang's decision. Zhou Chengkuan also walked over and sat beside her.

Xue Baoliang thought about it, slowly walked to the table, sat opposite Lin Wan, and said, "I am willing, but what am I going to do?"

Lin Wan smiled and nodded, and said, "Second Uncle Xue can make such a decision, and the juniors admire it very much. The younger generation believes that you will definitely be able to re-establish the trust of the Xue family in the hearts of the people. ”

Xue Baoliang sighed lightly and said, "Over the years, the Xue family's business has become bigger and bigger, but in fact, it has already been strong outside and inside. It's our Xue family who is not good at it, and I'm sorry for the trust of the villagers. ”

Zhou Chengkuan shook his head and said: "In fact, for so many years, the Xue family has been supplying military supplies, and it is also a big burden for the Xue family. We really shouldn't let the Xue family bear such a big burden, now this situation is going to happen sooner or later, and we have to change the status quo. ”

Lin Wan nodded, and said: "Second Uncle Xue, I won't go around the bend with you, I will say my thoughts, you think it's acceptable, we will sign the agreement now, if not, we will find someone else." ”

Xue Baoliang nodded decisively and said, "Please speak!" (To be continued.) )