Chapter 66: Ten Merchants and Nine Treachers
“…… You Dao Cuisheng gave birth to a skirt and a beautiful hairpin. Do you know that my lifelong hobby is natural? Just three springs are good and no one can see them, and if you don't watch out for the noise of sinking fish and geese, you will be afraid of the shy flowers and the moon flowers trembling......"
A Kunqu opera "Peony Pavilion" reverberated in the Lu family.
A few days ago, Fu Shulang arrested a lot of big tobacco dealers, although they were all small characters, but they also made people panic, especially those who did this business, and Lu Qing was one of them.
Although the business is big now, there is some capital in his hand, and he has some weight when he goes out to talk, but no matter what, this kind of thing of selling big cigarettes is always not on the table, if there is really one day, the big tobacco business in Night City is served in a pot, can he not find a backer earlier, so as to save a small life in the future?
Li Qiusheng? No way.
The surname Li is not clean in his business, and he alone is unreliable, but I am afraid that it will become Li Qiusheng's shield in turn.
And that Fu Kaiting is also unreliable, isn't this incident provoked by the Fu family?
Thinking about it, there is only Qi Wuye, who is not involved in politics or business, but has a family background where everyone has to stand aside, and he has to give him a face for big things, and it is the best choice to pick Qi Wuye as a backer.
If you have something to ask for, you must first do what you like.
Lu Qing knew that Qi Wuye was a drama idiot, so he specially invited Qiu Qi from Pear Flower Garden to sing for them.
"Fifth Master, look, this autumn girl sings really well!"
Qi Wuye had a smile on his face, an obsessive expression, as if he hadn't listened to Lu Qing's words, and nodded for a long time: "Okay." I didn't expect Boss Lu to also love drama. ”
"It's just that you know a little bit about the skin, and the vassal is elegant, it's not as good as the fifth master, the fifth master, you really know how to play, so Lu Mou invited you to listen to this church."
Qi Wuye is also an understanding person, this Lu Qing has never had any interests with him, and this time he specially invited him to the Lu family, and asked Qiu Qi to sing for him, he must have another plan.
"It depends on what kind of drama Boss Lu is talking about."
Fifth Master Qi has also heard some rumors recently, and knows that the eldest young master of the Fu family has arrested a lot of big tobacco dealers, and Lu Qing is not clean when he wants to come, so he is looking for a backstage at this time.
"The fifth master is a cheerful person, so Lu will not be polite." Lu Qing pushed the disc glasses, his face full of philistine atmosphere, "The eldest young master of the Fu family, you should have seen it, young and vigorous, he came up and went straight to the underground business of our night city, I am ashamed, Lu really lost something because of this......"
Qi Wuye snorted coldly in his heart, he was not a businessman, but he also knew what Lu Qing was referring to when he was talking about underground trading.
Night City banned smoking a few years ago, but as long as someone wants to smoke, some people dare to sell it. But all the merchants who have some background forces in Night City are not all involved?
Hmph, no one is cleaner than anyone!
Now that this Young Master Fu is a new official, how long has he been in Night City, and he dares to take this deal? I am afraid that my prestige will not be established, but I will be broken first.
"In this business field, Qi is afraid that he can't help it."
"Fifth Master Qi is too modest, there are still people in Night City who dare not to give you face?" Lu Qing waved away the people singing on the stage, and personally added another cup of tea to Qi Wuye, "There are some things that are not your words?" ”
"Oh, no, I can't afford that." Qi Wuye didn't even glance at Lu Qing, stood up, and was about to leave.
He also knows that a mercenary person like Lu Qing can't have deep friendships, so it's better not to have a relationship.
Lu Qing laughed a few times: "Fifth Master, don't refuse Lu in such a hurry, Lu doesn't dare to bother Fifth Master, I only hope that Fifth Master can come forward to protect Lu's life when necessary, in this troubled world, Lu also has to leave a way back for himself, right?" ”
As he spoke, Lu Qing glanced at the housekeeper beside him, and the housekeeper immediately brought over a wooden box with twenty goldfish in the box.
"Fifth Master, what do you think? Saving my Lu Qing's life, isn't it a matter of your fifth master's words? It's a good deal, right? ”
Fifth Master Qi glanced at the box, cleared his throat, and then sat down again: "Qi Mou thinks that twenty goldfish can be exchanged for Boss Lu's life, isn't it too cheap?" ”
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, asked someone to take down the wooden box, leaned over it, and lowered his voice: "What the fifth master said is that this is naturally not enough. ”
Secretly wiping his sweat, Lu Qing thought in his heart, this surnamed Qi now wants the lion to open his mouth, and he is not ready to let him go.
"Hmph, it's not a good thing to be embarrassed, don't you say, Asakui?" Qiu Qi stood behind the corridor, looking at the two people talking from a distance, with costumes on their bodies, and under the hooked face, they couldn't see the specific expressions, but their eyes were full of disdain.
didn't get a reply for a long time, and Qiu Qi realized that Li Tang, who came with him, had long since disappeared.
Originally, Lu Qing invited only Qiu Qi alone, Li Tang had to come with him, Qiu Qi saw that he was finally a little angry, and he was interested in outside things, but he didn't agree immediately, and he didn't think about his purpose, but now it seems that he is afraid that he is running for something in Lu Zhai.
There are people from the Lu family all around, and Qiu Qi doesn't dare to ask them, if he continues to ask, he may harm Li Tang.
In the name of changing clothes, Qiu Qi wandered around the Lu family, but fortunately, Lu Qing's attention was on Qi Wuye at this time, and he couldn't take care of him.
The Lu family is a small mansion imitating Western-style, with a house upstairs, a study and a kitchen, all downstairs.
Ten businessmen and nine traitors, Lu Qing is a timid and careful person, but all important documents cannot be placed in the study room one floor apart, otherwise, he is afraid that he will not be able to sleep well at night.
Thinking like this, Qiu Qi thought to himself that if Li Tang came to the Lu family's something, there was a chance that he would be in Lu Qing's room.
And at this moment, Li Tang, who was checking the documents in the room, heard a slight sound of footsteps, turned over, picked up a pen in his hand, hid behind the door, and aimed the tip of the pen at the person outside the door, as long as someone came in, he would definitely be fatal with one move.
The door was opened a crack, and a foot wearing lotus pink flower dan shoes stepped in, Li Tang immediately understood who it was, took the pen, pulled the person in, and closed the door again.
"Asao! You're really here! ”
"Shh Li Tang made a silent movement, leaned on the door, and no one seemed to follow, so he relaxed slightly, "Why are you here?" ”
"Shall I ask you that?" Qiu Qi clasped his hands in front of his chest, and the man's voice, with the dress of this female Jiao'e, was really a little strange, "I brought you to the Lu family today, and you don't plan to explain to me, what is your purpose?" ”
Li Tang put the pen back in its place, and was just about to speak, when he heard the footsteps going upstairs, and hurriedly rushed through Qiuqi, and jumped straight out of the window the moment the door was turned open......