For some reason, Xu Yuan felt that he had been doing things badly recently.

But I can't find the exact reason, it's like having an invisible hand looking for its own trouble everywhere.

He doesn't like this state of being confused, he has taken over the Xu family's business for 30 years, except for the first few years, he is still jerky, and his business has been doing smoothly for more than 20 years.

Before the bidding in the inner library, the Ye family from nowhere stepped in and robbed many people's business, and those people's business was robbed by the Ye family, so they naturally wanted to share the cup in their hands. At that time, in order to get the business safely, he finally paid a price 30% higher than the original plan.

The bid was obtained, but the deposits for subsequent transactions could not be freed up for a while. The business partners have also been getting along for more than ten years, although there is trust, but everyone sees that the situation is not right, and the language euphemistically told Xu Yuan that the business has been set according to the old practice, but this year his side is also sluggish, not that he can't trust the Xu family, but just a deposit...... You still have to pay for it first.

Xu Yuan naturally told people that these are all as they should be, the Xu family is not short of this money, everyone will work hard together, and no one's money will be missing.

Just go back and start selling houses and land.

One of them is a mansion of the Xu family in the center of the city.

It has always been used for the tea business, the environment of the place is very good, the southeast house is next to a river, sitting on the third floor, just can see the winding water flowing outside the window.

This year, the tea business can't be done, Xu Yuan plans to sell this house, originally negotiated with a person who came from other places to do business, the price has been finalized 500,000 taels, only the paperwork needs to be signed, but something went wrong that morning.

"What did you say!" At a good time, he was lying on the concubine's bed with her, and the housekeeper brought bad news.

"Master," the housekeeper knelt down, "The out-of-town people said before that they wanted to see how the yard behind the house was, because the bamboo in the backyard had grown crazy if they hadn't taken care of it some time ago, and the villain thought there was no problem, so they let them in to check it this morning, but it rained heavily last night, and the soil of the bamboo forest was washed away, so they ...... Several corpses were revealed! ”

"Where did the corpse come from! How could there be corpses in that yard! Xu Yuan raised his foot and kicked someone, the concubine hurriedly went down to the ground to get him clothes to put on, Xu Yuan hurriedly strode to the door with his bare feet open, and the housekeeper picked up the shoes next to the bed and trotted behind him.

"How's going now!"

"Those people were so frightened that they said that they wanted to report to the official, after all, they almost bought the house, and they were quickly persuaded by the slaves, but this matter can't be hidden for long, do you have to go and talk to Lord Wang and them."

"Humph! sued Wang Bingcai, he had to make something happen to him, so he would slaughter me hard. Don't tell him yet, let the subordinates keep their mouths shut, and I'll go and see. ”

Suddenly, he grabbed the butler by the collar, stared at him viciously and asked, "Did we do those corpses?" ”

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook his head: "No, no!" Those of ours...... How could they hide in their own yard! ”

"Not the best! Otherwise," Xu Yuan threw him to the ground, "you just go out and give me this guilt!" The butler lay on the ground and reluctantly put on his boots.

When Xu Yuan arrived at the house, the businessmen from other places were still there. was discussing something with a stern face, and when he saw Xu Yuan coming, he stopped talking and looked at him together.

"Everyone is frightened," Xu Yuan smiled kindly, "Come on, come on, let's not stand here, there happens to be a teahouse opened by his own family on the adjacent street, let's go and drink tea." ”

"It's all at this time, Boss Xu can still be so calm, it's really polite to us. But Boss Xu looks like this, probably because he already knew about this house, right? We don't dare to drink the tea, or do our best to solve this matter, according to what we said, it is best to report to the official, so as not to say anything in the future. ”

It was one of the people in the group who spoke, the accent sounded like a northerner, and he was also tall, and his eyes had a fierce look when he looked at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan is naturally not afraid, this is his territory, where would he be afraid of a foreigner? Hearing that the man's words meant that the corpse was made by the Xu family, maybe he wanted to sell the house to them and blame the murder case on their heads, and a wave of anger rose in his heart, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry at people.

There was still a kind smile on his face: "Brother, where are you talking about, everyone is a businessman, since you have come to Yangzhou, maybe there will be a cooperation in the future, why should I do this kind of thing, not only offended you, but also provoked myself to be unlucky, this house was sold from me, if something really happened, did I run away?" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the butler behind him, and the butler hurriedly asked Yahuan to hand over the teacups in his hand in turn.

"You've been here early in the morning, and I'm afraid you haven't drunk a sip of water, so let's find a place to talk." My Xu family has been in Yangzhou City for decades, you can inquire about it, how can you have a bad reputation for fraud. Rest assured, today's matter, I, Xu Yuan, will give you a reasonable explanation. ”

Those people looked at each other, Xu Yuan's words sounded good, but they were also people who had been in business for a long time, and everyone in the business circle knew that it was already good to be able to believe in the seven achievements, but they had never dealt with Xu Yuan, how did they know that there were some truths and some falsehoods in his words. What's more, he is a foreigner, who will he pit if something happens?

Therefore, although Shui took it, he thought about it and handed it back, and his tone was a little more relaxed: "It's not that I don't believe in Boss Xu, it's just that we encountered such a thing when we first arrived, and we also felt very confused." There's no need to find a place to drink tea, Boss Xu will go with us first to see what is going on with those corpses. ”

Xu Yuan knew that he would definitely not be able to avoid this, so he walked to the bamboo forest in the backyard with others.

Before he could get closer, he could smell the faint smell of rotting corpses in the air, and after walking a few more steps, he saw four corpses on the ground over there.

The clothes were stained with mud and tattered, and it was vaguely distinguishable that they were women's clothes, and from the point of view, they were indeed women.

There are four female corpses buried under the bamboo forest?

Xu Yuan himself wondered, when did I let people kill four women?

He turned back to ask the butler, but when he stared at the corpses, he looked as if he recognized them.

"What's going on?" Xu Yuan asked him in a low voice.

"Master, is that ......" Before the butler finished speaking, a person suddenly walked in outside, it was one of the outsiders, who was not there before, probably to investigate.

Now that he probably thinks that he has figured out the truth, he looks at Xu Yuan's face and is very angry: "Boss Xu is really a big business!" Why, looking at us from out of town, I can't figure out your doorway! ”

This was very harsh when he said this, and Xu Yuan couldn't help but change his face: "If you find out something, just say it, why do you seem to recognize all of Xu's conspiracy and tricks as soon as you come in, even if you find something, you have to tell me about it, and let me refute it." ”

"Boss Xu is so bold, he can still grit his teeth so far, okay, then I'll ask you!" The man stood there and stared at him and sneered three times, "Your Xu family has opened two green buildings in Yangliufang, yes or no!" ”