Chapter 308: Reversal
After a big quarrel with his cousin who lived with him over the allocation of bedrooms at home, Gu Xiaoshu's mind suddenly flashed a somewhat risky but good idea. However, he did not immediately implement his idea, but did a little research.
In fact, his investigation was very simple, it was nothing more than asking a few people where the Ling family had not developed business and industry. But this kind of thing involves the internal operation of the Ling family, and people who are not from the Ling family will not know about it at all, so the consequences can be imagined, and Gu Xiaoshu's so-called investigation has not made substantial progress.
The cousin who quarreled with him was already married, because of the quarrel, every time Xiaoshu went home, she would be accused of scolding Huai, and Gu Xiaoshu's own parents were honest buns, so they just let her scold there and didn't reply at all.
This lasted for almost a month, Gu Xiaoshu finally couldn't stand it, and he couldn't control the investigation or not, so he quit his job in the teahouse and decided to leave Huzhou and go to Rongzhou, which is located further south.
Although Gu Xiaoshu didn't read much. But his mind is quite bright, after arriving in Rongzhou City, his first thought is to go to the municipal office order in charge of commerce and trade under the Yamen, and ask if there is a money bank opened by Yuejing Ling's family in Rongzhou City on the grounds that he wants to save money. The city office believed that it was true, and told him the results of the inspection.
This result made him happy, in the entire huge Rongzhou City, there was no money village opened by the Ling family, not even a shop. This gave him a chance to make money out of thin air.
When he first started pretending to be Ling Yu to the outside world, Gu Xiaoshu's heart was full of nervousness. He endured the uneasiness in his heart and didn't let his voice tremble, but the more he went to the back, the more people believed him, and the more people deposited money with him, Gu Xiaoshu began to become fluttering, and many times he even had the illusion that he was Ling Yu himself.
Originally, he planned to leave Rongzhou City and leave Rongzhou City after he got the money, but no one remembered him anyway, but even if the East Window incident happened, those people would only go to Ling Yu and not fall on their heads.
But here he met a man. That is, this person. Let him put off the day of his departure again and again. But it's been three months and can't be delayed any longer. Those who kept the money with him began to ask for their lives, and today Gu Xiaoshu planned to go to her for the last time, if there was no result. He's leaving.
About his own private agreement with Man Fu Lou. Gu Xiaoshu felt that he was still a little clever.
When he first came here. I don't know anything about here. Fortunately, I still came with some savings as a buddy, and one day when I was eating in Manfu Building with a large amount of money, I wanted to ask the guy in the store about the situation in Rongzhou City. Unexpectedly, it attracted the shopkeeper of Manfulou, and the two chatted very well, and later after Gu Xiaoshu reported his identity to him, he enthusiastically introduced Gu Xiaoshu to Boss Cai, the owner of Manfulou. In such a situation, Gu Xiaoshu of course couldn't ask for it, so he told Boss Cai that he was the son of Ling Dafu, the richest man in Yuejing, and was assigned by Ling Dafu to come to Rongzhou City to check. However, he has just come here and is not familiar with the environment, so he hopes that Boss Cai can help introduce a few bosses or acquaintances. Gu Xiaoshu also knew that he couldn't do anything just by talking about it, so he took out half of his savings over the years and gave it directly to Boss Cai, which was regarded as a thank you to him.
After taking the money, Boss Cai naturally became much more attentive, and within a day or two, he matched Gu Xiaoshu with many businessmen in Rongzhou City. Gu Xiaoshu is not stupid, he knows that these people are very shrewd, and there is no way to cheat money, the reason why he deals with these people is mainly to build momentum for himself, so that ordinary people have the illusion that he is the son of the richest man in Yuejing, and he is a real rich man.
gave the money to Boss Cai, and put in so much effort, Gu Xiaoshu naturally lived in Manfu Building. Not only that, but he also told Boss Cai that he was willing to invest a little money in Manfu Lou to let his business expand again. At that time, Boss Cai was worried about the declining turnover of Manfu Building, and when he heard this, he was immediately very happy, and immediately agreed to thank God. It is precisely because of this sentence that there are rumors outside that Gu Xiaoshu is the owner of Manfu Building.
Therefore, before Gu Xiaoshu met that person, everything was unexpected, but it was that person who made his footsteps stagnate a little.
On a summer morning, the sun is not too strong and the temperature is not too high, which is the right time to sleep.
Gu Xiaoshu has never been a person who can lie in bed, but because he drank too much with those bosses last night, he didn't have any energy today.
The lobby of Manfu Building has already begun to be lively, Gu Xiaoshu got up from the bed in his exclusive guest room, ate the meal specially sent by the guy, and simply tidied up his clothes, and he was ready to walk out.
He brought a lot of suitcases with him this time, but he didn't plan to take any of them, the money was already hidden on his body, and as long as he stepped out of this door, he would not come back.
"Official, I don't know what your officials have to do when they come here today......
"This is a search warrant from the prefect, and we suspect that you have a person we are looking for here......"
Gu Xiaoshu had already walked to the corridor on the third floor of the restaurant, and suddenly heard such a sound coming from the lobby, and then it began to become noisy, crackling, and he seemed to hear a large group of people rushing upstairs.
Although he didn't know what was going on, such a scene made Gu Xiaoshu feel a little weak, he didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly turned around and went down another staircase, intending to go out directly and quietly from the side door of the restaurant.
"Ling Yu—"
Gu Xiaoshu was hurriedly walking out of the side door, and was startled by the voice that suddenly remembered next to him.
"Yue, why are you here?"
Gu Xiaoshu put on a smiling face and asked.
"Why are you disappearing like you've been disappearing these days?"
The girl named "Yue" pouted and asked with an unhappy face.
"It's been a busy two days, and I haven't taken care of business matters yet."
Gu Xiaoshu was a little anxious, but Wang Yue'e was standing in front of him, and he couldn't just leave her alone.
That's right, the girl in front of him wearing an embroidered water shirt and long skirt is the person Gu Xiaoshu accidentally met in this Rongzhou City, and she is also the person who disrupted his plan and delayed the day he left.
"It's all in Rongzhou City, are you so busy that you don't even have time to eat?"
Wang Yue'e continued to question.
She finally persuaded her parents to agree to her marriage with "Ling Yu", but in the past few days, "Ling Yu" has not come to propose, and her parents have seen this situation, and they have a little remorse, which makes her a little anxious, so she doesn't care about the number of etiquette, and comes directly to Manfulou to find him.
"Yue'e, I'm really sorry, I've encountered some things in business these days, I'm busy every day, I originally planned to go to your house today, but I didn't expect to meet you here. It seems that we really have a heart. ”
As he spoke, Gu Xiaoshu glanced at Wang Yue, who was blushing.
"Is the matter settled now?"
Seeing Gu Xiaoshu like this, Wang Yue'e didn't get angry anymore, but asked worriedly.
"It shouldn't be solved for a while, but it doesn't matter, I'll solve the matter between the two of us first."
Gu Xiaoshu smiled ambiguously.
"It's not serious. What's the matter with us? ”
Wang Yue'e was very happy in her heart, but she still replied reluctantly.
"Yue'e, let's do it, you go back to wait for me at home now, I'll talk about something and come to you later."
Time was pressing, and Gu Xiaoshu could only send Wang Yue'e away first.
Although he didn't know who the officials inside were going to arrest, he always had a bad premonition in his mind. He has to get out of here today, no, he should leave here right now, or ...... Gu Xiaoshu didn't understand how strict the consequences would be, anyway, he now has nearly 1,000 taels of silver tickets on his body, as long as he leaves here, he can live a rich life wherever he goes, eating and drinking spicy food every day.
As for Wang Yue......
Given that she still mistakenly thinks that she is Ling Yu so far, if she finds out that she is not, Gu Xiaoshu really doesn't know if Wang Yue'e will still like him as much as she does now, maybe she will run to the yamen to report to the official in anger. Thinking about it this way, Gu Xiaoshu decided to give up Wang Yue'e and leave by himself.
"Something again?"
Wang Yue'e looked unhappy.
"Good, you go back first, I'll rush over as soon as I'm done talking."
Gu Xiaoshu still patiently persuaded on the surface.
The scope of Manfu Building is quite large, but judging from the time of the search, it is almost to the backyard now, and he has to leave quickly.
"What did you say? If we break our promise this time, then we won't see each other again. ”
Wang Yue'e put down a cruel word.
This family affair is already a bit of a problem, she has been under a lot of pressure at home in the past few days, if "Ling Yu" delays again and again, she is afraid that she will not be able to bear it.
"Ling Yu" is the son of the richest man in Yuejing, which is a well-known thing, Wang Yue'e's family background is average, and she is not a rich and noble person. It stands to reason that being able to marry such a rich person is not disliked by others, this should be "a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes", and it is a happy thing. Wang Yue's parents were naturally very happy after learning the news, plus Gu Xiaoshu hosted a banquet in Manfu Building to entertain them, and sent some high-quality supplements to Wang Yue's parents, these actions made her parents and relatives think that Wang Yue'e had caught a "golden beetle son-in-law".
But within a few days, the matter was reversed.
However, the reversal is not with Gu Xiaoshu, but with Wang Yue.
The news that Wang Yue'e and the son of the richest man in Yuejing are about to make a marriage contract is spreading among their relatives, which is a good thing, and it is not a big deal to spread it. But it was just such a pass, and there was a problem. (To be continued......)