It hadn't been long before the sky had brightened, and Master Ning's butler came again.

The housekeeper Tie Qing talked about Master Ning's conditions with a blushing face, and Ning Ningqing even laughed, and asked rhetorically: "Give me the rent for the remaining two years in advance, and you want me to testify?" ”

Ning Xia Qing said sarcastically: "The rent will be mine sooner or later, and the eldest master should have given it to me." But the eldest man took the rent as a condition, as if he had given me some additional benefits. ”

The housekeeper gritted his teeth and began to increase the size according to Master Ning's instructions: "The eldest master said, give Miss Xia Qing an extra 10% of the rent." Miss Xia Qing, is this rent an additional benefit? ”

Ning Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, and said while thinking: "Two years, one into ...... More than a hundred taels ......" Ning Xia Qing couldn't help laughing a few times, but didn't say anything.

What Ning Xia Qing was laughing at, she didn't need to say much, and the housekeeper knew it.

As a housekeeper, he mainly helps the eldest master take care of the affairs of the mansion, and the outside business is taken care of by the housekeeper himself, but the housekeeper still knows the master's financial situation very well. As far as the housekeeper knows, the feng shui of the mulberry garden in Baoluozhuang is excellent, and the silk produced is of the highest quality, even if the harvest is not good, it can make a net profit of seven or eight thousand taels.

But when Ning Yongda was alive, Master Ning was both soft and hard, forcing Ning Yongda to sign a contract, and only gave Ning Yongda less than 1,000 taels of rent every year, and it was not paid off at one time, either in arrears or short accounts, and every year, Ning Yongda generally got only six or seven hundred taels.

According to the previous contract signed in the Zuihua Pavilion, the Ningxia Youth Association continued to lease the mulberry garden to the eldest master for three years according to the rent negotiated by Ning Yongda before his death. Now that a year has passed, the rent for the remaining two years will only be paid more than 100 taels to Ningxia Qing.

If Ning Yongda was still there, more than a hundred taels, Ning Yongda would not refuse, but Ning Ningqing was afraid that he would not agree.

Although the housekeeper only helps the eldest master take care of the affairs of the mansion and does not take care of the outside business, the housekeeper in the mansion has also heard a lot about what Ning Ningqing has done in the past year since he took over the family business.

Although the outside world doesn't know how much Ningxia Qing has earned, it is easy to guess that for Ningxia Qing, more than a hundred taels is estimated to really not make her tempted.

Sure enough, Ning Xia Qing smiled coldly and said, "Since I have signed a contract with the eldest master, I will only collect the rent according to what the contract says, and I don't want to ask for any more silver, so you can go and talk back." ”

Ning Ningqing's refusal was extremely obvious, and the housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Is it true that Miss Xia Qing doesn't care about Young Master Zhiheng's life or death?" Anyway, you're always cousins! ”

Ning Xia Qing glanced over and said, "I don't care about Ning Zhiheng's life or death. If I really saw that it was Qi Kaifeng's hand that made the first move, I naturally wouldn't mind testifying for Ning Zhiheng. But I didn't see anything, and you actually asked me to come out and give perjury, am I stupid, or am I stupid to be a government? ”

Ningxia Qing is not stupid at all, what will happen if he perjuries, Ningxia Qing will not think of it.

Not to mention that the conditions promised by Master Ning couldn't get into Ning Ningqing's eyes at all, even if Master Ning's conditions really moved Ning Ningqing, Ningxia Qing had to think about it.

Who is Master Ning, Ning Xia Qing will not know, even if Ning Xia Qing helps Master Ning today, it is not impossible for Master Ning Ning to sue Ning Xia Qing for perjury in the future to bring down Ning Xia Qing.

To commit perjury is to take a risk, let alone to help a villain who does everything to commit perjury? Ningxia Qing is not stupid.

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips, and finally said, "If you say, as long as Miss Xia Qing is willing to testify, what if the eldest master will hand over the mulberry garden to Miss Xia Qing now?" ”

When Ning Xia Qing heard this, she raised her eyes and looked at the housekeeper.

Ningxia Qing knew that this was the opponent's hole card. The condition just now was nothing more than the bargaining chips that Master Ning took out to test first, Master Ning knew that Ning Xia Qing would not agree, and Ning Xia Qing really didn't have the heart to move. Sure enough, Master Ning is now showing his hole cards.

Ning Xia Qing muttered to herself, if she could really get the mulberry garden in advance, she wouldn't mind mediating for Ning Zhiheng.

Ningxia Qing said leisurely: "The eldest lord should know that even if I come forward to testify, but because I and Ning Zhiheng are cousins, my words will not be fully accepted by the government." Since my words may not be useful, why did the lord take the mulberry garden for my words? ”

The housekeeper smiled slightly and asked, "Miss Xia Qing has agreed to testify?" ”

Ning Xia Qing deliberately said the opposite: "No." Anyway, two years later, the mulberry garden will also be mine, and I am not ready to take over the mulberry garden now. In this case, it doesn't hurt to let the eldest master stay for another two years. I don't have to risk perjury for a mulberry garden that will sooner or later belong to me. ”

The butler just smiled and said "Got it" and left Huacaiyuan.

The housekeeper replied Ning Ningqing's original words to Master Ning, and Master Ning became angry when he heard it: "She, she is ......"

Ning Yongjing listened on the sidelines, and couldn't help but say, "What is that cheap girl pretending to be?!" Didn't she always want the mulberry garden, she had been to the mulberry garden once, she must have coveted the mulberry garden, but now she pretended not to want it?! ”

Ning Yongjing's eyes rolled, and he said uneasily: "Could it be that she resents me and Zhiheng, so she would rather not have a mulberry garden than put Zhiheng to death?" ”

Master Ning took a sip: "Idiot! Where did she say she didn't want mulberry gardens? What she meant was, let me give her the mulberry garden first! What she meant was that she wouldn't agree to testify for my promise! ”

After Lord Ning said this, he couldn't help but be silent.

Ningxia Qing wants mulberry garden? How could Master Ning agree?!

Master Ning also knew that the profit of just one percent was not enough to make Ning Xia Qing tempted, and the reason why Master Ning let the housekeeper say step by step was to give Ning Xia Qing a feeling that he had finally shown his hole cards, so that Ning Xia Qing thought that he was cornered, and he could believe that Master Ning was really forced to agree to hand over the mulberry garden.

In fact, Master Ning didn't plan to really cash it out at all, he just wanted to coax Ning Ningqing to come forward to testify, and then he would have to rely on it. Unexpectedly, although the young man of Ningxia is light, he is not easy to fool at all! actually asked Master Ning to hand over the mulberry garden first, and then she came forward to testify!

How could Master Ning be willing to hand over the mulberry garden?! With such a big amount of oil and water, it is impossible for Master Ning to give it up!

Ning Yongjing looked at Master Ning in a daze on the side, suddenly understood what was coming, and suddenly rushed over and begged: "Master, so far, nothing is important to the eternal life!" Please, the eldest master, be merciful and save Zhiheng! ”

Master Ning was unmoved, his expression was full of indifference, and even resolute.

Ning Yongjing panicked, and immediately said: "As long as the eldest master is willing to save Zhiheng, I will repay the eldest lord's kindness as a cow and a horse!" Master, I know that you are reluctant to Baoluozhuang, in fact, I have taken care of Baoluozhuang for you for so many years, and I am also reluctant to Baoluozhuang......"

"You ......" Master Ning was furious and glared at Ning Yongjing.

Ning Yongjing's meaning is obvious, he has taken care of Baoluo Zhuang for many years, and he knows a lot of the inside story of Master Ning, if Master Ning doesn't save Ning Zhiheng, Ning Yongjing will be killed! At this moment, Ning Yongjing is like a man who has fallen into the water, and he has only one choice, which is to hold on to Master Ning tightly!

Master Ning was so angry that his face turned white, he sighed viciously, and said, "Bring the lease contract from the Mulberry Garden, and I'll meet that girl in person!" ”

Ning Yongjing breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Thank you, Master!" Thank you, sir! ”

"Humph! Bastard thing! Master Ning scolded angrily, and went to find Ning Ningqing with his hands behind his back.

When Guanqi came back from making tea, he happened to meet Gu Xuesong standing by the door looking at the scenery, Guanqi frowned, and said softly: "Why did Childe come out?" It's getting cold today, so Childe should go back to the house to avoid the wind. ”

Gu Xuesong's eyes just moved slightly, tugged at the corners of his mouth, and did not speak.

Guan Qi looked at Gu Xuesong uneasily, and whispered: "As soon as the sky gets cold, the son is easy to get sick." ”

Guanqi walked into the house, put down the hot tea, helplessly picked up a cloak, draped it on Gu Xuesong, and couldn't help but nag: "Even if the son doesn't want to stay in the house, he has to wear a little more." ”

Gu Xuesong stood by the door and didn't speak. He went to Fuqiao Street in person last night, and when he came back, he felt tired, dizzy, and seemed to be a little cold. The chill in his body made him shiver for a while, so that he didn't get a good night's sleep, so he simply got up when the sky was just shining.

Today's Mid-Autumn Festival is destined to be not peaceful.

Soon, Bu Tianyou came. Bu Tianyou is obviously a little dusty, although his eyes are still sharp, but he seems to be a little tired, it seems that he must have been busy all night, and he doesn't know what he is busy with, whether he personally ran to ask the noble man in person.

Gu Xuesong asked Guanqi to pour tea for the two, and then even sent Guanqi away, and discussed last night's matter with Bu Tianyou alone.

According to Bu Tianyou, the five princes seem to be planning to find an unlucky egg to be guillotined.

The deceased is also an official of the imperial court, and the local government must be in a hurry to solve the case, if the real culprit cannot be found, there will be no need for the five princes to deal with it at that time, and the local government will rush to find a scapegoat. Anyway, this is Meigong County, not the capital, even if there is an unjust, false and wrongful case, there will be no trouble.

Bu Tianyou said that the five princes have already locked up two people who are suitable for conviction, and the first is naturally Ning Zhiheng, who has now been detained.

However, although Ning Zhiheng once broke into Gong Shouping's house, he went out after seeing that there was no one he was looking for in the house. The reason for Ning Zhiheng's troubles is very simple, it is only related to a woman, and Gong Shouping has nothing to do with that woman, if he insists that Ning Zhiheng killed Gong Shouping, it is really difficult to justify himself in terms of the motive for the killing.

As for the second person who is fit to be convicted -

Bu Tianyou whispered: "It's also a coincidence, this person is also related to the Ning family, and he is a partner of Hua Caiyuan, called Ah Zheng." ”