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"Is Gongzi Dou joking?" Gu Qinghan quickly kept his composure, "Lord Dou is the head of the household, as far as I know, your family is well-funded, and it seems that it is not enough to be a thing. And it is clearly written on this pawn ticket, the person who is the pawn is called Zhao Xin, I don't know what it has to do with Dou Gongzi? ”

Dou Lianzhong said with a smile: "Don't hide it, Zhao Xin is here." He turned around and shouted, "Brother Zhao, please come here." ”

Among the few people who followed Dou Lianzhong, one of them immediately stepped forward, dressed very ordinary, and his appearance was also mediocre, belonging to the kind that was difficult to find in the pile.

"Shopkeeper Xu, do you remember me?" Zhao Xin stepped forward and bowed his hand to the shopkeeper Xu: "I took care of Lao last time, and Zhao has always kept it in mind. "His accent is not the accent of Beijing, it seems to be a foreigner.

After all, Shopkeeper Xu is also a veteran who has been in the business for many years, and he lost his square inch before, but when he saw Zhao Xin following Dou Lianzhong at this moment, he immediately realized something, and changed color slightly, just a habit for many years, but he still arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Zhao." ”

"It seems that Shopkeeper Xu has a good memory." Zhao Xin said with a smile: "I was warmly received in your shop half a month ago, and now I still remember it vividly. ”

Dou Lianzhong said: "Third lady, this is Zhao Xin, the owner of the pawn ticket, he is from Langyang, Jingnan, and I still have some distant relatives with my Dou family. ”

Gu Qinghan Bingxue was smart, he had already realized something, and asked, "Is Mr. Zhao ready to redeem him?" ”

Zhao Xin said with a smile: "On the next day, I will be alive, and I also said to the shopkeeper Xu that I will come to redeem it in a month at the latest." Now that the matter is done, the silver has not been used, these two days are preparing to return home, and I am also preparing to redeem everything before returning home, tonight Dou Gongzi set up a banquet for me to see off, I happened to pass by, I heard that there was a fire here, so I came to see. ”

Dou Lianzhong sighed: "Third lady, now it seems that your name may not be able to come up with something, Zhao Xin's current things, but they were all handed down by his ancestors, and now they are all burned, and things will be troublesome." ”

"Since it is a pawnshop, there is a pawn and a redemption, of course." Gu Qinghan said: "Even if something is damaged, if there is a pawn ticket here, it will naturally be compensated in full according to the agreement on the pawn ticket." ”

"Third lady, this is not a small amount to pay." Dou Lianzhong shook his head and sighed: "According to the above agreement, if they are all burned, at least 15,000 taels of silver will be paid, which is ......, of course, Jinyi Hou has 3,000 food, this bit of silver is naturally nothing." Glancing at Yang Ning, he said, "Since this place has burned down, you are busy now, we won't bother much, and after dawn, we will visit again!" ”

Manager Qiu, who had been silent, finally said: "Gongzi Dou, Mr. Zhao, look, can you slow down for some time?" ”

"Slow down for a while?" Dou Lianzhong frowned and said, "What does this mean?" Do you want to default on the compensation? ”

Manager Qiu hurriedly said: "I don't mean to do this, it's just ......!" ”

"I just think Mr. Zhao hasn't had enough fun in Beijing." Yang Ning suddenly interrupted Manager Qiu's words and said with a smile: "Manager Qiu is also kind, if Mr. Zhao is really in a hurry to redeem his money, then he will go to the Jinyi Marquis Mansion tomorrow, and the compensation owed will be repaid in full." ”

As soon as he spoke, Manager Qiu immediately frowned, and Gu Qinghan was also slightly surprised.

"Okay, it's still the son of the world." Dou Lianzhong seemed to be smiling, "That's the case, I will visit tomorrow." Staring at Gu Qinghan, he smiled and said, "Third lady, let's see you tomorrow." Without saying much, he led Zhao Xin and the others away.

"Shizi, you are ......!" Manager Qiu wanted to speak, but saw that the proprietors were still talking to each other not far away, but they didn't speak.

Yang Ning said: "Manager Qiu, you work hard tonight, take everyone to clean up here, and after dawn, send someone to the Yamen of Kyoto Prefecture to let Kyoto Prefecture send someone to investigate." ”

"Investigation?" Mr. Qiu was stunned.

Yang Ning sneered: "Don't you know, this is someone arson, and someone always needs to come over to investigate." ”

Manager Qiu opened his mouth, and Gu Qinghan also said: "Manager Qiu, do what the prince says, and immediately send someone to Kyoto Mansion to investigate." He looked at Duan Canghai and said, "Canghai, you are here to help Manager Qiu clean up the aftermath together." ”

Duan Canghai agreed, Gu Qinghan was already tired at this time, got into the carriage, and without waiting to put down the curtain, Yang Ning also rushed into the carriage, and then asked people to go home.

The carriage of the Hou Mansion is also spacious, the two of them sit opposite each other on the left and right, and the car is quite dim, but Yang Ning's eyesight is excellent, and he can vaguely see Gu Qinghan clearly, and said softly: "Sanniang, the matter has come to this, it is useless to be anxious, you can only take one step at a time." ”

Gu Qinghan smiled bitterly: "Since the general's death, everything has not gone well, and troubles have come one after another, and tonight's fire is even more troublesome." Then he asked: "Ning'er, just now you asked Dou Lianzhong to go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow, and we can't take out so much silver in the mansion at once." ”

Yang Ning smiled: "Sanniang, do you think things are weird?" ”

"What are you talking about?"

"Zhao Xin bought seven thousand taels of silver in the pawnshop, isn't this a lot of money?" Yang Ning stared at Gu Qinghan in the darkness, Gu Qinghan's eyes were like water, and his beautiful eyes could be seen flowing in the dimness.

Gu Qinghan nodded and said: "Of course, seven thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, Zhao Xin's deal, I also remember clearly, at that time, the general's body was secretly transported back to the capital, and the people in the mansion did not know that the general had died of illness, and it happened that the pawnshop came to this deal, so he also transferred three thousand taels of silver from the mansion. ”

Yang Ning's eyes were sharp, and he asked, "After this deal is completed, will it ..... My father's body returned to the capital? ”

Gu Qinghan sighed: "Exactly, I regretted it at that time, I knew that the general would have to hold a funeral after his death, so this deal should not have been done." But since the contract has been signed, it is natural that it cannot be reversed. ”

Yang Ning sneered: "Seven thousand taels of silver, it's not a small amount, Zhao Xin rushed to enter the dang before his father, this fire just burned out, he came over to redeem it, isn't this strange?" ”

"It's really weird." Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "And that Dou Lianzhong suddenly jumped out, which is very abnormal." ”

Yang Ning groaned slightly, and then said: "Sanniang just said that after his father passed away, everything went wrong in the Hou Mansion, did he say that the silver in Jiangling could not be delivered in time, and then there was a fire inexplicably, and now there is Zhao Xin to redeem it?" ”

"Naturally, you were stabbed in the Zhongling Courtyard." Gu Qinghan said softly.

Yang Ning said softly: "Sanniang, do you feel that these things do not happen independently, but are implicated in each other?" ”

"Implicated?" Gu Qinghan was stunned, "Ning'er, why do you say that?" ”

Yang Ning said: "I feel that there seems to be a black hand behind my back, which is ruthless to our Jinyi Marquis Mansion. ”

"Black hand?"

Yang Ning leaned forward slightly, approached Gu Qinghan, and said in a low voice: "After the fire is extinguished, I went in to check, guess what I found?" ”

"What?"

"In the burned down warehouse, there seem to be oil stains on the ground." Yang Ning said softly.

Gu Qinghan's delicate body was shocked, and he actually reached out to hold Yang Ning's wrist, "Ning'er, can you see clearly?" You mean, when the library found oil stains? ”

Yang Ning nodded and said: "I checked carefully, there are not many traces of oil, and I found that there are two or three places, I have smelled it carefully, if I guess correctly, it is the most flammable black oil, this kind of oil is on fire, according to them, when the warehouse burned, the fire spread very quickly, but in a moment when the warehouse was engulfed by the fire, this should be all black oil." ”

Gu Qinghan's eyebrows frowned, but he calmed down at this time, thought for a while, and then said, "In this way, this fire must have been carefully designed by someone." ”

"I'm afraid that's the case." Yang Ning said: "And it is likely to have something to do with Dou Lianzhong, even if it is not this person's shot, he must be involved." ”

"If it was really Dou Lianzhong who was behind his back, and they burned down the pawnshop, was it just for the compensation of more than 10,000 taels of silver?" Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "I'm afraid things won't be so simple. ”

"Sanniang, this Dou Lianzhong's father Dou Kui is the head of the household?" Yang Ning asked, "Does this person have a grudge against our Jinyi Marquis Mansion?" ”

Gu Qinghan nodded and said: "Dou Kui was promoted to the head of the household department six years ago, in fact, in the early years, when he was just a household servant, he had some friendship with the general. The general is fighting outside, and the money and grain are supplied by the household department in the back, and Dou Kui seems to have personally escorted grain and grass to the front line several times, so he has a good relationship with the general. He was later promoted to the position of Tobe Shogun, and the general seemed to have spoken for him in front of the Holy Lord. ”

"In this way, my father still has some favors for the Dou family?"

"Originally, the two families were fine, but the year before last, the general suddenly made a break to the court, and then Dou Kui was reprimanded by the saint, and fined for half a year, I heard that it was because the grain and grass arrived several days late, the general had a straight temperament, and he participated in Dou Kui." Gu Qinghan said quietly: "Since then, even if the two families have formed some grievances, Dou Kui still respects the general in terms of face. ”

"I see." Yang Ning nodded thoughtfully, "In this way, the Dou family must be involved in this matter this time, and this fire is not simple." ”

"But we can't do anything to them without evidence." Gu Qinghan frowned and said: "Tomorrow Dou Lianzhong will inevitably lead Zhao Xindeng's mansion, don't say fifteen thousand taels of silver, it is five thousand taels of silver, and we won't be able to take it out for a while." ”

Yang Ning smiled and said, "Sanniang don't worry, since Dou Lianzhong is involved in this matter, I will definitely let him lift a stone and hit himself in the foot." His expression became cold, and he said coldly: "They want to fall into the well by any means, but I want to see who can have the last laugh." ”

Gu Qinghan saw that Yang Ning was full of confidence, and she was a little happy in her heart, but she was more worried, she really didn't know how Yang Ning would deal with Zhao Xin's compensation of more than 10,000 taels of silver.