In the midst of the mourning and complaining, Gu Qinghan had already calmed down and said lightly: "You can rest assured, since this fire started from the pawnshop, the Hou Mansion will naturally compensate for all your losses." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

When everyone heard this, they immediately showed joy.

"Each of you will go back and count first, how much loss there is, and after going back and confirming, the Hou Mansion will compensate you a lot." Gu Qinghan looked slightly tired, "This fire came suddenly, and it affected you, I'm really sorry." ”

One person smiled and said: "If the third lady has this, then it is easy to say it." In fact, the loss on my side is not too big, and it adds up to only three or four thousand taels of silver at most. Glancing back at the ruins, he sighed: "A fire burned the shop, and it is not easy to count it." ”

"Yes, what Lu Dongjia said makes sense, the account books are also burned clean, and it is really difficult for us to count them." Someone on the side immediately chimed in: "But each family has an account in their hearts, and it is not easy to calculate it clearly, and there is a rough number." Let's respect the Marquis of Jinyi, even if we suffer some losses, then don't care. ”

"You have this heart, and the Marquis of Jinyi is deeply grateful." Everyone was sighing to themselves, but Yang Ning had already come over, calm and relaxed: "Sanniang also said that your losses, the Hou Mansion will bear them with all their might, and since they involve you, they will not let you suffer any more." ”

Immediately, there was a humane who knew the prince of brocade: "The prince has also spoken, so let's put our hearts in our stomachs." ”

Yang Ning looked at the Lu Dongjia and asked with a smile: "Lu Dongjia, you said that the loss of your shop is about three or four thousand taels of silver?" ”

"That's pretty much it." Lu Dongjia hurriedly said: "Don't worry, our shops have been adjacent to each other for many years, and this time the Hou Mansion is in trouble, we will bear it to some extent." ”

Yang Ning said with a smile: "There is labor and labor, yes, what is the Lu Dongjia doing?" ”

"Oh?" Lu Dongjia said: "It's a salt shop!" ”

Yang Ning was stunned, thinking to himself, isn't salt an official camp? As far as he knows, the government has a salt bureau and has offices throughout the country, which are in charge of the transportation and sale of salt, and it seems that the people cannot sell salt without permission.

Could it be that this Lu Dongjia turned out to be an official businessman who deals in salt?

"It turned out to be a salt shop." Yang Ning smiled, "Lu Dongjia, does your shop store a lot of salt on weekdays?" His eyes sharpened, and he asked the shopkeeper Xu on the side: "Shopkeeper Xu, since this Lu Dongjia is a neighbor shop, you should be very familiar with him." ”

Shopkeeper Xu's face was pale, and he looked depressed, and when he heard Yang Ning's inquiry, he hurriedly said: "It's been six or seven years since I knew Lu Dongjia. ”

"Shopkeeper Xu, Lu Dong's shop is bigger than our pawnshop?"

Shopkeeper Xu didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Yang Ning's gourd, so he glanced at Gu Qinghan and saw that Gu Qinghan's face was cold, so he could only say: "Lu Dong's pawnshop is only half the size of our shop." ”

"How much money did we spend on this shop back then?"

Shopkeeper Xu looked at Gu Qinghan again, Gu Qinghan was smart and had already understood what Yang Ning meant, and said: "The location of this shop is excellent, and it cost six hundred taels of silver to settle down that year." ”

Yang Ning turned his eyes to Lu Dong's family and asked with a smile: "Then Lu Dong's shop, I don't know how much silver it spent?" ”

That Lu Dongjia is also a shrewd businessman, Yang Ning asked a few words, he knew Yang Ning's thoughts, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he didn't answer.

"Even now, it's only worth four hundred taels of silver at most." Shopkeeper Xu also came to his senses, "This is already the highest price, Lu Dongjia, I remember that someone was going to sell your store for three hundred taels of silver last year, and you almost agreed." ”

Lu Dongjia said embarrassedly: "That..... That shop is indeed only worth a few hundred taels of silver, but the salt in the shop is ......! ”

"Of course, the Lu Dongjia will not put antique calligraphy and paintings in the salt shop, so they will not burn any valuables." Yang Ning's expression became cold: "Even if I don't know the price of salt, but you said that you lost three or four thousand taels of silver, excluding the shop, you will always lose two or three thousand taels, I don't know how much salt you can buy with two or three thousand taels of silver?" ”

Several of the people present were businessmen who had been doing business for a long time, and when they saw Lu Dongjia's embarrassed face, they were a little gloating, secretly thinking that you guys were offering prices all over the sky, and this time it was good, and the people in brocade clothes couldn't raise their heads in a few words, and they were all thinking that although they had to claim back this loss, they really couldn't make a price all over the sky.

Of course, they know that although salt is an indispensable thing for people, the price is not expensive, and it is a matter of small profits and quick turnover, not to mention a few thousand taels, it is five or six hundred taels of silver, which is enough to fill the salt shop, and no salt shop really stores salt in the warehouse, and the loss of the Lu Dong family, all of which add up, will not exceed one thousand taels at most.

Yang Ning stopped at the point, and did not continue to chase and beat Lu Dongjia, glanced at everyone before saying: "I am deeply sorry for affecting you this time, no one wants this kind of thing to happen, but since it happened, the responsibility that should be borne by the Marquis of Jinyi will never shirk the slightest." Sanniang also said, your loss, not a penny will make you lose, the principle of Jinyi Houfu has always been a debt must be repaid......! Speaking of this, his voice was cold: "But if someone wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, I advise these people to dispel this idea earlier, although the Jinyi Hou Mansion will not owe others debts, but if others owe the debts of the Jinyi Hou Mansion, I am afraid that it is not a good thing." ”

Several proprietors looked at each other, in fact, they were all thinking in their hearts, saying that the prince of Jinyi was a fool with a bad head, but at this moment, it seems that this is not the case at all.

"Well said!" There was a burst of laughter from behind Yang Ning, and a yin and yang strange voice said: "If you have debts, you must pay them, this is the family style of the Marquis of Jinyi, and it is really gratifying for the son to inherit the family style." ”

Yang Ning turned his head and saw a few people striding over, the first one stood tall, wearing a long sword at his waist, the scabbard was wrapped with gold wire, the sword spike was hung with beautiful jade, and he was holding a handsome boy's appearance, only twenty-five or sixteen years old.

This person is very eye-catching, Yang Ning has never seen him, but looking at his clothes, he is obviously a son of an official eunuch, and he doesn't know where he came from.

The man stepped forward, looked at Yang Ning, and said with a smile: "Shizi, I haven't seen you for many days, I heard that you were kidnapped before, but I remember it very much in my heart, and then I heard that I returned safely, congratulations." Glancing at Gu Qinghan, with a light in his eyes, he took a step forward, approached Gu Qinghan, and arched his hand: "This must be the third lady of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, right?" ”

Gu Qinghan obviously hadn't seen this person either, and frowned, "Who are you?" ”

"In Xia Dou Lianzhong, my father Dou Kui!" The man squinted and smiled, but his eyes were looking up and down on Gu Qinghan's body, and he couldn't take his eyes off.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Dou's son." Gu Qinghan said lightly: "In the middle of the night, I don't know what happened to Dou Gongzi?" ”

Yang Ning also looked Dou Lianzhong up and down at this time, thinking that this person had a floating breath all over his body, just looking at his eyes slitting around on Gu Qinghan's bumpy and delicate body, he knew that this guy was not a good thing.

"This fire is really not small." Dou Lianzhong glanced at the ruined bricks and sighed, "Third lady, where did this fire come from?" It can't have been burned down from your pawnshop, right? ”

Gu Qinghan's face was cold, and he asked rhetorically, "How did Gongzi Dou know that this fire was started from a pawnshop?" ”

Dou Lianzhong hurriedly smiled and said: "Third lady, don't get me wrong, I don't have the ability to predict the future, it's just that the prince was talking about compensation just now, and I think the other families are affected by you." Glancing at everyone, he said, "Third lady, is there anything you can do to help?" ”

Gu Qinghan said lightly: "The affairs of the Hou Mansion are not to be asked by others, and Dou Gongzi's kindness can only be understood." ”

"Third lady, don't be polite." Dou Lianzhong took a step forward and approached Gu Qinghan, "I am close friends with Shizi, his business is my business, if there is a need for help, just ask, don't be polite." He smiled at Gu Qinghan, "We are all our own family, if we see each other too much, we will be divided." ”

Yang Ning knew that this guy should have some entanglement with the prince of Jinyi, and seeing him approaching Gu Qinghan step by step, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Dou Lianzhong's wrist, Dou Lianzhong was caught off guard, and before he could react, Yang Ning pulled Dou Lianzhong aside, widening the distance between him and Gu Qinghan.

Dou Lianzhong's face was angry, but Yang Ning grabbed his wrist and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, the third watch in the middle of the night, you really came to help?" ”

Dou Lianzhong saw Yang Ning's smile on his face, and he couldn't have a seizure for a while, and wanted to shake Yang Ning's hand away, but found that Yang Ning's hand was like an iron hoop around his wrist, and his strength was not small, and it hurt a little when he pinched it, and frowned: "You let go first." ”

"What, turn your face and don't recognize people?" Yang Ning smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that you and I are good friends, why don't you even shake hands?" ”

Dou Lianzhong lowered his face and said, "My brother also has to settle accounts, I'm here to do business, you let go of your hand." With a hard pull, this time Yang Ning let him break free and asked, "What do you mean by what you are talking about?" ”

Dou Lianzhong glanced at Yang Ning with a slight disgust, turned his head to look at Gu Qinghan, and said with a smile: "Third Madam, I passed by the nearby street before, and I heard that there was a fire here, so I rushed over in a hurry, for fear that your pawnshop would be burned." I'm really afraid of something, look at your pawnshop ......! He sighed and shook his head.

"Gongzi Dou, there are still a lot of things on my side, if you really have something, just say it." Gu Qinghan's face was cold, "If there is nothing else, you might as well leave first." ”

Dou Lianzhong reached into his sleeve, took out a wad of paper, shook it in his hand, and then said proudly: "Third lady, take a look first, this is the pawn ticket of your pawnshop?" Handed over the pile of paper, Gu Qinghan reached out and took it, flipped it and glanced at it a few times, his eyebrows were even more frowning, and he raised his head and asked Dou Lianzhong: "This is indeed our pawn ticket here, how is it in your hands?" ”

The third lady laughed. Dou Lianzhong said with a smile: "When something opens a pawn ticket, since there is something in your pawnshop, of course I have a pawn ticket in my hand!" ”

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