Chapter Twenty-Six: Breaking the Cup
As soon as these words came out, the female boss's face suddenly seemed to have opened a big dyeing workshop, red, purple, white, yellow, green, and pink...... The moment was wonderful, and it took a long time to darken his face:
"How do you know it's me?"
"No, your disguise is indeed vivid," Liang Zheng shook his head, picked up the wine glass on the table and filled it for himself, "I didn't expect it to be you at first, but in fact, I quickly saw it." β
"I ...... Did you show a flaw? The red lady Su Ziqing asked through gritted teeth, as if she needed to grit her teeth even to make a sound.
"This one on your face, but a human skin mask?" Liang Zheng took a sip of wine, walked in front of the red lady, stretched out his hand, and sure enough, he removed a thin mask from her face, revealing Su Ziqing's snow-like face composed of delicate facial features, staring fiercely at a pair of autumn pupils that cut water, looking at him without blinking.
"Tsk, it's really exquisitely made, and it looks like a real person." Liang Zheng ignored the other party's murderous gaze, put the human skin mask under the lamp and looked at it, and couldn't help but praise, "So at first, I didn't have any suspicions. But soon, I found at least three flaws. β
"Three places...... Rip? Su Ziqing was stunned.
"First of all, it's a salutation." Liang Zheng stretched out a finger, "Do you remember, what did you say when we first entered the store with our generals?" β
Time returned to an hour ago, at the door of Zhou Ji Satin Village.
"I'm a distant relative of the boss, I just came from Shijiazhuang yesterday, because of the locust plague at home, I was so poor that I couldn't open the pot, so I thought about coming here to eat. Coincidentally, a letter came from his hometown yesterday, and Boss Zhou went back to his hometown to visit relatives. No, just tell me to watch it for a few days. The woman said, squatting down and bowing.
"I see." Xu Hu nodded, but didn't say much, pointed to Liang Zheng behind him and said, "This is our young master......"
"I know, I know~! Liang Mansion Liang Gongzi. There is no one in Yongning City who does not know. When the girl saw the business, her spirits were lifted, "I don't know what Liang Gongzi wants to buy?" But if we have it, the son just picks, but if there is not, we can also think of it to be conjured, and keep it to your satisfaction. β
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Time comes back to the present.
"Although my reputation is not good, it is not to the point of being famous in other provinces, right? Since you voted from 'Shijiazhuang' 'yesterday', it stands to reason that you shouldn't have seen me, why didn't my family finish speaking, you know that I am 'Liang Gongzi of Liangfu'? β
The red lady was shocked and couldn't speak.
"Of course, I knew I had a bad reputation, or if you had heard anything about me, or that someone had pointed me out to me when I was out yesterday, so I was just a little strange at the time, and I didn't think much of it. But one stupid thing you've done has made me suspicious of it throughout. β
Time returned to an hour ago, at the door of Zhou Ji Satin Village.
"Shu brocade in Shu, Yun brocade in Jinling, Song brocade in Gusu, Zhuang brocade in Guangxi...... There's everything, why don't you come in and take a look? The woman said as she let Liang Zheng and the others into the store.
A few people entered the store, and saw the colorful stripes on the four walls, hung with exquisite materials for the splendid weaving, some of the four sides are continuous, the color is bright, some of the brocade is gorgeous, the style is elegant, some of the patterns are vivid, the structure is rigorous, and the texture is soft, and the weavers are fine...... The dazzling array of brocades is simply dazzling.
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Time comes back to the present.
"You are well-dressed, for fear that I will not look down on your brocade, and the store is full of all kinds of brocade." Liang Zheng stared at her with burning eyes, "But have you thought about it, Zhou Ji is a satin village, how can it only sell brocade silk, and there is no other silk cloth?" β
"This ......" The red lady shook again, slumped in the chair, and was already a puppet.
"And then there's the price." Liang Zheng stretched out his third finger.
Time goes back an hour ago, in the Zhou Ji Satin Village.
ββ¦β¦β¦β¦ Is it. Liang Zheng smiled noncommittally, "That dare is good, it saves me a lot of trouble...... It's just that the price is ......"
"In terms of price, just rest assured, our 'Zhouji' is a century-old brand, and the price is not deceived by quality. What's more, you and I have two world friends, and I don't dare to make my son's money even if I accompany Ben'er. The woman smiled and said, "But charge some costs, and ask the son to reward three melons and two dates for the guy below." β
Time comes back to the present.
"How do you know that our Liang Mansion and Boss Zhou are world friends?" Liang Zheng turned around and stared at the red lady tightly, "According to your statement, Boss Zhou went back to the countryside yesterday to save relatives, and we decided to come to Zhou to remember the matter of brocade silk was set in the house yesterday, he is so dignified, how can he know that we are going to order from him, and he specially explained that you have two world friends, and you can get a discount?" β
"I ......"
"So it seems that when we were discussing in the Liang Mansion yesterday, there is no doubt that the person who eavesdropped was you." Liang Zheng said with a smile, "The woman's light skills are really powerful, Xu Hu chased him out as soon as he noticed something wrong, and he couldn't see you anymore." β
Red Lady: "......"
Liang Zheng: "When I got here, I was sure that there was something wrong with you, the female shopkeeper." But I didn't think what you're going to do with me until you let my family move the goods. β
Red Lady: "......"
Time goes back an hour ago, in the Zhou Ji Satin Village.
ββ¦β¦ It might as well be like this," the woman explained, "since Childe has brought so many servants with me today, let them go directly to the back hall to move the goods, Childe will only rest here for a while, and I have good Maofeng tea for Childe to taste." β
"I see." Liang Zheng glanced at her, got up and paced two steps, stood at the door and looked at the backyard through the curtain, and saw that there were several boxes stacked there, neatly stacked on the ground, and couldn't help but wonder.
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Time comes back to the present.
Liang Zheng: "At that time, I saw neatly stacked boxes in the backyard, and you were fully prepared, and even the goods were ready." But you don't want to think about it, how can these boxes be prepared in advance and put under the corridor with the style we have chosen? β
Red Lady: "......"
"At that time, I knew that you were going to use the excuse to support my general, and then take the opportunity to deal with me, right?" Liang Zheng smiled, "You haven't forgotten our gambling contract, but unfortunately I haven't forgotten either." That's why I asked Xu Hu to go back to the house to get 'a few of the silver dishes I usually use dipped in flowers', and to tell you the truth, I never use these Rausch things at home. β
"You!" The red lady was shaken three times, and her eyes almost wanted to breathe fire.
However, her figure had just moved, and the muskets around her had already been forced over, and in desperation, she had to freeze on the spot.
"Xu Hu, although he is a little careless, his brain is still very fast." Liang Zheng said, glancing at Xu Hu approvingly, "He understood my code words, so he set up this Hongmen banquet, just now when he came in and took out the dishes, he had already hinted that I was ready for everything and only owed the east wind." β
"No more nonsense!" The red lady Huo Di raised her head, "Since I fell into your hands, I have nothing to say." Kill me! β
As he spoke, he closed his eyes fearlessly.
"Kill you?" Liang Zheng shook his head and turned his back, "I'll spare you this time, you can go." β
Su Ziqing's eyes froze: "Are you really willing to let me go?" β
"Since I have a gambling contract with you in advance, although I won a game by luck this time, since I have promised to arrest you three times and release you three times, in exchange for you to no longer be a bandit in this life, I will naturally not break my word."
Su Ziqing couldn't help but take a breath.
She is a child of the rivers and lakes, and she has always made promises, but Liang Zheng is an "evil young man", and she will also make a promise, which really surprised her, and faintly admired her.
This person......
It's not like the rumors.
"Then I'm leaving." She froze for a moment and spoke loudly, "This time I was careless, and next time, you may not have such good luck." β
After saying that, he drifted away, and his back suddenly disappeared into the darkness.
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The generals couldn't help but look at each other in shock, Xu Hu couldn't help but step forward and said, "This female thief's martial arts are rare in the world. The adults just let her go, next time ......"
Speaking of this, I couldn't help but shudder.
Liang Zheng was also looking at the direction of the red lady at this time, and when he heard Xu Hu's question, he only shook his head slightly: "I promised to let her go three times, naturally I have my reason, the children of the rivers and lakes have always fulfilled their promises, and I only hope that in the future she will keep her promises, if she really changes it, it will also be Su ...... It was also her creation. β
He almost said the relationship between the red lady and Su Qinghe just now, but after thinking about it: Su Qinghe avoided everyone when he talked about it with him, obviously he hadn't broken this father-daughter relationship to everyone, and it was not easy for him to expose this lamp tiger.
"It's going on here." Liang Zheng saw that Xu Hu was silent, and changed the topic again, "Let's hurry back to Zhouji Satin Village, I estimate that the real Boss Zhou is in the village." β
Saying that, he led the family to rush all the way back to the satin village, and sure enough, under the counter, he found that Boss Zhou and several guys were tied up there, and there was a rag in his mouth.
Liang Zheng was busy ordering people to loosen the ties, and Boss Zhou was naturally grateful, thanked him vigorously, and asked the guy to seal the gift and bring it. Liang Zheng naturally didn't want it, and only asked him about ordering brocade silk, but he didn't want to think that the boss shook his head with a wry smile:
"Alas, speaking of this, the old man should have done his best to help, but it was just ......"
"But the money?" Liang Zheng interrupted, "That's easy to say......"
Boss Zhou hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, the adults misunderstood." Lord Liang saved my life, where do you dare to earn adult silver? It's just that adults want too much, and this small shop really can't take it out. β
"This ......"
"Our Yongning is a small county, and I can't take it out, so I'm afraid that all the cloth merchants in Yongning will not be able to take out so many brocade silks."
Liang Zheng suddenly felt half cold.
I never thought that even the county's largest "Weekly Diary" could not be shipped, how can this be good?
"In that case, let's leave it at that." Liang Zheng couldn't think about it for a while, so he had to say goodbye to Boss Zhou, and planned to return to the mansion to recruit the steward to discuss again.
But as soon as he took a few steps, thought about it, and turned back to his boss with a faint gaze:
"But remember, it's no good to talk about it todayβa parting word, remember."
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Seeing Liang Zheng walk away, Boss Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to turn around and lock the door, only to find that there was another person behind him.
"Shopkeeper, did you go to Yihong Courtyard again last night?" The person who came smiled and said, "I won't open the store early in the morning, let a concubine come out to greet guests." β
Boss Zhou squinted for a long time before he recognized that it was Bao Yong, the steward of Li Yuanwai's house, and couldn't help laughing: "Steward Bao said it was funny...... Why, do you want to add clothes to your house today? Why bother to come in person and greet a small door. β
While talking, he let Bao Yong into the store.
"It's cold, order some winter clothes." Bao Yong said casually, while constantly looking around the store, seeing that Boss Zhou's heart was tense.
What is he looking at?
"Shopkeeper." Bao Yong turned his head and looked at each other with a grin, "Why is the lady who showed you the store in the morning gone?" β
Boss Zhou's face turned pale, and he hurriedly calmed down: "What? Steward Bao has something to do with her? β
Although he said this calmly, the hands hidden in his sleeves were about to break out in a cold sweat, and his heart was even more shocked and admired......
Lord Liang is really like a god, this front foot is gone, and someone on the back foot will come to inquire about the red lady.
It's just, this Bao housekeeper inquired about what the red lady do?
"It's not a big deal." Bao Yong said, "Isn't this to make winter clothes, she measured all the dimensions of the mansion in the morning, and I don't know if I gave it to you." β
As he spoke, he glanced back into the backyard.
Since the day Li Shiqing told him to keep an eye on the Liang Mansion, he has not relaxed for a moment.
It's just that Liang Zheng has been living in seclusion for the past few days, and he doesn't know what he is busy with in the house, until today, I didn't see him go out with his general, and he went straight here when he went out.
Because he was afraid of being discovered, he didn't dare to follow too closely, but watched from a distance Liang Zheng take a woman from the store to Tianguang Tower......
Who is she?
Zhou Ji Satin Zhuang himself is not unfamiliar, he knows everyone from the shopkeeper to the guy, but he has never seen that woman.
And what's even more strange is that when Liang Zheng came back, the woman was gone!
Bao Yong was puzzled, so he showed up and planned to ask Boss Zhou about it.
But how did he know that Liang Zheng had already explained to the other party that he was not allowed to leak secrets before leaving?
As for Liang Zheng......
He didn't know that he had been targeted, but he knew that the identity of the red lady was Jiang Yang's thief, and his reputation was not good.
"Oh, you said she......" Boss Zhou looked suddenly realized, "That's a distant relative of mine, a guest at home last night, poured a few more cups of yellow soup, so I asked her to help look at the store, in the morning she said that there was something wrong and had gone back." As for those sizes......"
Boss Zhou glanced at Bao Yong: "I didn't give it to me, maybe I forgot it...... But don't worry, the small ones are re-on your house. β
It's just that he didn't expect that his words seemed to be leaky, but the cold sweat that kept oozing from his face completely betrayed his nervousness.
Sure enough, there was a problem!
Bao Yong secretly made a conclusion......
However, the other party did not say anything, and he was not a criminal officer, so it was naturally difficult to ask questions, so he had to resign, and secretly sent someone to pay attention to Zhou Ji, while he flew to report to Li Shiqing.