Chapter 257: Touching the Melon
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The next time there are 30 monthly passes, and the total number of monthly passes reaches 60 votes, Wood will add another chapter to repay everyone's support. Of course, two shifts and 8,000 words a day are not touchable, and adding them is counted separately.
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Meng Tianchu took Zhu Hao and followed Wang Yi to a restaurant, it seems that they arrested that person here.
Walking to the private room upstairs, Meng Tianchu opened the door curtain and saw that in addition to the three officials of the yamen, Zhuge Xin was sitting there dejectedly, and there was a man in his forties sitting next to him, fat and fat, looking like an explosive household.
Meng Tianchu walked to them and sat down, looked at the dishes on the table, and it shouldn't have been long since he started eating.
Wang Yi said: "Our brother has been eavesdropping outside pretending to be a hall runner, and Zhuge Xin told this person about your search for him, master, and this person begged him not to tell him that he sold the house to Zhuge Xin. ”
Meng Tianchu stared at the two of them coldly and said, "What's the matter?" Two people. ”
Zhuge Xin hurriedly stood up, walked to Meng Tianchu's side, and said with a wry smile: "Master Meng, you have a lot of adults, you looked for me before, I didn't say it, because I also have a hard time." ”
Meng Tianchu looked at Zhuge Xin's appearance with a bitter expression. So he sat him down and said to him, "This is the man who sold you the house?" ”
Zhuge Xin looked at the flying-headed and big-eared guy opposite and said, "Yes and no." ”
Meng Tianchu slapped the table hard and said, "Is it or not?" ”
Zhuge Xin and the man were startled, and Zhuge Xin hurriedly said: "Yes, but the mansion is not his." ”
Meng Tianchu looked at the person. The fat man was so frightened that he sweated out, and he used his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his head.
"What's your name? What is the place of people? ”
The man quickly stood up. said: "Back to the master's words, the name of the small place is Liu Hong, which is the Hangzhou people's family. ”
How does it look like a woman's name, Meng Tianchu felt funny, and then asked: "That mansion was sold to Zhuge Xindi by you?" ”
The man nodded helplessly.
Meng Tianchu said: "Zhuge Xin said that the house is not your own, what's going on?" ”
Liu Hong stammered, "Master...... Master, that mansion is really ...... It's really not mine. I also bought it from a person surnamed Jiang half a year ago. ”
Meng Tianchu said: "How much did you sell to Zhuge Xin?" ”
Liu Hong looked at Meng Tianchu embarrassedly, and then at Zhuge Xin, but he didn't speak.
Meng Tianchu turned his head to look at Zhuge Xin, and Zhuge Xin hurriedly said: "He sold it to me very cheaply, and such a big mansion only asked me for eighty taels of silver." ”
Liu Hong's cold sweat came out more, and he wiped both hands, and it was still flowing down.
Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "I think half a year ago, when that person sold that mansion to you, I am afraid that it was less than forty taels, right?" ”
Liu Hong smiled bitterly. I didn't dare to look at Zhuge Xin, I lowered my head and didn't speak.
Zhuge Xin looked at Meng Tianchu in surprise, then walked up to Liu Hong and asked, "Brother Liu, it can't be true, right?" ”
Meng Tianchu said: "Isn't it, just think about it." At that time, the house died, and the person who sold the house naturally couldn't sell it at a high price, so he sold it to Liu Hong at such an ultra-low price, and when you bought it, the house was already dead for half a year, Liu Hong sold it high, knowing that you wouldn't buy it, and he couldn't make any money if it was sold too cheaply, so he gave one that he wouldn't lose and you could accept the land price, and it was a hit. Am I right? Liu Hong. ”
Liu Hong looked at Zhuge Xin with a weak heart. said: "You said you want a cheap and far away from home, and you don't want to think about it." In the city, such a house sells for at least six hundred taels of silver. ”
Zhuge Xin pointed at Liu Hong, so angry that he couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Meng Tianchu said: "Okay, let's not talk about this matter now, so since Liu Hong knows who sold it to you, then, you can take us to find the person who sold you the house." ”
Liu Hong said: "I don't know that person. ”
Meng Tianchu was furious and said, "Don't know? If you don't know people, they won't look for someone else, and they will find you specifically and ask you to buy such a cheap house? ”
Liu Hong said: "Master Meng, I really didn't lie to you, that person I met in the teahouse by chance half a year ago, we chatted, and then he said that there was a good house to sell, so he took me to see it, mainly because the price was very tempting to me, I thought, isn't it just a dead person, and it will always be sold after a period of time when this thing passes, so I bought it." ”
"You say you don't know him, so why are you talking for no reason?"
"You also know that people who go to the teahouse like to get together and talk about the world, and he happened to be sitting at the same table with me that day, so he talked about it as soon as he came and went. ”
"Then did you ask him when you bought that mansion if it was his own?"
"When I asked, he said that someone else asked him to sell it, and he said that his surname was Jiang, but when I looked at the deed later, it was a person named Luo. ”
"What's it called?"
Liu Hong thought about it, and Zhuge Xin said on the side: "It's called Luo Chen." ”
Meng Tianchu said: "Send the deed to the yamen tomorrow and show it to me." ”
Zhuge Xin hurriedly said: "Okay." ”
Meng Tianchu walked out of the door, Liu Hong followed closely to Meng Tianchu's side, and said in a low voice: "Although Xiaodi doesn't know who the owner of the mansion is, but the woman who died in the mansion, I saw the land before she died. ”
Meng Tianchu listened. He stopped and said, "Oh? Let's hear it. ”
Liu Hong hurriedly looked around mysteriously and said to Meng Tianchu, "Master, let's go back to the house and talk." ”
Seeing him so mysterious, Meng Tianchu didn't know what he was going to say, so he turned around and sat back in his position.
Liu Hong sat next to Meng Tianchu and whispered, "That woman's surname is Shui." Ming Muyan, that's a beauty. It's as beautiful as coming out of a painting. ”
Meng Tianchu couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw Liu Hong's intoxicated appearance, isn't she a beauty? If you are asked to see my family, don't say three, just one of them, I'm afraid you will be salivating and dumbfounded.
Liu Hong continued: "I will always remember the first time I saw Shui Muyan, with a bun and sideburns. The eyebrows and eyes are full of spring, the skin is as delicate as warm jade, the cherry mouth is red without dotting, delicate and beautiful, wearing a light green long skirt, the waist is not full of hands, so beautiful and flawless, so beautiful that it does not eat the fireworks of the world. ”
I can't see that this fat man can still say two decent words when talking about beauty.
Meng Tianchu said: "When have you seen that woman named Shui Muyan?" ”
"A year ago. It was probably also at this time that I went to the West Lake cruise ship to see her, and when she appeared, it caused a sensation, and many sons and brothers stood on the side of the boat in order to see her, crowded very much. There are also several overboard. ”
Meng Tianchu and the people next to him all laughed, and Liu Hong said: "I know you don't believe it, but I, Liu Hong, really didn't lie to you." ”
Meng Tianchu nodded, what beauty he had never seen, as for the exaggeration as the benevolent brother in front of him said, there were still people who fell into the water, even if it was a fairy, it was just like that, not to mention that it was just a person.
"Okay, okay, we don't laugh, you continue. Let's talk about the specific situation at that time. ”
Liu Hong saw Meng Tianchu say this. Here comes the interest again. His voice was raised, and he said, "She was supported by a maid at the time. There are two strong men behind him to protect him, and he is very magnificent. After she entered a private room, the two maids and the Zhuang man remained outside the door, and she did not come out until I got off the boat. ”
"Then how do you know her name is Shui Muyan?"
"There were so many people there and they were all talking, and I knew it. ”
"And what else do you know?"
Liu Hong thought for a while and said, "By the way, I heard that she is still the daughter of the big official's family in Hangzhou Mansion. ”
"Then how do you know that the woman who died in the mansion is Shui Muyan?"
"I didn't know it was her before, I only knew that a beautiful woman died in a house on the outskirts of the county, who didn't know, and later when Boss Jiang took me to see the house, I saw a painting in the room of the house, and the painting on it was Shui Muyan. ”
Meng Tianchu said: "Even if the person painted on it is Shui Muyan, you can't say that the person on the painting is her." ”
"At that time, I looked familiar, so I asked the boss Jiang, and he told me that the woman in this painting was the former owner of this house, that is, the woman who was strangled to death by a ghost. When I heard it at the time, I thought I had heard it wrong, and I asked what the name of the woman who died in the house was, and he said that her name was Shui Muyan. ”
Meng Tianchu nodded, stood up, and said to Liu Hong: "I didn't expect you to help me with this, thank you so much." ”
Liu Hong said embarrassedly: "Say thank you, I'm really ashamed, if Master Meng has any orders in the future, just look for me." ”
Meng Tianchu said: "What is the full name of that Boss Jiang?" ”
Liu Hong shook his head and said, "I don't know, I only know that he has a big mole on the left side of his face, and a very long black hair grows on it, and the person is short and thin." ”
Meng Tianchu said: "It's enough to have this. Then let Wang Yi order his subordinates to find it, and then send a few people to inquire about the origin of this woman named Shui Muyan.
Zhu Hao asked puzzledly: "Young master, what are we doing to check this?" ”
Meng Tianchu smiled meaningfully: "Of course it's not that I'm full and have nothing to do." ”
Zhu Hao groaned slightly, and his eyes lit up: "Could it be ...... Do they have anything to do with the last case? ”
"Hmm~! Check it out and you'll find out! ”
Meng Tianchu took Zhu Hao home, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, the housekeeper greeted him and said in a low voice: "Young master, that Gonggong Li came again last time, and I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”
Meng Tianchu snorted, what is coming is finally here, look at the opponent's hole cards.
Stepping into the living room, I saw Li Gonggong sitting in the guest seat last time, and Xia Fengyi accompanying him in the main seat.
Gonggong Li stepped forward and gave Meng Tianchu a salute: "Our family has congratulated Master Meng." ”
Meng Tianchu returned the salute and asked pretendly, "Meng doesn't understand where this joy comes from?" ”
Gonggong Li walked up to Meng Tianchu with a smile and said, "From now on, Master Meng will be Lord Wen's niece and son-in-law, isn't this a great joy?" Hehe, the family doesn't talk to each other, originally, Lord Wen and Miss's father and mother are coming, but considering that Miss has not been very good-tempered since she was a child, they came, but you, as a groom, may not be comfortable, and since they are relieved to hand over their daughter to you, they naturally know that you will treat her well. ”
Meng Tianchu sneered in his heart, it's best if you don't come, if you come, seeing me treating your daughter like this, I'm afraid you will vomit blood in distress.
Gonggong Li continued: "So, Lord Wen means that I will come to discuss it with you, and I want to invite you to take the bride back to the capital a month after the wedding, which can be regarded as the bride's return." ”
When Meng Tianchu heard this, he didn't expect that the hot spring would come to such a trick, this old guy wanted to test to see if he was really married.
Gonggong Li saw Meng Tianchu sitting there stunned and didn't speak, so he said, "Master Meng, do you have any other ideas, you might as well say it." ”
Meng Tianchu came back to his senses at this time, snorted a few haha, and said: "I don't have any other ideas, just do what the hot spring lord wants, do you have any other instructions?" ”
Gonggong Li laughed dryly twice and said, "Lord Hot Spring said, you fully understand what he means, and you have to be considerate of his good intentions." ”
Meng Tianchu said: "Nothing else?" ”
"Lord Hot Spring also said, Miss does have a strange temperament, you should teach when you should teach, saying that jade is not cut, but don't bring people back in a month. ”
The old thing slipped his head and deliberately used this to block my hand, so I don't care! Meng Tianchu scolded hatefully in his heart, smiled on his face, and said, "Haha, that's nature." ”
Li Gonggong said: "These six rites - has the master already prepared?" ”
Meng Tianchu's heart sank: "Six rites? What to do when preparing for the Six Rites? Don't you just take a concubine, and you don't marry a bride. ”
Gonggong Li laughed dryly, and said in a weird manner: "Master, Master Wen's niece is a concubine...... I'm afraid something is wrong, right? ”。.。