During the Tang Dynasty, Hangzhou was divided into nine counties, Qiantang County, Yanguan County, Yuhang County, Fuyang County, Yuqian County, Lin'an County, Xincheng County, Zixi County, and Tangshan County; Among them, there is West Lake in Qiantang, which is the most prosperous, and Su Wuming's residence is in Qiantang.

As the sun set, the people of Qiantang rushed home one after another, and the smoke was lit not far away, and occasionally a woman called the child's name and asked them to go home for dinner.

The mansion of Su Wuming and others has been cleaned up, and a plaque has been hung, and the name is Su Mansion.

In order to celebrate the housewarming, Wen Wan'er and Qiao'er made a table of meals for everyone in the kitchen, of course, Nangong Yan also wanted to help, but when she used sugar as salt and only cut the radish into five petals, she angrily threw down the knife and ran out, and said as she ran that she would never enter the kitchen again.

There is a moon tonight, and the moon is bright.

The insects in the courtyard chirped in the ears, and the wind blew like a lover's whisper.

Everyone was drinking together in the courtyard, so they were not in high spirits, and at this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the door of Sufu.

When everyone heard the knock on the door, they were a little puzzled and strange for a while, they just came to Hangzhou Qiantang, and they didn't know anyone here, but at this time, who would come to them?

Jiang Ying got up and opened the door, and as soon as the door opened, a slightly chubby, not very tall person rushed in, and behind him, followed by four or five people, all of whom were holding boxes in their hands, and they looked respectful.

After the chubby man rushed into the courtyard, he immediately bowed his hand to Su Wuming and said: "Xia Guan is Qian Sheng, the county commander of Qiantang County, and I heard that Lord Su was ordered by the emperor to come here to solve the mystery case, Xia Guan was very excited, and he came to pay a visit. ”

Seeing that the person who came was Qian Sheng, the commander of Qiantang County, Su Wuming's brows suddenly frowned slightly, he had only been in Qiantang for half a day, how did this Qian Sheng know that he was coming, and he was still bringing so many things, what was his purpose?

Buying yourself?

Su Wuming secretly thought that this was a little impossible, and it was estimated that he was here to beat himself or test himself, Su Wuming thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled: "It turned out to be Lord Qian, I have been looking up for a long time, but I don't know why Lord Qian came to me?" ”

Qian Sheng smiled slightly: "Xiaguan knows that Lord Su has first come to Qiantang in Hangzhou, and there must be many inconveniences in life, so Xiaguan specially ordered someone to send these things, and I hope that Lord Su will laugh!" ”

After Qian Sheng finished speaking, those subordinates had already opened the gifts, and everyone stretched their necks to look, and saw that there were fine silk, crystal jade, gemstones, and cyan ancient jade bracelets in those boxes, these things, I am afraid that they could not be bought without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Seeing Qian Sheng's things, everyone immediately understood that this Qian Sheng was going to pay a bribe.

Everyone glanced at Su Wuming, I don't know what Su Wuming thinks, can he accept these things? If you accept it, isn't it possible for someone to use it as a handle?

Wen Wan'er stared at Su Wuming with a pair of eager eyes, although she respected every decision Su Wuming made, she still hoped that Su Wuming would not accept these things.

At this time, Nangong Yan suddenly stood up: "Lord Qian is kind to us, but our family is not short of this money, you can take these things back." ”

Seeing that a woman stood up and rejected them, Qian Sheng frowned slightly, but soon, he smiled again: "Master Su, I don't know these gifts, are you willing to be subordinates, these things are just a little bit of the lower official's mind." ”

Nangong Yan was immediately angry when she saw that Qian Sheng ignored her existence, and she was about to make a move, but before she could make a move, Su Wuming had already spoken: "Lord Qian's kindness is naturally acceptable, otherwise wouldn't it be too bad to give Lord Qian face?" Jiang Ying Linyun accepted the gift. ”

Jiang Ying Lin Yun saw that Su Wuming dared to accept Qian Sheng's gift, and his face immediately changed, but although his face changed, they still accepted the gift.

Seeing that Su Wuming accepted the gift, Qian Sheng was immediately overjoyed and said with a smile: "Since Master Su has accepted the gift, then we will leave and stop disturbing Lord Su to rest." ”

Saying that, Qian Sheng led the people out of Su Mansion, and after leaving, Qian Sheng was very proud, and said with a smile: "This Su Wuming accepted my gift, and things will be much easier in the future!" ”

"Yes, my lord, then Su Wuming has been with us all the way, and you said that the money is not a lot of money!"

But said that after Qian Sheng and the others left, the originally lively courtyard suddenly fell silent, and even the insect chirping disappeared, everyone looked at Su Wuming, hoping that he could give an explanation, Nangong Yan was even more angry, glared at Su Wuming and said: "You disappointed me so much, I didn't expect you to be a person who can't withstand the temptation." ”

Seeing that everyone thought of themselves like this, Su Wuming smiled lightly: "I, Su Wuming, stand between heaven and earth, how can I not resist the temptation of this mere mere place!" ”

"Then why did you accept Qian Sheng's gift?" Nangong Yan was still a little angry.

At this time, Wen Wan'er hurriedly stood up to relieve Su Wuming: "Sister, we have to believe in Xianggong, I believe that Xianggong must have his reasons for doing this!" ”

Su Wuming saw that at this time, only Wen Wan'er could believe in herself as always, and her heart suddenly warmed, and said: "What the lady said is right, let's imagine, Qian Sheng, as a small Qiantang county magistrate, can almost be said to be pitiful, but these things he sent today, I'm afraid he can't buy them in the position of county magistrate for ten years, right?" ”

As soon as Su Wuming said this, Jiang Ying immediately nodded again and again: "Lord Su thinks he is corrupting, so he takes his things so that he can relax his guard, and then catch him off guard?" ”

Su Wuming smiled: "It doesn't matter, I just made him happy for one night, he gave me something, just to test me, to see that I am very willing to join him, in this case, let him be happy for one night first, and then give him a good look tomorrow." ”

Everyone looked at Su Wuming, not knowing what Su Wuming wanted to do, and at this time, the night was deeper.

Early the next morning, Su Wuming ordered Tang Xiong to take Wen Wan'er and them to find the store, while he asked Jiang Ying and Lin Yun to go to the county government with a cart of things.

When the people of the county government saw Su Wuming coming with a cart of things, they were very surprised, and went to report Qian Sheng again and again, Qian Sheng greeted him with a smile, and said: "Lord Su came to this county government early in the morning, I don't know what is important?" ”

Su Wuming smiled lightly: "Last night, Lord Qian sent a gift, according to my Tang people's rules of etiquette, I naturally want to send it back, Jiang Ying Linyun, take the gift." ”

After Jiang Ying and Lin Yun obeyed the order, they took all the things in the car, Qian Sheng opened those gifts and saw that they were all the things he sent last night, which made Qian Sheng a little surprised, he pointed to those gifts and asked, "Master Su, what ......is this?" What does that mean? ”

Su Wuming shrugged: "In return for the gift to Lord Qian, why, Lord Qian refuses to be a subordinate?" ”

"This ......" Qian Sheng was a little embarrassed, he was not a stupid person, how could he not know what Su Wuming meant, he sent the gift, but Su Wuming sent the gift back, it seemed that it was a gift exchange, but wouldn't he be happy in vain?

But now, he can't help but accept it, if he doesn't accept it, he doesn't give Su Wuming face, he has a small seven-grade county order, and he doesn't dare to fight Su Wuming head-on.

After accepting the gift with a smile, Qian Sheng continued: "Since Master Su is here, why don't you go into the house and have a cup of tea?" ”

Su Wuming shrugged: "No, this official still has important matters, and Lord Qian is busy with affairs in the county office, so this official will not bother and leave!" ”

After saying these words, Su Wuming led people out of the county office, and after they left, Qian Sheng's face changed suddenly, and he said angrily: "Okay, you Su Wuming, toast and don't eat and drink, okay, if you want to mix up in my Qiantang County, it depends on whether the county order agrees." ”

The early summer wind blows coolly, and the cicadas are already chirping.

Su Wuming and the others went directly to Wen Wan'er and them according to the prior agreement, and when they found them, Wen Wan'er was negotiating the price with the owner of a shop, and the shopkeeper was about thirty years old, with a gentle look, which made people unguarded.

Su Wuming and the others talked with the owner of the shop for a while, and then set the price, but today everyone came out just to look for it, and did not think about buying it on the spot, so they didn't bring enough silver, so the two sides agreed that everyone would come to hand over the deed tomorrow, but before leaving, Su Wuming warned that person that since he had negotiated with them, he would not sell the store to others.

The shopkeeper's name is Chen Ming, although he looks gentle, but he is not stupid, after Su Wuming said this, he immediately smiled: "Honesty is in business, a few people refuse to let me sell the store to others, but a few must also guarantee to buy it tomorrow." ”

"This is natural, you can rest assured, if we don't come tomorrow, the store will be up to you!"

After a few people left, Wen Wan'er smiled and said: "That shop is in a prosperous area, and people come and go, if you open a silk shop there, you will definitely be able to come like a cloud." ”

Wen Wan'er is very business-minded, and Su Wuming doesn't doubt it at all, so after Wen Wan'er finished speaking, Su Wuming echoed again and again, but at this time, Nangong Yan didn't focus on this business, she glanced at Su Wuming, and asked, "Su Lang, did you give those things to that money?" ”

Su Wuming nodded, and was about to speak, when Lin Yun suddenly interjected on the side: "Madam, you didn't see it just now, that Qian Sheng's face is red and purple for a while, it's funny!" ”

Lin Yun is not like Jiang Ying, he has a grim face, he usually likes to laugh, and now that he said this, Nangong Yan praised again and again: "You should teach that Qian Sheng a good lesson, does he think we are so easy to buy, it's really a small look, we are not short of that money!" ”

After Nangong Yan finished speaking, Wen Wan'er also smiled: "I knew that Xianggong had already thought of a way to deal with Qian Sheng!" ”

"That's right, Brother Su has never let us down!"