"Haunted?" Liu Yuan was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Old Zhao, tell me, what's going on?" ”

"That's the case, young master, at the beginning of the construction of this house, there was a craftsman who was smashed by a brick, and privately said that the feng shui of this house is not very good, and the temporary kitchen almost went off fire, almost burned, and after it was built, the second-grade master chose a good day, and was ready to move in, so he asked the next person to move in the furniture and other things first, and as soon as those things were moved into the hall, I didn't expect that something would happen." Zhao Anxin said with palpitations.

Liu Yuan said a little impatiently: "Something? If something happens, don't spit it out. ”

"Yes, young master, just when the people moved things to the hall, all of a sudden, the small bronze bell on the top of the furniture rang by itself, not knocking on its own ringing, all of a sudden the people present were startled, I heard that the bell has an extraordinary origin, it is the material left over from the big bronze bell of the White Horse Temple, and then asked the master to make it, after the monk opened the light, it changed hands to the old lady of the second grade of the family, the old lady is a believer, burning incense and praying every day, this happened, everyone said that it was a psychic thing, Now the little brass bell doesn't ring to itself, it's a psychic thing warning that there's something unclean here. ”

"So, in the past, there were people here who were smashed, the kitchen was on fire and other unsmooth things were brought up again, and some people said that there were people who fell into the lake before, and died ugly when they were fished up, and the corpse was buried near here, which was a ghost or something, and the most dissenting old lady spoke out, saying that it was not suitable to live here, unless the master was asked to drive away the unclean things, some things, rather believe that they have, not believe that they do nothing, under the instruction of the old lady, the monks have chanted Buddhist scriptures, Taoist priests have done rituals, what mountain people, half immortals, the exorcist family took turns to fight, but it turned out to be useless at all, and that psychic thing still often didn't knock on itself. ”

"In this way, everyone is really afraid, and the old lady doesn't want to live here, for fear of losing her life, so she takes people away, no, a big mansion that costs more than 10,000 taels of silver can be bought for 8,000 miles of silver."

The bronze bell does not ring itself?

Liu Yuan's heart was excited, and his heart was full of thoughts, but he still had no expression, pouted and said: "Eight thousand taels, you think it's eight hundred taels, it's Yangzhou, there are few who can afford it, he said that the cost is more than 10,000 taels, I guess it's a deliberate increase in price, the house can't live in people, and I don't want to lose, I want to slander people." ”

Zhao An shook his head and said: "That's not it, young master, I've heard about this, many people have seen the house, they all say it's worth it, the materials, the handiwork, are all first-class good, the furniture and other things are made of high-quality materials, like the strange flowers and plants in the garden, which are purchased from a long distance and transported back by boat, the most powerful is the few golden silk nanmu in front of the lobby, good things, look at the sun, you can see the gold wires, dazzling people's eyes are spent, it is said that one can not be taken down without a few hundred taels of silver." ”

"It's so powerful" Liu Yuan rubbed his hands and said, "Then you say, can we still press the price or something, eight thousand taels is a little more expensive~~"

"I don't see a score for this, and some people want to lower the price or something, the second-grade master said, don't do it, do it, at least eight thousand taels, and if it drops again, he would rather stay in his hands and cover it~~~ Ah, young master, you won't ...... Want to hit the idea of it, right? Zhao An asked in surprise.

Liu Yuan didn't deny it, nodded and said, "Well, it's a little interesting, what, didn't you tell me about this?" Why, you tell me, you don't want me to buy that house? ”

Zhao An said with a smile: "Young master, let me tell you this news, in fact, I want to tell you that the house next to Slender West Lake is actually not as good as you imagined, otherwise, you can pick a place somewhere else, buy the current line, buy the land and build it yourself." ”

"Hehe~~ Others are afraid, but I'm not afraid, Zhao Lao, how much silver do we have now, and all the silver adds up."

"Young master, you don't really want to~~"

Liu Yuan interrupted Zhao An and said, "If you say it, just say it, I know this matter in my heart." ”

"Yes, yes~" Zhao An saw that Liu Yuan was serious, and he didn't dare to ask again, so he quickly ran to the counter, made a rough calculation, and immediately reported to Liu Yuan: "Young master, all the silver now adds up, there are six thousand seven hundred and eighty-two taels." ”

The big mansion is eight thousand taels, there are six thousand seven hundred and eighty-two taels here, and there is a gap of more than a thousand miles, last time I made a hundred taels of gold for the pair in Yumanlou, and used a little, and now it is about six hundred taels, Liu Yuan regarded it as his own money, and it was not put into the warehouse, and it added up to about seven thousand four hundred taels.

If the house really suits his heart, then the six hundred taels under the leftovers can be borrowed, Zhang Fatzi of Jin Yuzhai, the money shopkeeper of Tianfu Liquor Mansion and Qin Lang, the son of a big salt merchant, are all very good creditors, and it is estimated that it is not a big problem to borrow a few hundred taels for a while.

For others, what psychic thing does not knock on the sound of self-chanting horror, to themselves, it is simply the sound of the God of Wealth knocking on the door.

After making up his mind, Liu Yuan immediately ordered: "Heiba, go to the street and ask for a carriage, Zhao Lao, take five hundred taels of silver, let's go to the big mansion immediately to take a look, if it is good, the silver will be ordered." ”

"But the young master~~"

"Do as I say, what's the matter, I'll explain it to you later, go!"

Zhao An wanted to persuade Liu Yuan to give up the ominous mansion, but now Liu Yuan has made up his mind, one is the master and the other is a slave, once the master decides, the slave can only obey unconditionally.

"Yes, young master." Zhao An hurriedly took the order.

Slender West Lake, located in the northern suburbs of Yangzhou, Liu Yuanhe hugged Zhao An, who was holding a large bag of silver, sat on the horse and went straight to Slender West Lake.

In the carriage, Liu Yuan asked with interest: "Old Zhao, I see that you say it so well, have you seen it?" ”

"Back to the young master, I looked through the crack in the door."

"How's it going, isn't it pretty?"

Zhao An nodded and said: "Beautiful, that's the most beautiful house I've ever seen, it's really beautiful, to be honest, that big official is really a loss, I heard that when he built a house, he got a lot of convenience, not to mention a lot of things he bought much cheaper than others, even the brick-laying craftsmen, are all trust, sent from the Ministry of Industry, are good craftsmen, a lot of experience in building the palace, good gold silk nanmu, ordinary people have silver is difficult to find and buy, but he is a few, all of them are the kind of large board materials, this is a network, If you are an ordinary merchant, even if you spend twice as much silver, you may not be able to do well. ”

"Oh, that's right, that's better, ha~~"

Liu Yuan smirked.

While laughing, the carriage suddenly stopped, and then there were faint sounds of fighting and swearing.

"What's going on, why did it stop all of a sudden?" As soon as the carriage stopped, Liu Yuan asked a little unpleasantly.

"Back to the shopkeeper." The driver said respectfully: "There seems to be an accident ahead." ”

Something went wrong?

Liu Yuan lifted the curtain of the car window and looked forward, only to see a large group of people surrounded by black pressure in front of him, many people stretched their necks long, and they were all watching the excitement, as if there was a woman begging for mercy, please let go of her husband or something, and then someone scolded her for not knowing how to be funny, and even daring to rob the way of any son, living impatiently and so on.

"Old Zhao, go to the front and inquire, what's going on? If that doesn't work, we'll make a U-turn. Liu Yuan, who wanted to see the big mansion earlier, said impatiently.

"Yes, young master."

When the old loyal slave Zhao An heard this, he immediately put down the silver and served his master with his old arms and legs.

About a quarter of an hour later, when Zhao An came back, the original blocked road had become smooth, but Zhao An's face was a little bad.

"Old Zhao, how did you come back just now?"

"That~~ It's nothing, there are two young couples from the countryside who drove an ox cart to visit relatives, and when they turned the corner, because the official road was small, they blocked the way of a noble son behind, and the noble son was angry, so he let the slave beat the poor two couples, and the donkey cart was also split, and now they are out of anger and run to the slender West Lake prostitute."

Encountering this bullying thing again, Liu Yuan shook his head, it can only be regarded as their bad luck, they all say that the road is uneven, and they help each other with a knife, but that is just angry talk, and you have to weigh how many catties and taels you have to be a hero, Liu Yuan is just a low-status businessman now, even

A single cloth can't be compared, and I can only sympathize.

What's more, this is an official road, and the road~~ is still quite flat, Liu Yuan secretly comforted himself in his heart.

"Hey, Old Zhao, why are your faces so pale? What's the matter? Liu Yuan finally felt that Zhao An was unusual, and asked with concern.

"This~~ The old slave has nothing to do, Xie Lu and Young Master Xie care."

"If you have something to say, what are you doing~~"

Zhao An hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "Young master, I~~ I saw the eldest grandson Shengwen, and he ordered his subordinates to beat people just now." ”

The eldest grandson Shengwen? Why is the name so familiar? Liu Yuan's mind flashed, the eldest grandson Shengwen, isn't he Zhao Guogong's nephew, by the way, it was he who caused the Zhao family to be ruined, that is, he caused Zhao Ziyun to become an official slave, which also indirectly caused Zhao Anlai to assist by his side.

This gentleman is simply a scourge, how did he come to Yangzhou?