Chapter 299: Confusing Truth with Falsehood
"Tomorrow night, Min Hao, you and Luo Lang Shi will find a way to sneak into the banquet, and I will go to meet Yang Linshan!" Qian Fan stood up, looked at the dark night outside the window and said, "Brother Wei, it will take seven days for them to get here, and we have to find a way to find evidence as soon as possible in these seven days."
"You're going to see Yang Linshan by yourself? Will it be unsafe? Nalan Minhao said with some concern: "We don't know what the situation is in the Zhuangzi, what if something goes wrong?" ”
"Tomorrow I will pretend to be Liang Jin, and you must entangle Liang Jin to prevent him from getting out of your sight," Qian Fan said confidently: "When the time comes, I will find a way to make Yang Linshan believe me." ”
Early the next morning, Liang Jin had not yet gotten up in the house, when he heard the housekeeper come to report, saying that Xu Wanji, the president of the Chunzhou Chamber of Commerce, had brought two people to visit.
"President Xu, why do you have time to come to me today?" Although Liang Jin was speaking to Xu Wanji, his eyes kept falling on the two men who were drinking tea behind him.
Although his appearance is ordinary, but the style of his whole body cannot be faked, Liang Jin can't help but hesitate a little in his heart, could it be that these two people have a great background?
"Oh, Lord Liang, the old man really has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace!" Xu Wanji turned his somewhat obese body and said with a smile: "These two are distinguished guests from the capital of Qing Chiguo, they want to do business in Estate, and they know that our Estates are Lord Liang's place, so they specially asked the old man to bring them to visit Lord Liang, and the old man is also cheeky and good friends with adults, and I hope your lords will forgive me!" ”
"Hey! President Xu said this, everyone made a fortune together, naturally they have an excellent relationship, I don't know what these two people are called? Although Liang Jin heard that Chairman Xu introduce the identities of these two people, how could he believe them so easily?
"Down there is Jiang Yunzhou, the third son of the Jiang family in Qingchiguo, this is my sixth brother Jiang Yunlong," Nalan Minhao took out a jade pendant from his sleeve and handed it to Liang Jin, and said with a smile: "This time, the two of us came to take a look at the situation of the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce on the order of the old lady, and we want to do some small business here, and I hope that Lord Liang will make it convenient." ”
Liang Jin took a closer look at the jade pendant, the texture was excellent, the whole body was turquoise, it was definitely a high-grade jade, and a "Jiang" in the lower left corner of the jade pendant was tinged with a faint gold, which was indeed a symbol of the Jiang family's identity.
In fact, it's no wonder that Liang Jin knows this, Liang Jin has been by Yang Zhen's side for many years, and has dealt with all the merchants in order to make money, and naturally understands the situation of the largest businessmen in various countries.
And Yang Zhen likes antiques, so Liang Jin has also worked hard to study these, in order to be afraid that someone will laugh at them behind their backs after they deceive them, and even if he knows that he will kill the other party, but his face will not be erased, so he can see at a glance that this piece of jade has been some years.
Liang Jin also met a foreigner from the Jiang family at a banquet by chance, and he was also holding this jade pendant at that time, but the texture of the jade pendant could not be compared with the piece in his hands now, so it was obvious that the status of these two people in the Jiang family was definitely not low.
And the other party also said that they came on the orders of Old Lady Jiang, so if they seized this opportunity, they might be able to use this matter to attract Qincha's attention, and naturally no one would care about those side things at that time.
Thinking of this, Liang Jin immediately smiled and handed the jade pendant back to Nalan Minhao, and said earnestly: "The two of you came from afar, since President Xu recommended you, then Liang naturally believes in the two, it is better to stay in the village for a few more days, how about Liang take the two of them to enjoy the scenery of Xia Estate?" ”
"Lord Liang is really fast-talking, we two brothers like to deal with people like you, come on!" Nalan Minhao clapped his hands, and a few small-looking people walked in carrying two boxes.
Seeing Liang Jin's puzzled look, Laurang walked to the box with a smile and opened the box with a snap, and there were six ancient musical instruments in it, and they were quite well preserved.
When Liang Jin saw these things, he immediately stepped forward with bright eyes, looked at these six ancient musical instruments carefully, and exclaimed: "It's so well preserved, I don't know what the two of you mean by this?" ”
"Our two brothers know that Lord Yang loves antiques, so we specially found some, and we have to trouble Lord Liang to help our brothers deliver them," Nalan Minhao finished speaking, and saw that Liang Jin's face was a little unhappy.
"Well, in that case, you can put it here! Someone, send off! Liang Jin was a little dissatisfied, although he didn't like these antiques and felt that they were not as affordable as silver two, but he was so blatantly moved the box to his mansion, and he still had to give it to Yang Zhen, didn't it make it clear that he was afraid that he would swallow it alone?
If he deducted any of them, he could guarantee that Yang Zhen would know about it immediately tonight, so thinking of this, he only felt that these two people were too good at doing things, and their faces were much more ugly.
Of course, Nalan Minhao knew what Liang Jin was thinking, and when President Xu and Luo Langshi walked out, he walked up to Liang Jin and whispered: "Lord Liang, we two brothers still have to rely on Lord Liang to take care of them!" ”
Liang Jin only felt that there was suddenly a thick silver ticket in his sleeve, and roughly estimated that it would cost 20,000 taels, but he pretended to be calm and said: "There is a banquet in the lord's mansion tonight, and you will take my post when the time comes, as for whether you can talk to the adult, it depends on your creation." ”
"Thank you, then, sir!" Nalan Minhao smiled and nodded, standing in place and not moving.
And Liang Jin walked into the inner room, immediately took out the silver ticket in his sleeve, and looked down, it turned out to be 100,000 taels!
Liang Jin suddenly felt that this Jiang family's imperial businessman was wealthy, and he could give 100,000 taels when they met for the first time, and these silver tickets were clearly for himself, so he was really good at doing things!
Thinking of this, Liang Jin took out two gilded invitations from the upper drawer, and then walked out of the inner room and handed them to Nalan Minhao and said: "Take this post, naturally no one will stop you at that time!" ”
"Then thank you Lord Liang!" Nalan Minhao said with a smile: "We'll see you in the evening, farewell!" ”
Luo Langshi and Xu Wanji were waiting outside, and when they saw Nalan Minhao coming out, they took a carriage back to Xu Wanji's shop together, and when they entered Xu Wanji's secret room, Luo Langshi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Then Liang Jin really sent someone to follow us!" ”
"Do you think he's so easy to be fooled?" Nalan Minhao smiled and said to Xu Wanji: "Thank you President Xu this time, if it weren't for you, then Liang Jin wouldn't have seen us so easily." ”
"What is the prince saying, if it wasn't for the prince, the old man would have died on the way back to his hometown, where can he be like this today?" Xu Wanji was robbed and killed by bandits when he was in business, but it was Nalan Minhao who happened to meet and save him, and let him recuperate from his injuries, and then gave him silver taels to let him return to his hometown to do business.
And Xu Wanji also joined Nalan Minhao's Ming Department at that time, and willingly did things for Nalan Minhao, but these are secret things, so no one knows that Xu Wanji and Nalan Minhao know each other.
"Find a way to keep Liang Jin at tonight's banquet, Fan'er has already gone to that Zhuangzi, just wait for it to get dark!" Nalan Minhao nodded and said to the two of them, "Then you will take us around, so that they don't have any suspicions." ”
Just when Xu Wanji took them around to look around the shop, Liang Jin also received a message brought back by the person who was following them, "My lord, Xu Wanji took those two people around the shops in the estate, it seems that they are really for business." ”
"Well, you keep watching, and you can report anything at any time!" Liang Jin sent people away, and immediately asked people to carry two boxes and hurriedly entered the Assassin's Mansion through the back door.
"My lord, my subordinates have confirmed the identities of these two people, and there is no doubt that they are indeed the Jiang family," Liang Jin pointed to the two boxes and said, "These are the ones they sent here to honor your lordship, and they are all ancient musical instruments." ”
"The Jiang family is generous, you keep people well, and we can make a little more money when the time comes," Yang Zhen's eyes had long been attracted by these ancient musical instruments, and he said with a smile: "Let them come over for the banquet in the evening, you can entertain them well." ”
"Shall we send someone to Qingchiguo to investigate?" Liang Jin always felt a little uneasy, after all, the appearance of these two people was too coincidental.
"It will take more than a month to go back and forth, and then the Qincha will be gone, and what if these two people think that we have neglected them and refuse to do business in the estate?" Yang Zhen looked at the ancient musical instruments in the box excitedly, and said: "We can't miss an opportunity, the Jiang family is the imperial merchant of Qingchiguo, presumably there is a lot of oil and water!" ”
"My subordinates understand!" Liang Jin also felt that he might be a little bit of a soldier, so he nodded and said: "The subordinates have already hidden that Yang Lin Mountain in the other courtyard, and in two days, the mountain road to Yicheng will be dug up, and when the time comes, Qin Cha will naturally not stay for long." ”
"I'm naturally relieved that you're doing things, and those merchants have been notified of the banquet in the evening, right? If anyone doesn't understand the rules, drive them out, I don't want to see those who don't know anything," Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at him and said: "The Qin mission is coming, you have to beat them well, in case any of them who can't speak say more, I won't spare them when the time comes." ”
"Presumably those people know in their hearts, adults can rest assured," Liang Jin immediately smiled and said: "Those people still have to rely on adults to escort them, so naturally they won't make adults embarrassed." ”
It turned out that the reason why Yang Zhen gathered all the merchants was to warn Wei Zhiyang before they came, after all, he had a good idea of what he was like, although he knew that many people would not dare to go against him, but he also had to prevent some guys who were not afraid of death from causing trouble to him.
Just when Liang Jin was preparing for Yang Zhen's banquet that night in the Assassin's Mansion, Qian Fan had already pretended to be Liang Jin and appeared outside the Zhuangzi, and the person guarding the door immediately greeted Liang Jin's carriage and said flatteringly: "Why did your lord come here?" I don't know what the adults command? ”
Qian Fan didn't even look at him, and walked straight inside, the man didn't think it was strange, because Liang Jin has never been very talkative, but the gatekeeper always felt that Liang Jing was a little weird today, although he was thin and small on weekdays, but how could he look thinner today?