Return to the Capital (IIX) (Part I)

Of course, he also understands that Qian Lao will want Qian Yu to inherit his career, and Xinjie also recognizes Qian Yu's character, so he also tries to help Qian Lao cultivate Qian Yu. Although Qian Yu ostensibly traveled, in fact, he and Qian Lao both felt that his martial arts and abilities needed to be improved, and he sent them to Wudang Niubi Master as a follower. Follow the old and unserious master to learn some martial arts, and also help Niu Bi manage the chores of Wudang, half of it is experience, half of it is for him to respect filial piety as a foreign disciple, although he has not followed Niu Bi for a long time, only less than four months, but when Lao Dao often stayed up all night with him, he taught him all what he had learned all his life. Although he often scolds him for being old and unserious, he still likes this master very much in his heart. Although Niu Bi looks improper, but there are thousands of strange things in the rivers and lakes, few can escape his shrewd eyes, martial arts are even more first-class, and with his guidance, he and Qian Lao are not worried that Qian Yu will be crooked. Last time, Niu Bi said that Qian Yu had made great progress and could already take charge on his own, so he might be released back in the next few months. He also wanted to take advantage of his few months in the capital to observe Qian Yu again.

After all, the Leopard Tower is now very large. And the emperor's body is getting weaker and weaker, and some people are becoming more and more active, and he will soon be very busy. Aoki Society has received an order, in addition to daily affairs, another important task is to protect the young lady. When the situation in the capital is becoming more and more confusing, with a peripheral assistance, he will be less worried about Lian'er's safety, and of course it will be more convenient to do other things. Qian Yu came back at this time, if he could go through these big things with everyone, he would also grow faster. It's just that I didn't expect Qian Yu's return to squeeze Lu Yang out. But it's okay, since it's a pustule, the sooner you squeeze it out, the better.

A few years ago, because it was getting bigger and bigger, the management and defense of the Leopard Building were specially considered by him and Qian Lao, even if there was Lu Yang outside, he was able to get his hands on it by a few gangsters for a while, which surprised him.

"It's still Qian Fang's help in this matter." Lang Cheng was also very depressed, and the master asked him to unify the intelligence affairs of the Aoki Society in Beijing, including the affairs with the Leopard Tower, but it was planted in the hands of two such rotten people, and it felt like the boat was capsized in the gutter.

"She's a pig-brain?"

"It's not a pig's brain, it's a sow that is obsessed with color." Lang Cheng knows the history of Qian Fang's harassing his master: "Now it's Lu Yang who says what she is." Yesterday, when we went to save Mr. Qian, she was guarding Mr. Qian's yard. Lu Yang instigated her and made her feel that the old man was unfair to their couple. But fortunately, she was guarding, after all, it was a father and daughter, she still didn't dare to be ruthless to the old man, but she just detained the old man in the yard, unable to contact the outside world, and didn't dare to eat and drink without the old man. didn't dare to hit the old man hard.

It was Qian Fang's birthday when the accident happened, and as the eldest lady, it is normal to want to set up wine at home and invite brothers up and down to drink and eat. Besides, Qian Fang told the old man that first, her twentieth birthday was big, and second, the old man went out for a while before coming back, and by the way, she picked up the wind and washed the dust for the old man together; The third is that she is the eldest lady of the Qian family, and she wants to support the scene at her mother-in-law's side. She has been married to the Lu family for more than a year, and the concubines of the Lu family have not looked at her directly, they all regard her as the daughter of an ordinary merchant, and they either treat her with contempt or guns. Because of the special nature of the Leopard Building, they never invite outsiders with wine, the people of the Lu family, except for the time when the Lu family's parents came to drink tea once, or in the living room of the outer hall, the facilities are ordinary, the father-in-law of the Lu family never talks to his mother-in-law about outside things, so the mother-in-law of the Lu family never knows about the Leopard Building, and has always felt that the Qian family is an ordinary merchant even if it is a merchant. If she doesn't have a rich dowry, she often rewards her subordinates, and even her subordinates look down on her. So she told Qian Lao that she would take this opportunity to invite the Lu family's family members and let them enter the inner hall to have a look.

Although from the perspective of our bystanders, this excuse is flawed, after all, the family in the capital wants to find the Leopard Tower, and it is extremely rare to know that the big families in the Leopard Tower, not to mention that this Qingyang Bo has always been a cat pretending to be asleep, how could his wife not know. But Qian always cares about it, and he also knows that several daughters-in-law of Uncle Qingyang's family have come to have a background, and the Leopard Building is not a business under the sun after all, and it can be brought to the table to talk to people, so he believed what Qian Fang said, so he agreed to set up the wine.

Some men from the Lu family came that day, and the people of Xinghebang came together with those Lu family members. Because Jiangnan and Gannan Province were tight, not only Liang Xintong and Gao Mingjun were not there, but even Shopkeeper Hao and Zhou Taifu were sent out, and the four King Kongs beside Qian Lao also went out. Because it was said that he only invited people from the Lu family, although there were a lot of entourage, Qian Lao didn't mind, and the old man didn't expect that in the old nest of the Leopard Tower, someone would attack him with his own daughter. Qian Fang and Lu Yang let people do tricks and feet in the tea, even people who don't eat the banquet will drink tea, so the people on duty that day in the Leopard Tower were all recruited. ”

"It's really a thousand precautions, and it's hard to prevent thieves." Xinjie shook his head, how many families were originally hundred-legged insects who died but did not stiffen, they were all internal chaos, and they made themselves die. The grandmother of the family often taught them that siblings tearing each other down is the fastest way to lose the family. The Tang family has endured for several dynasties, and it is inseparable from the ability of each generation of the head family in all aspects and the depth of understanding and control of their children and grandchildren. A generation of good housewives, like grandmothers, will make a generation or even several generations of children and grandchildren: "It seems that Qian Lao needs to continue the strings." Xinjie smiled helplessly. In fact, Qian Lao traveled, and it wasn't because of loneliness, that he went to Guanzhong to see his former green plum.

Lang Cheng was a little surprised, the master has such a plain character, when did he like to take care of other people's backyard affairs, is it because of the young lady? It depends on yesterday and today's master who doesn't shy away from her in anything, that kind of care, It's really deep, but it's about business. The Leopard Tower is an important source and peripheral response of the Aoki Society, and it needs to be cautious: "The master said not to ask too much about other people's private affairs. The implication is that Qian Lao is unwilling to bring the woman back directly, and there must be a last resort, so don't make Qian Lao unhappy.

"If it's not about business, we don't ask, but if it's in the way, it's part of business."

Lang Cheng thought about it, if Qian Lao didn't go out this time, or if Qian Lao had a capable person to take care of the house, maybe there would be no accident this time.

"Don't leave it to chance, if it weren't for those two fools to make trouble, we wouldn't have known that something had happened to the Leopard Tower. We may not have such good luck next time. This lesson is not only for the old money, but also for us. ”

"The subordinate understood. Mr. Qian really needs a sensible and capable housekeeper there. Whether the master wants to send someone to Guanzhong. ”

"You send your brother to find the prefect of Pingle Mansion, inquire about that woman carefully, and ask Mrs. Huang to bother and make friends to observe that woman. Make our purpose clear to Mrs. Huang. ”

Mrs. Huang was a little maid beside Yu Yanyan back then. After Yu Yanyan's accident, she followed Tang Lan to take care of Xinjie for a while. Later, when it was time to get married, Tang Lan arranged for her to marry the husband that Yu Yanyan chose for her back then, a young man who was born under Yumen and took the road of scientific research. With the care of Tang Lan and Yumen, the young people of the past have long been the mainstay of Guanzhong officialdom. Mrs. Huang also became a powerful figure of Aoki Society in Guanzhong. She is skillful in handling things, and she is very sophisticated and profound when it comes to looking at people, especially women, and women in the house, and even Tang Xiaoxiao likes her very much. At that time, he also transferred some of his properties in Guanzhong to Xinjie's name, and let Mrs. Huang help manage them.

"What if Madam Huang thinks there's something wrong with that person?" Could it be that if Qian Lao breaks this line, this fifty or sixty-year-old person will not be able to make him a green plum again.

"Wait for Mrs. Huang to reply."

Lang Cheng could only nod. The affairs of this inner house are really difficult to manage. Thinking about it, glancing at the young lady, this lord doesn't know what will happen in the future.

Xinjie didn't care about his thoughts, and then asked, "What about the two idiots?" ”

"Baicaotang on Xiping Street."

"Does Qian Lao know about the order they received?"

"I don't know, I checked the records, it was the order that Qian Lao took after the accident. Because Lu Yang's strength in the Leopard Tower was not enough, after controlling Qian Lao and our people, he only dared to start slowly with the core personnel, and did not dare to make a big move, and wanted to control the interior before revealing it to most of his subordinates, so the peripheral operations were carried out as usual. This order is also normal to place an order in the Yubao Building. After those two people entered the capital three months ago, they took some small orders at the Leopard Tower. Most of them are debt collection, punishment of evil slaves and the like. ”

"Although the reputation of those two is not good, when did they start such a small business as debt collection and fugitive slaves?"

"The two of them said that some time ago, because the enemy came to the door and brought their old nest in Songyang, they had to go to Beijing to eat, and they were short of money, so they had to go to the Leopard Building to take orders."

Xinjie didn't ask much, whether what the two said was true or not, they were all small, not worth his energy, but the matter itself: "Kidnapping women and children, this is within the scope of the five non-pick-ups in the Leopard Building, why do you take orders?" ”

"The original order was written to catch the elopement girl and send it back to her husband's house in Zhongzhou. There is an engagement document issued by the government of origin, a power of attorney from the husband's family, etc. Lang Cheng's voice was not loud, and he glanced at the young lady timidly.

He read the original list yesterday, but he didn't dare to say the whole thing, the original list was written that this woman loves vanity, dislikes her husband's family, and fled from her hometown on the eve of the wedding. The original husband's family didn't want to report to the official for the sake of face, so they only wanted to take the woman back to complete the marriage and strictly control it. And note that this woman is scheming, and it is best to use * to charm and send her back to her hometown directly.

Xinjie raised his eyebrows: "What kind of identity did they create for Mrs.?" ”