The plum garden is not big, walk into the plum garden, pass through the entrance hall, bypass a flower bed, and you will arrive at the main hall of the plum garden.

This was originally the place where the newspaper used to talk to guests, and if it was placed in Yan Liqiang's previous life, this would be the newspaper's living room and the general manager's reception room.

As soon as Yan Liqiang walked in, he saw a well-dressed, fifty-year-old, slightly fat body, and a man who looked a little like Wang Gang, who played He Shen, sitting next to the coffee table in the hall, slowly sipping a cup of tea in his hand.

That person also heard Yan Liqiang's footsteps, and when he saw Yan Liqiang walking in, he put down the teacup in his hand, stood up with a smile on his face, and hugged his fist at Yan Liqiang, "This is Captain Yan, I have long heard of Captain Yan's name, and I know that Captain Yan is famous in the capital at a young age, but I didn't expect to meet more famous, disrespectful and disrespectful, contemptible Gu Zhongren, the shopkeeper of Huaixiang Bookstore!"

"Shopkeeper Gu is polite, please sit, please sit!" Yan Liqiang walked over with an old age, neither affectionate nor cold, but asked Shopkeeper Gu to sit down, and he and Fang Beidou sat on the other side of the coffee table.

"I don't know if Shopkeeper Fang can explain his despicable intentions to Captain Yan!" Shopkeeper Gu spoke tepidly, and there was a seemingly cordial smile on his chubby face, but faintly, there was a feeling of being anti-customer-oriented, domineering, and not putting Yan Liqiang and Fang Beidou in his eyes at all.

Yan Liqiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the shopkeeper Gu on the opposite side with a smile, "I don't know why Shopkeeper Gu suddenly became interested in something like a newspaper, with the strength of Shopkeeper Gu, it shouldn't be difficult to publish another newspaper in this imperial capital, right?"

Shopkeeper Gu shook his head, "Naturally, it's not difficult, but right now, the "Han Imperial Times" you got has opened up the situation in the imperial capital, everything is falling into place, among the teahouses and restaurants, the fame has also been played, everyone reads, and the most talked about is your newspaper, so it's better to buy it now, if you can buy your newspaper, everything will be simple, isn't it? Besides, aren't these belongings before your newspaper also bought from others, and the so-called business is not like this?"

"Shopkeeper Gu is right, doing business is buying and selling, our newspaper's belongings are indeed bought from others, and naturally they can be sold!" Yan Liqiang said indifferently, "Then I don't know how many taels of silver Shopkeeper Gu is going to pay to buy our newspaper, I heard Shopkeeper Fang say that Shopkeeper Gu has not yet made an offer!"

Shopkeeper Gu smiled and stretched out a finger, "What does Captain Yan think of this price?"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver?" Yan Liqiang asked.

Shopkeeper Gu smiled and shook his head.

"It won't be 10,000 taels of silver, you must know that we bought this Zhuangzi and the bookstore in the city, and it is more than this price!" Yan Liqiang laughed.

Shopkeeper Gu still smiled and shook his head.

Feeling the banter in the smile on the face of the shopkeeper Gu, Yan Liqiang didn't say anything anymore, but put away his smile and said calmly, "How much is it, the shopkeeper Gu just spoke directly!"

Shopkeeper Gu smiled and glanced at Yan Liqiang with a grin, "One or two silver, our Huaixiang Bookstore is willing to pay one or two silver to buy your newspaper, including this Zhuangzi, workshop, and a few of your shops in the city, everything in the newspaper office can't be moved!"

"What, a tael of silver, shopkeeper Gu, aren't you joking!" Before Yan Liqiang could speak, Fang Beidou's face changed, he stood up directly, glared at Shopkeeper Gu angrily, and said loudly, "If Shopkeeper Gu wants to make such a joke, please go elsewhere, Captain Yan and I don't have this time......"

"Shopkeeper Fang, don't worry, why don't you ask Captain Yan if he is willing?" Shopkeeper Gu smiled, that smile almost made Fang Beidou can't help but give him a hard kick on his greasy face.

"It's not that one or two pieces of silver can't be sold...... Yan Liqiang opened his mouth calmly, glanced at Fang Beidou, Fang Beidou took a deep breath, and sat down with the anger in his heart, "Then the shopkeeper Gu should at least show us who the adult behind him is, let's weigh whether the weight of that adult can make the shopkeeper Gu worth 100,000 taels of silver as soon as he opens his mouth! Although Fang Beidou and I are not big names in the Imperial Capital City, we are not something that people can bully casually!"

"Refreshing, Captain Yan really understands people!" Shopkeeper Gu gave a thumbs up to Yan Liqiang, and then glanced at Shopkeeper Fang, "Shopkeeper Fang If it's convenient, I don't know if I can avoid it, this is also for Shopkeeper Fang, I am entrusted here, and I just want to explain to Captain Yan face to face!"

Hearing Shopkeeper Gu's words, Fang Beidou stood up suddenly, and just nodded at Yan Liqiang, "Then I'll go out for a while, you guys talk!", after saying this, he left the hall directly.

"Shopkeeper Gu can sometimes say things now!" After Fang Beidou left the hall, Yan Liqiang opened his mouth calmly.

"The Prime Minister admires Captain Yan very much......" When the Prime Minister was mentioned, the body of the shopkeeper Gu suddenly straightened up, and his expression became respectful and humble.

"Shopkeeper Gu is here on behalf of the Prime Minister......" Yan Liqiang asked with some surprise, the four words that came out of the mouth of Shopkeeper Gu were not only unexpected by Yan Liqiang, but also expected, which made Yan Liqiang's mood slightly complicated.

Shopkeeper Gu nodded, "The Prime Minister also asked me to bring a few words to Captain Yan......

"What?"

"The Prime Minister said that you are a smart person, let me get straight to the point and make it clear to you, cough cough ......" Gu shopkeeper coughed lightly twice and cleared his throat, "As long as Captain Yan is loyal to the Prime Minister from now on and knows who to listen to and do things, the Prime Minister will not care about the past suspicions, what Sun Bingchen and His Majesty the Emperor can give you, the Prime Minister can also give you, and give more, no matter the money and status, the beauty cheats, as long as Captain Yan speaks, there is no problem!"

"What else?"

Gu Shopkeeper's voice suddenly turned cold, "Prime Minister's original words, if Captain Yan doesn't know the current affairs, then August 15 next year will be the death day of Captain Yan, on the contrary, if Captain Yan understands and knows which side he should stand on, it is his own person, then, on the day of blind comparison in a few days, Captain Yan can be safe and sound, and in the future, Captain Yan will be on the rise, and the future will be more than one Imperial Captain with a sword!"

"What about the newspaper?"

"If Captain Yan decides to stand on the side of the Prime Minister, this newspaper, Captain Yan should be a small gift from the Prime Minister, and I will take over it in the future, on the contrary, if Captain Yan still insists on going his own way, then there is no need for this newspaper to continue in the Imperial Capital City, and Captain Yan can decide for himself what to do......

Where is this negotiable, it is simply an ultimatum.

If he agrees, he will be Lin Qingtian's person in the future, whether it is his own person or the newspaper in his hand, Lin Qingtian wants it, if he does not agree, then the day of blind comparison a few days later will be the time for Lin Qingtian to execute him openly, and the newspaper will not be able to keep it in the end.

Just in an instant, Yan Liqiang suddenly discovered that the prime minister just moved his little finger, and Yan Liqiang found out that all his previous plans and plans in the imperial capital became a joke in an instant, and Lin Qingtian didn't fail to discover the "Han Imperial Times" value, he is just waiting to harvest it from his own hands when he is mature, and what he did before, Lin Qingtian is not completely unaware, he just watched calmly, and then after discovering his value, he forced himself to the guillotine and made a choice on the guillotine.

This is the real skill of the imperial prime minister! In the past few days, it has come time for Lin Qingtian to close the net and show his hideous face!

Can sit in the position of the prime minister of this huge empire in this stormy and stormy, and can make countless powerful sect officials and dignitaries bow their heads, will there be a simple person?

The life experience of his two lives adds up to less than fifty years, in front of a person like Lin Qingtian, he is not a level at all, and when he came to the imperial capital, he really imagined everything in this imperial capital too simple and too natural.

From beginning to end, even until now, Yan Liqiang didn't even see what that Lin Qingtian looked like, Lin Qingtian didn't even disdain to see himself, he just sent a little errand boy over, and the heavy blow like Mount Tai's top had already fallen from the sky, so that Yan Liqiang had to make the most difficult and important choice in his life......

The undercurrent of this imperial capital can really make people crush their bones if they are not careful......

In the scorching gaze of Shopkeeper Gu, Yan Liqiang was silent for almost five minutes before he slowly spoke, "This news is too sudden, I have no preparation at all, please Shopkeeper Gu let me think about it for a few days before giving you an answer!"

A smile appeared on the face of the shopkeeper Gu, and his eyes turned around on Yan Liqiang's face, "The Prime Minister is not an unkind person, the Prime Minister said, give you three days to think about it, and after three days, you give me an answer, if there is no reply, then when you refuse the kindness of the Prime Minister, what are the consequences, weigh it yourself, and I will leave......"

"Shopkeeper Gu walks slowly, I won't send it!"

Shopkeeper Gu stood up and left directly......

Yan Liqiang sat in the room, sitting quietly, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something......

In the conversation just now, Yan Liqiang heard not only the words that the shopkeeper Gu said, all the psychological activities of the shopkeeper Gu and all the real thoughts in his head, nor did he escape Yan Liqiang's brain insight, and the snake that was integrated into Yan Liqiang's head had already stripped the shopkeeper Gu naked in front of Yan Liqiang......

Shopkeeper Gu didn't say something, but Yan Liqiang already knew, he even knew that Shopkeeper Gu and the people behind Shopkeeper Gu, after he refused, how would they deal with himself and the newspaper, they had actually prepared two sets of plans, one by the Criminal Department, to find fault and seal the newspaper, and then arrest people, among the few literati employed by the newspaper, there were also a few craftsmen in the workshop, who had already been controlled and bought by them, and came up with a vicious way to prepare to pit the entire newspaper and Fang Beidou and Yan Liqiang together, and there was also a plan, which was in the arms of the shopkeeper Gu, just in the past few days, They have already gone to Cangzhou to find the shopkeeper who sold Shunyi Bookstore to Fang Beidou a few days ago, and under some coercion and temptation, they asked the shopkeeper to sign a contract for them to sell the bookstore to Gu Bookstore before Fang Beidou bought Shunyi Bookstore......

The real killing move is not on the day of the blind comparison, if he refuses the Gu shopkeeper, even if the blind comparison can survive under Shi Minzhang's arrow on that day, as soon as their conspiracy on the newspaper side is launched, what awaits them is only the ending of being arrested and arrested in the prison of the criminal department and dying of illness in prison, even the emperor has no choice, Fang Beidou, Hu Haihe, Xiao Wu, and Xu Enda, all of them have to be buried by themselves......

The gangster Guo Si, who ambushed Xu Enda a few days ago, is now under the Gu shopkeeper, and a few days ago, it was Guo Si and a few arresters from the Criminal Department who went to Cangzhou and found the old shopkeeper before Shunyi Bookstore......

In this killing game, the person who instructed it was Lin Qingtian, and the person who personally arranged the layout was Gu Chunyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the one who came forward was the Gu shopkeeper, Gu and Gu Chunyi were both surnamed Gu, but the emperor thought that the two had nothing to do with each other, and in fact, twenty years ago, the Gu shopkeeper was a servant in the family of Gu Chunyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, with the development of Gu Chunyi, this Gu shopkeeper left the Gu family, washed his identity, changed his name without changing his surname, came to the imperial capital, opened a bookstore, and became one of Gu Chunyi's eyes, eyes and white gloves in the capital......

Knowing the joints, Yan Liqiang couldn't help but feel a chill that made people shudder......