At noon, Xu Chang returned home, he saw Xu Qian looking happy, and said with hatred: "You bastard, isn't it a daughter-in-law who fell from the sky, what are you happy about?" ”

Deng Jian interjected on the side: "Actually, it's no different from a daughter-in-law who fell from the sky." Then he told Miss Zhao about it with great interest.

Xu Chang got serious and hesitated: "As long as the prince's affairs are done, it's not impossible to let her father out." After that, he patted Xu Qian's shoulder and encouraged: "You have done a good job, you already have the appearance of a father, it seems that the son can be taught, and finally enlightened, it is really Amitabha, the ancestors of the Xu family are on top, and the family is lucky." ”

Xu Qian hurriedly said: "It's all my father's usual good teaching." ”

Xu Chang laughed, and then said, "I brought some pastries, and I will fill my stomach at noon." ”

The Xu family is two singles, and no one cooks anyway, so they usually occasionally eat some pastries or some pasta to barely fill their stomachs.

The three of them went to the hall to use pastries, Deng Jian's heart was full of suspicions, thinking that the father and son surnamed Xu were too strange, if it was him, it would definitely be a large sum of silver from Miss Zhao, what is the use of asking for a slave? Can a slave or maid be eaten?

He was puzzled, ate a cooking cake, his eyes suddenly lit up, he felt that he had realized something, and slammed the case: "I understand, I finally understand, wonderful, wonderful." ”

Xu Chang and Xu Qian looked at him like crazy people, Xu Qian held half of the cake in the shape of a moon in his hand, and said, "Understand what?" ”

Deng Jian's eyebrows fluttered and said: "I understand why I don't blackmail the money of the surname Zhao and only need her to sign the deed of sale." That Miss Zhao is beautiful and graceful, looking at her appearance, she must also know some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I heard that on Qin Huai's side, if such a woman is sold for at least four or five hundred taels of silver, compared to the little silver money that blackmails her, Brother Xu will not earn more? It's wonderful, I didn't think of it before. ”

Xu Qian was stunned.

Xu Chang glanced at Deng Jian faintly, and said quietly: "What do you know?" You and my family Qian'er only look at the silver that sold her body, let me tell you the truth, let Miss Zhao sign the deed of sale, and don't need to sell it in a hurry, you can enter our Xu family first, doesn't she have a father? At that time, he will use her to slowly blackmail his father's silver, and when his father is blackmailed, he will find a rich and noble family to sell it, and between these hands, where is only four or five hundred taels of silver. ”

Xu Qian was stunned again.

He felt that his psychology was dark, but compared to these two guys who forced him to become prostitutes, he was really a little too pure.

Deng Jian was severely humiliated by Xu Chang, but he was not angry at all, but worshiped Xu Chang as a god, admired him so much, stood up and saluted Xu Chang and said: "Uncle Xu is really very human, the kid is willing to bow down, if he can often listen to the teachings at the feet of his uncle in the future, and hear Uncle Xu's fairy sound, the little nephew will die without regrets." ”

"Well said, well said." Xu Chang met a bosom friend, and his impression of Deng Jian finally improved a little bit.

"Yes, Brother Deng, I'm going to bother you to go out to spread the news later, are you proficient in spreading rumors?" Xu Qian couldn't stand Deng Jian's numbness, so he changed the topic.

Deng Jian said in embarrassment: "Rumors? I'm so sincere, I seem to ......"

Xu Qian smiled coldly: "Anyway, I don't care, you will go to the street later, I want the whole Qiantang to know a news, this is related to the prince's affairs, if you delay, you can't afford to bear the guilt at that time." ”

When Deng Jian heard the words Wang Gonggong, he immediately stood in awe, and said: "Brother Xu, what are these words, don't say that it is rumors to work for Wang Gonggong, even I can accept it miserably, you say, what kind of rumors." ”

Xu Qian smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know later." ”

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Qiantang County is not big, but the idlers are not small.

Since Taizu to the present, the dynasty has been a hundred and twenty years, the world has been stable for so many years, with the increasing number of land annexations, so that two kinds of people began to be overcrowded, one is not enough to eat and have nothing to do, this kind of people are collectively referred to as homeless people, and they go wherever they go.

The other is that they have nothing to do when they are full, they are relatively some pursuits, and they are not satisfied with the life of eating and sleeping and eating, so rumors and rumors will inevitably become their main purpose of life.

After a day's work, a sensational rumor suddenly broke out in Qiantang County, saying that there was a book in the eunuch's mansion, which actually involved treasures, saying that the prince had saved a lot of private money over the years, and the silver money could not be brought back to the palace, so it was quietly hidden, and a book that the prince regarded as a treasure was the key to uncovering the treasure.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar.

Treasure, eunuch, and treasure map are popular words in any era, and within a few hours, a picture of the prince's house is already known.

Some people even inquired in the dark and found some clues. For example, the prince does regard a calligraphy as a treasure, and the level of calligraphy is not even as good as the middle and upper level, and it has no touch with the famous artist at all. Taken together, these messages seem to confirm the truth of this rumor.

Think about it, how can an inconspicuous book be regarded as a treasure as a prince? It seems that this rumor is not necessarily groundless, but it is very credible.

The slang in the market is like this, the more false it is, the more it has noses and eyes, and the propagator has a good thing, so he has to make this unknown rumor fall into the sky, and he has to be believed by others.

The next morning, he got up as usual, and went to the flower hall to sit down and eat tea, guard the eunuchs, supervise some iron mines, crack down on the salt barons, and there was nothing important for him to do, but when he entered the flower hall in the back hall, the prince's feet could not move.

That pampered white face instantly turned hideous.

A pair of deep eyes are also like ignited powder kegs, murderous.

He sat in the hall, was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, "Someone." ”

As soon as the prince greeted, a few subordinates stumbled in outside, saluted in a panic, and said, "What do you ......command?"

The prince looked back and glanced at these subordinates, the indifferent eyes made them feel very uneasy, and they did not dare to come out, and kept their kneeling posture motionless.

The prince said slowly: "Go, gather the head of the inner government and the Qingke here." ”

His tone was flat, but with a hint of indifference.

People who didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere found that the word panel that had been hanging in a prominent position in the flower hall was actually missing.

Looking at the lonely wall, the people were frightened, so they didn't dare to slack off, and went separately and flew away.

Not long after, the important people of the palace gathered here, the steward of the inner and outer houses, the gentleman of the account room, the treasurer of the treasury, and a few staff members and cleaners, a dozen people gathered together, and they also noticed the empty walls, and some people seemed to notice something.

The prince's eyes narrowed into a line, and he did not move.

Headed by Wang Qin, the head of the inner government, everyone saluted the prince together: "I have seen the prince." ”

The prince stood up, put his hands in his hands, and paced through the hall.

Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to move.

Walking to a corner in the hall, Wang Gonggong's eyes were cold, and he raised his leg and kicked the blue and white porcelain vase in the corner.

Syllable......

The blue and white porcelain vase fell in response, and the broken porcelain pieces shot out, and these kneeling principals and cleaners were pierced by the flying porcelain pieces, and the red blood flowed down the wound, like bright red earthworms.

Zhang Qin, the head of the inner mansion who was kneeling at the front, was hit on the forehead by the porcelain piece, and the flesh and blood on his forehead were blurred, but he still didn't dare to move, neither dared to scream in pain, nor did he dare to come out, and he didn't even dare to get up and wipe his wounds, but he just blushed his face, gritted his teeth, and endured the pain silently.

The prince stopped carelessly, ignored them, looked at the empty wall, and sneered: "Day and night, it's difficult to guard against thieves." ”

In just eight words, it was like a talisman, and everyone's hearts were raised in their throats. Zhang Qin, the head of the inner court, was covered with blood, and said with sincere fear: "The father-in-law is angry......

The prince sneered indifferently: "Why did a good word disappear overnight?" ”

Zhang Qin, the head of the inner mansion, had an even more ugly face, and hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, I heard that there are rumors outside, saying that this character of the prince has something to do with what treasure map, is there someone who has nothing to do, making people think that there is really a treasure map, so they take the risk......

The more Zhang Qin spoke, the more he felt that it was possible, and Jiang Kun in the tent also hurriedly said: "Yes, I have also heard this rumor, there must be someone who listened to these rumors, ate lard and blinded their hearts, and did this kind of thing is a big rebellion." ”

Jiang Kun is a scholar who is down-to-earth, and he is deeply trusted by the prince, otherwise the account room would not be handed over to him to take care of, and he stood up to help at this time, which made Zhang Qin breathe a sigh of relief.

"Really?" The prince turned around and stared at Jiang Kun gloomily, and Jiang Kun hurriedly lowered his raised head again.

The prince said slowly: "Take our family's slips, go to the county government to invite someone, and investigate thoroughly!" "Thorough investigation of the two words, like a bell, the sound of the roof tiles.

"Yes, yes, investigate!" Zhang Qin took the opportunity to wipe his forehead, blood and cold sweat oozed out of the mixture, making his sleeves red.

The prince nodded slightly, his anger seemed to dissipate a little, he sat back in the chair, his eyelids pulled down slightly, he looked like he was pretending to sleep, and he didn't say a word.

This character is too important to him, if the big man in the capital knows that he doesn't cherish his ink treasure so much, don't say whether he can still be a prestige here, once he loses his grace, he will probably spend his life in the prison of the shrine in the future.

Now this qiē is all arranged by the kid surnamed Xu, but this kid surnamed Xu can really get the real work back? The prince didn't have much certainty, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he inadvertently swept a trace of murderous intention, and thought silently in his heart: If you can't find it, our family will have no future, and this kid must also bear the consequences.