"Yes, it's to buy a house." Pan Ren said with a cruel smile, buying a painting would arouse the suspicion of that gentleman, in the eyes of that bastard, this painting is worthless, but when someone goes to bid, what will he think?

This is a very simple truth, when the person knows the value of the painting, he will inevitably invite someone to appraise the painting, and at that time, the price will not be consistent.

"We just said we liked the house, it was clean. If you set up another house deed, you will say that you want to buy a house, and you are not allowed to take away any of the utensils in the house, and you must leave it as it is. As long as this gentleman signs the note, immediately lead someone to drive them away, isn't this painting my Pan's? ”

Mr. Xu suddenly realized, shook his head and cocked his thumb: "The owner has a clever hand." ”

"Haha......" Pan Ren laughed, finally settled down, sat down at the desk and said: "Who would have thought that I was a drunkard and was not in the room, Mr. Xu, you can do this matter, I will take someone to wait outside, and when the time comes, I will go in and catch people up." ”

"Besides......" Pan Ren's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and he knocked on the table and said, "You go and inquire whether that person's surname is Shen, and you should be cautious when you check his family history." ”

Mr. Xu hurriedly said: "Okay, the students will go early tomorrow morning, first inquire nearby, and then go to negotiate with them about the price." ”

Pan Ren waved his hand: "Mr. Xu should have rested earlier, and he will thank you for it." ”

Mr. Xu saluted and left.

Pan Ren moved the oil lamp closer, and spread out the painting to look at it, motionless and sleepless.

Until dawn, Pan Ren didn't sleep all night, and the rooster crowed twice, so he taught someone to ask Mr. Xu to get up. Mr. Xu came over sleepily, and after Pan Ren explained to him, he sent him away.

Mr. Xu received the mission, went to the street early in the morning, and according to Pan Ren's instructions, he arrived at Shen Ao's house at dawn. At this time, there were not many people on the street, only a lonely merchant carrying goods and selling cooking cakes not far away.

Mr. Xu's heart moved, took out a few pennies from his pocket, and said to the merchant, "Two cooking cakes." ”

The merchant shouted: "Okay, guest officer, it's a total of four cents." He took the money, picked out two hot cooking cakes from the shelves, wrapped them in straw paper, and respectfully delivered them to Mr. Xu.

Mr. Xu said: "You usually sell cooking cakes here? ”

The merchant smiled honestly: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, the young one was sold in the Imperial City Temple the year before last, where there are many people, and the business is not bad." Later, a few splashes came, saying that this imperial city temple was their territory, and they wanted to pay the usual free money every month. The little one was angry, so he turned here to make a living. ”

Mr. Xu nodded, tasted a bite of the cake, it tasted good, and knew that what this person said was not a lie, so he pointed to the house behind the merchant and asked, "Do you know the owner of this house?" Who is he, and what does he do for a living? ”

The merchant shook his head: "Are you talking about Shen Gongzi?" He sighed: "Shen Gongzi, hey, it's hard to say." His family was originally one of the best families in Bianjing City, and his father and ancestors were all high-ranking officials, who knew that he had given birth to such an unsuccessful son. Before his father Sanqi had passed, this Shen Gongzi went around summoning fox friends and dog friends to eat and drink, and Jinshan Yinshan was defeated in just a few years. The old house was sold, and then moved here, every time I relied on some porcelain bottles, gold and silver jewelry, a few days ago I also took a fox fur worth a hundred times to dang, the fox fur was really a first-class good goods, but it was a pity that I only changed three or five dollars to the pawnshop. Guest officer, I won't tell you anything, if it weren't for the small hand-in-hand, I would have wanted to buy this fox fur and wear it for my lady, but it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

The merchant then laughed again: "But this Shen Gongzi has nothing to do with the small one, who hasn't been defeated?" Anyway, every morning, he would come to visit my stall, and six cooking cakes a day would not move rain or shine. Speaking of which, he also took care of a lot of small businesses, don't you say? ”

"Yes, yes." Mr. Xu nodded, and said in his heart: "It seems that this prodigal man said by the owner is absolutely true." ”

The merchant smiled and continued: "It's also very strange these days, why do people always come to inquire about Shen Gongzi. ”

"Oh? Anyone else came to inquire about him? Mr. Xu was slightly stunned, and said in his heart: "No one will know about this, it's not good, you have to settle this matter quickly, otherwise you will have a lot of dreams at night." ”

The merchant said: "A girl came a day ago, and she should have been from a wealthy family, and she also asked Shen Gongzi's family background like this." The little one asked her what she was doing about this, but the girl didn't say anything, but she also took care of the small business, and bought ten cooking cakes in one go. ”

Mr. Xu's face was a little gloomy, so he ignored the merchant and went straight to knock on the door. It was a small guy who opened the door, naturally it was Wu San'er, Wu San'er opened the door a crack, saw that it was a living person, and said impatiently when he was woken up: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"The owner of this house is not there?"

Wu San'er showed vigilance: "What are you looking for my son-in-law?" ”

Mr. Xu said with a pleasant face: "Trouble the little brother to report, and he said that he fell in love with this house and wanted to buy it." ”

"We don't sell houses here." Wu San'er said viciously, and slammed Mr. Xu to shut up.

Mr. Xu went to knock on the door again, Wu San'er opened the door and scolded: "Are you crazy? said that there is no house for sale here, but to buy a house and go to the street. ”

Mr. Xu took out a few pennies and stuffed them into Wu San'er's hand, and said with a smile: "Little brother, don't get me wrong, the student is a scholar, and he came from other places to deal with next year's scientific examination." Seeing that this house is quiet, I want to buy it and do my homework, this little brother collects this money, and the little brother only needs to report it, whether the house is sold or not is your son-in-law's business. ”

Wu San'er accepted the money, finally smiled, and said, "It's really strange." Before, it was said that a woman was going to buy a house, and she also said that she wanted to buy it for their son-in-law to study, but now why is someone coming again, could it be that this house is really weird, and there are Wenqu stars? ”

Mr. Xu was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Someone came to buy this house before?" How much did she ask, and has she already sold it? ”

Wu San'er said: "That person offered a price of two hundred yuan, originally my young master was willing, but the young lady disagreed, saying that we only have this sheltered land left, and we can't sell it." ”

"This house can be bought for only seventy or eighty yuan, and you won't sell it for the girl's price of two hundred yuan?" Mr. Xu thought it was incredible.

"You don't know this, the girl said that the house was bought, and the utensils and household items in it were not allowed to be moved, and two hundred yuan were bought together, and my young lady naturally didn't sell it."

Mr. Xu took a deep breath and said in his heart: "The painting is not only known to the proprietor of my family, but he must buy this house today." ”

He smiled and said to Wu San'er: "Then please trouble the little brother to report it quickly." ”

Wu San'er hesitated for a moment and said, "You wait here to see if my young master can see you." ”