Wei saw that Su Qi's head couldn't hide the white hair on his sideburns, he stroked his beautiful hair with one hand, turned his head to look at Xiao Hua and Yuan Zai who were on the side of the hall, and asked with a little hesitation: "You are indeed in this merchant Jia Michagan's mansion and saw Yang Xuan, the son of Yang Xiang?" ”

Xiao Hua stepped forward and said, "That's true." ”

Yuan Zai also hurriedly added two sentences: "The two of us didn't dare to be self-contained, so we came to ask Wei Xiang for advice, hoping that Wei Xiang could give me some advice." ”

Wei Jiansu put his sleeves behind him, and his attitude looked very tough: "You just have to check, after today, Yang Xuan will definitely not dare to support the profiteer." ”

Xiao Hua was arrogant in his heart, it seems that our leader is still upright and dares to make decisions, if Wei Xiang can continue to be so tough, even if the other party is the king of heaven, he will dare to investigate thoroughly.

What Yuan Zai thought in his heart was that Wei Jiansu dared to say this, and he was sure that this case was led by Yang Guozhong, and it was inevitable that he Old Master Wei would have the courage to dare to arrange the son of Yang Xiangfu.

The two of them stepped forward at the same time and said, "Oh! ”

"Stand down!"

……

On Yang Guozhong's mansion in Xinghuafang, Yang Xuan was sitting on the corridor in the side courtyard, holding a birdcage in his hand to tease the parrot in the cage.

The top of this corridor is almost full of bird cages, and the maids are guarding the left and right to serve carefully, and when Yang Guozhong strides into the corridor, the words of Gongzi and Yang Xianggong are majestic and mighty are sounded one after another.

Yang Guozhong seemed to be unconscious, and came to Yang Xuan with a twisted brow. Seeing that his father was in a bad mood, he didn't think it was his own problem, so he leaned over to his father with a birdcage and said with a smile: "Grandpa, I recently found a good parrot brother, who is very smart and can speak all official words, you come to tease it." ”

Yang Xianggong waved his palm and slapped Yang Xuan's birdcage hard, falling to the ground and cracking. The parrot struggled out of its broken cage and flew out of the corridor with a flutter.

"Birds, my birds! Grandpa, what are you doing, did the parrot provoke you? ”

"Shut up!" Yang Guozhong angrily reprimanded: "I warn you again now, don't get close to Michagan from Mi Ji Shop again!" Beware of being poured ** soup by him and doing something hurtful. ”

Yang Xuan was completely frightened by his father's anger, so he had to stand by and nod his head indiscriminately.

Yang Guozhong's expression eased slightly, and he turned to the steward behind him and ordered: "From today onwards, all the things sent by this Michagan will be returned to me." ”

The steward naturally knew what was going on, but mechanically bowed to his master and slowly stepped back.

……

Xiao Hua and Yuan Zai came to the door of a mansion in Michagan, Jinggongfang, walked up and knocked on the knocker of the side door, and the porter pushed open the door and poked out his head and asked, "Why did the two Shangguan come here?" ”

"We've been to your house before, and we've asked Michagan to come out."

The steward respectfully crossed his hands at the two of them and whispered, "Wait a minute, you two, I'll go and ask Ah Lang." ”

The two glanced at each other before nodding firmly, it was not easy to see the main owner until today.

A moment later, the middle door of Mi Fu was wide open, and the pot-bellied Michagan walked out in a brocade robe, bowing to the two and saluting with crossed hands: "Villain Michagan, I have seen two Shangguan." ”

Yuan Zai said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Michagan, you are really a big showman, we came to visit three times, but we were not allowed to enter." ”

Michagan bowed ninety degrees in front of his fork hand, and his expression was humble: "The two superiors forgive me, I am busy with business, and there are hundreds of people under my command who need me to feed, and I can't be idle all day." ”

"Do you have any free today?"

"Yes, please come in."

Michagan led the two into the mansion, through the two flower beds and the moon cave gate, and came to the house next to the lotus pond.

The floor is covered with a white wool carpet, and the long table is displayed in the center. There were three maidservants kneeling in front of the desk and waiting. Michagan invited them to sit down, waved his hand to the maidservants, and said, "Go and fetch two jars of fine wine." ”

Xiao Hua raised his hand and refused: "I am looking for you today for official business, so there is no need to drink." ”

"Then take the teapot and make tea for the two distinguished guests."

Yuan Zai looked up at the doors and windows of the house, the materials are exquisite and the carving is exquisite, the display shelves of bamboo and wood are placed against the wall, and the items such as the Jun porcelain Tang Sancai are placed on it, and the copper furnace is placed on the central ground, and sandalwood incense rises from the furnace. The three maidservants were all dressed in plain clothes, with fair skin and a peculiar style of buns, like maidservants from Silla.

The maidservants presented the boiled tea to the three of them, and knelt beside the desk with their hands folded at their waists, in an elegant and demure posture.

Yuan Zai was greedy, and the maidservants used by others were better than his own wives.

Michagan crossed his hands at the two and said, "I don't know what kind of business the two Shangguan came together." ”

Xiao Hua slammed the tea bowl in his hand on the desk, and said loudly: "Don't pretend to be confused with your understanding, what the two of us are asking for a happy decision to solve the case." If you make us unhappy, don't think about it yourself, you can save some face by talking to us on your one-third of an acre of land, and if you go to the prison of the Criminal Department, you will not be so comfortable. ”

"Xiao Langzhong is really fast-talking, how dare Michagan disobey?" Michagan waved his hand out of the door, and several servants walked in with stacks of billboards and piled them on the long table in front of him.

He casually pulled out a copy and flipped through it, threw it in front of the two of them and said with a smile: "This is the account book of the four shops opened by the contemptible people in the East and West Cities of Chang'an. ”

Xiao Hua and Yuan Zai looked at each other, but they didn't expect the other party to be in their chests, did they do it in advance? Or is there no problem with this account book at all?

They opened the ledger one by one and compared the incoming and outgoing accounts in detail. Michagan sat leisurely across from them, holding a teacup in his hand and smiling.

It took more than three hours for the two of them to sort out all the accounts, Xiao Hua stretched his waist and said: "Sure enough, as I expected, the Mi Dong family can send a camel team to Chang'an every month to transport seven stones of pepper, at most as twelve stones a month, and there is no break for twelve months a year." From Tianzhu to Chang'an for more than 30,000 miles, even if you raise six camel teams to alternate between them, you can't keep pausing. Where do you get your goods from? “

A smile appeared on the corner of Michagan's mouth, and he raised his hands and slapped them twice crisply, and immediately four servants carried two trays into the door and placed them in front of the desk of the two. The trays contained glittering gold collars, each of which should have exceeded five hundred taels.

Yuan Zai's eyes lit up in an instant, and he didn't even breathe calmly, once he got this gold, why worry about him buying a thirty-acre mansion in Chang'an City?

Xiao Hua had the temperament to regard money as dung, and pressed his hands on the desk and asked in a deep voice, "Are you trying to bribe me?" ”

Michagan smiled a little frantically and said, "This is just a meeting gift from the contemptible people to the two Shangguan, and at the same time, it also reminds the two of them in advance and lets you make a choice." I will clear two ways for the two of you, one of which is to take the gold, and I will find you two scapegoats, and you will also have an explanation when you go back, so that you can be promoted and rich. ”

Xiao Hua snorted coldly: "What about the second way?" ”

"I'll tell you where the pepper came from, and you can look it down. But I couldn't hide the words in my stomach, and I couldn't help but want to give you two a word of advice. Today you take the gold and retreat back, and in the future you will still be able to rise to the rank and make a fortune. But if you are obsessed, you have to continue to investigate, the real power behind this is so powerful that it can make you lose your official position and even ruin your family, you two have to think about it. ”

"Nonsense!" Xiao Hua slapped his hands heavily on the desk: "As an official of the imperial court, how can I be afraid of the powerful and stop moving." I still say the same thing, no matter what heavenly king Lao Tzu is behind you, I, Xiao Hua, am not afraid, and I must investigate and expose your sins to the end! ”

It was too late for Yuan Zai to open his mouth to stop him, so he had to sigh in frustration, in this current world, what good end can he have for being an upright official?