There was a sound of horses' hooves, and Xue Pan came with two small servants galloping and stood still.

The front of the Xue family's pawnshop was deserted, and the blood stains on the ground had already been washed away, but there was still a trace of blood in the air.

"Uncle is here!"

Hearing the movement, Xue hurriedly greeted him, "Shopkeeper Liu is talking with Uncle Inside, Uncle go in quickly." ”

Xue Pan handed over the reins to the little maid, and walked to the pawnshop with his man.

In the side hall, Jia Jue was talking to the shopkeeper Liu, at this time, Xue Pan opened the door curtain and came in, walked straight to Jia Jue and hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for today's matter, uncle, don't say anything, you are free another day, I will give you a drink." ”

Jia Jue glanced at the shopkeeper Liu and said, "It's not early, I'll have to go back in a while." ”

"Look at my memory, I should fight!"

Shopkeeper Liu got up and pretended to realize that he first slapped himself in the mouth, and then handed the pawn ticket to Xue Pan, "Uncle, Uncle wants to redeem it." ”

"Redeem it! Yourself...."

Xue Pan took the pawn ticket and looked at it carefully, looked at it and saw that his face changed, looked at Jia Jue and said, "Why is it in your hands?" ”

Jia Jue smiled, "Then you don't have to worry about it." ”

"I know this person, and I said it at the time, but if I don't see the lord himself, I can't redeem it!"

Xue Pan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Jia Jue smiled, "Don't worry, no one will come to take it." ”

Speaking of this, Xue Pan understood a little in his heart, this master must have died in the hands of Jia Jue, he glanced at the shopkeeper Liu, handed him the pawn ticket, and said, "Ransom!" ”

"The First Evolution"

Shopkeeper Liu nodded, "Uncle, please!" ”

Jia Qi stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Shopkeeper Liu led the way in front, and Jia Jue asked with a smile as he walked, "How much money did you earn from this errand in the household department?" Didn't steal and sell military rations on the road on the grounds of road consumption! ”

"I'm not as stupid as them, besides, those generals who lead the troops are all nobles, and I won't make this money even if I don't want to make this money. This military ration transfer is the first errand since King Liang was in charge of the household department, or the military rations on the front line, whether it is King Liang's people or the people in the palace are staring, once they find out, it is not as simple as losing the errand, if you don't do it, you have to lose your head. I don't want to have money to spend, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet. ”

Jia Jue saw that he had a clear mind and could see it thoroughly, so he couldn't help but nodded, it seems that this stupid overlord is not stupid!

After a while, the three of them walked to the backyard.

Shopkeeper Liu turned his head to Jia Jue and said, "The third master waits for a while, because all the money stored in it is money, so the master master specially invited to make a lot of organs, and the little old man has to close them one by one." ”

Jia Jue: "Okay, you're busy." ”

At this time, Xue Pan came over and said with a smile: "While there is no one, let's talk!" ”

"What are you talking about?"

"My sister."

“....”

Jia Jue glanced at him and took two steps forward without saying a word.

"False seriousness!"

Xue Pan rolled his eyes, stepped forward again and said, "No kidding, let's talk about a serious matter." ”

Jia Qi said angrily: "What serious can you do?" ”

"You have what you say, why don't I have a serious business."

Xue Pan stretched his head forward, "I heard the eldest master say that the Jia family wants to buy manors and wineries in Huguang, and it just so happens that the Xue family has three estates and an abandoned winery over there, I want to send these properties to the Jia family Chamber of Commerce, and the Xue family's restaurants and shops can sell the goods of the Jia family for free." ”

Jia Jue turned around, looked at him and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Xue Pan groaned, and said for a while: "You have also seen today's events, I actually have one condition, I want to ask you to be the backer of our Xue family." ”

Jia Jue walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't promise you." ”

Jia Jue's attitude was expected by Xue Pan, he actually didn't expect Jia Jue to promise to protect the Xue family, he sighed secretly, had to retreat, and said in a low voice: "Brother Jue, in fact, I want to ask you for something, you should know everything about the Xue family, although many industries in Nanzhili have been sold, but there are still a large number of industries in Shandong, Huguang and Gyeonggi, the Xue family has lost its power, and it all relies on the care of old relatives everywhere, but it is not easy for people to come by, and it goes very quickly, I am afraid that I will be calculated in the future." Uncle is now having a difficult career, and there are few people who can really help the Xue family, so I hope that the Xue family can invest in the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce, and I am not greedy with the current Xue family's industry. ”

After speaking, Xue Pan looked at Jia Jue with a nervous face, this idea was not a whim, but today's events made him realize the crisis, if such a thing happened elsewhere, the Xue family could only consider themselves unlucky, this kind of thing has one or two, after a long time, those who are in charge of things will also have different intentions, and at that time, the Xue family will really be finished.

Seeing the nervousness on his face, Jia Jue nodded and smiled: "If it's this matter, it's not that you can't think about it, it's just ..... This share, thirty percent is a bit much, and I don't take advantage of you, two and a half percent, but after entering the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce, the Xue family has no right to speak, you have to think about it. ”

Xue Pan was overjoyed, he was just about to thank him, but Jia Jue stopped him and continued: "Let's talk about the ugly things ahead, the merger of the Xue family's industry into the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce is a business matter, this does not mean that I will blindly protect the Xue family, especially you, what I can help, what I won't do, I think you should be clear." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, "No, you go back and discuss with your aunt." ”

Xue Pan raised his head, "No, I can call the shots in this matter." ”

Jia Jue patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, find a time to ask the second master to be a witness, and let's sign the contract." Let's go, let's go see those things first. ”

.........

"Tap! Tap! To the left... Stop, that's you, watch out behind you...."

Under the command of the shopkeeper Liu, the soldiers carried out all the boxes stored by the Warat people in the Xue family's pawnshop, and the five large mahogany boxes had been opened.

The gold in the box sparkled in the light of the candlelight, as well as the jade calligraphy and paintings, all of which were priceless, Xue Pan was secretly frightened, these things were worth at least 500,000 taels.

Shopkeeper Liu took the account book and reported to Jia Jue, who was standing on the side: "Third master, everything is here, not bad." ”

Jia Jue nodded and said to Jia Gui, "Take a look." ”

"Yes."

Jia Gui stepped forward and rummaged carefully one by one, and finally found a small wooden box in the fourth box, and reached out to carry it out.

Jia Jue walked to the box and looked at it twice, "Smash it open!" ”

Jia Gui took off the saber at his waist and raised it to smash it....

Shopkeeper Liu stopped, "Stop!" ”

Jia Gui's hand shrank.

Xue Pan: "What's wrong?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu stepped forward and picked up the lock and looked at it carefully, then lay on the box and shook it lightly a few times, got up and replied: "This lock can't be smashed, it is connected to a porcelain bottle filled with poisonous gas, once the lock is smashed, the bottle will be destroyed, and the poisonous gas will escape at that time." ”

Xue Pan's face changed first.

Jia Gui and the others also looked at each other.

Jia Jue's eyes lit up, "Is there a way for the old shopkeeper?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu nodded while contemplating, and said for a while: "The things in this must be very important, it is impossible to find outsiders, the old man happens to have some skills, if the third master can be trusted, the old man is willing to give it a try." ”

Jia Jue's eyes lit up, and then nodded deeply.

Jia Gui: "I helped Shopkeeper Liu move the box to the wing. ”

Jia Jue's face was solemn, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Be careful. ”

"Third master, rest assured!"

Jia Gui walked into the side room with the box and the shopkeeper Liu.

Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, and Xue Pan couldn't sit still, walking back and forth in the hall, shouting, "Why does it take so long?" ”

Jia Jue smiled and put down the tea bowl in his hand, and at this time, Jia Gui walked in with the box.

Jia Jue hurriedly stood up, "How is it?" ”

Jia Gui: "The third master didn't guess much, everything was inside." ”

"Good!"

Jia Jue walked to the box, opened the lid of the box, and there was indeed an account book inside, Jia Jue reached out and picked up one, and his face changed after only two glances, but he didn't expect the first book to stunned him, the Ming Dynasty's officials were so corrupt!

If they are allowed to erode like this, once Zhu Houze moves south, what will the imperial court do to resist?

Fortunately, this time the grassland coalition army entered the territory from the Xuanfu area, and if Yulin Town, which was infiltrated into a sieve by Zhu Houze, not only Shaanxi would not be protected, but it might also affect Shanxi, and even Henan and other places.

I flipped through two more books, and the more I looked at them, the more frightened I became, and the most unexpected thing for Jia Jue was that there was a topographic map of Bauhinia Pass hidden in one of the books!

It seems that this Zhu Houze has long had the idea of competing in the Central Plains.

Looking at these account books, Jia Jue changed his mind, originally he did not plan to hand these over to the emperor, firstly, he planned to swallow these treasures alone, and secondly, he also wanted to use these criminal evidence to hijack bribe-taking officials for profit.

It's a pity that the matter is too big, and there are too many people involved, and it is not something that a Jia family can control, in this case, if you give it to the emperor as a favor, such a big credit will not be able to be stopped by the civil officials.

Hehe, almost all the border generals in Yulin and other places are civil officials, and when they pull out the radish and bring out the mud, it is estimated that the imperial court will collapse.

However, you have to think of a good reason, otherwise, it will not be good for the emperor to suspect that he is selfish.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue looked at Xue Pan with a curious face on the side, what a good person!