Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, Qin Zeng is the fangs in the tiger's mouth.

Rao is Guo Chongli has been immersed in officialdom with his father for many years, and he has long been comfortable with officialdom, but in the face of Qin Zeng, he has always had a kind of awe and fear of meeting him and automatically being three points shorter.

What's more, he was dizzy at the beginning, and he actually made a secret weapon for her at the request of his niece Wei Laner to harm Li Qingyi, although Li Qingyi was fine in the end, Guo's mother and daughter were also punished, and it was also found out that the ambush was not committed by him, but that his adopted son Guo Qian colluded with the fourth prince to kill people with a knife. But if he hadn't been confused and got the box of hidden weapons for Wei Lan'er, he wouldn't have been used.

He created this sin, and he always had to bear Qin Zeng's anger, he suffered a lot in prison at that time, and now when he hears the word "Qin", his legs and stomachs are twisted.

It's so late today, the other party came suddenly, there must be something urgent, Guo Chongli has been thinking about whether he did something wrong since Qin Jianmen, or was slandered and detained.

"Lord Qin, the lower officials have lost their distances to welcome ......"

Although Qin Zeng recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, everyone was used to calling him "Lord Qin" or "Lord Qin Governor", and Qin Zeng himself did not correct it, so everyone continued to call him before, and it was always not wrong. If you call Gongsun and make him unhappy, wouldn't it be unlucky?

Qin Zeng saw that he looked like he had seen a ghost, sat down and said, "Lord Guo doesn't need to be nervous, this governor is not here for official business today. ”

Not a business?

When Guo Chongli heard that it was not a business matter, his heart relaxed a little, "Then Lord Qin came today, is it ......" to settle private accounts?

He had the heart to cry.

Qin Zeng didn't beat around the bush and said, "Lord Guo, the deep incense rouge shop in Changpingfang, the city, was originally the Guo family's industry, right?" ”

Guo Chongli was stunned, but he didn't expect Qin Zeng to ask about a shop, "Deep incense rouge shop?" Lord Qin is talking about the fifth shop on the street? ”

Qin Zeng nodded.

Guo Chongli said: "It was indeed the Guo family's industry, it was more than ten years ago, when the lower officials were still very young, and the shop was a little bad at that time, and then it was resold. ”

"Oh? I wonder what's going on? ”

Guo Chongli was even more puzzled in his heart, but the Guo family had nothing to lose in this matter, and he was not afraid of people knowing, so he said: "There was a gambler who lost his wife as a bet, and dragged the woman to the gambling house, the woman struggled endlessly, and was beaten by the man on the street, she was four months pregnant at the time, and she stumbled and begged for help with blood all over her body, and under the tearing, the two fell into our shop. ”

At that time, Guo Chongli was talking to his classmates and friends in the teahouse opposite, and he hurried over when he saw an accident in his shop.

"The woman's stomach was in severe pain, and the blood was not stopping, and she saw that the child must be gone, and she would not be able to live, so in despair, she picked up the wooden hairpin on her head and pierced it into the gambler's eyes, and the gambler let go of the woman in severe pain, and the woman hated it to the bone and did not stop, and pulled out the hairpin and stabbed the man's throat and neck ten times before it was finished."

Qin Zeng groaned when he heard this.

If someone dies, the official office must have recorded it, and when he looked through the case file at will, he had accidentally seen it, so he knew that the deep incense rouge shop was originally the Guo family's property.

What Guo Chongli said is consistent with what is recorded in the case file.

"Who did the Guo family sell the shop to? Does this man know the truth? ”

Guo Chongli shook his head, "I don't know this, it was my mother's middle feed in the government at that time, she should know." ”

"Then please ask Master Guo to take me to meet the old lady."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Guo Chongli hurriedly beckoned a girl to report to Mrs. Guo, and he personally led the way to lead Qin Zeng over.

Qin Zeng was anxious in his heart, his steps were very big, and Guo Chongli followed almost at a trot.

When Qin Zeng told Li Qingyi that he wouldn't let her go to the rouge shop, he actually realized that the Lin family might not have followed the caravan out of the city at all, so he asked Changqing to go out of the city to chase the caravan in the guise of him, and he led people straight to the deep incense rouge shop to search secretly, but no matter how he searched, he couldn't find the Lin family's hiding place.

He even thought that he was smart but was mistaken by being smart, and the Lin family was really out of the city. However, just as he was about to withdraw, Gongsun Yi escaped from the palace, and he saw Gongsun Yi enter the rouge shop with his own eyes, and immediately followed in, but he didn't even see the shadow of the other party!

There is no doubt that there is indeed a secret room in the deep incense rouge shop.

But he tried all kinds of methods, but he couldn't find the entrance.

Later, news came from his subordinates that Li Qingyi was kidnapped by Gongsun Yi on the way back to the East Courtyard in Jingyuntang.

But Gongsun Yi was obviously a person who entered the rouge shop, Qin Zeng began to think that he had sent Li Qingyi somewhere else, but the people who stayed in the backyard of the rouge shop immediately came to report, saying that a carriage pulling goods had entered the back door of the rouge shop, thinking that it was to unload the goods, but three people were lifted down from the car.

Qin Zeng reached the backyard as fast as he could, but still couldn't find any trace of them.

Therefore, he left someone to stay outside the deep incense rouge shop and came to Guo's house to inquire.

When he arrived at Mrs. Guo's residence, Qin Zeng eased his expression and stepped forward to salute, "The juniors greet the old lady, it's really disturbing to come at this hour." ”

Seeing that he spoke so politely, Old Madam Guo breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and said, "Lord Qin is polite, I heard that you have something to ask the old man." ”

Guo Chongli briefly explained the matter on the side.

"That shop......"

Mrs. Guo obviously also remembered the death of two big and one small in the shop.

She frowned and said: "The shop died, the business faded all of a sudden, I found the monks in the temple to come to do things, still had no effect, the guests felt bad luck and did not dare to come to the door, and then the whole year was losing money, but the location of the shop was very good, I didn't think about selling, my Guo family was not afraid of raising a shop for a few years, and when the limelight passed, it was naturally fine, but then my eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant, and the fetus was not very goodLater, I found a Chinese person and sold the shop. ”

"Who did the shop end up selling to?"

"It was bought by Prime Minister Xu's house."

"Xu Xiangfu......" Qin Zeng's expression froze, "Who came forward to buy this shop in Xu Xiangfu?" ”

Seeing that his expression was different, Mrs. Guo hesitated, "Yes...... Mrs. Xu Xiang came forward to buy the shop, but she bought the shop for her mother's family, who is running it, and whether it is resold now, I don't know if the old body is ......"

Qin Zeng's face was slightly gloomy.

This Xu Xiang finally showed his tail!

Xu Xiang has only one son, and he is born an idiot, he has no successor, so he looks like he has no desire all day long, Qin Zeng helps the emperor and the Mu family to come and go, almost all officials are involved, only Xu Xiang has been standing outside the whirlpool, shouting all day long to Zhishi, wanting to take his stupid son home to farm and raise pigs.

Once the dignified Zaifu, he had no intention of going to the court, and gave up his power to the cabinet, which seemed to be really powerless.

However, after the Mu family fell, Xu Xiang's son suddenly got better, saying that he had obtained the Bodhisattva enlightenment and had the ability to never forget, Xu Xiang went to beg the emperor to let his son study in the country.

Of course, the emperor will agree to this, who would have thought that this fool is not only not stupid, but also reads good books and has a considerable demeanor.

Everyone was amazed, but Qin Zeng felt very strange at this time.

They are in the Xu family, and there is no one who is stupid.

Xu Xiang can climb to the position of Zaifu, what kind of simple person will he be?

And Mrs. Xu Xiang is also a very scheming woman.

Her younger sister, the British Duchess, often pointed fingers at her sister who was Mrs. Xu Xiang and interfered in the family affairs of the Xu family.

Her eldest daughter Xu Hanzhang has the same temperament as her, she looks brainless and reckless, but she has never really offended anyone, even if she helps Song Linlang to speak, she is very skillful, and those who suffer losses in the end will settle the accounts on Song Linlang's head and ignore her as a pawn. On the other hand, Song Linlang, who used Xu Hanzhang as a gunman, was still at a loss, feeling that he was very smart and had a lot of means.

Xu Xiangfu is obviously a fox in the family, but he has always used the "stupid son" as a gimmick and sold his idiot.

Now it seems that the eldest son of Xu Xiangfu does not look like he has been stupid for many years, but more like he has been lying on his salary for many years.

Li Qingyi went to Xu's house to attend the spring banquet before, and when he came back, he mentioned this matter to him, but he was busy with all the things in the Mu Mansion at the time, and he just kept the matter in his heart.

Thinking about it now, before Wei Laner begged her uncle Guo Chongli to make a secret weapon for her and wanted to attack Li Qingyi, but Guo Chongli was imprisoned, and then Wei Laner went to ask his uncle Wei Shicheng for help, but Wei Shicheng said that if he wanted to save Guo Chongli, Wei Laner only needed to marry Xu Xianggongzi, and everything could be solved.

In fact, Wei Shicheng just wanted to marry Xu Xiangfu, so that he could also involve the Guo family through Wei Lan'er!

On the side, Old Madam Guo and Guo Chongli saw that Qin Zeng didn't speak for a long time, and they were a little nervous when they looked at each other.

Qin Zeng asked again: "Who is the Chinese person who buys and sells shops with Mrs. Xu Xiang and the Guo family?" ”

The Chinese person is the introducer and middleman who matches the match.

Mrs. Guo's face changed slightly, "At first, it was my youngest daughter who passed it on. ”

"Guo's?"

"Yes, at that time, she had married into the Wei family, I heard that there was such an unfortunate thing in the Guo family's shop, so I came back to take a look, and then I heard that the shop was going to be sold, so I told the old lady of the Wei family about it, the old lady of the Wei family wanted to take over the past, but Lord Wei seemed to be afraid of affecting the heirs, so she didn't agree, and then Mrs. Xu Xiang sent someone to ask, saying that she heard about it from the Wei family, but there was no Chinese person."

When Qin Zeng heard this, he got up and said, "Old lady, I'm bothered, Qin still has to take a step in advance." ”

Old Madam Guo was nervous for a while, and when she heard him suddenly say that she was leaving, her heart was relieved, "Second child, you send Lord Qin." ”

Guo Chongli hurriedly and carefully sent Qin Zeng out.

"Lord Qin, but what happened to that shop?"

His question was quite flattering, and he expressed his enthusiasm to help.

Qin Zeng's thin eyelids were half-drooping and he looked at him.

Guo Chongli's heart trembled, "It's inconvenient for Lord Qin to say, so he didn't ask the official at the moment." ”