On the same day, after a feast, the relatives and friends of the Sheng family returned happy. Yuan Wenchun and his wife temporarily lived in Shengfu, stayed until the auspicious day, and then returned to Beijing with Sheng Hualan to complete the marriage.

Three days later, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai made an appointment to hang out in the city, and when they were tired of shopping, they found a teahouse on the side of the road and sat down, slowly tasting the fragrant tea in front of them.

In the teahouse, the three religions and nine streams are mixed, and groups of three or five are gossiping.

"Have you heard, the old man of the Bai family is going to break the tiles today!"

"Alas, speaking of which, that old man Bai is also a good person, when he was hit by the disaster, I also ate his rice porridge!"

"Hmph, good man, what's the use of being a good man, not an old man? When a person dies like a lamp going out, he is afraid that his millions of fortunes will be cheapened by others in vain! ”

"Didn't you say there's a grandson?"

"Heh, grandson? Not to mention that he is far away in Bianjing, even if he really comes all the way, I'm afraid he won't be able to fight the Bai family's two-bedroom and three-room snakes, in my opinion, he still shouldn't come well! ”

"Tsk, that's right. It's a pity, why don't I have the surname Bai! ”

"You? No one wants to rush to the door! ”

"Hahahaha~~~"

……

Not far away, Wei Chen listened to the discussion of everyone in the teahouse, thoughtful.

After the banquet in the Shengfu that day, Wei Chen never saw Gu Tingye again, nor did he hear about any fateful events in Yangzhou City, it seems that in the past two days, Gu Tingye has hidden deep enough and has not been discovered by the Bai family.

Across the table, Wei Chen's expression was strange in Sheng Changbai's eyes, and Sheng Changbai couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Xingyun, what's the matter, you have an old relationship with this Bai family?" ”

"I didn't know each other, I was just curious."

Wei Chen shook his head and smiled, and asked again: "Zecheng, this Bai family's business can be so big, what can you rely on in the official face?" ”

Sheng Changbai pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The Bai family is a big family in Yangzhou, and the old man Bai is even more million-dollar and rich, and he has some dealings with the officials in Yangzhou. ”

"Lord Feng, which Lord Feng?"

"Yangzhou Mansion is the same as the knowledge, Feng Congli."

"I see."

Wei Chen was stunned when he heard this.

If Gu Tingye heard the news of his grandfather's death, as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, he would go directly to the legal procedures and report to the government to dissolve the property, maybe he would have bumped into the hands of this Feng Tongzhi, it would be tantamount to throwing himself into a net!

Even if Feng Tongzhi was jealous of Gu Tingye's identity as the marquis's concubine and didn't dare to do anything to Gu Tingye, it was not difficult to coax Gu Tingye to take out Old Man Bai's suicide note.

As long as this suicide note is destroyed, even if a lawsuit really starts in the future, Gu Tingye will have no physical evidence.

Only when the old man Bai is at the funeral and the dignitaries of Yangzhou gather together, is the best time to take out the suicide note of the old man Bai.

At that time, in front of everyone's eyes, even if a high-ranking official in the house was bought in advance, that person would not dare to risk the world's disapproval and stand on the side of the Bai family's second and third rooms.

In this way, Gu Tingye can make a final decision and take back the Bai family's property under the witness of everyone.

As soon as he thought of this, Wei Chen couldn't help but secretly admire Gu Tingye's foresight.

Wei Chen took a sip of fragrant tea and said softly to Sheng Changbai: "Zecheng, although this old man Bai is a businessman, he has also given porridge to help the people in the disaster year, and there are countless living people, quite the style of ancient benevolence. ”

Sheng Changbai was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately readily agreed: "It just so happens that my father is also in the Bai family now, so you and I will go together." ”

……

At the same time, in the west of Yangzhou City, in the main hall of a large mansion covering an area, two elderly and middle-aged people of different ages but somewhat similar in appearance were sitting in the hall, which were Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Ting, the father and son of the Bai family's second house.

Bai Zhuoyan, who was old and serious, sighed and said: "I didn't expect that little cub to be so able to hide, he only showed his face at the Sheng family banquet, and then he was never seen again, this thing is not easy to do!" ”

Bai Ting was younger, and his temper was a little impatient, he shouted: "Why should my father worry, that little cub has already frozen to death outside the city, and besides, his surname is Gu, our surname is Bai, and the property of the big house should have been inherited by us!" ”

Bai Zhuoyan shook his head: "It's not that simple, I know best what kind of person the eldest brother is, he has always taken one step at a time to see ten steps, and he will definitely have some arrangements before he dies, maybe it will fall on this little cub surnamed Gu, I can't find anyone, I can't feel at ease!" ”

Bai Zhuoyan sighed for a long time, and finally felt that it would be useless to sigh like this anymore, so he stood up and said to his son: "Is Feng Tongzhi here?" ”

Bai Ting pretended: "It's already here, and there are Han Futai and Sheng Tongju, as well as the elders of the Yigan clan, all in the front hall of the mourning hall, just waiting for us to break the tiles and raise the spirit!" ”

Bai Zhuoyan nodded and instructed: "Go to the treasury to get three thousand taels of silver tickets, and find a chance to meet Feng Tongzhi alone." ”

"Three thousand taels?" Bai Ting was a little distressed.

"Three thousand taels is a fart!" Bai Zhuoyan hated that iron could not become steel: "Do you want these three thousand taels, or a few million taels of the big house?" ”

Bai Ting was speechless, and was about to go to the backyard to get the silver ticket, but was stopped by his father: "Don't forget to tell the people below, guard the periphery, and if you see something suspicious, hurry up and report it!" ”

"Yes."

……

Half an hour later.

On the solemnly arranged Bai Family Mourning Hall, there was an endless stream of people who came to mourn.

The prefect Han Tai, the same acquaintance Feng Congli, the general sentence Sheng Hong, and the three high-ranking officials of Yangzhou Mansion came to mourn, and everyone who saw it was secretly amazed, and the Bai family's face was big enough.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai also arrived at the mourning hall early, standing beside Sheng Hong, and looked coldly at the father and son of the Bai family in the mourning hall.

Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Ting were dressed in plain clothes, standing solemnly in front of the coffin, their faces full of sorrow, crying heartbroken.

Bai Zhuoyan raised his head quietly while crying, looked around, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he didn't see the face he didn't want to see the most.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Bai Zhuoyan gave his son next to him a look, Bai Ting foresaw his understanding, and said sadly: "Today's spirit is full, and the spirit of Xianbo Ying is still there, and he wants to enter the blessed land, bless my family, and make flags." ”

"Beat the flag, guide the way, break the tile, and raise the spirit!"

Bai Ting wiped the crocodile's tears, picked up the clay basin, and was about to fall, when he suddenly heard a woman outside shouting: "You people in the second room, what kind of face do you have to give our big house a banner and drop the tiles, are our big houses dead?" ”

Hearing this, Bai Zhuoyan's heart jumped, Bai Tingyu was shocked, everyone who came to mourn was confused, and those who knew a little bit of the inside story were playful. For a while, everyone in the mourning hall got up one after another and looked outside the hall.