"Master, can you come to this place for money?" Luo Xing asked in a low voice.

"Yes, if you can spend money to buy a pair of calligraphy and paintings of the Fifth Prince, you will be qualified to enter here." Meng Yi said.

When Luo Xing heard this, he called out to the good guys, the methods of these five princes are clever!

A businessman needs to know the people in the official face, but if he goes to see him, people may not be willing to see you, but if you spend money to buy the calligraphy and paintings of the five princes, then you can see them here.

These five princes are acting as a "broker".

He just sells calligraphy and paintings, providing a platform for collusion between officials and businessmen, as for what others do, it is someone else's business, and if something happens, he can also stay out of it.

"Master, how much is a pair of calligraphy and paintings for these five princes?"

"The highest pair sold last year was 80,000 taels of silver." Mon Yi Dao.

"Then how many pairs of calligraphy and paintings did these five princes sell last year?"

"On average, seven or eight days a pair."

When Luo Xing heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless, even if he sold sixty pairs of calligraphy and paintings a year, and the average price of each one was 50,000 taels of silver, then the annual income would be 3 million taels.

This is only this income, it is estimated that there are other aspects of income, and the money that these five princes earn in a year is only afraid that others can't earn in a few lifetimes.

"Braised prawns, pear balls in honey sauce, vinegar pepper fish, fried sea cucumber in sauce, three shark fins, tofu whitebait soup, two customers, your dishes are ready, please use slowly."

"Okay, you go down." Meng Yi waved his hand, signaling that the waiter did not need to wait in front of him.

"Yes."

"Taste, the food here is still good." Meng Yi picked up the chopsticks and said.

Although ordinary dishes are not very helpful to the warriors, they are extremely useful for satisfying the desires of the tongue.

The meat of the beast is not well handled, not only unpalatable, but also poisonous, and ordinary people can't eat it often, and they can't afford to eat it.

Fierce beast meat eats into the body, and it also takes a time to digest, the average martial artist eats it once every three or five days, and eats it every day, unless you cultivate to a high level, and the low-grade fierce beast meat does not have much effect on you, you can, otherwise eating too much may not be a good thing.

Therefore, even for high-level martial artists, the staple food is a normal meal diet.

Luo Xing sandwiched a prawn, peeled off the outer shell, and took a bite, the meat was tender and smooth, as if it had been freshly fished, and it was really delicious.

You must know that this kind of prawns are caught from the sea, not freshwater river prawns, after being chilled, the taste is naturally worse than fresh, but this shrimp can do without losing the taste, in addition to being properly preserved, there should be the chef's cooking skills.

There are only ten prawns on this plate, and one will cost one or two silver, which is really expensive.

"Master, disciple toasts you."

Meng Yi smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Luo Xing: "It seems that the two of us haven't eaten together so alone?" ”

"In the future, the master thinks about it, and the disciple will accompany you at any time."

"Okay, another drink."

"Master, if I want to find out someone, what should I do?"

"This is not an ordinary place, since the fifth prince has set up such a place, it is natural to ensure the security of the guests' information, otherwise, if the news here leaks out, who will come?" Meng Yi ate the dish and said, "So, don't think about it." ”

"What if it matters?"

"How old?"

"His Royal Highness Liuli was framed, and the disciple found out that the person behind this scene was related to a framing shop, and this person seems to be a frequent visitor here." Luo Xing whispered.

"Are you sure?"

"My men saw him come in with their own eyes, and he was alone." Luo Xing said, "If it's not a person, it's not the first time to come, at least it has to be more than twice, and when he enters, there is no waiter to ask questions and hinder him, if he is not a frequent visitor he knows, how can it be treated like this?" ”

"Do you suspect that the people behind this scene are using the Tao Ranju joint of the Fifth Prince?" Meng Yi immediately understood what Luo Xing meant.

"Tao Ranju is a place that is not open to the public, attaches great importance to privacy, and has the endorsement of the five princes, which will make the people who investigate the case throw a mouse, which is an excellent umbrella." Luo Xing nodded and analyzed.

"Well, that makes sense, though, these are just your guesses, and there's no evidence." Mon Yi Dao.

"Evidence is naturally to be found." Luo Xing nodded, "Next, we have to wait for him to come back next time, as long as I know that he has seen someone in Taoranju, then it will be easy to investigate." ”

"I don't come to Tao Ranju often, but there is one person who can help you, he is a frequent visitor to Tao Ranju, he comes almost every day, his name is Liu Sanchang, known as the Green Willow Monk, the words and paintings are unique, and the relationship with the five princes is irreversible, he is also a teacher and a friend, he never spends money to eat in Tao Ranju, and he eats whenever he goes." Meng Yi said, "He has an unknown problem......

"Really, Master, how do you know?"

"I have drunk with him I don't know how many times, if he can do it, why every time a woman recommends a pillow seat, he finds all kinds of reasons to run away?" Meng Yi said, "Later, I learned that he was powerless. ”

"I was originally a talented man, but I ended up suffering from this disease, and I really had a hard time!" Luo Xing smiled dumbly.

"This is his privacy, and it is also his taboo, no one dares to mention it in front of him, otherwise, he may not do it, but if it is written into his words, it will be famous for a hundred years!" Meng Yi smiled.

"Master, is he well aware of Tao Ranju's guests?"

"Yes, people are talents, the ability to never forget is basic, and his portrait paintings are also a must, so if this Guo Huai is a frequent visitor to Tao Ranju, he must have seen it, and he must know who he has seen in Tao Ranju, you will know as soon as you ask."

"Where does this Liu Sanbian live?"

"Not far away, turn left out of Tao Ranju, enter an alley, and the one with 'Green Willow' written on the door is his house."

"Okay, after dinner, Master will accompany me over to have a look?"

"At this time, he may not be at home, he is a well-known person in the capital, he has many friends, and his words and paintings are also the objects sought after by many literati and ink writers, but he tried and failed, and finally gave up the imperial examination, lived in the capital, and did not even return home." Meng Yi said.

"Then is this Liu Sanchang a little eccentric and cynical in his personality, or is he not very good at talking, and he is easy to offend people with one mouth?" Luo Xing asked, most of these talented people have a virtue, and they will inevitably not take others in their eyes, and over time, they will live in the world they think is right, and everyone is drunk and sober, and they are no longer willing to face this cruel world.

"He, his personality is really unpleasant, but he is highly talented, and he has the best friend of the fifth prince, and others don't want to worry about him, anyway, all he asks for is words and paintings." "He also painted a self-portrait for me, which is really vivid and expressive." ”

"Master, my disciple's painting skills are not bad, one day, I will draw one for you?" Luo Xing said that his sketching skills are still good, and he is the only one who can get it, because this is a skill that a good agent needs to master.

"Okay, just don't make me vomit the overnight meal."

"That's definitely not going to happen, don't worry." Luo Xing is still confident in his sketching skills.

"I'll just wait and see."

After eating, the two of them came out of Tao Ranju and went straight to the alley where Liu Sanbian lived, the alley was not long, and they could reach it after a few steps.

Luo Xing stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a young man opened the door and looked at the unfamiliar faces of the two with a vigilant face: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Dare to ask the Green Willow Monk if he lives here?" Luo Xingyi asked.

"Yes, so what?"

"We came here inexplicably to visit the Green Willow Monk?"

"Where's the post?"

"Worship post, this ......" Luo Xing was stunned, they came here temporarily, where to carry what kind of worship post or something.

"No greetings, no reception." The little guy closed the door directly, and let Luo Xing eat a closed door directly.

"Let's go, go back and write a prayer post." Meng Yi was actually very happy when he saw Luo Xing's deflated appearance.

"Time is precious, and the disciple doesn't want to come again." Luo Xing said that the literati he hated the most were sour and rotten, these people relied on a little so-called talent, but in fact, they had no substantial contribution to the country and the people, and they still had a high-minded face all day long, touting each other, they were a group of silverfish.

"You're not going to break in, are you?"

"No, I have Nanya's waist card." Luo Xing took off his identity waist card and said, hehe smiled and said, "Isn't this more useful than worshipping posts?" ”

"Are you really going to do that?"

Luo Xing knocked on the door again and expressed his thoughts, since this little guy asked him to pay a visit as soon as he opened his mouth, it means that Liu Sanchang, a resident of Luliu, is at home at the moment, otherwise, he will directly say that he is not there, and let people come again next time.

"Why are you again, didn't you say it, you don't see it without a worship post, you think you are who you are, even if you are a prince and nobleman, when you see my husband in the first place, you have to pay your respects in the rules!" The little guy said in a very arrogant tone.

"I didn't pay a visit, but with this, I wonder if I can meet Mr. Liu?" Luo Xing directly showed the Nanya waist card and asked.

When the little guy saw Nan Ya's waist card, his originally somewhat disdainful eyes changed instantly, and in Luojing, no one didn't know how powerful Nan Ya was.

was taken by the Inspection Division, there is still room for reversal, once it is caught by Nanya, it will be over, that place can be said to be a purgatory existence on earth.

Where ordinary people avoid it.

"Wait a minute."

After a while, the little guy opened the door again, and respectfully welcomed Luo Xing and Meng Yi in, and was targeted by Nanya, which is not a good thing, even if Liu Sanbian has a great influence in the literary world and has a wide range of friends, something is really wrong, I am afraid that no one dares to scold a violent institution like Nanya for him.

In this place, if he says that he will reason with you, he will be reasonable, but if he is not willing to tell you this truth, then he will not talk about it, and you will not be able to help him.

Whenever encountered, obedient cooperation is the best choice.

In the study room of this "Green Willow House", Luo Xing saw Liu Sanchang, who had just woken up, dressed casually, barefoot and long beard, and looked like a madman.

"Two officials, what are you looking for someone Liu?" Liu San became sleepy-eyed, reached out and yawned, and sat on the chair casually, looking completely decadent.

"Brother Liu, long time no see."

"Yo, Brother Meng, why are you coming, you don't say a word when you come over?" Liu Sanbian suddenly heard this familiar voice, and immediately opened his eyes, and when he saw clearly that it was Meng Yi, he immediately ejected from the chair, stepped forward barefoot, and immediately changed his face.

"Brother Liu's face-changing technique is really breathtaking."

"Brother Meng laughed, you and I are best friends, how can we compare with that kind of layman." Liu Sanbian scolded, "Why don't you hurry up and make a pot of good tea and send it in." ”

The little guy was startled, he didn't expect that this guy who seemed to be a follower was still not small, he almost blew people away, if he let his master know, he was afraid that he would be beaten if he didn't say much.

"Brother Liu, this is my apprentice, and I also work in Nanya, and I came to visit today to ask for advice." Meng Yi introduced.

"The junior Luo Xing has seen Mr. Liu."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, since it's Brother Meng's apprentice, Liu Mou will definitely help." Liu Sanbian smiled and agreed directly.

"Mr. Liu......"

"Don't be busy, don't be busy, drink tea first, drink tea......" Liu Sanbian raised his hand to stop Luo Xing's words and asked.

Tea was brought in.

The three of them chatted while drinking tea, whenever Luo Xing wanted to mention something serious, this Liu Sanbian always found a different topic, he understood that this guy promised to be good, but in fact, he had no intention of helping at all.

A basket of good things to say, when it is time to really do things, he will push back and hinder, if it weren't for Meng Yi, it is estimated that he would not take care of himself.

After this guy knew that he was Meng Yi's apprentice, he didn't look at himself properly, and relied on the old to sell the old.

Next, Luo Xing didn't speak except for bowing his head and taking a sip of tea from time to time, he also heard it, this Liu Sanbian was just a friend that the master met when he drank flower wine, and on the surface, he called him a brother, but in fact, he didn't have any deep feelings at all.

Master is like this, the only ones who can make him pay his true feelings are the eight masters in the family and Aunt Xue's mother and daughter, and the rest, his apprentice may be counted as one.

Others, it's just a social need.

"Mr. Liu, if you don't want to talk about something in this study, then we can only ask you to go back to Nanya to talk." Luo Xing suddenly interjected in the gap between the conversation between the two and said.

The entire study was silent in an instant.

Meng Yi was not surprised, he lowered his head and played with the teacup lid in his hand, looking complacent, while Liu Sanbian was a little puzzled, and then his face turned red, showing extreme shock: "Brother Meng, do you mean what your apprentice said on your behalf?" ”

"Although I am his master, his power in Nanya is still above me, Brother Liu, I advise you not to be impulsive." Meng Yi said slowly, "There is a price to pay for doing stupid things. ”

"You're threatening me?"

"Any common people of the Great Zhou Dynasty have the obligation to cooperate with the imperial court to investigate the case, Mr. Liu, you are no exception, if you have to fight against the imperial court, then the official can summon you to Nanya for investigation now." Luo Xing said, "Mr. Liu has earned a lot of money for the fifth prince over the years, how much did he share with you?" ”

When Liu San heard this, his face changed dramatically in an instant.

(End of chapter)