Chapter 19: If You Can Talk, You Can Say More!
The Xiao family has three rooms, and two people died in one day! This rumor, like a gust of wind, blew all over the entire Lanling City!
The people in the city have not had time to digest the first two days of the Xiao family, how good the second miss of the Xiao family looks and how bold she is, and the news of the death of the second miss is ushered in, and many people sigh, what a shame!
Especially in the teahouse and wine shop where the three religions and nine streams gather, there are people on the inside and outside of the three floors.
"What I am talking about today is the story that the lady of the palace and the guards at home have to tell!" The storyteller, his eyebrows fluttering, his eyes were ambiguous, and the look on his face was undoubtedly reminding everyone that I knew the inside story, come and ask me.
"Is that true?" Everyone loves to listen to this kind of gossip on weekdays, especially the things in the backyard of nobles!
"The day before yesterday, I said that Miss's figure is quite hot, but I didn't expect Mrs. to be more ......"
Seeing that there were more and more people around the teahouse, the more the people listened, the more energetic they became.
Suddenly, the sound of the tea bowl resting heavily on the table overshadowed everything, and everyone was startled when they heard it, and the sharp-eyed people found that the woman sitting in the teahouse drinking tea was not the Lanling County Lord of the Xiao family?
There was silence for a while!
The storyteller trembled even more, although he didn't name him, but everyone present knew that he was talking about the inner house of King Xiao's mansion. Today, I'm afraid that I'm going to have a lawsuit, and the people don't fight with the officials, as long as they go in, they will have to shed their skin if they don't die.
There are also viewers who are secretly frightened, trying to remember whether they said something that they shouldn't have said, and when did the county lord come?
Just as everyone was sweating for the storyteller, Xiao Wenjun's originally tense face suddenly bloomed with a smile: "If you can say it, you can say more!" It's a reward for you! ”
A silver ingot landed steadily on the storyteller's table!
In less than half a day, the news that Xiao Sanye was cuckolded spread to all corners of Lanling.
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Compared with the lively people at the gate of Xiao Mansion, the mourning hall in Xiao Mansion seems too deserted, except for the dignitaries who have business dealings with Xiao Sanye, the families who came to mourn in Lanling City mostly stayed for a while, and then left the place of right and wrong.
The common people may not know what happened in the Xiao Mansion, but it is no secret to the powerful. Xiao Sanye is not the biological son of Lao Taijun, he has no official status, he just relies on his family background to do business in Lanling, and the Li family made a mistake and died.
Xiao Mansion changed all of them to white overnight, and even the subordinates were wearing white clothes and hemp ropes tied around their waists. It can be seen that the old lady is not thin for the third room!
Xiao Wenjun was only forcibly called by the old lady on the first day, and he never stepped into the mourning hall again! Even when he went up the mountain to be buried, he casually found an excuse and prevaricated!
Only Xiao Wenjun's Qinglan courtyard is noisy day and night, dressed no different from usual, and even more bells and whistles, anyone with a discerning eye knows who this is for!
Xiao Sanye stayed in the mourning hall with a gloomy face, except for Xiao Shurou, the concubine in the third room, only the people in the second room were accompanied.
Xiao Shurou has just turned fifteen this year, and she is from her deceased aunt, on weekdays, the third lady is extremely mean to her, and her biological father, Xiao Sanye, also turns a blind eye to this!
Xiao Shurou was dressed in filial piety clothes, lined with the original weak willow supporting the wind, and even more weak and lovable, she took a cup of tea and personally served it to the third master, and said.
"Father, please mourn, don't hurt yourself!"
The third master stretched out his hand to take the bowl, looking at the daughter in front of him, the concern in his eyes was about to overflow, and he said in his heart, if the Li mother and daughter could be so understanding, they would not have come to this point.
"Rou'er, take care of your father! You are weak, but you have to be careful with yourself! The third master pulled out a light smile.
"Yes, Father!" Xiao Shurou hid the emotions in her eyes, the Li mother and daughter died, and only her own daughter was left in the third room. The father in front of her has no ambitions, and her body has already been hollowed out by wine, she doesn't have much affection for him, and she has always looked down on him!
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In the blink of an eye, half a month later.
Upstairs in Mingyue, Mingyuan, who had not appeared for a long time, stood in front of Wang Jiuyuan and replied.
"Master, my subordinates have found out that tomorrow afternoon in the theater garden in the west of the city, the horse thieves will trade here."
"Can you find out who the other party is?" Wang Jiuyuan's face was calm, and his fingers rubbed unconsciously.
"It has not been clarified for the time being, but it has only been found that it should be a relative of a wealthy businessman or a dignitary in Lanling."
"Good! You continue to secretly investigate the matter of the horse thief, and Ming Xiu will go to the theater with me tomorrow. Wang Jiuyuan closed the folding fan in his hand, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and he finally had a trace of eyebrows.
Wang Jiuyuan came to Lanling this time, and he was visiting the old lady on the surface. But secretly, he received a tip that horse thieves on the northwest border were in rebellion, and a force had faintly formed. The Kyoto Imperial Court didn't care about this, and Daqi was really too peaceful for a long time, and they lost their vigilance against danger.
When he came to Lanling this time, he could only investigate secretly, and there would be many constraints, and the county lord of Lanling might be a good shield to save himself a lot of trouble.
Xiao's house, in the Qinglan courtyard.
"County Lord, Fourth Miss asks to see." Spring and summer are outside the door.
Sook Sok? What did she come for.
"Let her in." Xiao Wenjun's voice was flat, and he couldn't hear joy or anger.
"My sister has seen the county lord." Xiao Shurou Yingying made a blessing.
"If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and the fourth sister will say it if she has something to say!"
"The county lord is really refreshing, I'm here to negotiate a deal with the third sister!" Xiao Shurou got rid of her weakness and said positively.
"You are from the third room, and the third uncle and I are already immortal, how can I believe that this is not your calculation?" Xiao Wenjun looked at the person in front of him with interest, and his expression changed freely.
"Of course I have something to ask for the third sister, this matter, only the county lord in the entire Xiao Mansion can do it, and only you will! I want 100,000 taels of silver! Xiao Shuyue said, her breathing became a little short.
With a hiss, Chun Xia gasped, these four young ladies opened their mouths to be 100,000 taels, really when the silver tickets were blown by the wind, or did they say that the people in their three rooms were so big? In the front, the third lady made a move to ask for 10,000 taels, and the fourth lady asked for 100,000 taels!
"Since it's a deal, what do I get?" Xiao Wenjun sat up straight and made a gesture of please.
"All the inside information of my father, this news is more than 100,000 taels for the third sister. I heard that the dowry of Princess Lanling back then could buy half of Lanling City. Xiao Shurou moved lightly and sat upright on the chair, her hands in her sleeves were tightly interlocked, and fine beads of sweat oozed from the corners of her forehead.
"The fourth sister came here today, she must have come with sincerity, right?" Xiao Wenjun looked at her calmly for a long time, and suddenly smiled.
"Yes! Tomorrow, my father has reserved a room in the theater in the west of the city, and it seems that there will be an important meeting tomorrow. Xiao Shurou secretly exhaled turbid air, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.
"Good! As long as you can provide accurate and valuable clues in the future, the third sister agreed to this transaction, and after the matter is completed, 100,000 taels of silver will be offered. Xiao Wenjun said briskly, but she changed her words and continued.
"I'll go there myself tomorrow!" Xiao Wenjun said bluntly, I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in the fourth sister's gourd!
"This doesn't need to be bothered by the third sister! The silver I want is still in the hands of the third sister, and the third sister is still afraid that the younger sister will trick you? ”
"Haha, it's me who underestimated the fourth sister! Happy working together! ”
"Happy working together!" Xiao Shurou got up and left gracefully.
Xiao Wenjun looked at her distant back, and thought: Xiao Sanye has never listened to dramas in his life, and when he meets people in the theater garden, the identity of the other party is not simple!
Especially Xiao Shurou, who has ambition and means, she can be regarded as underestimating her.
It's just that I don't know why in the last life, Xiao Shurou would marry so badly, and she died in a few years?
In their previous lives, the Li family and Yu Wenyao were a little colluded, and they knew it, but they were also taken advantage of, and the end was not much better than now. Cut off a financial road in Yu Wenyao's hands in advance, I don't know if he can sit still?
So he said to Chunxia: "Book me a room next to the third master, and I'll go and see it myself tomorrow." ”