Guard City

The sun is just right, the sky is blue and the clouds are white, the pedestrians on the street are still bustling, and the small merchants and vendors are still pulling their throats and soliciting business with a smile on their faces, as if nothing has changed.

At the small door of the backyard of the Zhou Mansion of the family, a carriage slowly drove out of the mud, and it was the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion who set up the car, Bo Yi drove the carriage to a sheltered place outside the city and jumped out of the car, walked to the wall pier and hid it casually, and took out a black cloth blindfolded him, and stood facing the wall.

After a stick of incense, a man dressed in a common person's costume and his accomplices cautiously walked out and approached the carriage, but they were all broad, seemingly calm eyes unconsciously showed a cold light, and the corners of their mouths hooked a smile with murderous intent, but if you look closely, you can understand that they are not ordinary people.

The leading commander lifted the wooden box on the carriage down, and the wooden box was lifted by two and left quickly, silently, and the time of another stick of incense passed, and there was no movement around the carriage, so Bo Yi tore off the blindfolded black cloth, walked back to the carriage and sat down, and drove away.

The road is familiar, the movements are neat, the waiting time is just right, and it is easy to do this, so it can be seen that I don't know if I have done it once or twice.

And what he did was to follow the instructions of the head of the family, Zhou Yixuan, to quietly send the silver taels obtained by his family through business and other means and means to the hands of the killers of Lingye Palace, and then secretly transported them back to Lingye Palace.

This is what Bo Yi often has to do, since he has cooperated, he must show sincerity, and the conditions given by Lingye Palace, the conditions for dividing the territory equally, are also really tempting.

Boyi, who has always been cautious, did not expect that this trip had been quietly watched by a pair of eyes.

Bo Yi returned to the house, but saw his master Zhou Yixuan staring at a pile of letter paper on the table with a gloomy face, the sunlight refracted through the window, sprinkling a large amount of light and shadow, and most of Zhou Yixuan's body was not in the shadows, and his face was even more solemn and gloomy. Even the servants serving the tea saw it, and hurriedly put down the tea cup and left.

Bo Yi went out and came back, he was about to return to his life, and when he saw Zhou Yixuan like this, he only hesitated slightly, and then slowly stepped into the study, bowing slightly, "Master......"

Zhou Yixuan didn't wait for Bo Yi to finish speaking, and then hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt, "In the future, this kind of trivial matter will not be used to reply, you just need to grasp the proportion." "The calm voice doesn't hear the emotion.

Bo Yi just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but when he saw the paper ball thrown to the ground by Zhou Yixuan, he was even more sure that the old man was not pretending, so he tentatively asked, "Why is the master worried?"

Zhou Yixuan pointed to the open letter on the table, and sighed tiredly, "See for yourself!"

Bo Yi didn't shirk it, picked up the letter paper and looked at it carefully, only to see that it was a letter, but a list of returns.

The Zhou family has been in business for generations, doing dye business, and relying on a few fixed big merchants to order goods every year, earning a lot of silver taels, but now, Zhou Yixuan suddenly received a refund from several powerful big merchants, on the grounds that the dyes they sold had been shipped out for a few days, and those big masters had not received it.

Later, after investigation, this batch of goods disappeared quietly in transit, and after he wrote to explain the reason, he got indeed these several return lists and doubts, and those big masters suspected that they were guarding and stealing, and acted in an excerpt by themselves, so as to earn black money.

But this is just a suspicion, although Zhou Yixuan did whatever it took for his personal interests, and even risked the world's condemnation to secretly cooperate with Lingye Palace, his integrity in business is still good, and they will never cheat in this matter, so they picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.

Bo Yi looked at the letters of denunciation, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows also deepened a little, Zhou Yixuan saved him from the hands of the killer, treated him very well, made him a housekeeper, never regarded him as a subordinate, like a relative, Bo Yi was grateful, and from then on, he obeyed Zhou Yixuan's orders and never disobeyed.

At this time, he looked at the letter in his hand, which stated that he would not only return the order, but also compensate for the loss caused to them by the breach of contract by 20% of the payment, and if there was no action within three days, he would report to the official to sue the Zhou family.

Bo Yi felt the same way as Zhou Yixuan, and sighed deeply, "Master, if we don't report to the official first, this batch of goods is lost." ”

"Report to the official?" Zhou Yixuan frowned, and then showed a strange smile, "Do you think the matter is not big enough? If you report to the official, it will be a disaster for the Zhou family." ”

Bo Yi gasped, he only said the words of the official in a hurry just now, his master has secretly cooperated with the Lingye Palace, if the official finds out all kinds of reasons, and it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, then it will be light.

Bo Yi hurriedly bowed his head and pleaded guilty, "The old slave lost his words. ”

Seeing that Zhou Yixuan didn't blame himself anymore, he continued to ask, "Master, what should we do next? Do you really want to accept their conditions?"

"Otherwise?" Zhou Yixuan leaned weakly on the back of the chair and rubbed his frowning brow, "Compensate according to the regulations." ”

Zhou Yixuan's helplessness was fully seen by Boyi, not only could he not make money this time, but also lost a large amount of money, and the loss of the Zhou family was not small.

Bo Yi frowned, "Don't worry, master, the old slave will secretly investigate thoroughly at this time." ”

"Go!" Zhou Yixuan waved his hand, "Let's do this quietly, remember to leak the news." ”

"The old slave understands. ”

Duanmu House

The sun was warm, the breeze was pleasant, the trees made a slight rustle, the birds chirped merrily, fluttering their wings and flying by the window, and occasionally a few servants passed by with trays, silently.

The housekeeper in dark clothes hurriedly walked into Duanmu Fengxun's study, Duanmu Fengxun was sitting in front of the bookcase, thinking about something with a teacup, for a long time, it seemed that Hu Quan had been standing for a long time, Duanmu Fengxun looked at Hu Quan, Hu Quan's expression was calm, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, it seemed that it was done.

Duanmu Feng took a sip of tea that was already slightly cold, "It's done?"

Hu Quan bowed his head slightly and arched his hand, "Master Mingjian, the old slave bought this batch of goods from the Zhou family from those powerful merchants according to your instructions, and used the silver to let the delivery person go away incognito. He, Zhou Yixuan, can only be dumb and eat coptis. ”

"Well done. Duanmu Fengxun smiled with satisfaction, "Those big customers, are they all done?"

"Sir, rest assured, they are very satisfied with the conditions you offered, and they are very willing to cooperate with you in this play. ”

It turned out that it was Duanmu Fengxun's idea to let the Zhou family's dye goods disappear, and he knew early on that Zhou Yixuan was secretly colluding with Lingye Palace, but because there was no evidence, it was difficult to report it. And the recent secret investigation of him found that his family's silver taels were flowing into the Lingye Palace on a monthly basis.

Therefore, he decided to secretly let the Zhou family lose a large amount of money, not report to the official, eat coptis dumbly, and bear it himself, so as to curb the Zhou family's financial assistance to Lingye Palace. reported to the official, he couldn't hide all the dirty things in private. He used some means to persuade those big patrons of the Zhou family that as long as they were willing to cooperate with him in this play, he would share the money earned by the Duanmu family in business with them, and the benefits would be shared with each other in the future.

These merchants saw all they saw with money, so they agreed to Duanmu Fengxun's request, so there was a scene where they sent a letter to the Zhou family asking for payment for the goods and compensation for violating the contract.

Duanmu Fengxun put down the delicate teacup, "Those or, too, should be dealt with as soon as possible, so as not to reveal flaws." ”

Hu Quan nodded, "Yes"

When Hu Quan was ordered to retreat, he happened to meet the eldest lady Duanmu Luoqing at the door, Duanmu Luoqing's brutal temperament was a lot more restrained, and he looked much more dignified. Hu Quan said hello and left.

Duanmu Fengxun saw his beloved daughter coming over at this time, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and then beckoned her to come over dotingly, "Why did Qing'er come over?"

Duanmu Luoqing walked over and gently tugged at Duanmu Fengxun's sleeve, "Daddy, do you really want to do this?"

Duanmu Fengxun was stunned, knowing that what he said to the housekeeper Hu Quan was listened to by her, he did not blame Duanmu Luoqing for eavesdropping, but felt distressed and brushed the green silk on Duanmu Luoqing's sideburns, "No, how can Daddy protect this family and protect Qing'er?"

Duanmu Luoqing's voice choked, and her beautiful eyes were a little sour, "Qing'er as long as Daddy is safe, don't Daddy be in danger." Li Gongzi is because..."

"Qing'er!" Duanmu Fengxun interrupted her, "The deceased, Qing'er don't mention it again." ”

Looking at the water light in his daughter's eyes again, Duanmu Fengxun sighed silently.

(End of chapter)