After Li Xiuyuan waited in front of this waiting house for a while, the housekeeper who had left to report back at this time trotted back.

"Young Master, that Li Liangjin won't want to repay the debt, after all, there are 30,000 taels of silver, and there is no IOU in his hand, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to take. Ma Dong underestimated.

"Don't worry, Li Liangjin is not a stupid person, he knows what accounts can be relied on and what accounts cannot be relied upon. Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "I'm not worried that he won't pay me back 30,000 taels of silver now, what I'm worried about is that he will take some strange things to pay off his debts, so we won't take it, and we won't take it." ”

"As long as it's worth 30,000 taels of silver, why doesn't the eldest young master care what it is. Wu Fei said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled.

The housekeeper came over and handed over a wooden box: "The young master of my family does owe you 30,000 taels of silver, which is returned to you, and this account will be settled from now on." ”

After Wu Fei took it, he opened the box and saw that there were two land deeds inside.

"What is this? This thing is worth 30,000 taels of silver? Don't you know the silver?"

The housekeeper snorted and said: "I don't know something, this is the title deed, one is the title deed of a garden in the east of the city, the other is the title deed of a hill outside the city, the mansion in Jinling City is worth thousands of taels of silver, your house is the mansion of the prime minister of the former dynasty, it is big, it is more than 30,000 taels of silver, but it has fallen into disrepair for a while, my marquis is simply generous, and then I will give you a mountain, so you are also satisfied, this time you take advantage." ”

The housekeeper's words are not wrong, the mansions in Jinling City are indeed very valuable, and it is very easy for a good mansion to sell for thousands of taels of silver.

And the mansion left by the prime minister of the previous dynasty in Jinling City must also be extraordinary, if it is well maintained, it is not a problem to sell it for 100,000 taels of silver.

But now...... Li Xiuyuan felt that there was something greasy in this.

But looking at the appearance of the Hou Mansion, it was also clear that he didn't want to use the money to pay off the debt, and he just wanted to use the two land deeds to send himself and others.

"Young Master, what do you think of this?" Wu Fei asked in a low voice.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand: "Take it, since the old marquis of the Hou Mansion said that these two places are worth 30,000 taels of silver, it must be fake, I will sell the old marquis a face, and this account will be cleared like this." ”

"Even if you know each other, if you mess around again, our Hou Mansion won't spare you, since the money has been repaid, what about the IOU? The butler stretched out his hand.

Li Xiuyuan said: "There is no IOU, Li Liangjin and I are a verbal covenant, a gentleman's promise." ”

"If you don't have an IOU, why should you give you money? You people want to cheat our Hou Mansion out of money?" said the housekeeper with some shame.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile, "If you Hou Mansion don't want to admit it, you can take these two land deeds back, don't talk nonsense about this liar, otherwise there will be trouble." He motioned and asked Wu Fei to return the title deed.

Seeing him so happy, the housekeeper froze all of a sudden, but he didn't dare to take the title deed.

If he gets the title deed back, if this thing has twists and turns, I'm afraid that he will blame himself, the housekeeper just deliberately suppresses and suppresses the prestige of these people, but he has no confidence when he really encounters this decision, but his mouth moves, but he never dares to get the title deed back.

"Why? Don't you dare to pick it up?" Li Xiuyuan laughed: "Since you are a dog in front of the powerful people, why do you have to put up your tail and pretend to be a wolf?"

"You, you ......" The housekeeper pointed at Li Xiuyuan angrily, wanting to scold back, but was blocked back by Li Xiuyuan's words.

"You have to think about it before scolding me, I'm Xiucai, you are a subordinate, insulting Xiucai can already go to the government to sue you, of course, the punishment is not heavy, but the Hou Mansion will not let a person who insults a scholar continue to be a housekeeper. Li Xiuyuan said leisurely.

When the housekeeper heard this, he had to hold back his words, and his face suddenly turned blue and red.

"Apologize. Li Xiuyuan said again.

"What?"

"Before, you scolded us for being liars, and it is not a loss to apologize, but we have to admit that we have done something wrong, what do you say? Of course, it doesn't matter if you apologize, I will go to the government office one day, send a piece of paper, and ask you to go to the court. Li Xiuyuan said.

The housekeeper's expression changed, and he felt more and more that this show was a hedgehog, not easy to provoke, no wonder the young master lost in his hands, and accompanied him with 30,000 taels of silver.

If you go to the government to sue yourself as he said, although you will be fine, you will lose your position as a housekeeper.

"Yes, I'm sorry. The butler had to apologize.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "The tone and attitude are so blunt, it seems that it is rare to apologize to people and admit their mistakes, a housekeeper is still like this, and a Hou Mansion is even more visible, let's go, go and see how the house is doing, don't take a broken place to perfunctory me." ”

After saying that, he took a few guards and led the horse and left.

After Li Xiuyuan left, the housekeeper's attitude suddenly became bad, and he snorted in disgust: "What kind of guy, just a showman dares to be so arrogant in front of the Hou Mansion, it's just a thing to find death, you can be proud now, go to the murderous mansion, and you will die in it in a few days, and I hope someone will collect the body for you." ”

On the road.

Wu Fei said with some anger: "That dog-eyed thing, if it weren't for the city, Lao Tzu would have killed this guy with a knife, it's really disgusting to watch." ”

"There are many masters in front of the Hou Mansion, especially the four guards in front of the door, they are each good at using fists, feet, knives and guns, their martial arts have been practiced to the end, and they are almost a martial arts master, and there are many soldiers in the army patrolling, if you really do it, we will be taken down within a few dozen breaths, and only the eldest young master can kill it. A taciturn Xing Shan spoke.

"Isn't it, it's just a Hou Mansion, is it so powerful?" Wu Fei exclaimed.

One step away from a martial arts master, this one person can beat him to the point that he doesn't even have the power to parry.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Everyone knows that the way of the world has begun to change, how can this Hou Mansion not be aware of it, recruiting masters, and keeping private people in captivity are what the powerful people are doing, and this Hou Mansion is naturally no exception, my father is building granaries and hoarding grain, for fear of encountering another disaster year." Okay, let's not talk about some gossip, where is the mansion referred to in the title deed? ”

"It's ahead, there's not much to go. Ma Dong looked at the title deed and pointed ahead.

Everyone followed the title deed to a magnificent mansion.

It's just that this mansion is a little old, the vermilion lacquer gate in front of the door is mottled, and the stone lion in front of the mansion is also incomplete, and it is covered with moss, and it looks like no one has taken care of it for a long time.

"It can't be here....... Li Xiuyuan muttered, "I was really set up by the old guy in the Hou Mansion and used such a dilapidated mansion to perfunctory me." ”

"Young Master, this door is a little down-and-out on the outside, but it may be much better inside. Ma Dong sneered.

The door chain was not locked, and when everyone pushed the door in, they saw that a shadow wall had broken into two, and many stones were scattered on the ground.

The front yard was full of weeds, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants happily shuttled back and forth in the grass, and the distant garden was even more heard the sound of strange birds.

"However, it is indeed dilapidated enough, and even if this house is repaired, it is indispensable for thousands of taels of silver. Li Xiuyuan touched his chin and said.

Wu Fei said angrily: "This son of a bitch took such a broken house to the banquet for us, and we went to him to settle the score." ”

"Okay, okay, it's something that was originally won back, don't be so particular, settle accounts with the Hou Mansion, our little arms and legs don't have such a big ability. Li Xiuyuan said: "But this old marquis has indeed done enough points, even my open-minded people also feel a little angry, look back and see how much he has lost, and remember him as appropriate." ”

He holds the book of life and death in his hand, and this old marquis of the Hou Mansion is also on the list.

This old marquis relied on his power to take advantage of himself, so he will use ghosts and gods to return the favor, which can be regarded as a courtesy.

"Look, young master, is there a person sitting there?" Suddenly, Ma Dong pointed to the empty and dim hall and exclaimed.