Chapter 43: The Wall Has Ears
Chu Huan and Master Li entered the private room. The inside was much quieter than the outside hall. After sitting down, the guy quickly brought tea and asked with a smile: "What do you want to eat? Flower cooked harrier, chicken tongue soup, fried deer legs, chrysanthemum rabbit shreds, hibiscus fried beef tendon... There are also ginger, vinegar, gold and silver hooves, and eight treasures of braised chicken. This is the most widely ordered dish by the guests in the building, with a full range of colors, fragrance and flavor. When you come here, you should try it!"
The shop's shop is very erotic and the dishes are as clear as they are. Chu Huan was stunned when he heard it, but he was quite amazed in his heart. He sighed that every industry is indeed not simple, and even the restaurant's shop must have a erotic mouth. Secondly, he never thought that this restaurant, which does not look very luxurious, actually has these high-end dishes.
However, he did not know that Qingliu City was located on the main transportation route of the Three Prefectures, and it was a must-pass place for going east and south. Regardless of official and commercial transportation in the Three Prefectures, they had to pass Qingliu City.
Officials and merchants who come and go will stay in Qingliu City. Because of this, Qingliu City is definitely one of the best in the county towns of the Great Qin Empire, and its prosperity is also first-class.
Chu Huan was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and it seemed that he was coming from the countryside. If it were just Chu Huan, the shopkeeper might not be so enthusiastic. On the contrary, Master Li was wearing a green robe and looked very well-educated, so the shopkeeper was very attentive.
Master Li waved his hand and said, "Don't be busy with these things." After a pause, he whispered: "If someone calls himself Han Yuan, you can bring him here. It's not too late to order food when the guests arrive."
The shop assistant agreed and went down.
Master Li was a scholar and was a kind of person. At this time, he was in the elegant room and felt that this place must be cautious and careful. Even the voice was soft: "Erlang, let's wait a moment. Han Yuan will not be able to come!" He glanced at a painting hanging on the wall in the elegant room. He stood up and walked forward with his hands on his back. The painting was a landscape painting, and it was quite charming. He was holding a poem next to him. Master Li read it softly. When he saw the signature, he immediately shook his head and sighed: "It is really the world's wind. This is Xu Congyang's poem. It is not necessary to imitate it. However, this signature must also be signed with Xu Congyang's name, but it is a bit of a deception of the world!"
Chu Huan put the package next to it. When he landed on the ground, he heard a sound in the bag. It was a little strange. He opened the package and looked at it. Then he realized that the package not only contained neatly folded clothes, but also a string of copper coins, about seventy or eighty copper coins, strung together with a red rope and clamped them in the middle of the clothes.
After Chu Huan was stunned, he quickly realized that the copper coins were naturally placed inside Su Niang. Although the number was not large, according to the conditions of the Chu family, nearly a hundred copper coins were quite large, and they were embroidered by Su Niang stitches. Chu Huan saw it and felt moved in his heart. He knew that Su Niang was worried that she would be penniless outside, so he put these copper coins in his bag.
Master Li was already back with his hands on his back and sighed: "If I could see the original work of Xu Congyang, I would have no regrets in my life!"
Chu Huan tied the package and asked, "Uncle, who is Xu Congyang?"
"No wonder you don't know!" Master Li smiled and said, "Speaking of this, Xu Congyang is still your hometown. He was from Yunshan Mansion. However, he had left Yunshan Mansion thirty years ago. Now he is a high-ranking official in the capital... Xu Congyang is not only upright, has a brilliant literary talent, has all kinds of lyrics, poetry, and is well-known in the Book of Songs...!" At this point, his eyes flashed: "He wrote good characters when he was young, and was obsessed with the words. I knew at that time that he would have achieved great success in calligraphy. As expected, everyone knows that Xu Congyang's words are a thousand gold medals...!"
Chu Huanqi said: "Uncle, did you know Xu Congyang when you were young?"
Master Li was stunned, then shook his head, his eyes flashed: "I don't recognize it. I am just a teacher, and Xu Congyang is a high-ranking official in the capital, and he can't fight for anything..." Speaking of this, Master Li's eyes faintly showed a gloomy look, as if he was thinking about something and stopped talking.
Chu Huan felt that Master Li was not sincere, obviously hiding something, and thought to himself: "Can my uncle really have something to do with Xu Congyang?"
At this moment, he heard a "bang" sound. Mr. Li, who was thinking, was shocked and shocked. Chu Huan frowned, but he could already hear the sound coming from the next door.
There are several elegant rooms here, but there is also a private room next to it.
"Young Master Fan, are you playing our brothers like a monkey!" A heavy voice came from the next door, and Chu Huan heard it clearly: "We are all traitors. No matter what others say, we are very particular about our loyalty... You, the second young master Fan, are also a person with status, can you not even keep this kind of loyalty?"
As soon as the man finished speaking, Chu Huan heard a voice accompanying him and said carefully: "Stop the anger, calm down, you... your voice is lighter, people come and go here..."
"How can you not get angry?" said a heavy voice: "Our brothers on the way are just talking about the word "righteousness". If you don't keep your trust now, it's the face of my green-faced fourth brother!"
Chu Huan and Master Xu looked at each other and were both very confused.
Only the voice of Mr. Fan Er heard: "Second Master, sit down and talk first. This is not the first time we have a deal. Just sit down and talk about anything!"
The heavy voice was lowered a little, but Chu Huan could clearly hear him speak, and he only heard him take advantage of the voice, "This matter is nothing to be discussed. Fan Yixuan, you have paid the deposit, and you still owe five hundred taels of silver. It just so happened that my brothers in Balitang were tight recently, so I wouldn't talk nonsense to you. At the latest one month, if this silver has not been delivered to me, hehe... If you Fan Yixuan is not trustworthy, don't blame me for breaking the rules!"
Mr. Fan's second son became anxious: "Fourth Master, you...what do you mean?"
"What does it mean?" The fourth brother-in-law sneered: "Young Master Fan, you are a smart person, don't say you don't understand what I mean."
Mr. Fan's second son was full of annoyance: "The fourth brother of green face, are you too much? I have paid 200 taels of silver as a deposit. This matter has ended here. I don't want the deposit. What else do you want? You... don't bully people too much!"
"I'm too bullying?" The green-faced old man said coldly: "We agreed in advance to deposit 200 taels of silver. Afterwards, we would have asked you to make 800 taels of silver to make up 1,000 taels of silver, but you were convinced. I saw that we had some friendship before, so we gave you 300 taels of silver. In the end, 700 taels of silver will be settled. What is said is that you want to go back on your word?"
"Why did I go back on my word?" Fan Yi-jeong said angrily: "Isn't this a change? Don't you need to do it? You don't have to take action, and you can collect 200 taels of silver. Isn't that possible?"
"What we want is 700 taels!" The green-faced old man sneered: "If you decide, you have to keep your promise. If you buy and sell, you will not return the goods. If you pay the money, we will not be able to make the money. Even if we can't use our people, you can't lose one tael of money."
Hearing the sound of a chair sliding there, Fan Yi-chan's voice softened: "Fourth Master, let's not hide it from you. If nothing happened, not to mention seven hundred taels of silver, it would probably not be too difficult to make it seven thousand taels of silver. But... Oh, Fourth Master, for this matter, I have spent nearly a thousand taels of silver and sold the last two shops... I really can't take out your five hundred taels of silver."
"How many shops do you sell? What do you have to do with me?" The green-faced fourth brother's voice was very cold: "What I want to see is Yinzi, what I want to hear is happy words, not your nonsense." After a pause, his voice lowered again, but Master Li could no longer hear it. Chu Huan had a great hearing and faintly heard the green-faced fourth brother's voice: "Young Master Fan, why don't I come to give you an idea?"
Chu Huan didn't listen to Fan Yi-chan's words. After a while, he heard the green-faced fourth child say, "Don't you still have a big house? Even if that big house is sold at a low price, it will cost four or five hundred taels of silver..."
"No!" Fan Yi-chan's voice was a little panicked: "My mother is still there, that old house...the old house cannot be sold... and the house deeds are now in the hands of my mother. Even if I have this intention, that is...that is...that is...that is!"
The fourth brother of the green face laughed and said, "We Balitang don't know about Mr. Fan's methods. At that time, your Fan family was also a wealthy family with a wealth of thousands of dollars... Now there is only one old house left. Mr. Fan has lived a life like an immortal over the years. The Fan family's wealth of thousands of dollars can be controlled by you. How come it ends up not even an old house?"
"You..." Fan Yijie coughed violently and couldn't speak for a while.
The green-faced old fourth voice still penetrated Chu Huan's ears: "Since the old house cannot be sold, did Mr. Fan spend 500 taels of silver to buy a concubine two years ago? As far as I know, your concubine is beautiful, beautiful, handsome, and good at singing and dancing. I saw it a while ago. Although she is two years older, I feel very interesting, coquettish and seductive, and her butt... Tsk tsk... Mr. Fan is tired of playing now, so it's better to pay her over and convert it into 200 taels of silver... If you think my price is low, you can send her to the soft jade pavilion by yourself. Mother Chen is afraid that she can give you a good price...!"
"Bang!"
There was a heavy slap in the table next door, and then Fan Yi-chan said furiously: "The fourth brother in green face, your mouth is cleaner. Do you really want to blackmail me?"
He became angry, and the green-faced fourth brother was even more angry than him, and said rudely: "Fan Yi-chan, listen to me, don't even treat yourself as a rich young master. What is your Fan family like now? Not to mention Qingliu City, just the entire Yunshan Mansion, how many people don't know? I want to put on airs in front of me, go to you, mom!" Hearing him "spicy", he continued: "Listen to me, one month later, bring 500 taels of silver here. If I don't see anyone at that time, hum, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Chapter completed!