"Auntie, what happened?" Chen Qing filled a glass of wine for the two of them and asked with a smile.
Li Qingzhao sighed, "In the final analysis, I am too trusting of others. Qiaoyun, please speak for me! I am a little angry."
Zhao Qiaoyun blushed and whispered: "Master wanted to find a shop to reopen the teahouse. Later, a poetry friend introduced him and found a teahouse on Dongda Street. Master was very satisfied and the other party was willing to transfer it. The negotiated price was one thousand guan, including the land.
Together, the master was very happy and gave the other party a hundred silver coins after signing the agreement."
There was silence at the wine table. Everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Zhao Qiaoyun's voice was too soft, and only Chen Qing could hear it clearly.
Zhou Kuan said in surprise: "East Street is only a thousand guan, how many acres of shop is it?"
"About three acres."
"Miss Zhao, please continue talking!"
Zhao Qiaoyun continued: "Then the seller sent a message in the morning to invite the master to dinner. The master thought it was the final delivery, so he came happily. However, the seller said that someone else wanted the store, and someone else offered 1,500 guan. If the master wanted it,
, it was necessary to add another five hundred guan, and the master became angry. He clearly signed the contract in black and white, how could he go back on his word? The seller said that if the master did not add more money, he would give it to someone else, and then ran away."
The matter was very simple, it was just a back-and-forth transaction. Chen Qing smiled and asked Zhou Kuan, "Isn't this price right?"
Zhou Kuan shook his head, "The prices at the street-facing shops on East Street have always been very high. Even when the Jin soldiers came, they never dropped. Miss Zhao, is the teahouse your master wants to buy the Dragon and Phoenix Teahouse?"
"Yes! This is his home."
"Then there's a problem. The Dragon and Phoenix Teahouse is the property of the Wei family. They can't resell it. Even if they want to sell it, it won't be so cheap. A three-acre teahouse costs at least 3,000 guan."
Li Qingzhao suddenly became anxious, "But I saw with my own eyes the land deed and house deed of the teahouse, the transfer deed was also signed, and there was an intermediary, otherwise I wouldn't have given him half of the money first."
"Mr. Yi An, can you let me see the contract?"
Li Qingzhao quickly handed the contract in the package to Zhou Kuan. Zhao Qiaoyun asked Chen Qing in a low voice: "Master, wasn't he deceived?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "It's probably not a liar. If he was a liar, he would have disappeared after getting the money. Since there are land and house deeds, maybe the unscrupulous sons of the Wei family wanted to secretly sell the ancestral property, and then regretted it after thinking that the sale was cheap."
Zhou Kuan read the contract and smiled: "There is nothing wrong with the contract. It is a blank document produced by the government and the middleman is right. As long as the seller is the legal owner of the teahouse, then the contract is established and the lawsuit will not be lost."
Li Qingzhao worriedly said: "What if he is not the owner of the teahouse, but I have already given him half of the money. If he hides, where will I find him?"
Jiang Yanxian laughed and said, "A monk who can escape cannot escape from the temple. As long as the teahouse is there, he cannot escape. Tomorrow, Mr. Yi An can go directly to the county government to file a complaint. County Lu Zhi will definitely accept the case."
The new magistrate of Chang'an is still Lu Wei. Chang'an is now the seat of the Jinglue Prefecture. Of course, the person he trusts most should be the magistrate.
Zhang Xiao also said: "Generally, as long as there is a middleman, the seller cannot escape."
Li Qingzhao nodded, "I will submit the petition tomorrow!"
Zhao Qiaoyun filled a glass of wine for Chen Qing. Chen Qing picked up the glass and said with a smile: "Let's drink this again and wish Mr. Yi'an success in his lawsuit!"
There is a mansion covering an area of 20 acres in the east of Jingzhao City. This is the main residence of the Wei family, a wealthy family in Guanzhong. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Wei family was one of the most famous families in the world. Although by the Song Dynasty, the aura of the Wei family had long since faded. No more, but after all, a starved camel is bigger than a horse. The Wei family is still a famous gentry family in Guanzhong and has considerable influence in the officialdom of Shaanxi Road.
Even under Chen Qing, there are traces of the Wei family, such as Wei Qing, the magistrate of Lanzhou, and his sister Wei Su, who is Yang Yuanqing's wife.
The current head of the Wei family is called Wei Ningyuan. In fact, the Wei family has spread all over the world. The influence of Wei Ningyuan, the head of the family, is only limited to the Guanzhong area. Every three years, tribesmen from all over Guanzhong will attend the big clan sacrifice. Go to Jingzhao City to participate in ancestor worship.
Wei Ningyuan was about fifty years old. During the Xuanhe period, he was appointed the training envoy of the Qianzhou regiment. This was a fictitious position with no actual authority.
When the puppet Qi army took control of Jingzhao, they invited him to serve as Sima of Jingzhao Prefecture, but he politely declined. This time Chen Qing seized the Shaanxi Road, Wei Ningyuan was also a little worried.
The reason is also relatively simple. It was too easy for Chen Qing to seize Jingzhao, which made Wei Ning far from seeing Chen Qing's strength. He was worried that if the Jin soldiers launched a large-scale counterattack, would Chen Qing's army be able to defend it?
Precisely because of this concern, Wei Ningyuan was not enthusiastic about Chen Qing's arrival, and of course he was not opposed to it. He still kept a low profile.
In the afternoon, Wei Ningyuan saw off a guest and suddenly saw his brother Wei Ningshan sneaking back along the corner. All four Wei Ningyuan brothers were successful in their studies. Among them, the second brother Wei Ningde was a doctor of Lin'an Taixue. Only the elder brother was a doctor. Si Weiningshan is incompetent. He has been a prodigal since he was young. Now at the age of forty, he is still idle and does not do his job properly.
Wei Ningyuan's eyes widened, "Where did you go wandering around again?"
Wei Ningshan smiled and said, "I went to meet a few friends and I didn't mess around."
He hurriedly fled into the house, and Wei Ningyuan angrily shouted at his back: "Don't interact with those bad friends of yours!"
Wei Ningshan had already run away in a flash. Wei Ningyuan shook his head. This fourth brother always made people worry, and he might not be able to achieve anything in this life.
Wei Ningyuan turned around and was about to go back to the inner house, but saw Manager Liu from the teahouse running out of breath. Wei Ningyuan stopped and asked: "Manager Liu, what happened?"
"Sir, people from the county government have closed down our teahouse."
"What?"
Wei Ningyuan's eyes widened, "Why?"
"I don't know, someone seems to have sued us. Is there any dispute?"
Wei Ningyuan frowned. Longfeng Teahouse has been open for thirty years and there has never been any dispute. What dispute is there now?
He quickly found the butler and ordered him: "You and shopkeeper Liu go to the county government office, find Wang Yasi, and ask clearly what happened to the teahouse and why it was closed down?"
"Don't worry, sir, I'll ask right away."
Several officials in the county government have changed, but the county officials are still the same team. Wang Yasi, who is in charge of Hucao, is from the Wei family and has always taken good care of the Wei family over the years.
About an hour later, the butler came back in a hurry.
He came to the inner hall and said to Wei Ningyuan: "Sir, Wang Yasi said that things are a bit troublesome."
"What's going on? Tell me slowly!"
"This matter may have something to do with the Fourth Master."
Wei Ningyuan frowned, "What's going on?"
"It seems that the fourth master took the teahouse and the land deed and the house deed to make a deal with someone else. Both parties signed the contract, and the intermediary was Dahong Dental Shop. The other party had already paid half of the money. Then the other party couldn't find anyone, so he went to the county government to file a complaint.
Already."
Wei Ningyuan's eyes widened and he shouted to his eldest son Wei Chun: "Go and find your fourth uncle for me, go now!"
The chief steward added: "The trouble with this matter is that the buyer has some background. Even Wang Yasi advised us to reconcile and not make the matter bigger."
“What is the background of the buyer?”
"It seems to be a famous female poet, Li Qingzhao."
"It turns out to be her!"
Wei Ningyuan changed his mind and was suddenly shocked. Since it was Li Qingzhao who purchased it, Chen Qing would inevitably be involved.
"Have you asked clearly, who is responsible?"
"Wang Yasi said that it should be our responsibility."
At this time, Wei Ningshan walked into the inner hall and said with a playful smile: "Brother, what do you want to tell me?"
Wei Ningyuan said coldly: "The county government has closed down our Dragon and Phoenix Teahouse."
Wei Ningshan's expression changed, and then he pretended not to care and said, "What does this have to do with me?"
"You still dare to pretend that you signed a contract with others and sold the teahouse, and then you defaulted on the money after you got the money. You are so brave!"
Seeing that his brother already knew about it, Wei Ningshan stopped pretending and said frankly: "It's true that I signed the contract, but after signing the contract, I found out that the sale was too cheap. I asked her to increase the money, but she refused, so I didn't
There is no way."
Wei Ningyuan glared at his eldest son, "How do you keep the house deed and land deed?"
The eldest son Wei Chun was speechless. The fourth uncle just borrowed it to look at it and never dreamed that he would actually sell it.
Wei Ningyuan snorted heavily, "What about the money? How much did the other party pay you? Where are you now?"
When the money was mentioned, Wei Ningshan immediately withered and hesitated for a while: "The other party paid me one hundred taels of silver. I have a friend whose father is seriously ill, so I lent it to him."
"Fuck you! You used it to pay off gambling debts. Do you think I don't know?"
Weiningshan lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
Wei Ningyuan was so angry that he felt dizzy and said to his eldest son: "Go to the county government office and tell us that we recognize the transfer contract and that we are willing to reconcile."
"Brother, no!"
Wei Ningshan was shocked and said: "The transfer price is only one thousand guan, you can't accept it!"
"What?"
Wei Ningyuan sat down slumped with his head in his arms. The Longfeng Teahouse and the others had worked hard for thirty years, and this sign alone was worth several thousand guan, not to mention the three acres of land on East Street and the two high-quality springs outside the city.
Someone once offered 8,000 guan and he didn't even agree to transfer it. Instead, this unscrupulous young man sold it for 1,000 guan at a low price. This made Wei Ningyuan extremely heartbroken.
After a long time, Wei Ningyuan sighed and said, "Bring me the house deed and land deed. I'll go visit Ambassador Chen Jinglue!"
