The fourth son, Tang Kuan, sent away Qi Yu, the owner of Chengfeng Teahouse, and came to Qinxiang Xiaozhu.
In the lobby on the first floor, Tang Kuan was sitting leisurely in the imperial chair drinking tea.
Tang Mei was sitting on the side seat, not knowing what to say.
Tang Kuan took a sip of tea and felt it was too bitter, so he put it down and said: "You said, I sent him to the county government office as an errand, but he didn't give face to the county magistrate and forced this man named Qi to come to me. No,
I still have to come to your place to find him. I guess he doesn't dare not give me face. But in this case, what will the county magistrate think of me? Together, I sent someone over to act opposite him? In the county
Yamen, in the future, the county magistrate will not be able to do his job, but I, Tang Kuan, will be able to do it? Isn’t this trying to tear someone down? This is not possible."
The maid brought a plate of melon seeds, which Tang Mei took and handed to Tang Kuan.
Tang Kuan picked up a handful of melon seeds and said: "We, the Tang family, have nothing to be afraid of, but we must behave ourselves, otherwise I, Mr. Tang, will not be able to accomplish anything in Luoyang City in the future, don't you think so?"
"This Su Baoyu is really outrageous." Tang Mei followed her brother's words and said: "After he came to my place, he actually did some unexpected things. If you ask me, this is the temperament of country people who don't understand our Luoyang.
The rules in the city. Look, he ran away in the middle of the night without even saying a word to me. Brother, it would be better if you don't get along with him."
Tang Kuan waved his hand: "Little sister, you are wrong. I am not here to attack him this time. Instead, I have something to talk to him about."
"Hey, the fourth brother wants to talk to him about something?" Tang Mei asked with a smile: "This is really a compliment to her. What can he help the fourth brother?"
I don’t know how long these melon seeds had been left out, but they were already wet. Tang Kuan stopped eating and clapped his hands and said, "I was so deceitful just now when I was talking to the guy surnamed Qi. Guess what, he actually admitted that the last few batches had no household registration."
The Huaiyang skinny horse was brought by him. The imperial court issued a new decree half a year ago. This is a serious crime!"
"Brother, what do you mean..." Tang Mei approached and asked.
Tang Kuan whispered: "Although he admitted it, he said it in private after all. I have no handle against him. If he denies it in court, I can't do anything with him. So I want Su Baoyu to help me."
Keep an eye on him. Find something to do with him and bring him to justice. If anyone comes to plead for mercy, just say that Su Baoyu is a thief who enforces the law impartially and does not even give me face."
Tang Mei frowned and asked, "What good will this do to our Tang family?"
Tang Kuandao: "Recently, I have been discussing with Wanhualou about buying shares. Wanhualou belongs to the Han family. The Han family is challenging me with the support of Queen Han, and they are saying that I don't understand the acting industry at all. I'm on a straw bed
Yes, this time I will give them some tricks and let them know that there is nothing that I, Tang Laosi, cannot do in Luoyang! If they don’t let me make money in partnership, I will cut off their financial path!"
Tang Mei thought for a while and said with a slight embarrassment: "But just now the fourth brother said that Baoyu should enforce the law impartially without even giving the fourth brother the face. Doesn't this make the fourth brother lose face?"
Tang Kuan blinked: "Didn't my little sister say that when Princess Fan dies, she will be driven away? By then, won't my face be restored?"
Hearing this, Tang Mei choked and didn't say anything for a long time.
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"I'm telling you, shopkeeper, when I rented the teahouse to your Mr. Qi, we agreed not to damage the signboard of Chengfeng Teahouse."
"Hey, Mr. Qiao, what are you talking about? Why did we ruin the sign?" Mr. Zhang, the accountant of Chengfeng Teahouse, ran over and said with a smile.
"The sign is not bad? Take a look, does it look like there is a teahouse in this house? There is no one on the second floor, but there are a few on the first floor, but they are all your guys. Are you doing business?
Look at your guys, do they act like they're guys? When I walked in, no one came to greet me. Hey, your guys are all uncles, am I here to be taken advantage of? Do you want me to do it myself?
Boil water and make tea? How many taels of silver should I offer them when I leave?"
"Oh, Second Master. Didn't they think you were here to collect rent, so..."
"Don't tell me those useless things. Even if I'm here to collect rent, look at what the former shopkeeper Liu did. He greeted me with a smile, invited me to the private room, and served me a tall pot first." Qiao
The more Dongcheng talked, the angrier he became. He pointed at the group of angry guys in the room and said, "Look at them again. Do they look like him? I owe them money."
Second Master Qiao of Pingkangfang, the wife and nephew of King Zhao Changchun of the King of Qi. Concubine Qiao in the family of the King of Qi was a famous beauty. Originally, she was not a royal concubine, but she was lucky, and she even "conquered death" twice.
A concubine from a wealthy family, she was finally corrected. Of course, "defeating death" is a superstitious term and cannot be believed, but that's what people in the Liang Dynasty said.
Qiao Dongcheng is in his mid-thirties, has a handsome appearance, is upright, and is said to be good at martial arts. Not to mention that he also has two young men with him. Even if he didn't take him with him, he would not look down on those in Chengfeng Tea House.
Guys. In Qiao Dongcheng's eyes, these teahouse guys are a bunch of bad gangsters. If they use their fists, they can be beaten down in three or five strikes.
The accountant named Zhang turned around and said to the waiter: "What are you doing standing still? Quickly make a pot of something for Mr. Qiao."
Qiao Dongcheng waved his hand and said: "Well, I think it's better not to trouble you guys. I'm really not here to collect rent. I think this sign passed down by our family will be smashed by you, so
I decided to take back the teahouse."
"Hey, Mr. Qiao, please calm down. We have something to discuss."
"There is nothing to discuss." As he spoke, Qiao Dongcheng stood up: "Please tell Mr. Qi that you cannot say that my surname is Qiao, but that he failed to keep his promise. But I can give you half a month to let you
Find your next home. These half-months are my gift to you for nothing. On March 20th, you must move out. If you don’t move out, I will bring someone over."
After that, Qiao Dongcheng left with the people.
The cashier surnamed Zhang chased him to the door: "Second Master Qiao, this teahouse is gone. Why did you take it back?"
"You don't care what I do. This house and land are mine!"
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Although Mei Ran came from a martial arts background, she was still a little flustered when she went to the meeting alone. Especially when those gangsters started to cause trouble, she directly showed her trump card and knocked the tall man to the ground.
Seeing that Mei Ran had the situation under control, Su Ping felt relieved. However, he still shook the branch to say hello to Mei Ran.
When Mei Ran discovered Su Ping, the girl smiled happily. After all, this stinky junior brother was here and she was not left alone.
But just as she was about to say something, she saw a woman wearing a big cloak flying up beside her and heading straight for Su Ping.
This woman's martial arts skills were not simple. Su Ping fought with her for more than ten rounds, but there was no winner.
Mei Ran had followed him a long time ago and had already called out the words "one of our own", but the two people in the fight seemed to have no intention of stopping immediately, until they exchanged palms and each of them retreated.
The woman took three steps back in shock, and Su Ping took two steps back. He could have stood still, but he deliberately took one step back.
The woman stopped fighting, hid her face in the shadow of her hood, and asked in a cold voice: "Who did you learn your martial arts from?"
Su Ping clasped her hands behind her back and stood upright: "Why do you ask this?"
The woman in the hooded hat said, "Did he ask you to come?"
When she said this, she did not point at Mei Ran, so who did the "him" in her mouth refer to?
Su Ping vaguely felt that it might be Chen Qianfou.
Chen Qianfeng has always been prudent in doing things. Since he asked Mei Ran to be the leader of the Luoyang branch, he would most likely arrange one or two masters among this group of people to secretly protect Mei Ran.
Su Ping smiled, pointed at Mei Ran and said, "Yes, she invited me here. I was very busy, so I didn't agree at first. I hurried over after I was done."
The woman in the hooded hat asked: "Why don't you show your true face to others?"
Su Ping stared at the pointed chin in the shadow under the hood and smiled: "Isn't that true, Your Excellency?"
"Okay, stop talking, let me introduce you..." Mei Ran took over the conversation and introduced the two of them.
This woman does not use her real name when traveling in the world, only her trade name is "Ye Hanshuang". She has a younger sister. Mei Ran said that her younger sister is so beautiful that one look at her will make Su Ping's eyes fly out. Su Ping said that she is decent.
Human eyes don't fly around.
The curfew was about to come, and Su Ping had to leave here quickly. He hurriedly said goodbye, and Mei Ran walked Su Ping to the entrance of the square.
"Why didn't her sister come?" Su Ping asked with a smile.
Mei Ran rolled her eyes and said, "I just said that I was a decent person, but now I'm thinking about my sister."
"Look at you, I'm just asking."
"Her sister went to see the Grand Master."
"Oh..., have you met the Great Hierarch?"
Mei Ran curled her lips: "I haven't seen it before."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Su Ping said with a bad smile: "After doing this for a long time, your leader is a lustful person. He doesn't care about you, the leader of the Luoyang branch, but wants to see the beautiful woman first. Haha."
After chatting for a while, they heard the sound of bangs coming from the street, and were about to close the gate. Su Ping sped up and ran back to Qinghua Square. The moment the gate closed, he jumped in.
Falling to the ground, he smiled with relief. At that time, he was still wearing Mr. Yu's weird-looking robe, and he jumped so blindly that he startled the official who was closing the door.
The official muttered something in his mouth and walked over quickly, apparently wanting to ask Su Ping what he did. Su Ping took off his belt from his waist and waved it. The clerk waved his hand and turned around to leave.
Once you enter the square, you don't have to worry about the curfew. The square is still lively and lively, especially the Zuixian Tower, which is even more brightly lit.
Although Qinghuafang is living a life of tight clothing and food, those masters still have enough money in their families to continue living a life of feasting and feasting.
Su Ping walked unhurriedly to the door of the Duke's Mansion, and saw the little maid Tang Wan in a red coat running over anxiously, calling her uncle to come home quickly. She said that the Fourth Master Tang Kuan was waiting at home and had been waiting for an hour.
Okay. Fourth Master is a busy man and also has a short temper. Please walk quickly.