The princess was sitting on the couch combing her hair, and heard the laughter and chatter of Wu Xiaoxiao, Yangliu'er and Su Ping coming from the window. At first glance, they seemed to be very familiar.
The voices of the two little goblins were so sweet and so exciting that the princess frowned.
As he watched, the princess's face changed color.
She endured the pain in her feet, stood up staggeringly, limped to the window, stuck her head out, and looked downstairs with frowning eyes.
Let's just say that having a sensible maid in the family is a blessing to the family. Zhen Ping'er is Miss Six's personal maid. She always feels the feelings of the princess and knows the warmth and coldness best.
She felt that the behavior of the two little girls was a bit excessive and would definitely make the princess unhappy, so she took them away in advance. Therefore, when Tang Mei poked her head out of the window, her slightly ferocious face only met Su's.
Bottle's gaze.
It is worth mentioning that she is not furious, but her eyes are too big to give people the wrong impression. Just like the ferocious King Kong in the Daxiangguo Temple, it says nothing but gives people a sense of shock.
"Your Excellency, you should pay more attention."
"What should I pay attention to?"
"I'm worried that your eyeballs will fall out of their sockets."
"Insolent! Discourteous!"
Su Ping walked away with a bad smile.
Su Ping has two things to do today, one is to look at the house, and the other is to propose marriage to the princess.
Knowing that Tang Mei would refuse, Su Ping didn't plan to buy any expensive gifts, not to mention that he didn't have the spare money to buy gifts. He just bought two large chests, and told the matchmaker that the gifts had been placed in the cabinets. If
If the princess wants to see the gift, all you have to do is hand over the gift list and say that I have the key and forgot to give it to you.
The gift list contains all high-quality items, which look no less than the gifts from the young prince Zhao Lian.
The matchmaker Su Ping found was actually Feng Die's mother, Mrs. Zhang.
Su Ping said to the little beauty Feng Die, the princess would not agree to it anyway, and hiring a professional matchmaker would be a waste of money. Why not give this money to your mother, I don’t think it is a waste. Upon hearing this, the little beauty was moved to tears
Tears fell on the ground and kowtowed to my uncle.
Five taels of silver was considered a lot of money to Feng Die.
When he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Su Ping first went to the Chamberlain's room to "dianmao". The so-called "dianmao" was to meet with the chamberlain to see if there were any orders. If not, Xue's beloved general would have to run out and look for trouble.
Already.
Xue Pang took out a stack of files and said that they were all about Huang Bingxuan's cases, and handed them all to Su Ping, asking Su Ping to handle as many cases as he could. If he found a case within the case during the handling of the case, he would make his own decision without having to report everything.
As for the corpse in the Little Cherry Wood Building, the group of suspects who escaped from Jingxingfang, and the group of masked men who suddenly appeared, Xue Shilang didn't care about these things at all. He just wanted to kill Huang Bingxuan now, really
I don't know what the two of them have going on.
Xue Pang can not care about some issues, but Su Ping cannot be careless. Especially those group of masked men, who are they?
Chen Qianfou was so mysterious that even if he uttered a word, he would not make Su Ping so directionless. But Su Ping could understand Chen Qianfou because he was doing secret tasks. He could report to Su Ping.
You are already taking a risk. You have to appreciate it.
At first, Su Ping thought that the group of masked killers was related to the suspects who escaped from Jingxingfang. Later, he felt that since Chen Qianfou was involved, it should be related to the emperor. But it must not be the emperor who wanted to kill him, so who could it be?
Su Ping thought about any royal relatives he had offended, and then he thought of Zhao Lian, the eldest son of Prince Qi.
Just because of that meeting, he wanted to kill someone?
It feels a bit far-fetched, but apart from this reason, I can't find any other reason.
Today, Su Ping would go to Pingkangfang Office first to ask about the situation of the Little Cherry Wood Building and get to know the new Fangcheng.
Just yesterday, the official department had elected a new Fang Cheng, a scholar from Daoguangfang Gongxun Street. His name was Zhan Yulin, and he was only sixteen years old. However, this son looked talented and well-educated. Su Ping looked very
Pleasant to the eyes.
It's just that he is too young, I really don't know how he will deal with the messy things in Pingkangfang.
It is said that it is difficult to be a prime minister, but this extremely glamorous Pingkangfang is home to many big names in the entertainment industry. Behind the big bosses are royal relatives, wealthy families, and financial groups.
However, Zhan Yulin's backing was not simple. His grandfather was Zhongshu Ling Zhantuo, who was the chief think tank of Emperor Wanlong in governing the country.
In the words of my friend Sima Jing: This backer is strong.
In Xu Changqing's words: If I had this backer, I could be the prime minister.
Of course, Su Ping's two friends are not very normal people, so listen to half of what they say and don't take them seriously.
“There’s a storefront over there with a sign saying ‘for sale’!”
Now Su Ping has one hundred and eighty-five taels of silver. With this money, he can only buy two small houses in the alley in Pingkangfang. Both of them are rented by street artists. The lives of the artists are already difficult.
, charging them rent will make Su Ping feel guilty.
Mei Ran became excited when she saw the word "betray" hanging on the Chengfeng Teahouse. Seeing her excitement, Su Ping grinned and said maliciously:
"If you don't give away the one hundred taels, maybe we can still consider that house. But for now, it's better not to consider it."
Hearing what Su Ping meant, the girl was unhappy. She squinted her eyes coldly and said angrily: "If you talk like this again, I won't help you rob dirty money in the future!"
Su Ping said: "Whether you rob it or not, the money is also an account. And the original owner of the money is not a good person, so why not snatch it? Together, it is right if the money is in their hands, and it is wrong if it falls into our hands.
of?"
"I can't help you, but that's the kind of person I am, and I will never spend dirty money!"
Mei Ran stomped away.
Looking at Mei Ran's stubborn back, Su Ping shook his head.
In fact, even including Mei Ran's one hundred taels, they couldn't afford the Chengfeng Teahouse. It was a two-story building with a facade, and there were two courtyards behind it. The first one was the main house, and the second one was an elevated room that could be used as a warehouse.
Such a commercial noodle shop house is impossible to buy for less than 1,500 taels.
Just when Su Ping and Mei Ran were about to leave, they saw Qiao Dongcheng, who was called "Second Master Qiao" by the neighbors, walking out of the building, holding a gong in his hand, banging it hard, and shouting: "The house is in urgent need of help."
For sale, four hundred taels!"
Su Ping suddenly stopped, and Mei Ran also stopped.
Seeing Su Ping turn to look at him, Qiao Dongcheng smiled: "It can't be any cheaper."
Su Ping walked over, clasped his fists and asked, "Are you just selling the teahouse?"
Qiao Dongcheng sighed: "I want to use the next two buildings as warehouses. And this teahouse, I don't sell it to everyone."
Qiao Dongcheng pointed at the plaque and said, "Have you seen this century-old sign of our house? I have a condition for selling the property. The buyer must continue to operate the teahouse. If you can't agree, then don't buy it at all. I want to write clearly in black and white, if I buy it,
If you don’t run a teahouse after taking over the house, then I will take back the house.”
Su Ping smiled bitterly: "No wonder it's sold cheaply. It turns out that after buying it, it's not considered the owner."
Qiao Dongcheng said: "That's wrong. As long as you continue to run the teahouse, I have no right to take it back."
Su Ping said: "Then why don't you run it yourself? Or rent it?"
Qiao Dongcheng said: "To be fair to this little brother, now my dog and I are working for His Highness King Qi, and all we deal with are big businesses. I really don't have the energy to take care of such a small business. And I rented it out twice before, and it turned out that
It’s all disappointing.”
Qiao Dongcheng sighed again and said with a sentimental expression: "I can't bear to let this sign sit here and eat dust. After all, it was passed down from our ancestors."
Su Ping felt that he was pretending to be sentimental and covering up the real reason why he sold it at a low price.
That day, Su Pingmeiran and the Honghua Club broke in and fought fiercely with Qi Yu and a group of people, killing several of them. Later, the Jingzhao Mansion followed up on the case and dug up several skeletons in the open space behind the teahouse.
According to Wu Zuo's speculation, they were all little girls of 12 or 13 years old. It seemed that they were killed by Qi Yu's criminal group or suffocated to death in a dung truck, so they were buried on the spot.
With these discoveries, the reputation of this house was ruined. It was called a dangerous house by the people of Liang Dynasty. It was very taboo, including Qiao Dongcheng himself, so he was anxious to sell it at a low price.
It is said that there is no business without treachery, and this Qiao Dongcheng is no exception. Su Ping did not have the energy to take care of the teahouse, so he decided to give up. But at this time, Mei Ran said: "Let the people from the Red Flower Club come here to run it. Lu Sanniang used to do it."
From the teahouse.”
Qiao Dongcheng smiled: "If so, it can be sold."
Su Ping waved her hand at Mei Ran, indicating that she would not buy it, but Mei Ran seemed to be on a string, with a strong energy in her body, insisting on buying it. He also said that the Red Flower Club has no place to gather now, and many people have no way of making a living.
If they continue to scatter like this, it won't take long for the Red Flower Club to completely disperse.
Seeing that Mei Ran sincerely wanted to buy it, Qiao Dongcheng said, "How about I give you another twenty taels?"
Su Ping took a breath: "Second Master Qiao, let's make it clear. I handled the case in your teahouse. Why your house was sold so cheaply, we both know. If you can give up the share of taking back
If there is an agreement, I will buy it; if not, I will not buy it.”
Qiao Dongcheng clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Brother, I'm afraid you are looking down on others. Do you think I, Qiao Dongcheng, need these four hundred miles of silver? I just don't want this brand to fall down."
He was still pretending to be sentimental, but Su Ping said rudely: "I don't care what you think, I just ask you if you can withdraw the agreement without signing it."
Qiao Dongcheng asked: "Then answer me, are you still going to run this teahouse? If you agree to let me run it, you can waive the visa! I think your young man is a talented person and is a trustworthy person."
When discussing business, Su Ping never took the compliments of the other party to heart. On the contrary, he felt that he could still negotiate the price. Su Ping offered to cut off thirty taels, but Qiao Dongcheng insisted on holding on to three hundred and eighty taels. When Su Ping left, he
No one was left. Seeing this, Su Ping came back and cut off five taels.