Young owner?

Lin Hongyi looked at Zhang Youqian with confusion on her face. Could this Baiyunxuan really be your property?

I smiled and said, that must be yes. Haven’t you always wanted to marry a rich man? This young man is young and rich, and he is the richest man in the capital. Apart from being a bit ugly, he has nothing else to do with it.

Zhang Youqian looked so silly. Is there anyone who praises people like this?

I smiled sly. Lin Hongyi suddenly said, I understand, you two have colluded together, will you show me the acting? Zhang Youqian said anxiously, Miss Lin, no, actually, I really want to be friends with you.

Lin Hongyi snorted coldly and said, "You big liar!" As he said that, he rushed out. I said, why are you still standing there? You haven't chased after you. Zhang Youqian was about to go out, but Lin Hongyi suddenly said, "You, don't follow me, I want to be quiet."

Zhang Youqian came back in a panic and asked, "You kid is the love saint, how confident are I am to help me with your advice?"

I said, where is my love saint?

Zhang Youqian said angrily, don’t behave like a good person when you get a bargain. Xu Ruonan and Xie Junyan are not women from a thousand. Sometimes I really enviously want to beat you to death. You can take up any good things, but thinking about your money is not as much as mine and your martial arts are not as good as mine, I feel calm.

Is his martial arts inferior to his?

I was naturally dissatisfied, but seeing the power of his palm just now, he has not seen it for more than a month, and his martial arts has indeed improved a lot. Could it be that he has had any adventures recently? This kid was so lucky that he had so much luck in martial arts practice. He became famous masters and bought a bunch of magic pills with money. His martial arts progress was almost a thousand miles a day.

I asked him why his martial arts suddenly improved by leaps and bounds. Zhang Youqian said, once I become serious in martial arts, even I am afraid. Well, I am afraid. By the way, do you think Lin Hongyi will fall in love with me?

I said that things are done by man, and opportunities are all determined by yourself. By the way, aren’t you going to find the treasure of King Qi?

Zhang Youqian snorted, asked the shopkeeper to find some tricks and change some food and drinks. He then told the story of going to the treasure of King Qi with Chen Qingyang. In addition to the six gates, several waves of forces in the world were also trying their luck in Dezhou Prefecture.

You don’t know how I survived this month. The stinky woman in Jade-faced Rakshasa had no good expression on me along the way. With her bad temper, no wonder she killed her husband. If it weren’t for the cute sister in red all the way, I would have wanted to die...

I said stop, and said the key point.

Zhang Youqian put away the joke and said with a serious look on his face, "I discovered a problem during this trip to Shandong, please help me with your advice."

What's the problem?

This time I went to find the treasure of King Qi, which was a top secret operation, but I found that many forces had this treasure map in their hands.

Is there really a treasure?

Zhang Youqian took a sip of tea and said, although there were some gold, silver and treasures inside, they were not enough to affect the overall situation. What was really interesting was the top secret information about the rebellion of King Qi back then. Guess what I discovered?

I said unhappy, "Stop keeping it a secret, didn't you let me advise you?"

Zhang Youqian continued, among these top secret materials, I found some letters from King Qi Zhu Kuaibo and our shopkeeper back then. Lu Zhongyuan was very likely to be involved in the rebellion of King Qi back then.

I said in shock, what? How is it possible?

Lu Zhongyuan made great contributions to pacifying the rebellion of King Qi, and was promoted to the position of chief of the Six Gates. The news of Zhang Youqian was a bit too shocking and I couldn't digest it for a while.

Zhang Youqian said again that this matter was better hidden. When the King of Qi rebelled, several masters were damaged in the six gates. It would be impossible to know whether there were Lu Zhongyuan's means. Not only that, there were many officials in the court who were related to the King of Qi at that time, but the evidence was taken away by Chen Qingyang. I guess someone deliberately revealed the secret of the King of Qi's treasure. If we hadn't taken the lead, things would have been a big deal.

I thought to myself, if this is true, if these evidences fall into Lu Zhongyuan's hands, he will certainly rest assured, but the others in the court may not be able to sleep. Taking a step back, Lu Zhongyuan destroyed these evidences, it would be okay. Further, if he uses these materials to threaten the officials in the court, it will be another scene.

No wonder when Chen Qingyang asked us to testify against the tribute silver theft in Hejian Prefecture, Dengwenyuan, and Jinyiwei jointly investigated the case of tribute silver stolen in Hejian Prefecture, Dengwenyuan asked us to make false evidence and to make things related to the Xu and Yang Party struggles. However, we insisted on disagreeing later, so we did not succeed. After we came back, Lu Zhongyuan also thought that nothing had happened and did not mention it at all.

I asked in a low voice, who else knows about this?

Zhang Youqian quickly took a step back and said, "Why, are you going to kill someone to silence me?"

I said you have watched too many palace fighting dramas. I was just a kind reminder. Zhang Youqian said, I can tell the difference between such things, but I feel so uncomfortable to hold them in my heart. I will share them with you.

I said you are really a friend.

Zhang Youqian's words made me a little shocked. His words were quite credible. Old Sun said that there were many masters at the time when the Six Gate were masters, and then many masters left and died, which coincided with the time when the King of Qi rebelled. In order to keep the secret, Lu Zhongyuan was most likely to have killed someone who was in the know.

When I think of this, my scalp gets numb. I asked, what should I do next?

Zhang Youqian said I want to know, I asked you? But a philosopher once said that when you are at a loss, you might as well try to put it aside, maybe you will gain something one day.

Which philosopher said?

Zhang Youqian smiled and said it was this young master.

Although Zhang Youqian was extremely reluctant, he still gave me 20,000 taels of silver as a reward for me to match him and Lin Hongyi. That afternoon, I took the silver note to find Lu Zhongyuan.

Lu Zhongyuan was fiddling with Phalaenopsis in the study. Although it was winter, the Phalaenopsis was also open against time. When he saw me coming in, he said, "What, what's wrong?"

I said that I was talking about mentioning the Red-clothed Captain in the morning. I thought it through clearly and asked the shopkeeper to consider it. As he said that, he handed over the silver notes.

Lu Zhongyuan laughed loudly, "You can teach me." In fact, at the last deacon meeting, I proposed to promote you to the head of the Red Clothing Captain. At that time, I was worried that you would not be competent. I didn't expect that you would show extraordinary strength in just half a day.

I said it was all good for the shopkeepers to train them.

But he scolded him a hundred times in his heart.

At the Six Doors, the Red Clothing Captain means that you have officially entered the middle level. At the Six Doors, the Red Clothing Captain's salary is 120 taels of silver per year. Of course, this money can be ignored. Being a middle level means that you have a little power in your hands, and you have a lot of opportunities to make money. This kind of opportunity has a more elegant name called power rent-seeking.

For example, a red-clothed captain in charge of fire prevention among the six doors can make countless gold and silver in a year by inspecting fire prevention in major shops and sects every year. No wonder they have to spend a lot of money in order to become this red-clothed captain. If they can't find a way to make money, they will be laughed at by their peers when they are spread.

I want to be a red-clothed captain, of course it’s not for money. The disciples of the Saint Stealing Sect never lack money. The reason I want to be a red-clothed captain is purely because Zhang Youqian became a red-clothed captain. Not long ago, he showed off this matter whenever he had the chance. I was just to fight for this tone.

Capital City, Xie Mansion.

Xie Shiting was the old master of the dynasty, a celebrity around the emperor, and a god of wealth in the Ming Dynasty. Any of the three identities was enough to make people covet. So he celebrated his fiftieth birthday, and there were endless people coming to celebrate his birthday, and there were crowds of people.

It's no wonder they are. Since ancient times, people have liked to gather in places where power is concentrated. Xie Shiting celebrated his fifty birthday today and is very young. In less than half a year, he has become a force that cannot be underestimated in the court. If this continues, the position of chief minister of the cabinet will sooner or later be his.

Those who came to celebrate his birthday were either rich or noble, including ministers in the court, successful disciples, and envoys from foreign countries such as Northern Zhou and Dongyi.

Almost all of these foreign envoys were stationed in the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally understood the rules of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom.

After all, Xie Shiting was the God of Wealth in the Ming Dynasty. His attitude was directly related to whether these foreign countries would eat meat or soil in the next year.

However, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Menglong and Xu Yufu, who are the second assistant, are old and ranked before Xie Shiting, naturally would not attend such a birthday party. However, they were considerate and sent gifts from servants.

Now the capital is still under martial law period, and Xie Shiting has violated relevant regulations on holding a birthday party, but at this time, no one really cares about such things.

As for me, I definitely cannot enter the birthday party, but when I found Xie Junyan, she expressed her satisfaction and had already sent someone to send an invitation. However, looking at the bustling traffic at the door of Xie's mansion, thinking about Hu Zongxian's door, it was really a place in the sky and an underground.

Some people say that Xie Shiting killed someone with words, and just a few words, could kill Hu Zongxian.

I have a good impression of Hu Zongxian. I deliberately slander Hu Zongxian's reputation in the rumors. This is obviously an organized and premeditated action. I have been puzzled for a long time. Today I want to find an opportunity to get along with Xie Shiting alone to confirm those conjectures.

Due to Xie Junyan, Xie Shiting was not friendly to me, and he was even nervous several times. But I was not afraid of him. It is true that he is a master, but he has no direct interest in me, so I don’t need to act according to his expression.

Xie Junyan knew that I was coming, so he had been waiting for me in the side room at the door, Brother Xie!

Xie Junyan wore a red dress and a white fox fur coat, which made her fair skin look brighter and more charming. Her long neck was like a swan, which made people feel moved. I hurried forward and said, "My sister Junyan, I'm wearing it beautifully today!"

Xie Junyan's face turned red. In the eyes of everyone, and in the envy of the people around him, he took me into Xie's mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard a concierge shouting, "The Northern Zhou special envoy Hu Yan Wuneng and his nephew Wanyan Cabbage came to celebrate Grand Secretary Xie's birthday!"
Chapter completed!