"Two hundred guan cannot answer this question." Zhang Da said, "The price will have to be increased."
The small red clay stove warmed the wine and meat, emitting an alluring aroma. It was completely unexpected that the porters who were working hard to carry the coffin were now bargaining with Prince Mu.
"Then there is a problem." Mu Ting still held the two-hundred-guan banknote and looked at Zhang Da with burning eyes. "I might as well speculate that Zhou Linguang bribed Mr. Luo Dalang, and Mr. Luo Dalang persuaded Madam Ding to take it. Five Stones Scattered, Mrs. Ding died after completing her mission, and Zhou Linguang happened to convince the Ding family to let Mrs. Ding marry her son in secret. Is my speculation consistent with the facts? "
Zhang Da chuckled: "My little brother is quite good at reasoning." He didn't say yes or no.
Mu Ting stood up and placed the two hundred banknotes on the table: "Thank you for today."
"It doesn't have to be so much..." Zhang Da said hypocritically.
"Brother Zhang, just take it. I have to go to Zhou's house again, so I won't have a drink with Brother Zhang."
"Hey, little brother, please sit down for a while..." Zhang Da persuaded Mu Ting, "Little brother has paid the money, and Brother Yu has to do something. Little brother wants to know something about Zhou Linguang, and Brother Yu will definitely tell you everything."
"It's really unnecessary." Mu Ting looked calm, "Also, tell your master, thank you. I accept his kindness, but I will never agree to his conditions."
He strode out.
Zhang Da stared: "What did the little brother say? Uncle Xu, hurry up and send the little brother off."
As soon as Mu Ting left, he said to himself: "I disguised myself very well. How did he see that something was wrong with me? However, without our intelligence, he could have investigated the case with his recklessness." Do you have to make it clear?”
If he hadn't been smart enough to cover Mu Ting today, the steward of the Zhou family would have noticed something was wrong with Mu Ting.
But he is quite good at being a good person. Zhang Da pinched the two hundred bank note and stuffed it into his sleeve pocket with a smile.
When Mu Ting returned to the Zhou family, the Zhou family seemed much more depressed than the bustle just now.
There were still faint sounds of crying. Mu Ting returned to the place where he had hidden Chang San before, but Chang San had disappeared.
Suddenly, a sharp shout came from the other end of the cry: "I think the older you get, the more confused your mind becomes! In an outside room, you actually want to bring her into the house as a matchmaker. Has my Zhou family fallen so low?!"
It was Zhou Linguang who spoke.
Zhou's family members were all in the same room. Zhou's mother was in agony, lying half on the couch, howling and then pausing. Her daughter Zhou Man stood by and wiped her tears.
Zhou Linguang sat on the rose chair, his face turned pale with anger: "Besides, your second brother has just been buried, and you are so thoughtful about marrying a bride? Are you trying to embarrass the Zhou family?"
Zhou Wen stood at the door, wanting to run but not daring, but he could run away at any time at the door.
He rubbed his neck and shouted: "Didn't my father always teach his son to get married earlier? This son is getting married, but his father is not willing. As soon as the second brother was buried, our Zhou family held a wedding. How can this be bad?" "
"You!" Zhou Linguang was so angry that he wanted to hit him with a tea cup, but he thought about it and held it back, "As a father, I hope you can marry a lady, not a prostitute like that!"
"In a declining family like our Zhou family, which lady is still willing to look at her son?" Zhou Wen said, "Last time at the flower viewing party, even the daughter of the lowest-ranking official didn't bother to look at her son. By the way, last time my father asked his son to save the Cui family's wife at the flower viewing party. He said that if the Cui family's wife was rescued, the marriage with the Cui family would be a real deal. But in the end, it didn't work out? Your son, just This life."
"You still have the nerve to say that!" Zhou Linguang was extremely angry, "If you are bolder and go and win over Madam Cui, won't the marriage be settled?"
"There is an assassin in the lotus pond! If my son had been bolder, his head might have fallen to the ground!" Zhou Wen said confidently.
"You're right!" Zhou Linguang finally couldn't help it anymore, picked up the teacup and threw it at Zhou Wen, "Get out of here!"
"Get out!" Zhou Wen walked very neatly. He has the time to be scolded by his father here, so he might as well go back and spend time with Lady Lan. Because of his second brother's funeral, he didn't return to the courtyard for two days.
"Father, don't be angry." Zhou Man advised at this time, "Brother Wen just didn't think it through."
Zhou's mother also shed tears and said, "You scold him like this, and he will become more and more separated from you."
"They are not all good sons you have trained!" Zhou Linguang turned his anger to his wife.
"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. Anyway, Xu'er is dead and I don't want to live anymore. I'll go with Xu'er now!" Mother Zhou said and started sobbing again.
"Auntie, please don't say that, father is just saying things unintentionally." Zhou Man advised, then turned to Zhou Linguang and said, "Father, my daughter has a good way to make Brother Wen change his mind."
His daughter has always been cruel and ruthless, and Zhou Linguang knew it. The good idea she said was probably to let Lady Nalan die. Only when the person dies will Zhou Wen stop thinking about that bitch.
"I'll leave this matter to you." Zhou Linguang was also tired.
Zhou Man was overjoyed, but looked coy: "This job requires some money, so the father must give his daughter some money..."
"You just go find the accountant and pay." Zhou Linguang glanced at his crying wife, rolled his sleeves in disgust and wanted to leave, but then he remembered that his daughter was still empty after being married for a long time, so he had to say a few more words to his daughter, "You, Mo If you go too far, your son-in-law will be separated from you." This time, the second son was mourning, and the son-in-law was supposed to come back, but no one was there.
Zhou Man pouted: "Daughter, don't worry." Although she said this, she didn't think so in her heart. Didn’t all her methods come from her father?
When Zhou Linguang came out of the room, he felt a headache when he looked at the paper money on the floor. He, Zhou Linguang, had been planning for half his life, but nothing happened? If the younger son dies, he will die, but if the eldest son wants to marry such a woman, he is absolutely unwilling to do so.
If the Zhou family wants to revive, they must marry the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family. Before, he was most optimistic about the Cui family's wife, and wanted to create opportunities for his son, but he didn't expect that his son turned out to be a coward.
Fortunately, Mu Ting was a fool. Although he saved Lady Cui, I heard that Mu Ting had no interest in Lady Cui.
That means the Zhou family still has a chance.
Zhou Linguang summoned his confidants: "Go and find out what Madam Cui has been up to these days."
He didn't believe that the Zhou family wouldn't be able to marry the wife of the Cui family.
But he was worried that his daughter was not doing things neatly enough, so he told another confidant: "If the eldest lady is not doing things neatly enough, help her."
All the confidants were gone, and Zhou Linguang let out a long sigh.
As long as he can marry the legitimate daughter of a high family, he can completely let go and start a big thing.
As soon as the dinner party at Qin's Restaurant started, there was a small peak.
Since the salt case, no one has come to collect more taxes, and the prices of food sold in all the restaurants in Shuichu Alley have dropped. Shuichu Alley already occupies a geographical advantage. Once the price dropped, more diners poured into Shuichu Alley.
The Qin family restaurant has the blessing of Nangong Wenyue's judgment, and there are several young ladies running the foot shop, so the business is more prosperous than other restaurants.
Along the way, Mu Ting saw that the previously vacant shops were being renovated and ready to open.
The restaurant was bustling with people and all the seats were full, but the porters didn't care and squatted on the ground with bowls in their hands to eat. Mu Ting was about to cross the threshold and enter, but Uncle Hai, who was guarding the door, seemed to be startled: "Mu, Mu Shizi?" Why did Mu Shizi come at this time? It's still daylight, is Mu Shizi eager to see the eldest lady?
Mu Ting had no idea what Uncle Hai was thinking, so he just said to him, "I want to see you, Madam. Can you please let me know?"
Didn’t Prince Mu see him whenever he wanted? Moreover, he didn’t like to go through the door and only climbed the walls.
Thank you for your support, okay~
