Gu Jiu walked around the courtyard wall twice and found that when the courtyard was first designed, in order to prevent people from climbing over the wall and entering, the entire construction was not easy to climb.
Gu Jiu stood outside the courtyard wall and carefully recalled what the system said at that time.
Target person: Lu Qiuzhi
Mission: Get half of the Lu family’s money, a total of one hundred and twenty taels of gold
Mission cycle: sixty years
Lu family.
In Yuncheng, the Lu family is a big family in name, but in fact it has long been empty. The entire family is supported by Lu Qiuzhi alone.
Although the Lu family has been trying to find other directions over the years, Lu Qiuzhi is not good at business tact and likes others to flatter him. Therefore, the Lu family has not established effective cooperation with several other families.
The main income comes from Lu Qiuzhi.
Then, where would Lu Qiuzhi put the money?
The courtyard at Jingchangkou?
Gu Jiu recalled the magistrate's expression after sealing the yard. He was happy but not too happy. It didn't look like he had found a large amount of money.
Then...the Lu family?
Gu Jiu thought about it and found that the latter was more likely.
There are still twenty days before the system task deadline, so I think I can get enough on time.
The Lu family was considered to be in the middle of nowhere, but before Zhongluo had a lot of assets, the family's house was naturally built in the core area of Yuncheng.
Gu Jiu walked out of the mirror field and after some inquiring, he asked about the exact location of the Lu family.
The door is quite impressive.
Gu Jiu looked at the golden pillar gate in front of him and muttered.
This kind of golden pillar gate can usually be built only if someone in the family is an official. It seems that the rise and fall of the Lu family are all related to officials.
Step forward and knock on the stone ring on the door.
After a long while, there was some noise behind the door.
"Who?"
"Hello, auntie, I am a junior, Gu Jiu. I was once indebted to Mr. Lu. I heard that my husband was in trouble, so my daughter raised some money in the hope of helping."
The man behind the door seemed deep in thought.
Gu Jiu suddenly felt uneasy, as if someone was peering through a small hole at you standing in the light in the dark night.
Very bad.
"Aunt, if..." If it's inconvenient, forget it.
Before Gu Jiu could say anything, the heavy door slowly opened from the inside.
The thick sound sounded like it had not been opened for a hundred years.
The door opened.
Gu Jiu used the moonlight to see clearly the middle-aged woman behind the door. She was wearing light-colored clothes and slightly haggard eyebrows. If the style of her hair hadn't pointed out her identity, Gu Jiu would have regarded her as an unloved concubine. .
"Hello, madam."
"come in."
Gu Jiu raised his legs and was about to go in. When his eyes fell on the long and dark road behind the gate, he suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.
That feeling gave Gu Jiu a strong desire to leave.
He looked at the woman again and shook his head.
"Madam, my little girl is from an ordinary family and can't be of much help. This is only two taels of silver. I hope it can help Madam."
As he spoke, Gu Jiu took out a rag wrapped in a pile of copper plates, took a step back and placed it on the ground.
As she stood up and was about to say goodbye and leave, the woman suddenly smiled at Gu Jiu. The moonlight shone on her slightly haggard face, which looked a little scary.
"You're already here, why not sit down."
As he said that, he was about to come out and pull Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu quickly took a step back: "No, grandma told me to leave immediately after delivering the money. Madam, grandma is still waiting for me at home. I have to go home."
After saying that, Gu Jiu immediately ran away.
After running about a thousand meters, Gu Jiu stopped against a corner and looked back in fear.
Fortunately, I didn't chase him.
"Quite clever."
Shao Baisi's voice suddenly exploded in Gu Jiu's ears. Gu Jiu's slightly relaxed nerves immediately became tense. His eyes were looking around for the source of the sound, and his hand quietly tightened the knife in his sleeve.
With a clang, the dagger hit the metal.
"It's you... is there something wrong with your brain? Do you know that scaring people can scare them to death!"
Seeing the person clearly, Gu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, his anger surged upwards.
"I just saw you going to the Lu family alone. I thought you were very brave. How could I have thought of a single sentence to scare you like this."
Shao Baisi shrugged, looking innocent.
Although Gu Jiu was a little angry, he was not so nervous after seeing Shaobai Si.
He could hand over Lu Qiuzhi so easily during the day, so he was probably not someone who would help the Lu family.
However, the fan turned out to be made of metal.
The young master of the Xie family is frail and sick... This guy can't be just pretending to seize the family property, and it's not like that with his brains.
"Are you following me?"
"It's not okay to say this. I just accidentally saw someone walking towards the Lu family and wanted to see who was so unafraid of death."
As soon as he opened the folding fan, Shao Baisi smiled innocently.
"What secrets does the Lu family hide?"
"What kind of tutor do you think can bring up Lu Qiuzhi's temperament?"
Gu Jiu frowned: "Then why do you say you are not afraid of death..."
"It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Let's talk when we get back."
Shao Baisi interrupted Gu Jiu's words and turned to leave. Before leaving, he did not forget to say: "Follow me!"
Gu Jiu hesitated for a moment, but finally followed Shaobai Si when he said to go back to her bookstore.
"Xiao Jiu! I finally met you! Did you hear that Mr. Lu Qiuzhi was imprisoned? He wrote this letter of recommendation for Xiao Jing. Do we have to find someone else immediately?"
As soon as he entered the door, Ling Yang grabbed Gu Jiu and said anxiously.
"No need." That's what I thought of at first.
Gu Jiu shook his head and continued: "Didn't I ask my sister to prepare a gift before? That was just to prevent today's situation from happening."
"That's good."
Ling Yang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. God knows how nervous she was when she suddenly learned the news in the afternoon.
Entering the academy is not a simple matter. If you are so shameless, you may think that you will never have a chance again.
"Sister, this is the young master. I mentioned it to you once before. We have something to talk about, so let's go to the inner room first."
"Okay, you guys are busy."
After Gu Jiu and the others entered, Ling Yang suddenly felt something strange.
Young Master? Shao Baisi!
Didn't Xiaojiu say he was dangerous? Is this being coerced?
"Young Master, you don't want to swallow the Lu family's money, do you?"
Gu Jiu thought about several reasons why Shao Baisi appeared near the Lu family, and asked the one with the highest probability.
"That's right."
"That's a coincidence. I happen to have plans to annex them. Is this a competitive relationship between the two of us?"
Hearing this, Shao Baisi chuckled lightly.
"Do you think we are the only ones who can tell that the Lu family is a piece of meat? There are so many longmouths in Yuncheng, who wouldn't want to eat them?"
Hearing this, Gu Jiu fell into silence.
She seemed to suddenly know why she never encountered the opportunities that others mentioned to pick up money.
In this Lu Qiuzhi case, if it weren't for the system, she wouldn't even think about annexing the Lu family's money.
In her mind, money should be earned step by step, rather than built up through ill-gotten gains.
Can……
This is not ill-gotten gain.
The word "unjust" should be taken from the ego. In troubled times, it may not be good for her if all the money falls into the hands of the county magistrate.
"Then you want to cooperate with me?" Gu Jiu asked.
"Yes, we'll split it 50-50 when it's done."
Hearing this, Gu Jiu chuckled.
"Young Master, you are a bit ridiculous. The agreement I reached with the magistrate is 50-50. You reminded me that we are not the same people as the magistrate, and hinted that I should be wary of him. But, what is the difference between me being wary of him and trusting you? Is there a necessary contact?"
"have."
"Oh? Which point."
Shaobai Si suddenly stood up and approached Gu Jiu, not knowing what he said.
At first, Gu Jiu's expression was calm and indifferent, and he even didn't care about it. But by the end, his expression gradually became serious.
Shaobai Si straightened up and sat back down.
Open the folding fan and smile.
Gu Jiuyuan didn't like the folding fan, because when Gu Zheqi held it, it always gave her the feeling of arranging flowers on shit. It didn't change the nature of shit, but also made the flowers annoying.
But Shao Baisi used the folding fan just right.
"Miss Gu, you can't find anyone more suitable besides me."
Shao Baisi's eyes were firm, and every move he made was determined to win.
"Indeed. It's our first time working together. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
"Same wish."
As soon as Shaobai Si went out, Ling Yang impatiently pulled Gu Jiu over and asked.
"It's him. Something happened, so we will cooperate for a while."
"But! If you are not a friend, you should be careful."
"But I have some good news for my sister."
Gu Jiu looked at Ling Yang and said mysteriously: "We are going to open a new store! It will be in the best area of Yuncheng!"
"real?"
"Hmm. And I plan to hire two people to help us. At this time, we will mainly control the direction of the book."
"This is great! Then our income will be doubled!"
Ling Yang hugged Gu Jiu excitedly.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll start looking for people!"
"OK."
Lu Qiuzhi will ask for help the day after tomorrow. As long as nothing goes wrong tomorrow, Lu Qiuzhi will be able to live one more day.
On the contrary, if something went wrong, he would die on the spot.
After all, the "jar" was smashed in front of his face, how could he let the tiger go back to the mountains?
I originally thought that due to Lu Qiuzhi's identity, there would be some drama on the second day, but I didn't expect something unexpected happened to Shi Yuyan.
"Auntie, why are so many people gathered here?"
The aunt who was watching the excitement didn't even look back, and didn't care who was behind her. She pointed to the front door of Shi's house not far away and said, "Have you seen those doctors?"
"Saw."
"I heard that the eldest lady of the Shi family cut her wrists, but she was discovered in time. No, she was rescued!"
Gu Jiu nodded and asked doubtfully: "Then what are you here to see?"
"Look at that heartless man! I heard that Miss Shi committed suicide after the lover entered. Now everyone is waiting to see how he was thrown out."
Gu Jiu thanked him and turned around to leave the crowd.
But after walking a short distance, I was attracted by two people wearing hats.
Why does this person... look so much like Gu Zheqi and Gu Wensheng?
If they were here, who was the lover there?
