Hong Yangliang didn't even half-believe Guan Baosheng's words, he didn't believe them at all! But this did not prevent him from accepting Guan Baosheng's kindness. Anyway, it was Guan Baosheng who took the initiative to send it, so he didn't want it in vain.
What's more, when Guan Baosheng asked him to work as a "steward" in his own shop, he was almost paid a "steward" salary but did nothing. Such a pie-in-the-sky good thing, Hong Yangliang had no resistance to refuse.
Guan Jingqiu was very dissatisfied and confused when she heard that Guan Baosheng had arranged errands for Hong Yangliang, a "waste man" from the Huai'an Marquis.
"Dad! That Hong Yangliang is just a jobber. Hong Peiju doesn't care about him. Why do you care about him? Our shop has a waiter who posts notices to take care of food and housing. Anyone who comes to apply can take pictures of the city gate. Over there, why do you need such a loser who eats a lot but does little?"
Guan Baosheng smiled and said,
"Daughter! My father asked Hong Yangliang to be in charge, not just to let him do the work."
"Why is that? Does our family have too much money to spend?"
Guan Jingqiu was very puzzled.
Guan Baosheng smiled and said,
"Don't you want to know the details of the Marquis of Huai'an and the movements of the Ji sisters? What's the use of just shouting and killing here? You can't even get close to the Ji sisters, so what are you afraid of? You don’t know anything about what you like, what you worry about, you just follow others around, and you still think about doing this to the Ji sisters, and doing that to the Ji sisters, you say, if you don’t suffer, who will suffer?”
Guan Jingqiu was about to defend herself, but she felt that the reason was not so sufficient. But he muttered,
"Then dad can bribe a few servants from the Huai'an Marquis Mansion to keep an eye on Ji Min and the others, can't you?"
Guan Baosheng shook his head and said,
"You can think of it, but others can't think of it? Do you think that when you think about buying it now, nine times out of ten, they are no longer from the Huai'an Marquis' Mansion, but are basically the spies planted by various people in the Huai'an Marquis' Mansion! You How to bribe them recklessly? I know what you are thinking. Do you think your aunt has several maids whose families are in the Huai'an Marquis, so they will listen to you? How much money can you give them? Furthermore, if, this The families of several maids have been bribed by others. If we go again, we will expose our own intentions in vain. At that time, we will be the ones paying to hand them the knives."
Guan Jingqiu was silent when she heard this. Yes, she made things simple.
Guan Baosheng Road,
"In terms of wealth, can you compare with Ji Jun? In terms of power, can you compare with the second prince? My daughter, it's not easy to install an informant."
Guan Jingqiu put away her resentment and said softly,
"Dad, my daughter has learned a lesson. Then why did dad find Hong Yangliang?"
Guan Baosheng showed a satisfied smile. Although this daughter was a little arrogant at times, she was generally obedient. She was much more knowledgeable and smarter than the Qili County master from the Wang family in Guangning County.
Apart from anything else, the courage to work so hard to get things done is very rare.
Guan Baosheng was secretly surprised when he heard Guan Jingqiu talk about Hou Nan. He didn't know much about Hou Nan, but he also knew some key information.
Guan Baosheng is in the Household Department, which is the place where money and food are managed. A few years ago, when Guan Baosheng checked the previous accounts, he found that there were discrepancies in the funds used to eradicate the "Green Tea Cult"!
That is to say, the war losses reported by the Prince of Guangning County, the Crown Prince of Li Kingdom, and the second prince in charge of food and grass do not match the actual accounts.
However, this account was just there in plain sight, and no one asked or questioned it.
Guan Baosheng thought, first, these people were enriching their own pockets.
Second, some people took the opportunity of wiping out the "Green Tea Cult" to misappropriate some expenses or make a fortune.
Who is this person?
Guan Baosheng seemed to investigate secretly unintentionally. Although the accounts were very beautiful, Guan Baosheng still saw the clues:
To annihilate the "Green Tea Cult" at this cost is simply to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer!
His initial thought was that the most likely conspiracy was between the Prince of Guangning County and the second prince to misappropriate military supplies. The prince of Li Kingdom is likely to be a shield.
Guan Baosheng planned to seize the leverage of the Guangning County Prince and then marry his daughter into the palace!
If that doesn't work, you can marry into the Duke of Li's palace!
However, as the investigation deepened, Guan Baosheng was shocked to find that the King of Guangning County knew nothing about it!
The prince of Li Kingdom was even more confused.
So is it the second prince?
Guan Baosheng did not find out that the second prince was related to this at all. Moreover, after so many years, after participating in the war, the second prince had no connection with the army anymore, and the second prince also showed no clue that it was related to this.
Finally, Guan Baosheng boldly guessed, could it be the emperor?
Guan Baosheng was so frightened by this idea that he couldn't sleep well for several days. He quickly put the investigation on hold and slowly suppressed the matter in his heart. He even planned to take it into the coffin!
Who would have thought that his precious daughter would actually be related to the second prince and the "Green Tea Cult"!
Guan Baosheng felt that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had arrived!
Guan Baosheng said slowly,
"Hong Yangliang is the best candidate that dad can find. Firstly, he has resentment and jealousy towards Hong Peiju. Secondly, he currently has no contact with other people, or in other words, others do not see the value of Hong Yangliang, because , just like your daughter, you think he is a useless person. Thirdly, Hong Yangliang needs money and a place to live now, so dad is giving him timely help, and he will be touched. "
Guan Jingqiu said uneasily,
"But, Dad, if others pay more than us, wouldn't our hard work be in vain?"
Guan Baosheng thought for a moment and said,
"Daughter, there is no need to worry. Hong Yangliang is ambitious and will not be willing to do errands for others and imitate others. However, my father has given him enough respect and told him everything about me. He is a proud and arrogant person and will be more willing to cooperate with his father sincerely. Moreover, the most important thing is that he feels that it is safe to cooperate with his father. After the second prince and others succeed, they are likely to kill the donkey! And his father will make him believe that if his father kills him, his father will also be ruined. Therefore, he will choose Daddy’s!”
Guan Jingqiu nodded in understanding. In short, what her father said was definitely correct.
In the back room of the "good neighbor", Haitang is still a little puzzled. Why does Guan Jingqiu regard tea as "urine"?
Ji Jun thought for a while and said,
"Maybe this incident has had a great impact on Guan Jingqiu, so when she sees similar things, she will think of them, and then she will be unable to control her emotions. For example, this is the reason why Guan Jingqiu is in trouble."
Shaoyao was helping Ji Cin grind the ink, and Ji Cian was drawing the appearance of the "nun" in Jiao Shilang's residence according to the "snitch"'s description.
Although the snitch is "a man of great skill and boldness," his memory of the nun's appearance is not particularly clear and certain, so his description is somewhat confusing and even inconsistent at times.
Ji Min was not in a hurry. He wrote down the characteristics mentioned by the snitch one by one, pondered them carefully, then rearranged them and drew them separately. In this way, he could draw the appearance of several people.
After hearing Jijun's explanation to Haitang, Shaoyao curled her lips and shook her head, disapproving of it.
Ji Jun became angry when he saw it.
"What do you want to say again? What, did I say something wrong?"
The work under Shaoyao's hands continued, he raised his head and said aggrievedly,
"Miss, you are so cruel!"
When Ji Jun saw this, he immediately put on an ugly smile.
"Is this okay? Miss Shaoyao, do you have any objections?"
Shaoyao's little face twitched and she said,
"Miss, what kind of shadow are you talking about? I think it's just suspicion, but it's not very practical. Do you think that Guan Jingqiu, who has a good nose, can't smell it?"
"What do you mean?"
Shaoyao thought about it and said,
"If it were me, I would do something simple and find someone to put some urine in Guan Jingqiu's tea! After a few times, she will definitely go crazy! Hey! Miss, Brother Li Zhan will definitely have no problem doing this!"
Ji Jun rolled his eyes at Shaoyao.
"I also know this method, but for Guan Jingqiu, you asked me to send Brother Li Zhan to do this? Do you believe that Brother Li Zhan can be anxious with you? What if he threw you from this side of the street to the street? On the other end, don’t cry.”
Shaoyao pursed her lips and stopped talking.
At this moment, Zhou Biao’s loud laughter came from outside,
"Oh, heroes really think alike! Shaoyao, my sister has a soulmate!"
Zhou Biao is dressed in a blue brocade robe, with a jade belt around his waist, and a jade pendant glowing with luster, which makes Zhou Biao's sword-shaped brows and starry eyes look extraordinarily handsome.
When Ji Jun saw Zhou Biao saying this, he couldn't help laughing and said,
"Is your sister saying the same thing?"
Although Qi Li is no longer the head of the county, his temperament of always thinking "for fear that the world will not be in chaos" will not change.
After Zhou Biao sat down, Haitang hurriedly served tea. Zhou Biao took a few sips and nodded, saying,
"That's what it's said, and it's done!"
"Ah?" Ji Min stopped writing when he heard this and raised his head.
Zhou Biao shook his head and smiled bitterly,
"My sister, together with Guan Jingqiu's cousin Su Yinxiang, put something in Guan Jingqiu's tea!"
"Su Yinxiang?" Ji Jun didn't remember this person. Looking at Ji Nian, Ji Nian also felt strange.
Zhou Biao said,
"Su Yinxiang is a child of Aunt Sun's sister. After Aunt Sun's sister lost her husband, she went to Guan Mansion. Guan Jingqiu was very mean to this cousin. Su Yinxiang was not someone to be trifled with, so she took this opportunity to retaliate."
Ji Min still doesn’t understand,
"Li Li, aren't you and Guan Jingqiu very good? How could that be?"
Zhou Biao said,
"Isn't this because Guan Jingqiu came to show your favor? My sister felt that Guan Jingqiu had betrayed her, so my sister didn't hate you very much anymore. Now she hates Guan Jingqiu. She even thinks that it was Guan Jingqiu who failed to harm you last time. Traitor! My sister is smart now. She found Su Yinxiang and secretly applied an ointment mixed with dog urine on the lid of Guan Jingqiu’s tea cup. When Guan Jingqiu touched the lid, the smell immediately reached her hands, but the tea was not affected at all! "
Ji Min nodded,
"So, others didn't feel there was anything wrong with the tea. In fact, there was nothing wrong with the tea, but Guan Jingqiu always smelled something different from the tea!"
Zhou Biao gave Ji Nian a thumbs up, indicating that he was absolutely right!
Ji Jun was very emotional,
"Zui Li, now such a good boy who is so straightforward and harmful to others has learned to use twists and turns! It seems that times make heroes!"
Zhou Biao looked at Ji Jun very "sadly",
"Are you praising my sister?"
Ji Jun shook his head very seriously.
"I think I need to study hard, because the minds of bad people are always so unpredictable!"
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