When he said this, he hurriedly glanced at Su Yao's face. Seeing that there was no expression on Su Yao's face at all, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. What's wrong with this little girl? How could she be so difficult and yet so patient
Fighting with this little girl is almost the same as fighting with Lei Yun. The damn feeling of being beaten is exactly the same.
He coughed, not wanting to keep the secret any longer, and hung his head in frustration: "I just... The matter of the medicine shop and the snack shop is not a big deal. The real reason why Mr. Shen had to sell his property was that I asked someone to pawn a painting in Mr. Shen's pawnshop - it was a collection of poems written by Fang Weng. It was pawned for 60,000 taels of silver. It was agreed that it would be redeemed within a month. If there is any mistake, it will be returned tenfold."
Su Yao didn't even raise his eyebrows.
No wonder Mr. Shen is in a hurry to sell his family property.
With these things happening one after another at home, who wouldn’t know that someone is targeting us
It will last for one month and I will return you tenfold.
Fang Weng's poetry collection disappeared, so all in all, the pawnshop alone would have to pay out the original 60,000 taels, plus ten times that... 600,000 taels of silver!
Su Yao closed his eyes.
No matter how much money Mr. Shen has, it will be drained out. No wonder the two shops were sold at such low prices. Mr. Shen still wanted to sell all the shops without hesitation. I'm afraid that the ancestral property of the Shen family for so many years plus all the property of Mr. Shen over the years will only be enough to pay the compensation of 600,000 taels.
Tang Youlong carefully looked at Su Yao's expression. His life and property were now in Su Yao's hands, so he couldn't act recklessly. He smiled bitterly and said, "You know, Lord Lei is in a high position and has great power... We are just small fry working under him. We have to go wherever he tells us to go. It's not that we really have any deep hatred with the Shen family..."
These are all nonsense. Su Yao opened his eyes coldly: "No need to say more, I know everything. Shopkeeper Tang doesn't need to be so nervous. How about this, Lord Lei, why don't you do me a favor?"
Tang Youlong shuddered immediately and hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands to refuse: "Miss, don't you want Tang to die?"
He is now in a dilemma. If he doesn't help Su Yao, as Su Yao said, he will be crushed to ashes when he walks out of this door. But if he helps Su Yao... ... he will die anyway.
He can't choose either side!
Su Yao didn't have a smile on his face, and didn't give Tang Youlong any room for bargaining: "The road is hidden in front of Shopkeeper Tang. Shopkeeper Tang, you embezzled so much money and accumulated wealth. These may still be saved, but the dozens of lives will never be revived. Why don't you think about it again and cooperate with me? Maybe I can save you?"
If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Shopkeeper Tang couldn't help but want to laugh out loud. Can it be protected? What a naive idea of a little girl... He thought so in his heart, but suddenly froze, looking at Su Yao in disbelief - he thought of the rumor about Su Yao.
Su Yao is the emperor's eldest grandson's man.
So does it mean that Su Yao’s opinion is also the opinion of the emperor’s eldest grandson
If that's the case... ..
His heartbeat quickened, his palms sweated, and he heard Su Yao urging him with a half-smile: "Manager Tang, before the fall of Prince Zhuang's Mansion, who could have imagined this? Don't you think so?"
The setting sun cast a shadow over the small building, and diners were coming and going in an endless stream. When Shopkeeper Tang came down from the second floor, his face had returned to normal. He glanced at the waiter who came up to him and nodded: "Let's go!"
He quickened his pace, got into a luxurious carriage as if a ghost was chasing him, and left quickly.
Ruan Xiaojiu watched the carriage disappear before lowering the window. She turned to look at Su Yao and said, "Miss, will he turn around and betray us?"
"I guess he won't." Su Yao poured the cold tea in his hand into the potted plant beside him, stood up and straightened his clothes: "Merchants pursue profits, this is their nature. You ask Chen Dong to follow him closely. If he dares to do anything else..."
Tang Youlong wanted to take other actions, but he really didn't have the courage. Su Yao had all the leverage over him in his hands, and even his superiors didn't know. He didn't know where Su Yao knew it from. After thinking about it, he felt that it could only be from one place - the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Having been associated with the Jinyiwei, how could he dare to have any evil thoughts? So he went to Lord Lei's residence that day as Su Yao had said.
Logically speaking, a businessman like him could never enter the Lei family. There were several taboos in the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one of which was the taboo of collusion between officials and businessmen. Once discovered, no matter who it was, they would be in trouble. But he worked for the Lei family, and had already taken advantage of the Lei family's favor to donate an official position, so he was worthy of entering the Lei family.
He had come here many times, but every time he stepped into the official residence, he still felt hesitant. He waited in the tea room for a while, and when he heard the servant coming to invite him, he hurriedly followed the servant to an open pavilion.
The pavilion was surrounded by water on three sides, with only a white bridge leading to it. Now that all the lattices had been taken down, the layout inside could be seen clearly at a glance. Tang Youlong was already familiar with the path, and he walked into the pavilion briskly, calling out "Master" with a smile, and holding up a box with a smile: "It's done!"
Lei Yun glanced at him disdainfully, and naturally one of his men quickly came to take the box and handed it to him. He wiped his hands and took it. He saw a thick stack of silver bills inside. His eyelids twitched and a genuine smile appeared on his face: "It seems that the Shen family made a lot of money in Jin. Look, 600,000 taels of silver. It would cost several wealthy families in any county or prefecture, and he actually took it out!"
Tang Youlong followed closely behind, watching Lei Yun casually close the lid and tend to a pot of orchids, and agreed, "Yes, he took out 600,000 taels so easily, which shows that he hasn't squeezed it dry yet. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. I heard that he used to smuggle in Jin. Once he got involved in this business, how could he save money? This time, in order to collect money, he sold a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings. I heard from his family's courtier that he has a treasure at the bottom of the box..."
Lei Yun raised an eyebrow.
There is no one in this world who doesn't love money. Besides, beating a man who is down and out is nothing new: "What treasure?"
“Golden Jade Clothes.” Seeing Lei Yun suddenly turn around, Tang Youlong subconsciously wanted to lower his eyes, but he quickly held back and said in a low voice with a normal expression: “I heard that it was passed down by the former marquis of the Shen family. It is a family heirloom... It was buried with the deposed emperor back then..."
Everyone knew that the deposed emperor of the previous dynasty was extremely licentious and was eager to collect all kinds of good things before he died.