Li Duan thought, this matter can't be left alone like this, he has to find someone to go out to inquire, but who to send, he has no good candidates for the time being.
Last time because of Wei Xiaoshan's matter, the family's supporter Zhuangzi was taken away by Tang Zhifu. Not to mention that the supporter ran away, their family was also targeted by the squires and the Pei family in Lin'an City, and there was no way to recruit them again. People, no one is doing some shady things at home, not to mention the well-informed before, and many events have stopped.
Or, just recruit a few helpers
Li Duan was thinking carefully about the famous gangsters in Lin'an City, when Lin Jue came.
He immediately stood up, and while walking out to meet Lin Jue, he asked the servant who had come to him: "Master Biao, did you come alone or with whom?"
Lin Jue returned to Fujian this time to contact the Peng family. I don't know how things are going
But before the boy could speak, he ran into Lin Jue who was surrounded by several servants.
Lin Jue's face was somber, and when he saw Li Duan, he said bluntly without even exchanging a few words: "Ah Duan, let's talk in the study!"
Li Duan thumped in his heart, feeling that something had happened.
His complexion could not help but also sank, and he waved his hand towards the servant beside him.
The boys all retreated.
Lin Jue and Li Duan entered the study.
Li Duan didn't call the servant girl, but made tea for Lin Jue himself.
Lin Jue took off the cloak he was wearing irritably, threw it on the Luohan bed in the study, and said to Li Duan: "Ah Duan, it's not good! This time the elder of the Peng family came with me and said It was the Pei family who got a nautical map by accident, which can travel from Guangzhou to Dashi. The Tao family in Guangzhou has already tried sailing, and the route is feasible... "
"What did you say?" Like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, Li Duan shook his hand, and the tea pot fell to the ground with a "snap", and the best Biluochun was scattered all over the ground. He turned around and looked at Lin with a dark face. Jue, "The Pei family got a nautical map?"
He had been worried that there was something wrong with the map before, but he didn't expect that the matter of the map hadn't been clarified yet, and now something like this happened again!
Lin Jue looked at Li Duan and took a deep breath. Only then did he feel that his flustered heart calmed down a little, and his thoughts became clear: "I hurried back to Fujian and sent the painting to Peng's house. Peng's house inspected the painting and Tutu, I am very satisfied. Then I will follow what we have discussed before, without any compensation. From now on, we will have a share in the business of the Peng family on this route. The person who saw me was the eleventh master of the Peng family. By the way, this time He also came here with the elder of the Peng family. He agreed at the time, I think, what he said was unsubstantiated, and words are evidence. He wanted to make a document with their family, and the eleventh master also agreed.
"It's just that it takes time to make a document. Besides, I said euphemistically that the seal of Peng's family should be affixed on the document. I stayed at Peng's house overnight. Early the next morning, Eleventh Master personally took the drafted document. The secretary was discussing the details with me, but the situation would change after lunch.
"The old master of the Peng family met me personally and asked me about the process of finding this painting. Of course, I can't say anything about the Yu family and the Wei family. I just said that I found Lu Xin according to the clues they gave. Xin promised us to sell the painting to us, but he got drunk and drowned. Lu Xin’s belongings fell into the hands of Yu’s family. We were afraid of attracting the attention of the Pei family, so we encouraged the Lu family’s people behind our backs. I brought back Lu Xin's belongings, and bought them from the Lu family for five hundred taels of silver."
Speaking of this, Lin Jue's forehead was sweating, and his voice was a little lower, and he continued: "Master Peng listened carefully, he didn't say anything at that time, but asked me to pack my luggage and follow him to Lin'an City. I was a little confused when I heard it, and asked Mr. Peng what happened. Mr. Peng smiled and said that he was not familiar with Lin'an City, so let me show you the way.
"Who am I? I followed my father all over the world before I learned to walk. What kind of people and things have I never met. As soon as I heard this, I knew something was wrong, but I lived in Peng's house at the time. I was eating food from the Peng family, and I was really afraid that they would kill me there quietly. I pretended I didn’t find anything, packed up my things, and followed the Peng family out of the city overnight.
"On the way, I found out. It turned out that the Pei family got a map from somewhere, and it was the map that the Peng family wanted. The Pei family also distributed hero posters and invited many wealthy families from all over the world to come to Laian for some auctions. They said yes Whoever has the most money will give this map to him? The deposit for entry is two thousand taels of silver..."
So, the strange faces that popped up in Lin'an City these days are those rich and powerful families from all over the world
Li Duan also didn't care about the tea leaves spilled on the ground, his face was cloudy as if it was going to rain, he poured a glass of white water and handed it to Lin Jue, and said, "What does Peng's family mean? I suspect that we even gave this painting to Lin Jue." The Pei family?"
It can be said that Lin Jue has basically never closed his eyes these days, let alone eating and drinking well.
He took the teacup and "Gululu" had a drink, and after drinking the teacup, he said: "The Peng family didn't say anything. But isn't this obvious? As soon as I entered Lin'an City, Mr. Peng asked me to come to you , He brought Eleventh Lord to live in the guest house used by the Pei family to entertain the people who participated in the auction, and told me that Eleventh Lord will come to visit us tonight. I thought, since the Pei family is going to sell this map , and come up with something that goes to the highest bidder, I will definitely take out some maps for those who come to the auction to distinguish the real from the fake. Mr. Peng moved into Pei's house as a bidder, probably because he wanted to see the map and "" Is the map in Songxi Fishing Hidden Map the same?"
How did things become like this
Li Duan was very flustered.
But he and Lin Jue are both relatives and collaborators. Relatives can say some things, but collaborators absolutely cannot. He can't show it in front of Lin Jue, otherwise the Li family and the Lin family will go up and down, Lin Jue will feel that he is weak, and will not obey their family as before.
"What are you afraid of?" He couldn't help but put on a calm face, and said calmly, "The clues to the painting were provided by the Peng family, and we also sent the painting to the Peng family according to their family's wishes. It proves to be a real painting. Now that something is wrong, what does it have to do with us? You still visit us at night!" Li Duan snorted coldly, "Then let them come to visit. I also want to ask them about the Peng family. What should we do? Didn’t you say that there is only one map? Where did the Pei family’s map come from? Rare things are valuable, no matter how stupid we are, we won’t be in two boats. The emeralds that were sold were sold as cabbages.”
Lin Jue was really flustered before, but seeing Li Duan's confidence now, he also calmed down.
He couldn't help but said embarrassingly: "Aren't I afraid that the Peng family will suspect that we have leaked the news?"
"If you want to talk about leaking information, isn't their Peng family suspected?" Li Duan said, and his confidence gradually increased. "They didn't look for other people before looking for us? The Peng family is one of the best in Fujian. My family, but the world is so big, there are Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, and their family can get the news of "Fishing in Songxi", so don't others hear the news? This kind of thing, never There are more chances of rumors coming from such high-ranking families, right?"
Lin Jue smiled wryly.
That is to say, but the Peng family has to admit that something went wrong on their side!
The family is rich and powerful, so if they have to blame them, what can they do
"Let's talk about it when we see Lord Eleven tonight!" Lin Jue said listlessly, "I hope the map that the Pei family got has nothing to do with us!"
Now that things have happened, we can only wait until we meet with the Peng family at night.
On the Pei family's side, Pei Yan was idle.
When things came to an end, everything that should be arranged was arranged, and everything that should be paid attention to was also paid attention to, but nothing happened.
Ah Ming came in with a small four-compartment box, squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "Third Master, the Yu family sent peanut cakes over, do you want to try them?"
Pei Yan opened the box, in addition to the three snacks he usually likes to eat, there is also an unfamiliar crispy candy.
The malt-colored sugar is covered with white and fat peanuts. Apart from looking fresh, it also makes people feel appetizing.
Pei Yan tasted one.
It has both the sweetness of maltose and the crispness of peanuts.
Pei Yan clicked his tongue.
Usually the stuff wrapped in the sugar boiled in this way is as if it has been cooked. This peanut crisp is just like its name, and it is very crispy.
It would have been even better with a little more peanuts, though.
He subconsciously felt that this was something made by Miss Yu.
"Then what is Miss Yu up to?" Pei Yan said.
As soon as Hu Xing came back from the Yu family's old house, he ran to him to show his credit. Of course, he also knew that the Yu family's mountain forest was the most suitable for growing peanuts.
He said: "Their family is planning to grow peanuts, isn't it? I see that this candy is not cheap to make. However, peanuts wrapped in candy are a little cheaper than those full of sugar, so they should be sold. I’m afraid that it will take three years to sell the crispy candy made from one season’s peanuts. By then, the peanuts in the peanut crispy won’t taste good, and the candy won’t be easy to sell, right?”
Although these words are a bit poisonous, they are not without purpose.
Ah Ming had a good impression of Yu Tang, and when Pei Yan said this, he was a little worried for Yu Tang.
"I heard that Ms. Yu made this peanut cake." He looked at Pei Yan nervously, and said, "However, I never heard that Ms. Yu is going to sell this! Maybe she made this delicious cake unintentionally." Candy, would you like to have a taste? You have helped their family so much, they must be very grateful to you!"
There is some truth to this statement.
Pei Yan said "hmm" and said, "Is Miss Yu making this peanut cake recently?"
Since Pei Yan asked Yu Tang last time and Pei Man didn't answer, the Pei family paid special attention to Yu Tang's whereabouts.
Ah Ming opened her mouth and said, "Miss Yu hasn't gone out these days according to your instructions. She should be making this peanut cake at home. However, Miss Yu once sent someone to inquire about the business of candied fruit, and also inquired about the business of grocery stores and The business of burning charcoal."
The corners of Pei Yan's mouth couldn't help twitching.
Why does it sound like a headless chicken running around!
Can't she stop? So happy to stay at home