Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 110 Qingliang Village

The case was exactly as Xu Ze said, the storyteller's family committed suicide by taking rat poison, and the farm store that sold rat poison also confirmed that the storyteller's wife had bought rat poison the day before.After the Jingding Yamen officials who arrived at the scene earlier searched the entire courtyard, there were no obvious traces of outsiders' visits in the initial records.After Dali Temple took over, it turned the yard upside down. At the same time, it also found out the origins of all the neighbors and made detailed inquiries. There was a lot of movement.

"...Didn't there be a riot in the south more than [-] years ago? A grain transporter named Dong Chengbi saw this family in pity on the way back to Beijing, so he picked them up. Since then, they have taken root in the capital. .”

"Didn't Dong Chengbi die long ago?"

Xu Ze had such a person in his memory, who also made meritorious service back then, and lived to be nearly seventy.The storyteller in the tavern is young, probably because of the kindness of his parents.

"It's dead, but he has two sons. The eldest son is in charge of the military department, and the second son is an old scholar. He has no children and no daughters. He failed many times and died of depression two years ago."

"That's interesting. The storyteller hasn't been an official for three generations. His father fled to the capital and made a living by selling handicrafts. The two families are very different, so he came here to meet his luck and good fortune." Customers." With an annual income of [-] taels, these petty officials are not as much as him in terms of working hard.

Xu Ze leaned back on the chair, listened to their lively discussions, and went over the situation of Dong's family in his mind, "The cause of death is related to them?"

"Boss Dong has exchanged the money several times, all of which are Tongyue Yinzhuang's banknotes. In addition to the Yinzhuang's stamp number, there is also a handwritten number on it. Tongyue Yinzhuang has a lot of rules, and it is afraid of black accounts and troubles. It is still famous. A little-known bank, the biggest customer is 'Youjian Tavern'."

"Speaking of 'Youjian Tavern' cooperating with Tongyue Yinzhuang, it should be due to their rules. You must be present to exchange loose tickets and silver. If you can't be there for some reason, you will not be able to exchange. Family members can return with the tickets. In a tavern', the family members will sign and press their fingerprints after being approved by the cashier, and then they will directly give loose tickets or silver."

"Boss Dong and the deceased went to Tongyue Yinzhuang for the last time eight days ago."

Xu Ze vaguely had an answer in his mind, "When did he start exchanging money, and how much is it each time?"

"Beginning in March last year, the amount is about the same each time, around 1000 taels."

Xu Ze took over the account books of Tongyue Yinzhuang and began to read them carefully.

These few books are the special accounts of the tavern. It can be seen that the income of the people working in the tavern is quite high. There are additional subsidies for the holidays.With this job alone, it is more than enough to gain a foothold in the capital and live a solid life.

With the storyteller's income, the family still lives in a small courtyard that hasn't been repaired more than ten years ago, and the family doesn't even have a decent piece of furniture, which is obviously unusual.Xu has reason to suspect that the money earned by the family of the deceased over the years has not been spent on himself.

"Have the neighbors seen anyone and heard any unusual noises?"

"The storyteller works in a tavern. It was quite normal to come back that night. He brought a bag with two manuscripts inside. It seems to be a new story of 'There is a tavern'."

Xu Ze took the manuscript and glanced at it, and then looked at everyone. Everyone looked away unnaturally, obviously they all took the opportunity to flip through it.

The first and second chapters of "The White Crane Daoist"...

"But where did the money go?" Jingding Yamen probably wouldn't dare to go down after finding Director Dong, and the person who died was a powerless and powerless commoner, so he wouldn't go out of his way to provoke the Ministry of War for them. .

This is why he wants to take the case to Dali Temple.

He is not afraid of anyone.

qingliangzhai

When Chenshi arrived, Cheng Fu asked Gao Sheng to take people to Banshan Garden and Qiufeng Building in the name of routine inspection and repair. If the Ning family did not cooperate, they were asked to check out immediately. The next six months will be the peak season for mountaineering, and room prices will increase at any time. If they accept it, they will pay a deposit in advance. If they do not accept it, please vacate the house.

If you don't accept it, then please ask the village owner and the elders in the village to come forward. After all, the more the inn earns, the higher the share of the original household owner, and the higher the offerings that the original household owner makes to the village every year. I can't figure out the pros and cons.

In this matter, Cheng Fu can't understand the Ning family's approach. Their inn room rate is not cheap, and it is a luxury for ordinary climbers or pilgrims. Many people have to stay in the inn as much as possible. Squeeze a room.With the cost of Ning's family building all the rooms in two inns, it is enough to build a courtyard under the mountain.

"Miss, are you not afraid that they will use their power to suppress high-ranking officials?" Wen Xiang and Jiu Jiu grew up in the capital, and they know something about the behavior of these powerful people.

"It's of no benefit to them to make trouble." Of course, with what the Ning family did in the past, she really couldn't guarantee that the other party was clear-headed.

Gao Sheng didn't come back for a long time, and she didn't want to be idle, so she went out under the leadership of Qing Ping to check out her other inns.

"Qingliang Village has changed a lot." Wen Xiang sighed.

Cheng Fu also felt the same, but Gao Sheng mentioned it in his letter before the change of the village.

Since their inns were successively refurbished to welcome guests, their revenue has doubled several times, and because the environment is comfortable and clean, and the staff are well-behaved and sensible, there are many repeat customers.After the other stores discovered the gap, some took the initiative to come to cooperate with them, and some still had malicious intentions towards Gao Sheng and others, and did not want to change the status quo.

Seeing that the business plummeted, there was nothing to do, and finally had to bite the bullet and spend money to renovate the old building.However, the financial resources of the small store are always limited, and the renovation only repairs some safety hazards that are the biggest complaints from customers, and most of the money is spent on decorating the door.

After this trend was brought up, the facades of most of the merchants in the entire village were replaced with new ones. After the accommodation environment was greatly improved, more tourists stayed here than before.

"It should have been refurbished a long time ago. Many of their buildings are dangerous buildings, and customers often fall and get injured."

"I don't dare to set a brazier in winter, but it's cold."

Those who spoke were all children from village households at the bottom of the mountain. I heard that there was work to do in the stockade, so I came to try my luck. I didn’t expect it to be a shit luck. The senior executives paid a salary for a month to cover their parents’ hard work. It's been a tough year, so everyone is very hardworking.

Wen Xiang and Jiu Jiu like to hear them talk about the things in the village, and they also share the candy and dried meat they brought with them.And Cheng Fu stared at an ancient building built close to the cliff for a long time.

"Qingping."

"Yes, yes." Qingping chewed a piece of fudge and ran up from behind.

Cheng Fu raised his head, "What does this family do?"

Qing Ping nodded sharply, "I know, I know, this is the aunt's house, where unmarried women will die. The village sends some rice and meat every month. It's pitiful to let them fend for themselves."

Cheng Fu frowned, didn't stay any longer, turned around and walked to other places.

"Miss, do you want to take this building?" Wen Xiang took a closer look at it just now, it was dilapidated and dirty, as if it hadn't been cleaned for a long time.

"It can't be collected." Unknowingly, he walked to the edge of the village, where there was a small path leading to the depths of the mountain. Standing on the slope, Cheng Fu looked down and had a panoramic view of most of the village.

"Why?" Didn't it mean that now that they are earning money, the villagers are richer than before, so it's easier for them to talk?

Cheng Fu shook his head, "This is similar to buying someone's family temple, who is willing to sell, who dares to sell?"

The rules of this ancient village are much more than those of the famous families outside, and the mere thought of this is a kind of provocation and offense.She wanted to cooperate well with Qingliangzhai, and she didn't want to challenge what others had engraved in her bones for the sake of profit.

Back at the small inn where they lived, Cheng Fu asked Qingping to take out the account books before Gao Sheng came back.

The occupancy of the inn is basically in line with her expectations. The most guests are from spring to autumn. In addition to providing accommodation and food, their inn also sells some handicrafts related to Qingliangshan. After making a gift box, the value can be increased by [-]%.

"Master Luo, I've earned money now, let's renew the contract when we go back to Jinling." The little fox flipped through the account books, feeling very happy.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Luo Xing hummed casually.

"I'll make up for the previous one as well." It's unreasonable to say that Mr. Shu's annual income is more than ten thousand taels, and her guards only have that little money.

"Or do you have any wish? To marry a wife or something."

Luo Xing was really pissed off, and turned to stare at her, "You don't mind my business."

The little girl couldn't stop laughing.

In the afternoon, the sun was fierce, and the people in Qingliangzhai either took a nap or sat quietly under the eaves to enjoy the cool air, and no one made any loud noises.Gao Sheng also came back at this time, he didn't say anything when he entered the door, he drank a pot of water vigorously, wiped his mouth with his sleeve indiscriminately, and then sat down on the chair next to Cheng Fu.

"Is there something wrong with these people? I have said everything that should be said. Instead of accepting it, they even invited the village owner over and said that they would buy the two inns and would give us 5000 taels as compensation."

Cheng Fu closed his fan, "Did the village master agree?"

Gao Sheng nodded, looking a little depressed, "I don't understand what he thinks. No matter how hard we tried to sell these two inns, they were unwilling to sell them, so we had to settle for the second and talk about cooperation. Now it's all right. Open your mouth, and they will agree. What is this called?"

"Promise them, but remove all the refurbishment materials."

Gao Sheng was stunned for a while with his mouth open, and then laughed, "That's a good idea."

"If they don't agree, then we will go to court." If the Ning family doesn't want to be annoyed by the emperor even more, they can just do it.

She finally understood that the Ganqing family had long regarded those two inns as their own courtyard in Qingliangzhai, but they didn't come to the door, so they didn't take the initiative to mention it. It will be a matter of time before they get to where they are today.

"You solve it as soon as possible, I'm going back to the city tomorrow." If it didn't work, she came forward in person.

(End of this chapter)