Confucius businesswoman: proud of the world

Chapter 89 Make the water muddy
The boss of Deyuelou sent a letter to Kong Linglong, saying that he had something important to discuss.Usually, these big shopkeepers would not easily find their family members, so Kong Linglong took Yu'er to Deyuelou to inquire in person.

Deyue Tower is the landmark of the Confucian family in Xianyang. It is an important place to greet and send off. It is also the must-choice place for all the dignitaries and dignitaries in Xianyang. foundation.

Kong Linglong saw the shopkeeper here: "What happened?"

Shopkeeper Bai invited Kong Linglong to sit in the private room inside, and sent the waiter to look outside the lobby.Only then did he say to Kong Linglong: "Young master, something happened in the building yesterday, and after thinking about it, I feel startled, it's best to tell the young master."

Kong Linglong looked at Shopkeeper Bai: "What's wrong?"

Shopkeeper Bai concentrated his attention, recalled yesterday's events, and said: "Yesterday, a group of guests in fine clothes came, but they chose to sit in the busiest place in the lobby. I thought it was strange, and told the staff to treat them well. But this group The guests ordered a table of food and sat there until noon, and when there were the most people, they drank too much wine and started talking loudly."

It seems that this group of people must have said something ordinary, at least it made shopkeeper Bai feel that something was wrong.

Kong Linglong listened carefully: "This group of people, don't they look familiar?"

Shopkeeper Bai was startled: "It's just a stranger. I haven't seen this group of people before, but they talked loudly in the building all day yesterday, and the name of our Deyue Tower was also involved."

The name Deyue Tower was chosen 50 years ago by the ninth-generation old head of the family, for the daughter of the old head who was born in the full moon at that time, so the name Deyue has no other meaning.As for what happened 50 years ago, it is definitely impossible for those guests to know, so their so-called involvement can only be forced.

Shopkeeper Bai lowered his voice, although in the private room, he seemed to have some scruples: "It is said that the title of the current queen mother is Deyue. We took this name in the building, which offended the name of the queen mother. Back then, those people were smiling. I said it as if I was joking, and the customers around me didn’t bother with this issue, but Shao Dangjia, after closing the store, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, so I rushed to write a letter, please Shao Dangjia to judge.”

Shopkeeper Bai is also an old shopkeeper for many years. Unlike the shopkeeper Chen who opened the pharmacy, he has a kind heart and temperament. He hangs out with customers every day, and he is extremely shrewd no matter his temperament or eyes. To come to such a high-profile conversation, and to talk about the affairs of the queen mother, no matter how you look at it, you feel that the purpose is not pure.

"Besides," Shopkeeper Bai said, "I just heard that something happened in Kongshantang yesterday, so I can't help but..."

Kong Linglong glanced at him: "You are right, Shopkeeper Bai, these guests deliberately mentioned the queen mother, just to make more people think that we have violated the taboo in Deyuelou, this kind of thing is a big deal Xiao, if someone with a heart listens to it and thinks that our Kong Family’s Deyuelou deliberately chose a name to be disrespectful to the Queen Mother, and if this hat is off, I’m afraid that Deyuelou will be much more unlucky than Kongshantang.”

The Kong Restaurant was only closed for three days, but it was awarded the Yuelou. If the charge of disrespect is confirmed, there is no need to expect it to reopen in the future.Kong Shantang is the largest medicine store of the Kong family, and if something happens to Deyuelou, half of the Kong family's arm will be broken. The shopkeeper Bai is so shrewd, how could he not know how to plan ahead.

Shopkeeper Bai turned his eyes: "Then what should we do, less master?"

The few guests left after eating, obviously they would never show up again in the future, but the words they left covered Deyue Tower with a layer of dust, and they might be thrown out someday.

Kong Linglong tapped her fingers on the table, and said: "The other party is deliberately making us uncomfortable, we can't mess around, we should do the business as we should, it's just shopkeeper Bai, and when you meet new customers, you can tell the waiter more Watch."

Shopkeeper Bai understood: "Even if there are still guests coming, they will never have a chance to speak in public."

Rumors stop at the wise. These people want to create public opinion, so they cut off the source.

After Kong Linglong explained to shopkeeper Bai, she stepped out of Deyue Tower with Yu'er, unexpectedly at the door, she almost bumped into someone in her arms.

As soon as Kong Linglong smelled the familiar breath, she felt indifferent for a while, and didn't even want to raise her head.

But Liu Shao looked at the girl standing in front of him, narrowed his eyes and let go of his fan: "Miss Kong, you are really well."

Kong Linglong said indifferently: "Mr. Liu is too, did you come to the restaurant to drink so early in the morning?"

The number of guests in Deyuelou is usually the fewest in the early morning, especially for the wealthy sons, and there are even fewer guests who wake up so early.

Liu Shao squinted his eyes, and there was a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth: "If I say, I came to meet Ms. Kong on purpose, I wonder if Ms. Kong would believe it or not?"

Kong Linglong's face was cold, and her tone was cold: "How can I be worthy of meeting Mr. Liu by chance?"

As he said that, he was about to leave, but Liu Shao seemed to be doing it on purpose. He stood in front of the door with an unbiased body, and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't think I have been rude to Miss Kong. I don't know why Miss Kong keeps avoiding me like a snake. Could it be Is it because of...a previous engagement?"

This man is really shameless, and it is not difficult to find out his true face after a little contact, but most of the people in Xianyang only see his humble and humble son Ruyu. After the price.

Kong Linglong looked at him quietly, since there are few customers now, she said: "Since Mr. Liu said so, I will say it clearly. Although I had a marriage contract with Mr. Liu at the beginning, since the engagement has been withdrawn, it has always been impossible to get married. If in-laws become enemies, it's better for us to have less contact."

Liu Shao looked at Kong Linglong pretending to be surprised, then laughed and said, "Miss Kong actually wants to be your enemy?"

It's not that I want to, but I'm already an enemy.This person pretends to be confused while pretending to understand, so why bother.

Kong Linglong was expressionless: "Mr. Liu, excuse me."

Shopkeeper Bai happened to come over from behind, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, you are really a distinguished guest, why don't you invite me upstairs to the private room."

Liu Shao said with a half-smile: "Actually, when I saw Miss Kong come to the Deyue Tower opened by my family so early, I thought something happened in the building. I didn't expect it, but I thought about it."

Shopkeeper Bai's gaze swept across his face calmly, and he lowered his head without making a sound.

Kong Linglong stared at him, and the smile on Liu Shao's face was a bit nasty, but all his hypocrisy and cunning were hidden deep in his eyes. In the eyes of others, he was still the perfect and irreproachable young master of the Liu family.

Kong Linglong slowly missed his side, and Liu Shao said: "I, Liu, have no status in Miss Kong's eyes, but another person seems to be much more important than Liu, after all, Miss Kong seems to have no place in her own shop. You can give up easily, but you can't let go of that person."

Kong Linglong turned around slowly and stared at Liu Shao: "Mr. Liu, please be careful when you speak."

Liu Shao pursed his lips and smiled, "Did I say something? Miss Kong is too concerned about hearing it wrong."

Kong Linglong looked at him suddenly: "Everything in this world has its own justice, no one will always be lucky, and no one will always be weak, just like this Xianyang, no matter how good Mr. Liu feels, it is still not your Liu family. The world of one family."

……

In Xiyuan, facing the chess game in front of him, Suye called out: "Luo Congrong."

Luo Congrong appeared beside the chessboard, looked at the chess game that had been turned into chaos by the young master, and said, "Does the young master still have a way to break the game?"

Suye used the bone fan to sway the chess pieces, so there is no way to solve it.He told Luo Congrong: "The county magistrate Li of Yecheng is a disciple of Mr. Li in Dongyang. Because of the same surname Li, he made friends with him. You go to a case and involve the officers and soldiers of Yecheng so that the magistrate Li can have an excuse." Bring the soldiers to the border of Xianyang."

Mr. Wang in Xianyang can't be counted on. He has long been in collusion with Situ's family, and now he is probably pointing at the big tree of Situ Xueyi to promote him.

It's a pity that the Situ family is a family that is famous for crossing rivers and destroying bridges. The new head of the family is even more familiar with the essence of it. It is impossible for Mr. Wang to fall into this situation.

Luo Congrong immediately understood that such a political struggle was not uncommon in the capital, and the fight was about who had more people under his command.Situ Xueyi made County Magistrate Wang his running dog, and Lord Li from Ye City could also be used by Su Ye, who had no contacts to use.

"So the young master's purpose is to protect Kong Zhai?" Luo calmly said slowly.Otherwise, what would Suye want soldiers for?He doesn't need it himself.

Su Ye took a look at him: "This case should be done beautifully, and the Kong family must be implicated, so that County Magistrate Li has a reason to pursue the Kong family to the end."

At that time, the county magistrates on both sides will quarrel, and no one will relax, just like the salt ship case, but this time it is absolutely impossible for the two county magistrates to come together again.

Luo Congrong went to handle it immediately. Compared with the things he handled in the capital, doing a case is as easy as drinking water.

The county government in Yecheng buys a lot of ironware from the people every year, and the Kong family’s ironware business in Yecheng has just started, and the price is low. County magistrate Li chose the Kong family and has been buying for three consecutive years.

It is reasonable to pay taxes for government purchases, but after checking the account books every three years, County Magistrate Li found that all the account books had been burned overnight, and the county magistrate Li suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

What was burned was the account books of the county government, but how could the county government blame it on itself?

So he immediately thought of the Kong family's iron shop, slandering the iron shop for not following the rules and not paying the tax at all.

This is not a small amount before tax, because ironware is the metal second only to gold and silverware, not to mention that it is still three years old.

That night, County Magistrate Li led the officers and soldiers to surround the Kong family, because the people in the Kong family's iron shop said that all of this can only be done by the family.Because of such a large tax, they can't afford it.

(End of this chapter)