Green Luan Banquet

Chapter 9

Shen Qingyan came over suddenly, pinched Yan Xiu's chin and looked at the person carefully, then he withdrew his hand, as if suddenly regained consciousness, nodded, "I still know how to come back."

The look in his eyes was so strange that Yan Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then he replied, "It rained heavily on the road, so it was delayed." Yan Xiu explained, and poured him a cup of tea with a pot. slightly better.

"What's the matter, did something happen in the mansion?"

"What could happen in the mansion." Shen Qingyan snorted, "Shopkeeper Yan is busy with business, so it's normal to be delayed for ten days and half a month on the road, so you don't need to explain to me."

"Qingyan, I'm obviously only three days late."

Shen Qingyan put the teacup back on the table with a "bang", "Today is the fourth day."

"Ah. You remember it so clearly." Yan Xiu looked at him, and said immediately, "I came back late, I made you worry, sorry."

"It's good if you know." Shen Qingyan looked him up and down, "Did you bring a gift for me?"

He has always been willful and arrogant in front of Yan Xiu, and Yan Xiu seems to condone such willfulness, which makes Shen Qingyan even more unscrupulous.

Yan Xiu had long been used to his temper as a young master, and said, "I came back from Changzhou and brought you a Snow King Jade Lion, can you come and have a look with me?"

"Don't think about simply sending me away with a horse," Shen Qingyan said while standing up, "I'll take a look first before I talk."

Yan Xiu's eyesight was indeed good. The horse was completely white without a trace of hair. Shen Qingyan's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he named it "Feixue" and left it in the Shen family's stable.If it wasn't for the heavy rain in the past two days, I might have to ride it out for a walk.

Turned around to look at the horse and came back, and talked about the damp silk a few days ago, five accidents in three months, all in different shops, and they were all inevitable natural and man-made disasters, at first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

"Cloud brocade, feather silk cotton, and Huanhua cotton, these three are the most damaged." Shen Qingyan said, "I see that there are 23 pieces of cloud brocade damaged on the books, most of which are 'crane' and 'bergamot'. I sent people to look at it, and it was indeed useless because of the damp.”

The market price of a piece of cloud brocade is ten taels of gold, which is not considered other losses.

"The bergamot and the crane... are somewhat similar to the account I read before." Yan Xiu recalled, "Where did all these damaged brocades go?"

If the brocade in this silk shop is damaged, someone must first verify it, and then send the damaged brocade to a specific warehouse, or destroy it, or use it for other purposes.

Shen Qingyan sent someone to check, and it is said that shopkeeper Chen took all the damaged brocades and destroyed them.The two looked at each other, and at the same time saw deep thinking in each other's eyes.

"Come on, let's go to shopkeeper Qian to have a look." Shen Qingyan said.

Yan Xiu had already noticed that there was something strange about it, so before he left, he explained that Shen Qingyan needed to nod in person.Hearing this, he thought for a while before arriving, "Go now, it's easy to startle the snake."

However, Shen Qingyan was young and energetic, but he couldn't tolerate any sand in his eyes, "The young master happened to chop up this snake for drinking." After saying that, he lifted his foot and walked out.

Yan Xiu could only follow.

When the two arrived at the silk and satin shop, the shopkeeper Qian was not in the shop, only a waiter was in the shop to greet him, and when he saw the two young masters coming, he was excited and waited attentively.

"Where's the cashier?"

"In...in the warehouse in the backyard." The waiter replied.

Shen Qingyan's eyes turned around in the shop, and sure enough, not even a piece of brocade was placed on the table, he was angry, his complexion was not very good, he turned around and walked to the storeroom, when a young man holding a long box walked towards him on the road , the boy bowed his eyebrows obediently, and moved away.Shen Qingyan strode over, Yan Xiu's eyes fell on the boy, paused for a while, and said, "You wait here first." Then he followed Shen Qingyan into the backyard.

Shopkeeper Qian was at the door of the storeroom at the moment. When he saw the two of them, he was taken aback for a moment before running over in a hurry.

"Young Master?"

"My young master, come here to see how the two brocades are damaged." Shen Qingyan glanced at the warehouse, "Where are the things?"

"It was sent to the warehouse yesterday." Shopkeeper Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Really? Why didn't you see the young master when he went to the warehouse yesterday?" Shen Qingyan's eyes turned cold, and even his tone was cold.

"Could it be that this was stolen again?" Shopkeeper Qian lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

"It's just a pile of rags, and is there anyone thinking about it?" Shen Qingyan walked around the money shopkeeper with her hands behind her back, and suddenly lowered her head to look at him. Shen Qingyan's eyebrows and eyes are very clear, especially the eyes, which are long and narrow. When the cold is cold There seemed to be a bright light in his eyes, which pierced his heart, and he curled the corner of his mouth, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "Or is it that Shopkeeper Qian likes to think about these junk things?"

Yan Xiu had already walked up to the boy carrying the box, and stretched out his hand to open the box.On the surface was a brocade with a silver-gray crane pattern, which was exactly the same as the one reported damaged by shopkeeper Qian.

"Qing Yan, the things Shopkeeper Qian is thinking about are here." As soon as he spoke, Shopkeeper Qian trembled.

"Young Master." Before he finished speaking, Shen Qingyan kicked the person to the ground, "You are a dog who eats inside and out, come here, catch me." He shouted, and the outside came in neatly A team of guards set up the shopkeeper.

"Drag it out, ask me carefully, and hand it over to the government after you finish the questioning." The leader of the guard nodded and dragged him out.

In the warehouse, there used to be a few brocades that were damaged due to various reasons. This thing is not particularly valuable, but the advantage is that the quantity is small. Every season, each shop can get only a dozen horses. They first put these damaged brocades Steal it out, use the damaged brocade to replace the new brocade, and put the things back into the warehouse after the above has seen it, then you can steal the beam and replace the new brocade to make a profit, Yan Xiu vaguely guessed this Because of this, he just took advantage of this matter to push Shen Qingyan up and let him stand up, but he didn't expect that Shen Qingyan was too tempered, and kicked half of the shopkeeper Qian's life.

In the evening, a report came up, and it was as expected as the two of them had guessed. Shopkeeper Qian fully admitted the matter of stealing the brocade.It's just that he took the brocade and sold it. He used all the money to gamble, leaving not much left.

Shen Qingyan directly sent someone to send Treasurer Qian to the government.

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This time the action was not unpleasant, Shen Qingyan arrested him, Yan Xiu even sent people out, ready to thoroughly check the other silk shops.The reason why the Shen family has been standing for so many years is partly because of the support of these senior people, but also because of this, there are many moths inside.In the past few years, his energy was focused on the outside. As long as the inside is not chaotic, he can turn a blind eye to the past, but now that Shen Qingyan is growing up, it is time to start dealing with these things.

This incident is just an opportunity, on the one hand, taking this opportunity is just for Qing Yan to practice his skills, on the other hand, the treasurer Qian is also considered an old man in the Shen residence, so it is more convenient for Shen Qingyan to come forward.It's just that Yan Xiu thought about it for a while, and then said, "If the investigation continues this time, some people will definitely be drawn out, but it's time for Shen's residence to recruit some new people."

Shen Qingyan nodded.

Although Yan Xiu said that he wanted to recruit a new group of people, he never thought of such a move.

In the evening of this day, Shen Qingyan was having dinner in Zhenjiao Pavilion. He originally had an appointment with Boss Han to discuss a business, but the other party had something to do, so he had to wait for another day.He knew that Yan Xiu had something to do today, so he didn't call him, but he didn't know that this guy's business was in Zhenjiao Pavilion, the busiest place in Xuancheng for looking for flowers and lying on willows.

Today, Zhenjiao Pavilion is holding the "Dianjiao Meeting" once every three months. There are many beauties with different characteristics and charms appearing one after another, either with color or art, to move people's hearts.The one with the highest bid can get the beauty for one night, what's more, it is also possible to directly redeem the person and take her away.

Shen Qingyan had no interest in this at first, until he saw that familiar figure appearing at the door.Yan Xiu is dressed in a silver-gray brocade robe. Although his face has no expression all year round, his face is cold and handsome, with a serious demeanor. In this bustling flower street and willow alley, he can stand out with his unique handsomeness.Those girls and young men have seen a lot of sloppy rich men, and such people are naturally more eye-catching.Suddenly, several people looked at him.If it weren't for the fact that his demeanor was too cold, I'm afraid several people would have jumped on him.

Shen Qingyan frowned.

Yan Xiu didn't move his brows, and followed the guide to the second floor. Shen Qingyan waited for a while, and saw them coming out of the stairs and entering a box diagonally beside him.

Looking down from the second floor, you can see the entire stage downstairs. When the downstairs is busy, a veiled woman slowly came down the stairs. She was barefoot and her slender white ankles were bare Wearing a red ribbon, there are a few small bells tied on the ribbon. Although the bells are small, they are unique. With her footsteps, there is a crisp sound, which overwhelms the low string music on the field, making people unconscious She put her eyes on her body, the red silk thread tied with bells went around her slender and graceful calves, and disappeared into the red tulle dress of the same color. As soon as she raised her hand, when she looked back, she exuded seductive beauty. This was already a small climax. People in the audience couldn't help but threw gold and silver wrenches, sachets, money bags and other things to add to the fun. Someone raised the price, and the atmosphere became more enthusiastic.

Yan Xiu was also looking down. When the beauty finished dancing, the person who paid the highest price was already waiting beside her. When she stepped off the stage, she was hugged by that man in his arms. The servant led him away from the crowd, presumably leading him to the guest room at the back.

After several rounds, Yan Xiu didn't see any movement, until a young man with a handsome appearance came on the stage. The man was dressed in a blue gown, and he was young and tender, which was rarely seen in the court of love and moon.As soon as he stood up, someone below became excited, and the voice of urging the booing became louder.

In the private room, there are dedicated people to serve the distinguished guests. Seeing that Shen Qingyan was interested, the young man walked over and explained in a low voice, "This Mr. Ronghua is not only the most famous beauty in our building, but also Master Shen, do you know that several picture albums in the building are written by Mr. Rong Hua." You can know what is in the picture albums from Zhenjiao Pavilion without thinking.

Shen Qingyan was not really interested, he caught Yan Xiu's eyes on Rong Hua, and then followed him to look at him. Hearing these words, his complexion was even worse.

When the boy saw his face darken, he didn't dare to speak.

He stared at Yan Xiu all night, unknowingly drank a lot of wine, and now the jug is empty again, he just felt even more upset, the voices downstairs continued, and when the cries gradually died down, Yan Xiucai whispered a few words to the servant next to him, and the servant hung up a sign and rang the bell. The bustard looked at the numbers on the sign and narrowed his smiling eyes, "Mr. Yan offered 100 taels to redeem Mr. Rong Hua, Is there anyone else willing to raise the price?"

When Shen Qingyan heard it, she almost crushed the wine cup in her hand.

The boy looked at him in horror.

"What are you looking at, serve the wine!" Shen Qingyan threw the wine cup on the table, and went to look at the situation downstairs.

With Ronghua's appearance, there are not a few people who praise him. Those people can't bear to let this beauty just leave with others, and the voice of increasing the price is louder. However, every time it is about to be finalized, Yan Xiu will increase the price once. Gradually, no one will earn money with him.

The bell rang again, from one hundred, one hundred fifty, one hundred eight, to two hundred, three hundred taels, and finally no one rang.But at this time, Shen Qingyan's face was so cold that it could be described directly as horror.Seeing Shen Qingyan's appearance, the little World War II took two steps back tremblingly, but Shen Qingyan suddenly turned around, "You, go and put up a sign, my young master wants him for 300 taels."

He was holding the wine jug, pointing at Rong Hua on the stage from afar.

Shen Qingyan had already drunk a lot of wine at this moment, her eyes were red and her face was murderous, those who didn't know thought that he was going to pay for murder.The boy couldn't tell whether he was drunk and messing around or serious, he hesitated and didn't move.

Shen Qingyan threw the jug away, and there was a bang, the boy trembled, only to see Shen Qingyan sticking his head out while leaning on the railing, and said to the downstairs, "400 taels, I want him!"

"Master Shen pays 400 taels." The old bustard was stunned for a moment, firstly because the number was too unexpected, and secondly because she also knew in her heart that these two young masters were originally a family. ?But no matter what, you still have to follow the rules, so you turned your head and asked Yan Xiu, "Mr. Yan, do you want to increase the price?"

As soon as Yan Xiu raised his head, he saw Shen Qingyan on the opposite side, and then waved to the servant who was serving him, and the servant removed the sign.