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Chapter 36 Sanniang, you...

On the other side, while Pei Xiangjun gave Ye Jingtang a few days off, he began to prepare various things for Ye Jingtang to "recognize the ancestors and return to the shrine".

Honghualou has a large scale, with sub-rudders scattered all over the world. It was originally an organization formed by alliances of several ship gangs. The Pei family acted as the speaker. Hall'.

The capital is the core of the entire Great Wei trade, and the Honghualou cannot be left alone in the capital. For this reason, when the country was founded, the Pei family took advantage of the opportunity to move the Qinglongtang to the capital.

However, as a family of Jianghu, the Pei family took root at the foot of the emperor, and they did not dare to swagger in the market as a Jianghu. They have always been hidden in the market and secretly dispatched.

At noon, in the living room of the Pei family mansion, three incense masters who came from afar sat in the banquet, two men and one woman.

The men are two old men named Li Sanwen and Wang Ren, and the woman is Mrs. Huang Zhu, both of whom are incense masters of Qinglong Hall.

Pei Xiangjun and his aunt Mrs. Zhang sat under the middle hall, listening to Mrs. Huang Zhu's complaint:
"It doesn't matter if the Zhou family came to the wharf to grab business, a second-rate role like Baoyuanmen would also like to get a piece of the pie. If I didn't take care of the overall situation, I would have to go to Baoyuanshan to explain the truth in person..."

Li Sanwen, the incense master, is the oldest and currently the most senior "uncle" in Qinglongtang. Even Pei Xiangjun has to be honored as an elder. Holding a teacup, he shook his head and said:

"Li Hunyuan's 'Baoyuanjin' is superb, and he is also a well-known master in the entire Yunzhou. You are a little incense master, what do you use to reason with others?"

This remark sounds like Mrs. Huang Zhu doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, but the meaning in the words is that she is dissatisfied with Pei Xiangjun's inability to control the people in the world.

Mrs. Huang Zhu retorted: "My business was robbed, I can't talk about it? You are an old man in the family, you should come forward for this kind of thing, but it doesn't matter if you don't get ahead, you are still sitting here sneering..."

Snapped--

Li Sanwen patted the table.

Pei Xiangjun raised his hand to stop the two from arguing:
"Stop arguing. I called you here this time to introduce someone to you. Yuanfeng left behind a adopted son named Ye Jingtang. He came to the capital a few days ago. He is a nice person..."

"How old is Ye Jingtang this year?"

"Eighteen, a little young..."

Li Sanwen had a straight temper and said directly:

"I haven't even laid a good foundation, what can I do? The landlord mobilized the crowd to call back all the fragrant masters outside. Could it be that he is going to pick someone up and find someone from the Pei family to take the top? If that's the case, it's better to let Pei Luo come to be the landlord..."

Mrs. Zhang dissatisfied: "Luo Er is not from the Jianghu, so he shouldn't be allowed to know about the Jianghu affairs. Besides, with Luo Er's idle temperament, you can let him know that there is so much money in the family? He will be able to return to the White Horse Academy tomorrow. Buy it and be your own wife..."

Pei Xiangjun knew that the incense masters could not trust young people, so he said again:

"Although Jingtang is young, he has a way of dealing with people. Although his martial arts skills are not high, he can still be called a top-notch master. For specifics, you will know when you see him, and you will never be disappointed."

The three incense masters looked solemn when they heard this.

According to the rumors in the market, the eight masters of the world are the masters, and the first- and second-rate masters are a bit out of place, but the truth is absolutely not the case.

With such a large scale in Honghualou, there are only three people who are respected as masters by outsiders; being so strong as She Long and Shang Jianli is also a "shame of the masters". It is conceivable how high the threshold for first-class masters is.

Wang Ren's eyes were slightly questioning, but he didn't see anyone, so he couldn't refute, so he nodded and said:

"Since the landlord is so optimistic, when all the incense masters are here, he will bring them here for me to meet. If it is true as the landlord said, it will be a blessing for me, Qinglongtang and Honghualou."

Li Sanwen thought about it for a while: "The landlord called us all, is it because he is going to stand up at night and become the young master?"

"I do."

"How did this happen? Now that the Red Flower Tower is full of internal and external troubles, Baihutang can only focus on the position of helm. Once the owner appoints a young master, he will not be able to convince everyone..."

Pei Xiangjun said solemnly: "I can make this decision, and I am sure in my heart. As long as you have seen Jingtang, you won't think I am too hasty."

Seeing that Mr. Pei Xiang had made up his mind, Li San asked displeasedly:
"That's fine, I want to see what kind of young man can make the landlord so determined. If I make things difficult for the younger generation, please forgive me."

If you want your subordinates to submit, it's useless to rely on the boss's praise, you have to rely on your own ability, Pei Xiangjun didn't say much.

After a few people chatted for a while, Wang Ren talked about the difficulty again:

"The last time I went to Zhou's house, I met a steward. I didn't even see the second uncle of Zhou's family. I really don't show affection. The business of Qingjiang Wharf is going downhill. If you don't negotiate with Zhou's family, draw a clear line..."

"The Zhou family's old grandpa is about to celebrate his birthday. I will come to celebrate his birthday and talk about it by the way. Your Zhou family will not give you face. I will come forward in person. They have to weigh it."

The three incense masters obviously disagreed with this. After all, there is no precedent for the head of a wealthy family to go to another house to discuss small business in person.

Mrs. Huang Candle saw that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, so she opened her mouth to smooth things over:

"Mr. Zhou is a famous swordsmith. He has forged more than a thousand weapons in his life. On this [-]th birthday, all the famous figures in the rivers and lakes of Zezhou will come to congratulate him. It is said that even the wife of the leader of the Pingtian Sect will be there. Lose face..."

Pei Xiangjun didn't want to talk about troublesome things, so he changed the subject:

"I haven't seen the Goddess of Toad Palace yet, I heard that she was once the number one beauty in Jianghu..."

Mrs. Zhang smiled: "You suffer because you are at the helm of Honghualou, and you can't show your face. If you come to the door dressed beautifully, then you will sit with the goddess of the Toad Palace. The title of the most beautiful woman in the world will probably fall on the I am in the Red Flower House."

"Sigh~" Pei Xiangjun shook his head: "When Honghualou is at the helm, but he is famous for his appearance, if word spreads, no one will take Honghualou seriously..."
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The next morning.

After the rain, the sun cleared, and the people stepped out of their homes one after another. The streets along the Tianshui Bridge were crowded with people, and there was an endless stream of hawkers.

Ye Jingtang was on vacation for a few days, and wandered around with Luo Ning all day, almost forgetting Sanniang in "Le Bu Si Gu".

Just woke up this morning, when Yang Chao suddenly ran over and said that Sanniang had something to look for him, he just remembered that he had to go to work.

Although he has only been here for a few days, he does not do small things. People near Tianshui Bridge basically know him, and you can hear greetings from various shops along the way:

"Master Ye."

"Young Master is here..."

……

After Ye Jingtang said hello, he came to the outside of Pei's mansion deep in the alley.

Sanniang was wearing a goose-yellow waist-length skirt, standing in front of the door with her maid, Xiuhe, looking up, her gentle and quiet appearance, like Xiaojiabiyu who was looking forward to the return of Erlang.

"Sanniang, why are you waiting outside the door again?"

"Jeep!"

Pei Xiangjun was nagged by several incense masters for a long time yesterday, feeling a little resentful in his heart, he hugged the flying bird and frowned, like a wronged little daughter-in-law:

"I'm giving you a few days off. I want you to treat the Pei family as a family member. The result is good. You don't show your face when you have nothing serious to do, and you don't even fly back. You really treat the Pei family as an outsider, alas~..."

"grumble."

Niao Niao is wronged too, to show her innocence.

Ye Jingtang felt a little ashamed, entered the room with Pei Xiangjun, and explained:
"I took Prince Jing's brand. I had nothing to do in the past two days, so I went to Heiyatao to make some connections and help with some errands."

"You are so capable that you can even catch a wingless owl. It seems that you have to raise your wages, otherwise you will earn more than half a year in Pei's house if you take a case randomly in the future, and you will be even more helpless."

"Handling a case is blood licking. The risk is high. How can I be safe here with Sanniang. There is no need to increase the wages. With the current wages, I feel that I am eating soft...eating rice..."

While chatting, the three of them turned around the corridor and directly entered the hanging flower door.

Passing the Chuihua Gate is the back house, because the young master Pei Luo is not there, so the aunt, Aunt Pei Luo, servant girls and others live in it, all of them are women.

As a man, Ye Jingtang felt that it was inappropriate to go in, so he said:

"San Niang called me, is there something wrong?"

Pei Xiangjun stroked the bird, unhappy and said:

"Can't I ask you to sit down if there's nothing wrong?"

"..."

Ye Jingtang was powerless to refute, so he could only keep his eyes on the road, walked through the lotus pond by the koi pond, and came to the main courtyard where Changfang lived.

Ye Jingtang originally thought that Sanniang was going to take him to the tea court to sit down, but as he was walking, he realized that the direction was wrong—Sanniang walked briskly, came outside the bedroom, and ordered:
"Xiuhe, go and rest first."

Xiuhe, who was following behind, ran out in a hurry.

"..."

Ye Jingtang glanced at the empty courtyard, and the swaying familiar figure in front of him, his thoughts were quite normal, and he hesitated to speak:

"San Niang, you..."

"Come in."

squeak-

The door opened, Sanniang entered the elegant bedroom, and turned around to glance around to see if anyone was paying attention.

?

What is this for?
Ye Jingtang looked at Sanniang as if she was about to have an affair, and she was really weird in her heart, so she asked:
"This is Sanniang's boudoir, isn't it appropriate for me to come in?"

Pei Xiangjun looked back and saw that Ye Jingtang was thinking wrong, but he didn't explain:

"Come in, I'm just talking to you, but no one saw me."

Ye Jingtang hesitated for a while, but finally entered the bedroom.

click.

Pei Xiangjun waited for Ye Jingtang to enter the house, threw the bird out the door, and then closed the door, leaving only the lonely men and widows in the boudoir.

"grumble?!"

Ye Jingtang turned his head, his eyes were surprised, and he looked at the charming Sanniang:
"Uh……"

Pei Xiangjun came to the bed and sat down, with a gentle posture, and patted his side:
"Jing Tang, come and sit down."

"Sanniang, you..."

"Sit down! Don't think about it!"

?

I'm already in bed, and you still tell me not to think about it?
Seeing that Sanniang frowned slightly, Ye Jingtang felt a little unhappy, so he had to sit down next to him:
"I... I'm stupid!"

As soon as Ye Jingtang sat down on the edge of the bed, he found that the bottom was empty, the bed board collapsed, and he fell directly backwards.

thump—

But in the blink of an eye, the two of them landed on the pitch-black ground, the bed above them was closed, and there was no more light.

Ye Jingtang really didn't expect this to happen, and looked around with lingering fear:

"San Niang? What are you doing?"

"What do you think I want to do?"

"Uh……"

Ye Jingtang thought what Pei Xiangjun was going to do to him, and explained:
"I thought Sanniang was going to introduce me to the family property, but I didn't expect to introduce it in this kind of place... Where is this?"

"Humph~"

呲......

There was the sound of the fire folder being lit, and the faint light of the fire illuminated the cheeks of the two.

Pei Xiangjun put the torch on an oil lamp beside the stone wall, and the oil lamp lit up, and then the lights spread forward one after another, and a door appeared at the front of the tunnel.

Pei Xiangjun restrained his soft and weak temperament, straightened his clothes a little, and walked along the tunnel to the underground door.

The distracting thoughts that had just been suppressed by Ye Jingtang rose up again at this time - after all, bedrooms, secret passages, and basements can easily make people think of some unscrupulous things...

"where is this place?"

squeak-

While talking, the door opened, and a brightly lit hall appeared in front of me...

(End of this chapter)