From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Who is Zhou Yuan?

In Zhao Jianjia's impression, this person is very casual, does not do serious work, and seems to have no temper and does not respond to scolding.

In Xue Ningyue's eyes, Brother Zhou is a strange man. Not only did he save herself, but he also spent money to save Baiyan Tower. I think this is also for her. Brother Zhou is the best person in the world. She will never allow Brother Zhou to suffer such a loss.

And Mrs. Xue also thought that a junior, a son-in-law, actually got angry in front of me.

So, the three people were stunned when they saw Zhou Yuan slamming the table.

Zhou Yuan looked indifferent and said in a deep voice: "I am here to talk about serious business, not to listen to your noise!"

In order to make things go smoothly and relieve his own worries, Zhou Yuan must ensure that he can reach a cooperation with Baiyan Tower today.

He looked at Zhao Jianjia and said, "The deal with Baiyanlou is my personal decision. It has nothing to do with my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and it will not use the Zhao family's money. You are not suitable to interfere. Sit down."

Zhao Jianjia was stunned.

It was the first time she saw Zhou Yuan speak so toughly. He, he rarely had manliness!

Zhao Jianjia sat down for some reason and just gritted his teeth and said, "You are just talking nonsense. You usually ask me for pocket money. How can you have money to buy a house?"

Mrs. Xue was most concerned about the issue of money. At this moment, after Zhao Jianjia mentioned it, she immediately remembered this point.

Then she smiled coldly and squinted her eyes and said, "Great! So you are here to entertain me today!"

Zhou Yuan did not speak, but just picked up the small box beside him and put it heavily on the table.

A loud noise made everyone's heart tremble.

He opened the box, took out a thick stack of banknotes inside, and slapped it directly on the table.

For a moment, Mrs. Xue's eyes were wide open!

All of them were silver notes! And they were the largest denomination! One thousand taels each, and there were dozens of them thick!

That's tens of thousands of taels!

Who is so fierce, carrying tens of thousands of taels of silver on his body, this is too shocking.

Mrs. Xue swallowed her saliva and said in a trembling voice: "My dear nephew, it was my aunt who was wrong just now, please don't mind it."

She only had money in her eyes now, and she had no temper.

Zhao Jianjia was also trembling all over, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Zhou Yuan, where did you get so much money?"

Zhou Yuan ignored her and just slowly put the money away.

Mrs. Xue was so shocked that she said, "My dear nephew, your aunt will never harm you. Sixty thousand taels is really cheap. We spent one hundred thousand taels on Baiyanlou at the beginning!"

But in the past ten years, Baiyanlou has also earned one hundred thousand taels. In fact, according to the current situation of Baiyanlou, no one wants to pay sixty thousand or even ten thousand taels.

After all, the drug-related incident has made too much noise, and people are panicking now.

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "I suddenly don't want to buy it."

Mrs. Xue's face was stiff.

Zhou Yuan said, "But we can cooperate."

Mrs. Xue hurriedly asked, "How to cooperate?"

Zhou Yuan glanced at Xue Ningyue, shook his head helplessly, and sighed. Forget it, for the sake of this girl, he would give the Xue family a big piece of meat.

Zhou Yuan said: "The worst time for Baiyanlou's business is now, there is almost no business."

"And the best time for business should be six or seven years ago. At that time, your net profit could reach 12,000 taels of silver every year."

Mrs. Xue said seriously: "More than that!"

Nonsense, can I not see it? I have asked Lord Wang Ang to investigate you thoroughly.

Zhou Yuan said: "Then let me be more precise. In the third year of Shenwu, your net profit was 11,740 taels, which is the highest profit."

Mrs. Xue's face changed, and she said in shock: "How do you know..."

Xue Ningyue and Zhao Jianjia looked at each other and felt that the matter was a little complicated.

Zhou Yuan smiled, but did not answer.

He was thinking whether he should reveal what he had done. On the one hand, he could shock the Xue family and make it easier for Ningyue to get things done in the future. On the other hand, he should deal with the emotional problems with Zhao Jianjia.

So, he said in a deep voice: "I know a lot of things, more than you can imagine."

"For example, on the day I came down from Baiyun Mountain, I knew that Ningyue would be married to the Xu family as a concubine."

That was the news I got from Cai Ni in Baihua Pavilion.

When this was mentioned, Mrs. Xue's face turned ugly. This was her pain point.

Zhou Yuan continued: "From then on, I have been planning to destroy this matter."

This made Zhao Jianjia's face change. He... He planned? What does it mean?

Mrs. Xue was also full of confusion.

Only Xue Ningyue lowered her head, with only touching and sweetness in her heart, and tenderness in her eyes.

Zhou Yuan said: "On the tenth day of June, I met Ningyue, and on the eleventh and twelfth, I started writing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at home. Yuan Yi Zhenren's penAren't you familiar with the name? "

"It's you!"

Zhao Jianjia was startled and said in surprise: "I thought it was just a coincidence! I didn't expect..."

Zhou Yuan interrupted: "The reason you think it's a coincidence is because you don't believe I have such talent, but now my royalties are in front of you."

Zhao Jianjia opened her mouth and didn't know how to refute for a while.

She just remembered that she had a big quarrel with Zhou Yuan because he stayed at home for two days. It turned out that he was writing.

Zhou Yuan said: "On June 13, I reached a cooperation with Mo Yunzhai and sent Mingrui to Wuyi Mountain to purchase fragrant mushrooms."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Xue stood up in shock and stared at Zhou Yuan with wide eyes.

Xue Ningyue and Zhao Jianjia were also shocked.

Zhou Yuan chuckled: "Yes, it's the special dish of Fengming Tower. This thing contains toxins. Eating it will definitely cause diarrhea for a whole day. ”

“I acted arrogant in front of Xu Guangchen to make him suspicious, and then let Guan Tianci spread the news secretly. Xu Guangchen was fooled and sent people to rob the mushrooms. ”

“I destroyed Fengming Tower with my own hands.”

Mingrui, Wuyi Mountain, Guan Tianci, acted arrogant, robbed the mushrooms... This short sentence actually contains so much information.

Zhao Jianjia was shocked beyond words. She had always thought that Zhou Yuan did nothing and was really a coward...

But now, Fengming Tower collapsed and everyone was put in jail.

Mrs. Xue screamed, “You little beast! You have done so many harmful things behind people’s backs, and you still dare to speak wildly here! Aren’t you afraid that I will report you!”

Zhou Yuan said indifferently, “Fengming Tower is in danger of colluding with the Wusheng Sect to rebel, which is a crime of treason. Mrs. Xue, do you dare to participate in it? "

Mrs. Xue opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to speak at all. Of course, she didn't dare to joke.

And Zhou Yuan said: "Let's not talk about the past. Anyway, Ningyue is safe. Let's talk about Baiyan Tower."

"According to what I know, your Xue family, including those guards and their families, spend at least 8,000 taels of silver every year."

"Now you hand over the management rights of Baiyan Tower to me, and I will give you 12,000 taels every year, which is equivalent to your highest profit."

Mrs. Xue shouted: "Don't even think about it!"

But the next moment, she suddenly widened her eyes and asked in confusion: "Wait, 12,000 taels?"

Her heart began to beat violently!

Not only enough to spend, but also enough to save!

Zhou Yuan patted the small box and smiled: "Do you think I can't take it out?"

Mrs. Xue immediately said: "How can I not believe my nephew!"

But Xue Ningyue suddenly said: "No! Brother Zhou, you will suffer a great loss! "

"You have done enough for Ningyue, please don't..."

Mrs. Xue quickly covered Ningyue's mouth and smiled softly: "My dear nephew, Ningyue is not sensible, please don't mind it."

Zhou Yuan opened the box, took out a silver note and handed it over.

He said slowly: "I will give you one thousand taels every month, and three thousand taels in the last month, a total of fourteen thousand taels, how about it?"

Who cares about the remaining four hundred taels!

Mrs. Xue quickly accepted the silver note and said excitedly: "All is up to my dear nephew!"

Zhou Yuan took out the contract prepared in advance and said: "Sign it and the contract will take effect."

Mrs. Xue's face was broken with laughter. She used to hate Zhou Yuan. At this moment, she saw that this child was good-looking, filial, and capable, but it was a pity that he was a son-in-law.

Xue Ningyue was already in tears, looking at Zhou Yuan infatuatedly, and that look was enough to melt everything.