Delicate Flower Chapter 110: East window

Li Duan thought, he couldn't just let this matter go unchecked, he had to find someone to go out and inquire about it, but he didn't have a good candidate for the time being.

Last time, because of Wei Xiaoshan's incident, their family's Zhuangzi was taken away by Magistrate Tang. Not only did the family's family run away, but their family was also targeted by the squires and the Pei family in Lin'an City. We had to recruit new people, and no one was doing the shady things at home. We no longer had the same well-informed information as before, and many events were suspended.

How about recruiting a few helpers?

Li Duan was thinking carefully about the famous gangsters in Lin'an City when Lin Jue came.

He immediately stood up, walked out to meet Lin Jue, and asked the young boy who came to report: "Did the young master come alone or with someone?"

Lin Jue returned to Fujian this time to contact the Peng family. I wonder how things went?

But before the boy could speak, he met Lin Jue, who was surrounded by several boys.

Lin Jue had a sullen face. When he saw Li Duan, he said bluntly without even saying a few words: "A Duan, let's talk in the study!"

Li Duan felt a thump in his heart and felt something was wrong.

His face couldn't help but darken, and he waved his hand towards the boy beside him.

The boys all retreated.

Lin Jue and Li Duan entered the study.

Li Duan did not call the maid, but made tea for Lin Jue himself.

Lin Jueze irritably took off the cloak he was wearing, threw it on the Arhat bed in the study, and said to Li Duan: "A Duan, it's not good! This time the eldest man of the Peng family is coming with me. Yes, it is said that the Pei family accidentally obtained a navigation map that can lead from Guangzhou to Dashi. The Tao family in Guangzhou has already tried navigation, and the route is feasible..."

"What did you say?" Like a bolt from the blue, Li Duan's hand shook, and the tea jar fell to the ground with a "pop", and the fine Biluochun was scattered on the ground. He turned around, his face as dark as paint. Looking at Lin Jue, "The Pei family got a navigation map?"

He had been worried that there was something wrong with the map before, but he didn't expect that the matter of the map hadn't been explained clearly yet, and now something like this happened again!

Lin Jue looked at Li Duan and took a deep breath. Only then did he feel that his panic had calmed down a little and his thoughts became clearer: "I rushed back to Fujian and sent the painting to the Peng family. The Peng family inspected I was very satisfied with the drawings and maps. Then I followed our previous agreement and without any compensation, we would have a share in the Peng family's business on this route. The person who met me was the Eleventh Master of the Peng family. By the way. , this time he also came with the eldest master of the Peng family. He agreed at that time, I think, words are not supported by words, but words are proved. I just wanted to establish a document with their family, and Master Shiyi also agreed.

"It just takes time to write the document, not to mention that I tactfully stated that the Peng family's family seal should be stamped on the document. I stayed at the Peng family overnight. Early the next morning, Master Shiyi personally took it They were discussing the details with me over the draft document, but who knew the situation would change after lunch.

"The eldest master of the Peng family met me in person and asked me about the process of finding this painting. Of course I can't talk about the Yu family and the Wei family. I can only say that I found Lu Xin based on the clues they gave me. Unexpectedly, Lu Xin agreed to sell the painting to us, but he drank too much and drowned. Lu Xin’s relics fell into the hands of the Yu family. We were afraid of disturbing the situation and attracting the attention of the Pei family, so we secretly encouraged Lu Xin. The family members took back Lu Xin’s relics and spent five hundred taels of silver to buy them back from the Lu family.”

At this point, Lin Jue sweat broke out on his forehead, and his voice became a little lower, and he continued: "Master Peng listened carefully. He didn't say anything at the time. He just asked me to pack my luggage and follow him. Lin'an City. I was a little confused when I heard this, and asked Mr. Peng what happened. Mr. Peng smiled and said that he was not familiar with Lin'an City, so he asked me to show him the way.

"Who am I? I followed my father around before I learned how to walk. I never met any kind of people or saw any kind of things. I knew something was wrong as soon as I heard this, but I lived in It was the Peng family's house, and the food I ate was the Peng family's food. I was really afraid that they would kill me there quietly. I pretended not to find anything, packed up my things, and followed the Peng family's people out of the city overnight.

"I found out more about it on the way. It turned out that the Pei family got a map from somewhere, which was the map that the Peng family wanted. The Pei family also distributed hero posts widely and invited many wealthy families from all over the country to come and hold some kind of auction. . Whoever has more money will give this map to him? The deposit for entry is two thousand taels of silver..."

So, the strange faces popping up in Lin'an City these days are wealthy families from all over the world?

Li Duan didn't care about the tea leaves spilled on the ground. His face was as gloomy as if it was about to rain. He poured a glass of water and handed it to Lin Jue, saying, "What does the Peng family mean? I suspect that we gave this as a gift." Painting for the Pei family?"

It can be said that Lin Jue has basically never closed his eyes in the past few days, let alone eaten or drank well.

He took the tea cup and drank a lot. After drinking the tea cup, he said: "The Peng family didn't say anything. But isn't this obvious? As soon as we entered Lin'an City, Mr. Peng asked me Coming to see you, he took Master Eleven to live in the guest house that the Pei family used to entertain people attending the auction. He also told me that Master Eleven would come to visit us tonight. I thought, since the Pei family wants to If the map is sold, whoever pays the highest price will definitely take out part of the map for those who come to the auction to identify the authenticity. Mr. Peng moved into the Pei family as a bidder, most likely because he wanted to see the map. Is the map the same as the map in "Songxi Fishing Map"?"

How did things become like this?

Li Duan was very panicked.

But he and Lin Jue were both relatives and collaborators. There were some things that relatives could say but collaborators could never say. He couldn't show it in front of Lin Jue, otherwise the Li family and the Lin family would be at odds with each other, and Lin Jue would think he was weak and wouldn't obey their family like before.

"What are you afraid of?" He couldn't help but put on a calm face and said calmly, "The clues for the painting were provided by the Peng family. We also sent the painting to the Peng family according to their wishes. Their family After verification, it was also proved to be a real painting. Now that something is wrong, what does it have to do with us? They visited us at night!" Li Duan snorted coldly, "Then let them come to visit. I also want to ask them Peng What should we do about this matter? Didn’t we say before that there is only one map? So where did the map of the Pei family come from? Things are rare and valuable, and no matter how stupid we are, we will not ride in two boats. , selling good jade into cabbage."

Lin Jue was indeed a little panicked before, but now seeing Li Duan's confident look, he calmed down.

He couldn't help but said sarcastically: "Aren't I afraid that the Peng family would suspect that we leaked the news?"

"When it comes to leaking information, don't the Peng family have any suspicion?" Li Duan said, and even he gradually became more confident, "They didn't look for other families before looking for us? The Peng family is in Fujian They are one of the best families in the world, but the world is so big, there are Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu. Their family can get the news of "Songxi Fishing Hidden Picture", but other families haven't heard about it at all? This kind of thing There are more opportunities for news to come from a wealthy family like theirs, right?"

Lin Jue smiled bitterly.

That’s what I say, but the Peng family has to admit that there is a problem on their side!

If someone has great wealth and power, and they insist on angering them, what can they do?

"Let's wait until we see Master Eleven in the evening!" Lin Jue said listlessly, "I hope the map the Pei family got has nothing to do with us!"

At this point, we can only wait until we meet the Peng family in the evening.

On the Pei family side, Pei Yan was free.

When things came to pass, everything that needed to be arranged was arranged, everything that needed to be paid attention to was paid attention to, and everything was fine.

Ah Ming brought in a small four-compartment box, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Third Master, the Yu family has sent peanut cakes over. Do you want to try them?"

Pei Yan opened the box and found that in addition to the three snacks he usually liked to eat, there was also a strange candy.

The malt-colored candy is wrapped with fat white peanuts. In addition to looking fresh, it also makes people feel appetizing.

Pei Yan tasted one.

It has the sweetness of maltose and the crispness of peanuts.

Pei Yan clicked his tongue.

Usually the things wrapped in the sugar boiled like this look like they have been cooked. This peanut cake lives up to its name and is very crispy.

However, it would be better if there were more peanuts.

He subconsciously felt that this was something created by Miss Yu.

"Then what is Miss Yu fussing about?" Pei Yan said.

As soon as Hu Xing came back from the Yu family's old house, he ran to him to express his gratitude. Of course, he also knew that the forest in the Yu family was the most suitable for growing peanuts. ~IndoMTL.com~ He said: "They are not going to grow peanuts, are they? I see that the candy is not cheap to make. However, the candy with peanuts wrapped in it is a little cheaper than the candy with all sugar, so it should be It can be sold. I am afraid that it will take three years to sell the peanuts made from peanuts in one season. By then, the peanuts in the peanut cakes will not taste good, and the candy will not be easy to sell, right?"

Although these words are a bit poisonous, they are not without purpose.

A Ming had a good impression of Yu Tang. When Pei Yan said this, he was a little worried about Yu Tang.

"I heard that Miss Yu made this peanut cake." He looked at Pei Yan nervously and said, "However, I didn't hear that Miss Yu wanted to sell this! Maybe she made it unintentionally. I want you to try some delicious sweets? You have helped their family so much, they must be very grateful to you!"

There is some truth to this.

Pei Yan said "hmm" and said, "Is this the peanut cake that Miss Yu has been making recently?"

Since Pei Yan asked Yu Tang and Pei Man didn't answer last time, the Pei family members have paid special attention to Yu Tang's whereabouts.

A Ming opened his mouth and came: "Miss Yu hasn't gone out these days as you asked. She should be making this peanut cake at home. However, Miss Yu once sent someone to inquire about the sale of preserves and also inquired about the grocery store. The sale and purchase of charcoal."

The corners of Pei Yan's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Why do you sound like a headless fly?

Can't she just stop? Staying at home for a long time?