Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 268

Zhang Tingyu originally planned to follow the path of a civil servant, and he was quite fascinated by it.

Fuqing also took a book called "The General", which tells the story of a small soldier in the military camp who went up against the wind all the way, and was finally appointed as a general.

Fu Qing was fascinated by it. Although he didn't need to be named a marquis general, he wanted to be promoted!
Bobo put down "Ning Yuan" in his hand, and casually opened a few books to read. The content of the story was acceptable, so he chose a few books and planned to buy them back.

Although the cost of the book store is not small, it is nothing to Bobo and the others. After buying the books, they plan to go back.

After Xu Nian paid the money, they were about to leave. When they just came out of the glass room, they heard a loud noise, one of which belonged to the shopkeeper who spoke just now.

Bobo frowned: "Go and ask what's going on?"

The book store is a place to buy books, most of the people who come here are scholars, no matter what their character is, they still want to save face, so it is really inappropriate to make such a loud noise.

"Yes"

Xu Nian talked about the hustle and bustle, and asked carefully the boy who worked in the shop, and found out after a while.

When Xu Nian found out, he thought to himself, it really is fate.

"Returning to the master, this loud noise is sent by the brother-in-law of Master Zhizhou, but he is not a serious brother-in-law, but the younger brother of a concubine whom he favors. There have been a lot of incidents of usurping other people's shops, and I heard from the boy in the shop that this is not the first time this person has come."

Bobo frowned, although he didn't know the truth of the matter, but it did sound like he was in a bad mood.

Bobo will not listen to what the family says, after all, it is too arbitrary.

"Send someone to check if it's true?"

"Yes"

Bobo was about to go and have a look, when he saw a person coming out from the backyard, that person walked towards the noise, he looked young, not as tall as him, like a ten-year-old boy.

Bobo and the others followed suit.

"What do you want to do?"

Seeing Qiu Wen coming, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief. He belongs to the shopkeeper, but this person is the brother-in-law of Mr. Zhizhou, so he can't be provoked!
"You are the owner of this shop?"

Qiu Wen: "What's the matter? My book is open so well, it's fine if you don't buy it when you come to the door. I'm afraid it's not good to disturb my business like this?"

The man sneered and said: "So what if we disturb your business, if you are sensible, you can honestly sell the shop to our young master, if not, you can try to see if your shop can continue to operate. "

Qiu Wen's complexion was not very good. In fact, she did not expect that the law and order in ancient times would be so poor, and such blatant seizures could happen. She took it for granted.

This book store was her painstaking effort, so she naturally couldn't just sit and watch it being taken away by someone, but this person was not easy to dismiss.

A few days ago, Master Zhizhou's brother-in-law Wang Hailin had told her to buy two bookstores. The key point was that the two bookstores would cost 500 taels of silver to buy, so she would naturally disagree.

After she refused, someone came to the door to make a fuss once. That time was not too serious. It is estimated that Wang Hailin just wanted to put some pressure on her. She was trying to solve it, but before she could think of a solution, this troublemaker came again.

Qiu Wen thought for a while, and asked knowingly, "I don't know who your young master is?"

The man didn't know if he really didn't know how to be afraid, so he reported his name very directly: "Our young master is the brother-in-law of Mr. Zhizhou, the young master of the Wang family."

After speaking, the man still looked like "Are you scared?", and the people watching were very upset.

Qiu Wen looked humiliated, and said: "Even if you are the Lord Zhizhou, you can't disregard the king's law like this. What's more, I remember that the wife of the Lord Zhizhou is named Lin, not Wang. Are you mistaken?"

The man said with a look of disdain: "What do you know, our young master is the younger brother of Aunt Wang who is the most beloved of Mr. Zhizhou, and of course he is the brother-in-law of Mr. Zhizhou. Are you in charge? Hurry up, or else you will be in this bookstore in the future." Don't even think about doing business."

Qiu Wen said angrily: "You...you are so arrogant, how could you do this."

At this time, the people who watched the excitement around began to whisper.

"This Wang Hailin is crazy enough, he dares to use the title of Lord Zhizhou like that."

"Isn't it? But it's not surprising. Master Zhizhou just had a son, which was born to Aunt Wang. Master Zhizhou is also considered a son of old age. He naturally dotes on Aunt Wang. Naturally, Wang Hailin is not afraid of trouble. If someone really sues the yamen , no one would dare to deal with him."

"This is not the first time, and I don't know if the owner of this bookstore can hold on."

"I feel a little bit suspenseful. It's not that Wang Hailin didn't do this before, but the result! He didn't get what he wanted, and in the end he left his family ruined. What a crime!"

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"Okay, don't say a few words. It's your blessing that our young master has taken a fancy to your bookstore. Giving you 500 taels is worthy of you. Why don't you give it a try?"

Qiu Wen knew that this time was not the time to be head-to-head, so she said, "Let me think about it."

The man said: "Alright, but our young master has limited patience. If we think about it for too long, then we have to use our own method to get the shop."

Qiu Wen's face became even more ugly, and she said, "Don't bully people too much."

The man smiled nonchalantly and said, "What is this, let's go."

The man left with others.

After they left, Qiu Wen said: "I'm sorry for disturbing everyone's interest in reading today, and I'm sorry everyone, today's book purchases will be reduced by [-]%."

People who can come here to read idle books have some connections in their families. Naturally, they know that Wang Hailin looks down on him, but they can't afford to offend him. They don't care about the little money for the discount Qiu Wen gave, but they are obedient. I felt comfortable, so I didn't take it seriously.

Bobo and the others were also among the onlookers. After seeing what happened, they found it quite interesting.

It didn't take long for the crowd to disperse, and Bobo and the others also left.

Bobo can see that Qiu Wen deliberately made that person speak wild words. Although he doesn't know what the purpose is, it is definitely not that simple, but these have little to do with him. He asked Xu Nian to investigate Zhizhou. As for whether he can indirectly help Wensi Bookstore, he doesn't care about this.

Bobo told Xu Nian to pay attention, but he himself stopped paying too much attention, after all, it was a trivial matter for him.

Bobo didn't pay attention, and Fuqing was more caring, but Zhang Tingyu was a little concerned about it.

He didn't know why, maybe he felt that the owner of such a book shop was also an interesting person, so he asked people to pay attention and help out when necessary.

A Zhizhou is an unattainable existence in the land of Cangzhou, but it is nothing to Zhang Tingyu. Although he is only working next to Bobo and looks like a person without official position, there is one thing to be clear. He is a second-generation official, his father is the elder brother's master, and he has quite a face in front of the emperor.

On the other side, where is Qiu Wen?

"Have you found out about Mrs. Zhizhou's whereabouts?"

"Miss Hui, this servant girl found out from a shopping woman in Zhizhou's mansion that Mrs. Zhizhou will go to Wu's department store tomorrow, and I heard that she will buy some jewelry for her daughter."

Qiu Wen asked people to inquire about it. Mrs. Zhizhou only gave birth to a daughter, and she loved her very much. She heard that she was engaged, so she probably wanted to buy a dowry.

"Let's go tomorrow too."

Qiu Wen's approach is very simple. Since that person is the younger brother of Zhizhou's concubine, Zhizhou's family affairs will naturally be handled by them themselves, and it would be bad to "accidentally hurt" her, an outsider.

It was rare for Qiu Wen to go to Wu's Department Store dressed in women's clothing this day. Qiu Wen also managed some contacts during this period, but she was able to get a private room in Wu's Department Store.

Then Qiu Wen had a chance encounter with Mrs. Zhizhou here.

"The daughter of the people has seen the madam."

Zhizhou's wife Lin looked at the woman in front of her with some doubts: "Who are you?"

"Minnv is the eldest lady of the Qiu family. I just heard someone calling Madam's name. Minnv has something to say to Madam."

(End of this chapter)