Tang Ke still wanted to find the former owner, thinking that he was on vacation anyway, but he came to the bookstore for nothing, so he simply left early.

As soon as he walked outside the stable, he saw Liang Jue at a glance.

Tang Ke froze in place, and subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave, but thinking of what Wu Liangsheng said earlier about Liangjue being sold to Zhang's teahouse because of him, he felt ashamed after all, and he hesitated in his movements.

Before he came back to his senses, Liang Jue took a step forward and knelt down in front of him, knocked his head on the ground, and called Mr. Xiao Ke.

Seeing this, Tang Ke felt very blocked, and pulled him up, "What are you doing!"

Liang Jue cried with tears all over her face, her voice was so hoarse that she seemed to be a different person, "I beg Mr. Xiao Ke to save me, even if I die, I can no longer stay in Zhang's teahouse..."

Tang Ke glanced out of the courtyard, pulled Liang Jue with a sullen face, "You stand up first."

Liang Jue didn't listen, his body was limp, and he refused to stand up. Tang Ke could only support him with all his strength, and looked like he was holding him halfway. He was afraid that he would be misunderstood by such entanglement, so he could only let him go. Kneeling, he sideways hid to one side.

Seeing Liangjue sobbing and not speaking, Tang Ke said, "What are you going to do? You don't want to be in the Zhangjia teahouse, you should go to Wu Liangsheng. He is still in the bookstore. Let me lead you up and ask him if he can buy you again. go back."

Liang Jue shook his head, and said intermittently: "I have approached Boss Wu, and he said that if he wanted to redeem me now, he would have to pay ten times the original price. He is a businessman, and he doesn't do business at a loss...Mr. Xiang and Mr. Zhang Don't let me see you, since I escaped to meet you today, I can't go back..."

Tang Ke leaned against the manger, folded his arms in front of his chest, casually kicked the small stones on the ground with his toes, remained silent for a long time, and sighed, "How much do you want to redeem yourself?"

Liang Jue was startled when he heard the words, looked at Tang Ke with teary eyes, paused for a moment, and said truthfully: "I... I saved money myself, and it was more than enough to redeem myself when I was in Tianqingyuan, but at that time Boss Wu sent Mr. I gave it to me, I really like it, so I want to stay in the garden for a while, I just want to change more songs for my husband..."

"Who knows that Ding'an Hou Shizi paid five times the price to buy me, and directly increased my value by ten times... The money I saved before is not enough... I really can't bear it in the Zhangjia teahouse. , I couldn’t stay for a day, my voice became hoarse from crying, I couldn’t receive customers anymore, I couldn’t earn any money for many days..."

Tang Ke frowned, "How far is it?"

Liang Jue looked at Tang Ke blankly.

Tang Ke asked again in a deep voice: "With your current money added up, how much is there to redeem yourself?"

Liang Jue whispered: "870 three taels...gold."

Tang Ke's heart skipped a beat. He definitely can't afford so much money now, but Xiang'er got angry with him and let Zhang Shizi buy him away because of Liangjue's matter. In the final analysis, he caused it. There was no way to let it go.

Tang Ke stood up, "I'll go back to the bookstore, you go to the tea room and wait for me first, I'll look for you later."

Only then did Liang Jue stand up staggeringly, just about to ask Tang Ke what he was going to do, but saw that the other party had already entered the bookstore building through the back door without looking back.

Tang Ke went directly to Feng Pinglan and asked if he could advance half a year's manuscript fee to him.

Given that the sales volume of Tang Ke's current articles continues to rise, the two-month manuscript fee is enough to pay for the more than 800 taels of gold. .

Feng Pinglan saw that he was in urgent need of money due to an emergency, without asking the specific reason, he quickly approved his application, changed half a year to three months, and asked him to go directly to Qinghe to sign and deposit the money.

Tang Ke thanked the director again and again, took the approval documents and went to Qinghe to complete the advance payment procedures, took the bank note and went downstairs to find Liangjue.

Liang Jue stared at the stack of bank notes Tang Ke handed over for a long time, but dared not accept it.

"You take it to redeem yourself, and you can go wherever you want later. You don't have to pay me back the money. It's my apology for Xiang'er. If Xiang'er said anything serious to you, I will apologize to you on his behalf. Don't you?" Blame him, he has no malice, but occasionally has a little temper. You promise me that you will never come to me again. "

Liang Jue shook her head, her tears fell like broken threads again, unwilling to accept the bank note.

Tang Ke stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, handed him the bank note, saluted him respectfully, and then turned around.

Liang Jue called him behind him, "Mr. Xiao Ke, do you have a deeper affection for Mr. Xiang than you do for King Jing?"

Tang Ke shook his head, "I only like Xiang'er from the beginning to the end."

"Is that so?" Liang Jue lightly stroked the wrist that had been grabbed just now, only to feel that the answer made his heart hurt more than he expected, "If there is no Mr. Xiang, would you consider me?"

"will not."

Tang Ke answered firmly, and left directly after speaking.

After getting out of the bookstore, Tang Ke got on his horse and went to the grocery store, thinking about the way Zhu Wenzhen handled Liang Jue's matter along the way, feeling very oppressed in his chest.

When I arrived at the grocery store, I found that the boss and the proprietress were clearing the warehouse, and there was a notice outside that the store was closed.

Tang Ke went up to explain his purpose. When the boss saw him, he smiled forcedly, but he cooperated very much. He turned out the contract he had left, handed it to Tang Ke, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, sir, we will have it now." No matter how far you move, your identity will never be revealed."

Tang Ke thanked the boss and burned the contract that had been reserved. Feeling that something was wrong, he went back to his small dilapidated house and saw the scene in front of him, dumbfounded.

His house had been demolished to the point where there was only a pile of bricks, tiles and wooden blocks piled on the ground. Several workers were hard at work transporting the broken stones and wooden blocks to the carts. He pursed his mouth and directed with a frown.

Tang Ke hurried to Guan Zhong, "What are you doing!"

Seeing Tang Ke, Guan Zhong put on a smirk, "Oh, Grandpa Xiao Ke, this slave is ordered by our young master to come and pick you up to live in Zhuangzi. The slave has already bought your piece of land. A better place to live in. This broken brick house is no longer needed. The servant demolished it. I will pay you back the money I paid for the house. Don’t worry, I’ve cleaned up all the things in the house and put them away. I'm getting on the carriage over there, you just follow me back—hey!"

Guan Zhong was halfway through his speech, but Tang Ke twisted his wrist and grabbed him with his backhand.

Tang Ke kicked Guan Zhong's ass hard, giving him a piece of shit, "Are you fucking sick! Get out!"

Guan Zhong ate his mouth full of dirt, pouted twice, his face wrinkled, turned to Tang Ke and said, "Our son misses you, let me come here specially to invite you, don't you be so ignorant..."

In the middle of speaking, Guan Zhong was so frightened that he stopped speaking.

Tang Ke pulled out the dagger from his boot and pressed it against the throbbing artery on Guan Zhong's neck.

The dagger contained Tang Ke's suppressed murderous aura, which was so cold that it seeped into Guan Zhong's body along his flesh, making his whole body tremble with shock.

"roll--"

Tang Ke was really murderous. Guan Zhong knew that the few people he brought and him were far from Tang Ke's opponent, so he got up in a panic, and he didn't care about the carriage, so he led the master and ran away.

Tang Ke silently went to the carriage to carry his belongings in boxes, unpacked them for ordering, took them out of the boxes and repacked them, and put them on the house that had become a pile of rubble.

He sat on top of the ruins, letting the night wind blow in from his collar and cuffs, looking through the past from when he and Xiang'er met until now, in his mind, and the coolness seeped into his heart.

Waiting until the moon was high, Tang Ke put away the empty boxes and carriages brought by Guan Zhong, returned them to Luming Villa, and then went straight to the study.

The yard outside the study was empty, Tang Ke walked in through the main entrance, and saw Zhu Wenzhen sitting behind the desk waiting for him.

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