The villain is far from my CP!

With spare manpower, the schedule to go to the funeral shop was finally set.

The [-]th day after the vernal equinox enters the Qingming Festival, which is the time for worshiping ancestors, and Baiqiao made a decision on this day.

Because it was the first field trip, Bai Qiao thought it over and decided that it would be better to go there in person.

Qi Tonghe objected, for fear that she would be discovered by Qi Jingmin's people, but in the end it was Qi Changting who made the decision.

"Go if you want, I can still protect her."

These words were handed to Qi Tonghe by He Cheng himself. The two looked at each other and felt that the back molars were a little sore.

In short, Baiqiao became the leader of this outing.

She redistributed the work in the cabinet shop, and arranged for the four newcomers to do odd jobs with the clerk who had learned to read the accounts, while she made men's clothes herself. Together with Bai Xiao, she wiped some pot bottom dust on her face and went to Jinzhao Street together.

There are several large and small square cities in the eastern capital, which are divided into different areas by several streets and alleys.

Fangshi, where Xishui Street is located, is the closest boundary to the center of gravity in the entire Eastern Capital except for the Imperial City, and Jinzhao Street is a little bit behind.

The name of this funeral shop is "Qingyun", which not only corresponds to the scene of the Qingming Festival, but also reminds people of the ethereal soul flying to the nine heavens, but it is not half lifeless.

The shopkeeper of Qingyun didn't know that they were coming today, and was still busy with things in the store, and Baiqiao didn't intend to go there with much fanfare, but just took Bai Xiao to observe quietly nearby.

He was a little old man with a gray beard and a thin, dry face. He had opened this funeral shop for only two years, but he seemed to be doing very well.

The income on the books has risen steadily, and the cost is still very low.

The biggest expense of opening a funeral shop is to make paper money, paper figurines, paper for paper flowers, flowers for wreaths, cloth for shrouds, and hiring a team to play funeral music, among which the suona bears the brunt.

"So, does Aqiao think there's something wrong with this shop?" Bai Xiao asked from the side.

According to Bai Qiao's arrangement, Bai Xiao will be the main force when going out to investigate shops in the future, so he has to be extra careful.

"Well... I just think it's great." The girl thought about it and replied: "According to the total income recorded in Qingyun's account book, he has held at least [-] funerals in the past three months, but the corresponding cost is too low. gone."

If a family can find a high-end shop in Dongdufang City to hold a funeral, the conditions must not be too bad, so the materials used by Qingyun must not be bad.

But looking at their account books, it only cost a thousand taels of silver for so much paper, and the other party also gave a lot of gold leaf and gold thread to decorate the sacrificial objects.

"Perhaps they have their own connections?" Bai Xiao explained: "The human relationship between merchants is a low price on the ledger."

What Bai Xiao said makes sense, and Bai Qiao knows it well, but what she cares about is, can this low price really last?

If it is possible, then no problem, but what if it can only be temporary?

Or even an illusion?

Qianfang puts money in, looking at the future of the merchant, not the past.

"Here we come!" Bai Qiao suddenly pulled the young man beside him, and dragged him to the door of a nearby medicine shop.

The two brothers and sisters pretended to be resting by the side of the shop, but their eyes seemed to be staring at a group of carriages coming from the end of the long street.

The convoy slowly stopped at the gate of Qingyun, and after talking to the guy at the gate, he began to recruit people to unload the goods.

Paper materials of different thicknesses were carried into the shop in rolls by the Lifus. Obviously, this was the partner who provided Qingyun with high-quality and cheap paper materials.

Bai Qiao stared at the carriages from the corner of his eye, silently counting the number of paper rolls brought down.

"Nine...ten." After ten volumes, Li Fu clapped his hands and rested, and the guy next to him came out and took away a small box.

If Baiqiao guessed correctly, it should contain more precious gold leaf and gold thread.

But why don't you open it to test it?

And looking at Qingyun's account book, it is obvious that every time he buys paper materials, it is a large sum of money, so why did he send so much.

She told Bai Xiao her doubts, and Bai Xiao also felt that Qingyun seemed a little bit big-hearted.

"However, it's not particularly strange, maybe it's just an exchange in other areas."

But the girl shook her head and said: "No, I suspect that Qingyun's account is fake, and it was piled up with the account of this company selling paper materials."

Bai Qiao looked away from the carriage, turned to Bai Xiao, and said a jaw-dropping conclusion: "That paper store is losing money, and Qing Yun will settle the account."

"This, how is it possible?" Bai Xiao's eyes widened, "Why do you want to be like this..."

The young man's voice gradually stopped, and he slowly took a breath.

Naturally, it is to make sure the account is done, and then borrow money from the dry party.

Qingyun was the only one who came to borrow money, and Qianfang naturally only saw Qingyun, seeing that he had no foreign debts and had channels to buy paper materials at low prices, which was very exciting, but he didn't know that it was all piled up by paper material shops.

"This kind of transaction can't last long. Qingyun will definitely compensate that shop in the future, such as selling the paper figurines that Qingyun tied up or other products back to that paper shop at a too low price. In this way, Qingyun's ledger will collapse overnight."

Bai Qiao continued to push back, "Qingyun can't afford to repay the silver, and the party can wait, but the time required is beyond the control of the party, but the merchant who deposits the silver has signed a contract, and after a few months You will get your money back."

It's okay if the money can't be supplied, at least we can find a way to raise it, and most importantly, the second business of Qian Fang was misjudged, causing panic among merchants, who would dare to deposit money?

"But, this is a bit unbelievable." Bai Xiao's voice was difficult, but it was still a little unbelievable.

He has been in contact with business affairs for nearly ten years, and he never thought that such a thing would exist.

"Of course, this is just my guess." Bai Qiao knew that he was not convincing enough to speculate that the other party had a ghost based on Qingyun's big heart, so he added: "When I go back, I will ask the shopkeeper to send some people to go and see the shopkeeper. The paper shop is ready."

Bai Qiao also hoped that it was only because of her overly sensitive nerves.

After all, this method of making empty shells to swindle money was not considered old-fashioned before she traveled. Could it be that someone used it in ancient times?

However, if this is really a game, the people who make it must be unusual.

"Shenghe Cabinet." The girl silently chewed these four words several times in her heart.

After the two brothers and sisters went back, Qi Tonghe didn't say anything, and directly sent his staff to ask the paper shop that Qingyun supplied him with.

And Shopkeeper Qingyun's instantly pale complexion already explained everything, there was no need to investigate further, everything was as Baiqiao said.

The only pity is that the other party doesn't know who is giving him advice.

But everyone here already has an answer in their hearts.

The road is difficult and long.

After this matter, the girl asked the guys to stand in a row in the backyard, and said earnestly: "It is better to be short than to be overfull. If there is no shortage, you have to be full. Everyone can't release more than seven cents of the total amount of silver in reserve. Do you understand what you need?"

"Yes!" The guys answered her loudly.

Bai Qiao nodded in satisfaction, and found a little bit of the feeling of military training before crossing.

It's just that she is the instructor.

The instructor is very high-spirited here, but others will be furious.

The head of Shenghe Cabinet stood in front of Qi Jingmin with his neck shrunk, as if he dared not make a sound like a quail.

To be honest, it can't be all his fault.

Ever since Qi Jingmin decided to use the dirty shop to set up Qian Fangyi's plan, he has found many ostentatious shops for Qi Jingmin to choose from, but who knows that this master doesn't like it, so he found a funeral shop for him.

He had no doubt that Qi Jingmin was trying to find bad luck for that Qianfang Cabinet.

Finding bad luck is not a problem in itself, but the account books of this shop called Qingyun are really difficult, and it took him a lot of effort to put a layer of sheepskin on it.

But there is still a loophole left, that is, the paper shop.

He really couldn't hide it, but he wasn't particularly worried.

After all, who would have thought that Qingyun actually emptied another shop to pile up the books?

And it turns out that the dry party will.

The head of Qianfang either has persecution paranoia or too much imagination.

Shopkeeper Sheng's brows and eyes also became solemn, thinking about countermeasures in his mind.

Qi Jingmin looked at the silent appearance of the person in front of him, and suddenly he was in a trance when he was in Jiangdu last year.

The Qing people under the door racked their brains and finally solved Qi Changting's trick, but they quickly stepped into the next one without any chance to breathe.

Every step, every step!

It's like walking in a swamp that the other party has already dug, unable to move an inch.

This feeling was so familiar that he couldn't help but come up with a crazy idea.

——Who is behind the Qianfang Cabinet.

dong dong dong.

However, before this idea could be further developed, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Your Highness, urgent report from the palace!"

Qi Jingmin's eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, "Come in."

The man dressed as a dark guard walked swiftly, walked up to the front and knelt on the ground and cupped his hands: "On the first day of the lunar new year, the shocking incident at the Taimiao has reached the present day."

Speaking of this, the voice of the secret guard trembled a little, "The informant in the palace said that he was overjoyed to hear that His Highness the Third Highness will practice martial arts. He pretended to reprimand the Third Highness for being clumsy, and at the same time said that he would give the Third Highness a military post."

Qi Jingmin's fingers holding the teacup gradually tightened, but his face still said slowly: "It's to check and balance the second brother, it's normal, what else?"

"Also, and..." the dark guard's throat rolled, "His Royal Highness frightened the horse in the Taimiao, there is a system of disturbing the ancestors, order, order..."

The dark guard couldn't finish his sentence.

The teacup, which was still filled with boiling hot tea, was thrown on the ground, and there was only a muffled bang because it was covered with a carpet.

"Okay, okay, very good!" Qi Jingmin's eyes swept over everyone in the hall with a ruthless gaze, and everyone in his eyes bowed their heads and put their heads on their foreheads, including shopkeeper Sheng.

"It's all trash!" the young man gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.

He suddenly turned to shopkeeper Sheng, and said sinisterly: "You have three days to come up with a way to make that cabinet shop die without a place to bury it, otherwise you will die for him!"

Shopkeeper Sheng hurriedly responded, feeling bitter in his heart.

Qi Jingmin stared at him one last time, then walked out with his sleeves thrown.

Right now, he doesn't care about the front and rear, military position, that's military power!

Qi Yunzheng has devoted himself to practicing martial arts with his ancestral family since he was a child. After returning, he asked for the city defense army.

At that time, only Qi Yunzheng won this "honor" among the three brothers, and he also ridiculed Qi Yunzheng's short-sightedness, which would definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion.

But now, the state of check and balance has been established, and the emperor's suspicion has been greatly reduced. At the same time, he, Qi Jingmin, has become the "only" prince among the three brothers who has no military power.

Damn!

Who on earth passed that matter to the ears of the father.

It should not be Qi Changting, he is going to pass the early pass!

The veins on Qi Jingmin's forehead throbbed violently.

Obviously two months have passed, he originally thought it had passed!

At the same time, the same news also reached Qi Changting's ears.

He Cheng presented the secret report from the palace, and at the same time couldn't help secretly looking at his master's expression.

The Taimiao frightened horse incident was a hold on Qi Jingmin, but he hadn't thought about when to bring it out before, and never thought it would be used for such a thing.

Qi Changting noticed He Cheng's scrutiny, and pressed the secret letter on the table, "Why, don't you think it's worth it?"

He Cheng hurriedly clasped his fists and said he didn't dare.

Qi Changting glanced at him lightly, without making a sound.

The existence of Qianfang Cabinet is enough for Qi Jingmin to become suspicious, and he really needs some small troubles to distract him, so that he can stay away from his little girl.

and……

The boy couldn't help but think back to the girl's bright smile when she knew that she could go there in person.

Moving like flying clouds, warm like spring water.

Since she felt it was necessary, he would spare no effort to pave the way for her.

What's more, if he wants Qi Jingmin's handle, he can just dig a hole just like last time, and it's not worth the money.

The young man picked up the secret letter and threw it into the stove beside him, the thin rice paper instantly turned into fly ash.

Faint smoke billowed up, covering a trace of warmth from the corners of the young man's lips.

The author has something to say:

Qi Changting: Qi Jingmin's handle is worthless.

Qi Jingmin: Are you polite...