Huaxi Chronicle

The sun is thinning on the western mountains, and the clouds and clouds are rolling.

The distant mountains are picturesque, the forests are all dyed, and the emerald green is flowing with gold, which is too beautiful to be absorbed.

The golden wind brings coolness, bringing a hint of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, which dissipates some of Xun Feibai's alcoholism.

The two returned hand in hand and walked on the field path.

When he reached the gate of the villa, he saw that the gate was half open, and there was no guard at the gate.

Although Xun Feibai was aware of it, he only thought that the man left for a while and didn't pay much attention to it.Seeing this scene, Yan Cong'an beside him frowned.

As soon as he stepped into the villa, Xun Feibai felt a little weird, but he couldn't tell the difference.It wasn't until she was almost at the door of the study that she noticed something unusual.

They walked all the way, but they didn't see a single servant or maid.

She paused, most of the alcohol dissipated, and said in Yan Cong'an's ear: "Cong'an, you feel that the village is a bit weird, we walked all the way, but we didn't see anyone else in the villa."

Before seeing the doorman, Yan Cong'an already had some guesses in his heart.Along the way, my heart became clearer.

She heard the nervousness in Xun Fei's vernacular words, took her hand, and said softly: "No matter what happens later, don't panic, I have already made arrangements, and I will definitely protect you."

Hearing what she said, Xun Feibai breathed a sigh of relief, but still said seriously: "I will also protect my followers."

Yan Cong'an frowned, and said softly, "Go to Xiaojin first."

Xun Feibai nodded in response, and walked towards the East Chamber hand in hand with her.Before reaching the door, he was stopped by someone.

It was none other than the servant Qian Guanshi who stopped the two of them.

There were two big men standing behind the young servant, and the young servant respectfully said, "Miss Yan San, Madam Xun, if you have something to do, I would like to ask you two to follow me to the West Garden."

Xun Feibai glanced at the boy, and then at the door of the East Wing. At this time, the door was closed tightly, and there were two big men standing in front of the door.

She withdrew her gaze and said to the boy, "I want to take a look at Xiao Jin first."

The servant refused, "Don't worry, Madam Xun, the young lady is fine now. Steward Qian is in a hurry, so you two should go to the West Courtyard with me first."

Xun Feibai wanted to speak again, but Yan Cong'an said from the side: "There is no need to talk to him." Pulling Xun Feibai, he calmly walked towards the west courtyard.

Seeing this, the boy ran to the two of them and led the way.

When the three of them came to Guanshi Qian's study in the west courtyard, Guanshi Qian was sitting at the desk drinking tea with Guanshi Zhang who was buying.

Yan Cong'an walked into the house, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "What is Guanshi Qian doing?"

Guanshi Qian didn't seem to hear the anger in her words, he stood up with a smile, and led the two of them to sit beside the table, without any respect on his face: "The old man has something to discuss with Mrs. Yan San, so he specially sent someone to Please come here, both of you."

Yan Cong'an said coldly: "Qian Tan, do you still remember who you are?"

Guanshi Qian said indifferently, "It doesn't matter who I am. Now Miss Yan, you two, and that little lady are all under my control. Miss Yan, don't want to toast or eat fine wine."

After he finished speaking, he poured tea for the two with a smile, ignored their reaction, poured another cup for himself, and drank it on his own.

After drinking the tea in the cup, Guanshi Qian said, "I heard that Mrs. Yan San is investigating the money for building the dam and opening the canal recently?"

Yan Cong'an pretended to be surprised and said, "How did Guanshi Qian know that I was investigating this matter?"

A smug flash of smugness flashed in Qian Guanshi's eyes, and he smirked and said, "It's not that Qian was deliberately investigating, it's just that the current manager of the quarry has some friendship with Qian, and he just told me by chance!"

Yan Cong'an thought he had arranged eyeliner around him, but he was relieved to hear that.

Seeing that her expression was normal, Guanshi Qian pretended to ask: "I don't need to hide the matter until now. The money was taken by some of us. I hope that Miss Yan San will not pursue this matter again?"

Yan Cong'an raised his eyebrows and said, "If I pursue it, what should I do?"

When Guanshi Qian saw her refusal, he didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just send you two away later, and then let the young lady join you. If the third lady Yan is willing to let us go, we will keep you too. A way out."

Yan Cong'an glanced at him, smiled and said: "In that case, then I will do as Guan Qian wants."

Guanshi Qian laughed out loud, and said with satisfaction: "Ms. Yan San really deserves to be the third grandson of the Yan family. She is really refreshing! But I have one more matter that I need to discuss with you."

Yan Cong'an said calmly, "Tell me, what else do you want."

Guanshi Qian praised: "Now that things have happened, I have been outspoken. I want the key to the secret door of the study."

When Yan Cong'an heard this, he understood that when his father was rebuilding the villa, he purposely built an underground darkroom in the study, and all the land deeds in the villa were in that darkroom.Only my father and mother know about this matter, but never the money manager also knows about it. He has been planning what happened today for a long time.

Yan Cong'an pretended to lower his eyebrows in thought, then glanced at Xun Feibai, with a look of worry flashing across his face, he sighed and said, "It's all right, but it's troublesome if you want to sell the title deed. It’s just asking for money, why bother. You can just tell me how much silver taels you want, I brought a large amount of money when I came here, so I can send it to you, is five thousand coins enough?”

Guanshi Qian asked suspiciously, "Miss Yan San is really willing to do that?"

"Compared to the lives of the two of us, these five thousand strings are nothing."

When Guanshi Qian heard this, he was overjoyed. Although the property and houses in this villa were more than [-] guan, it would take time and trouble to sell it.He originally planned to imprison Yan Cong'an and others, and then kill them after selling off the land and houses.Now it saves him to kill people, lock people into the cellar, and just take the money and leave.

Guanshi Qian laughed and said, "Miss Yan San is really generous! Then let Miss Xun go with the servant to get that Jiaozi!"

Seeing the smug smile on his face, Yan Cong'an went on to say, "Don't be in a hurry, Manager Qian. Before that, I have something to ask you."

Seeing her answer, Guanshi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Miss Yan San, please tell me, Qian will know everything."

Yan Cong'an glanced at him, and asked bluntly, "The sea salt in the warehouse is yours?"

A trace of panic flashed across Qian Guanshi's face, then he calmed down and asked suspiciously, "How did you know?"

Yan Cong'an said: "If Guanshi Qian said so, then you really did it."

Guanshi Qian frowned slightly, a murderous intent flashed in his heart, and then he frowned, with a smile on his face again: "I have already said this, and there is no need to hide it, the sea salt is indeed hidden by me."

Yan Cong'an sighed and said: "Guan Qian is really brave, selling illegal salt is a serious crime of beheading."

Guanshi Qian knocked on the table subconsciously, and said casually: "Since I dare to do this, I have a way to protect myself."

Yan Cong'an showed surprise, and then he seemed to understand: "Guan Qian is so confident, the person who wants to cooperate with you must be very human."

Guanshi Qian didn't want to say much, he waved his hands and said, "Miss Yan San doesn't need to know about the other things."

Yan Cong'an chased after him and said: "Guan Qian said it too early. Since you have been using my mountain villa as a cover, it is probably because this villa is hidden and convenient to do things. Now that I know about this, why don't you and I go together Cooperation, what do you think of Qian Guanshi?"

Guanshi Qian raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he didn't believe it: "Miss Yan San still likes these little money?"

Yan Cong'an said with a light smile: "Now the quantity is really small. Guanshi Qian also knows how many stores I have in Binzhou. If I can sell this salt to Binzhou City, it will be more than ten times larger. What does Guanshi Qian think? Does your supplier have the ability?"

Now selling private salt in Huaxi County alone can earn a thousand guan dollars every year.Guanshi Qian can get [-]% by himself.If the business can be expanded tenfold, even if Yan Cong'an gets a cut from it, then he will only earn a lot more, but when he thinks about the [-] guan that he just said, he thinks it's not worth it.

Guanshi Qian opened his mouth to speak, but Yan Cong'an interrupted: "The five thousand guan that I told you just now is my entry fee. You just need to introduce me."

Hearing what she said, Guanshi Qian didn't agree directly, thinking that no matter what, he would get the money in his hands today before talking.Now that the person is in his hands, he is not afraid of making mistakes.

He thought for a while and said to Yan Cong'an: "I need to discuss this matter with others before we can settle it. Right now, I'd like to trouble Miss Yan San to hand over the Jiaozi to me. I..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden noise outside, and the boy who led the way hurried in and said to Guanshi Qian: "Guanshi Qian, something is wrong, Lu Village is leading a group of villagers to break into the village." Come!"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Cunzheng led more than [-] to [-] people to the courtyard. Seven or eight big men in the courtyard stopped in front of everyone. And a little frightened, not daring to step forward rashly.

After hearing the sound, Guanshi Qian and the manager of purchasing went to the courtyard, and Xun Feibai and Yan Cong'an also walked out of the study.

Seeing Guanshi Qian, Lu Cun yelled loudly, "Qian Tan! What are you doing!"

Seeing so many people in the courtyard, Guanshi panicked, and shouted to a big man beside him, "Little Sanzi, go and take down Sanniang Yan!"

The big man turned around quickly and walked towards Xun Feibai.Xun Feibai hurriedly protected Yan Cong'an behind him. Yan Cong'an grabbed Xun Feibai's hand and said softly, "Fei Bai should not be so nervous." Then he shouted to the roof beside him: "Lin Zheng! Fang Tong!"

As soon as Yan Cong'an finished speaking, a man and a woman jumped off the roof in an instant, both of them were dressed up.The man walked up to the strong man named Xiao Sanzi in three or two steps, kicked the big man in the chest, and kicked the big man to the ground. The big man groaned, vomited blood, and passed out immediately.

Seeing this, the rest of the dozen or so big men turned pale with fright, and started to flee before everyone recovered.

Guanshi Qian suddenly turned his head, pointed at Yan Cong'an, and suddenly realized: "You, you were just playing tricks just now, trying to trick me!"

Yan Cong'an didn't answer, but only ordered: "Lin Zheng and Fang Tong, take them down!"

Xun Feibai was already dumbfounded at this time, Yan Cong'an said to her in a low voice: "I'll explain to Fei Bai after I finish dealing with this matter, okay?"

Although Xun Feibai was a little dazed, he also knew that it was inconvenient at this time, so he just nodded in a daze.

In less than a moment, Lin Zheng, Fang Tong and the villagers took down all the big men present, the money manager, the purchasing manager, and the boy.

Yan Cong'an called Fang Tong over and asked, "Can the East Court be cleaned up?"

Fang Tong replied: "There were only two people left in the east courtyard, and they have already been taken down. Zhang Da and Zhang Er are guarding the little lady's place."

Yan Cong'an nodded and ordered: "Bring those two people here, and lock them together with these people. Also bring the cook from that kitchen."

Fang Tong took the order to leave, Yan Cong'an walked up to Lu Cunzheng, and thanked him: "Thanks to Cunzheng's help today, Cong'an will keep it in mind, and Cong'an will hold a banquet at the villa in two days to show his gratitude."

Lu Cunzheng waved his hand and said, "There's no need to do that. Compared to the favor we received from the Villa, today's matter is really not worth mentioning."

Yan Cong'an smiled lightly: "Cunzheng, please don't be polite, tomorrow's banquet is essential. Cong'an is sincere, I hope everyone can accept it."

Seeing that she really sincerely invited her, Lu Village didn't refuse any more, and nodded with a smile: "Thank you, Mrs. Yan San, then I will accept for everyone."

Yan Cong'an asked, "How did the village know that the two of us were trapped?"

Hearing this, Lu Cunzheng pointed to the black girl behind the crowd, and said with a smile, "This is due to the black girl. She came to inform us that the two of you are trapped by money manager." After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to the black girl. He beckoned and said, "Black girl, come here."

Seeing that Lu Cun was calling her, Hei Niu walked up to the two of them and greeted them politely, "Cunzheng, Miss Yan San."

Lu Cunzheng said, "Hei Niu, tell Miss Yan San, how did you know that San Niang Yan was trapped?"

It was the first time Hei Niu talked to Yan Cong'an, and she said cautiously: "I just wanted to come to Miss Xun and talk to her about Damu. But when I arrived at the villa, I saw the gate of the villa was wide open. I saw two big men leading you to the West Garden."

As she spoke, she tugged at the corner of her clothes nervously, "I, I saw something wrong, so I followed you secretly. I saw Miss Xun's expression was a little worried, and those two big men didn't seem to treat you well." Great, I hurried out of Zhuangzi and went to find Muramasa."

After hearing this, Yan Cong'an couldn't help admiring the little girl for her meticulous observation. Just based on the expressions on the faces of these people, it can be seen that the two of them are threatened by others, which is really remarkable.

Although the appearance of the villagers happened to interrupt her questioning with Guanshi Qian, without the help of these people, Lin Zheng and Fang Tong alone wanted to keep her and Xun Feibai safe, but they were a little bit reluctant.Just now, she was thinking of countermeasures while talking to Manager Qian, but she was also a little helpless.

Thinking of this, Yan Cong'an thanked with a light smile: "Thanks to Hei Niu's help, what reward Hei Niu wants, just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will not be stingy."

The black girl waved her hand and said, "No, no, Mrs. Xun asked the doctor to see the doctor, and also brought food to my family. I should thank Mrs. Xun."

Hearing what she said, Yan Cong'an knew that this was a child who knew how to repay his kindness, and he was a little relieved: "Even so, I still want to thank you for informing the village."

A total of 13 accomplices of Qian Guanshi were arrested this time.Among them, apart from Qian Guanshi, Li Cook, and the six servants, the other four big men are thugs that Qian Guanshi recruited from other places, not from the villa.

Seeing that everyone had been captured, Lu Village looked at Yan Ren'an and asked, "Do you want me to send someone to report to the county government now?"

Yan Cong'an glanced at the few people who were tied up, and said, "Temporarily imprison these people in the villa, I still have something to question Guanshi Qian."

Hearing what she said, Lu Cun nodded and said, "Okay, if you need my help, you can find me at home."

Yan Cong'an smiled and said, "There is something I need your help with right now."

Lu Cunzheng asked, "What's the matter?"

Yan Cong'an explained: "The cook in my village should also be involved, please help me find another clean and trustworthy person to take over the job of the cook."

Lu Cunzheng responded with a smile: "It's not difficult, I'll bring someone over tomorrow."

Seeing that the two of them had finished speaking, Lin Zheng stepped forward and asked Yan Cong'an, "Third Lady, how should we deal with these people?"

Yan Cong'an glanced at those people, and said, "Separate Guanshi Qian and detain the rest of them in one place."

After all this was dealt with, Lu Cunzheng led the rest of the people away.

After everyone left, Lin Zheng handed Yan Cong'an a bunch of keys, which were found from the doorman in the warehouse.

Remembering what the treasure box mentioned, she directly asked Lin Zheng to open the cellar of the warehouse.

When they went down to the cellar, they were all shocked by the sight in front of them.The cellar was more than twice the size of the warehouse on the ground, but it was filled to the brim with countless sacks, and those sacks were filled with coarse sea salt.

Xun Feibai was shocked, she made a rough calculation, if such a large amount of sea salt was sold, it would probably make hundreds of thousands of profit.

This money steward is really bold, with such a large amount of private salt, even if there are ten heads on his head, it is not enough to chop off.