Chapter 391 Full Fish Feast (4)

As soon as these words came out, Marquis Jingyun was stunned and looked at Duke Jingguo who was sitting there in confusion: "What is the butt that father mentioned?"

"That happened a few years ago!" Duke Jingguo sighed casually and said, "After Yuan Qing was killed by Wen Xuance, that treacherous man, most of the family property was distributed to the branches of the Yuan Qing family. However, the 20% of the cadres in Zhaixinglou have already made a will, saying that after something happens, I will share it equally with Chang Shi and the others."

When Marquis Jingyun heard this, he was frightened for no reason and blurted out: "Why didn't father tell me about this windfall?"

Duke Jing took a sip from Lin Fei's apology tea cup which he had handed over to several people. He glanced at Marquis Jingyun indifferently and said, "I didn't know anything about this news before Yuan Qing's death. What can you say?" After a pause, he glared sideways at Marquis Jingyun, his tone became a little more serious, and he said again with a slight knock, "That's Yuan Qing's family property, it's just an escrow, can we still do it? Are you really embarrassed to lick your face and touch this money?"

In the past few years, he has not touched any of the shares of Zhaixinglou that have been allocated to him. He has kept them all there and only acted as trustee.

The Lin family has been running the business for several generations and has no shortage of money. Marquis Jingyun was not concerned about money matters at all. Hearing this, he quickly explained: "Father misunderstood. I don't want to be greedy for money."

Seeing that Duke Jingguo's face softened slightly, he spoke again: "I remember that when the accident happened, General Yuan's family was poor and he left almost nothing of value. Where did General Yuan get this stock? Now that he has this stock in his hand, , why are you so harsh on yourself and living in poverty?"

Anyone with a brain knows that there are many people in Zhaixing Tower.

"The Yuan and Qing dynasties started in a slightly cold period. They achieved real military achievements. They have always been thrifty and not extravagant and wasteful." Duke Jing frowned and said, "Who has a rule that if you have money, you must squander it?"

Marquis Jingyun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: He didn't mean squandering money wantonly, he just wanted to use the money he got from a decent source within a controllable range. It's not good to squander it, but it's not necessary. Too harsh.

But looking at General Yuan when he was alive, he didn't spend any money except his salary.

If not, it would not have been until this moment that he learned from Duke Jingguo that General Yuan actually had a stake in Zhaixinglou.

Come to think of it, all the people in Chang'an City have never thought of such a thing.

Marquis Jingyun had a lot of doubts in his heart, but looking at Duke Jingguo's stern face, he knew that if he continued to ask questions, Duke Jingguo would become suspicious, and then the house would inevitably stir up trouble again.

My father is getting older... Marquis Jingyun looked at Duke Jingguo's white temples and sighed, swallowed the unspoken words in his throat, and said no more.

After all, he was his father. Marquis Jingyun knew very well what Duke Jingguo was like: he had an upright temperament. Although he sometimes seemed a little fierce and old-fashioned, he was not a bad person, let alone a villain who was greedy for money.

Furthermore, Zhao Mengzhuo's father was having tea at home when Zhao Mengzhuo's accident happened. Zhao Mengzhuo's fall from the building clearly had nothing to do with his father.

Furthermore, there is a real problem with the origin of General Yuan's business. His father only took care of it according to the will and has not touched any money, so the relationship is not big.

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The surroundings were noisy and lively, and the tall and powerful man stopped everyone from approaching Zhao Mengzhuo's body. However, the well-dressed dignitaries squatted on Zhao Mengzhuo's body, crying "Brother Zhao", but they unscrupulously destroyed the evidence on the surface of the body. .

There are many people who know Zhao Mengzhuo, and there are many who have guards in their hands who can drive away those high-minded men. However, those skilled guards closely follow the nobles who come to watch the excitement to protect their master.

Zhao You was stopped by the waiter. In desperation, he already told the onlookers that the person lying on the ground was their master Zhao Mengzhuo from Dali Temple, and asked everyone, especially the nobles who were guarding him with skills, to help. If you're busy, please lend me a guard.

But after shouting for half an hour, still... no one paid attention to him.

Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn't care about the frost on other people's tiles. Although this behavior is indifferent, it cannot be said that the other party is at fault and has violated the law.

Looking at the lively onlookers around, an unspeakable feeling of despair surged into my heart, as if my body had fallen into an ice cellar and was unable to move.

It's not that Wen Mingtang, Tang Yuan and Zhao You didn't try to reason with each other, but their "force" couldn't overcome the obstruction of the other party's staff, so how could anyone listen to their reasoning?

There were more and more onlookers, and the three people were surrounded in the open space in front of the Star Reaching Tower in embarrassment, together with Zhao Mengzhuo who was lying on the ground, letting everyone watch.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Zhao, the Qing of Dali Temple who is in charge of Dali Temple?"

At this moment someone spoke up.

This voice was a woman's voice, with a high-pitched tone. If it was spoken in a low voice and softly, it would be a fairly pleasant voice. However, due to the inexplicably raised tone at this time, the voice sounded extremely harsh.

Wen Mingtang recognized the voice with his ears, followed it, and sure enough, he saw that familiar figure in the crowd.

The floor-length red tassel skirt made her stand out in the crowd of well-dressed onlookers, not to mention the complete set of headdresses and hand ornaments, any of which would be enough to feed an ordinary family of three for several years. .

The woman holding a velvet flower fan in her hand covered half of her face with the fan, but it did not prevent Wen Mingtang from recognizing the person from the shrewd eyebrows above the fan - Princess Liyang.

A banquet was being held in the Furong Garden opposite, so it was not surprising that this person appeared here.

Compared to the uninvolved onlookers around him, this one spoke up, but his words were full of ridicule.

After being surprised for a moment, Princess Liyang spoke again: "On weekdays, Mr. Zhao is always the one standing at the scene of the murder. Why is he the one lying down today?" After that, there was a pause. sneer.

As soon as these words came out, the three of them looked at Princess Liyang angrily.

Princess Liyang smiled even more happily when she saw the three people's glares.

Wen Mingtang's anger only lasted for a moment, and he soon calmed down. He looked coldly at the sneering Princess Liyang: Looking at his past, it's not surprising that a master who regards human life as nothing is doing such a thing!

No matter how reasonable you talk to these people, it is nonsense, because these people are not reasonable people. Submission will not be "touched" or discovered by conscience. Only when the punishment is in front of you and you are afraid, will you submit.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, Princess Liyang seemed to be interested. After stepping on her foot without taking it back, she stepped on him again and said with a smile: "This Dali Temple Yamen is used to being arrogant. Relying on the order that is only under the jurisdiction of His Majesty and not restricted by others, entering and leaving the homes of princes and dignitaries is like being in no one's land! Could it be that he was too arrogant and fell down the building due to God's punishment!"