Chapter 777: Qingtong Teahouse (2)
Seeing this, Xiao Pan on the side also said lightly: "I don't know who the owner of this teahouse is?" ”
A trace of panic flashed in Zhang Lin's eyes, who suddenly heard Xiao Pan's words, but Chu Qingli didn't miss it, so he sat down and waited for Zhang Lin to answer.
I saw Zhang Lin lower his head and said in a muffled voice: "The lower officials don't know anything." ”
Chu Qingli showed a strange look on his face: "Such a good place, not to mention this scenery, the decoration of this teahouse, this teahouse must not be cheap, it should be a local extraordinary gentry, why hasn't Lord Zhang heard of it?" ”
Zhang Lin became more and more flustered in his heart, and secretly screamed in his heart, he was accidentally caught by the two of them, but the words had already been spoken, and Zhang Lin had no choice but to continue to stubbornly say: "I don't know, the lower officials are just military generals, and other civil officials know little, let alone the local gentry." ”
Hearing this, Chu Qingli showed a look of pity: "It's a pity, I still want to know such an elegant person." ”
Hearing Chu Qingli say this, Zhang Lin also raised his head and smiled guiltily and said, "Since the princess has such intentions, Xia Guan will send someone to find out who this teahouse is." ”
Chu Qingli laughed softly: "Then it's hard for Lord Zhang." ”
Zhang Lin lowered his head and said respectfully: "The princess doesn't want to torture the lower officials, this is what the lower officials should do." ”
Next, Chu Qingli and Xiao Pan took turns to test again, Zhang Lin shirked everything, although Zhang Lin said it seamlessly, but what he didn't know was that his expression had betrayed him, which made Chu Qingli and Xiao Pan more and more sure that there must be something wrong with this teahouse.
Later, when they saw that they couldn't find anything, they continued to search, and because Zhang Lin couldn't ask anything, Xiao Pan and Chu Qingli went home.
Who knew that as soon as he went back, Xiao Yuan was waiting for Xiao Pan and Chu Qingli at the door, and when he saw the two of them from a distance, he saw Xiao Yuan followed by someone to greet him, that person was also dressed in brocade clothes, but he was older and already had a beard, but he could see that he was also a pampered master.
"Xia Guan has seen the prince and princess." Xiao Yuandao.
"The grass people have seen the princess and princess." It was the voice of the middle-aged man who followed behind him.
When Xiao Pan saw it, he asked, "Who is Lord Xiao?" ”
Chu Qingli also looked at Xiao Yuan, waiting for Xiao Yuan's explanation. Xiao Yuan immediately smiled and said: "Back to the prince, this person's surname is Wang, he is a famous local gentleman, who has done a lot of good deeds, repaired bridges and paved roads, but I heard that today's son of this lord Wang, I don't know how to offend you, so I don't immediately let the lower officials bring it to you to apologize." ”
Hearing this, Xiao Pan immediately understood that the middle-aged man in front of him was the father of today's prince, and a sneer appeared on Xiao Pan's mouth, but Xiao Pan didn't control it this time, so he laughed directly.
This sneer was heard in the ears of the people present, except for Chu Qingli, they were all frozen out of a spirit, especially the gentleman surnamed Wang, he quickly knelt down with a "plop", and said in panic: "The prince is angry!" The prince is angry! The grass people's son has eyes and doesn't know that Taishan has offended the prince, and he also invited the prince to have a lot! ”
After listening to the words of the old man Wang, Xiao Pan had no expression on his face, Xiao Yuan was also a little uncertain, and looked at Xiao Pan secretly, and only after a while did he hesitate to speak: "Look, Lord Wang, why do you have to entangle with an ignorant child, they are all ordinary people, this Lord Wang takes care of the people of Yangzhou on weekdays, you see ......"
Who knew that after Xiao Panwei heard this, he snorted coldly, and then flicked his sleeves and left.
This time it made everyone in the place kneel down one after another, even Xiao Yuan himself was a little afraid of touching Xiao Pan's moldy head.
Seeing this, Chu Qingli, who was standing in place, explained with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't kneel, get up, the prince is angry, you all go back first, I'll persuade you." ”
Then Xiao Yuan pulled the old man Wang to get up, and the old man looked at Chu Qingli with a grateful face, and couldn't stop saying, "Thank you princess, thank you princess." ”
Xiao Yuan, who was watching from the side, felt embarrassed for the old man, and in the end, Xiao Yuan had no choice but to secretly pull the sleeve of the old man, and then said to Chu Qingli: "Thank you princess, please persuade the princess more, and the princess has already apologized, and please don't take it to heart." ”
Hearing this, Chu Qingli just smiled: "Lord Xiao is serious, it's okay, so I'll go in." ”
As soon as Chu Qingli entered, he saw what Xiao Yuan said about "apologies", there were a few boxes on the floor of the room, Chu Qingli looked at Xiao Pan who was sitting on the side, and then didn't open those boxes, but walked to Xiao Pan's side and asked with a chuckle: "Lord Wang, have you seen it all?" ”
Xiao Pan nodded with a calm face: "I didn't expect that everyone in Yangzhou is really rich and noble." ”
Hearing this, Chu Qingli was a little curious, so he walked to the box and opened it one by one to take a look, the good guy almost didn't flash Chu Qing's eyes when he opened it, it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, Chu Qingli couldn't help but take out a trick to play: "I don't know where these come from." ”
Xiao Pan answered with a cold face: "Where else can you come from?" ”
Chu Qingli put down the gold in his hand, closed the box and walked to Xiao Pan's side, sat in Xiao Pan's arms, and put his arms around Xiao Pan's neck: "Lord Wang, don't be too angry, at least now these gold and silver treasures are in our hands, we can use them to do good things." ”
Xiao Pan sighed deeply and stretched out his hands to wrap his arms around Chu Qingli's waist, it seemed that after coming to Yangzhou, he was not happy for a day, no one expected that there would be such a group of corpse vegetarian people in this place in Jiangnan, and he didn't know how the people lived, which made Xiao Pan unhappy in his heart.
Chu Qingli looked at Xiao Pan's tightly pursed mouth, and then stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Xiao Pan's mouth: "Lord Wang, you smile, at least we don't have no clues now, today's teahouse, and the Wang family, it doesn't seem to be simple, let's investigate it now, don't be angry with yourself." ”
When Chu Qingli said this, Xiao Pan's heart also eased slightly, and he was about to open his mouth to discuss with Chu Qingli in detail, when the footsteps of two people came from outside, Xiao Pan's inky eyebrows flickered, and then he changed his words: "Li'er is tired today?" ”
Chu Qingli naturally heard the footsteps outside, and knew who was coming, so he also replied according to Xiao Pan's meaning: "I'm so tired, my legs are sore after walking all day." ”
As soon as Chu Qingli's voice fell, the voices of Cai Wei and Cai Yu outside rang out: "Lord and princess, the slave and maid are here to serve." "After Chu Qing's punishment last time, they are much more honest.