Chapter 88 Professional households
After he finished speaking, he winked at the young man beside him.
The young man understood and strode forward to kick the door.
As soon as he lifted his feet, the door was opened from the inside.
A plain-looking maid stood at the door, her voice slightly hoarse.
"Butler, if they want to see it, they can see it. They have reached such a situation. If you don't search it for them, the general will be charged with harboring someone to commit the crime."
The maid turned sideways to make way for the others.
Butler Li shook his head and sighed, but did not stop him.
Meng Jin's eyes fell on the maid's face. Although the maid's appearance was ordinary, her eyes were very sharp. Especially when she faced him, she didn't show any cowardice at all.
Actually, he is a bit calmer than Butler Li.
Meng Jin smiled half-heartedly, "Are you General Shen's maid?"
Wen Wan, who was wearing a pigskin mask, responded with a gruff voice, "This slave is the general's calligraphy maid."
Meng Jin nodded, "Those who serve the pen and ink are those who have read and written books. It seems that this person should study more."
These words seemed to be spoken to Butler Li.
Unfortunately, Butler Li didn't seem to understand and looked at Meng Jin entering the study with a blank expression.
Wen Wan sneered in her heart, these people who claim to be scholars think that if they speak more implicitly and curse others, they will avoid being exposed, but they are just bullying others in disguise.
She had a cold face and said, "You two distinguished guests, please be careful. The things in this study are the general's favorite things, especially..."
"Click"
Before she could finish her words, she saw the vase held by a young man shattered.
"Oh my God! You broke the General's favorite antique!"
Wen Wan rushed over in an exaggerated manner and picked up the broken porcelain bottle on the ground. Her whole body was shaking, and she hid her face and sobbed.
She cried and choked and said: "This antique vase was bought by the general at a high price from a Hu businessman. It cost him 30,000 taels of silver before he reluctantly let the Hu businessman part with it."
The young man was shocked, "How much did you say?"
Wen Wan sniffed and said in a hoarse voice: "Thirty thousand taels."
The young man almost lost his breath and took a step back in horror.
As he retreated, he didn't know where he bumped into, and a pile of vases rolled down from the shelf with a clanking clang.
Wen Wan exclaimed, "It's over, it's complete now!"
She pointed at the fragments at the young man's feet and said: "This one is ten thousand taels, this one is eight thousand taels, this one is the cheapest at five thousand taels, and this one, this one is the cheapest..."
The young man's face turned pale, "The most, the most expensive?"
Wen Wan came closer and took a closer look, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it's not the most expensive one. It's about the same price as the one you broke first."
The young man's face turned from white to black, and he was so frightened that he could hardly hold the knife.
He looked at Meng Jin nonchalantly.
Even if he were sold these sky-high price antiques a thousand times, he wouldn't be able to afford the loss.
Meng Jin's face was also very ugly. At this moment, he still couldn't tell that he was cheating.
Even though he knew it in his heart, the fact was before him. The maid picked up the pile of broken porcelain bottles one by one and put them in the brocade box aside.
Wen Wan couldn't help but murmur, "I usually get scared when cleaning these vases, for fear of bumping into them. Then the general will sell them to me in anger." "It's better now, the two distinguished guests broke them." Antiques, I have to collect all these fragments so that when the general comes back, he can take the evidence to find the culprit for compensation.”
Butler Li also had an expression of unbearable grief, "Well, although he is a high-ranking official from the imperial capital, our general is also an official, and we are all colleagues. The monks can't hide in the temple if they can. At worst, the general will take these things when the time comes. Go to the imperial capital to complain.”
The two of them were like singing a double act. Every word you said to me made the young man look even more frightened.
Meng Jin was still calm, "What are you talking about, Butler Li? I think these porcelain bottles are ordinary..."
"How ordinary?" Wen Wan raised her voice and held up the fragments, "These are antiques! They are all items with provenance. They were used by the great Confucians hundreds of years ago. It is said that they can be placed at home to stabilize the house. Prosperous heirs.”
She said and sighed: "Everyone in the world knows that it is difficult for my general family to have heirs, so they bought these antiques used by the great Confucian scholars at a high price to build the house, hoping that they can help the Shen family. The value of these antiques has been far away. Beyond the yellow and white things.”
"Now that these antiques have been smashed, our general may be extinct because of this. This is related to the extension of the Shen family's incense. Even if it comes to the emperor, I am afraid that the emperor will not wrong our general casually."< br>
The conversation became more and more horrifying, and in the end it involved the heirs of the Shen family.
Who in the government and the public does not know the hardships faced by the heirs of the Shen family?
If it really comes to the court and Shen Yu uses this as an excuse, Meng Jin will really be in a passive position.
His brows became tighter and tighter, and he sneered: "You servant girl is very eloquent!"
Wen Wan: "I'm just telling the truth. The two distinguished guests are also decent people. How about you don't embarrass us as servants? Can you give us the compensation first? If the general comes back and has the money, maybe There will be no further trouble.”
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He was so brave to ask Meng Jin for money right away.
Butler Li was sweating for her.
Fearing that Meng Jin would get angry and chop her with his sword.
Meng Jin's eyes glanced sharply at Wen Wan.
The young man next to him carefully tiptoed to his side and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you still want to check?"
"Huh," Meng Jin looked ugly, "What do you think? If we continue the investigation, can you afford to pay?"
After saying that, Meng Jin turned around and left angrily.
The young man quickly followed suit.
After they left, Wen Wan and Butler Li breathed a sigh of relief.
Butler Li's back was soaked with cold sweat, "Miss Xiaowan, it's so dangerous. I'm really afraid that he will recognize you."
Wen Wan is also afraid, but she has to gamble.
"Smart people often have a common problem, that is, they are suspicious. The more you hide, the more he will suspect that there is something wrong inside. On the contrary, if you appear openly in front of him, he will feel that I cannot be what he wants. Looking for someone.”
She still had confidence in the pigskin mask on her face. After all, even A Zhuoxin and others didn't see the clues at the beginning.
What's more, she used an antique porcelain bottle to distract Meng Jin.
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Meng Jin led the young man out of the yard.
The young man was trembling with fear all the way, "S-Sir, I was in the study just now. I really didn't mean it."
Meng Jin paused, "I know."
The young man was stunned, "You know?"
"Idiot!" Meng Jin was very angry, "Can't you see now that we are being tricked?"
The young man realized later, "That's it! No wonder the vase just placed on the edge of the shelf looked very awkward, so I instinctively picked it up and took a look."
Meng Jin's pupils shrank and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a cunning maid!"
The young man asked guiltily: "Do we really have to pay for the broken bottle?"
(End of chapter)