Gu Weng didn't know where Qi Ning was going to take him, but since Qi Ning did this, he was obviously ready to help him. He thought he wanted to find officials in the court to help with the matter.

Gu Wen was afraid that Qi Ning would not care about this matter. At this time, since Qi Ning took action, he was overjoyed and did not talk much. The two of them did not take a car. They took two horses and went out. Li Tang and others followed the guards. Qi Ning whispered a few words to Li Tang. Li Tang led the way in front of him, and turned several streets, and arrived in front of a mansion, with the words "Yuan Mansion" written on the door.

Li Tang stepped forward and knocked on the door, ordered the eldest son of Yuan Rong, Tongchuan, and said that Jinyi was coming to discuss something.

It was already dark and the streets were very quiet. Not long after, Gu Weng saw a young man in a brocade and jade belt coming out of the mansion. When he saw Qi Ning, the young man said with a smile: "Marty, what wind has blown you? When did you return to Beijing? You went to Xichuan. I was in the capital day and night."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "If you don't have anything to do, don't talk nonsense, find a quiet place, I have something to show you."

"What?" Yuan Rong looked around and said disappointedly: "I thought you brought the beauty back from Xichuan. I said, "Marty, you went out and didn't think about bringing me anything?"

Qi Ning smiled and scolded: "You, Mr. Yuan, have a very handsome and beautiful vision. Even if I bring back the beauty, you are afraid you will not look down on me."

Yuan Rong laughed and led Qi Ning into the mansion. Qi Ning signaled Gu Weng to follow him. Qi Ning asked curiously: "Who is this?"

"This is my uncle." Qi Ning didn't introduce it carefully. The three of them arrived at the side hall of the Minister of Rites' Mansion. The Shangshu Mansion was very quiet. After sitting down, Yuan Rong said, "Tell me, what do you want to show me?"

Qi Ning took a scroll from Gu Wen's hand, walked to the table, unfolded the scroll, and said to Yuan Rong: "Young Master Yuan, come and take a look."

Yuan Rong approached with his hands on his back, looked at him, was shocked, then he was excited, turned around and took the oil lamp, held it in his hand and approached the flower roll. Qi Ning said, "Yuan Rong, don't blame me for not reminding you that this painting is priceless. If it is burned by fire, you will have to compensate you as much as possible."

Yuan Rong ignored it and watched carefully with the oil lamp. At first, he looked extremely excited, but after a moment, he smiled faintly, put down the oil lamp, and said, "Marty, in the middle of the night, you come to my mansion, just show me such a broken thing?" He was full of disdain.

Gu Wen's expression was even more awkward. Qi Ning thought that Yuan Rong still had the skills in calligraphy and painting. If he took a look, he could tell that it was a fake and asked, "Why, it's a fake?"

"Nonsense." Although Qi Ning was a marquis, Yuan Rong and him were used to it, and were not very restrained. He said, "The paintings passed down by Han Shengzi are at most ten paintings. If anyone has his paintings, they will be kept on the bottom of the box and will never be able to show them out. So no one can figure out the whereabouts of those paintings so far. Among the paintings he passed down, the picture of the goddess is the most precious!" Seeing that Gu Wen's ribs were still sandwiched, he asked, "That picture should be the picture of the goddess returning to the dusk?"

Gu Wen smiled awkwardly and nodded. Yuan Rong said, "The Goddess Picture is divided into two volumes, the Goddess Picture and the Goddess Picture. Since this morning dew picture is a fake, the Mistress Picture in your hand is naturally not the original one." He carried his hands on his back and glanced at the picture on the table, and said, "But although this painting is a fake, its painting skills are not bad. A few hundred taels of silver are still worth it. Marquis, could it be that you went to Xichuan, someone respects you, and took this fake to fool you, right?"

Gu Wenbing blushed and said embarrassedly: "These two paintings cost more than 100,000 taels of silver."

"Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?" Yuan Rong was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Who collected it? It was so stupid. It cost hundreds of taels of silver to spend more than tens of thousands of taels of silver. This is really rich. These fakes are used to fool those idiots with artfulness!" At this point, he suddenly realized something, shook his head, and stopped talking.

Gu Wen's face had turned into pig liver color, and Qi Ning sighed: "You, Master Yuan, say that this is fake, it seems to be a fake. Yuan Rong, I have something to ask you to help."

"Help?" Yuan Rong sat down on the chair and asked, "What are you going to do with me?"

"I know you know a lot of literati and poets." Qi Ning smiled and said, "Tomorrow night, I will hold a banquet in the restaurant, so you can invite some people to me."

Yuan Rong didn't know what Qi Ning's gourd sold, so he asked, "Ask someone? Marquis, what are you going to do?"

"I suddenly became interested in calligraphy and painting." Qi Ning smiled and said, "Tomorrow night, I will set up three or five tables, and you can invite me twenty or thirty guests. You can invite them in your name. I will pay all the expenses. I just want to talk to these literati and poets about calligraphy and painting."

Yuan Rong knew that Qi Ning would not spend money on a whim to treat him. There must be something strange behind this. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Mr. Marquis, do you believe my vision?" He thought to himself that the goddess picture was a fake, and Qi Ning might not be convinced. He was afraid that more people would appraise him.

Qi Ning smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense, I'll ask you if you can invite guests?"

"It is naturally easy to treat guests to dinner." Yuan Rong smiled and said, "Not to mention twenty or thirty people, even two or three hundred people, I can invite you." After thinking for a while, he said, "Or why I'll arrange it in Cuideyuan tomorrow night, which is the favorite place for literati and poets to appear."

Qi Ning nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to Cuideyuan."

"Since that's the case, I'll send someone to call someone as soon as it dawn tomorrow morning." Yuan Rong thought that Qi Ning had also helped him a lot, and now he is instructed to do this little thing, so he naturally has no choice but to do it.

Leaving from the Minister of Rites' Mansion and returning to the Gu Mansion, Gu Qinghan was already waiting in the hall. When he saw the two of them coming back, he frowned and said, "Where have you gone? No one was seen at once."

"I went out to see a friend and make sure whether the picture of the goddess is true or not." Qi Ning said: "Sanniang, how is the old lady's health?"

Gu Qinghan glanced at Gu Weng and said, "It's nothing for the time being. As long as you don't see him, nothing will happen."

"That's good." Qi Ning said: "Uncle, it's already very late, so we'll go back first. You can rest early and go directly to Cuideyuan tomorrow night. Yes, remember to bring these two paintings with you."

Gu Wen still is confused and doesn't know what Qi Ning wants to do, but Gu Qinghan is by his side. He feels guilty and dares not ask too much. He nods and nods, "Okay, I will bring the paintings with me tomorrow night."

After leaving Gu's house, Qi Ning still took advantage of the carriage with Gu Qinghan. Gu Qinghan still stood close to the window and tried to distance himself from Qi Ning without physical contact. She looked worried. Qi Ning felt pity in her heart and said softly: "Sanniang, the matter has been born, so don't think too much. Just leave this to me."

"Leave it to you?" Gu Qinghan looked at Qi Ning suspiciously and said, "Can you still generate so much money? He told you everything? The money house owed 60,000 taels of silver. Not to mention this, Jiangling's house deeds and land deeds were also mortgaged to the person. In two days, if the man did not come back to redeem the money house, the money house would come to the door, not only would he take away all the shops, but he would not even have the place to live." At this time, he didn't care about anger and smiled bitterly: "They clearly set up a plan to harm him, and he took the money and left, how could he come back to redeem the money?"

She frowned slightly, and had a sad face on her beautiful face. Qi Ning smiled and said, "If that's the case, let the old lady and the others come back to the Marquis' Mansion. Anyway, the Marquis' Mansion is very spacious and you don't have to worry about not being able to stay."

Gu Qinghan sighed lightly: "It's okay for them to stay for a while, but after a long time, people in the mansion will talk, and people outside will also talk. And that's not the solution. Ning'er, I know you won't mind if you move here, but it doesn't mean others won't mind. Besides, the Jinyi Hou Mansion is not an ordinary place. If the Gu family really lives in, it will be inconsistent with emotion or reason!" Youyou sighed, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He knew that Gu Qinghan had always been smart and capable, and this time he was so helpless, and there was no way to do so. Seeing her pretty face filled with sorrow, he couldn't help but reach out to hold Gu Qinghan's white and tender hand and said, "Sanniang, there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. If you believe me this time, you will definitely spend it safely."

He held Gu Qinghan's jade hand in his hand. Gu Qinghan broke free like a conditioned reflex, and his reaction was quite violent. Qi Ning was a little embarrassed. Gu Qinghan also felt that he had reacted too quickly and was not easy to see Qi Ning. When he saw Qi Ning leaning over there, his expression looked awkward and a hint of loneliness. Gu Qinghan felt a little uncomfortable and reluctantly smiled: "Ning'er, let's not talk about those unhappy things, are everything going smoothly when you go to Xichuan to do your errand?"

After all, she is a mature and beautiful young woman. Although she adheres to some bottom lines, she also knows that she cannot have a too stiff relationship with Qi Ning. She doesn't want to hurt Qi Ning's emotions too much, so she speaks at the right time to relieve the atmosphere.

Qi Ning said coldly: "Everything went smoothly." He didn't say much.

Gu Qinghan hesitated for a moment and sighed in her heart.

The two of them didn't say anything along the way. When they returned to the mansion, it was already midnight. Qi Ning wanted to go and see Tang Nuo, but at this time, the night was late, and Tang Nuo was afraid that he had already gone to bed, so he didn't bother.

The next day, Qi Ning actually slept until noon before getting up, ate something, and asked General Manager Han if Tang Nuo was still in the mansion. Only then did he know that Tang Nuo had already gone to the pharmacy early in the morning. At dusk, Qi Ning took a few people and went straight to Cui Deyuan.
Chapter completed!