The next morning, the Fan brothers came over and first brought down the exchanged copper coins.
Fan Weiquan helped exchange thirty taels of silver, one tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand copper coins, and thirty taels was equivalent to thirty thousand copper coins.
It sounds like a lot, but it actually doesn’t take long.
Let’s do the math. For a family like the patriarch’s family, a hundred-coin package can be almost finished in three days. Two hundred coins have to be spent as wages. For a hundred households, it’s 20,000 coins. People in Taoyuan Village transfer it like this.
After two rounds, these copper coins are almost used up.
Fan Weijin said: "It's okay, you can use it first and then redeem it in two days."
He paused for a moment and then said: "By the way, Lin Quan went to the county town yesterday. The shop has been bought and named Pearl Square. It is being managed by an old couple.
The man’s name is Sun Chengzhong, and the landlady’s surname is Liu. I heard that it was this landlady who came over to collect the embroidery.”
Mrs. Fan quickly asked: "Does it look easy to get along with??"
"It looks okay," Fan Weijin said, "He's chubby and quite kind."
Madam Fan wanted to ask again, but Uncle Fan had already picked up the reins: "Okay, don't talk about it for now, we'll talk about it later. This time we brought the book and we have to unload it quickly. Come on, Youxiang, help me!"
Tang Youxiang was also poking and prodding at the moment.
Although a pure man like him was capable, he was really impatient to do this kind of work. When he heard this, he hurried out and Tang Youji also came out to help.
Mr. Fan had a lot of books, and Fan Weiquan was not willing to sell him half of them no matter how hard it was, so Fan Weijin even brought the bookshelf. The west wing was reserved for him at that time, and the bed was ready, so he brought the bookshelf in.
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Tang Youji, Tang Youxiang, and Fan Wei were not very knowledgeable people, so they just moved the books in for him and let him sort them out slowly.
After moving, Tang Youji went home. Tang Youxiang and Fan Weiquan stood in the courtyard talking.
The children have all gone to school now. Lady Wan moved the tofu to the door of the yard and was selling it, poking and prodding at the same time.
Fan Weiquan couldn't sit still, so he turned on the stove to boil water and make tea. Tang Youxiang went home and brought him a jar of tea. The two of them made tea and drank it slowly.
Shen Linquan happened to go to deliver medicine to the clan leader. He came over and said hello to Madam Wan. Then he came in and sat down. He said mysteriously: "I got some news today."
He pointed at Uncle Fan and said, "I have something to do with you, Youxiang, and Weijin."
Fan Weijin was curious and stretched his head from the room: "What's going on? So mysterious?"
Tang Youxiang poured him tea. Shen Linquan took a sip first and then said, "You can't imagine how many things there are!"
"What the hell!" Fan Weijin couldn't help it, and went out to sit down without arranging the books.
Shen Linquan said with a smile: "Young Master Bao, who had an enmity with you at that time, also had a sister named Bao E. The Bao family was arrogant, and Bao E was also a bit wild. After getting married, he didn't have sex for several years.
She was pregnant. Later, her husband hired a maid, and the two had a fight. It was said that the beating was very severe. They later divorced, and then Bao E returned to her parents' home. Later, she fell in love with a young man.
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He paused for a moment: "Bao E was already twenty-five or six at that time, and this boy was only seventeen. His name was Shangguan Yunmo. Shangguan Yunmo had a fiancée. The relationship between the two was already good. They were about to get married, so of course they would not fall in love.
After several entanglements, Shangguan Yunmo lowered his face and scolded her. But unexpectedly, Bao E held a grudge and set up a trap to harm his fiancée's family.
The family was ruined, and the fiancée was sold to a brothel. This fiancée is that Cui Wan."
The Fan brothers all let out a cry.
Tang Youxiang paused for a moment, and then he remembered that Cui Wan was the "female ghost" at Nugui Villa.
Shen Linquan said: "This involves the affairs of the Shangguan family. The head of the Shangguan family is called Shangguan Meng. He is a scholar. His wife is also a talented woman. She also gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a boy, both of whom are extremely beautiful. When he was a child, he pretended to be a boy or girl at the Guanyin Festival, and became famous far and wide. Unfortunately, Shangguan's wife passed away later, and Shangguan Meng married the Bian family."
"So in their family, it's typical for a stepmother to have a stepfather, especially after the stepmother came in, she gave birth to a pair of children. Shangguan Yunmo and his sister were even less welcome. Shangguan Yun Mo was worried that she would cause trouble in his sister's marriage, so he secretly sent his sister away."
"Let's talk about it again... Bao E secretly harmed the Cui family and sold Cui Wan. At first, Shangguan Yunmo didn't know about it. He thought that all his fiancée's family were really dead, and he became very sad and seriously ill. At this time, stepmother Bian took Bao'e's money and persuaded Shangguanmeng. Shangguanmeng agreed to the marriage."
Shen Linquan continued, "Shangguan Yunmo had no choice but to succumb to the orders of his parents, and then they got married. Who knows what happened next, I don't know how, but a few days after the wedding, Shangguan Yunmo found out about Cui Wan. Then Shangguan Yunmo ran away secretly, came here, redeemed his body for Cui Wan, and the two of them lived here."
"About a year later, Bao E found out and came over. No one knows what happened that night. I just heard that when she came, Cui Wan was about to give birth, and... this matter, And the most crucial point.”
Shen Linquan lowered his voice: "Shangguan Yunmo, he did not commit suicide. My people went to ask Zuo Zuo and found out that Shangguan Yunmo died after a dagger was pierced into his left eye. Generally, murder is not done this way, so I think, It is very possible that it was Bao E's people, or even Bao E himself, who accidentally killed Shangguan Yunmo, and then had to create some ghost village, die for love, and other such things."
He finally finished speaking and continued drinking tea to let them digest the matter slowly.
The three of them were really at a loss for words and didn’t even know where to start.
It took a long time for Fan Wei to say: "This Bao E... tell me about her name, Holding a Goose! This one is quite arrogant!"
Uncle Fan exclaimed: "Isn't Bao Ying arrogant? He is arrogant enough! Moreover, the people in his family like to use the power of the government to bully others! A little trivial matter can lead to the destruction of other people's families! It's too cruel! It's lawless! "
"Yes!" Tang Youxiang also said: "Lawless! Shangguan Yunmo is Xingtuo's biological father, right? Tell me, this death is so unjust! Cui Wan was also unjust, they are all pitiful."
Fan Weijin asked: "Why doesn't anyone treat them?"
"Hey!" Shen Linquan said, "Listen to me."
Tang Youxiang was surprised: "You haven't finished speaking yet?"
"That's right," Shen Linquan said with a smile, "Didn't you realize that there is one person I didn't mention in this story?"
The three of them thought about it for a while, but none of them thought of it.
Shen Linquan smiled and said: "Shangguan Yunmo's sister, Shangguan Yunjin!"
He deliberately said in a storyteller tone: "I mentioned last time that because he was worried about his sister, Shangguan Yunmo secretly sent someone to send his sister to the capital and sent it to his aunt. His aunt married a man who was a foreign minister in the capital. He is an official from the fifth rank."
He paused for a moment: "Later, after Shangguan Yunmo settled on Bao E... this marriage was indeed a humiliation for Shangguan Yunmo. Shangguan Yunjin got the news, maybe he was stimulated, and then,
Guess what?"
Tang Youxiang urged him: "Stop being so pretentious! Speak quickly!"