After Li Xiuyuan waited for a while in front of the palace, the housekeeper who had left to report came trotting back at this time.
"Young Master, that Li Liangjin won't want to default on his debt. After all, he has thirty thousand taels of silver and he doesn't have an IOU, so it won't be easy to get it," Ma Dong underestimated.
"Don't worry, Li Liangjin is not an idiot. He knows what debts can be paid and what debts cannot be paid." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "I'm not worried about him not paying back my 30,000 taels of silver. What I'm worried about is that he takes some weird things.
To pay off the debt, then it doesn’t matter whether we take it or not.”
"As long as it's worth thirty thousand taels of silver, why should the young master care what it is?" Wu Fei said.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled.
The housekeeper came over and handed over a wooden box: "My young master indeed owes you thirty thousand taels of silver. This is to be paid back to you. From now on, the debt will be settled in full."
After Wu Fei took it, he opened the box and saw two land deeds inside.
"What is this? Is this thing worth 30,000 taels of silver? Are you bullying me for not knowing silver?"
The housekeeper snorted and said: "Those who don't know anything about it, these are land deeds. One is for a garden in the east of the city, and the other is for a hill outside the city. Any mansion in Jinling City is worth several thousand taels."
Silver, this house of yours is the residence of the former prime minister. It is large inside. It is more than enough for thirty thousand taels of silver. However, it has fallen into disrepair over time. My Lord Marquis will simply be more generous and give you a mountain top. You will be satisfied, right?
, you will take advantage this time."
The butler's words are indeed correct. The mansions in Jinling City are indeed very valuable. It is easy to sell a good mansion for several thousand taels of silver.
The mansion left by the former prime minister in Jinling City must also be of extraordinary style. If it is well taken care of, it will not be a problem to sell it for one hundred thousand taels of silver.
But now...Li Xiuyuan thinks there is something fishy in this.
But looking at the Hou Mansion, it was clear that he didn't want to use the money to pay off the debt, and just wanted to use these two land deeds to send him and others away.
"Young Master, what do you think we should do about this?" Wu Fei asked in a low voice.
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand: "Take it, since the old Marquis of the Hou Mansion said that these two places are worth thirty thousand taels of silver, it must be true, so I will sell it to the old Marquis to save face, and the account will be settled.
"
"You know what you're doing. If you mess around again, we won't let you go. Now that the money has been repaid, what about the IOU? Bring it here." The butler stretched out his hand and said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "There is no IOU. Li Liangjin and I made a verbal agreement, a gentleman's promise."
"If I don't have an IOU, then why should I give you money? Are you guys trying to defraud our Hou Mansion of money?" the housekeeper said with some shame and anger.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "If your palace doesn't want to admit it, you can take these two land deeds back. Don't talk nonsense about this liar, or you will get into trouble." He gestured and asked Wu Fei to return the land deeds.
Seeing how happy he was, the housekeeper suddenly froze and did not dare to accept the land deed.
He is just a servant who handles things, how dare he make decisions for the adults. If he gets the land deed back, he will probably blame himself if there are any more twists and turns in this matter. The housekeeper only deliberately suppressed the prestige of these people, but he really encountered it.
He had no confidence in making this decision. He only moved his mouth, but he still dared not take back the land deed.
"What? You don't dare to answer?" Li Xiuyuan laughed: "Since you are a dog in front of a powerful family, why should you put up your tail and pretend to be a wolf?"
"You, you..." The housekeeper pointed at Li Xiuyuan angrily and wanted to scold him back, but was blocked by Li Xiuyuan with one sentence.
"Before you scold me, you must think carefully. I am a scholar and you are a servant. If you insult a scholar, you can be sued by the government. Of course, the punishment will not be severe, but the prince's government will not let someone who insults scholars continue to do so.
Just take care of the house." Li Xiuyuan said leisurely.
When the housekeeper heard this, he had to hold back his words, and his face suddenly turned blue and red.
"Apologise." Li Xiuyuan said again.
"What?"
"Before you called us liars, apologizing doesn't count as a loss. If you do something wrong, you have to admit it. What do you think? Of course, it doesn't matter if you apologize. I will go to the government one day and give you a piece of paper. Please
Go to the court." Li Xiuyuan said.
The butler's expression was changing. He felt more and more that this scholar was a hedgehog and was not easy to mess with. No wonder the young master lost to him and even took 30,000 taels of silver with him.
If, as he said, he went to the government to sue him, although he would be fine, his position as steward would be lost.
"Yes, I'm sorry." The butler had no choice but to apologize.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "The tone and attitude are so blunt. It seems that he rarely apologizes to others and admits his mistakes. For a housekeeper to be like this, it is even more obvious for a marquis. Let's go and see what the house is like. Don't take any of it.
It’s a waste of time to deal with me.”
After saying that, he took a few guards and led the horse and left.
After Li Xiuyuan left, the housekeeper's attitude suddenly became bad, and he sighed in disgust: "What the hell, a mere scholar dares to be so arrogant in front of the Hou Mansion. He is just looking for death. You can be proud of it now."
, you went to that haunted house, and you will definitely die there in a few days. I hope someone will collect your body by then."
On the road.
Wu Fei said angrily: "If that dog-eyed thing hadn't been in the city, I would have killed him with one knife. It's really disgusting to see."
"There are many masters in front of the Hou Mansion, especially the four guards in front of the door. Each of them is good at using fists, feet, swords and spears. They have practiced martial arts to the end. They are just one step away from being a martial arts master. There are also many soldiers patrolling the army. They are really moving.
Come on, all of us will be captured within a few dozen breaths, and only the eldest young master can kill us." A taciturn Xing Shan said.
"No, it's just a prince's mansion, how powerful is it?" Wu Fei said in shock.
One step away from being a martial arts master, this person can beat him to the point where he can't even parry.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Everyone knows that the world has begun to change. How could the Hou's Mansion not notice it? Recruiting experts and keeping private individuals is what the powerful families do, and this Hou's Mansion is no exception. My father is here."
Build a granary and stockpile food, just to be afraid of another bad year. Okay, let’s stop chatting. Where is the mansion mentioned in the land deed? Isn’t it here yet?”
"It's just ahead. There's not much further to go." Ma Dong looked at the land deed and pointed to the front.
Everyone followed the directions in the land deed and arrived in front of a magnificent mansion.
It's just that this mansion is a bit old. The red lacquer door in front of it is mottled. The stone lion in front of the mansion is also incomplete and covered with moss. It looks like no one has taken care of it for a long time.
"It can't be here..." Li Xiuyuan murmured; "The old guy from the Hou Mansion really tricked me into using such a broken house to deal with me."
"Young Master, it's a little shabby outside this door, but it might be much better inside." Ma Dong said with a smile.
The door chain was not locked. When everyone pushed the door open, they saw that a screen wall had been broken into two pieces, and many broken stones were scattered on the ground.
There are overgrown weeds everywhere in the front yard. All kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants are happily scurrying back and forth among the grass, and the cries of strange birds can be heard in the distant garden.
"However, it is indeed dilapidated. Even if the house is repaired, it will cost several thousand taels of silver." Li Xiuyuan touched his chin and said.
Wu Fei said angrily: "This son of a bitch used such a shabby house to entertain us, let's go find him to settle the score."
"Okay, okay, it's just something you've won back, so don't be so particular about settling accounts with the Hou Mansion. Our little arms and legs are not that capable." Li Xiuyuan said, "But what this old Lord Hou did is also
It's indeed a fair enough score. Even a broad-minded person like me feels a little angry. I'll look back and see how much I've lost, and I'll mark him down as appropriate."
He holds the book of life and death in his hand, and the old Marquis of the Marquis Mansion is also on the list.
The old marquis relied on his power to take advantage of himself, so he used ghosts and gods to retaliate, which was regarded as reciprocity.
"Master, look, is there a person sitting there?" Suddenly, Ma Dong pointed at the empty and dim lobby and exclaimed.