Shopkeeper Li is not here. The man who received them was the strong man who had delivered the message last time. The guys all called him Manager Zhao. When Manager Zhao saw Chen Guanlou, he was not as arrogant as he was last time, but he was not too polite either. He pointed upstairs and said impatiently, "The goods are on the second floor, go up." Chen Guanlou has always been respectful to others, while he respects others to the same extent. Manager Zhao was rude to him, so naturally he would not be polite to him either. He took Mr. Du straight to the second floor. The porcelain is placed in a wooden box. Manager Zhao personally took the porcelain out of the wooden box and found a white porcelain vase with red flowers. Chen Guanlou didn't understand porcelain, the craftsmanship, the school, and the age. He only knew that this porcelain was so beautiful, unparalleled in beauty. As for whether it is true or false, it requires Master Du’s eye. Master Du suppressed his inner excitement and stepped forward. After receiving permission, he began to observe carefully. Chen Guanlou took the opportunity to look at the furnishings of the house. Facing the front door when he entered, there was a square table and two chairs. On the left and right sides are ancient shelves with mahogany carvings, which are worth a lot of money at a glance. Various ornaments are placed on the ancient shelves, including porcelain, gold, silver, bronze, lacquerware, books, etc.
There was a painting hanging on the front wall, and he couldn't identify whose hand it was. It's not a bargain when you think about it. After about an hour of burning incense, Master Du finished his observation and pulled Chen Guanlou to a corner anxiously, for fear that Manager Zhao might overhear it. He whispered: "I'm afraid I can't do this." "What did Master Du see? Just say it, don't be afraid." Master Du was obviously hesitant. He pulled Chen Guanlou out of the door again, and then said: "With my eyesight, the porcelain must be genuine, and should have been produced by the official cellar during the Yong'an period of the previous dynasty. However, it is most likely that it came from the palace. I don't know which prodigal is selling it out. Pawn shops outside usually don't dare to accept such goods for fear of causing trouble. Only Sitong Bank has a strong background and dares to do such a business. , once we get it on our hands, we can never wash it off, and we are guaranteed to lose our heads one day.” Chen Guanlou nodded repeatedly, "Master Du is right. I was worried about this before. Sure enough, if good things don't come to me, nothing good will come to me." "Then what do you think we should do? We have arrived here and have seen the goods. It is impossible for the other party to let us leave easily. How about asking the lord for advice?" The only person that Master Du could think of who was capable and powerful and could speak his mind was the eldest son of the Hou family. Chen Guanlou also thought about this issue, whether he should ask the eldest master of the Hou Mansion for help. In the blink of an eye, he rejected the idea. Even if Shopkeeper Li is really trying to frame the Hou Mansion, the Hou Mansion can completely cut ties with him. Even without cutting, there are other ways to resolve it. The heritage of the Hou Mansion is there, and the nobles and nobles have been married from generation to generation, and they have always advanced and retreated together. Even the old emperor was afraid of their combined power. There is no need for the Hou Mansion to stand up for Chen Guanlou. Whoever he is, he has no value in helping. Another one, setting up a trap is just his personal guess. What if there is no end to this matter and it is just a matter of making money? The richer you are, the more greedy you are for money, and the richer you are, the more you want to be richer. No one denies having more money. Why not open up a stable financial path and have a steady stream of money coming in? Even if someone discovered him, who would dare to report him? This matter, if you want to break the situation, don't do it in the Hou Mansion. A third party must be brought in to stir up the muddy waters and make Shopkeeper Li too busy to care about anything else. He comforted Master Du and told him not to panic. He will take care of the rest. He walked into the house again and said to Manager Zhao: "Tell Shopkeeper Li to give me a few days and I will prepare the accounts." Manager Zhao was obviously very dissatisfied, "How many more days will it take to complete the accounts?" Chen Guanlou sneered, with contempt in his eyes, "Do you think doing accounting is just a matter of writing a few strokes on the account book? Go ask the accountant of the bank and ask him if he dares to do this? He said he can Okay, I will do the accounting in front of you now. Why does Shopkeeper Li want to find me? I am not a professional accountant? The key is, in one word, make sure everything is true. Why leave the professional accountant unused and use me, a layman." Manager Zhao was speechless and had no way to refute. He also asked Shopkeeper Li this question, but Shopkeeper Li ignored him and only gave him a look of understanding.
He scratched his head, a little confused, "How many days do you need? Tell me a specific time. Don't try to fool me." Chen Guanlou said casually: "It will take ten days and a half." "No! I'll give you three days at most." "Three days? You can't do it in three days. If you have the ability, you can do it yourself. Just ask my Mr. Du, the goods we shipped before took more than half a month each. Looking at the goods, pricing, finding buyers, closing the deal... there are many things in between. Let’s go. If it’s true, of course we have to go through the whole process, but the process can’t be skipped for at least ten days.” "Five days!" "Ten days!" "Seven days!" "Eight days!" "Eight days is eight days." Manager Zhao relented, "You'd better keep your word and don't do unnecessary things. I will keep an eye on you." Chen Guanlou glanced at the opponent and assessed the opponent's ability. He could beat the opponent with one hand. "You can keep an eye on me as long as you don't interfere with my work." Chen Guanlou was very satisfied with eight days. He first sent Master Du home, and then went to Tianlao to work. He went to work and came home normally, ignoring the people who were following him in the bank. He could easily get rid of those eyes and came to the fighting shop. The manager of the fighting shop was an old acquaintance and still remembered him. "Boss Lou hasn't been here for a long time. Is there anything we can do for him?" Chen Guanlou motioned the manager to a secluded place to talk, "I'm looking for the swordsman." The manager's eyes rolled, "Boss Lou means..." Chen Guanlou handed him a silver ingot, weighing two taels, "Tell the swordsman to wait for him at the old place in the evening. If he doesn't come, the favor owed to him will be doubled." The manager was a little confused. He had no way of knowing the private transactions between Chen Guanlou and the swordsman. "But, but, the swordsman can't come back for a while." "That's his problem, don't worry about it." Chen Guanlou waved his hand and left gracefully. In the middle of the night, he set up a table in his yard and bought a pot of wine, the best yellow wine. There was a noise on the wall. The swordsman was used to climbing over the wall, so he didn't have the habit of knocking on the door to come in. "You're looking for me." "Qi Wuxiu!" Chen Guanlou called out the swordsman's name as soon as he opened his mouth.
Swordsman: ... It doesn't matter if I'm called by my name. He sat on a bamboo chair, picked up the wine glass, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it by himself, "I've been so busy lately that I don't have time to drink. Tell me, what do you want from me?" "I want you to kill Manager Li of Sitong Bank." Puff! Qi Wuxiu sprayed out the wine before he could swallow it.