Chapter 486 Known

Chapter 486 Known

Chapter 486 Known
This is why Chu Jingtang and others questioned whether it was suspicious that Huang Yingying went to see "Que Si Xiang" even though she had no money, but Wu Jinliang directly ruled out this suspicion. It was because this old guy really had this problem.

Of course, the other person's bad habits were none of his business, and he was too lazy to argue with the old man at this time, so he asked directly: "How should I know? I took the money and didn't play dumb. Who is it?"

Huang Yingying covered her mouth slyly and said, "Cousin, the cousin of the second young lady in the library, the one the second young lady is going to marry, we went shopping together today."

Although he had already guessed it, Wu Jinliang was still somewhat suspicious after confirming it. "You mean, that cousin married the second daughter for the sake of the library?"

Huang Yingying asked back: "You think not?"

Wu Jinliang pondered for a moment, smacked his lips and said, "Dong Wenshu has so many children. If he marries off the second daughter, will the library be ruined?"

"Hey, Xiao Gao, you are such a smart person, how could you be so confused?" Huang Yingying hit Wu Jin's arms, "Think about it, why can't they do anything to Dong Wenshu? It's because they don't know where to start. Also, what does the tax inspector do? If he wants to touch the library, he will naturally use the power in his hands. Think about it again, isn't it obvious?
Since there is no evidence to prove anything wrong with Dong Wenshu's family, we can just throw sand in the sand and get someone who is not clean to do something dirty in terms of taxation. Once he is caught, Dong Wenshu will have no choice but to compromise."

Wu Jinliang said thoughtfully, "That is to say, the cousin who married the second young lady will not leave the library, but will stay in the library, otherwise it will be difficult to do anything."

Huang Yingying chuckled and said, "It's just that broken library, with little income and tight expenses. There are too many excuses for staying to help under the guise of filial piety, but that's not a big deal. But then again, knowing what the other party is going to do, it's easier to deal with it. Xiao Gao, you turned the tide at the critical moment and won the heart of the beauty. Just tell me if your few hundred gold coins are worth it?"

The last sentence was said while poking Wu Jinliang's heart with his finger, and the expression on his face was extremely smug.

Wu Jinliang was delighted by the scene of himself saving the beauty, but he was also awakened by the other party's smugness. He suddenly grabbed the other party's poking fingers and broke them.

"Ouch, you grandson is destroying the bridge after crossing it. It hurts, it's about to break, let go..." Huang Yingying tilted her body and screamed.

Wu Jinliang twisted his fingers and sneered, "Old Huang, you're very quick to react. I feel like this isn't the first time you've sold information for money. Are you really just curious when you keep peeking around everywhere?"

I had always thought that this person's curiosity was a little too much.

"Gah..." Huang Yingying's voice was out of tune as she felt pain. Her eyes rolled around and she tilted her body to laugh dryly. "It's not important, it's not important, it's not important. We each get what we need. It's OK as long as I don't lie to you, don't you think so?"

Wu Jinliang used force to pry his clenched fingers apart again.

"Ouch." Huang Yingying screamed, gasping for air. "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, I told you to be gentler, you know my situation, I'm married into the family, I have to do the work, wait on people, but I don't get paid, I only get a pitiful amount of allowance every month, if I don't think of a way to make some money, how can I live like this? Gathering information, finding the people in need, and being honest, this is not a sin, right?"

I really guessed it right. It's really his character. Wu Jinliang was happy and let him go.

Huang Yingying, who was now free, shook her fingers, gasped, and glared at Wu Jinliang unhappily.

Wu Jinliang, however, extended his arm around his shoulder and said, "It was just a joke. Don't be angry. I've already given you the money. No wonder you are so familiar with the affairs of this city. I heard that you have been married into the Bai family for thirty or forty years. So, you have been selling information for many years, right?"

Talking about her decades-long career as a wife-in-law, Huang Yingying sighed, "It's been a while, running the shop and doing business. I've heard a lot from the customers coming and going, and slowly I've discovered a truth: some seemingly useless information is of extraordinary value to some people. Once, I reminded a customer, and it was a great help to that customer. Later, he gave me ten gold coins as a reward. From then on, I was completely enlightened. I collected information everywhere, and once I met someone who needed it, I would give it money. In fact, it was also forced out of me. If my wife had given me a little more, I wouldn't have been so sneaky everywhere. It's a miserable life, pitiful."

Wu Jinliang patted him on the back and consoled him, "Don't worry, your wife won't give you any extra money for your hobby of going to brothels, so just give up on that idea."

Since the other party had a lot of information, he wanted to ask about "Que Si Xiang". He wondered how much the other party knew about the corpse incident in Dazhi City many years ago. However, when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was too direct to ask. It was not appropriate, so he held back and prepared to wait for a suitable opportunity to speak again.

There was no point in trying to comfort her like that. Huang Yingying shook off his arm and walked away.

Wu Jinliang shouted at his back, "Old Huang, you won't sell my information to others, will you?"

Huang Yingying said nothing and walked away with her head down.

Wu Jinliang then fell into silence, feeling that it was necessary to go find Shi Chun after work.

A pair of eyes quietly hidden deep in the grass and trees had already stared at Huang Yingying's leaving figure.

It was none other than Lao Changtai who was transferred here from Mingshan Sect. He took out the mother-child talisman and sent a message to Shi Chun: Old Man Huang had just seen a big man grazing on the grassland outside the city.

Of course, it is not a report of every detail. I know that Shi Chun may not be able to do so now. I will only report to Shi Chun when I find that there are more special nodes in the incident. For the rest, I just need to inform him of the results afterwards.

Shi Chun also responded quickly with just one word: Yeah.

Obviously it means 'known'.

After putting away the mother-child talisman, Lao Changtai quietly followed Huang Yingying's departing figure.

Wu Jinliang was not aware of his tracking of Huang Yingying. The cause of the incident was that Chu Jingtang and the other two had clearly expressed their suspicion of Huang Yingying, but Wu Jinliang directly denied the suspicion.

But the crux of the problem is that when the Mingshan Sect's gang calls Wu Jinliang "Boss Wu", it is just a title and they don't really regard Wu Jinliang as the boss. Wu Jinliang doesn't have the prestige to convince everyone in front of them. At least what Wu Jinliang and his gang say is not enough to make everyone obey.

And Wu Jinliang had never properly built up his prestige as a leader. He often went to brothels and had fun without knowing what was going on. Who could trust him?

If a boss lacks self-discipline, his prestige will be damaged.

Although the three of them did not argue with Wu Jinliang at the time, they turned around and reported their suspicions directly to Shi Chun, leaving it to Shi Chun to make the decision.

There is no other way. Even if they have the financial resources and the mother-child talismans that can directly contact Shi Chun, they can still do so.

When the incident happened, after Shi Chun found out the situation, he knew that since Wu Jinliang dared to exclude Huang Yingying's suspicion, then Wu Jinliang must have his own reasons for excluding her. However, as someone who had led so many brothers in Dongjiuyuan, he knew the importance of maintaining the enthusiasm of his brothers to do things, and that they needed encouragement, not suppression.

It is not a bad thing to supervise each other and plug loopholes. It is better than having nothing to do. What's more, according to their statements, it is indeed suspicious, so he will not directly suppress the doubts of Chu Jingtang and others. As long as you can handle it yourself, give them a certain degree of autonomy, let them fully display their personal abilities, and let everyone feel his trust in them.

He felt that these people's abilities should not be limited to just following orders. After all, his own abilities were limited...

Huang Yingying was in a good mood as she traveled through the city. When she passed by a place full of flowers and decorations, she subconsciously touched her purse. Thinking of the fifty gold coins in the bag, the smile on her lips became more and more weird.

I looked at the sky. It was broad daylight. Forget it. I'll wait until night.

Bai's Rice Shop came here when Dazhi City was founded. It is considered one of the veteran shops in the city and has witnessed the long years of Dazhi City.

As soon as Huang Yingying, who was in a good mood, came back, the waiter with a wry smile came over and whispered in her ear, "The boss lady came out, and when she saw you were not here, she got angry and told you to come over immediately."

Huang Yingying's expression froze, and she asked in a low voice, "Didn't you tell her that I went to collect the debt?"

The guy said, "I told her, but I don't know whether she believes it or not."

Huang Yingying looked troubled, but she still went to the granary in the back hall.

In the granary where rice bags were piled up like mountains, behind a desk sat a beautiful, plump and pretty woman with fair skin and tender flesh, dressed in a white dress as white as snow. She was really bright and charming. What was not harmonious was that she was smoking a pipe in one hand, puffing on it from time to time, while with the other hand she was flipping through the account book and shuffling on the abacus.

This is Bai Qiru, the owner of Bai's Rice Shop.

To be realistic, in terms of beauty, how many women in the brothels in the city can compare to her?

Many people couldn't understand why Huang Yingying left such a beautiful woman at home and went to a brothel.

What is even more puzzling is that such a beautiful woman would actually choose Huang Yingying and an old man as her husband. Even if she chose a son-in-law, his appearance is too poor. Everyone really can't see what advantages Huang Yingying has that Bai Qiru would like.

However, the fact is already like this, and the neighbors can only gossip about it behind their backs.

Huang Yingying came carefully and said with a smug smile, "Madam, I'm going to collect the debt. What can I do for you?"

Bai Qiru puffed out a puff of cigarette, which added a sense of mystery to the face behind the smoke. He glanced at him with cold eyes, said nothing, and continued to fiddle with the abacus and flip through the account books.

Well, Huang Yingying didn't say much. She took a few steps back, then knelt down obediently, with her head down, waiting to be punished.

At this moment, the waiter outside suddenly ran in, ignoring the kneeling in front of him, and excitedly told Bai Qiru, "Madam, a big customer has come. He wants a thousand bags of spiritual rice and wants it to be delivered to the Zhalanpo intersection outside the city before dark. He has already paid 70% of the deposit in advance, and the remaining 30% is to be paid on delivery."

As he spoke, he placed a purse on the table.

Bai Qiru opened his purse and poured out a bunch of sandalwood flame gas. He counted the amount of sandalwood and put it away, then took a puff of cigarette and blew a long puff of smoke straight into Huang Yingying's face. "Why are you being so stupid? Hurry up and load a thousand bags of spiritual rice onto the truck and send them over. Bring back the full amount of money. If you find an excuse to pay even a penny less, I'll break your legs."

Huang Yingying immediately straightened up, stood up and patted her chest, "Madam, don't worry, I promise that not a single cent will be lost."

Then he immediately went to call people to work.

Soon, two trucks pulled by slender horses piled high with magical rice appeared. Two guys drove the cars, while Huang Yingying and another guy each sat on a cart full of bags, and personally drove the two trucks of magical rice out of the city.

(End of this chapter)