Hidden in the court

Chapter 158 My name is Simon

Luo Lin pulled Zhao Yao back and said, "Brother Zhao, this smell is very similar to those temples in the city."

Zhao Yao nodded.

"Old man."

Faced with the two people's calls, the old man seemed not to hear them and didn't care.

"Old man..."

After calling out several times, there was no response, so the two could only wait quietly.

When the incense stick burned out, the old man stopped praying and opened his eyes.

It was not until the old woman turned around that they realized that there seemed to be something wrong with her. Her eyes were red and her whole body was trembling.

"You are……"

The old man's question obviously caught them by surprise, so it seemed that they hadn't heard anything at all for the whole long time.

"Old man, we are from the Qingzhou Censorate. We are here today to learn about some situations."

Rowling tried to keep her tone as gentle as possible.

"But what went wrong with my son in the government office?"

"Da Hu didn't do anything wrong in the yamen, but the yamen is under long-term pressure and needs you to cooperate with our questioning."

"Well, go ahead and ask."

Luo Lin glanced at Zhao Yao, who then continued, "Old man, you believe in Buddhism, so do you often go to temples in Qingzhou?"

When the old man heard that he was asking this, his expression changed slightly, and he twisted the thread in his hand and answered nonchalantly, "Of course, every family in Qingzhou City will go."

"Then the incense you just burned was also bought from those temples?"

"Yes, the incense is gone. I have to go buy some more today."

This time the old man's answer became much colder and his tone became harder.

"Then don't you think there's something wrong? How can all the money in the family be used to buy these things?"

This time the old lady's attitude was obviously not so good. She said angrily: "You two young men are idle and pretend to be officials to ask me what I am doing. It's my own money, you can spend it however you want. Go away!"

The old man just stood up and pushed them both out the door.

Both of them were confused by this sudden situation, but they had no way to resist, so they could only follow the old lady's wishes and leave.

"boom--"

The door was slammed shut and, from the sound, bolted.

at dusk

Censor's Mansion

Hu Die, Ji Mingshang and Su Mengyang looked at the bunch of incense sticks and had no idea what to do.

I smelled it again and again, and finally lit one.

"There is something in here, but I don't know what it is."

"Also, where did this thing come from?"

"I went to visit Mr. Huo today. He also didn't know the origins of some temples, but he said that the night market was created by Governor Wang."

"It seems that we can only start from the night market."

Just then, Zhao Yao and Luo Lin came in. They also smelled the scent of incense in the room.

Rowling said excitedly: "We have figured it out. This thing is addictive. They use it to control the people."

But the others looked at her in silence, "We all know..."

"Old Zhao, where's your painting? Let me take a look. I'm counting on it to accomplish my goal tonight."

Zhao Yao didn't say anything, and Luo Lin looked a little embarrassed. Ji Mingshang took out the painting and spread it on the ground.

"It's okay, isn't it?"

"Ah."

Ji Mingshang and Hu Die both expressed their approval, but Su Mengyang, who knew a little about calligraphy and painting, noticed something was wrong. It was hard to say what was wrong, but it just didn't look like an authentic Tang Yin work.

"You'd better not hold out too much hope for this painting. You can tell it's fake at a glance."

Old Zhao has spoken personally, and Ji Mingshang can only nod. It seems that you have to delay it as much as possible tonight.

Thinking of this, he looked at Hu Die beside him and said jokingly, "Master Censor, there is not a single soldier available in the entire Censorate?"

Speaking of this, Hu Die also became angry.

"It's strange that those people dared to investigate the temple case when they didn't want to implicate the officials at all."

"Since they want to investigate the temple case, take them there."

Ji Mingshang suddenly had an idea. "Since they are not willing to investigate the temple case, then please ask the censor to take them to investigate and find out the origin of the incense. You can't go to a place like Wangchunlou, so just take Brother Su with you. Lao Zhao and I will go tonight. If we are exposed, it will be easy to escape."

"it is good."

At night, Ji Mingshang and Zhao Yao came to Wangchun Tower again.

"Oh, the two young masters are here. Why is the young master who came with us yesterday missing?"

The girls were smiling, but Ji Mingshang didn't feel very good because he was scolded again yesterday because of these women.

"You're kidding. It's because the girls here are too enthusiastic that he was scared away. He said he wouldn't come today. It doesn't matter if he doesn't come. I brought him a big business."

"Sir, can you please take a look at the painting first?"

I welcomed the two of them in, and the first thing they wanted to do was look at the paintings.

Ji Mingshang continued to hug her left and right, eating and drinking, and finally replied: "Why are you in such a hurry? I don't need to spend money. What's wrong with letting me play for a while? It's not like I won't pay."

"Let's talk slowly when there are not many customers..."

As Ji Mingshang spoke, he was still touching the girl's hand intently with a smirk on his face.

Somehow, every time he went to a place like this, Zhao Yao felt like he wasn't acting.

"Mom is definitely not the boss. Today, in addition to the paintings, I also brought another big business. I wonder if you can introduce me to the real boss?"

The madam was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then she smiled again: "Then we'll see what good business you can do, young master?"

"Hahaha, no problem, no problem... To be honest, my family is not from Qingzhou, and I just do some business, but I also want to get a piece of the pie in Qingzhou."

"I'm afraid business in Qingzhou won't be easy..."

Seeing her like this, the two of them understood that Wangchunlou really knew about those temples.

Nonsense, ordinary people have no spare money at home, so how can they get money to buy things? If they really do ordinary business, they will lose everything.

"Mom, you're worrying too much. My family has no intention of taking money from poor people. We just want to use the precious land of Jingzhou to do business with the north."

Qingzhou is originally a border area, and further north it would be... She didn't dare to think any further.

"Sir, please don't tease me. You have to be alive to spend this kind of money if you can earn it."

"Oh, that's wrong. Trade between the two countries is the policy this year. Even if we are reluctant in private, the policy is on the table, right? Besides, if the situation between the two countries had not eased in recent years, the night market in Qingzhou would not have been opened, right? Even if that's the case, I still have a batch of unusual goods, so it's not a bad idea to make some quick money."

Ji Mingshang emphasized the last few words, and she also heard the key points.

"Unusual goods, how unusual is it?"

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Ximen, and my family runs a medicinal herb business..."