Chapter 263 Why don’t you go and rob it?
"Luo Kui, go to the county government office and tell him I want to invite Lord Rong to an opera to welcome him. Tell him to bring all the county government officials with him as a reward."
Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered. After Luo Kui left, she looked at Dong Gui and Hua Qing. Both of them were good at fighting. Dong Gui was calm and steady, while Hua Qing was more outgoing. Finally, her eyes fixed on Dong Gui: "Dong Gui, wait a minute, go talk to Mr. Xu about buying the garden!"
"Miss, I can go!" Hua Qing excitedly stepped forward, as if she could do it herself. She raised her fist and said, "Doesn't Mr. Xu have a bunch of thugs under his command? I guarantee I'll beat them to a pulp with my fists!"
"This is business, not a fight." Xiao Jiuyue raised an eyebrow and said, "Just stay with Donggui later."
Hua Qing looked at Dong Gui and said unconvincedly: "Miss, I am better than Dong Gui!"
"The eldest lady has already said that this is not a fight!" Dong Gui grabbed her shoulders and said, "Hua Qing, if it really comes to a fight to the death, who will win and who will lose is hard to say!"
Hua Qing has big fists and great strength. In addition, she knows some fortune-telling skills and often uses some strange tools.
"How about giving it a try?" Hua Qing straightened his chest and walked towards Donggui without fear. Their eyes met, and the air was filled with the smell of gunfire, as if a fight was about to break out in the next second!
"Ahem." Xiao Jiuyue cleared her throat and squeezed in between them, separating the two of them. She said, "You're both very capable. Mr. Xu will need your cooperation later!"
Xiao Jiuyue placed a high hat on their heads and said, "No matter who you are, you are here to protect me. You can definitely cooperate with each other, right?"
"Yes." Hua Qing nodded affirmatively.
Dong Gui bowed and said, "I will listen to you, Miss."
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"Miss Yang Ling, the sedan chair that our Mr. Xu has sent to invite you back to his mansion to sing opera is already waiting at the door." A tall and thin man walked into the theater, and seemed certain that they would hand over Yang Ling!
"Manager Liu." Boss Shang looked at Manager Liu and said immediately, "We've already raised the money to buy the theater. I'm wondering how we can discuss this with Mr. Xu? Regarding the purchase of this theater?"
"Oh?" Manager Liu raised his eyebrows and looked at Boss Shang with a colder look, as if asking: Where did you raise the money?
"Here's a silver note for one thousand taels." Boss Shang pulled out the still-warm note from his pocket and handed it directly to Steward Liu. Just as Steward Liu was about to reach out to take it, Boss Shang took the note back like a treasure and said, "Please make another trip and tell Mr. Xu that we want to buy this theater!"
When it came to the words "buy the theater", troupe leader Shang's words were full of pride. After so many years, he could finally stop being bullied by the Xu family and buy the theater!
"You want to buy the theater?" Manager Liu looked at the banknotes he had put away. If his eyes were not mistaken, there really were ten of them. He looked at the head of the Shang family troupe with suspicion and asked, "The Shang family troupe is on the verge of collapse. Is there anyone who would stand up for you?"
Manager Liu looked around. It looked like guests were arriving at the theater; everyone was busy cleaning, as if it was about to begin a performance. He asked, "Boss Shang, it looks like Miss Yang Ling isn't going to come?"
"Butler Liu, she has to perform opera later, so she may not have time to go to the Xu Mansion. If the Xu Mansion wants to listen to opera in the future, please go early!" The owner of the Shang Troupe almost narrowed his eyes with a smile. Although half of the money he would earn in the future would have to go to Miss Xiao, the owner of the Shang Troupe was happy with it!
As long as it doesn't go against my conscience and can make my son happy, and I don't have to let him push his apprentice into the fire pit, as for the money, at worst I can just sing a few more shows later!
"Master Shang!" Manager Liu looked at him threateningly and said, "My family's servant is a man of high status. I've given you this opportunity, but there won't be a next time."
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. We appreciate it." Mr. Shang sent Manager Liu away with a forced smile!
Steward Liu left in a huff. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he heard the maid say, "Standard Liu, you're finally back. The master just finished his bath and said he was waiting for you at Tingyuxuan."
"Master." As soon as Liu Zongguan walked through the door and saw Xu Yuanwai, who was covered in fragrant aroma, he immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "I am useless. I didn't invite Miss Yang Ling!"
"Not invited?" Mr. Xu was only wearing a white middle-length shirt and had just applied perfume on his body. Now he looked at Manager Liu and kicked the chair next to him. The red gauze skirt instantly fell on the snow-white carpet!
"What are you doing? You can't even invite a little girl? You're just a troupe of outdated opera!" Xu Yuanwai was so angry that the flesh on his face was throbbing. He swept all the carefully prepared food on the table to the ground: "Good-for-nothing, you glutton!"
"Come here, quickly dress me." Xu Yuanwai cursed and opened his hands, allowing the maid to put clothes on him. Liu, the chief steward, knelt on the ground and said, "I don't know where the Shang troupe got the money from, but he took a thousand taels of silver and wanted to buy the theater!"
"Hmph, he wants to buy a theater, so he can buy it? Dream on." Mr. Xu snorted coldly and walked towards the Shang family troupe. The price of this theater has increased from three hundred taels of silver at the beginning to one thousand taels of silver. Where did the owner of the Shang family troupe get the money?
Mr. Xu went to the theater in a rage. A play was being performed in the theater at that time. There were quite a few people listening to the play in the audience, but they looked unfamiliar. As soon as Mr. Xu entered the room, he smashed the table!
"Boss Shang, who told you that I can buy this garden with one thousand taels of silver? Starting today, you have to pay two thousand taels!" Mr. Xu sat directly on the chair next to him, followed by a dozen thugs, lined up in a row, looking aggressive and ill-intentioned!
"Mr. Xu, two thousand taels, how can this garden be worth so much money!" When Boss Shang heard that Mr. Xu was coming, he immediately came over from the backstage, thinking of buying the garden quickly. Who knew that after hearing what Mr. Xu said, Boss Shang's face turned black.
Master Shang was so angry that he trembled and said, "Originally, this garden was worth three hundred taels of silver. Later, you refused to sell it and raised my rent every year from five hundred taels to one thousand taels of silver. Now, after just a few days, it's already two thousand taels of silver. Why don't you just go and rob it?"
Boss Shang thought everything was going to be fine, but who knew that Mr. Xu would ask for a huge amount of money.
"This is my garden. I can sell it for whatever price I want!" Mr. Xu looked at the audience and said, "Manager Liu, kick them out. There will be no opera in the theater today!"
"Yes." Manager Liu said, and immediately took his thugs to chase people away from the stage!
"No, this is my guest!" The troupe leader Shang stood in front without thinking. How could Miss Xiao's guest be kicked out when he came to listen to the opera for the first time?
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