Chapter 1264 Who is the mastermind behind this?
Meng Yunzheng believes he has kept a low profile all these years and has never been involved with the black market.
Anyone can sell a manor and a mountain on the black market, even brothels, but he's the only one who can't.
Shu Yu thought for a moment, "Do you know who the mastermind behind the black market is?"
"I really don't know." Not only him, but the Fifth Prince and the others were also unaware.
The black market has existed for a long time, for two or three decades. No one knows who the mastermind is, but everyone knows that this person is definitely not low-ranking.
The black market in Jiangyuan County was small-scale and not a significant force; it mainly dealt in buying and selling various goods.
However, throughout the entire Great Su Dynasty, there were three extremely large black markets, built in a very secretive manner.
These black markets sell much more than just inanimate objects; that's what a real black market is all about.
It was filled with all sorts of shady things and shady people.
These people naturally included people from all walks of life as well as court officials.
The black market and the imperial court have intricate connections. Because of this, anyone who tries to investigate the person behind the black market will always encounter numerous difficulties and be obstructed. Therefore, Meng Yunzheng still does not know who this person is.
But clearly, this person probably has some connection with Meng Yunzheng? Otherwise, why would he reject him without even discussing the price?
Meng Yunzheng suddenly sneered, "If they won't sell it to me, they probably have something to hide. The more they do that, the more I want this manor."
Shu Yu's eyes lit up. "Me too."
Shu Yu didn't want the neighbors to live in such a chaotic environment, and Meng Yunzheng had indeed set his sights on this place as the future academy.
Since the two share the same goal, and if the person behind this black market really has some connection with Meng Yunzheng, it's better to find out as soon as possible to avoid being taken advantage of.
“Since Manager Guo won’t sell it to us, let’s find a middleman to buy it from him, and then we can buy it back from him.”
Meng Yunzheng thought so too, "However, we just went to see Steward Guo. If a stranger suddenly comes to him wanting to buy the manor, he will most likely guess our intentions. Just in case, Steward Guo will only sell the manor to a brothel."
Shu Yu sighed, "So the only person we can contact is the owner of that brothel?"
I don't want to look for it, I'm so annoyed.
Meng Yunzheng laughed and said, "If you don't want to go, you can stay home and rest. I'll go."
"Well... let's go together, at least we can help each other."
The two decided to go directly to the prefectural city while they still had time.
But after they had walked out of the hill for a while, they felt a faint gaze behind them.
The two soon realized that Steward Guo didn't trust them and had probably sent someone to keep an eye on them.
The more he acted this way, the more doubts Meng Yunzheng and Shu Yu had.
With someone watching them, they couldn't go directly to the prefectural city. They could only return to the manor first, tell Da Niu, and then take a carriage back to Jiangyuan County.
Upon arriving in the county town, Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng changed into men's clothing, adopting the appearance of middle-aged men. They then abandoned their carriage, mounted their horses, and traveled lightly towards the prefectural city once again.
This time they didn't bring Xia Yan and Ying Xi with them, and they took a back road, riding their horses very fast.
Even so, it was still quite late when they arrived at the city gate.
The two managed to enter the city just before the gates closed.
It was already late October, and it got dark early. Although some shops on both sides of the street were still open, they had already hung up lanterns.
If they are like this, one can only imagine how lively the brothels are at night.
(End of this chapter)
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