Lu Yi immediately followed Huang Ningxiang to the incense shop.
He not only wanted to buy the incense shop, but also the small house connected to the shop, along with the goods, for a total of two thousand taels of silver.
Huang Ningxiang saw that Lu Yi didn't even ask for a bargain for the two thousand taels she offered, and she thought to herself that the box this man put in his second brother's room must be gold.
When Huang Ningxiang's grandfather bought this shop and the small house, they only paid 60 taels of silver. The goods in the shop were worth about 400 taels.
In recent years, due to poor harvests, housing prices in Beijing have not increased much.
Huang Ningxiang was able to sell the shop, the house and the goods for two thousand taels, which was a huge profit.
But she didn't care about these things. Negotiating the price with Lu Yi was just a routine.
Her purpose was to see how much money was in Lu Yi's locked box.
Sure enough, when Lu Yi returned to the Huang family and opened the box from inside, he was filled with golden ingots that were very eye-catching.
At this time, Lu Yi did not shy away from the Huang family. He exchanged one tael of gold for ten taels of silver and counted out two hundred gold ingots.
Huang Ningxiang looked at the gold ingots in the box, which still contained four or five hundred ingots.
It was really unexpected that Lu Yi was able to carry a box of gold ingots from his hometown to the capital safely without encountering any bandits.
But the bandits probably didn't expect that his box contained gold! Perhaps they thought it contained books.
Huang Sheng and Huang Xiaoguan looked at so much gold and became murderous.
Huang Ningxiang saw the expressions of her father and elder brother, frowned, and shook her head at them.
Lu Yi must be killed, but not at home.
Huang Ningxiang accepted Lu Yi's two hundred gold ingots, and she did not hesitate to take out the property deeds and the list of goods.
"Brother Lu, it's already dinner time. The transfer of the property deed can only wait until tomorrow. Why don't we find a place to have a meal first and celebrate your finding a job and my liberation."
Lu Yi readily agreed: "That's great!"
Huang Xiaoguan quickly took over the conversation: "I know there's a newly opened pub that makes really delicious pork elbows."
Lu Yi smiled and said, "Then go ahead! I'll treat you."
The four of them rode in a carriage to the tavern Huang Xiaoguan mentioned.
The restaurant is right next to the moat.
Lu Yi went in and saw that the restaurant was very simple and there were no diners, but as soon as he entered, he smelled the aroma of braised meat.
The four of them sat together, and Huang Sheng asked the proprietress to bring out a jar of wine.
Huang Xiaoguan opened the wine jar and first poured a full bowl of wine for Lu Yi.
The aroma of alcohol was strong, and Lu Yi knew it was strong liquor. He took a sip and said with a smile, "I didn't expect the liquor in this tavern to be so good!"
Huang Xiaoguan also took a sip in response: "That's right! Otherwise I wouldn't have come so far to eat."
The braised pork elbow was served and it tasted really good.
Huang Sheng was the first to pick up his chopsticks, took a bite, and nodded repeatedly: "It tastes good."
Huang Ningxiang picked up a piece of pork elbow from a wooden chopstick she had never used before and placed it in Lu Yi's bowl. "Brother Lu."
Lu Yi smiled at Huang Ningxiang and asked, "Miss An Ning, when do you plan to leave the capital?"
Huang Ningxiang said, "After the transfer is completed, wait a few days and then leave!"
Lu Yi asked again: "Have you decided where to go?"
Huang Ningxiang said: "I plan to go to Cangzhou and find a small place to settle down."
Lu Yi didn't ask any more questions and raised his glass to toast the three members of the Huang family.
Next, Huang Xiaoguan toasted Lu Yi with bowl after bowl of wine. Lu Yi accepted all the wine and drank until he fell down.
Huang Xiaoguan didn't drink much. When he drank, he secretly vomited.
The same is true for Huang Sheng.
Huang Ningxiang called the tavern's owner and his wife over and placed four ingots of ten taels of silver on the table. "Cousin, after we leave, please dismantle everything here and move it away. Don't leave any traces behind."
This tavern was temporarily built by Huang Ningxiang. She went to the countryside and invited her distant cousin and his wife to play the roles of the owner and the proprietress here.
The braised pork elbow was actually bought at a big restaurant in the city, and this jar of strong liquor was also bought at a big restaurant.
My cousin and his wife held the silver and nodded happily in agreement.
It was already dark by this time.
Huang Sheng and Huang Xiaoguan helped Lu Yi into the carriage.
After Huang Ningxiang got on the car, she searched Lu Yi's body and found a purse on him. She took out the gold and silver inside and only left a few coins inside.
When the carriage reached the city wall, the father and son dragged Lu Yi off the carriage and threw him into the moat.
Huang Ningxiang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the sound of Lu Yi splashing into the water.
The carriage returned to the Huang family's house.
They went to Lu Yi's room, opened the box and counted it. Including the two hundred gold ingots, there were more than six hundred gold pieces in it.
"My Huang family is going to make a comeback." Huang Xiaoguan was so excited that he poured out all the gold in the box.
Huang Ningxiang was also very happy. She walked forward, picked up the gold and counted it one by one, like a money-grubber.
She then said to her father and eldest brother, "From now on, you must not gamble anymore. We will use this money to open a few more incense shops."
Huang Xiaoguan was about to speak when he heard footsteps in the yard. Frightened, he walked to the door of the house with a lantern in hand, but was frightened by a figure standing in front of the door and took a few steps back.
"Who is it?"
Huang Sheng and Huang Ningxiang also became alert and both stood up.
The person at the door walked into the house. Huang Ningxiang looked at the person and felt a tightness in her chest. She widened her eyes and said, "General!"
Wei Youqing frowned and looked at Huang Ningxiang: "I really didn't expect that besides cheating me of my money, you would also kill people for money. I really didn't expect that I, Wei Youqing, was so blind that I would fall in love with a vicious woman like you."
Huang Ningxiang shed tears and shook her head: "No, General, no..."
Wei Youqing waved his hand and said, "Arrest them and send them to the government office for trial."
A line of soldiers ran in and took the three members of the Huang family away.
Huang Ningxiang screamed in a mournful voice: "General, you can't do this to me, General..."
When Wei Youqing heard Huang Ningxiang's voice at this moment, he felt disgusted.
Huang Ningxiang still didn't want to give up. She shouted, "General, have you forgotten that Lantern Festival night two years ago? We fell in love at first sight. You loved me, and I love you too. If it weren't for Yu Jinshu, we would have been married, and I wouldn't be in this situation."
Wei Youqing gritted his teeth in anger: "Shut up, you have no right to mention Jinshu's name, you don't deserve it."
The three words "You don't deserve it" sounded like a thunderclap in Huang Ningxiang's ears.
Yes, she doesn't deserve it, she doesn't deserve it!
That night, Wei Youqing was supervising the trial in the government office.
Sure enough, the three cases three years ago were all committed by the Huang family, and Huang Ningxiang was involved in them.
Three years ago, Tang Xiuxuan, a businessman who did business with outsiders, drowned in a ditch after getting drunk.
In fact, the modus operandi of this case is very similar to that of the Lu Yi case today.
At that time, Tang Xiuxuan brought back a large amount of rare spices from overseas, but the Huang family had no money.
Huang Ningxiang wanted to take all the rare spices from Tang Xiuxuan, but she had no money, so she decided to kill him.
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