Chapter 828 Are you trying to make me happy on purpose?
Suddenly, a lucky voice rang out from outside: "Young master, Young Master Yuan has arrived. He is crying and begging to see you, saying that you must save his life, as he does not want to die at the hands of a vengeful ghost."
Gu Qianhan said indifferently, "Hmm, here comes another one who's even dumber."
"Young master, shall I chase him away?"
"No need, let him in. He's brought us money; how can we turn away money that's been delivered to our door?"
After Gu Qianhan finished speaking, she got up and walked out.
He naturally wouldn't let Yuan Zheng see him in the inner courtyard of the mansion, but instead had him meet him in the flower hall in the front yard.
He wasn't a fool like Xiao Qingyuan, who brought all sorts of men to the women's quarters, putting them in danger.
Seeing that he had gone to do his work, Shen Wantang also began to attend to her own affairs.
After taking a bath, washing her hair, and cleaning herself up, she took out the account books she had brought back from Jinxiu Pavilion and Zuixianlou that day and began to look at them carefully.
Business is booming, and she can now make a fortune even while lying down.
Looking at the pleasing accounts, Shen Wantang couldn't help but smile.
After reviewing the account books, she began practicing calligraphy again.
However, just like in her previous life, she still couldn't capture the same imposing presence as Gu Qianhan.
She was just about to take out Gu Qianhan's calligraphy to study it again when Gu Qianhan returned.
Shen Wantang turned to look at him: "Has Yuan Zheng left?"
Gu Qianhan sat down next to her and hugged her without hesitation: "No, he refuses to leave. He said that his Wenbo Mansion has been haunted for a long time. He even hired a Taoist priest to exorcise the ghost, but it didn't work. He is afraid of being killed by the evil spirit, so he insists on staying at the Duke's Mansion."
“I paid him a considerable sum of money and let him stay. I arranged for him to stay in the west courtyard, next to my elder brother’s courtyard. He was very satisfied and finally stopped wailing.”
Shen Wantang laughed: "Chu Yanluo's antics to scare people have actually made you a fortune!"
Even Gu Qianhan herself said it was a "considerable" amount of silver, so it must have been a huge sum. Yuan Zheng is really going all out to save his life.
"He did make a fortune, but Yuan Zheng didn't waste the money. After all, Chu Yanluo would kill people after scaring them, and Yuan Zheng might be next."
"The Wen family is so rich, didn't they hire more guards for Yuan Zheng? Why was Chu Yanlu able to get in and scare him like a ghost?"
“Yuan Zheng’s guards have increased from twenty to fifty, and Uncle Wen also has people patrolling inside and outside, but that vengeful ghost will appear on time every night around dawn.”
Shen Wantang was surprised: "Chu Yanluo has such great abilities? It sounds like she has really become a vengeful ghost. No wonder Yuan Zheng was so scared that he refused to live in his own home and was willing to spend a lot of money to beg you to take him in."
"Chu Yanluo definitely doesn't have that much ability. She must have found an accomplice, and she must have found one long ago, which is why she faked her death to escape."
Shen Wantang's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be that she met some extraordinary person during her time at the Wan Hua Lou?"
"It should be."
"So, does that mean this person also killed Liu Nanshi?"
"That's not necessarily true. As far as I know, Liu Nanshi was subjected to inhuman torture before she died. If she didn't harbor extremely deep hatred, she wouldn't have used such cruel methods. Therefore, I'm more inclined to believe that the one who did it was Chu Yanluo herself."
Shen Wantang nodded: "Then I should stay home as much as possible recently. It's too dangerous. Chu Yanluo alone is fine, but she has elusive helpers. We need to be careful to avoid losing our lives."
"Don't be afraid, I have sent people to secretly follow and protect you, you will be fine. Also, so far, Chu Yanluo has only killed people at night, no one has died during the day, so she should also make her move at night next."
Shen Wantang knew that he had sent people to protect her, but she still valued her life and did not want the people around her and Gu Qianhan's people to die because of her, so she did not plan to go out anymore.
She wanted to see who Chu Yanluo would kill next.
"Let's not talk about that. I'm practicing calligraphy, but I always feel that it's lacking in spirit. I don't know what the problem is."
As Shen Wantang spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote another character.
Gu Qianhan looked at her handwriting, which was already lively and beautiful enough, but she was still not satisfied.
However, seeing that her handwriting was starting to resemble his, he understood that she probably wanted her handwriting to be more bold and powerful.
He took her hand and guided her to rewrite the word: "If you want to write your words more arrogantly, the first thing you need to do is ignore all the rules of this world and feel in your heart that you are the sky, you are the master."
Shen Wantang turned to look at him: "You're actually this arrogant?"
Gu Qianhan nodded: "Yes, that's how arrogant I am. Did you just realize it today? I thought you should have known long ago how arrogant I am, after all, I don't care about anyone, and my reputation as 'Innocent and Unfettered' is quite well-known."
"But I thought your arrogance was just a facade. I thought you were just indifferent, not caring about anyone or anything. Besides, from the very first day I met you, you never showed me any arrogance!"
“You are different, of course. You are so intelligent and have real skills in solving cases. I can’t be arrogant in front of you. Come on, concentrate and write the words again. Forget the rules, forget the structure of all the words, write them casually, don’t be too neat.”
Shen Wantang had never heard of such a method of practicing calligraphy before. Forget the structure of all the characters? How could anyone write like that? It was simply unbelievable.
If anyone else had said this, she would have scoffed, but since it was Gu Qianhan who said it, she had to think carefully and try to understand it.
She wrote one word.
It's crooked and wild, but it's utterly devoid of any aesthetic appeal.
This is worlds apart from Gu Qianhan's calligraphy. Gu Qianhan's calligraphy is both wild and extremely beautiful, unique and distinctive. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so sought after by countless people in the capital, and his calligraphy copybooks would be priceless.
Gu Qianhan smiled gently: "Yes, write it like that. This is well written."
Shen Wantang glared at him: "Are you trying to make me happy? Can this even be considered writing? How can you praise this?"
“I’m not just trying to flatter you, it really is quite good. I told you to forget the structure of all the words, so it’s no wonder you wrote like this. Come on, keep going, and write the structure back.”
Shen Wantang then wrote another character.
"Hmm, not bad, let's try again, but forget about the structure."
After practicing the same character over and over again, Shen Wantang wrote it about a thousand times before suddenly having an epiphany and writing it perfectly in one go.
The dragons and phoenixes danced, unrestrained and flamboyant, exuding a unique and extraordinary aura.
"I actually succeeded?!"
Shen Wantang's eyes lit up: "Gu Qianhan, I've captured your arrogance perfectly!"
Gu Qianhan smiled gently: "My wife is indeed intelligent. She learned it in just half an hour. You are the number one genius in Dafeng, aren't you?"
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