At night, inside Fenghua Tower.
Xie Xian was toasting with Du Lingfeng.
Over the course of a few days, the two of them were fighting fiercely.
Xie Xian was not only a "highly educated" talent, but also doing business with a group of "bandits", so naturally he developed the ability to speak differently to different people.
Du Lingfeng no longer had any guard in his heart, and the two of them only talked about love and romance, not business.
After three rounds of drinking, Du Lingfeng said excitedly with a red face: "Thank you, brother, your poetry talent really opened my eyes!"
"I only regret that I didn't meet Brother Xie earlier! But when can I write a complete poem?"
That depends on when the master can compose a complete one!
With such a good example before me, wouldn't it be a slap in my face if I showed you my own poem? !
Xie Xian's eyes rolled, he picked up the Yin-Yang pot and filled it up for Du Lingfeng, then poured himself a glass of water and drank it quickly.
He waved his hands and said, "Shame on you, shame on you! I can only write poetry under the influence of alcohol...Alas, I can't handle the alcohol!"
"If I have the chance, I will definitely write a complete poem! Brother Du, you are drunk. Let's stop here today. I will send someone to take you home."
Du Lingfeng drank the wine in the cup, pushed the beautiful maid away, and said with a smile: "Okay! It's getting late, so I'm looking forward to seeing Brother Xie's masterpiece! No need to see me off, I've brought people here..."
After saying that, he stood up and staggered out of Fenghua Tower.
After the others had gone far away, Xie Xian walked into the reception room deep inside the building.
At this time, a group of people were eating in the house. Seeing Xie Xian coming in, Zhou Tiexian asked, "Old Xie, what's going on?"
Xie Xian shrugged: "Same as before."
"I say... is it necessary to go through so much trouble?! If we just tie him up, won't we be able to do whatever we want to him?" Zhou Tie complained.
"No, what if we alert the enemy? Although Du Lingfeng is a private salt dealer, I think he is a good person. We will confront him tomorrow. Let's do it as quickly as possible."
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The next day, night.
Du Lingfeng took a sedan chair and went to Fenghua Tower as usual.
As soon as he stepped through the door, Xie Xian grabbed his wrist.
Du Lingfeng was stunned at first. He looked up and saw Xie Xian's serious face. He asked in confusion, "Brother Xie, why did you arrest me?"
"Follow me!" Xie Xian didn't answer, but pulled Du Lingfeng to the second floor.
Du Lingfeng had no doubts and was taken directly into a dark room.
There were no windows in the room, only a few oil lamps lit.
After the two of them sat down, Du Lingfeng finally reacted and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Xie, what are you trying to say to me?"
In the dim room, the light flickered on Xie Xian's face, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Du, you are in big trouble!"
"What?" Du Lingfeng's face wrinkled, and at the same time, a trace of vigilance rose in his heart: "Brother Xie, what do you mean by this?"
"Brother Du, if I'm not mistaken, you should be selling illegal salt, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Du Lingfeng instantly put his hands into his sleeves and stared at Xie Xian coldly.
The experiences I had with Xie Xian over the past few days kept surging through my mind.
After thinking it over, he found no mistakes and said calmly, "Brother Xie, smuggling salt is a capital crime! How can you say such nonsense? I'm in the fur business, you know that."
"Fur goods?" Xie Xian smiled and said, "If you are in the fur goods business, you should not be in Jianjiang now. You should go north."
"No need to hide it. You did business with the Sun family before, right? The head of the Sun family told me this himself."
"Lie! This is absolutely a lie!" Du Lingfeng tightened the dagger in his hand: "Although I don't know why the Sun family slandered me so much, but have you ever thought about it, Brother Xie, since he bought the private salt, why did he tell you?"
"Brother Du, do you know Fang Zhengyi?"
Du Lingfeng frowned and said, "Of course I know. Who doesn't know that Fang Zhengyi came to Jianjiang to help with disaster relief? Didn't Brother Xie do something for Fang Zhengyi in the beginning?"
Xie Xian sighed and said, "Yes, I did do something for him."
"The Sun family had colluded with Liu Xun, the prefect of Jianjiang, and Fang Zhengyi got hold of the evidence, but he did not report it. Instead, he secretly took possession of the Sun family."
"When I returned to Jianjiang this time, the Sun family always mistakenly thought that I came back to work for Fang Zhengyi, so they told me the truth."
"Brother Du, do you have anything else to say?"
Du Lingfeng's eyes began to wander: "Since Brother Xie has determined that I am trafficking in illegal salt, what else can I say?"
"If the Sun family had recognized me long ago, why did Brother Xie come to see me privately today?"
Hearing this, Xie Xian's expression suddenly became tangled, and he seemed to be in some pain: "Brother Du and I have known each other for a long time, and I only found out about this two days ago, but I want to take another look at what kind of person Brother Du is."
"Having known each other for such a long time, I believe that Brother Du is of excellent character. And after all, this matter has nothing to do with me, so why should I lose this friend?"
Du Lingfeng's expression eased a little, but he was still on guard. "Brother Xie, aren't you working for Fang Zhengyi? That Lord Fang is well-known in Jianjiang City. He is upright and dedicated to the people. I heard that you were with him a lot when the disaster was serious."
Xie Xian sneered, "Huh? That was just Fang Zhengyi's pretense. Otherwise, how could he have swallowed up the Sun family?"
"To tell you the truth, I helped him because he promised to give me an official position."
"For this illusory official position, Fengyue Tower has long been named Fang instead of Xie!"
"Oh? What do you mean?" Du Lingfeng showed some interest.
"I originally established Fenghualou for the purpose of making money, but later Fang Zhengyi found out about it and used it to recruit wealthy businessmen in the city to help with disaster relief."
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