Sedan? You still need a sedan chair after entering the house?
Xie Xian looked at Du Lingfeng in confusion.
Du Lingfeng stepped into the gate with familiarity, and then got into the sedan chair inside the courtyard.
Xie Xian had no choice but to follow closely and enter the sedan chair together.
Inside the car, Xie Xian leaned on the window and tried to observe.
What you see is a beautiful scenery.
The bamboo forest sways gently, and not far away is a fish pond, rockery, and various pavilions and waterside terraces...
"Brother Du, why do we still need to take a sedan chair now that we are inside the mansion?"
It seems that you also have moments of ignorance, Du Lingfeng smiled proudly.
"Xie brother, how is the view? This is just the outer house of the Lu family!"
"The Lu family's mansion is definitely beyond your imagination!"
"The inner house covers more than 20 mu! The outer house is a full 200 mu! Although we have entered the gate of the Lu family, we have not actually entered the Lu family yet. Do you think we can avoid taking a sedan chair?"
Xie Xian looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window and murmured, "Oh my God, the imperial palace only occupies a thousand acres, but the Lu family is so extravagant! Don't they try to hide it?"
"This doesn't cover up the big door outside."
“.......”
"You wouldn't believe it even if I told you. When Da Gan was still in power and the country was in chaos, it was said that the Lu family's inner and outer houses expanded to more than a thousand acres. Of course, this is just a legend. I have never seen it."
"It's hard to believe, are the Lu family really not afraid of being investigated?" Xie Xian became more and more frightened the more he looked at it.
The master is very brave and there is almost nothing he dare not do.
But even so, he usually keeps a low profile to prevent any mistakes.
Their own houses were all located in the backyard of the county government office.
The area and decoration were just like an ordinary house, nothing special about it.
It's amazing that the Lu family can be so powerful!
Du Lingfeng chuckled, "The emperor is far away, and this place is three thousand miles away from the capital. Who can find it? But it is so big for a reason. The Lu family and its subordinates have to gather here to entertain guests and do business. First, it is decent, and second, it is practical, so it is necessary to be so big."
Xie Xian sighed: "Isn't that like a small imperial court?"
"Hmm! Yes, that's right, it's very apt, Little Imperial Court! But he is only responsible for selling salt and managing the Salt Gang."
Xie Xian observed the layout of the outer house and stopped asking questions.
I don’t know how many sights I saw or how much time passed.
The sedan chair swayed slowly until it arrived near the inner house. Although it was an inner house, it actually had no gate.
The reason why they can be distinguished is that there are more buildings visible to the naked eye.
The two men got off the sedan chair here.
Du Lingfeng walked in front of him and introduced, "Xie brother, this is the inner house."
"Don't say anything for a while. I'll introduce you. You can speak when Master Lu asks you."
"good!"
Following Du Lingfeng through one building after another, we finally arrived at a main hall.
Someone who looked like the housekeeper came out to meet him. Du Lingfeng bowed and whispered, "Housekeeper Lu, Du Lingfeng wants to see you, Master."
Steward Lu had narrow eyes and a mustache. He stroked his long beard and looked at Xie Xian and said, "Is this the Xie Xian you mentioned?"
Xie Xian bowed quickly.
"Exactly."
"Well, wait here! The young master has an important guest to meet, and I will inform you after the conversation is over."
After saying that, Butler Lu turned around and left!
Xie Xian looked at his back, approached Du Lingfeng and said, "Brother Du, this guy speaks in a rather arrogant way."
"This person is the chief steward of the Lu Mansion. He holds an important position. Be careful."
"If he says something bad about someone in front of the young master, you can imagine the consequences!"
As they were talking, a maid came over to serve tea.
The two sat across the table from each other and chatted in low voices.
"Brother Du, what kind of person is Mr. Lu? When I meet him later, what should I pay attention to?"
"Well... it's hard to say. He is... a little moody, but he hates it most when people talk back to him. If the person is unimportant, he will just beat him to death."
"Some people of certain identities have been treated very badly...so you have to be extremely careful."
"No matter what he says, just go along with him. With your eloquence, there will be no problem!"
Xie Xian nodded, then took a sip of tea and began to prepare his speech in his mind.
How should I lick it later?...
After changing three cups of tea, I finally received the message from the servant.
Du Lingfeng swallowed, looking a little nervous. He signaled Xie Xian with his eyes and then quickly walked towards the backyard.
In a courtyard in the backyard.
Lu Renjie lay on a recliner with his eyes closed, with four or five pretty maids standing beside him.
He slowly opened his eyes only after Du Lingfeng and Xie Xian stood in front of him.
Xie Xian looked at Lu Renjie carefully.
He looked to be about thirty years old, his face looked a little pale, but overall he looked a little sinister.
He doesn't look like an easy person to get along with, no wonder Du Lingfeng doesn't like him very much.
"Mr. Lu." Du Lingfeng bowed and Xie Xian followed suit.
"Ling Feng, what's wrong? Can't do business in Jianjiang anymore?" Lu Renjie did not stand up, and there was a sense of laziness in his words.
"Yes... the buyer over there is a bit talkative. If we continue with this, I'm afraid it will be risky."
"But I met Brother Xie in Jianjiang. He is very capable and is willing to cooperate with me. I hope you will understand."
Du Lingfeng was still talking with his head down, not daring to breathe.
Lu Renjie smiled and slowly stood up.
"Oh? You must be Xie Xian, what did you do before?"
"Brother Xie opened a brothel in Jianjiang, but..."
"I didn't ask you!" Lu Renjie said coldly, and Du Lingfeng suddenly became silent.
Xie Xian bowed slightly and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "My lord, I was doing a brothel business, but I didn't check and someone took it for themselves. Later, I was fortunate to meet Brother Du."
"Since Ling Feng brought you here, it means he trusts you very much. However...selling contraband salt is a life-threatening business, do you dare to do it?" Lu Renjie's eyes slowly wandered over Xie Xian.
Xie Xian gritted his teeth, raised his head and looked at Lu Renjie with a slightly fanatical look: "Dare!"
"As long as there is money to be made, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
"There's no difference between running a brothel and selling illegal salt. The illegal salt can be sold privately, but if you make too much money in public, you might get targeted!"
"To be honest, I was a little worried at first, but today when I saw Master Lu, all my worries disappeared!"
"Merchants are considered lowly by others, but after meeting the Lu family, I understand that it is not the merchants who are lowly, but the merchants without money who are lowly!"
"For someone as wealthy and powerful as Mr. Lu, even if an official from the imperial court comes, he will have to bow down to you!"
Lu Renjie looked around in surprise, then laughed, "Ha...ha! Talent, what a talent!"
Then he pointed at Xie Xian, looked at Du Lingfeng and said, "I like this guy!"
"Well said! Merchants are lowly, but they are definitely not salt merchants!"
"Officials, dare you say a word in front of the salt merchants? Money makes the devil work, and they are devils..."
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