Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 317: Learn to set fire from me? (Additional chapter for JJM leader)
Yang Yuan looked up at the sign of "Daixiang Yanzhiyu" and walked in.

This is a shop specializing in selling rouge and powder in the downtown area of ​​Shanyin. It can be seen that it is an old shop.

As soon as he saw the location of the store, Yang Yuan knew that it was impossible for a large number of people to ambush here with the intention of harming him.

Yang Yuan was also a skilled and courageous man, so he walked in calmly.

Shenshi is exactly three o'clock in the afternoon.

This kind of high-end rouge and powder shop usually doesn't have many customers, and this kind of shop is not based on high volume sales.

As soon as Yang Yuan entered, he saw Xiang Xuan. Although she was wearing a light-covered hat, Yang Yuan still recognized her at the first sight.

Miss Xiangxuan was choosing rouge, but she was not concentrating and her eyes kept looking around.

Suddenly seeing Yang Yuan coming in, she immediately pushed the rouge and powder on the counter to the shopkeeper's side and walked towards Yang Yuan.

"Prince."

"Miss Xiangxuan."

"Did you bring the money?"

Yang Yuan smiled: "Miss, you are really straightforward. You should let me know whether your information is worth the price, right? Do you think I will give you the money just because you say it with your red lips? Three thousand strings of cash is not a small amount."

"Three thousand strings of cash is not a small sum for ordinary people. But for a rich young man who can easily donate five hundred strings of cash to win the favor of a beautiful nun, it is not a lot."

Yang Yuan smiled again, patted his waist, and said, "I brought the money. If your news satisfies me, I will give it to you."

Xiang Xuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I believe in you, Master Wang."

"Then go ahead, girl."

Xiang Xuan said, "Shen Xi is from a wealthy family, the eldest grandson of the legitimate son, and has been the center of attention since he was young. No one has ever disobeyed him. But you, Prince Wang, have embarrassed him in public three times in a row, and he hates you to the core."

"Shen Xi asked his clan brother Shen Ziran to take action against you. He promised Shen Ziran a great benefit, and Shen Ziran promised him that he would kill you within seven days!"

Yang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Shen of course? The commander of the Shanyin Duzuoyuan?"

Xiang Xuan said: "That's right. Prince Wang, don't underestimate him. Shen has been the warden of Shanyin for many years. He is ruthless and has a group of desperate criminals under his command.

You are just a businessman from outside the area. It is very easy for him to do something bad to you if he wants to."

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Although I am just a businessman, I am not a beggar who wanders the streets and no one pays attention to me. He dare not deal with me openly. If he does something dirty, what is he going to do?"

Xiang Xuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "They didn't say this to my face. However, Shen of course said half a word to Shen Xi at that time.

He said that the craftsmen who were transferred to work on your homestead were all under his charge. He didn’t say anything more after that.”

"I see." Yang Yuan thought about what Miss Xiangxuan said and began to believe that she was here to inform on someone.

If Xiang Xuan was sent by Shen Xi to lure him into the game, then even if they didn't set an ambush for him on the spot, they should have used sweet words to lure him to a remote place. However, what Xiang Xuan said only made him more alert.

Yang Yuan thought for a moment and then asked, "You are Shen Xi's concubine, why did you betray him?"

"Because he doesn't treat me as a human being!"

Xiang Xuan raised her hand and took off the light dew on her head. Her forehead was bandaged and there was a slight trace of blood on the bandage.

Xiang Xuan didn't want to see anyone in this ugly state, so she quickly put on Qianlu again: "When he doted on me, he didn't even treat me as a human being. When he loses interest in me, what should I do?"

Yang Yuan asked, "So, you plan to exchange his secret for three thousand strings of cash and then run away?"

Yang Yuan looked at Xiang Xuan with interest: "Shen Xi once planned to exchange you for my concubine. Since you want to leave him, have you ever thought about following me, Wang Er, in the future?"

Xiang Xuan said unhappily, "You, the Second Young Master Wang, can't even protect yourself, do you want me to die with you?"

Yang Yuan said: "Now that I know his secret, I will naturally be careful and alert, so I won't die."

Xiang Xuan said: "So what? As long as I leave him, I will be a runaway concubine. And you have a grudge against him. If I go with you, won't it be easy for him to find me? Besides..."

Xiang Xuan sighed and said sadly: "I have come to terms with it. It is better to control my own life. If I follow you, won't I still have to worry about the day when I grow old and ugly?"

"Makes sense!"

Yang Yuan nodded with a smile. He already believed what Xiang Xuan said.

"Miss Xiangxuan, please go back now. Don't show any emotion in front of Shen Xi. If he has any further news, I hope you can tell me in time. In seven days, I will give you three thousand strings of cash when I come back here."

Xiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and asked anxiously, "Why seven days later? You...you don't keep your word?"

Yang Yuan said: "I, Wang Er, am a very reasonable person. How could I go back on my words? But, you have heard his secret. If you leave now, do you think he will change his plan? At that time, will the secret you told me still be valuable?"

Xiang Xuan's voice choked, and she said, "But...but what if you fail to defend yourself against him and get killed by him?"

Yang Yuan sighed, "If I die, it means your information still has no effect. Are you willing to take money from a dead person? Can you take it with a clear conscience?"

Xiang Xuan blushed and said hesitantly, "Then... I'll wait for you here in seven days. You... must survive!"

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, a scourge lives for a thousand years. I, Wang Er, am a scourge!"

……

Yang Yuan left "Daixiang Yanzhiyu" and went to his homestead.

The people and money were in place, and the materials were ordered from Chu Xingshou and were delivered quickly. The construction of his house was already in full swing.

The workers' rooms, material storage areas and construction sites are all bustling with activity.

Yang Yuan pretended to inspect the place and secretly informed Wen Tian to temporarily stop the execution of the plan. Judging from the secrets that Xiang Xuan told him, Shen Xi might have used his cousin Shen's control over the craftsmen to set a trap for him.

And he was just looking for an opportunity to get rid of the eight craftsmen on his list, so he might as well take advantage of the situation and get rid of them while tricking Shen Xi.

And only in this way can Shen Xi be dealt with. Otherwise, with such a local tyrant staring at him all day long, he will be hard to guard against and something bad will happen sooner or later.

Therefore, Yang Yuan did not take any action. On the one hand, he asked Uncle Gou to secretly monitor Shen Xi's actions, and on the other hand, he instructed the Shanyin spies to pay attention to all new craftsmen and laborers from now on, especially those who had frequent contact with the craftsmen in the Duzuoyuan.

He wanted to dig a hole and wait for Shen Xi to jump in.

To this end, Yang Yuan used himself as bait and walked around the construction site every day in a grand manner before returning to the inn.

Dan Niang and Emmanuelle-Belle are of similar age. The next day, Emmanuelle-Belle went to the street together and bought clothes, gouache and other things. After coming back, the two quickly became familiar with each other.

Before this, Yang Yuan had no time to accompany Bei'er, and Bei'er looked different from other women in the Central Plains, so she never went out alone.

Now that he had Dan Niang, Yang Yuan would go to the construction site every day, and the two young girls would often make plans to go out together.

Dan Niang had seen a lot when she was a wanderer. Emmanuelle Belle didn't know much about the Song Dynasty, but now with Dan Niang's company, they could really walk among the people, walk in the alleys, sit on the black-covered boat, and feel the local customs.

Qingtang only went shopping with them for a while and then had to stay in the inn.

The child sprained his ankle.

The taste of people in later generations is salty in the north and sweet in the south, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was sweet in the north and salty in the south, which was exactly the opposite.

It is recorded in "Mengxi Bitan": "Northerners like sweet food, so they add molasses to fish and crabs, which is convenient for northern customs."

The main reason for this eating style was the difference in sugar production between the north and the south at that time, which gradually changed during the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although sugarcane and honey were available as raw materials for sugar in the South at that time, sugarcane had not yet been promoted on a large scale, and honey was a high-end luxury product.

This was not the case in the north, where sugar was mainly made from malt, and the yield of wheat was higher in the north.

Who doesn’t like sweets, especially girls.

Qingtang pestered Danniang to buy her maltose, and the syrup flowed onto her wrists.

Qingtang raised his wrist high, licked the maltose, and walked down the stone bridge...

As a result, this unfortunate child became a left-behind child.

Every time Yang Yuan came back from the construction site, he would see her carrying a small stool and sitting on the porch to bask in the sun.

But Qingtang, who was optimistic by nature, soon realized that a blessing in disguise might be a blessing in disguise. This seemed to be a good opportunity for her.

So, every time Yang Yuan came back, she would carry a small stool and limp behind him.

"Master, I am eager to learn and I am not afraid of hard work. Can you teach me?"

"Brother-in-law, my feet are very beautiful, even though my ankles are a little swollen."

"Master, can I give you a leg massage?"

Every time she failed to gain the upper hand, she would be slapped by Yang Yuan, and then she would be satisfied.

On this day, Yang Yuan came to the construction site as usual, and Wen Tian told him: "Master, there is movement."

The two were now standing on a large newly dug pit.

According to the plan, this is the pond that will directly connect the palace to the Mirror Lake waterway in the future.

The soil dug out from inside can also be used for other purposes, such as making bricks and pottery.

Yang Yuan listened to the workers who were compacting the ground in the distance shouting slogans and waited for Wen Tian to explain.

Wen Tian said: "In the past few days, some people have contacted a craftsman in the carving and appraisal workshop. This craftsman is on our list. His name is Dai Shan, and he is now the foreman of the carving and appraisal workshop."

"Dai Shan took advantage of his position as foreman and picked some people to follow him into the carving workshop. The people he picked didn't look like good people. One of Wang Nanyang's men recognized one of them as a well-known desperate scoundrel in Shanyin."

"Chu Xingzu will deliver a batch of paint and oil this evening. These things need to be fireproof. Dai Shan took the initiative to suggest that they be stored in their carving workshop because there is no open flame there, so it is safer.

Following the master's order not to alert the enemy, I did not object and followed his instructions. However, next to the carving workshop, there was a pile of bamboo and wood that was to be used as scaffolding.

Yang Yuan's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said, "The carving and mirroring workshop mainly produces decorations for various places, and this is also the area where we need to consult the owner the most."

Wen Tian said: "Yes, the headmaster has been inspecting the construction site these days, and the carving and appraisal workshop is a place he must visit, and he stays there the longest."

Yang Yuan said: "So, they want to..."

"Burn the headmaster to death. Even if the headmaster is not burned to death, if many people die, the headmaster will also be sued."

"Once I lose the lawsuit, I will fall into Shen's hands. I will probably die of illness in prison."

"Master, that's a good idea."

"What a bastard!"

Yang Yuan cursed with a smile and raised his hand.

He had gotten used to spanking in the past two days, and subconsciously wanted to slap him.

When I raised my hand, I realized that the person in front of me was not Xiao Qingtang. Ugh~ so disgusting.

Yang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Let's go. We haven't taken a walk in the Diaojian Workshop yet. Let's go check in!"

(End of this chapter)