Reborn to raise a baby, Princess Heng has become stronger

Meng Yunshang sent the secret guard to take Wen Linglong away first. She and the shopkeeper decorated the backyard rooms together.

When Guo Chengxuan woke up, he found himself lying on the bed covered in blood, with a lifeless woman lying on the edge of the bed.

The woman's neck was blue with obvious marks of being pinched.

And his hand was placed on the woman's shoulder.

All signs indicate that he was the murderer who strangled the woman to death.

Guo Chengxuan's eyes went dark and he almost fainted again.

After finally steadying himself, he struggled to sit up and reached out to straighten the woman's face.

He recognized her at first glance as the little hot pepper he met before he was knocked unconscious, but he vaguely felt that she was a little different.

While I was struggling, I heard noisy footsteps outside the door.

"Boss, it was in this room. I saw with my own eyes that Young Master Guo dragged the man into the room."

The shopkeeper was a little surprised. "How could this happen? Jingzhao Yin's people are patrolling the front street. If they find out that something is wrong here, the entire Tianxiang Tower will be implicated."

"No way. Even if there is something wrong, it is Young Master Guo who caused the trouble. It has nothing to do with us."

"That's right. If something really happens, we can just hand Young Master Guo over. Why should we let everyone get implicated?"

"We are honest business people. Besides, our boss is not a pushover. We will not be easily blackmailed."

Amidst the whispers, the shopkeeper lightly rebuked, "Okay, stop guessing, go in and take a look at the situation first."

Then the door was pushed open, and the shopkeeper appeared in the room with his men.

Before Guo Chengxuan had time to think of a countermeasure, he was surrounded by people and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

The waiter behind the shopkeeper covered his mouth and shouted, "Oh my God, Master Guo really killed someone!"

"Oh my god, which girl is so pitiful?"

"Why does she look a bit like Cui Gu who brought tofu to our building this morning?"

"Yes, it's Cui Gu. She was wearing this outfit when she came this morning."

"Poor Cui-gu, I heard she was going to get married at the end of the month, but... "

"Shopkeeper, you must make the decision for Cui Gu. She is such a good girl."

The shopkeeper, who was highly expected by everyone, looked at Guo Chengxuan with a serious expression.

"Mr. Guo, our Tianxianglou is a legitimate restaurant, and we must handle this matter properly. I will send someone to find the Jingzhao Yin's people, you wait..."

"No!" Guo Chengxuan stopped the shopkeeper, "You can't report it to the police."

The shopkeeper insisted, "This is a matter of life and death, we can't take it lightly."

"I admit what has happened. I will listen to you in any way you want to deal with it, but you cannot report it to the police."

Once you report it to the police, it is very likely that everyone will know about it.

His family was already under a lot of controversy because of his loss in the martial arts competition. If he was involved in a murder lawsuit, he would most likely be abandoned by his family.

He cannot bear the consequences of being abandoned.

Therefore, we can only hope that Tianxianglou will not make a bigger deal out of this.

As for why he stopped a strange girl after getting drunk, it was not even within his scope of thought.

After all, as the eldest son of the Guo family, he has always been the target of women rushing to him.

It was a blessing for this woman that he fell in love with her. If she had obeyed him obediently, she would not have lost her life.

Therefore, he had no sympathy for the dead girl beside his bed.

He just pointed to the shopkeeper with a cold face, "As long as you can settle the matter, I will accept any amount of money."

The shopkeeper's face was as gloomy as water. "Mr. Guo, not all problems can be settled with money."

Guo Chengxuan waved his hands impatiently, "You are wrong. In my opinion, everything in the world can be settled with money. If it can't be settled, it means that the amount of money is not enough."

"How about this, I'll give you 10,000 taels of silver, you bury her properly, and leave the rest to her family, and then we can pretend that this never happened."

"I'm sorry, I can't do that. Our boss said that we can't go against our conscience."

"Ten thousand is not enough? How about twenty thousand? Even thirty thousand will be fine, but you must keep your mouth shut."

The shopkeeper looked at him expressionlessly.

Guo Chengxuan frowned and said, "Why, thirty thousand is not enough? Do you know how much you can buy with thirty thousand taels?"

"Mr. Guo is indeed wealthy, but we don't trade in human lives."

The shopkeeper said in a cold tone, "The Jingzhao Yin's men will patrol Tianxiang Tower soon. We will tell them the truth about what we saw. Mr. Guo should prepare to go to jail."

"You dare!" Guo Chengxuan was enraged and looked at the shopkeeper fiercely.

"I don't dare, but our boss does. I'm sure Young Master Guo has also heard about the rumors about Tianxiang Tower. Are you sure you want to mess around on our boss's territory?"

Guo Chengxuan was speechless.

The fact that Tianxiang Tower has been able to stand firm for many years in the capital and become the number one den of brothels is undoubtedly due to the contribution of the boss behind the scenes.

A few years ago, some people tried their best to find out the information about the owner behind Tianxiang Tower and used many means and tricks, but none of them succeeded.

Finally, some people speculated that Tianxiang Tower was the private property of Emperor Yuanqing.

Anything bearing the royal seal is noble, not to mention that it may belong to the current emperor himself.

Since then, the rumors about Tianxiang Tower have become more and more mysterious. Because it might be the emperor's private property, some wealthy people who cannot enter the palace to meet the emperor but want to see the emperor in person come to Tianxiang Tower every day to try their luck.

This directly leads to the fact that those who can gather in Tianxiang Tower are either rich or noble.

The shopkeeper dared to speak harshly to him directly, which showed that he had the support of his boss.

No matter how courageous Guo Chengxuan was, he didn't want to confront the emperor directly.

Therefore, his attitude changed instantly, and he asked the shopkeeper with sincerity, "Shopkeeper, what exactly do you want me to do? Please tell me directly."

"30,000 taels are necessary to bury Cui Gu. In addition, Young Master Guo must write us a letter of guarantee. Since you don't want to make a big deal out of this, the content of the letter of guarantee will be determined by us, and you sign and seal it to ensure its authenticity."

"Signing and sealing is fine, but the content of this..."

"Master Guo doesn't trust us? Why don't we write it in front of the Jingzhao prefect?"

Guo Chengxuan waved his hands quickly, "No, no, no, of course I trust you. Bring me the pen and ink, and I'll sign and seal it right away."

"Okay," the shopkeeper waved his hand, and someone immediately went to the next room to bring the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared long ago.

The writing is finished.

Guo Chengxuan felt vaguely uneasy.

After thinking for a while, he put his hand on his forehead and asked, "I feel a little dizzy. Can you trouble the shopkeeper to call a doctor for me?"

The shopkeeper nodded calmly, "Of course you can, but most of the doctors around here are not very skilled."

"Xiao Liuzi is very fast, let him go back to the Guo family and ask the palace doctor to come and see him."

"By the way, please get some banknotes for Mr. Guo. We have so many guests coming and going in our building, and Cui Gu must be taken away for burial immediately."

Guo Chengxuan nodded and agreed, and took the opportunity to ask the shopkeeper to put Cui Gu in the house first and send her away after the silver bills arrived.

The shopkeeper did not expose his little thoughts and told Xiao Liuzi to go and come back quickly.