Chapter 96 Glitter
Chapter 96 Glitter
"Tsk, only rich people can enter." Yuan Man was shocked when he heard it, "Then all a talented person needs to do to enter is to recite a poem?"
Yuan Dong shook his head, "No, it's to recite a poem that you wrote yourself, and you have to pay an entrance fee of twenty taels."
"However, there are usually children from wealthy families who bring their talents in and pay the entrance fee for them."
"Also, this Xunxian Tower is only open at night, and it opens its doors to welcome guests at 12:00 p.m."
Yuan Man looked at the three big characters on Xunxian Tower and asked, "Do you know who is the owner of Xunxian Tower?"
Yuan Dong shook his head, "No one knows."
"But no one dared to cause trouble in Xunxian Tower. Those who caused trouble would die inexplicably at home, and the government would not be able to find out the reason."
Yuan Man continued to ask: "This Dongzhou has not been affected by the famine at all?"
Yuan Dong shook his head. "When I took over Yuanlai Inn, the former innkeeper said that Dongzhou was not only not affected, but even more prosperous in the past two years, and it also took in many refugees."
"Xunxianlou has been distributing porridge for more than two months. We stopped only after those people settled down."
Dongzhou is located in the east and is quite far away from the north, but it doesn't make sense that it would have some influence on Kyoto but not here, as it is not in the south.
However, this Xunxian Tower is also interesting. Although it is a den of money, it also does good deeds.
Yuanman got up from the desk, walked to the window and looked outside.
From here you can only see a bamboo forest and a corner of Dongzhou Lake, the scenery is still pretty good.
Go, your thoughts are diverted.
"Is there any gender restriction in Xunxian Tower?" Yuan Man asked, collecting his thoughts.
Yuan Dong shook his head, "No restrictions, both men and women can enter the building."
"Okay, I'll go check it out tonight, you go ahead and do your work."
Yuandong bowed and left.
Yuan Man had just finished his meal when Yuan Er knocked on the door and came in carrying Chang Ning.
"Master, I admit it. He didn't ask for this Yuanlai Inn. It was Chang Jin, the eldest son of the Chang family, who asked him to do it. The secret guard was also temporarily assigned to him by Chang Jin."
"Crown Prince? What title does the Chang family have?" Yuan Man looked at Chang Ning.
Yuan Er kicked Chang Ning, and Chang Ning murmured, "Respect An Bo."
At this time, Yuan Yi also came back, glanced at Yuan Er and Chang Ning, and then bowed and said, "Master, I have found some information."
Yuan Man waved his hand and said, "Let Yuan Er speak first and see how many we can get."
So Yuan Er repeated what he had found out during the interrogation.
Yuan nodded and said, "Half of it is correct."
"The Chang family had a legitimate daughter who married Prince Rong. She is the current Princess Rong. She is the biological sister of the current Earl Jing'an, Chang Ze."
Yuan Man raised his hand and asked, "Wait, you just said Jing'an Bo's name is Chang Zeyuan?"
Yuan nodded, "Yes, the second son of the second house is called Chang Zegu."
Yuan Man saw that he stopped and motioned for him to continue.
Yuan Yi nodded, looked at Chang Ning and said, "The reason why he came to cause trouble is not only because Chang Jin wanted this Yuanlai Inn, but also because there are other Yuanlai Inns."
Yuan Man looked at him, "How did you find out this?"
Yuan Yi glanced at Chang Ning, then approached Yuan Manwei and said, "I sneaked into the Chang family and heard it outside the study of Lord Jing'an."
"Yuanlai Inn is located in various capital cities of various countries. It is a good place to collect intelligence and has a great reputation."
"The Chang family has long been eyeing this piece of fat meat, but they didn't know who the owner behind it was, so they didn't dare to take action."
"Do they know now?" Yuan Man asked calmly. She didn't think the Chang family could find out about her.
The shopkeepers of each Yuanlai Inn were rewarded by the system, so their loyalty is needless to say.
Yuan Yi shook his head. "I don't know, but the change of the innkeeper caught their attention. They investigated and found that all the inns had changed their innkeepers. They thought there was a problem inside Yuanlai Inn, so they decided to take action."
Yuan Man saw that Chang Ning was staring at her, as if he was confirming something.
He lowered his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Yuan Er, deal with him, and the secret guard as well."
"Yes." Yuan Er grinned and was about to leave with Chang Ning in his hand.
"No, no, you can't kill me. My uncle is Earl Jing'an, and my aunt is Princess Rong." Chang Ning struggled.
Yuan Man looked at him and said coldly: "Since I want to kill you, do you think I will be afraid?"
Chang Ning's face turned pale. "Don't kill me. I really don't know anything. I don't know who you are. Don't kill me."
"I, I have a lot of silver. I'll give you all my money and you'll let me go."
Yuan Man looked at him and asked, "Do you think I look like someone who is short of money?"
"If you want to blame someone, blame your good cousin. He didn't dare to show up and sent you to be the scapegoat." After saying that, he waved his hand.
Yuan Man waited for Yuan Er to take the man away before asking, "Yuan Yi, besides these, is there anything else?"
"For example, where did these secret guards come from?"
Yuan Yi shook his head, "They didn't discuss this at the time, but after I came back, I sent Yuan San to guard it."
Yuan Man nodded and glanced at Shi Chen, "Go find some decent clothes and accompany me to Xunxian Tower tonight."
Yuan Yi looked down at his clothes. They were all dark, standard attire for a secret guard.
"Master, what role do I need to play?"
Yuan Man turned around and looked at him, "Butler."
"But you can dress more elegantly."
Yuan Yi nodded and bowed, then left and went to find Yuan Dong to prepare clothes for him.
After telling Yuandong the master's request, Yuandong went out and came back an hour later with two sets of clothes, one for men and one for women.
After throwing the men's suit to Yuan Yi, he took the women's suit and went to find Yuan Man.
When Yuan Man saw the women's clothing, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
It really shows off one's wealth to the fullest. Although it is not bright yellow, it is also shining with gold. Fortunately, it is not ugly, but has a kind of noble beauty.
After half of the You hour, Yuan Man changed into the women's clothing, and with the help of the maid hired by Yuan Dong to do her hair and makeup, she looked completely different.
When they went out, Yuan Yi and Yuan Er were both stunned.
Although Yuan Man had not received any aristocratic training and her family background was not high in either her past or present life, her temperament had undergone a qualitative change because of her internal strength and her martial arts skills.
She doesn't even need to deliberately create an impression. Just by standing there, she can give people the feeling that she is of extraordinary status and is not to be messed with.
Yuan Man got on the carriage and gave Yuan Yi 110,000 taels of silver.
Yuan Yi took it, took a look at it, and then put it in his arms, "Master, I'll let Yuan Er and Yuan Si follow secretly and see if they can sneak in."
Yuan Man nodded, "It doesn't matter if I can't get in."
Her main purpose was to see if she could sign in there, and her secondary purpose was to find out the master behind the Immortal Tower.
"How long does it take to receive a reply when sending a letter via cloud pigeon?"
Yuan Yi calculated and said, "Given the distance from Kyoto to here, it will take two days to go back and forth."
That means we can only get news about Qinglong tomorrow.
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