Yun Yanzhu said:

"There is a rumor in Guanghan Garden that there is a dark street under that street. In it, as long as you offer enough price, you can buy any news and things you want. Only those who have been approved by the owner of the garden , to get the token leading to the dark street, and know how to go underground."

Lou Rongrong frowned slightly:

"Such rumors are too exaggerated, and they sound like fabrications."

Yun Yanzhu nodded:

"Indeed, so many people don't believe it, but some people think that the dark street may not exist, but it may not be as evil as the rumors."

Lou Rongrong asked:

"Brother beauty, do you think the rumors are true or false?"

Yun Yanzhu paused slightly, and looked up at her with a rare look of solemnity, with a bit of complexity in his eyes:

"Rongrong, do you know the price of salt in the capital?"

Lou Rongrong just thought for a moment, then blurted out:

"Gyeonggi mainly sells Jingdong grain salt. The imperial court issued an order a few years ago. The selling price of grain salt is 44 to 34 yuan per catty. There are three grades."

Yun Yanzhu shook his head and said to her:

"Wrong, now Jingzhong mainly sells powdered salt, which is only a few to ten yuan per catty."

Lou Rongrong said in surprise:

"There is still a distance between Gyeonggi and the coastal provinces, how can we sell the end salt produced along the coast?"

Yun Yanzhu looked at her meaningfully, a flash of fire flashed in Lou Rongrong's mind, and he suddenly realized:

"What the common people buy may not be the last salt, but what the salt merchants sell is under the banner of last salt!"

After she finished speaking, she couldn't believe it, and couldn't help asking:

"Illegal salt sales are strictly prohibited in Daqing. The official salt business is controlled by the imperial court, and a large part of Daqing's tax revenue comes from this. How dare they have the courage to deceive others and earn a lot of money?"

However, Yun Yanzhu obviously didn't need to deceive her specifically, not to mention such a delicate matter, if it weren't for an expert like Yun Yanzhu, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to see the tricks in it.

Seeing that Lou Rongrong's description was unbelievable, Yun Yanzhu added:

"When I found out about this, I was quite surprised. Later, after many investigations, I got news that this batch of cheaply priced powdered salt came from Guanghan Garden."

Lou Rongrong could hear it clearly, what Yunyanzhu meant was that he didn't know whether the rumors about Guanghanyuan's dark street were true or not, but he did know that Guanghanyuan must be very involved in manipulating the sale of official salt, not just It's a black market.

This is somewhat consistent with Feng Zijun's deduction. It is very possible that the secret meeting with strict conditions for participation is just the undercurrent surging in Guanghanyuan's calm.

Lou Rongrong was thinking in his mind, and reached out to hand over the copper buckle seized by the Fengzi Army to Yun Yanzhu:

"In that case, Brother Beauty, have you seen similar things in Guanghanyuan, or people related to Guanghanyuan?"

Yun Yanzhu took the copper buckle, and after a moment of silence, said:

"I have seen."

Lou Rongrong immediately lifted her spirits, stood up and said eagerly:

"Really? Where did you see it?"

Yun Yanzhu scratched the surface of the copper buckle with his fingertips, and replied:

"Someone once wanted to give me a silver buckle of a similar shape."

"!"

Lou Rongrong immediately opened his eyes wide. He didn't expect to see Yun Yanzhu in such a situation. He subconsciously wondered why someone wanted to give this thing to Yun Yanzhu, and wondered whether Yun Yanzhu would accept it. , his expression couldn't help being stunned.

Seeing her dull expression, Yun Yanzhu suddenly smiled:

"What are you thinking, silly girl, of course I never accepted it. I am an imperial merchant, so I dare not randomly accept invitations from unknown forces."

Lou Rongrong let out a long sigh of relief.

Yun Yanzhu handed the copper buckle back to her and said:

"I've checked. There should be no difference between the two except for the material. Presumably they won't be so busy that everyone's tokens are different. If you want to use the tokens to pretend to be someone else, there should be a certain degree of feasibility. .”

Lou Rongrong asked:

"But... if someone finds out your identity..."

Yun Yanzhu thought for a while and said:

"If you trust me, I can personally send your people into Guanghanyuan. If someone sees through, they should only think that I want to send someone to investigate the inside story, and they can let them pull my favor. If you can take care of him outside, if the time limit is up and the person doesn’t come out, I’ll ask for it. At most, I can only agree to a few conditions that are not painful, and it should be able to rescue the person.”

Lou Rongrong pursed her lips, not daring to say that she planned to go in, but only asked:

"Beautiful brother, it seems that you know the way to enter the dark street?"

Yun Yanzhu said:

"I have some guesses, but I'm worried about scaring the snake. I haven't sent anyone to investigate. Since you intend to send someone, I can tell you."

After speaking, he waved to Lou Rongrong, beckoning her to approach, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Lou Rongrong's pupils widened for a moment, and she said in surprise:

"Is that so?"

After Yun Yanzhu finished speaking, he relaxed his back, leaned back, opened the bamboo fan and slapped it with a smile:

"If there were so many people, I almost turned over the land to find it, but I still couldn't find the legendary dark street?"

Lou Rongrong thought about it, and couldn't help sighing:

"I don't know who the owner of Guanghan Garden is. This method is really... wonderful and dangerous."

Gui Er seemed to have something important to do, she was waiting outside the door, Lou Rongrong turned her head to look at the sky, and before she knew it, it was not too early, and it was almost lunch time.

Lou Rongrong thought about trying to sneak into Guanghan Garden tonight, so she bid farewell to Yun Yanzhu:

"Brother beauty, then I'll go back to the mansion first. I still need to discuss this matter with the brothers of the Fengzi Army. If there is a decision in the future, I will go to the mansion to bother you."

Yun Yanzhu saw that he couldn't keep her, so he didn't want to keep her anymore, but only told him to inform him before doing anything.

Lou Rongrong agreed casually, but didn't take it to heart.

After she left, Guier came in and stood by, Yun Yanzhu no longer smiled, walked to the incense burner with blue and white twigs, took an old account book and lit it, and when the fire was raging, He took out a silver button from his pocket and threw it in.

The flames flickered up and down, but in the end, the temperature was not enough to swallow the silver button, but it made the silver button shine more and more in the fire.

Gui'er watched from the side, and couldn't help saying:

"Young master, why bother..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Yun Yanzhu turned around with a cold face, waved his sleeves and ordered:

"Take it down and ask someone to melt this incense burner, and replace it with the old green-glazed suanni incense burner in my room."

Gui'er bowed her head in response, and was about to go down when Yun Yanzhu stopped her again:

"The transaction with Guanghanyuan will stop here, and there is no need to deal with them in the future. If they dare to come to the door, they will report to the government and say that Guanghanyuan is selling contraband. After a few times of tossing, they will not Let’s get entangled again.”

Gui'er said in surprise:

"But son, in this way, our business in Nanliang..."

Yun Yanzhu looked stern:

"It's just a business, it's no pity if you throw it away."

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