A Clash of Gods - Chapter 517

[Chapter 518]

Gu Wenwen didn’t know where Qi Ning was going to take him, but since Qi Ning did this, he was obviously ready to help himself.

Gu Wenwen was afraid that Qi Ning would not care about this matter. At this time, since Qi Ning took action, he was overjoyed, and he didn’t talk too much. The two of them didn’t ride in the car. They led two horses and went out. Li Tang and others followed the guards. Li Tang whispered a few words, and Li Tang led the way in front, turned several streets, and reached a mansion, but the word “Yuan Mansion” was written on the door.

Li Tang stepped forward and knocked on the door, instructing Tongchuan, Yuan Rong, and the eldest son of Yuan, and said that Jin Yi was here to discuss something.

It was already dark, and the street was very quiet. Not long after, Gu Wenwen saw a young man in a brocade and jade belt come out of the house, and when he saw Qi Ning, the young man said with a smile: “Marquis, what is it? Did the wind blow you here? When did you return to Beijing, you went to Xichuan, and I was thinking about it day and night in the capital.”

Qi Ning smiled and said, “Don’t go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, don’t talk nonsense, find a quiet place, I have something to show you.”

“What?” Yuan Rong looked around and said disappointedly: “I thought you brought a beauty back from Xichuan. I said, Lord Hou, you went out and didn’t think about bringing me anything?”

Qi Ning laughed and scolded: “You Yuan Gongzi is suave and has a very high vision. Even if I bring back the beauty, I’m afraid you won’t look down on it.”

Yuan Rong laughed and led Qi Ning into the mansion. Qi Ning motioned for Gu Wenwen to follow, and Qi Ning asked curiously, “Who is this?”

“This is my uncle.” Qi Ning didn’t introduce it in detail. The three of them went to the side hall of the Shangshu Mansion. The Shangshu Mansion was very quiet. After they were seated, Yuan Rongcai said, “Tell me, what do you want to show me?”

Qi Ning took a picture scroll from Gu Wenwen, walked to the table, unfolded the picture scroll, and said to Yuan Rong, “Master Yuan, come and have a look.”

Yuan Rong approached with his hands on his back, glanced at it, his face paled in shock, then his spirit was lifted, he turned to take the oil lamp, held it in his hands and approached the flower scroll, Qi Ning said, “Yuan Rong, don’t blame me for not reminding you, this painting It’s priceless, if it gets burned, you’ll have to pay the full amount.”

Yuan Rong ignored it and watched closely with the oil lamp in his hand. At first, he looked very excited, but after a while, he smiled faintly, put down the oil lamp, and said, “Master Hou, come to my house at midnight, just give it to me. Look at such a piece of shit?” Full of disdain.

Gu Wenwen’s expression was even more embarrassing. Qi Ning thought that Yuan Rong still had some skills in calligraphy and painting. Just looking at it, he could see that it was a fake and asked, “Why, is it a fake?”

“Nonsense.” Although Qi Ning is a marquis, Yuan Rong is used to him casually, and he is not very restrained, and said: “The paintings handed down by Han Shengzi are no more than ten paintings, if anyone has his paintings, then It is stored under the box, and it is impossible to show it off, so no one knows the whereabouts of those paintings so far. Among the paintings handed down by him, the pictures of goddesses are the most valuable!” Holding a picture scroll, he asked, “That picture should be the picture of the goddess returning to the evening, right?”

Gu Wenwen smiled awkwardly and nodded, Yuan Rong said, “The Goddess’s Picture is divided into two volumes, the Goddess Chaolu Picture and the Goddess Mugui Tu. Since this Chaolu picture is a fake, the Mugui Tutu in your hand is naturally not authentic.” With both hands, he glanced at the picture on the table and said with a smile, “Although this picture is a fake, its painting skills are not bad. It’s still worth a few hundred taels of silver, Lord Hou, shouldn’t it be you who went to Xichuan? , someone honored you and took this fake to fool you?”

Gu Wenwen blushed and said embarrassedly, “These two paintings cost hundreds of thousands of taels to collect.”

“Hundreds of thousands of taels?” Yuan Rong was shocked and lost his voice: “Who paid it? It’s stupid, it cost hundreds of thousands of taels for something with a few hundred taels. This is really rich and powerful. These fakes are originally used for Come to fool those arty idiots!” Having said this, he suddenly realized something, shook his head, and stopped talking.

Gu Wenwen’s face has turned the color of pig liver,

Qi Ning sighed, “You, Young Master Yuan, said it was fake. It seems that it is a fake. Yuan Rong, I have something for you to help me with.”

“Help?” Yuan Rong sat down on the chair and asked, “What do you want me to do?”

“I know you know a lot of literati and writers.” Qi Ning smiled and said, “Tomorrow night, I will be hosting a banquet in the restaurant, and you can invite some people over for me.”

Yuan Rong didn’t know what medicine was sold in Qi Ning’s gourd, so he asked, “Please someone? Lord Hou, what are you going to do?”

“I suddenly became interested in calligraphy and painting.” Qi Ning smiled and said, “Tomorrow night, I will set up three or five tables, and you can invite twenty or thirty guests for me. You can invite them in your name, and I will pay for all the expenses. Out, I just want to talk about calligraphy and painting with these literati and calligraphers.”

Yuan Rong knew that Qi Ning could not spend money on a whim, and there must be something strange behind it. After thinking about it, he asked, “Master Hou, don’t you believe my vision?” Ning was unconvinced, and invited guests tomorrow night, I was afraid that more people would check it out.

Qi Ning smiled and said, “Stop talking nonsense, just ask you, can you invite guests?”

“Inviting guests to dinner is naturally easy.” Yuan Rong smiled and said, “Don’t say twenty or thirty people, even if there are two or three hundred people, I can invite you.” After thinking for a while, he said, “If it’s not too late, we will arrange it in Cui Deyuan, it is the favorite place for literati and writers to hang out.”

Qi Ning nodded and said, “Okay, let’s go to Cui Deyuan.”

“Since that’s the case, I’ll send someone to call someone at dawn tomorrow morning.” Yuan Rong thought to himself that Qi Ning had also helped him a lot.

Leaving from the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites and returning to the Gu Mansion, Gu Qinghan was already waiting in the hall. When he saw the two coming back, he frowned and said, “Where have you been? All of a sudden, no one is there.”

“I went out to meet a friend to make sure that the picture of the goddess is true or not.” Qi Ning said, “Sanniang, how is the old lady’s health?”

Gu Qinghan glanced at Gu Wenwen before saying, “It’s nothing for the time being. As long as I don’t see him, nothing will happen.”

“That’s good.” Qi Ning said, “Uncle, it’s already very late, we’ll go back first, you can rest early and go directly to Cui Deyuan tomorrow night, yes, you must remember to bring these two paintings. ”

Gu Wenwen is still confused and doesn’t know what Qi Ning wants to do, but Gu Qinghan is beside him. He is guilty and doesn’t dare to ask any more questions. He nodded and said, “Okay, I will bring the painting over tomorrow night.”

After leaving Gu’s house, Qi Ning still rides the carriage with Gu Qinghan, Gu Qinghan still sticks to the window, try to keep some distance from Qi Ning, do not have physical contact, she looks worried, Qi Ning loves in her heart, softly said : “Sanniang, the matter has already happened, don’t think about it too much, just leave it to me.”

“Leave it to you?” Gu Qinghan glanced at Qi Ning suspiciously and said, “Can you still make so much money? Did he tell you everything? The Qianzhuang owes 60,000 taels of silver, not to mention that. , Jiangling’s house deeds and land deeds were also mortgaged by him, and in two days, if the person does not come back to redeem the pawn, the bank will come to the door, not only take all the shops, but also no place to live.” At this time, he didn’t care about his anger, and smiled bitterly: “It was obvious that they set up a scheme to harm him, and they took the money and left, how could they come back to redeem it?”

She frowned slightly, and her beautiful face was full of sadness. Qi Ning smiled and said, “If that’s the case, let the old lady and the others come back to the Hou’s Mansion. Anyway, the Hou’s Mansion is very spacious, so I’m not afraid that it won’t fit.”

Gu Qinghan sighed softly: “It’s okay for them to stay for a while, but after a long time, people in the house won’t talk about it, and people outside will also make irresponsible remarks. And that’s not the way, Ning’er, I know they move You won’t mind coming here, but that doesn’t mean other people won’t mind. Besides, Jinyi Hou’s mansion is not an ordinary place, if the Gu family really lives in, it will be incompatible with emotion and reason!” Youyou sighed and shook his head with a wry smile.

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Seeing her pretty face with sadness, she couldn’t help reaching out to hold Gu Qinghan’s tender and white hand, and said, “Sanniang, there must be a way to the car to the front of the mountain, this time you will believe me, It will pass in peace.”

He held Gu Qinghan’s jade hand, Gu Qinghan broke away like a conditioned reflex, the reaction was quite violent, Qi Ning was a little embarrassed, Gu Qinghan also felt that his reaction was a little too fast, it was difficult to look at Qi Ning, when he saw Qi Ning leaning over there On the side, his expression looked embarrassed with a hint of loneliness, but Gu Qinghan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and forced a smile: “Ning’er, let’s not talk about those unhappy, you went to Xichuan for the errand, did everything go well?”

After all, she is a mature and beautiful young woman. Although she abides by some bottom lines, she also knows that the relationship with Qi Ning cannot be too rigid, and she does not want to hurt Qi Ning’s emotions too much, so she speaks at the right time to ease the atmosphere.

Qi Ning said indifferently, “Everything is going well.” He didn’t say more.

Gu Qinghan hesitated for a while, and sighed inwardly.

The two didn’t speak any more along the way. When they returned to the house, it was already midnight. Qi Ning wanted to see Tang Nuo, but it was quiet at this time. Tang Nuo was afraid that he had already fallen asleep, so he didn’t bother.

The next day, Qi Ning didn’t get up until noon, ate something, and asked Director Han if Tang Nuo was still in the house. Only then did he know that Tang Nuo had gone to the pharmacy early in the morning. I took a few people and went straight to Cui Deyuan.

Cui Deyuan is easy to find. If you ask anyone on the street, you can point out the location carefully. Moreover, Li Tang and others are very familiar with Cui Deyuan, so you don’t need to inquire about the road. The restaurant has two floors up and down, with a wooden structure. The front eaves of the building fly out diagonally. It is quite imposing. From the outside, it is known that it occupies a very large area.