Cui Chang pondered for a moment and said, "Chang'an Jingbaijiu and Luoyang Jingbaijiu are both the industries of His Highness!"

Li Xiu nodded, "That's right!"

"There are some small disputes in these two industries now!" Cui Chang said carefully.

"dispute?"

Li Xiu and Zhong Kui looked at each other, and Li Xiu said, "Mr. Cui, just say it straight! Don't hesitate, what's going on?"

Cui Chang nodded, "Since that's the case, I'll just say it. The day before yesterday, Wannian County Government received a complaint, which was a man named Wang Kun. He was the nephew of Wang Jingbai, the owner of the Jingbai Liquor House in Jingbai. He forced the surrender to buy the Jingbai Liquor House in Luoyang and Chang'an at an extremely low price, and also killed Wang Jingbai and their son. He asked the government to investigate the matter and return the Jingbai Liquor House to him."

Li Xiu sneered, this is what Li Mao said last night!

"This person should have a background background!"

"He was not aware of his background and humble job, but Niu Xiangguo approved his case on his case and demanded a strict investigation of the case."

"Niu Xianke?"

Li Xiu snorted, is this Niu Xianke colluding with Li Mao?

Seeing Cui Chang's embarrassed look, Li Xiu said, "I bought the two Beijing-white restaurants at a low price, but it was the price at that time. Wang Jingbai was eager to take over, but no one dared to take over. I hope Wannian County will make the matter clear before filing a case, otherwise it will seriously damage my reputation."

"Your Highness, this matter is not whether the county government office has filed a case or not. Even if the county government office has not filed a case, the news will spread quickly. It will cause damage to your highness's reputation, and it will be difficult for us to handle it!"

At this time, Zhong Kui came over quickly and placed a thick kraft paper bag in front of Cui Chang, "Mr. Cui County is going to take a look at this first!"

"This is..." Cui Chang looked at Zhong Kui and asked.

"He is my chief official Zhong Kui, and he handled the transfer of the Beijing-Bai Liquor House."

"I see!"

Cui Chang opened the paper bag and found a complete set of transaction transfer procedures for the restaurant, including the transfer contract between the two parties, the statement of the intermediary, the house deed and land deeds of the Luoyang County Government, etc.

"Your Highness just said that Wang Jingbai was eager to take over the restaurant, but no one dared to take over. What's going on?"

"I'll talk about this!"

Zhong Kui said to Cui Chang: "I handle this matter entirely. I know the situation best. Last year, Luo Ying, a powerful man in Luoyang, fell in love with Jingbai Liquor House. He came to Wang Jingbai and asked him to transfer Jingbai Liquor House. Wang Jingbai refused. At that time, Wang Jingbai's backstage was Cui Han, the ruling of Luoyang."

Cui Chang said 'Oh!', Cui Han is his brother and is currently the governor of Jinzhou.

"Then what?"

"In February this year, Cui Han was transferred and Wang Jingbai lost the backstage. Not long after, Wang Jingbai's only son died inexplicably. Wang Jingbai told me personally that his son was killed by Luo Ying. Out of fear, Wang Jingbai was preparing to sell two restaurants in Luoyang and Chang'an for 80,000 yuan. Luo Ying also participated in the competition and bid 8,000 yuan. As a result, no one dared to buy Wang Jingbai's restaurant.

Later, the price continued to fall, even to 40,000 yuan, and no one dared to take over. My Highness bought the Beijing Liquor House under this situation, and I came forward to bargain, and finally sold it for 36,000 taels of silver."

Cui Chang took a breath of air conditioning, "What is the background of this Luo family? It's so powerful?"

"His backstage is King Xue!"

Cui Chang then realized the reason why Wang Jingbai sold Jingbai’s cheap restaurant, which turned out to be related to King Xue.

He pondered for a while and asked, "It is said that Wang Jingbai and his wife were killed in Xingyang. Is this true or false?"

Zhong Kui sneered: "Wang Jingbai and his wife were just pretending to die. They feared King Xue's power and lived in seclusion in Jiangnan."

"I understand. Is there anyone else who has witnessed what Mr. Zhong said just now?"

Zhong Kui pointed to the middle man on the transaction contract and said, "This middle man is Huang Wenyao. He is very famous in Luoyang. He is currently in Chang'an. The county magistrate can ask him, and he also knows the truth."

At this time, Li Xiu, who was sitting aside, said lightly: "I have a few words to say."

"Please say this!"

"First, my store transactions are completely legal and reasonable. I think the responsibility of the county government only needs to review whether the contract and the transfer of the house deed are real? As for how I bought it, it has nothing to do with the government; second, if someone reports a forced purchase, then evidence must be produced. I can't say that I think it is, so I will draw a conclusion; third, the government must first determine the identity of the complainant, whether he is Wang Jingbai's nephew, and whether he has Wang Jingbai's power of attorney. To put it bluntly, if a beggar on the street, he will come to sue me after hearing something, will the government file a case?"

Cui Chang was a little restless. Li Xiu was completely correct. He also felt that Wang Kun could not produce any evidence. He just felt that the price was unreasonable, so he came to sue the case. He didn't want to accept the case. It was just because Niu Xianke had a reply that he couldn't accept the complaint.

"That Wang Kun is indeed Wang Jingbai's nephew. He has a store contract signed by Wang Jingbai and His Highness, and also a family tree. But as His Highness said, the function of the government is to review the authenticity of the transaction, and it has nothing to do with the transaction price. Can you ask General Manager Zhong to take these contract materials to the county government? If we verify it correctly, we will not file a case."

"Yes! General Manager Zhong has full authority to respond to this case on my behalf. I hope the county government will judge this case based on facts and not be affected by any power."

County Magistrate Cui left, Li Xiu was really annoyed. He also knew that he was very passive in this case. The key was that he really bought two restaurants at a very low price, which was inconsistent with reason. In addition, the person involved died and the missing person disappeared. Even if the government convicted him of the lack of evidence, his reputation would be affected.

Zhong Kui said on the side: "Your Highness, could it be Wang Jingbai who regretted it? Luo Ying is dead and King Xue is dead. He felt that he had lost money at that time, so he asked his nephew to sue him."

Li Xiu walked a few steps behind his hands, "It shouldn't be. If it were Wang Jingbai's entrustment, Wang Kun wouldn't say he was dead. Without the parties, he could not say that I was forcibly buying and selling. In the end, I could only make a judgment according to the contract."

"Bizhi thinks that Niu Xianke is making trouble in it, which is the key to the whole case!"

"You are right. This Niu Xianke obviously colluded with Li Mao and wanted to exasperate his anger for Li Mao."

"Your Highness, do you want to collect evidence of Niu Xianke's collusion with the Yuan family?"

Li Xiu shook his head, "Someone will deal with this Niu Xianke. You go to the county government! Find out the specific situation and let the housekeeper do the matter of buying a maid, you don't have to worry about it."

"I'll go to the county government office now!"

Zhong Kui packed up the contract information and hurried to the county government.

Li Xiu walked a few steps behind his hands and asked Pei Min and said, "You shoot an arrow letter to the regent Prince Li Feng, and the letter said that Niu Xianke secretly colluded with Li Mao and betrayed the regent."

"Abide by the order!"

Pei Minshi left, Li Xiu stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looked out the window and said coldly: "Since I want to play, I will play you to death!"

.........

Cui Chang hurried back to the county government office and immediately called the chief clerk Yang Hong, "The case of Jingbai Liquor House is temporarily stopped."

"But what if Niu Xiangguo asks about it?"

"Just say that Wang Kun has insufficient evidence, he needs to add evidence."

"Mr. County, what evidence do he need to add?"

Cui Chang sneered and said, "He said in his complaint that the 38th prince killed Wang Jingbai, so let him show evidence. If he can't take it out, I will convict him of false accusation."

The chief clerk Yang Hong had no choice but to go down.

At this time, his aide Li Kuang hurried up and said, "My county lord, Beizhi checked the transaction records of the Beijing-Bai Liquor House. The Beijing-Bai Liquor House in Chang'an and Luoyang were both called Gu's Restaurant twenty years ago, and the owner was Gu Li. Wang Jingbai was his son-in-law and the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

Gu Li had no son. After his death, the restaurant was inherited by his daughter and son-in-law. Wang Jingbai changed the Gu restaurant to Jingbai Restaurant."

"In other words, Wang Jingbai didn't pay a penny during the process of getting the Gu restaurant, right?"

“That’s exactly that!”

Cui Chang nodded and asked again: "Do you know that someone who specializes in transferring the property and is called Huang Wenyao, who is very famous!"

"Bizhi knew this person. He only came to the county government two days ago to transfer a store in the East City. He is indeed very famous in this industry."

"This person is a joint venture for the Beijing-Bai Liquor House. I want to get his confession. I want to know why the 38th Prince's buying price is so cheap?"

This is Cui Chang's extraordinary thing. He knew that both sides could not afford to offend, and only by obtaining conclusive evidence can one remain undefeated. Such things cannot be done by his subordinates, but by his confidant staff, they can be more secure.
Chapter completed!