Chapter 292

Huang Zicheng's eyes immediately brightened.

He looked at Qi Tai with endless gratitude and said,

"Mr. Qi, you have met a benefactor outside the door!"

"Where did you meet this benefactor?"

Qi Tai whispered,

"Right over there on Qianmen Street. Tsk tsk, he even thinks he's found a huge bargain!"

"Don't we officials of the court know better than them?"

Qi Tai had already predicted it.

Su Qiao is bound to fall.

After Su Qiao falls,

how could Zhu Yuanzhang not compensate the entire court with a decent residence?

I won't need to worry about a house myself.

I might as well sell this residence.

And quickly cash out some money.

Moreover,

it's free money!

Completely risk-free.

You can be against anyone, but never against money!

Hearing this, Huang Zicheng immediately stood up, clasped his hands, and said,

"My lord Qi, I was rude."

"I can't worry about that today; I must hurry into the city to see if there are any other benefactors like this!"

Qi Tai immediately stood up to see him off, saying,

"Good, good, good. Then I, Qi, now wish my lord Huang an early encounter with a worthy person!"

Huang Zicheng immediately laughed and said,

"My lord Qi, I have two jars of fine wine over there. When I return, we shall drink together!"

"I, Qi, await your good news."

Having said this, Huang Zicheng strode away.

Qianmen Street.

Huang Zicheng, dressed in coarse cloth, quietly appeared.

Looking at the moving heads in the distance.

Huang Zicheng suddenly noticed a man speaking with a Huaixi accent.

He was being dragged around by a 'Yazi' (Ming dynasty intermediary).

"These are some of the best locations in Jin Ling. As for the community schools around here, let alone the teachers, there are many Hanlin academicians in just one community."

"If your child studies here, why worry about not achieving an official rank?"

"Eight thousand guan is truly not expensive!"

Hearing this, the man immediately shook his head.

"No, no, eight thousand guan is too... too expensive! I only have fifteen hundred guan on hand right now; I simply cannot come up with so much!"

The Yazi seemed to have found a new continent.

Looking at the man, he smiled and said,

"Our Jin Ling Treasury Bureau has housing loans; just open an account and you'll have it!"

The man hurriedly shook his head and said,

"No! Borrowing money won't do! I am originally an outsider; the money is easy to borrow, but repaying it will be difficult!"

The Yazi let out a long sigh and said,

"This is a government transaction; how could we deceive you?"

Huang Zicheng's eyes grew even brighter.

He immediately stepped forward with a righteous air.

Looking at the Yazi in the distance, he demanded,

"Stop harming people! Earning such conscienceless money, do you feel no guilt in your heart?"

The Yazi was momentarily stunned.

He looked at Huang Zicheng in the distance with a confused expression.

"You..."

Huang Zicheng snorted coldly and said,

"Brother, come here. Don't listen to his nonsense. Houses in Jin Ling aren't made of gold; how could they possibly be worth eight thousand guan?!"

Huang Zicheng's words

constantly confirmed the man's suspicions.

He immediately looked at the Yazi and asked,

"Are you deceiving me?"

The Yazi was just about to speak.

Suddenly, he felt someone tug him from behind.

The broker's boy caught on at once and closed his mouth.

Huang Zicheng, meanwhile, hurried forward to shield the man and said,

"Brother, I've got a cheap house back at my place. Want to take a look?"

"Better than any of the houses here. Fifteen hundred strings of cash — pay me now and we'll close the deal on the spot!"

Hearing this,

the man immediately grew wary.

He looked at Huang Zicheng and asked,

"Is what you say true, big brother?"

Huang Zicheng pointed into the distance and said quietly,

"Forget it, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me. Come with me."

With that, Huang Zicheng led the man off in the direction closer to the Forbidden City.

Watching the backs of Huang Zicheng and the man,

the broker's boy behind them could not help but turn and demand of the person behind him,

"Big brother, you're just going to sit there and let that bastard cut in on our deal?"

The person behind him could not help but snort coldly and say,

"Cut in? I'd be thrilled if he cut in!"

"Do you know who he is?"

The broker's boy could not help but be taken aback.

"Who is he?"

The broker-house boss behind him let out a long breath and said slowly,

"That man is Donggong's lecturer, Huang Zicheng!"

"Earlier, when Lord Su was thrown into the Imperial Prison by the Son of Heaven, this man was hardly blameless!"

"Our deal almost got wrecked by him. He doesn't know me, but even if he turned to ash I could never forget him!"

Hearing this, the broker's boy asked, somewhat puzzled,

"Even if he is Huang Zicheng, what's going on here now?"

The broker-house boss drew a deep breath and laughed,

"What's going on? They learned it from those court officials, that's all."

"These past few days, the few broker houses have all taken in quite a bit. Those court officials, seeing Lord Su thrown into the Imperial Prison, are all in a rush to offload their own houses, dreaming of snatching a Bai Lang with empty hands."

"But this fool — how is he so out of the loop? At a time like this and he still doesn't know Lord Su has already come out."