Chapter 293

"Just now I only let him see you and my status; otherwise I would have had to confiscate his residence."

Having said this, the broker's boss could not help but gaze at Huang Zicheng's receding figure in the distance.

He spat fiercely, hawking up a thick glob of phlegm, then turned and left.

He watched the golden glazed tiles gradually come into clearer view in the distance.

The man's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Th-this, big brother, your residence is really here?"

Huang Zicheng immediately burst out laughing and said

"Naturally. How could I possibly trick you like that broker did?"

Having said this, Huang Zicheng pulled out the land deed and the house deed from his person.

"Fifteen hundred guan. Let's go to the Yingtian Prefecture Office right now and transfer it over!"

"Are you serious?"

"Absolutely true!"

The man paced back and forth on the spot several times.

Then suddenly slapped his own forehead and said

"Deal! Let's go to the prefecture office right now!"

"We've agreed, mind you — fifteen hundred guan, you can't trick me just because I'm an outsider!"

Huang Zicheng immediately burst into hearty laughter and said

"Brother, can't you tell? I'm not a local of Jin Ling either. We're both outsiders — fellow travelers should help each other out!"

The man listened carefully to Huang Zicheng's accent.

Only then did he confirm the fact that Huang Zicheng, like himself, was an outsider.

Having said this, Huang Zicheng took the man by the arm and headed toward the Yingtian Prefecture Office.

It was not until Huang Zicheng and the man had the great seal stamped at the Yingtian Prefecture Office that the man, still unable to believe it, handed over the banknotes in his hand.

He kept gripping Huang Zicheng's hand, saying

"Big Brother Huang, you're truly a good man!"

"When my son passes the jinshi exam in the future — ah, no, let's not wait till then — you're my son's godfather starting right now!"

"Once the house is built, big brother, you absolutely must come for the housewarming wine!"

Having said this, the man was so moved he was even a little choked up.

He did not notice at all

that the Huang Zicheng before him was gazing at the banknotes with golden light flashing in his eyes.

He couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

He waved his hands again and again, saying

"Definitely, definitely!"

Housewarming wine?

In a few days, if you run into me again, you'll probably want to eat me alive!

In this lifetime, let's try not to meet again, Jun!

Huang Zicheng couldn't even be bothered to ask the man's name.

He immediately took the banknotes and strode off triumphantly.

Afraid that the man would learn something and then back out!

Watching Huang Zicheng's receding figure,

the man could not help but sigh with emotion,

"There really are plenty of good people in Jin Ling!"

163, Old Zhu: Get lost!

Huang Zicheng fled the Yingtian Prefecture Office in a flurry.

He ran straight into the Yingtian Prefect Gao Gao Shouli, whose face was full of worry.

"Lord Gao? What on earth has happened to you? Why do you look like this?"

Gao Gao Shouli let out a long sigh and said

"Lord Huang, don't even mention it."

"Isn't this all about that residence business…"

Hearing Gao Gao Shouli bring up the residence business,

Huang Zicheng's heart immediately tightened.

This fellow better not have caught on to this road to riches, had he?

That won't do.

If this fellow finds out,

it'll take another round of persuasion later.

Huang Zicheng immediately let out a long sigh, clapped Gao Gao Shouli on the shoulder, and said

"Lord Gao, don't worry — there's no mountain of flames one can't get past."

"I still have some matters on my end; you carry on."

Having said this, Huang Zicheng fled the Yingtian Prefecture Office as if escaping for his life.

Gazing at Huang Zicheng's receding figure in the distance,

Gao Gao Shouli could not help but let out a long sigh and said

"How can that fellow Huang Zicheng still be smiling so happily?"

"Could it be that the Grandson helped him pay off his mortgage?"

"These thirty years, how on earth are we supposed to get by? You lot are all close to the Son of Heaven, with His Majesty's rewards, but we don't have a damn thing!"

"Sigh, every hurdle is crossed in turn."

"Fine then, at the very least I still ended up with a house, didn't I."

So saying.

Gao Shouli then walked slowly toward the Viceroy Yamen.

When Huang Zicheng returned to the suburban great camp.

He took out two jars of fine wine and strode quickly toward Watching Qi Tai's tent in the distance.

"Lord Qi, you've done Huang a great favor today!"

Watching Qi Tai looked at the beaming Huang Zicheng and asked

"Oh? Lord Huang, did you run into a benefactor so quickly?"

Huang Zicheng, without waiting for an answer, poured Watching Qi Tai a full cup and laughed,

"Hahaha, just good luck. The moment I entered the city I saw a few brokers leading an out-of-towner to look at a house."

"Those brokers have black hearts too — at a time like this, they were still asking the man for eight thousand guan!"

560 "Isn't that just swindling people?"

"Huang simply did a good deed that day — cut the brokers out of the deal and sold my residence to that man."

Watching Qi Tai looked at Huang Zicheng and asked with a soft laugh

"Mm? How much?"

At this point, Huang Zicheng could no longer hide the smile on his face. He cleared his throat and laughed,

"Not much — one thousand five hundred guan."

Upon hearing this, Watching Qi Tai burst out laughing and said

"Hahaha, one thousand five hundred guan! My residence only sold for one thousand three hundred and fifty guan!"

"Three great bowls are in order!"

So saying, Watching Qi Tai immediately took the wine jar and poured Huang Zicheng a cup himself.

Huang Zicheng, for his part, did not stand on ceremony.

He said at once

"Haha, drink we must, drink we must."

So saying, Huang Zicheng picked up the wine bowl and drained it in one gulp.