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Liang Jin stared intently at the broker, finding his words more and more absurd as he listened.

A mere broker, claiming he could help with money laundering and hide assets?

It sounded like a fantastical tale, making him suspicious; was this guy just spouting nonsense and trying to deceive him?

As the saying goes: 'Boatmen, cart drivers, innkeepers, and brokers, even if innocent, deserve to be killed.'

These brokers have always had a reputation for deceiving and exploiting both sides, seeking personal gain between transactions, which is all too common.

"With the Black Tiger Gang as a powerful backer, they bear the greatest risks and naturally get to eat the fattest meat; we little guys only seek to safely get a sip of the soup below."

"As long as you are willing to spend the silver, we will definitely handle things properly and beautifully for you!"

Liang Jin chuckled inwardly upon hearing this, not expecting a gang like the Black Tiger Gang to get involved in this mess.

Originally, he was hesitant about buying a house through the broker, but upon hearing that it was related to the Black Tiger Gang, he immediately dismissed the idea.

After all, he had quite a bit of friction with the Black Tiger Gang.

Immediately, Liang Jin said with a lack of interest:

"I'll think about it later."

The broker was not angry and still respectfully led Liang Jin down the stairs, saying as they walked:

"Alright, esteemed customer, take your time to think it over. Whenever you've made up your mind, feel free to come find me."

"I dare not say anything else, but I guarantee that the commission will definitely be the cheapest in the entire capital!"

"Esteemed customer, please take care!"

Liang Jin left the brokerage, deciding to personally explore the mansion district at the foot of the imperial city.

When he arrived in this area, the scene before him truly brightened his eyes.

These residences, each one magnificent and luxurious, exuded extravagance and grandeur, indeed beautiful enough to amaze people.

The gates of these residences were mostly crafted from high-quality sandalwood, with fine textures. Exquisite patterns were carved on the doors, and on both sides of the gate, there were pairs of majestic stone lions, extremely imposing.

The main buildings of the residences were tall and grand, with upturned eaves and corners, creating an extraordinary aura. The glazed tiles covering the roofs shone brightly under the sunlight.

If the exterior was already so magnificent, the interior would naturally be even more so.

It was certain that the broker had not lied. Many families here were indeed busy moving, and some even had notices for selling their houses prominently displayed at their doors.

Liang Jin stepped forward and carefully looked at the prices of the houses, unable to help but gasp.

The prices were ridiculously high, almost surpassing the prices of mansions in the ancient capital of his previous life.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty of Liang Jin's previous life, the housing prices in the capital were also astonishingly high.

A Northern Song official once complained: "A residence costs at least hundreds of thousands of strings of cash, and if you want to add a bit of grandeur, it will cost no less than a million." This meant that buying a mansion in Kaifeng at that time would cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and if you wanted to decorate it more luxuriously, you would need at least a million taels of silver.

The price of such a mansion was obviously exaggerated to an unimaginable extent. But not to mention mansions, even ordinary houses were expensive.

Moreover, even some historically famous figures could not afford houses in the capital.

For example, Ouyang Xiu, when he lived in the capital with his old mother and wife and children, helplessly complained: "Alas, I came to the capital, but have no humble abode to shelter myself. I rent an old house in a quiet neighborhood, humble and mixed with commoners." This meant that he had been working in the capital for so long, but he had never managed to acquire a house of his own, and could only rent dilapidated old houses in small alleys.

He had been an official for seventeen years before he finally owned his first house in a place where housing prices were relatively cheap.

Su Dongpo was not only an official himself, but the Su family was also a prominent and wealthy clan, but even so, he could not afford a house in the capital. When his son got married, he could only borrow a friend's house to hold the wedding.

Su Dongpo's younger brother, Su Zhe, also wrote a poem lamenting: "I was born with half-white hair, but have not an inch of tile in the four seas," "I am old and have no house, and my children complain about it," meaning that he had lived for most of his life, but he still did not own a house of his own in Tokyo, and as a result, even his children often complained about it.

When Su Zhe reached old age, he finally bought an ordinary house with great difficulty, but because he had no money to prepare a dowry for his daughter, he had no choice but to sell the house.

And now in this world, the housing prices in the capital are also ridiculously expensive.

Even to some extent, the situation here is even worse than in the Northern Song Dynasty.

An official in Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty once lamented: "In the heart of the city, beneath the twin towers, every inch of land is worth its weight in gold! If you are not a noble family, you cannot live without a patch of land." This meant that housing prices in the capital were too expensive, and if you were not a noble family, you could not even dream of owning a piece of land or a room to live in.

These words can also be applied to this place.

In this world, houses and land in the capital are also basically in the hands of the powerful and wealthy.

So what should the vast majority of ordinary people do?

They can only choose to rent houses.

For example, the Zhao family that Liang Jin went to see on a blind date today was like this; they had been renting a house for thirty years.

Zhao Xingzhi's income as a private school teacher was about thirty taels of silver a year.

And the ordinary house he was currently renting would cost 9,600 taels of silver to buy.

That is to say, Zhao Xingzhi would have to teach for three hundred and twenty years without eating or drinking to be able to afford the house he was currently renting.

"The rich own fields that stretch for miles, while the poor have not a place to stand."

"It seems that it's the same in any world."

Liang Jin looked at these magnificent residences before him, filled with emotion.

However, the broker's words gave Liang Jin some inspiration.

He did have a lot of silver and gold in his hands, but if you were to carefully investigate, the origin of these funds was indeed unclear.

Especially since he was just a small imperial guard soldier, if he suddenly bought a mansion to live in, it would inevitably attract the attention of others.

"It seems that this matter still needs to be handled by someone else."

Liang Jin thought to himself, already having a few candidates in mind.

The Way of Peace could be considered to do this. The Way of Peace has already spread in the capital and has a certain influence.

But the disadvantage is that the Way of Peace is now holding the princess under house arrest, and may suddenly be attacked by the imperial court at any time, so there is still a risk.

In addition, the several undercover agents of the Dragon Transformation Gate in the capital can also be tried to handle this matter.

But these undercover agents are completely less reliable than the Way of Peace.

However, Liang Jin wasn't worried. He could patiently wait when it came to buying a house.

He could arrange for other people to come, it would just take some time.

Liang Jin slowly left the luxury residential area, inadvertently glancing at the side of the street, and noticed several shadowy figures scattered around.

“These guys are still following.”

Liang Jin had actually noticed he was being followed a long time ago.

Ever since he and Wu Huan left the military camp together this morning, these people had been suspiciously tailing him, right up until now.

Liang Jin basically guessed who had sent these trackers, but he didn't mind.

Since they wanted to follow, then let them.

A small soldier being treated to being followed by so many people, probably only happens today.

After today, there probably wouldn't be another chance to be followed.

… … … …

On the other side.

In an inconspicuous small courtyard.

The light in the bedroom was dim, creating an ambiguous atmosphere.

A young man in luxurious clothes was sitting on the榻, leaning comfortably on two beautiful women, leisurely eating grapes that the beauties peeled for him.

The seductive scene made people blush.

And in the room, there was also a person standing, this person was Xue Feng.

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He was used to this kind of seductive scene, and there was no ripple on his face, as if he was used to it.

He looked calm and reported the information from the scouts in an orderly manner:

“That Liang Jin, so far, has not shown any abnormal signs, nor has he defected to others or betrayed us.”

“Today, he simply went to take a bath with a Banner Chief, bought clothes, and went on blind dates one by one. It's just that, when they left one of the blind dates at noon, they encountered the assassination of the Southern Forbidden Army Commander's wife.”

“Our people also conducted a detailed investigation of this matter, and it is indeed unrelated to the two of them, they just happened to run into it.”

“That Banner Chief also participated in the action to protect the Commander's wife, escorting the Commander's wife back to the mansion. And that Liang Jin did not show up during the assassination, but only secretly followed the Commander's wife's party for a while after the incident.”

The young man on the couch snorted disdainfully after hearing this.

He spat out the grapes in his mouth, with a look of contempt on his face, and said:

“Looks like a timid rat.”

“When I heard that he beat his superior Fang Qianfeng to death, I thought he was very courageous.”

“But I didn't expect that when he encountered a real master assassin, he was so scared that he didn't dare to show his face? Not even as good as that eighth-rank Banner Chief.”

“Following along afterwards, I'm afraid he wanted to find a chance to ask for credit, but he didn't have the guts to speak up.”

“Cowardly and weak, forgets righteousness for small gains, only knows how to attack his comrades. Afraid to take risks when doing big things, and didn't dare to save the Commander's wife.”

“This kind of person is just a mediocre person.”

Xue Feng was slightly silent after hearing this.

Obviously, he knew Liang Jin better, which made him not quite agree with the young man's view.

However, he couldn't come up with strong evidence to refute it for a while, so he could only remain silent.

After a moment of silence, Xue Feng continued to report:

“After that, Liang Jin went to a real estate agency, found a real estate agent, and expressed his desire to buy a house. Finally, he left the real estate agency and went to the area of houses at the foot of the imperial city for a walk, obviously looking at the houses on the ground.”

“It seems that he really wants to buy a house. It's just that, as a small forbidden army soldier, I'm afraid he can't afford that much money.”

Xue Feng paused slightly here.

Then, he hesitated for a moment, and said:

“If we can buy him a house in the capital, I am confident that I can make him wholeheartedly work for us.”

As soon as these words came out, the young man's movements suddenly stopped, and then he sat up from the beauty's arms, with an unhappy look on his face, staring at Xue Feng and said:

“Listen to what you are saying?”

“That courtyard at the foot of the imperial city costs at least a million taels of silver!”

“You want me to spend a million taels of silver to buy a small soldier?”

“Are you crazy, or am I crazy?”

Xue Feng lowered his head slightly, he also realized that his statement just now was a bit inappropriate.

Liang Jin is indeed not worth this price, but the prince's safety is worth it!

After a while, Xue Feng waited for the young man's anger to subside a little before he said:

“Your Highness, Liang Jin naturally does not deserve to be bought with a million taels of silver.”

“But after all, now he is the only one who can guarantee that the prince can still live well.”

“If one day he quits and doesn't provide the prince with food and water, then…”

Speaking of this, Xue Feng didn't continue, but the meaning was already self-evident.

The young man's expression turned annoyed, and he roared angrily:

“He dares?!”

At the same time as he roared, a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Xue Feng remained silent and did not speak.

After a while, the young man gradually calmed down, and he said in a deep voice:

“I can naturally easily take out this little money, but I will never spend it on a small soldier!”

“If necessary, I would rather take so much money to buy off the high-level officials of the Forbidden Army, let them change someone to take care of my father, and I will not use it to buy off a small soldier!”

“Otherwise, if it spreads out, others will only laugh at me for being a fool!”

“And, what is Liang Jin's identity? Does he deserve to live in a house at the foot of the imperial city? Does he have that fate?”

“Xue Feng, I will spend at most ten thousand taels on him!”

“Ten thousand taels is enough to buy a house suitable for ordinary people to live in in the capital. If he wants a house, then give it to him!”

“But if he takes the house, he has to work for me seriously!”

Upon hearing this, Xue Feng thought for a moment, and felt that this price was enough to buy Liang Jin.

He then began to report other things:

“After hearing about the attack on the Madam, the First Chief immediately went to the Southern Forbidden Army camp to carry out a rectification.”

“Obviously, he wants to ensure that the Southern Forbidden Army is still under his control at a critical moment.”

“And whether it is the Prefecture Yamen, the Jishi Factory, or the Six Doors, they all say they are investigating the case of the First Madam's attack, but there are no results.”

The young man showed a satisfied look in his eyes when he heard this.

He said slowly:

“I can roughly guess who sent the assassins, but this has nothing to do with us.”

“The more fiercely they bite each other, the safer my father will be.”

“You watch, it won't be long before there will be changes in this capital.”

“When the time comes, Father will be rescued!”