Waiting

"Cousin, will this really work?"

"It will. Don't think what we did was underhanded. Even if we hadn't shouted about a demonic evil, someone else would have shouted if they found it. Besides, the authorities will decide what it is, and we weren't the ones who brought it into being. For all we know, we might even have saved someone from disaster!"

"I'm not saying we did anything wrong. I mean Wang Fugui wants eighty taels, and we can't pay him that much!"

"We can't pay it, but he can lower his price!"

Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned how much he could contribute to a clerk at the Office of the Inner Clerk and had also met Wang Fugui.

After that, all they could do was wait and see which side would crack first.

It really was an excellent residence, the best Zhang Xuezhou had seen. If he could buy it with his limited funds, it would be far better than living in an ordinary building that might leak when it rained.

Whatever else one might say, a property carefully maintained by the wealthy did have its advantages.

If Zhang Xuezhou had enough money, he would have bought it outright.

For now, he could only wait, lingering near the Office of the Jingzhao Intendant and along the road to Old Tree Alley, hoping Wang Fugui would see him on his way back.

If someone else swooped in and snatched it first, there was nothing Zhang Xuezhou could do.

That was roughly how things stood. After Zhang Xuezhou briefly explained, Rong Tianding understood everything.

"If we move in, will there really be nothing wrong with the house?" Rong Tianding asked in a low voice. "I keep feeling like my Technique Method hit something unclean!"

"That Fire Technique of yours is good!"

Zhang