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"The steward said that you took my three hundred ice stones." Cui Ti said.

"When?"

"He lied to me?"

"You should ask him."

"..." Cui Ti ordered the waitress, "Bring the steward to the interrogation room at night, let Xiaoshang interrogate him, and within three days, let me spit out the ice stone he took privately."

Cui Ti turned her head: "I'll also give you your innocence."

Jin Chuqing patted Cui Ti's shoulder, Cui Ti's expression changed, and he took a step back.

"..."

"What's wrong?" Jin Chuqing asked.

Cui Ti: "..."

"...I heard that you are afraid of water now. Didn't you like it when you were a child? You even asked me to dive with you."

"What about you? I remember that you were too suspicious for a while, you slept very lightly, and you were irritable and often hurt people during the day. Are you much better now?"

"..."

"I asked someone to divination for you later, and that person said that you might be doomed in the near future." Cui Ti.

"I also asked someone to do divination, and he said the same thing about you." Jin Chuqing, "I don't know who is more accurate."

A flash of lightning struck in the sky at the right time, and Cui Ti returned home.

-

When I woke up the next day, it was already noon.

A maid came to wait for Jin Chuqing to wash.

"Where's Long Mian?" Jin Chuqing asked casually, and the maid said, "Someone is causing trouble in the Juehuan Building, and my lord will deal with it in the past."

"Is there usually a lot of trouble?"

"Almost none."

After taking a bath, Jin Chuqing put on the black clothes and red-striped clothes prepared by Long Mian, looking less frivolous and more stable than usual.

When he came to the Juanhuan Tower, Long Mian had already dealt with the relevant matters. Seeing Jin Chuqing, Long Mian stepped forward, "My lord."

"what happened?"

"It's just a simple conflict that has been resolved."

"..."

"The troublemaker is a ruffian with no background... Maybe he offended someone from some family." Long Mian said, "My subordinates will pay attention."

Jin Chuqing nodded: "I wanted to take a look at it, but since that's the case, I'll go back to the inn first."

Long Mian wanted to see him off, but Jin Chuqing asked him to stay.

Before Jin Chuqing returned to the inn, she was stopped by the wife and daughter of Cui's family manager and the two young men who were holding the ice stone that day.

"Young master Cui said that he will let my husband go only if he admits it himself. Others prove that it is useless. I heard that my husband said that the son and Mr. Cui have conflicts. To be honest, don’t hurt the innocent.”

"What does your business have to do with me?"

"Obviously you took it, and they can prove it, why you just don't want to admit it yourself, and Cui Ti knows why?" The daughter in charge cried.

"..."

Telling a few people to wait, Jin Chuqing called the steward's wife aside.

The steward's wife begged Jin Chuqing bitterly, and Jin Chuqing listened silently:

"I didn't expect this either. If the steward dies because of this, I will give you 1 taels of silver as compensation."

The steward's wife was stunned: "What are you talking about - you actually think that I will give up my husband for money? You think I will listen to your sweet words, how can you trust the promises of a person like you?"

Jin Chuqing took out a silver note of 5000 taels: "The price of the ice stone is only 5000 taels."

"... who do you take me for?"

Jin Chuqing forced it to her: "I won't even lie to you about this money."

Seeing Jin Chuqing leaving, the steward's daughter asked, "Did he agree?"

"...No, he won't help us." The manager's wife covered her face and wept.

The two youths were filled with righteous indignation: "These wealthy children really don't treat us ordinary people as human beings."

-

He didn't treat her that much.

She was the one who took care of the house on weekdays, and while he didn't want her to show his face, he thought she was useless at the same time.She is the one who endures every quarrel, and she is always the one who admits his mistake first. She can only turn a blind eye when he is having a good time outside.

Why is she living such a useless life?

She lived poorly since she was a child, and he was also a child of a poor family. He got close to the big tree Cui Ti, and she was still there... But it is different now. Jin Chuqing gave her 5000 taels of silver, and he lived and died. Unpredictable.

Spending 50 taels a year, eating, drinking and having fun every day, 5000 taels is enough for the rest of her and her daughter's life, and she spends it with her head held high, she no longer has to follow him in everything.

He is actually not a good person, he has done a lot of immoral things in order to please Cui Ti, and even moved the Wang family away from Hwaseong before——

But how would she tell her daughter?Did she tell her daughter that she decided to abandon his father for 5000 taels of silver?

In fact, she is not abandoned, right?

No matter how you look at it, that young master is not someone who will bow his head, and Cui Ti's attitude is also very clear. He knows everything, but he is deliberately making things difficult-so it is his fate, not her fault.

It would be great if there were 5000 taels more, but how could she guarantee that Jin Chuqing and Cui Ti would let her go after the steward died?She was also not sure that Jin Chuqing would really give her another 5000 taels.

What if Jin Chuqing not only refuses to give her 5000 taels, but takes back the 5000 taels?

If the steward is not dead, how should she explain the 5000 taels to the steward?Will he monopolize the money?

If the steward got the 5000 taels, would he care about her life?

No, absolutely not.

Wait... Jin Chuqing gave her 5000 taels of silver, and the value of the ice stone is about the same. If Jin Chuqing said that the steward did accept the ice stone and sold it for 5000 taels of silver, wouldn't he be able to argue? ?

Once the matter is exposed, what will happen when the time comes when people and money will be empty?

The steward's wife broke out in a cold sweat. Now that the money is in her hands, she has already plunged into this muddy water. If something happens, neither Jin Chuqing nor the steward Cui Ti will let her go...

The steward's wife screamed, and the steward's daughter came in from outside and asked her what happened.

The steward's wife pointed to the 5000 taels of silver notes in the cabinet, and said, "He, he actually took Cui Ti's ice stone for himself."

"This is……"

The steward's daughter was shocked.

The wife in charge collapsed on the ground: "Who is Cui Tina, why is he so confused? If it is true, not only him, but also us will be implicated."

"In the past, he was addicted to drinking and drinking, spending time outside, and criticizing you and me inside. How can...he thinks about you even if he doesn't think about me. You are innocent, I can't imagine knowing the truth The reaction of the Cui family in the future, when the time comes, what should you do?"

The manager's wife hugged her daughter and cried bitterly: "Let's go...I personally don't care, but I can't make fun of your safety."

"But dad..."

"This is what your father deserved. Think about how he persecuted the royal family back then, and think about the life of our mother and daughter for so many years." The wife in charge wiped her tears, "Let's go, shall we?"

In the inn, Narcissus told the coachman what happened in Wujuelou in the lobby, and Jin Chuqing asked what they were talking about.

"Miss Narcissus is telling me about the charm of Juehuanlou."

"Uncle should really go and see."

The coachman laughed and said he still wasn't going.

Unlike Jin Chuqing and Chen Yanxiao, he has no responsibility or reason to follow Narcissus.

"Is the wine manager here?" Jin Chuqing.

"The boss is asleep." The coachman said, "After returning from the Juanhuan Building, he became in a bad mood. Judging by his appearance, he must have drunk a lot."

-

Recently, Narcissus' interest in Wujuelou has only increased, and she has no plans to leave at all.

Shui Xing couldn't bear to disturb her interest, but Chen Yanxiao urged Narcissus a few times.

Xiaoshang from Cui's mansion found Jin Chuqing in the inn, and invited Jin Chuqing to Cui's mansion on behalf of Cui Ti.

Xiaoshang has a beautiful face and a petite figure.

Jin Chuqing asked him why he didn't come.

Xiaoshang: "This is the master's order, I don't know."

"Your old acquaintance?" the coachman asked curiously.

"Ah."

Shui Xing: "You have a lot of old friends in Huacheng."

"I have as many old friends in Jingzhou as there are in Huacheng."

Narcissus stood up from the stool: "I want to go too."

"..."

In the end, several people including the coachman went.

Standing in front of Cui's residence, Shui Xing said, "Is this Cui Ti's home?"

Jin Chuqing: "You don't know Cui?"

"What's wrong?" Narcissus.

"It's okay..." Shui Xing: The real owner of the Frost Stone.

Yuantang Cui Nan received Narcissus and Shuixing in the front hall, and Jin Chuqing followed Xiaoshang to another courtyard.

Both the Spirit Clan and the Huangying Clan belong to the Yin Clan, even if they don't move around much, they still recognize the older generation.

After Shui Xing recognized Yuan Tang and Cui Nan, he remembered that the manager had called Jin Chuqing Mr. Qing that day, and his expression changed suddenly.

Coming to the interrogation room of the other hospital, Jin Chuqing saw the steward who was tortured out of shape inside.

Jin Chuqing sat on the chair behind the wooden table in the interrogation room, and glanced at the affidavit on the table.

Have you pleaded guilty?

Jin Chuqing: "I didn't expect you to look soft and weak, so vigorous and resolute."

Xiaoshang ordered someone to pour several buckets of cold salt water on the steward, and the steward regained consciousness, seeing what Jin Chuqing was trembling to say.

After serving Cui Ti for ten years, the steward knows how cold-blooded Cui Ti and Jin Chuqing are.

If he had known this earlier, when Cui Ti's four servants conspired to kill Cui Ti, he would not have disclosed the news.

If he had known this earlier, he would have left when the Four Attendants were buried alive.

If I knew this earlier, I would rather offend Jin Chuqing than hand over the ice stone to Jin Chuqing.

I knew this, why should I be at the beginning?

"I can save you."

Jin Chuqing propped her chin with her hand: "A few days ago your wife and daughter stopped me on the street and begged me to save you. I gave your wife 1 taels of silver. If you can get back 5000 taels from her , I will guarantee that you will not die."

There was hope in the steward's eyes: "As long as... take it over?"

"Why should I lie to you?" With a wave of Jin Chuqing's hand, the chains on the steward's body were broken, "I'll give you five days."

Xiaoshang stopped the steward, Cui Ti came out from behind the screen: "Let him go."

The steward was taken down by the servants.

The waitress beside Cui Ti is a new face, who looks more lively than the last time.

-

Yuan Tang was worried that Jin Chuqing and Cui Ti would have trouble together, so he asked someone to come over and tell them to go to the front hall.

Narcissus saw Jin Chuqing and Cui Ti coming over, and asked Jin Chuqing if he was Cui Ti.

Jin Chuqing nodded, Narcissus measured the distance between the two in his heart, and suddenly pushed Jin Chuqing towards Cui Ti.

Jin Chuqing bumped into Cui Ti on purpose, seeing Jin Chuqing's enlarged face, Cui Ti's face turned pale, he felt his stomach churn, the maid beside him supported him, and he barely stood up.

Shui Xing and the coachman looked at Cui Ti in surprise, only Narcissus looked excited.

This bastard really knew it long ago.

Yuan Tang asked the maid to help Cui Ti down.

"Are you... annoying to such an extent?" After Cui Ti left, the coachman asked in a low voice.

Jin Chuqing: "...Do you want to try it too?"

The driver picked him up: "It's nothing."

-

The steward's wife and daughter had agreed to leave tonight, but they were shocked when they saw the steward came back. They asked the person who brought him back what happened, and the man said he didn't know.

"What's going on?" The wife in charge asked, "Did Cui Ti put you back?"

"That's it."

"...Great, great...I, I'll find a doctor for you."

The steward waved his hand and said no, just let his daughter look for it.

The steward's daughter was stunned: "Okay, okay, I'll go now."

"...Did Jin Chuqing admit it? Otherwise, how could Cui Ti let you go?" the wife in charge.

"Jin Chuqing said it was thanks to you and Aping." The steward choked up, "I will resign as the steward of the Cui Mansion once the limelight is over, and I will find a solid job and treat you two well. I owe you something, and only when something happened did I realize what is the most important..."

"I'm your wife, and I'm supposed to share weal and woe." The steward's wife buried her head and cried bitterly beside the steward's bed. "It's a great fortune for me that you can come back alive."

The steward also burst into tears.

Tears are hot, but the heart is cold.

Apart from being submissive and begging for perfection, the steward doesn't know much about his wife.

He found that he really didn't understand her, especially if she really had 1 taels of silver in her hand.

-

The steward's wife doesn't believe a word of what the steward says.

How could Jin Chuqing really persuade Cui Ti, and how could the steward find some safe job?Not to mention being kind to her and her daughter.

She knew him so well, she could tell the true and false from his face, every word and every expression of his for half a lifetime.

He must know something.

She must leave the city as soon as possible with her daughter and bank notes.

Now is the perfect time to be in charge.

The steward's daughter came with a doctor to treat the steward.

The steward's wife secretly told her daughter not to let the steward know that they had learned about his 5000 taels, nor let him find out that they were going to leave.

The steward's daughter asked the steward's wife if she still wanted to leave. The steward's wife said that she did not want to live through those days of hunger and cold, nor did she want her daughter to.

When the manager came back, he was seriously injured, but the next day he was more than half healed, and he was able to get out of bed and walk without any problems.

The steward asked her daughter where she hired the genius doctor, and the steward's daughter replied that he was an ordinary doctor. Seeing many people around him on the street, she invited him.

The man has been living in no fixed place, and he may have left the city.

Steward regrets.

At noon, the steward called his wife into the room to talk to her alone. Yesterday he thought he would have to recuperate for a while, so he spoke softly. Now that he has recovered, there is no need to show his favor.

"Actually, there are conditions for Cui Ti and Jin Chuqing to let me out. Jin Chuqing said that he gave you 1 taels of silver, and as long as you give me 5000 taels of it, I will return it to him. This matter will be over from now on." uncovered."

"1 taels?" The wife in charge said, "You said Jin Chuqing gave me 1 taels?"

"...he has no reason to lie to me."

"So you doubt me?" The wife in charge said, "I have been married for 20 years, and I have broken my heart for 20 years. I thought that after all these years, you at least have affection and trust for me... ...I never thought that you would doubt me just because of Jin Chuqing's flirty words. I am not related to Jin Chuqing, so how could he give me so much money for no reason?"

The steward's wife burst into tears.

"It's not that I don't believe you..." The steward looked into his wife's red eyes, "It's just a suspicion. This Jin Chuqing deliberately blackmailed me, and I can't help it. , about the same."

The steward only has more than 2000 taels in his hand. He has reaped a lot of benefits over the years, but most of them were squandered.

There were still three days to go, and the more the steward thought about it, the more he believed that his wife had collected the money.

But what was he going to do to get the money back from her?

The steward took his wife to his closet, where there was a chest of silver and some jewels.

The steward told his wife that this was all his savings over the years.

"For so many years, I have harmed many people for the sake of profit. This is all my savings. I have thought a lot in the past two days, from being tortured by Cui Ti's men, to Jin Chuqing's conditional rescue, and to A Finding a doctor to help me heal my wounds, and the end of the road now...seems like a nightmare."

"Looking back on the first half of my life, I have done too many stupid things, stupid things, bad things. The only thing I did right was to marry you."

"But I married you, and I failed you. As you said, you have been married for 20 years and worked hard for this family, and you have broken your heart...and I..."

"Things will always turn around, don't talk about it anymore...you will be fine—" the wife in charge said sadly.

"There is no joy in life, and no pain in death. You don't need to comfort me anymore. When I go, you sell the house and start a new life with Aping with these things."

"...We are husband and wife, living together and dying together. If you are really not here, what is the point of my life? When the time comes to settle down with Aping, I will follow you."

The steward didn't expect her to say that, and was speechless for a while.

-

At night, the steward drugged his wife and daughter's food, and after they were asleep, they rummaged through the boxes to find the banknotes.

After searching for more than half an hour and still finding nothing, the steward was a little annoyed: Could it be that she really didn't?

No, it's not possible.

Jin Chuqing didn't need to do anything extra, he just took his life if he wanted it, there was no reason to go through so much trouble.

She must have lied to him!

1 taels, if he has 1 taels...

Anger starts from the heart, and evil grows from the gut.

The steward understands what she cares most about—their daughter, Aping.

The steward dragged her daughter to the basement behind the secret room and locked her up.

Tiger poison does not eat children, and the steward did not intend to hurt A Ping, but just wanted to use her to scare his wife.

When the steward's wife woke up the next day, she asked the steward what happened. The steward said that she might be tired because she slept early and deeply yesterday.

The steward's wife washed up and asked her daughter if she was awake.

The steward said he didn't know, and let her have a look.

When the steward's wife came to her daughter's room, she was surprised to find that there was no one in and the bed was neatly made.

The steward's wife rushed over to ask the steward, but the steward seemed careless: "Really? Maybe I went to play somewhere."

"..."

The steward's wife was furious: "It's you, right? You still refuse to believe me and want to threaten me with Ah Ping? You drugged us yesterday!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The steward said, "Ah Ping is our daughter, how could I hurt her? I believe you, and you should believe me too. She must have gone somewhere to play, maybe she will die in three to five days." came back."

"..."

The steward's wife looked at the steward angrily, and the steward said a few soothing words and left.

After the steward left, the steward's wife slumped on the bed.

She can't be in a hurry, and she can't mess up her position.A Ping will be fine, she understands him, A Ping is his only child, even if he doesn't love her, he won't really hurt her.

Just wait two more days, two more days.

Will he really not hurt her?If the dog is in a hurry and jumps over the wall, if the manager is determined... No, she can't afford to bet, she has to go find her.

It would be nice to live in poverty and darkness for another ten or twenty years. She couldn't lose Aping.

The wine cellar, firewood room, secret room, every room in the house that the wife in charge knew, the wife in charge searched for it.

In the evening, the steward's wife returned to the room in a daze, thinking of confessing.

Maybe she would be beaten to death by the steward, or even if she took out 5000 taels, the steward would still not release her daughter, but would listen to Jin Chuqing and ask her to take out another 5000 taels.

If she can take out one tael, he will suspect that she still has ten taels.

The steward's wife knows that the smartest thing to do now is to keep silent.But it is difficult for a mother to be wise when her children are in danger.

The steward's wife confessed, but the winner was Jin Chuqing.

The steward really didn't believe that his wife only had 5000 taels, so he released his daughter from the basement and locked his wife in the woodshed.

The steward's daughter wanted to see the steward's wife, but the steward refused to let her go, telling the steward's daughter that her mother was a poisonous woman.

The steward's wife became murderous towards the steward, and before the steward's wife could do anything, the steward suddenly bled to death from his seven orifices.

The so-called doctor that the steward's daughter found for the steward was just an ordinary gangster, and his so-called magic medicine was just a highly poisonous golden pill that could bring people back to life.

At this time, the steward's bank note had not yet been returned to Jin Chuqing.

Although Jin Chuqing won the bet, the process was completely different from what he had imagined.

Shui Xing told Narcissus his guess about Jin Chuqing's identity.

Shui Xing: "That's Jin Chuqing, Jin Chuqing who practiced ethics."

"I know." Narcissus.

Shui Xing emphasized: "Jin Chuqing, who was with Ning Tang! We must terminate our relationship with him..."

"Brother, don't be so surprised." Narcissus said.

"I was taken aback? When you met those two gangsters in Yangcheng, didn't you also say that he was like a ghost?" Shui Xing.

"I'm a ghost too." Narcissus coquettishly said, "Cute ghost."

Shui Xing: "..."

"Anyway, I don't want to replace Ren Feng."

"..."

In order to prevent the inexperienced Narcissus from being deceived by the ulterior motives of Jin Chuqing, Shuixing decides to exchange escorts with Narcissus.

Narcissus is fine, but Jin Chuqing dislikes it.

In fact, recently Jin Chuqing is also thinking about whether to continue to be a traveler, he is not short of money now, the second is that the Killer Hall already has his highest killing order.

If things go on like this, Narcissus and the others may be in danger, danger... let's wait and see.He personally wanted to see how far the legendary fairy Narcissus could save himself from danger.

The steward's wife and daughter have successfully moved out of Hwaseong, Cui Ti didn't know what he was busy with, but he didn't find trouble.

On the last night in Hwaseong, the four of Jin Chuqing and Narcissus gathered in Xingge in Wujuelou.

Four of the five masters of Wujuelou came, only Xu Wuwei, who didn't like to join in the fun, didn't come.

After the banquet was over, Chen Yanxiao called Meigu from Juehuanlou aside and asked her about a woman named Wenque.

Wen Que is an aide of the Qi family and is well-known in Xusu country. Hearing that he committed a crime recently, he was placed under house arrest by the Qi family.

The last time I heard Meigu Wuxin mention it, Chen Yanxiao felt uneasy.

Mei Gu said that she didn't know much and had no more information to provide Chen Yanxiao.

"..."

At the time of Haishi, Jin Chuqing and the others went back, and on the way back, they heard a passer-by saying that the Heyuan Inn was flooded.

By the time the few people rushed back, the fire had almost burned out.

Shui Xing asked if there were any casualties in the Narcissus Inn.

Narcissus said that there were ten injuries and two deaths, and the coachman was fine.

Looking at the raging fire, Narcissus gathered spiritual energy.

After a short while, it rained suddenly in Hwaseong, and the fire was quickly brought under control.