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After attending the dinner party at Lan Zhi Pavilion, there was an endless stream of visitors, most of whom came here to see the blood jade. Qi Xiao treated all visitors equally and generously took out the blood jade. The price of 1 taels did not let go.

Most people just look at it fresh, and 1 taels of silver is not something they can just take out. A few people have made up their minds and are willing to pay the money, but Qi Xiao always politely refuses, the reason is that they are willing to pay this price There are many people here, but there is only this piece of jade. As for who to give it to in the end, it is still up to Qi Xiao to decide.

So someone proposed to increase the price, but it was not approved by Qi Xiao. For a while, the blood jade became a topic of chatting in the Jiangzhou restaurant and teahouse. It's just ordinary white jade dyed, it's not worth a penny. In short, rumors spread, and many gentlemen from Yeyan and Liangshang were attracted. It's a pity that these people were used by the shadow guards lurking around before they found any way out. This kind of trick is going around in circles.

Until the fifth day, the weather was extremely hot, and even the cicadas were so weak that they could not feel comfortable. The sky was covered with dark clouds and the pressure was extremely low, which made people feel a little suffocated. I am used to having fans in the palace. Qi Xiao put the ice cubes stored in the cellar in the house in winter to cool down. Qi Xiao really couldn't bear the hot and humid weather in Jiangzhou, and his appetite became poor all the time. It was obviously the beginning of a bitter summer.

Seeing this, Qi Zhi felt very distressed. He bought some sour plums from the pharmacy, mixed them with rock sugar and boiled them into sour plum soup. It is something that cannot be put on the table in the palace. After it is made by Qi Ji, it has a special taste in the mouth.

Since Yang Huai and Wei Chiyu saw their intimate behavior a few days ago, Qi Xiao has not shy away from getting close to Qi Ping, and the two are not as panicked as they were the first time, working in the house with the same expression, It seems that Qi Xiao and Qi Zhu are a loving couple.

Just after drinking a bowl of sour plum juice cooked by Qi Ping himself, Yang Huai hurried over to tell Situ Lin to invite her to the house, and the servants were already waiting outside.After waiting for a long time for the big fish, he finally couldn't help biting the bait, Qi Xiao immediately packed up his clothes and followed Yang Huai to Situ's Mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the door, a servant had already trotted in to make an announcement. Halfway through, Situ Lin clasped his fists and came to greet him. When he walked into Zhong Yuji, there was no hidden and tortuous temptation for the first time. This time, Situ Lin straight to the point and thought The request to buy the blood jade.

Seeing his love for blood jade so much, Qi Xiao was relieved, but frowned in embarrassment, "To tell the truth, Boss Situ, there have been many people interested in collecting jade these few days."

"This jade is rare, of course." Situ Lin understood, "But I also heard that Mr. Chu did not transfer the jade to anyone else."

Qi Xiao was a little surprised, then shook his head in admiration and said: "Boss Situ is really well-informed. Indeed, I said at the time that it is better to find someone who is destined to get this jade than to sell jade."

"Then, does Mr. Chu think that this old man is destined for this jade?"

Regarding Situ Lin's question, Qi Xiao smiled noncommittally, and said, "Whether you are destined or not depends on you, Boss Situ."

"how do I say this?"

"If Boss Situ is willing to promise me two things, this blood jade will be yours."

After thinking for a moment, Situ Lin raised his hand and said, "Master Chu, please tell me."

Qi Xiao looked at the boy standing next to him, seeming to be worried, Situ Lin waved him to step back, only Qi Xiao, Yang Huai and Situ Lin were left in the room.

"First, I hope that Boss Situ will purchase the stone materials on the Xunkou Dam from me." Situ Lin had already guessed about this before, but when she heard this, she just kept silent and asked her to continue, "Second, I hope that 1 taels of silver will be paid in cash and recast."

The first point is understandable, but the second requirement really confuses Situ Lin. He took a sip of tea in bewilderment, and said slowly: "Let's not talk about the first point, just the second point, 1 taels It is not a safe move in itself to propose the current silver, so why recast it?"

"Actually, Han's family is located in the wilderness of Hanyang, so it's inconvenient to recast silver notes..." Qi Xiao approached a little closer, and said apologetically, "I hope Boss Situ won't be offended. It's inevitable that the bank casts silver with fake eyes. Since it's a business Pay attention to honest communication, so I opened it up and said that there is a special silver mold below, ten taels and one ingot, as long as Boss Situ casts silver according to this mold, it will be full."

These reasons are also reasonable. Although Qi Xiao has doubts about the reputation of his family, Tai Runheng, but as Qi Xiao said, it is of course true to pay more attention to integrity when doing business abroad, and he nodded in agreement. : "Well, you don't need to worry too much about this Mr. Chu, but now the first point is that the Xunkou Dam is the supervisor of the imperial government's appropriation of money and government officials. This old man probably can't decide."

"That's natural." Qi Xiao knew that Situ Lin would not agree to the first one easily, but continued in a low voice: "Boss Situ is well-known in Jiangzhou City, if you are willing to give me a good word, I will I will never forget your kindness."

Situ Lin stroked his beard hesitantly, and after weighing the pros and cons, he patted the handle of the Grand Master's chair and said, "Okay, the fastest recasting of 1 taels of silver may be five days, so when will Mr. Chu give me the mold? After five days, it will be finished." Good deal."

Qi Xiao also smiled heartily, and clasped his fists together: "Boss Situ is a straightforward person, three days later, I will send someone to deliver the mold!"

The two chatted happily, after Qi Xiao and Yang Huai left, after a while, a servant came in from the door and whispered a few words in his ear, only to see the veins in his five fingers that were holding onto the armrest bulge, He said sternly, "Really?"

The servant nodded timidly and didn't dare to say anything, Situ Lin raised his eyes and saw the position where Qi Xiao was sitting just now, his expression turned dark.

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It took three days for the blacksmith to catch up with the work and send a mold to Tairunheng. He also ordered Wei Bingcheng, who was far away in Xinyang, to lead the team to Jiangzhou to join him, the fastest shadow guard among them. Xinyang and Jiangzhou are far apart. More than 1000 miles, counting the round-trip time, it will take about ten days to arrive, and the time of more than ten days is just enough for some people to wait for an opportunity.

On the second day after handing over the mold, Tai Runheng began to busy recast the 1 taels of silver, because there was only one mold, and the process of pouring, cooling, and weighing was extremely cumbersome. More than 200 pieces were cast, and when the fourth day was nearly completed, all the people in the casting room were exhausted.

And Yang Huai secretly knocked out a guard of the bank while everyone was exhausted, and got the key to open the bank.

The bank was built on the basement level of Tairunheng. Pushing open the top bluestone cover, passing through the stone steps that can only accommodate one person, the lights below are slightly bright and barely illuminate the front line of sight. The front door is made of bronze. , opened three leaves in a row, and a Pixiu was engraved on each side of the last one, which means that you can only get in and out if you attract wealth and treasure.

Pushing open the door, Yang Huai came into sight of neatly stacked silver coins. Yang Huai went in and picked up a piece at random to look at the bottom, put it back in the original place with a little disappointment, then went into a deeper place and took another piece. When I returned empty-handed and found nothing, I found a stone brick with a different color from the surrounding area on the ground, and I tapped it a few times, but there was a slight echo, obviously there was a dark room below.

Continue to grope around for a while, and find the mechanism that was pressed under the silver ingot next to it, with a 'click', and then look at the stone brick, a gap has been knocked out, lift the stone brick, and the inside is bottomless , luckily went into the ground and looked up at the entrance. It turned out that the dark room was as tall as two people. My eyes adapted to the darkness. With the help of a faint light, I saw two piles of silver ingots piled up in the dark room. There were about 100 ingots, and Tai Runheng’s name was engraved on the bottom of the big pile of silver, and then went to the small pile, and picked up a piece at random, which was what Yang Huai had been looking for for a long time.

Just when he was about to go back to the house, there was an unusual sound outside, which made Yang Huai raise his vigilance, covered his face with a black scarf and jumped out of the dark room. Just as he put the stone bricks back in place, he heard many footsteps outside. It is only a stick of incense now, even if it is discovered, it is too late to report to the government, Yang Huai was startled, and said anxiously: "There is an ambush! I will lure those people away, you go back and report to the master."

He drew a thin sword from his waist, wrapped a long cloth strip around his right hand to prevent the hilt from falling off, and rushed towards the crowd outside with a low growl.

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In the yard, Qi Xiao and Qi Ping moved stools under the locust tree to enjoy the coolness, while Wei Chiyu licked tea for them to repel mosquitoes, a black shadow came in from outside the wall, knelt in front of Qi Xiao and clasped fists, ignoring the need Kowtowed and courteous, said: "Yang Huai was ambushed, this is not a place to stay for a long time, please evacuate quickly, master."

Wei Chiyu was pouring tea into the teacup, when he heard the hand shake and almost knocked over the teapot, there was an eager knock on the door, breaking the silence of Mu Ye with a bang bang bang bang, the knock on the door didn't stop but intensified In a panic, all the black dogs on the opposite side barked at the top of their lungs.

This messed up Qi Xiao's future plans. He stood up from the chair and waved his hands to make the shadow guard retreat. Qi Xiao knew that the other party had come prepared, so he comforted Qi Xiao not to worry too much. Qi Xiao walked to the door and opened it. At the gate, I saw more than a dozen yamen servants standing outside the door holding torches, looking like ghosts demanding their lives with a ferocious expression, and the head catcher clasped his fists, but there was no respect on his face: "Mr. Chu, why don't you disturb me in the middle of the night?" I hope you will forgive me."

"I don't know why my lord came to visit in the middle of the night?" Qi Xiao glanced at the crowd in front of her, not afraid, but rather impatient.

The head catcher sneered, jumped over Qi Xiao's shoulder and saw Qi Ping and Wei Chiyu standing behind him, and said: "Tonight, a thief robbed the bank of a bank in the city, and the officials came to arrest the fugitive under orders."

"Oh, I didn't see any strangers going there. Your lord must have found the wrong place." Blocking the head catcher's sight with her body, Qi Xiao closed the door and wanted to chase away the guests.

Pressing against the wooden door with one palm, Catcher stared into Qi Xiaowulan's eyes, suddenly lacking in confidence: "I don't know Steward Yang, where is this going?"

"Oh, a letter from home yesterday said that my father was seriously ill, I asked him to go back and deliver a message..."

"A bunch of nonsense!" The head catcher interrupted Qi Xiao bluntly, and regained the confidence he had lost just now, "I have already found out that there is no so-called Chu family in Hanyang who runs a stone business! And today the thief and the family's Yang The butler's body shape is quite similar, young master, I'd like to ask you to go for a walk with the lower official, don't embarrass the lower official, otherwise..."

The right hand that had been pressing on the wooden door exerted strength, and Qi Xiao pressed the door frame without changing his face. The wooden door did not move at all, only the creaking sound of the wooden boards was heard. The head catcher immediately realized that the opponent's strength was superior to his own, so he withdrew his hand angrily, and greeted The yamen servants behind surrounded Qi Xiao. Seeing this, Wei Chiyu was about to go up to teach those people a lesson, but saw Qi Xiao making a gesture with his right hand behind his back, telling her not to act rashly.

"Since Your Excellency acts impartially, I will naturally not embarrass Your Excellency, but I just hope that Your Excellency will not disturb your family members."

"Okay." The head catcher raised his right hand over his shoulder and waved back, the yamen servant immediately pushed aside and opened the way, "Young Master Chu, please."

Before stepping out of the door, Qi Xiao turned her head to Qi Bing and said, "Bai'er, make dinner tomorrow and wait for me when I come back."

After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the door with brisk steps, strolling in the courtyard as if he was invited to a banquet.