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"What do you want so much money for?" He Xi didn't have 500 taels, he only had a few dozen taels of silver.

With a bitter face, Mu Yuqiu told He Xi the whole story - when he first entered the rivers and lakes, someone stole his purse, but in desperation he had to become his own sword "Qiu Xin" in exchange for 500 taels of silver .He has no idea about money, and he doesn't count the money when he spends it. Now he only has more than 100 taels left.If he couldn't redeem the weapon that his master gave him, he would never dare to return to Wugu Valley.

He Xi took out his purse and counted it. He had a total of 24 taels of silver on his body. He kept four taels for himself and gave 20 taels to Mu Yuqiu.

Mu Yuqiu also counted the money on his body, a total of 130 seven taels.He took out 130 taels and put them together with the 20 taels to make up 150 taels, which was still 350 taels short.He sighed and said, "I kind of know what it means to be 'a penny can't beat a hero'."

He Xi kicked open the door, "Jiang Yuncheng, how much money do you have?"

Jiang Yuncheng was taken aback. After seeing who was coming, he took out his money bag and threw it on the table, "57 Wen."

He Xi looked at the money bag with contempt, "You can keep it."

Mu Yuqiu asked: "Do you have any friends in the city who can borrow money?"

He Xi and Jiang Yuncheng looked at each other, and they both saw in each other's eyes that they didn't want to disturb Shen Yanbing, so they replied in unison: "No."

"Then what should we do?" Mu Yuqiu looked at the two pitifully.

He Xi and Jiang Yuncheng couldn't think of where to raise this huge sum of money, so they could only look at each other in blank dismay.

Mu Yuqiu had a flash of inspiration, "I have an idea!" He walked into the room, closed the door, and lay on the door listening to the movement outside the door for a while, "We can rob the rich and give to the poor."

He Xi didn't know why, and looked at Mu Yuqiu suspiciously.

Jiang Yun deliberately understood, "The 'poor' you said, do you mean us?"

Mu Yuqiu emphasized: "Especially you, 57 Wen."

Jiang Yuncheng touched his nose, "Then what about the 'rich' you mentioned?"

"I heard that the county magistrate of this county is a big corrupt official. It's better to rob his riches and help my poor." Mu Yuqiu said happily.When he was young, he had heard many stories about grand thieves, and he had long been yearning for them.

Jiang Yuncheng reminded: "That's an official ordered by the imperial court."

He Xi silently slandered that when the Northern League was destroyed, Jiang Yuncheng's "twelve knives" killed countless people in the court.

"With the martial arts of Brother He and I, it is not difficult to hide the truth. What's more, the money was obtained through corruption by the county magistrate. Even if the property was stolen, he would not dare to publicize it." Although Mu Yuqiu has no great wisdom, he has a lot of cleverness. .

He Xi made up his mind, "At midnight tonight, Yuqiu and I will go to the county magistrate's house to 'rob the rich and help the poor'."

When I was a child, the county magistrate's home.

Both He Xi and Mu Yuqiu put on night clothes and hid in the tree.

It was the first time in Mu Yuqiu's life that he wore nocturnal clothes, and he was overwhelmed with excitement.He wanted to twist his body, but when he thought of He Xi's advice, he felt uncomfortable for a while.

He Xi said in a low voice, "Go and distract the guards to make the noise louder."

Mu Yuqiu asked curiously: "Why?"

He Xi explained: "When the guards find you, they will definitely yell 'catch the thief'. After the county magistrate wakes up, he will check whether the property is lost. At this time, I will follow the county magistrate, and I will be able to find the place where the property is hidden."

"Brother He, you are so smart, I never thought of that." Mu Yuqiu looked at He Xi adoringly.

He Xi was quite embarrassed by Mu Yuqiu. He felt that he was not smart, but he had more experience in the world than Mu Yuqiu. "We act separately."

"En." Mu Yuqiu flew down the tree with lightness, and passed in front of several guards.

"Don't run, little thief!"

"Protect adults!"

Half of the guards chased the thief, and half stayed around the county magistrate's room.

Sure enough, the county magistrate was awakened. When he heard that thieves had entered the mansion, he quickly opened the secret compartment to see if the property was lost.Seeing that nothing was missing, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, He Xi was standing behind the county magistrate, and knocked out the county magistrate with a knife in his hand.He left the jewels and bank notes untouched, but took only a box full of gold ingots.He closed the secret compartment and left the county magistrate's room with the box in his arms.He was very good at lightness, even if he passed in front of the guards, it was just like a gust of wind.

He Xi ran in the night with the box in her arms, her heart beating fast.He thought, what I hold is Jiang Yuncheng's life.

Mu Yuqiu on the other side guessed that He Xi had already succeeded, so he quickly got rid of the guards.He also ran towards the inn in the west of the city in the vast night.

Choushi, City West Inn.

Jiang Yuncheng didn't sleep, he stared at a burning candle, silently waiting for He Xi and Mu Yuqiu's return.He watched the candle tears flow down the candle body, watched a moth rush towards the candle flame, and watched the moth's corpse fall on the table after emitting a puff of smoke.

He felt that this moth was very similar to He Xi, but not very similar.Does the moth know that it will die by jumping into the candle?Even though He Xi knew that she would die, she would still rush towards the candlelight.

He Xi entered Jiang Yuncheng's room through the window, and put the heavy box on the table.

Jiang Yuncheng smiled and said, "You're back."

He Xi took off her mask and threw it on the table, then sat down.He didn't say a word, and there was no expression on his face.

It wasn't until Mu Yuqiu's arrival that the silence between the two was broken.

Mu Yuqiu ran to the table, opened the box, and was dazzled by the golden color, "Yellow, gold, so much gold!"

"Here is 100 taels of gold." He Xi closed the lid of the box.

Mu Yuqiu counted carefully with his fingers, "100 taels of gold... is equal to 1000 taels of silver. Great, I can redeem 'Qiu Xin'!"

Jiang Yuncheng suggested: "We'd better redeem the 'Qiu Xin' sword tomorrow morning and set off for Fog Valley, otherwise things will change later."

He Xi said to Mu Yuqiu: "Rest now, and you can sleep for two more hours."

"I don't think I'll be able to sleep." Mu Yuqiu hadn't calmed down from the excitement, his eyes were shining brightly.

Jiang Yuncheng also persuaded: "It's better to close your eyes and rest your mind, otherwise you won't be energetic tomorrow."

Mu Yuqiu looked at the box and said, "Then can I sleep with the box in my arms?"

"Yes." He Xi couldn't help smiling after hearing this.

Mu Yuqiu carried the box back to her room, humming an unknown tune while walking.

He Xi stood up, ready to go back to her room to rest.

Jiang Yuncheng grabbed He Xi's sleeve and said, "Thank you."

"I'm the only one you need to thank." He Xi tugged back her sleeve and floated out of the room.

Jiang Yuncheng looked at the hand he had just held on He Xi's sleeve, and sighed.

Chenshi, ingot pawn shop.

The three of them checked out of the inn early in the morning, and went to the pawnshop where Mu Yuqiu pawned his weapons.

Mu Yuqiu took out the pawn ticket and 50 taels of gold, and said to the man, "I want to redeem my sword."

The clerk looked through the account books and said, "My lord, I'm really sorry, because we didn't keep it well, your sword has been stolen."

Mu Yuqiu was struck by lightning, "How could you do this!"

Jiang Yuncheng stepped forward and asked: "When was the sword stolen? Did the thief leave a mark? What else was stolen at the same time? Have you checked whether these items have appeared on the local black market... ..."

Jiang Yuncheng asked a bunch of questions, but the guy faltered and confused his answers.

He Xi sneered and said, "I don't know what is the relationship between Yuanbao Pawnshop and Yuanbao Villa? Yuanbao Villa is known as the richest man in the world, and they want to smash their gold-lettered signboard for a sword?"

The guy had no choice but to invite the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper bowed and said: "I'm really sorry for this young master. When my young master inspected our store, he took a fancy to the sword. I'm soft-spoken and can't stop it, so the sword has already been taken away by the young master. Villa." He saw that He Xi's beauty was reserved, and he was clearly a first-class master, so his words were humble.

Knowing that it would be useless to entangle here, He Xi took the lead out of the pawn shop.Jiang Yuncheng and Mu Yuqiu also followed him out of the pawn shop, Jiang Yuncheng's face was solemn, and Mu Yuqiu's frown was frowning.

Although Mu Yuqiu hadn't traveled the rivers and lakes for a long time, he had heard the reputation of Yuanbao Villa as the world's richest man, so he couldn't help saying gloomily, "What should I do?"

He Xi said loudly, "Go to Yuanbao Villa."

Mu Yuqiu squeezed the pawn in his hand, "But..."

"Could it be possible for Yuanbao Villa to kill you and me with money?" He Xi asked back.

Mu Yuqiu burst out laughing, "That's right, let's go to Yuanbao Villa to find the owner of Laoshizi Shaozhuang, and ask him to return the 'Qiu Xin' to me, and if he doesn't return it, he will be beaten into a pig's head." He raised his fist, It's back to normal again.

He Xi took the 50 taels of gold from Mu Yuqiu's hand, "I have a horse, but you and Jiang Yuncheng don't. Since Yuanbao Villa doesn't want the money, I will buy horses for you and Jiang Yuncheng."

When Mu Yuqiu heard that He Xi wanted to buy him a horse, he said happily, "Can I have a white horse?"

"Yes." He Xi smiled, like a spring breeze blowing across the lake, causing ripples.

The three of them went to the horse market in the city. Mu Yuqiu picked out a white mare, and Jiang Yuncheng picked out a black stallion.

He Xi also brought back a green horse from the farm that he fostered. This green horse named "Qingfeng" has been with him for many years. It is not young anymore, but it is still a good horse.

The three of them rode horses and galloped towards Yuanbao Villa.

The author has something to say: Note: In the article, one tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is equal to one thousand coins.