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Her small palm was only half the size of an adult man's. She took the money delivered by the merchant, weighed it carefully, counted it happily, and then put it into her pocket with a gloomy expression. In fact, she knew very well that this little money was just enough to make ends meet, and it was far less than what the famous embroiderers earned.
Even so, Xia still had to keep her best smile and watch the donor leave with gratitude. The wealthy businessman knew that he had taken advantage of him, so he held the processed silk products and wanted to return to the carriage he came in. Faced with the criticism from the indignant people, instead of feeling half ashamed, he couldn't help but snicker.
The wealthy businessman walked up to the carriage. He was filled with doubts and fears. The horse boy sitting in the front and back of the carriage looked lonely and had evasive eyes. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lifted the curtain of the carriage, he was shocked by a terrifying momentum coming from inside the carriage. He took a few steps back, took a breath of cold air, and suddenly his legs staggered and fell to the ground.
The precious and gorgeous silk naturally fell to the ground and was stained with common dust.
"Who? Who's inside!" As soon as he finished speaking, the wealthy businessman looked at the carriage in horror, watching a strange swordsman slowly walk out of it.
I saw him wearing a brocade hat and fox fur, standing proudly in front of the car alone. The wind was blowing wildly, blowing his messy long hair, which made his face without any stubble look even more strange in comparison. Logically speaking, wanderers dressed like this often have no intention of taking care of their appearance, and are more likely to gain a sense of accomplishment in the face of money and status.
"Oh, what a wonderful embroidery, it would be a pity to throw it on the ground!" The young swordsman paused for a moment, then immediately walked to the wealthy businessman, picked up the piece of silk, and continued: "Our master likes this. s things!"
"Who are you? How could you suddenly appear in my carriage?" The wealthy businessman rubbed the sore spot, stood up in a daze, pointed at the young swordsman and said, "Tell you, if you dare to rob me, You are the first one, wait to be thrown into jail!"
"Why do you need to slander people? Everyone is buying them with real money. My master said that he is willing to pay ten times your price to buy all the embroidery of this flawless girl!"
"What! You...you are talking nonsense! Give me back the things, otherwise, I will sue the police!"
After hearing this, the young swordsman neatly took out a piece of gold from his body and shouted: "This gold can't be fake, can it?"
When the wealthy businessman saw this, he was instantly speechless. Xia, who had been watching for a long time, just wanted to persuade her: "Master, I have sold the piece of silk to Mr. Huang, you..." After talking for a long time, a mysterious woman with a veil on her face took her hand. , whispered a few words into Xia's ear, and then took her away silently.
"What's the matter, Mr. Huang, do you still want this thing?" the young swordsman asked: "If you can't pay the price, don't blame my master for stealing his love with a sword."
"I...I'll pay twenty times!" After saying that, the wealthy businessman shook his hands, took out dozens of taels of silver, and replied: "Today, I didn't bring that much money... I'll settle the accounts later! Madam, Madam Xia, please don’t sell it to anyone else!”
Just when Xia returned to her home, there were several wailing sounds outside the door. The wealthy businessman was seen holding the silver in both hands, pretending to put it into Xia's hands, and begging: "Sister Xia, you don't know, last time my wife wore the clothes you did." Your clothes will look so impressive at the banquet, but you must not sell them to others!"
"Ah?" Xia was flattered and said hesitantly: "Mr. Huang, do you really want to give me that much money?"
The wealthy businessman said: "Here, take it! Let that guy return the things to me!"
After speaking, the young swordsman also appeared in front of Xia, presented the silk satin back to her hand, and said: "Madam, no offense, it is really difficult for my master to refuse such kindness. He has repeatedly asked us servants to find him." The person who made this embroidery even offered a reward of a gold ingot!"
Xia looked at the ingot of gold and was stunned for a moment, but after a moment, she regained her consciousness, bowed respectfully, and said to the young man: "Thank you for your kindness, young master and that master. I sold the things to Mr. Huang, and he has been helping me all along, but I can't lose my credibility just for this money."
After saying that, Xia sent the silk back to the wealthy businessman. When leaving, he did not forget to return more than ten taels of silver to him as an apology, and then respectfully sent him off.
Seeing the wealthy businessman leaving, Xia Shi closed the door, invited the young swordsman and the mysterious woman to sit down, and only asked: "Master, who are you? And this girl, you are looking for a bitch like me, There shouldn’t be anything special, right?”
“Mrs.
The flawless woman said humanely: "No, the young master has helped me get so much money, I can't even thank you enough!"
The young swordsman was silent for a while, looking at the woman beside him from time to time, as if he didn't know how to speak.
Then, the woman with a veil on her face asked quickly: "Brother Feng, where did your ingot of gold come from?"
"This is a lacquered gold copper ingot used by Apollos to disguise it. This is a common method used by their caravans to deceive bandits. Brother Su saw that this little thing was interesting, so he brought one to me." Bai Feng replied: "Yan'er, Why do you ask?"
"So, this thing is fake?" Murong Yan pretended to be shocked, turned to look at Mrs. Xia in front of her, and asked: "Mrs. .”
Mrs. Xia nodded and signaled Murong Yan to continue: "Actually, we all know very well what happened to Tong Yao and General Tong when he came here last night. When we came here, we only hoped to meet General Tong... "
"You...who are you?" Mrs. Xia moved her body, subconsciously wanting to escape and report to Tong Yao, but she had to be so moved by what just happened that she still sat at the table in the end. .
"My descendant, Bai Feng, has been ordered by Zhao Kuo, the eldest son of the Zhao family in Yuyi Town, to investigate the affairs of our future uncle."
"The little girl Murong Yan has met Mrs. Xia."
"Are you from the Zhao family?" Mrs. Xia's expression instantly became relaxed, and she murmured: "I heard that the Zhao family is going to marry the Tong family. Is it because the eldest son Zhao is dissatisfied with this marriage, so he sent you here?" of?"
Bai Feng continued: "As you can see, Tong Yao is an out-and-out dandy. How could he be half-kind to the little girl of the Zhao family? However, since he is a dandy, how could he do something like privately pay military pay? …”
"No, you are wrong! General Tong, he was originally a well-behaved person, at least much more well-behaved than his younger brother." Mrs. Xia sighed as if she was deeply moved: "He... has expressed love several times. He has never been close to me. Just because there is no order from my parents or the matchmaker's words, I can't know that the matchmaker is getting married, and he is busy with government and military affairs all day long, so he gradually becomes alienated."
"And General Tong became what he is now, all because of the damn war!"
After Mrs. Xia finished speaking, she got up and walked into the room. She brought a locked wooden box. After opening it, there was a swallow-tailed silver hairpin inlaid with gems. She held it in her hand, looked at it carefully for a moment, and handed it over. Murong Yan held it in her hand and said: "This was left by my deceased husband. Except on the day of my wedding, I never bothered to wear it. Take it and go find General Tong! When he sees this thing, he will definitely give it to you." Open your heart and tell your heart.”
Murong Yan accepted the token and looked at each other with Bai Feng. Mrs. Xia saw that they looked like a wandering couple, so she couldn't help but added: "I think you guys should be able to help him..."
"Thank you, madam." The two visitors said in unison, and then stood up to say goodbye.
