Lu Jing always felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it for a while, he finally came back to his senses.
"He called you to come to the palace in the middle of the night...is it because of me?"
"yes."
"Is it possible that he doesn't plan to pay back the one hundred thousand taels of silver he owes me?"
Being reminded by Cheng Guanyi, Lu Jing also remembered that he was successful in saving the driver last time, and Zhu Jie promised to give him one hundred thousand taels of silver in return.
Speaking of which, he was quite stingy as an official. He first bargained with Lu Jingyi, and after settling on the price of one hundred thousand taels, he continued to sell it miserably, forcing another two months of raising money.
But now that the two-month period has arrived, Lu Jingke hasn't seen the money yet, so he immediately became vigilant.
Although he now makes a lot of money growing ginseng, one hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount of money, so how can he just say no to it?
"Well, it's not because of the one hundred thousand taels of silver, it's about Princess Fu'an. Since you refused to marry Princess Fu'an last time, officials will ask me about you every now and then.
"And now that the news about you, Yan Yun, and Miss Yan has reached his ears, of course he will be anxious."
"???"
"But I got the news that he is already looking for a suitable husband for Princess Fu'an?" Lu Jing said.
"That's true, but if I can recruit you as my consort, of course you'd be the best choice."
Lu Jing shook his head, "Please tell Mr. Cheng to tell the officials that I have enough trouble here and ask him to stop causing trouble for me."
Cheng Dian nodded.
"Oh, and help me get the one hundred thousand taels of silver. If he doesn't give it to me, I will go to his warehouse and get it myself." Lu Jing added.
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After bidding farewell to Cheng Guan, Lu Jing was finally able to explore the money shop-like room.
Sitting inside was a little old man wearing a silk shirt and a mink fur hat with a shrewd look on his face, crackling an iron abacus in his hand.
Hearing Lu Jing's footsteps, he looked up and said, "Are you... a disciple of the academy? Go, go, go, this is not the place you should be. It won't be too late for you to come back here when you become an inspector."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jing took out a copper coin and placed it in front of him.
This copper coin is different from the several types of copper coins currently in circulation. On the front is engraved the four words "Every debt must be repaid", and on the back is Si Tianjian's iconic eye.
The little old man was stunned when he saw the copper coin, "Where did you get this?"
"Si Tianjian gave it to me." Lu Jing said as he handed over the badge.
The little old man took it and took a look, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"You are that Lu Jing. You haven't even stayed in the academy for a full year, and you have already started investigating cases with the official supervisor. It is said that you have performed very well. Indeed, you are qualified to come to my place. .”
"Senior is so complimentary." Lu Jing said.
"You don't need to call me senior, just call me Shopkeeper Jin. Everyone in the department calls me that," the little old man said as he put down the abacus in his hand, "What do you want?"
"What can I get in exchange?" Lu Jing asked.
"I can exchange a lot of things here." Shopkeeper Jin said, stroking his beard. "If you are short of money, one copper coin can be exchanged for one thousand taels of silver. In addition, there are elixirs, magic weapons, and materials needed to arrange formations and make talismans. , and even information, as long as you can think of it, I have it here... If you want to know what it is in detail, you can look through the books on the bookshelf on the east side."
Lu Jing heard this and walked to the bookshelf. Sure enough, he saw a row of neatly arranged books. He casually pulled out one and found that it was about elixirs.
There are two to three types of elixirs on each page, and their names and medicinal properties are clearly recorded. In addition, there are pictures, and the prices are marked below.
Lu Jing found the Three Immortals Pill from above, which is a medium-grade elixir that is used to assist cultivation and speed up the recovery of secret power. A bottle contains five Si Tianjian copper coins.
The price is much higher than that of ordinary middle-grade elixirs, but there is no way. Among all elixirs, those that can restore secret power are the most precious.
Lu Jing glanced at it and then turned back the page, trying to find out what the elixir he got from the one-eyed Taoist was.
In the end, he really found it.
——Mending the sky.
Just hearing the name is domineering enough, and unlike the three immortal pills, Tianbu is sold by pills, with two copper coins each. It is a proper special-grade pill, half a level higher than the top grade. This is why Lu Jing is here. The highest quality elixir that can be found in the book.
Either way, the senior is the senior. This move is too generous.
Lu Jing once again sighed at the one-eyed Taoist's heroic spirit, but it was a pity that he couldn't use it.
He put aside the volume containing the elixirs, then picked up another volume and turned it over with interest.
It took Lu Jing a full stick of incense to look through the books on the bookshelf.
And his eyes finally fell on the magic weapon scroll, and a flash of joy flashed across his face, but then it was filled with regret.
"Flying sword? You want flying sword?"
Shopkeeper Jin didn't know when he came behind Lu Jing and glanced at the pages in his hand.
I saw a flying sword named Jinghong painted on it.
Lu Ding nodded, "But the flying swords here are too expensive."
Unlike other sword cultivators, he doesn't actually have high requirements for the quality of the flying sword. After all, he is mainly refining the flying sword...for refining the flying sword itself. As for the function of the flying sword after refining it, , but it was an unexpected gain for Lu Jing.
Of course it's better to be more powerful, but it doesn't matter if it's smaller, after all, he can still move around.
So Lu Jing simply picked the cheapest one.
But even the cheapest one only costs 600 Si Tianjian copper coins, which is 600,000 taels converted into silver. According to the current progress, doesn't he have to solve a hundred cases to save enough money to buy a flying sword?
"How many coins do you have on you?"
"Six." Lu Jing opened his money bag and showed off his entire wealth.
Of course, these six Si Tianjian copper coins were just a reward for him and Kui working on the case together. Later, he also solved a zombie case with Taoist One-Eyed in the quarry, and followed Qi Wenren to deal with Tao Xi, among other things. This is the strange thing that appeared in the No. 1 Scholar Building today.
After Si Tianjian has verified everything, he should be able to receive some more money, but even so, he is still far away from the goal.
So Lu Jing asked, "Can I just buy it with money?"
"Yes, yes, but you can only use money to buy copper coins from other supervisors first, and the price is not one thousand taels of silver per copper coin."
"How much is that?"
"Now, you have to at least double it to get it." Shopkeeper Jin said, "Because the secret power has been declining recently, everyone is making early plans, but if you really want the flying sword, there are other ways. It just depends on a bit of luck.”
"What method?" Lu Jing was shocked. He never had too many flying swords.
"Buy information." Shopkeeper Jin smiled slightly.
