Running out of money is Li Fenglan's biggest crisis at the moment.
When I went out, I took two hundred taels with me and no banknotes. This much money is enough for six people to spend whatever they want. However, she stayed in Wuyang Town for a long time, bought a carriage, and gave some rewards to the dead soldiers of the Bai family, so she now had less than one hundred taels of money in her hand.
In the Guirenfang in Chang'an, one person earns 5 taels of silver per day, and the landlord earns 8 taels per day, and they don't even care about food. The group of them spends 48 taels of silver per day just for lodging, which is only enough for two days.
"Did I say I wanted to stay?! Love doesn't cost you money, right?!" In the room, Li Fenglan was furious.
Chenwu still had the iconic sitting posture of "looking like a 258,000 yuan", and said nonchalantly: "Are you scolding a ****? You said you want to be high-profile."
Amber hurriedly said: "Miss, the accommodation here is very good. We have traveled for such a long time, so let's stay here. There is still a lot of money you gave me years ago. I will pay if it is not enough."
Li Fenglan said sadly: "Hu Bo, we are not staying for a day or two. I calculated it as ten days. Your little money is not enough."
Xu Qingchen hurriedly expressed his position: "Miss Li, don't worry, it's mine and Linghan's, we can just pay for it ourselves."
Li Fenglan shook her head and said, "You are here to help me, I cannot let you pay."
After saying that, she looked at Zhu Mingyu and begged: "Daozhang Zhu, I heard that your family is a wealthy family in Guanzhong. Please help me advance the money first, and I will pay back double when you go back."
Zhu Mingyu looked helpless: "It's not that I won't help you...my family does some business in Chang'an, but...I don't dare to go."
Chen Wu teased: "Isn't it your family's business? Why don't you dare to go? Are you trying to fool our Feng Lan? (Li Fenglan: Who is yours?!) If you don't have money, it's not shameful. It's your fault to pretend to have money. .”
Zhu Mingyu explained: "Last year, my family urged me to go home and get married. I have been hiding...it doesn't make sense to ask for money again."
Li Fenglan was completely ashamed: "I didn't think it through. I always thought that the most expensive inn only costs forty or fifty coppers a night. I have my own plans, so I kept a high profile. If we stay for one day, we will change places. , my plan is all over... Daozhang Zhu, please do yourself a favor and do the little girl a favor."
Zhu Mingyu patted her leg like the God of Wealth and said, "That's okay, but... you have to promise me one thing."
"What's the matter? Just ask?"
"I'll tell you privately later."
Zhu Mingyu has his own plan. He is the young boss of the Guanzhong Caiyuan Chamber of Commerce. Although he has been a monk for a long time, it is not a problem to withdraw one thousand eight hundred taels from his own business. He had pretended to be embarrassed before just to get Li Fenglan to agree to his request.
"No problem, as long as you can get the money."
"Okay, Amber, follow me."
Amber was still out of sorts and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Follow me to get the money."
Li Fenglan said: "No rush, let me tell you my plan first... Mr. Xu, Linghan, you two will go around Chang'an in the afternoon and try to find out all the hidden forces in Chang'an. It doesn't matter if you can't find out, don't Make it difficult for yourself. Daozhang Zhu, go with Hu Hu... to get money, at least one thousand taels. Chen Wu, you come with me."
Chenwu asked: "Where to go?"
"Don't ask, you'll know once you get there... Everyone, it's still early, let's get going."
…
Li Fenglan is a child of the Shangguan family in Chang'an.
These days, she is unwilling to mention her life experience, and no one will ask. Xu Qingchen and Linghan met later. They didn't know her life experience, and the other three people had never considered it. After all, she only met her own mother once, and they didn't have a happy conversation. Chenwu Mu Yun, who was slow to react, didn't realize this until now.
She wanted to take a look at the Shangguan family ruins.
When we arrived at the Shangguan family ruins, it was almost dark.
Only the ruins of the original luxurious house remain, like Changfeng Tower in Luoyang, and no one dares to buy it. The ruins of Shangguan's house remained abandoned for nineteen years.
Li Fenglan stood on the ruins and glanced at
Looking at it, one can see the prosperity back then. If nothing happened back then, she might just be an ordinary rich girl, she might have other brothers and sisters, and she might even be married.
It's not that cold anymore, and Li Fenglan habitually doesn't wear shoes. Standing barefoot on the withered grass that had just begun to spring, looking at the broken walls and rubble everywhere, the expression on his face was a little complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Chen Wu rummaged through the pile of rubble nearby, not knowing what he was looking for.
At this time, an old voice sounded from behind Li Fenglan: "You've seen it before, it's just a wasteland."
Li Fenglan did not look back and said, "There will always be something left behind."
Chen Wu saw an old man appearing behind Li Fenglan. He looked to be in his seventies, with lots of wrinkles. He looked like he was dressed like an ordinary old farmer. But after hearing the conversation between him and Li Fenglan, Chen Wu judged that the two of them should know each other, so he didn't come forward to disturb them.
The old man found a slightly higher stone and sat down, and said, "Nothing is left. There is no need to look here. It will only make you sad."
"I always feel like you are hiding something from me."
"It's something to hide, but girl, you have to know that we won't harm you."
"Can you promise me something?"
"You tell me, I can promise you anything except money."
"Shabby... fight with him." When Li Fenglan said this, she pointed at Chenwu, who was confused and still couldn't figure out the situation.
The old man asked: "Why?"
"Oh, why do you talk so much? I just need to beat you."
The old man stood up and stretched his waist, then picked up a piece of wooden stick and said, "In that case, young man, let's take action."
"Wait a minute," Chenwu said, "I see that you are walking and breathing quite well. I may never be able to reach your level in my lifetime, so there is no need to fight, right?"
The old man said: "This girl usually doesn't have many demands. I have to satisfy her. Young man, please draw your sword."
Chenwu pulled out the long sword, looked at Li Fenglan, and asked, "What's the purpose?"
"Don't ask, just hit."
Chenwu had no choice but to use all his strength to fight with the old man. After playing for more than ten rounds, Chenwu figured out that this was not an old man, but at most a middle-aged man, disguised. The old man was not in a hurry to win, so he led Chenwu to use the full set of Yunwu Swords. He did not stop until he had made more than 200 moves and it was completely dark.
Chenwu panted and rubbed his wrists, and said: "Your sword skills are not like sword skills, and your stick skills are not like stick skills. Why can't I see your method? I'm afraid your kung fu is not as good as that of that swordsman." The seniors are quite good."
The old man smiled and said, "My eyesight is good, but there is still room for improvement. Your swordsmanship looks familiar to me, and the improvements are okay, but there are a few things I want to say."
Li Fenglan interrupted him: "Oh, I didn't ask you to guide him."
"Then why should I fight with him?"
"Can you see his martial arts skills?"
The old man held his chin and thought for a while, then said, "You know what I want to say even if you don't ask. Although the swordsmanship is adapted from Aji's, there are too many of his own things left behind. It looks... just like the red-bearded demon back then. .”
"Red Bearded Demon? Can you tell where I'm from?" Chenwu looked very excited.
The old man shook his head and said, "I'm not sure either. I've only heard of the red-bearded devil's tactics. When he was active, it was fifty years ago. I was still a child at that time... so Well, after you finish handling the matter in Chang'an, go to Zhongnan Mountain and ask Taoist Zhang."
Li Fenglan nodded.
The old man asked: "Girl, is there anything else I can help you with?"
"There is a man named Xu Qingchen in the city who came with us. Go and fight with him and see if...the two of them come from the same family."
The old man nodded and said, "Okay...but girl, can I ask you something?"
"you say."
"...Lend me some money...it also costs money to stay in a hotel..."
Li Fenglan's face drooped, and she gritted her teeth and said: "When I came out of the valley, I was given less than two hundred taels.
After that, you eat my food and live in my house, and it cost me a thousand taels at least. You are a person with status after all. How come you are tall enough to speak? Are you asking for money from a junior like me? No! Not a penny! "
"Hey," the old man sighed, "Looks like I have to sleep on the street tonight."
After saying that, he walked towards Chang'an City with his hands behind his back.
Li Fenglan took out a ten-tael silver ingot from his sleeve, shouted, "Hey!" and threw the money over.
The old man didn't look back, he caught the flying silver and said with a smile: "Sure, I'm not hurting you in vain... By the way, girl, in two days, there will be something to be auctioned at Chang'an Gilding Workshop, including a jade pendant... …It was worn by Shangguan Cheng back then.”
Li Fenglan said, "My father?" Even she felt uncomfortable saying these two words. She asked again: "How much do you estimate?"
"Two thousand taels." After saying that, he left gracefully.
Looking at the old man's leaving figure, Chenwu asked, "Who is this person? Are you heading towards Langu?"
Li Fenglan replied: "Well... let's go back."
"Don't you want to look at it anymore? I just picked up a lot of copper coins over there. Let's look through them again. Maybe there's still some money left."
When she heard about money, Li Fenglan's eyes lit up: "Where? Let me take a look."
Chenwu smiled maliciously and threw the copper coins he had just picked up to Li Fenglan. Li Fenglan took a look at it under the moonlight and her face immediately turned red. He threw the copper coin on Chenwu's head and cursed: "Obscene!"
…
It’s difficult, it’s so difficult. I’ve never felt so sad.
This is Zhu Mingyu's mood now.
In one afternoon, he took Jade around most of Chang'an City and visited all his stores. At first, when the shopkeepers and waiters in the store saw their eldest son, they all had fawning smiles on their faces. But when they heard that he wanted to withdraw money, they all shook their heads like rattles.
Ever since he met Li Fenglan and the others, Zhu Mingyu seemed to have been embarrassing himself. Before coming, Bai Shuyu also said that Chang'an was the territory of the Zhu family. After coming, the Zhu family's shops regarded him as the god of plague, and he didn't have the attitude of the young master at all.
The silk and satin shop in front of him is the last one. If this shop still doesn't pay, then Zhu Mingyu's reputation will be ruined.
Amber gently pulled Zhu Mingyu's sleeve and whispered: "Taoist Priest Mingyu... why don't we stop taking it and let the lady think of a way."
Even if Amber was not familiar with the world, after hearing so many overt and covert sarcastic comments all afternoon, she could sense something: Zhu Mingyu seemed to have something going on with his family.
Zhu Mingyu said firmly: "I still don't believe it. Do I still need money from my own business? Amber, come in with me."
As soon as he entered the silk and satin shop, he was greeted by the shopkeeper with a fawning smile on his face.
"Hey! The young master is here! Come in, come in! Man! Make tea!"
Zhu Mingyu put up her air, took a seat at the head table, and asked with a majestic look: "Shopkeeper Hao, how is the business?"
"Thanks to you, I have been making money. My boss came here a year ago and praised our store's business."
Zhu Mingyu nodded and said, "I'm here. This is the matter. Is there any money in the shop's books?"
Shopkeeper Hao's smile became embarrassed: "Hey, Master, I heard about it this afternoon."
Zhu Mingyu slapped the table: "Then what do you mean? Isn't this my business anymore?"
"Yes...that's right, but the young master said he won't let us get money for you."
"Young master's family??" Zhu Mingyu felt very strange. The Zhu family could be the young master's family. Isn't it Zhu Mingyu? Obviously the young master they are talking about is not themselves.
Shopkeeper Hao continued: "Yes, the young master said... Young Master, please don't embarrass us."
"No, who is this young master?"
"I!"
A woman's voice came from the door of the silk shop. The voice was high-pitched, powerful, and full of coercion.
