When Zhu Mingyu and Hu Bo returned to the inn, Li Fenglan and Chen Wu had already returned, but Xu Qingchen and Linghan had not returned yet.
Seeing Zhu Mingyu, Li Fenglan looked expectant.
Zhu Mingyu threw the banknotes in his hand grandly on the table, imitating Chen Wu's tone and said: "It's easy to get it, we are the eldest young master of the Zhu family after all."
Li Fenglan picked up the bank notes like a money fan, counted them, frowned and said, "Only two thousand taels?"
"Talent?" Zhu Mingyu's jaw dropped. "You don't know how much I have suffered to get this money back. If you don't believe me, just ask Hu Hu."
Li Fenglan fanned herself in the cool breeze and asked, "Taoist Master Zhu, do you think I am a member of the Jianghu?"
"yes."
"If Changfeng Tower had acted more forcefully back then, wouldn't it be too much to say that I am a demon witch now?"
"Uh... Actually, in the minds of many people in the world now, you are a witch."
"In that case, does it make sense for me to rob others of a few thousand taels?"
"No, what do you want to do?"
Li Fenglan said with a sad face: "I'm short of money... If I had known that this trip to Chang'an would cost so much, I wouldn't have come... In two days, there will be something for auction in Gilded Square, one of which is the one my father used to make. A jade pendant I have worn. I know this is someone who is deliberately disgusting me. This jade pendant is not of that high value, but if I don’t take a photo of it, others will think that I don’t have this ability and will be looked down upon. If I want to take a photo... The estimated price is two thousand, so there must be someone with good intentions who raises the price. What should I do..."
Zhu Mingyu shrugged and said, "I don't care, the money is coming to you anyway. You said at least one thousand taels, but I already gave you two thousand taels. You have to remember our agreement."
"Okay..." Li Fenglan said weakly, "Remember."
Just as he said this, Xu Qingchen and Linghan came back. Xu Qingchen kept rubbing his wrist, as if he was injured, while Linghan looked at him with concern.
Li Fenglan asked: "Mr. Xu, what's wrong with you?"
Linghan replied: "An old man appeared out of nowhere and insisted on competing with Brother Qingchen. That man was very skilled in martial arts and almost destroyed Brother Qingchen's wrist."
Xu Qingchen smiled generously: "They are friends, not enemies. They are not just competing with me, they are like they came here to teach me tricks. It is of great benefit to me."
Li Fenglan said with an apologetic look: "The old man...didn't he say that I asked him to compete with you?"
Linghan was surprised: "It's you? Why?"
"Well... Chen Wu always felt that you two came from the same martial arts school. I happened to meet him, so I let him try it. There was no bad intention."
Xu Qingchen asked: "This senior has superb skills. Is he from Chaolan Valley?"
Li Fenglan nodded and replied: "Yes, he is Mo Changfeng."
After saying that, the room suddenly became quiet.
After a while, Amber said happily: "The Valley Master is here? Where is he now?"
"Who knows, maybe I'll sleep on the street somewhere."
Zhu Mingyu's expression was a little solemn: "You invited your Valley Master because you think this trip to Chang'an will be a big trouble?"
Li Fenglan nodded and said, "Yes, I've been very suspicious recently. Forget it, it's getting late. Let's talk about anything tomorrow. Everyone go back and rest early."
When everyone left, Zhu Mingyu did not leave.
Li Fenglan asked: "Taoist Master Zhu, is there anything else?"
Zhu Mingyu secretly made up his mind and said, "Sister, you must promise me something!"
Li Fenglan felt a chill: "You, you, who do you call sister? How old am I?"
"Amber has to call you sister, right? Is it okay if I follow suit?"
"Of course...no, wait a minute, what do you mean?"
"That's what I mean!"
"I said..." Li Fenglan squinted her eyes and said, "Then you go ask Aunt Zhou. All important matters regarding our wealth are decided by Aunt Zhou. If I get married in the future, I will not ask my mother-in-law. Aunt Zhou must nod her head and agree. Will it help if you tell me?"
"Yes! I feel it works!"
"Then ask Jade! Jade is better at talking than me... No, why are you so impatient all of a sudden? Aren't you trying to impress Amber slowly?"
"As you can see, Amber doesn't think about that at all. And I don't have time now!"
"If she doesn't want you, just tell her!"
"Say it directly, I'm afraid she won't agree!"
"Then you tell me and she agrees?"
"At least your words have weight!"
"I understand, you asked me to promise you one thing, and this is it, right?"
"right!"
"Amber is my dearest relative and friend! Are you using her to trade with me?!"
"No, no?"
"You have to pay more!"
"make a deal!"
…
Early the next morning, Li Fenglan took everyone to the Gilding Workshop to inquire about the jade pendant.
On the way, Linghan asked: "Feng Lan, you also said that someone deliberately disgusted you with that jade pendant. If you ask about the jade pendant now, wouldn't it make people feel more important to you? Then the troublemakers will be even more too much."
Li Fenglan smiled mysteriously and replied: "It's okay, I have my own plan."
There are many pawnshops under Gilded Square, which basically monopolizes the pawnshop business in Chang'an. They hold this kind of auction every year, and most of the auction items are rare goods that have not been redeemed. There are many items in this auction, and this jade pendant is not the most valuable item. Zhu Mingyu grew up in the Zhong Ming Ding Shi family. Although he didn't care much about antiques and antiques, he had been exposed to them since he was a child and had studied this art quite a bit.
"I just went inside to take a look," Zhu Mingyu said to everyone while standing at the door of the gilding workshop, "That jade pendant is not worth two thousand taels, five hundred taels is not too small. It is obvious that you are being taken advantage of."
Li Fenglan nodded: "I need to know who is the boss behind Gilding Square."
"Zhan Shanhai, everyone knows this. This man has a talent for business, but he has no courage, and he has nothing to do with the world. Someone should have instructed him to do this."
Li Fenglan asked: "Taoist Master Zhu, can you find this person?"
"This person is not in Chang'an now. I have asked him. He is probably hidden and difficult to find."
After all, this is Chang'an, not Luoyang, and there are not so many spies for them to use.
Mu Yun asked: "What should I do? Do I have to take pictures?"
Li Fenglan didn't want to be photographed. She had no feelings for the Shangguan family. From the time she left the valley to the present, her inner thoughts had always been "revenge for Changfeng Tower" rather than "revenge for the Shangguan family and the Li family." If it weren't for not wanting to be looked down upon by the world and Mo Changfeng's instructions, she wouldn't bother to come here and spend this unjust money.
Li Fenglan did not answer Mu Yun, but asked Zhu Mingyu: "Taoist Master Zhu, do you know who are participating in the auction this time?"
Zhu Mingyu shrugged: "Anyone can participate, most of them are wealthy businessmen."
She lowered her voice and said to Zhu Mingyu: "Daozhang Zhu, can you secretly spread some news?"
"What news are you spreading?"
"Let's just say that this jade pendant is related to a big secret of the Shangguan family."
Zhu Mingyu was very puzzled: "Wouldn't this cause more people to bid with you?"
"Don't worry, I will definitely take this jade pendant at a low price. Just go out and spread it around."
Zhu Mingyu nodded: "No problem, but there are only two days until the auction starts, and I can't guarantee how far it will spread."
As they were talking, a green cloth sedan slowly came to the gate of Gilding Square. Along with the sedan, there was the faint sound of wind chimes.
As soon as Zhu Mingyu saw the sedan, she immediately turned her head to the side, apparently preparing to escape quietly. But before he could escape, the sedan curtain was opened from the inside by a pair of delicate hands. The sedan curtain touched the wind chimes on the sedan, and the wind chimes sounded louder. A stunning girl in a purple dress walked out of the sedan. She glanced at Zhu Mingyu who was about to run away, sneered and said, "Taoist Master Zhu, long time no see."
Li Fenglan and others looked at the stunning girl, and then they noticed that Zhu Mingyu had turned his back to them at some point.
Now that his name was called, Zhu Mingyu could no longer hide. He turned around with a smile on his face, but the smile was uglier than crying.
"Miss Yuan, long time no see."
Li Fenglan suddenly realized: It turns out that this is Yuan Fengling from Hua Yueying Jade Wind Chime.
As Yuan Fengling walked out of the sedan, three people followed her quietly. The three people were an old man with a white beard, a young man, and a young woman. Judging from their steps and breathing, they should be martial arts practitioners, and their kung fu is not low.
Yuan Fengling casually held a heater, glanced sideways at Zhu Mingyu, and said to the servants of the Gilding Workshop who came to greet him: "The Gilding Workshop is getting worse and worse."
The servant laughed and said, "Miss Yuan, look at what you said."
"Did I make a mistake? Anyone dares to come in. Tell your shopkeeper to clean up the road they have walked on. I don't want my feet to be dirty by the road walked by vulgar fans."
At this time, even the most open-minded Linghan couldn't keep her face. She took a step forward and was about to defend herself when she saw the old man behind Yuan Fengling suddenly smiled sadly.
"Little girl, keep calm. If you don't keep calm, you will die." The old man's voice was like torn cloth, harsh and unpleasant.
Li Fenglan snorted and said, "This Miss Yuan is so angry."
Yuan Fengling put the back of his hand on the stove and said without raising his head: "I can't do anything with you, I'm poor."
Before Li Fenglan could get angry, Chen Wu smiled sinisterly and asked, "Can I kill her?"
Hu Bo asked Zhu Mingyu in a low voice: "Master Mingyu, is this sister talking about us?"
Zhu Mingyu had nothing to say for a moment, so she had no choice but to say to Amber, "Don't take it personally."
Yuan Fengling felt jealous when she saw that Zhu Mingyu and Amber were so close (actually they were not very close). She glanced at Amber and said in a strange way: "She is pretty, but she is silly."
"Are you... talking about me?" Amber pointed at herself and asked, "Sister Jade did say that I am not very smart."
Zhu Mingyu pulled Amber behind her, glared at Yuan Fengling and said, "Miss Yuan, please have some virtue in your mouth."
"Hey, aren't you happy yet?" Yuan Fengling became even more eccentric, "Well, I still want to thank Daozhang Zhu for not marrying me back then. If you marry me, you still have to compare yourself with such a thing."
Li Fenglan finally went crazy.
"If you say one more thing, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart?!" Chen Wu felt murderous intent from Li Fenglan for the first time.
As soon as she finished speaking, a man and a woman behind Yuan Fengling grabbed Li Fenglan at the same time, but before they could reach her, they were blocked by Zhu Mingyu and Chenwu.
The woman whispered: "Apologise to my lady."
Chenwu smiled and said, "Is that your young lady? If you hadn't told me, I would have thought she was someone's rough-and-tumble girl."
"Forget it, Liuli," Yuan Fengling said with a smile, "Don't scare the little girl into tears, let's go."
Everyone watched helplessly as Yuan Fengling led a group of thugs into the gilding workshop. At this moment, Li Fenglan was shaking with anger.
Chenwu said, "If you're not angry anymore, how about I go in and clean them up?"
Li Fenglan didn't say anything, turned around and walked back, and the others had to follow.
