Ten thousand taels of gold!
Ten thousand taels of gold!
"This...what should I do!" Xia Xinyi wailed and knelt on the ground with a plop. "Brother, I really can't afford it! I used to bring a lot of dowry from home, but I have spent all the money on my husband's study in Beijing in the past two years! You are asking me for ten thousand taels of gold now, which is like asking for my life! I know that I was not good before, and I was not nice to my words. I don't care about my brother. As long as you help me this time, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life."
"Master, don't believe her!" Li Zhong interrupted suddenly. He didn't know what Xia Xinyi had done to make Li Zhong so disgusted.
Xia Shang yawned: "Hey, stop talking, I know my limits."
"Some things can't be changed. You were named 'Xinyi', which is a herb belonging to the wood element, but your surname is 'Xia', which means fire. Everyone knows that fire overcomes wood, and your surname and name are in conflict. Moreover, the word 'Xin' means 'hard work', but you are from a wealthy family. You have enjoyed all the wealth and honor in your life for the first ten years, and naturally you will suffer for the next few decades. The word 'Yi' plus a female is the 'Yi' in 'Yi Tai Tai'. You should have been the second wife, but now you are the main wife. It is also destined that you will be taken away by other women."
"This... so... my life... this life is not over? Then I will live... I will still have..."
"But..." Xia Shang changed the subject.
"But what?"
"I believe that man can conquer nature. If you restrain yourself and cultivate your character, do more good and less evil in the future, you will have fewer disasters in your life."
"Are you willing to help me?"
"It's not a help, I can only give you some advice, and the only one who can help you is yourself."
"You say it, I will listen to whatever you say."
Yazhi was panicking: "Master, she hasn't paid yet! Women like her can't be sympathized with."
Xia Shang smiled and shook his head: "Calculation is no different from other businesses. This is to make money with God, and you must get it in a proper way. Giving ten taels of silver is enough, and more is not good for you."
"Brother, you are still reasonable! Sister has wronged you before. Sister will definitely remember your kindness in the future. Ten taels of silver is ten taels of silver."
Xia Xinyi was afraid that Xia Shang would regret it, so she quickly stuffed a silver ingot into Xia Shang's hand.
Xia Shang did not refuse and put the silver into his sleeve: "It seems difficult to win back your husband's heart, at least not in a short time. I have a plan to get your husband back."
"It's good to want your husband to come back, what should I do?"
"It's very simple, starting this month, you will cut off your husband's money and stop sending him money. Within three months, your husband will naturally come back. After that, you will..."
...
After getting the advice, Xia Xinyi left quickly. But Yazhi and Li Zhong always felt that something was missing.
"Master, you said before that fortune-telling should be done in a proper way. Is that true? I have seen some fortune-tellers charge hundreds of taels of silver, while others charge only a few coins. It is not necessarily that they will be punished for asking too high a price?"
Xia Shang put out the fire, shook off the heat on her body, took out the silver ingot from her sleeve and weighed it gently: "Of course I made that up. After all, we are sisters. I can't cheat my own family, right? Well, let's not talk about this for now. Let's go have a good meal."
Having said that, Xia Shang walked out of the yard alone.
Li Zhong and Yazhi looked at each other, both of them seemed a little surprised. Although they didn't get along, they had the same point of view on this point.
"Master, what should I say? You didn't sympathize with anyone before, but now you help people who shouldn't be sympathized with. Xia Xinyi will definitely be able to come up with 10,000 taels of gold, so why are you... Hey!"
"That's right! Such a good opportunity has been missed. Master, have you forgotten to earn 10,000 taels of gold in three days?"
Xia Shang looked stress-free. He walked in front with his hands behind his back, shaking with every step, and was very stylish, like a scholar. He ignored the dissatisfaction of the two people behind him and went straight to the small food stall at the corner of the street.
There are many noodle stalls and food stalls in Yulin County. They are all simple wooden sheds with seven or eight tables under the shed, a wooden stake at the door, a sign on the stake, and three or two earthen stoves behind the shed. Then they can open the door for business.
This kind of small food stall is equivalent to a modern food stall. The food is not particular and the price is affordable. Ordinary people can afford it. But this kind of place is full of people of all kinds, and you can hear the conversations of the guests from a distance.
Xia Shang has never been to such a place.
Xia Shang now likes this kind of place. He used to like the feeling of food stalls, which are lively and down-to-earth, and most importantly, affordable and delicious.
But Li Zhong felt it was inappropriate: "Master, what is your status? How can you eat in such a place?"
"What is my status? Am I not just a poor man with only ten taels of silver? What status do you have at this time? Sit down and eat together."
While talking, the flattering little brother came up with a rag to wipe the table, and asked while wiping: "What do you want to eat? Our braised beef here is a specialty of Yulin County."
"That's great, let's have a pound of braised beef first."
This is the first decent meal in ancient times. Xia Shang is very much looking forward to it. He doesn't know what the original ecological food in ancient times tastes like. He secretly swallowed his saliva and handed Yazhi chopsticks.
Yazhi wiped the greasy table again and again with a small handkerchief, and did not dare to put her hands on the table until the handkerchief was torn. Her bright eyes were full of disgust, and her nose was wrinkled enough to hold a brush. Li Zhong stood aside, insisting that he could not sit with the young master.
Xia Shang tried to persuade him for a long time, but it was useless.
There was no way, so he had to let Zhongbo down first.
It was noon now, and there were many customers at the snack stand, most of them were big and strong men, and occasionally one or two people dressed in gangster style would appear.
"Let me tell you, something big happened in Yangzhou City these two days."
"What big thing?"
"Have you been to Yangzhou City these two days?"
"No... no, no."
A few people gathered at a table not far away and had a heated discussion, and the content of the conversation was clearly heard by Xia Shang.
"You know the Xia family that sells wine in Yangzhou City, right?"
"Of course I know. I went to their store to buy wine half a month ago!"
"You can't buy wine at the Xia family this time."
"Why?"
"The Xia family was raided for tax evasion."
"Raided?!"
"That's right! In just three days, all of the Xia family's property, land, shops, and wine cellars were seized by the court. Some were sealed, some were collected, and some were sold. Now there is no one left in the Xia family."
"No way! The Xia family is a famous wealthy family in Yangzhou City. How can it disappear just like that? "
"How can this be false? Now the whole Yangzhou city is talking about it. I heard that it was all caused by the young master of the Xia family. He didn't even consider himself and snatched a woman from His Royal Highness Prince Yong. Isn't this courting death?"
"I know that the young master of the Xia family snatched a woman from Prince Yong. This is true. Could it be that His Royal Highness Prince Yong took revenge so quickly?"
"Of course, His Royal Highness Prince Yong is the third prince! To offend the third prince is to offend the emperor! The prefect took action immediately after hearing the news. I heard that the young master of the Xia family was beaten to death by Mr. Xia, and Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia were also angry to death. The entire Xia family is finished."