Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 160: Li Chengqian's Lost Bond Collateral

"Brother, calm down, calm down!"

Fan Xian immediately forced a smile, stepped forward and punched Leng Feibai's shoulder, "Stay calm, stay calm!"

Looking at Fan Xian's playful expression, Leng Feibai felt as if he had been splashed with cold water. He sighed and said, "In short, you should be more careful. Also, there's no big problem with your issuing bonds. But have you ever thought about what would happen if you managed to restore the inner treasury to normalcy? Old Loach suddenly issued an order to revive your control of the inner treasury and declared the bonds you issued invalid. Then, those wealthy merchants in Kyoto would have no choice but to blame you for their losses. What would you do then?"

Fan Xian couldn't help but shudder after hearing this. He really hadn't thought about this kind of thing. If His Majesty really played this trick on him, how would he respond?

"Don't forget that beating in court and how Prime Minister Lin was deposed!"

Leng Feibai's expression was extremely cold. "As I said before, the final right to interpret the rules lies with him. Why are you going against him?"

After hearing this, Fan Xian immediately covered his head and became distressed.

Looking at Fan Xian's expression, Leng Feibai couldn't help but sigh, "Let's go to Qing Yu Tang again. We need the help of those shopkeepers for something!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Inside the Guangxin Palace, Li Yunrui, with a frustrated look on his face, was wiping the dusty ornaments in the Guangxin Palace with a rag.

Li Yunrui, who had never done any rough work, only felt sore in his back and waist, and felt very aggrieved.

Eunuch Hou, who was sent by Emperor Qing to supervise the work, couldn't help but take a few steps back, fearing that the young lady would get angry and implicate him.

"Step aside!"

Li Chengqian's rough voice came from outside the palace. After hearing it, Eunuch Hou felt dizzy and watched Li Chengqian rush into the house.

"Eunuch Hou!"

Li Chengqian stepped forward quickly, pointed outside and said, "I want to talk to my aunt, please go out first!"

"Your Highness, you're welcome!"

Eunuch Hou said calmly, "This old servant has been ordered to supervise the Princess here. Without Your Majesty's order, I cannot leave!"

"Then go tell His Majesty!"

Li Chengqian said rudely, "I want to stay and help this aunt clean up Guangxin Palace. Tell His Majesty so. Let's see if His Majesty will also punish me with a caning!"

Eunuch Hou wanted to speak again, but was rudely pushed out of the house by Li Chengqian.

Li Yunrui looked at Li Chengqian and said helplessly, "You shouldn't be like this. This will not benefit you or me!"

"You should give me an explanation!"

Li Chengqian walked up to Li Yunrui angrily and asked, "What's going on between you and my second brother?"

"You know it all!"

Li Yunrui said playfully, "It's just as it's been said outside. Why, are you unhappy?"

"Aunt, are you trying to play with fire and get burned? Or do you think I'm not as good as my second brother in that aspect?"

Li Chengqian angrily grabbed Li Yunrui's shoulders, but Li Yunrui didn't answer and just looked at him.

After a moment, Li Chengqian let go of his hand, grabbed the broom beside him, and started cleaning.

But Li Chengqian had never done any work, and soon, dust was everywhere in Guangxin Palace.

Inside the palace, Emperor Qing listened to Eunuch Hou's report, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes. He said coldly, "He is indeed filial, so don't worry about him. Eunuch Hou, you continue... Forget it, let Hong Zhu go over and keep an eye on it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young eunuch who was waiting in the corner came out, bowed respectfully to Emperor Qing, and left the bedroom.

Hong Zhu, a native of Yingzhou, lost his family to persecution by the prefect. Later, when Fan Xian was investigating corruption, he avenged him and became his secret agent, helping him gather information from the palace.

As Hong Zhu left, Eunuch Hou suddenly said, "Your Majesty, someone outside just brought news that Fan Xian and Leng Feibai went straight to Qing Yu Tang after returning to Kyoto from outside the city!" Emperor Qing, who was reading a book, was stunned when he heard this. "What are they doing at Qing Yu Tang again?"

Inside Qing Yu Tang, the shopkeepers, Leng Feibai and Fan Xian were busy working.

And around them are dazzling treasures such as corals, pearls, agates, diamonds, cat's eyes, emeralds, etc.

And beside them are crystal clear jade cabbages, jade watermelons, and white jade horses...

Leng Feibai and Fan Xian arrived at Qingyu Hall at the end of noon, and now they are busy until 2:15 PM.

"The boss!"

Leng Feibai wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "How much silver are the jewels that have been taken out worth in total?"

The head shopkeeper took the book and counted it up and down, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "That's enough, enough to make up for the debt!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who had been busy all afternoon breathed a sigh of relief.

"It'll be fine now!"

Leng Feibai said to Fan Xian calmly, "With these jewels as collateral, even if the bonds you issued become invalid, those merchants will still receive these jewels as compensation!"

"elder brother!"

Fan Xian couldn't help but say, "But you'll be the one who suffers the most from this. I can't let you suffer in vain!"

"Don't worry, these jewels are only a quarter of my collection."

Leng Feibai said unhappily, "Just consider it as a loan from me. When you get the money from the inner treasury, you can return it to me bit by bit!"

After hearing this, Fan Xian chuckled and said, "Don't worry, brother. I will definitely pay you back. But where did you get these jewels?"

“During those years of traveling, I went everywhere!”

Leng Feibai said calmly, "Sometimes I'd destroy a few strongholds while suppressing bandits, and then discover a jade mine near them. Or I'd use the Cloud Step to fly to an isolated island overseas, and end up discovering a stranded shipwreck, and then collect jewelry and merchandise from it..."

Listening to Leng Feibai's memories while counting on his fingers, the corners of Fan Xian's and Qing Yu Tang's shopkeeper's mouths twitched.

"elder brother!"

Fan Xian couldn't help but ask, "Do you find money wherever you go?"

"Think too much!"

Leng Feibai looked helpless. "This kind of thing only happens once a year at most. I only have a few tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver left, but I still have quite a bit of jewelry!"

The head shopkeeper laughed after hearing this and said, "If Mr. Leng is short of money, you can ask Qing Yu Tang to buy some jewelry for you. Because of your relationship with the young master, we can waive the handling fee!"

Leng Feibai smiled after hearing this and said that it was not necessary for the time being.

"But the young master..."

The head shopkeeper looked at the surrounding jewels and asked curiously, "How are you going to transport so many things to Cangshan Mountain?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Xian immediately looked at Leng Feibai. Leng Feibai looked helpless and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you!"

Seeing Leng Feibai's reluctance, Fan Xian smiled and helped Leng Feibai pack the estimated jewelry into bags and put them back into the box.

Then Leng Feibai used his skills to collect all the boxes.

Just as the two were about to leave, the head shopkeeper suddenly called out to Leng Feibai, "Mr. Leng, please wait a moment. I have something to give you!"

After saying this, the shopkeeper quickly entered the house. When he came out, he had a ring inlaid with a ruby ​​in his hand.

(End of this chapter)