Rebirth of the poisonous concubine

Chapter 88
Chapter 88
After having breakfast with Ye Yixiu, Ye Muxi randomly found a reason to buy, and took Wan Qiu and Ming to draw the Ye Mansion.

First, I went around the bustling streets of Jiangzhou a few times, found a bank to exchange the banknotes into small change, and after shopping for a while, I turned to a remote alley.

This is a slightly old residential house, which has been in disrepair for a long time and looks particularly dilapidated.

The paint on the black-painted wooden door had peeled off, and the door was wide open. As soon as they walked to the door, they heard a burst of crying and arguing from inside.

"Xi Niang, your husband has already mortgaged you to us, the IOU is clearly written in black and white, come with us!" It was a male voice with a ferocious look.

"I beg you to allow some more time, I will definitely return the money..." the woman begged sadly.

"Let go of my mother, woo woo woo..." the childish voice.

"100 taels of silver, even if we sell you, we won't be able to pay back the debt. If it wasn't for our young boss to make a move, do you really think that your broken shoe is worth 100 taels?" Another rude male voice.

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Ye Muxi frowned, stepped in, and saw four or five idlers who looked like thugs standing in a dilapidated courtyard.

Opposite them was a woman in plain clothes, with a haggard face and plain clothes, with a white cloth belt tied around her head, which was the attire of mourning.In her arms was a ten-year-old child, also dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, and there was a Xingmu black coffin in the yard.

"Your family is so poor that it was lost in gambling by your dead ghost husband. You owe this coffin on credit. How can you repay our young master's money. Xi Niang, it is your good fortune that the young master has taken a fancy to you. Hurry up and come with us." The leading man said, and dragged the plain woman out of the door.

The child cried and rushed forward to beat his hand with a small fist, "Let go of my mother, let go of my mother..."

"You bastard, get out of here." The man raised his foot and was about to kick the child away, but before he kicked the child, he heard a bang, and a wooden stick hit the back of his head, which immediately hurt him Hugging her head and scolding her mother, she let go of her hand.

When the man turned his head, he saw a cold young woman in a white dress, holding a laundry roll that he picked up casually from the edge of the courtyard wall in her hand, her eyes were piercingly cold.

"Go away." Ye Muxi said coldly.

The man scolded angrily, "What are you, you dare to meddle in my business..."

"Our lady is the daughter of the Ye family, you dare to speak ill of our lady, do you still want to hang out in Jiangzhou?" Wan Qiu was also stunned by Ye Muxi's cold stick before she recovered, and hurriedly rushed up to yell aggressively .

Ye Fu's daughter?

Seeing Ye Muxi's master and servant being so arrogant, it frightened these idlers.Although they are domineering, they only dominate ordinary people.None of the officials and gentlemen in Jiangzhou City dared to offend.

Looking at Ye Muxi's glamorous appearance, he knew that he came from a famous family, and hearing about the daughter of the Ye family, there was only one Ye family in Jiangzhou.

"That Ye family of the magistrate?" The man in charge asked tentatively.

Wan Qiu snorted coldly, "Could it be that there are two Ye families in Jiangzhou? You rascals are robbing civilian girls in broad daylight. Let our lady tell the old man that all of you are waiting to be jailed." let's go."

Although the Ye family is not as good as the Cheng family, it is also one of the best official families in Jiangzhou.Ye Linghonggui is the magistrate of Jiangzhou and the parent official of Yizhou.

If the magistrate is looking for trouble, do you still want to open the gambling house?The family behind the gambling house cannot afford to offend the Ye family.

"Girl, we are not robbing a civilian girl, her husband has mortgaged her to us." The man's attitude changed immediately when he saw that he was from the Ye family.

Ye Muxi stretched out her slender hands, "Where's the receipt? Let me see."

The man handed Ye Muxi an IOU, Ye Muxi glanced at it, frowning.In order to borrow 100 taels of silver from the gambling house, Xiniang's husband used her as collateral, and if the money was not paid after the deadline, he gave Xiniang to the gambling house to pay off the debt.

What a bastard, even mortgaged his first wife.

Ye Muxi was not passing by, but had known Xi Niang in her previous life.In her previous life, after she became the daughter of Marquis Lingwu, she tried every means to restore her appearance. Her father also searched for strange medicines and prescriptions for her, and offered a huge reward to the world.

Xi Niang was one of those who contributed prescriptions.Her family ancestor was a court lady in the Warring States Period, who served a very beautiful lady at that time. She was best at developing beauty products, rouge and gouache, etc. Later, she escaped from the palace with those beauty-beautifying prescriptions during the war. The prescription was named beauty secretary.

At that time, Xiniang was living in poverty, and she took out this ancestral secretary just to exchange for a meal.Of course, disfigurement can't be cured, but it does have some good effects, which make the court ladies and daughters of the court crave for it.

Ye Muxi took a fancy to the business opportunities here, summoned her, and developed some of the things inside one by one. With the backing of Lingwuhou Mansion, it became popular in the capital, and later became a tool for Huangfu Sheng to collect money.

But this book is useless in Xi Niang's hands.Because the development of any of the ointments in it requires a few hundred taels of principal, and ordinary people will never see so much silver in their lifetime.Therefore, the secretary brought out from the palace has always been a shining pearl.

Xi Niang is a responsible person, diligent and reliable, and loyal to Ye Muxi. Until the time of Ye Muxi's death in her previous life, she was still managing the shop for Ye Muxi.

Ye Muxi remembered that she said that she used to live in Qingliu Alley in Jiangzhou, so this time she came to try her luck and see if she could be found.After all, when she met Xi Niang in her previous life, she and Xi Niang were both in the capital.Ye Muxi didn't know that Xi Niang at this moment had such a tragic past.

Maybe, the reason why Xi Niang appeared in the capital later was because she ran away with her son because of her debts?

"Isn't it written that the loan period is ten days? Just two days later, you came to ask for the debt, it's too deceptive." Ye Muxi said coldly.

The leading man said, "Miss noble, look at their family is so poor, how can they afford to pay back the money, if we don't hurry up and come here, we are afraid that this little lady will run away."

"You give me some time, and I will find a way to pay back the money. If you insist on forcing me to be He Ershao's concubine, even if I die, I will not go with you." Xi Niang's eyes were red and swollen, and tears streamed down her face.

The man said disdainfully, "Okay, you die now and see what your son will do. If you die, we will arrest your son to pay off the debt, and sell your son to a brothel as a child prostitute!"

"You...you..." Xi Niang felt sad, her feet limp and fell to the ground, she muttered to herself in a daze, "You who suffered a thousand knives, why did you jump into the river and leave our mother and child behind? You killed me I'll forget it, our son has also been harmed by you, what can I do."

Ye Muxi glanced at the black wooden coffin next to her, "What's going on?"

"Miss Noble, this Zhang San is addicted to gambling. He lost all his money in our gambling shop the day before yesterday and owed 100 taels of silver. My brothers asked him to pay back the debt. He couldn't think about it for a while, so he jumped into the river and committed suicide. This has nothing to do with us. We are here today to ask for debts, and it is clearly written in black and white that we are all honest and good citizens. It is only right and proper to pay back debts!" ​​the man said confidently.

Ye Muxi roughly understood what was going on.Zhang San was forced to jump into the river by the debtors, maybe he was forced to death by them, but it had nothing to do with her, she was too lazy to care about this bastard who lost his wife to others.

"I'll give you 100 taels, and this IOU will be cancelled." Ye Muxi tore up the IOU casually, and Wan Qiu, who was next to him, took a step forward and handed the 100 taels of silver note to the man.

The man was also stunned, with a troubled expression on his face, "This... this... Miss Noble, Xi Niang is the one our young master called for."

If it wasn't for this little lady, how could the casino be willing to lend 100 taels to Zhang San.

"Now she belongs to me. Your young boss has someone important, let him come to Ye Mansion to find me. My name is Ye Muxi, if he dares to come, just come." Ye Muxi's lips curled into a sneer.

A woman who dared to refuse even Cheng Yuanjie's door-to-door marriage proposal, and even Prince Jing'an stood up for her, and now Ye Muxi's reputation in Jiangzhou is unmatched.Everyone knows that she has a bright future, and few people dare to offend her.

"This..." The idle man looked at Ye Muxi and then at Xi Niang, not knowing what to do.

Ye Muxi twitched her lips, "If you have any dissatisfaction with your young boss, just come to me. I'll count to three, and if you don't disappear, I'll report to the police. One, two..."

"Let's go!" The man's expression changed, he took the 100 taels Ye Muxi gave him, and hurriedly led him away.

Xi Niang looked at this scene in shock, and finally came to her senses, she pulled her son and knelt down in front of Ye Muxi, "Young lady is really a living Bodhisattva, she has great kindness and virtue, and we will definitely repay it as oxen and horses."

If it wasn't for Ye Muxi, she really didn't know what else to do.

"Xiniang, get up." Ye Muxi helped her up with her own hands, and watched her with a faint smile on her lips. The figures of past and present life overlapped. Compared with the description of Xiniang who met in Beijing two years later, Haggard, much better.

Her own appearance saved this old man from a lot of suffering, and she felt relieved in her heart.

"The girl is kind-hearted, and she is willing to give me 100 taels of silver. Xi Niang is willing to sell herself as a slave and serve the girl for the rest of her life!" Xi Niang is a person who knows how to repay her kindness, and she immediately said gratefully.

Ye Muxi smiled, "There's no need to sell yourself as a slave, but I do come here for a purpose. Don't worry, I have no ill intentions towards you. As far as I know, you have a copy of the beauty secretary handed down by the court during the Warring States Period. ,Yes or no?"

"How does the girl know?" Xi Niang was taken aback, then nodded and admitted, "Indeed. My ancestor was a court lady, and a book of beauty secretaries was handed down, but the ingredients needed for the prescriptions in it are expensive, and I have never tried it. I know whether Fang Zi is true or not. If the girl likes it, I will dedicate this book to the girl."

(End of this chapter)