My family has been wielding knives for generations, but now it's my turn to wield a pen!

"Jiang Xiaobai, I... I'll fucking fight you to the death!"

Xie Qiulai touched his cheek, and after regaining his senses, he angrily pounced on Jiang Xiaobai.

As a member of the Eighth Prince's Mansion, he had never been slapped in public like this before!

After seeing this, Jiang Xiaobai immediately took a step back. Just as he was about to continue his attack, he saw the Princess beside him move even faster and kick out.

boom!

With a muffled thud, Xie Qiulai was seen flying out and crashing into a shelf.

Jiang Xiaobai's eyes lit up, and he immediately went over and continued punching and kicking Xie Qiulai.

"What a huge mosquito! Ouch, there's one here too!"

"Hey, how come another mosquito landed on your crotch!"

"Master Xie, don't move! I have a special kick that can cut off a person's offspring, it's perfect for this. I'll stomp it to death for you!!"

"Young Master Jiang!"

Xie Qiulai's face turned deathly pale, and she trembled all over: "No, I was wrong!"

"Oh dear, Master Xie, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaobai smiled and pulled his foot back up, bending down to help Xie Qiulai up again, his face full of concern.

"What do you mean, right or wrong? I was just helping you swat mosquitoes!"

Jiang Xiaobai paused for a moment before saying, "Master Xie, you surely believe me, right?"

"I……"

Xie Qiulai's face paled. Looking at Jiang Xiaobai's smiling face, he swallowed hard. "I believe you. Thank you, Young Master Jiang, for...for helping me swat the mosquitoes!"

"You are welcome!"

Jiang Xiaobai nodded in satisfaction and said, "However, as the saying goes, even close brothers keep clear accounts!"

"I'll swat mosquitoes for you, but that won't cost you anything!"

"what?"

Xie Qiulai was stunned for a moment, then his face twitched: "You charge a fee?"

"Yes, but not many!"

Jiang Xiaobai held up one finger, smiling brightly, and said, "Ten thousand taels will do!"

"Ten thousand taels?!"

Xie Qiulai's eyes widened, and he trembled with anger.

What's the difference between this and outright robbery?

"What, you think it's too expensive?"

Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow slightly, then his gaze suddenly fell downwards, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Manager Xie, another one has landed on your crotch!"

"Hiss, I...I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you!"

Xie Qiulai's expression changed instantly, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Ten thousand taels! I'll go get it right now!"

After saying that, Xie Qiulai didn't dare to linger and quickly walked inside.

"Haha, Manager Xie is indeed a straightforward person!"

Jiang Xiaobai watched Xie Qiulai's retreating figure with admiration, then turned to Helian Zhaoyue and said, "Princess, look!"

"I've only just arrived, and I've already closed a deal worth ten thousand taels with the head of the Beijing merchants!"

"You can tell from how fast he walked that this Manager Xie is extremely impatient, afraid that my deal will fall through!"

"..."

Teng Zixiu's mouth moved slightly.

To be honest, at that moment, he really wanted to curse Jiang Xiaobai.

But when the words were on the tip of her tongue, Teng Zixiu swallowed them back.

Because he knew that Jiang Xiaobai was truly capable of taking action!

When he set up the martial arts arena before, his family retainers were killed by Jiang Xiaobai!

Helian Zhaoyue's expression was not good at the moment.

To be honest, she really understands Jiang Xiaobai less and less.

This bastard is reckless, but sometimes he plans three steps ahead for every one he takes, which is terrifying.

But if you say Jiang Xiaobai has any brains, then what he just did was just a complete brute.

So she really couldn't understand how completely unrelated things could appear in the same person!

A moment later, a servant hurried out and respectfully presented the silver notes to Jiang Xiaobai with both hands: "Young Master Jiang!"

"This is from Steward Xie; he asked me to give it to you!"

"Of course, of course!"

Jiang Xiaobai put away the silver notes with satisfaction, then looked at the servant and said, "Go back and tell Master Xie!"

"If you still have mosquitoes on you in the future, please let me know immediately!"

"I, the young master, am a person who loves helping others the most!"

"Yes……"

The servant looked somewhat embarrassed, respectfully responded, and then quickly turned and left.

Jiang Xiaobai watched the other person leave before turning back to Helian Zhaoyue and waving the ten thousand taels of silver notes again.

"Princess, ten thousand taels..."

Jiang Xiaobai smiled broadly: "So, what do you think about this number?"

idea?

Helian Zhaoyue bit down lightly with her silver teeth.

Yes, she thought of Chunyue Tower!

Even now, thinking back on it, she still feels furious!

"Don't misunderstand!"

Seeing Helian Zhaoyue's increasingly grim expression, Jiang Xiaobai's smile widened: "What I mean is, Your Highness, it seems you still owe me ten thousand taels!"

That's right, he won the bet he made while lecturing at the Imperial Academy.

"No!"

Helian Zhaoyue spoke coldly.

"Why!!"

Jiang Xiaobai sighed regretfully, "Alright then, consider it... my treat for your trip to Chun Yue Lou last time!"

"But let me make this clear first, Your Highness, you must remember my kindness!"

"I still remember your kindness?"

With gritted teeth, Helian Zhaoyue reached for the knife at her waist!

This time, however, Helian Zhaoyue ultimately held back. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and glared at Jiang Xiaobai, saying, "Don't worry, this princess... will never forget this in my lifetime!!"

Huh?

Jiang Xiaobai was surprised.

It seems this woman has been provoked by him a lot lately, and her patience has improved somewhat.

Just as Jiang Xiaobai was about to continue speaking, a surprised voice suddenly came from behind him: "Teacher, you really are here!"

Jiang Xiaobai turned around and saw a familiar figure walking quickly toward him.

After the initial surprise, a smile appeared on Jiang Xiaobai's face.

The person who arrived was Fang Tong.

The two hadn't seen each other for a while since Fang Tong became his disciple.

I never expected to run into him here.

"teacher!"

When Fang Tong approached, he immediately bowed respectfully.

"Alright!"

Jiang Xiaobai waved his hand with a smile.

Actually, he wasn't too surprised that Fang Tong was here.

He remembered Fang Tong saying that the Fang family was one of the most famous merchants in Dahua!

With people from all eight major merchant houses coming today, it's not surprising that Fang Tong is here.

Fang Tong glanced around, frowned when he saw the delegations from both countries, and then moved closer to Jiang Xiaobai.

"teacher!"

Fang Tong lowered his voice and said, "Hey, you've come at just the right time!"

"Oh?"

Jiang Xiaobai raised an eyebrow slightly: "How so?"

"I heard from my dad..."

Fang Tong began, "A very important person will be coming today. I'll introduce him to you then!"

Jiang Xiaobai looked surprised when he heard this.

Xie Qiulai seemed to have mentioned earlier that some important person would be present today.

But he didn't pay attention to it at the time.

Now that Fang Tong had specifically mentioned it, it inevitably piqued his curiosity.

"Who's the important person?"