Chapter 13,

A person who has a cold face but a warm heart when angry is nothing but a paper tiger. Even if you burn him, he can't do anything to you.

Finally, she bowed politely and said, "It is said that women and villains are the most difficult to raise in the world. My Lord, you are a gentleman of high character and integrity, so please do not treat me, a villain. I still have work to do, so I will take my leave first."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Pei Yuanqi was left standing in the wind, looking disheveled. He stretched out his hand and pointed at Su Guoer's back with a trembling hand, unable to point steadily. It was obvious that he was very angry.

But he still... really couldn't do anything to her.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that he and Su Guo'er had some kind of special relationship. Could it be that he was irritated by her disrespectful attitude? This was the reason for this illusion?

Pei Yuanqi couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't really deduce any different story from the two people's sparse past. They shouldn't have any relationship.

He had no choice but to swallow his anger, after all, he was the one who made things difficult for others first.

However, he still couldn't calm down, so when he returned to the study after dinner, he was still thinking about what had just happened.

Furious, no, that's not right, it's a very special feeling, not anger, but more of... joy?

He thought he might be crazy.

From yesterday till now, I have only seen her twice.

As a result, she aroused my thoughts...

Pei Yuanqi stood in front of the window holding a book, feeling uneasy standing and unable to sit down, his thoughts had long drifted away.

When Changqi slipped in from the back door dressed in black, he saw his master standing in front of the wooden window in a daze, holding a book in his hand without even turning the page. He looked as if he had lost his soul.

He suddenly felt curious, and when he climbed in through the back window, he deliberately walked lightly, wanting to see how long he could be in a daze. He also took a piece of Ruyi cake on the table and threw it into his mouth, chewing it while continuing to stare at his master.

After eating three pieces of Ruyi cakes, his parents finally reacted.

When she turned and walked towards him, her eyes were calm, as if she had known of his arrival.

"Did you see me come in?"

Pei Yuanqi shook his head to indicate no.

Chang Qi: "I thought you were having a seizure. What's wrong? What's bothering you so much?"

Pei Yuanqi: "A stubborn donkey."

Changqi widened his eyes: "Huh?" What a novel metaphor.

As he spoke, he reached out to touch the cakes on the table again, but was mercilessly slapped away by a pair of hands holding a book.

"How's the investigation going over there?" Pei Yuanqi asked.

Chang Qi then became serious: "I have checked and found that this batch of goods was indeed transported by water and entered Bianjing through Changfeng Gate. As you expected, this matter is closely related to the Qi family."

"I really didn't expect that when I was stalking the Qi family during the day, I would see that the young masters of the Qi family were all wearing coarse cloth clothes without even a single embroidery. When they went to the farm outside the city to collect rent, they rode in a carriage with a broken wheel. The Qi family only had a house with three entrances and three exits. Even the tiles on the roof were rotten and could not be repaired. They looked extremely poor!

"Ah, but who could have imagined that such a capital crime was committed by their family?"

After saying this, the tone of voice changed.

"I just can't understand. What is the Qi family trying to do? They have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver but can't spend it. Instead, they have to live in poverty and risk being beheaded. Oh, I really don't understand what they are thinking. If something really goes wrong, their descendants will be in trouble. They are so greedy!"

After saying that, he shook his head and touched the Ruyi cake beside him again. This time no one stopped him, and he successfully touched a Ruyi cake and put it into his mouth.

Pei Yuanqi ignored his sour words and asked, "Have the goods been traded?"

Chang Qi: "The transaction was completed when the carriage broke down on the road. Wow, in just a quarter of an hour, a group of people emerged from the woods and traded the goods while the carriage was being repaired. It didn't attract any attention at all. If it weren't for my sharp eyes, I would have let them get away!"

"Can you guess who the contact person is?" Chang Qi kept it a secret and approached Pei Yuanqi with a smile and asked. Pei Yuanqi pushed the pastries in front of him, signaling him to stop talking nonsense.

"It's the owner, Wu, of Qingfenglou. That black-hearted bastard. On the surface, he runs a world-famous restaurant, but in reality, he owns gambling houses, brothels, and everything else. Now he's even smuggling goods. He's so damn greedy!"

Speaking of this, Pei Yuanqi frowned and thought.

Chang Qi also knew what he was thinking: "You think that Shopkeeper Wu is difficult to deal with? Is it because his sister is a noble concubine in the palace?"

"You're kidding! Pei Yuanqi is the one appointed by His Majesty. How could you be afraid of a mere concubine like her?"

Pei Yuanqi: "I'm not scared, I just can't understand why? Why did Concubine Shu do this?"

Chang Qi: "Why else could it be? Imperial Concubine Shu was born in poverty. She rose from a little palace maid to the position of Imperial Concubine. Of course, it's all for money. She and the Qi family amass wealth together, and then divide the spoils. She can get at least 200,000 taels of silver at a time! 200,000 taels, I can't earn that much in my entire life. Isn't this a sufficient reason?"

Changqi was right, 200,000 taels of silver was enough to make people excited.

But Pei Yuanqi always felt that there was something wrong with this, but he couldn't think of anything for a while, so he had to give up. Finally, he waved his hand to signal Chang Qi to leave.

Pei Yuanqi: "Okay, then go check where the Qi family hid the goods. If you find out, there will be a reward."

Chang Qi was about to leave when his eyes lit up after hearing this: "How much?"

"Fifty taels"

"Gold?" His eyes lit up again, gleaming brightly.

"silver"

Then there was no light in my eyes.

"Okay," he muttered, turned around and was about to leave through the window, but Pei Yuanqi stopped him unexpectedly.

"By the way, help me deal with one more person."

At this moment, Changfeng was hanging on the window in a strange posture, looking back. After hearing this, his eyes lit up even more: "Who? Kill whom? How did he offend you? Should we capture him and put him in the prison of the Imperial City Bureau to test our brothers' methods?"

He talked a lot in a jumbled manner, which showed how gossipy he was.

Pei Yuanqi rubbed his brows and said, "Qi family, Qi Zhang, there's no need to kill him. Go tie him up for me, beat him up at night, and throw him into the moat."

Chang Qi was a little confused and stepped down from the window frame: "Didn't we say we wouldn't touch the Qi family for now? Would this alert the enemy?"

Pei Yuanqi: "This matter has nothing to do with the Qi family. You just need to tie up that guy named Qi Zhang and beat him up. He has offended many people, so even if he gets beaten up, he won't suspect us. Just go ahead and do it."

Chang Qi: "Then can I ask why you beat him?"

And then what he got was a cold stare from his boss.

Well, he tactfully excused himself and disappeared into the night.