"Young lady, you'd better not cause any more trouble here..."

"How am I making things worse? Oh, right, you must be worried about the lost ten thousand taels of silver notes. How about I help you find them?"

However, if I help you find it, you must tell me the inside story of running a security escort agency, and you will have to work for me from now on, okay?

What... is going on?

Everyone was completely bewildered!

Xiqiu's eyes, which had previously held admiration for Jiang Segu, turned to anger. "Miss, how could you help them?"

"After all, they are the victims, so of course I have to help them!"

"But...but they clearly came to extort money from us! They even assaulted our waiter, and my wife was pushed to the ground and knocked unconscious!"

"They had their reasons! It's ten thousand taels of silver; who wouldn't be anxious if they lost it? You won't admit it, and they're all uneducated people who make a living through manual labor. It's understandable that they acted out of desperation!"

Jiang Segu glanced at the several waiters beside him, whose faces were bruised and swollen, and said, "Look at the slender bodies of your waiters, and look at these two strong men. If they had really fought, someone would have died! It's clear they held back!"

The two men were a little confused, but seeing that Jiang Segu's words were all in defense of them, they nodded in agreement.

The bearded man said, "What this young lady says is true. If we hadn't been holding back, we would have sent you useless waiters away long ago!"

The man with downcast eyes said, "We are all illiterate and uncouth, not eloquent people. The banknotes were lost, and you refuse to admit it, so we were forced to resort to violence! This young lady is truly a reasonable person!"

Xiqiu's chest heaved with anger as she pointed at Jiang Segu and said, "You're definitely in cahoots with them, trying to extort us!"

"Hey, hey, you can't just eat whatever you want, but you can't just say whatever you want. This lady is being a bit too hasty in her judgment! When I helped you earlier, why didn't you say I was their accomplice?"

Xiqiu couldn't find the words to retort to Jiang Segu. Her eyes reddened with frustration. She looked down at the lady who had been sitting there silently and said, "Madam, please say something!"

The lady then spoke calmly, "I wonder if you have any way to help them recover the ten thousand taels of silver?"

"What other method is needed? Why not just search your Sancaixuan shop? That's a ten-thousand-tael silver note! Not to mention Sancaixuan, most shops in the capital wouldn't keep such a large denomination of silver notes in their stores!"

Upon hearing this, Xiqiu's expression immediately changed. "You're not from the government, what right do you have to search the shop?"

"Could this lady be feeling guilty?"

"Look at how her face changed, she must be feeling guilty!"

"Oh, so these two really did lose ten thousand taels of silver?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a heartless shop! Others risk their lives to earn money, and they still try to steal it!"

"..."

Hearing the commotion and chatter of the onlookers, Xiqiu could no longer hold back her tears. "I'm not guilty! Madam, but we..."

But they really did have ten thousand taels of silver!

The day before yesterday, Manager Zhuang said that there were always people coming to cause trouble at the shop, which would affect business if this continued. So he was thinking of buying another shop and selling Sancaixuan. He also said that he had already found a five-door shop on Yongle Street.

Although she and her wife hadn't been in Beijing for long, they were familiar with Yongle Street, the most bustling and prosperous area in the capital. They had even visited there a few days ago.

The items in those shops are truly exorbitantly priced. However, the shop is always crowded with wealthy customers.

Shops on such a street are naturally not cheap.

The lady had originally planned to look at other shops in the next couple of days, but after browsing around twice, she found that the shop recommended by Manager Zhuang was more to her liking.

Therefore, she and her husband came today to deliver silver notes to Manager Zhuang, hoping that he would buy the shop as soon as possible.

Just as the lady was about to take out the silver notes, a commotion broke out downstairs.

It's exactly ten thousand taels, no more, no less!

Even if Xiqiu were foolish, she would realize at this moment that Manager Zhuang was up to something.

But now is not the time to investigate responsibility. If someone else finds the 10,000 taels, she and her wife will have no way of explaining it, even if they had 10,000 mouths!

The lady, sitting upright in her chair, showed no sign of panic. She looked at Jiang Segu and said, "What you say is true, but how can you guarantee that the silver notes found in my shop are the ones these two lost?"

"That's easy! You two brave men, which bank's banknotes did you lose?"

The bearded man glanced at Manager Zhuang, and the moment their eyes met, Jiang Segu stood in front of the man.

"It was my oversight. Both of you are illiterate; how could you possibly know which bank's notes they came from? However, people in the capital have always used Changlong Bank's notes, since Changlong Bank has branches in most prefectures of Northern Wei!"

Xiqiu's face turned even uglier!

Their banknotes belonged to Changlong Bank!

After exchanging glances with the shopkeeper, the man with downcast eyes replied, "What you say is true, young lady. Although we are illiterate, when the employer gave us the banknotes, he said they were from Changlong Bank!"

"Then let's go look for it!"

"No! You can't search our shop like this!" Xiqiu rushed forward, spreading her arms to stop them.

The lady, seated calmly, said, "Xiqiu, let them search!"

"lady!"

The lady raised her hand to indicate that she didn't need to say anything more, and said to Jiang Segu, "Since we are going to search the shops, we should naturally look for people that we both trust. I wonder if you have any suggestions?"

Jiang Segu smiled and said, "Of course, but I don't know if Madam would allow it!"

"Tell me about it!"

"Why don't you ask Madam and these two strong men to each select ten onlookers and have them search the shops in pairs? This will prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos and also provide some supervision!"

However, no one should work hard for nothing.

After this is all over, the lady and the two strong men should give these twenty people some money for their hard work!

What is your opinion, Madam?

"Since you've thought of everything so thoughtfully, I have no objections!"

Where are the two brave warriors?

"Neither do we!"

"Alright, then please each of you choose your people!"

Soon, both sides had chosen their candidates and began a thorough search of Sancaixuan.

Wan Tianci couldn't understand what Jiang Segu was trying to do, so he lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Who exactly are you trying to help?"

Jiang Segu smiled, whispered a few words in Wan Tianci's ear, and handed him something.

Wan Tianci's pupils widened considerably, gleaming with the mischievous glint they usually possessed...