Lu Yunxue smiled dismissively upon hearing this.
"Grandmother, don't worry. Don't you know what kind of person Mu Zi'an is?"
"He's just driven by jealousy and now he's trying to threaten me with money. But he doesn't realize that there are some things in this world that money can't buy."
"It's just building a marquis's mansion, right? He can just make up for it himself. Does he really think I, Lu Yunxue, care about his pittance?"
After saying that, Lu Yunxue summoned the foreman of the laborers and asked him a question.
"How much silver is still needed for the completion of the Marquis's residence?"
The foreman pondered for a moment upon hearing this and then spoke.
"Reporting to the Marquis of Jin Guo, another 300,000 taels of silver are needed."
"What! Three hundred thousand taels!"
Grandmother Lu, who was lying in bed, almost jumped up when she heard this.
"Oh dear, Xue'er, you need to go and coax Mu Zi'an. Three hundred thousand taels is no small sum. Even if we sold the entire Lu family, we couldn't raise that much!"
Lu Yunxue was also startled when she heard this number.
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? Or did you take a kickback from this?"
Lu Yunxue's voice was icy, as if she were about to draw her sword and kill the person in front of her at any moment.
The foreman was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"I wouldn't dare! The construction of this Marquis's residence was personally supervised and decided by Young Master Mu, and all the materials are top-notch. If we build according to the blueprints, it would be impossible to complete it without spending at least 300,000 taels of silver!"
Lu Yunxue's face instantly turned cold. Naturally, she could not agree to her grandmother's suggestion.
The construction of the Marquis's residence cannot be stopped, and it must be completed with high quality and quantity.
Otherwise, if construction stops, where will she put the face of the first female general of Dali?
How will she maintain her position in this officialdom in the future? Spending money is a small matter; losing face is the real issue!
With this thought in mind, Lu Yunxue comforted her grandmother, who was lying on the bed in a state of agitation.
"Grandmother, please rest assured. His Majesty will surely reward me handsomely upon my victorious return. A mere 300,000 taels of silver is nothing to him."
"Besides, Pei Lang's family is quite wealthy. Even if the reward isn't enough, I can just borrow some more from him. Why bother asking Mu Zi'an, that petty and narrow-minded playboy?"
Upon hearing this, Grandmother Lu was relieved and earnestly gave Lu Yunxue some advice.
"Whether the Lu family can rise to prominence depends entirely on you. Mu Zi'an, an ungrateful wretch, is not worthy of being the son-in-law of the Lu family!"
"Today we've seen his true nature; he's not a man we can rely on at all! Grandmother trusts Xue'er's judgment; it must be exceptional."
“That Pei Lang is also a rising star, so Grandmother can rest assured that you are with him.”
Lu Yunxue nodded in agreement.
“Pei Lang is naturally well-educated and his martial arts skills are even more outstanding, surpassing Mu Zi’an by more than a hundred times.”
After the two talked for a long time, Lu Yunxue finally left.
As for the 300,000 taels, she didn't care at all.
After all, he had never worried about money since he entered the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Night falls inside the courtyard.
As Lu An packed his things to move out, he tried his best to process the memories remaining in his mind.
After deleting Lu Yunxue's information, my brain instantly freed up memory.
Things that the original owner used to be indifferent to are now gradually coming to mind.
The first thing was about the death of his father, Mu Zhanying.
Mu Zhanying, as the number one general of Dali, possesses extraordinary martial arts skills.
He could fight against a thousand men, or even a hundred; there was no one on the battlefield who could withstand a single blow from him.
Every time her father went to war, he was accompanied by guards from the Trapped Camp, so that even if they were defeated, they could retreat calmly.
Moreover, his father was a renowned general who had fought countless battles and possessed an exceptional sense of warfare.
Mu Zi'an would never believe that there was no conspiracy behind his father's death in battle.
However, given the current strange circumstances, Mu Zian had no idea where to begin investigating and was completely at a loss.
Just as Mu Zian was lost in thought, a very faint sound suddenly came to his ear.
The next moment, a long sword gleaming coldly pierced straight into Mu Zi'an's back from outside the window.
Fortunately, Mu Zian had noticed in time and dodged, his longsword grazing his cheek!
Mu Zian kicked the halberd that was placed in the corner.
Then, gripping the halberd hilt, he swept the longsword away.
"Who are you, you petty scoundrel!"
A dark shadow flashed by in the moonlight!
Mu Zian snorted coldly, then gripped the halberd hilt and charged out.
"Overlord Halberd Technique! First Move: Demon-Subduing Chaotic Dance!"
The halberd, weighing over 100 pounds, was now as thin as a toothpick in Mu Zi'an's hands.
With a swing of the halberd, a gust of wind was generated, and stone walls and wooden doors were destroyed wherever it passed!
The dark figure was clearly surprised by Mu Zian's rapid and fierce attack!
It was this moment of distraction that gave Mu Zi'an the opportunity to seize.
He raised his halberd and swung it into a full moon shape in mid-air before smashing it down towards the dark figure.
"Overlord Spear Technique! Heaven and Earth Shattering!"
This strike, combined with Mu Zian's immense strength, came crashing down like Mount Tai!
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