Chapter 284 Liar
Chen Shiyi's eyes were filled with suspicion.
"What method?"
"Of course I can't tell you this first..."
Chen Shiyi asked with a smile.
"How much silver do you want?"
When the scholar in blue heard that a fish was caught, he immediately replied.
"To see Mr. Situ is five taels, to talk to Mr. Situ is twenty taels..."
Chen Shiyi lowered his head and hid his smile.
"Then, if I ask Mr. Situ to help me accomplish something important, how much money would it cost?"
The scholar in blue frowned.
"This is too difficult. I'm afraid it will cost over a hundred taels."
Chen Shiyi looked at him quietly.
"But I don't have that much money, but I really want to meet Mr. Situ. Can I pay the bill first?"
"How can I get away with this? I took a big risk to do this. If we didn't hit it off right away, who would have told you this? You didn't hear me. I spoke so quietly."
Chen Shiyi nodded.
"Brother, you are such a good person. I came here from another place because of your reputation, but I couldn't even see Mr. Situ. Sigh..."
"Forget it, forget it. There's nothing I can do. Who says I'm a kind person? How much money do you have now?"
"Only a few coins."
The scholar in blue was immediately deflated.
"It's only one or two ounces of silver, that's all."
After saying that, he was about to leave.
Chen Shiyi quickly called out to him.
"Brother, don't leave, wait a minute, wait a minute..."
The scholar in blue thought to himself, this man is dressed well and I thought he must be a big fish, but it turns out he only has one or two ounces of silver. Bah, he is so poor and yet he has the nerve to come to see Mr. Situ.
He said impatiently.
"One ounce of silver is not enough."
Chen Shiyi grabbed his sleeve and said pitifully.
"Don't leave yet. You are the only one I know here. If you don't help me, no one will."
She took out an extremely exquisite jade pendant from her sleeve pocket.
When the scholar in blue saw her, he became jealous.
"This jade pendant is an heirloom of my family. I didn't expect to spend money when I came here today, so I didn't bring much with me, but I really want to see Mr. Situ..."
The scholar in blue stared at the jade pendant in front of him without blinking, his tone very gentle.
"Sure, sure..."
"So, brother, do you agree?"
"Promise what?"
"Promise to take me to see Mr. Situ."
The scholar in blue sighed.
"You know, this is very expensive."
Chen Shiyi frowned and said.
"How about this, I'll leave the jade pendant with you first, I'll go back to get the silver, and then you can take me to see Mr. Situ."
The scholar in blue blinked.
"That's not impossible."
Chen Shiyi said with a smile.
"It's settled then."
After saying this, she stuffed the jade pendant into the hand of the scholar in blue and turned to leave.
Suddenly, she turned back and took the jade pendant from the scholar's loose fist.
"No, what if you disappear with the jade pendant? This is my family's heirloom, it would be terrible if it was lost..."
The scholar in blue became anxious when he saw the jade pendant flew away.
"Beside Mr. Situ's yard, what else do you have to worry about? Everyone here is of high character. If it weren't for your pity, who would be willing to take you to see Mr. Situ?"
Chen Shiyi was also in a dilemma.
"Well, let me leave this jade pendant with you, but you have to give me something as a token of your love. Otherwise, I won't trust you. My father said that I should be careful when I'm out there and not let anyone cheat me."
The scholar in blue thought to himself that this fool actually still had some sense of caution towards others, but not much.
He felt around his body, but there was no token of his existence.
"How about this, you put the jade pendant here, I'll give you five taels of silver, I'll wait for you here, take the silver and get your heirloom back, then I'll take you to see Mr. Situ, hurry up, otherwise you won't be able to see him, don't blame me."
Chen Shiyi nodded happily.
"Brother, you are such a good person."
After saying this, he took the five taels of silver from the blue-clothed scholar and ran down the mountain. But before he had run a few steps, he turned back and said worriedly.
"You must not leave. Wait for me here. I'm afraid I won't be able to find you when I come back."
The man in blue said impatiently.
"Got it, hurry up..."
When Chen Shiyi disappeared, the man in blue followed him and left. He weighed the jade pendant in his hand and thought, it's so easy to deceive students from other places.
Jing Ran saw Chen Shiyi walking in happily with a pot of wine in his left hand and a roast chicken in his right hand.
"Boss, you seem to be in a good mood?"
"Um."
"Have you met Mr. Situ?"
"No, I got the money."
Jing Ran didn't understand what this meant.
"I had planned to try to fly a kite to Mr. Situ's courtyard and take this opportunity to see him. Actually, there are so many smart people in the world. Others had already thought of what I was thinking of. Maybe because I was unfamiliar with my face and my foreign accent, some people tried to deceive me. However, I was able to cheat them out of three taels of silver, which was just enough to buy you some wine. I bought a roast chicken to satisfy my hunger."
Jingran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Why would he be willing to give you money?"
"When I was buying the kite, I saw a jade pendant for sale nearby. I saw that the jade carving on this jade pendant was very delicate, and the color was ordinary, but it was sold for two taels of silver, which was cheap, so I bought it. It just so happened that I lured him to pay the deposit in the name of a family heirloom, and I came back to get the silver."
Chen Shiyi cut the roast chicken into several pieces and placed a few cold dishes on the table. Jingran poured wine into a white porcelain cup, and the two of them began to eat with relish.
"Boss, would you like a drink?"
"No, how's your progress?"
“Everything is proceeding as normal.”
Chen Shiyi sighed.
"I don't know when Fuda will come here."
"He will come over when he finishes his work."
Chen Shiyi put down his chopsticks and thought carefully for a while.
"I think the villa in Fengming Mountain is fake and is a cover-up."
Jing Ran showed confusion on his face.
"Why?"
"It's impossible to live there. There are hundreds of people gathered outside the main gate. And I looked around and saw people all around the courtyard. They were going in and out, and servants were also going in and out. Where were they going? Is there a secret passage? But do I have to go through a secret passage to entertain people? And so many people are prying into my privacy and disturbing my life. If it were me, I would have moved out long ago."
Jing Ran nodded in agreement.
"Where should we look for it?"
Chen Shiyi thought about it.
"In fact, few people in Wancheng know Situ Yu. He lives in seclusion in the city. I guess he lives in Wancheng now."
"Okay, then I'll have my men look for someone in Wancheng."
"Quietly, and if you find it, don't disturb him."
Jing Ran then asked again.
"Didn't you want to meet the writer before? I found him. Do you want to meet him?"
Chen Shiyi nodded.
"Okay, bring it here tomorrow so I can see who it is!"
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