Do you still dare to order him to do things?
Mu Jingrui's brows furrowed even deeper.
Shangguan Wanning began to feel uneasy. She and Mu Jingrui had not discussed the matter beforehand. If he just walked away at this moment, it would be difficult for her to end the situation.
"Haha, take me down? Do you know who I am? I...ah!"
Before Zhao Xu could finish his words, Mu Jingrui suddenly moved and grabbed Zhao Xu by the scruff of the neck with one hand, pressing him down on the table.
The sudden change here attracted the attention of the thugs, who quickly surrounded them.
After all, Zhao Xu was a familiar customer, and the thugs rushed forward to rescue him, but were beaten badly by Mu Jingrui.
Shangguan Wanning sat in the same position without moving from beginning to end.
There was already a wailing sound under my feet.
Zhao Xu finally got scared, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "What do you want?"
"I said, compensate me for this game of chess."
Zhao Xu took out a 100-liang silver note from his pocket and slapped it on the table. "Is it enough?"
Shangguan Wanning smiled mysteriously, shook her head and said, "The chess game is ever-changing, how can I use secular methods to pay? I don't want silver notes, I just want you to cover the chessboard with copper coins."
The people around were talking among themselves in whispers.
"Is this person stupid? He only wants copper coins?"
"That's right. He even dared to hit the son of the Minister of Revenue. It's obvious that he's not very smart."
Shangguan Wanning didn't care what others thought. She picked up the chess game and put it back on the table, then took out a coin and placed it on one of the squares.
"Look carefully. Put a copper coin in the first square, twice as much in the second square, twice as much in the third square, and so on."
When Zhao Xu saw that they were playing chess, he rolled up his sleeves with full confidence.
"Come on, who's afraid of who?" Zhao Xu threw the silver note and said, "Go, change it into copper coins for me."
Everyone gathered around curiously.
Shangguan Wanning took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and quietly gave the woman in purple one hundred taels of silver and whispered a few words in her ear.
The woman in purple disappeared into the crowd without making a sound.
Soon, the copper coins were exchanged. Zhao Xu originally thought it was a simple matter, but when he paid the fifteenth square, he began to sweat coldly.
Because when it reached the fifteenth grid, the amount of silver converted from copper coins had reached 16,384 taels.
"Sir, we can no longer exchange them for copper coins..." the attendant came to report.
When everyone saw the mountains of copper coins, they couldn't help but marvel at them.
"Since we have run out of copper coins, let's use silver notes instead." Shangguan Wanning raised her eyebrows and smiled proudly.
"Then... the sixteenth box... thirty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight taels..."
Zhao Xu shuddered all over when he heard this.
"Sir, we don't have enough silver..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xu slapped his follower in the face, his face darkening as if water could be squeezed out of it.
"How about it? Do you want to continue to pay?" Shangguan Wan Ning's smile faded and turned into a sneer. Zhao Xu, there are a total of 72 pieces on the chessboard, and now there are only 16 squares. Even if you bet all the property of your Zhao family, you can't afford it. "
"You...you..." Zhao Xu was so angry at Shangguan Wan Ning that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. "What do you want?"
"There are two options. First, pay the money. If you can't pay, go find your father. If your father can't pay, then I'll go find the Minister of Revenue or the Supreme Court..."
"What about the second way?" Zhao Xu actually wanted to slap the sissy in front of him to death, but the cold and frosty follower next to him was too powerful and he could not beat him at all.
"The second way..." Shangguan Wan Ning looked Zhao Xu up and down, "I have also heard of Mr. Zhao's great name. How many good girls have been ruined by you. I want you to take off all your clothes and stand at the door of Yingchun Tower for one night to show your repentance."
Zhao Xu couldn't help but gasp after hearing this.
This request could cost him his life.
He flipped the table like a madman, pointed at Shangguan Wan Ning and said viciously: "Whoever helps me kill him will get my more than 10,000 taels of silver."
Shangguan Wanning also expected that Zhao Xu would not give in so easily.
Her eyes turned cold, she put away her folding fan, and her voice became sinister. "Mr. Zhao, since you don't want to drink the wine, don't blame me for being rude."
Shangguan Wanning glanced at Mu Jingrui, who understood and leaped up, appearing in front of Zhao Xu in a flash.
"Close your eyes."
When he drew his sword, he did not forget to remind Shangguan Wan Ning. After a few flashes of sword light, Zhao Xu's clothes had turned into pieces.
The onlookers burst into laughter, and Zhao Xu wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Mu Jingrui picked up his belt, tied his hands, and hung him at the door of Yingchun Tower.
"Anyone who dares to let him down will suffer the same fate as him."
Mu Jingrui looked even more domineering and cold than Shangguan Wanning, and everyone would consciously make way for him when they saw him.
Seeing that things had come to this point, the proprietress did not dare to openly offend these two strangers, and could only secretly send someone to inform the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Hey, when does the bidding for the most beautiful lady start? We're all waiting for Miss Ruyi."
The urging made the proprietress have no choice but to clean up the mess on the second floor. She immediately asked the singing girls to perform a song and dance to ease the atmosphere, and then started bidding.
"What do you want me to do?" Mu Jingrui looked at Shangguan Wanning seriously.
Shangguan Wanning has been kept in seclusion for many years and is actually full of curiosity about everything in front of her.
She looked at Mu Jingrui, blinked, and said with a smile: "How about I buy Miss Ruyi and give her to you?"
There was a flash of cold light in Mu Jingrui's eyes, and Shangguan Wanning felt the temperature suddenly drop.
"Ms. Shangguan is so kind to me. Not only did she let me be free, she also wanted to help me start a family. Are you afraid that I will continue to pester you?"
"Of course not. I mean..."
"Three thousand taels is the second time. Is there any higher than three thousand taels?"
"Five thousand taels!" Shangguan Wanning was determined to win, and the high price she offered caused a burst of sighs.
Mu Jingrui stopped talking. He wanted to see what Shangguan Wanning was up to.
"If no one offers more than five thousand taels, then Miss Ruyi will belong to this gentleman tonight."
I don’t know if it’s because the price is too high or if those people are wary of Mu Jingrui, but no one made another bid.
The waiter took Shangguan Wanning and Mu Jingrui to another room and said respectfully, "Please wait a moment, Miss Ruyi will be here soon."
The waiter left, and only Shangguan Wanning and Mu Jingrui were left in the room. The smell of the incense made people feel a little dizzy, and the atmosphere became a little ambiguous.
"Have you ever been to a brothel before?"
Shangguan Wanning's sudden question made Mu Jingrui's body stiffen involuntarily.
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