Xuedie was a little annoyed when he saw Xu Tianze's noncommittal attitude. He had originally thought that Xu Tianze's arrival in Shangjing City would bring endless fun, and at first, it was just as he expected.
First, Song Yu was plotted against and took a merchant's daughter as his concubine; Jiang Xue did not attend the palace banquet during the Lantern Festival and spent the night with a strong man, but Xu Tianze soon entered the palace.
He had thought it through. When necessary, he would secretly cooperate with Long Musi's men to rescue Xu Tianze. But who knew that Xu Tianze escaped unscathed and he lost his determination.
Was he scared by that person in the palace? Then why would he seek revenge? He could just get out of here and save Xuedie from getting upset seeing Long Musi like this.
The more Xuedie thought about it, the angrier she became. She flicked her sleeves and prepared to leave. Such a person was not worthy of working with him.
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you leaving?" Xu Tianze was speechless when he saw Xuedie like this, but he had to speak out to stop her.
After all, it took him nearly half a month to lure the snow butterfly out. If it left immediately, he would have nowhere to cry.
"Now that you're out, isn't it time you told me something?" Xu Tianze pulled Xuedie back to her chair, his face becoming more serious. "For example, your identity and purpose."
"I can't tell you my identity, but my purpose is very simple, you can guess it." Xuedie was pulled back by Xu Tianze, and instantly understood the real reason why Xu Tianze was acting so absurdly today.
It turned out that this guy was deliberately making trouble, just waiting for this fish. It was also his fault that he lost his patience and was fooled.
Xuedie secretly hated herself for not living up to her expectations, and glared at Xu Tianze with gritted teeth.
He replied without any hurry, and directly picked up the glass of wine that the waiter had poured for him and drank it all in one gulp.
The wine was quite good. Xuedie smacked her lips, picked up the wine jug and poured herself another glass.
"Yes, yes, you just want me to muddy the waters in Shangjing City so that you can reap the benefits." Xu Tianze directly snatched the wine jug from Xuedie's hand and poured himself another glass.
This wine is the most expensive one. He has been here for so many days, but he only ordered two pots to pretend that he has had enough. He has never drunk any of it.
Seeing the wine jug in her hand being snatched back, Xuedie opened her fan and teased, "The Third Prince is not a stingy person. It's just a jug of wine, and the Third Prince wants to fight with me for it?"
Xu Tianze snorted, turned around and shouted out the door, "Bring me three more pots of Qingjin wine. All my expenses for the past few days will be charged to my friend's account."
Xuedie's mouth twitched when he heard this. He said that the taste of this wine was so unusual. It turned out to be the Qingjin wine that was popular in Shangjing City recently. But he lost a lot of money.
One pot costs five hundred taels of silver. Considering that Xu Tianze is both a chef and a waiter in this place, the cost must be several thousand taels.
Xuedie felt a little regretful for a moment. Is it too late for him to take back what he had just said?
After the wine came, Xu Tianze and Xuedie drank it one glass at a time. No one spoke, at most they just clinked their glasses.
After three rounds of drinking, Xu Tianze's face was flushed. He then took advantage of his drunkenness to pull Xuedie's hand: "Brother Xue, since you know I'm back for revenge and want me to stir up trouble in this stagnant water, why don't you give me some help?"
Seeing that Xu Tianze was getting drunk, Xuedie didn't pay much attention to him. She tried several times to pull her hand out but failed, so she had no choice but to give up struggling.
"Brother Xue must have some information about the mastermind behind the Xu family's false accusation. Could you please tell me? Brother Xue and I hit it off immediately, so I'll share the details with you. The Third Prince and I have discovered that the Jiang family, under the guise of Jiang Xue, conspired with the Zhenguogong Mansion to frame the Xu family."
"Before my father and brother got into trouble, they were secretly investigating the Jiang family's corruption. They accidentally leaked information and were framed. But three years have passed, and the evidence of the Jiang family's past private granting and selling of official titles and exploiting the villagers has long disappeared."
"Brother Xue, are you prepared?" Xu Tianze almost pressed half of his body on Xuedie, looking like he was acting arrogantly because of drunkenness.
"Yes, I do, but what can the Third Young Master bring to me?" Xuedie was pestered by Xu Tianze and had no choice but to nod in agreement.
But he won't do anything without benefit. If you want information about his subordinates, you have to give him some actual benefits.
"Brother Xue, you and I have some friendship, why are you like this?" Xu Tianze looked surprised and resentful, as if he was abandoned and couldn't believe it.
Xuedie was also a little uncomfortable with his behavior. Why did she feel a sense of guilt? However, Xu Tianze's next words made him think too much.
"Three thousand taels at most, no more." Xu Tianze looked like a miser.
To be honest, Xu Tianze felt that three thousand taels were expensive. You have to know that all the money of his Xu family was confiscated. Although he had Long Musi, a sucker, to support him and had no worries about food and clothing, he actually did not get much pocket money.
Even the money for entering the brothel was just a rip-off because the brothel was under the Qitian Pavilion. Even this made Long Musi, the head of the Qitian Pavilion, look at it with a blank look.
Of course, what made Long Musi unhappy was probably not Xu Tianze getting something for free, but maybe some other reason.
"Five thousand taels." Xuedie quoted a price with gritted teeth.
Did he get his information for free? Were his manpower and material resources free? He had just felt a little guilty because of Xu Tianze's words.
He could only say that Xu Tianze was still the same Xu Tianze, and he was still as lacking in virtue as ever.
"Two thousand taels." Xu Tianze's eyes widened. There was no way he could pay more.
"What a pity! Such strong evidence, but it seems no one cherishes it." Xuedie shook her head regretfully, and then took out the evidence he had found on the Jiang family.
Seeing Xu Tianze's eyes moving back and forth with the letter in her hand, Xuedie knew that Xu Tianze had taken the bait. He came well prepared and naturally would not let her return empty-handed.
"Never mind, never mind. It's my fault that I and Brother Xue get along so well." Xu Tianze, like a defeated rooster, took out five thousand taels with a painful look on his face. "Deal!"
Xuedie curled her lips and handed the envelope over directly: "Thank you very much, Brother Xu. If there are such good things in the future, remember to think of me first."
The two chatted for a few more words before Xu Tianze found an excuse to leave. Now that the news was in hand, it needed to be implemented as soon as possible.
Turning around, he saw Xuedie still drinking wine leisurely. Without saying anything, Xu Tianze hurried downstairs. After leaving the brothel, Xu Tianze finally showed a smile on his face.
Xuedie thought he made a profit, but in fact it was Xu Tianze who made the profit. You have to know that just five pots of Qingjin wine cost two thousand five hundred taels, plus the money for the few waiters and other expenses for these seven days.
His good brother Xue needs to pay him some money, so he'd better run away quickly to avoid Xue Die coming out to catch him.
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