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But now, the two thousand taels were gone. He only had fifty taels, so he should talk to Ji Yunxi at dinner later and ask her fifth brother to return the horse.
And given the Ji family's wealth, her fifth brother wouldn't bother with him about the fifty taels for finding a horse.
Just as he was thinking this, Steward Yuan came over to report: "Sir, the Fifth and Sixth Masters of the Ji family are here with our horses."
Wu Weian's eyes lit up slightly: "Let them in quickly."
He was lucky today. He didn't do much in the Hanlin Academy. When he came back and just wanted to ask for a horse, someone delivered it to his door.
It really is a wish come true.
Wu Weian walked out briskly and met the Ji family head-on.
Ji Yunxi looked at him and said, "Fifth brother sent you a horse."
Ji Mingyuan was leading the horse and standing behind Ji Mingyan.
Hearing this, he glanced at his brother-in-law, touched the 'fifty taels', and gave the reins to Ji Mingyan.
This horse really suits his temperament. If his sixth brother had not told him that the horse belonged to his brother-in-law and that his brother-in-law had gone to great lengths to find it and had even been ill for seven days, he would have really wanted to keep this horse.
Ji Mingyuan had raised a dog since he was a child and knew how it felt when a dog was gone, so he could empathize with his brother-in-law's feelings.
Without hesitation, he followed his sixth brother to return the horse.
Ji Mingyuan didn't want to stay at home for too long. When the weather got cooler, he planned to return to his sect and continue his retreat.
The horse had been wandering around with him, and being able to return it to his brother-in-law who loved horses so much was a great blessing for both of them and the horse.
Ji Mingyan led the horse over and handed it to Wu Weian: "Brother-in-law, it's all Sixth Brother's fault. I only told Fifth Brother about this now."
Wu Wei'an took the horse and touched its still thin back. "No, I want to thank you two brothers. If it weren't for you, this horse would have been taken away by the horse dealer."
Next to it, 'Fifty Liang' adapted well, as if it didn't matter who its owner was.
It used its copper bell-shaped eyes to quietly watch its owners apologize to each other with a happy look on their face.
Wu Weian said a few nice words and wanted to lead the horse to the stable.
But the fifth master of the Ji family was standing behind Ji Mingyan, looking at him.
Wu Wei'an: “?”
Is the other party reluctant to return the horse?
Ji Yunxi watched all this quietly and spoke for Fifth Brother, "Didn't you say you'd give a fifty-liang reward for finding the horse?"
Wu Wei'an: “???”
He looked at Ji Yunxi with shock in his eyes, as if to say, "Does your brother have to pay me for finding a horse?"
Ji Yunxi explained calmly, "Fifth Brother is a disciple of Xuanji Sect and believes in numerology. You said earlier that you would pay me if I found the horse, so I have to pay you. If I don't, Fifth Brother is afraid that the horse will be lost again."
Ji Mingyuan huddled behind his sixth brother, nodding, nodding, and nodding again.
Both Manager Yuan and Ji Yunxi knew what kind of person he was, so he didn't need to pretend.
But facing Ji Mingyan and Ji Mingyuan, Wu Weian hurriedly smiled, a little embarrassed: "Look at me, I'm so happy that I forgot. A gentleman's word is as good as gold. I said the fifty taels, and of course I will give it. Fifth brother and sixth brother, go to the yard and have some tea first. I'll settle the horses first."
Ji Mingyan and Ji Mingyuan followed Ji Yunxi to the yard.
Wu Weian stood there, his smile instantly disappeared, and he looked at Manager Yuan.
Manager Yuan lowered his head and said, "I only have seven coins on me, which I gave to the Fang family last time. Do you want some?"
"You keep it for yourself." Wu Weian said expressionlessly as he led the horse away.
After putting the horse in the stable, he went around to the secret room, took out fifty taels of silver, and returned to the courtyard.
Manager Yuan was watching from a distance, with a hint of doubt on his wrinkled face.
Do you still have money, sir?
*
That night, Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian were not in a good mood.
Ji Yunxi sat in front of the couch, using an abacus.
She was calculating how much she had spent on Fang Yuan's matter.
She spent ten thousand taels on Wu Weian.
She gave 4,444 taels to Fang's parents.
In addition, the gambling houses have been making less money in the past few days. Plus, the manager is still recovering from his injuries. It is said that a broken bone takes a hundred days to heal, so the number is not small. It is estimated that the eight gambling houses will lose about 20,000 taels in three months.
In addition, there are other more scattered expenses.
The final estimate was that she would lose about 37,000 yuan.
With a snap, Ji Yunxi pushed the abacus aside.
Wu Wei'an, who was sitting at the table, glanced at her and said, "Why? Did you lose money too?"
Ji Yunxi turned around and looked at him: "You've lost out too."
Wu Weian sneered: "Only fifty taels." It was just a small amount of money, he didn't care.
Ji Yunxi corrected him, "No, I just did some calculations for you. Because of this incident, your four gambling houses will probably lose 7,000 to 8,000 in profits in the next three months."
Wu Weian's breath was caught in his throat: "What?"
The profits from the four gambling houses were collected monthly by Yuan Guanshi from the managers of each gambling house, and he would spend them immediately. After all, his network required many expenses, and it was very expensive. He didn't want to be involved in it, nor did he want to know how much he actually earned each month, since he couldn't keep the money anyway.
But even so, the seven or eight thousand yuan that Yuan Guanshi spent can be recovered in disguised form through various methods one day in the future, but it will take a long time.
But now, it’s gone and it’s gone.
Wu Wei's five fingers on the table curled into fists subconsciously.
Ji Yunxi withdrew her gaze from his hand: "As for Fang Yuan's matter, I can probably guess who gave the Fifth Prince the idea."
Wu Weian raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Ji Yunxi's eyes lit up surprisingly: "Have you heard of the business called 'Xingle'?"
Wu Wei'an nodded. "I've heard that Xingle Cloth Shop and Xingle Inn are famous all over the world. They can be seen all over the Dayu Dynasty. I heard that the Xing family is also very wealthy."
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