Ye Xuemei nodded and said, "Since this road doesn't work, the only way to take pictures of the art of war tomorrow is to use real money." After that, she said to Rong Xiang: "How many silver tickets do we have?" ”

Rong Xiang thought for a while and said, "There are about a thousand taels." ”

Ye Xuemei frowned, it was obviously impossible to use this thousand taels to get the Art of War diagram from the auction house. Yes, she said again: "Rong Xiang, you go to King Mu's mansion, invite the seven kings to come over, and tell him that I asked him to borrow 10,000 taels!" ”

"Ten thousand taels?" Rong Xiang exclaimed in shock, "It's just half a broken book, even if every piece of paper is made of gold, it's not worth so much silver." ”

"The true value of this art of war map cannot be measured by gold and silver. Ten thousand taels, not much. Go for it! ”

"Yes." Rong Xiang reluctantly agreed, taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, he left the Ye Mansion and went to King Mu's mansion, and after waiting for about an hour, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then Gongliang Yanqing walked in, and Rong Xiang followed behind him.

As soon as he stepped into the threshold, Gongliang Yanqing asked, "Girl, Rong Xiang said that half of the Art of War map is in the Pearl Pavilion, but is it true?" ”

After motioning for him to sit down, Ye Xuemei said slowly: "The prison knife has inquired carefully, and there will be no fakes." It's just that the Treasure Pavilion is guarded by a master, and we can't get close, so we can only wait for tomorrow to take the half of the Art of War book. ”

Gongliang Yanqing said suddenly: "I heard a while ago that the Pearl Pavilion got a rare book of war, and it turned out to be this. As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, "Here are seven thousand taels, and I let the housekeeper raise the rest." It will be delivered before the auction tomorrow. ”

"Thank you." Ye Xuemei took the silver ticket and said gratefully: "This time it is really troublesome for the Seven Kings." I will try to return it to you later. ”

As soon as he heard this, Gongliang Yanqing immediately waved his hand and said: "The girl is serious, the girl took this half of the Art of War map for the fifth brother, even if I want to collect debts, I should ask the fifth brother to ask for it." ”

At the mention of Gongliang's words, Ye Xuemei's eyes dimmed, and she said softly: "Lord Wang...... Are you okay? ”

"He's fine, but it's a girl, don't take the fifth brother's previous words to heart, he just doesn't have the right mouth, but in fact, he cares about the girl more than anyone else."

"I understand." Ye Xuemei said with a melancholy expression: "As long as he is doing well, the rest doesn't matter." ”

Gongliang Yanqing sighed, "The matter has come to this, it's useless to think about it, the most important thing at the moment is to take care of your body, and the fifth brother still has a lot to rely on in the future." ”

Ye Xuemei smiled slightly and said, "Seven Kings, rest assured, I will definitely find that position in the Xingde Hall for the prince." ”

"It's a deal!" Saying this, Gongliang Yanqing remembered something, clapped his hands, and immediately someone entered with three brocade boxes and carefully placed them on the long table.

"It's five...... The herbs I found five days ago have tonic effects and are most suitable for girls. Gongliang Yanqing was quick to speak for a while, and almost told the truth, but fortunately, he reacted in time and quickly changed the fifth brother to five days.

Ye Xuemei said with a smile: "The Seven Kings have a heart!" ”

Gongliang Yanqing said with a smile: "Keep it and eat it slowly." By the way, Ming'er I want to go to the court, I can't spare time, I asked the housekeeper to accompany you to the Pearl Pavilion, he has been with me a few times before, and he knows the rules there. ”

Rong Xiang wondered: "Isn't it just an auction house?" What are the rules? ”

Gongliang Yanqing met her puzzled gaze and said in a cool voice: "A few years ago, a prince of the Hou Mansion photographed a treasure in the Pearl Pavilion, but after the photograph, he regretted it a little, and felt that the price was much higher, so he wanted to reduce the price by half. But where would Pearl Pavilion let him do this? He took advantage of the power of his family to take the treasure away from the Pearl Pavilion, and did not leave a single tael of silver. Who knows, five days later, this prince of the Hou Mansion was beheaded at home. For this reason, Wei Cheng summoned the boss of the Pearl Pavilion several times in a row, but there was never any breakthrough or any evidence, so in desperation, he had to let the person go. But before the case was closed, an old imperial uncle was alarmed, and he had some friendship with the boss of the Pearl Pavilion, so he reprimanded Wei Cheng. ”

But it didn't end there, for for for a month after the son's death, all the old ladies in his house, from a three-year-old child to eighty years old, went mad, and spent the whole day being stupid and stupid, and kept muttering that they would not dare to disobey the rules in the future. For this matter, Jingzhao Mansion summoned the Pearl Pavilion several times, but finally gave up because there was no evidence. Since then, no one has dared to disobey the rules of the Pearl Pavilion. If you really don't have enough silver, you'd rather give up than take the treasure. After that, he snapped a few small points with his fingers and said, "Although 10,000 taels is a lot, it still lacks some confidence in the Pearl Pavilion." In this case, I will go back and think of a way to make up 15,000 taels for the girl, and I must get the half of the war book. ”

"Then thank you to the Seven Kings." After that, Ye Xuemei owed him slightly, which was regarded as gratitude.

After he left, Rong Xiang packed up the precious medicinal herbs he had brought and said, "The Seven Kings sent some tonic medicines every once in a while, but they were all left in the treasury, and they couldn't be eaten. ”

Ye Xuemei looked at those medicinal herbs with a warm smile on her face, "Where are these sent by the Seven Kings, they were all sent by the prince through the hands of the Seven Kings." ”

When Rong Xiang heard this, she was surprised: "Really? But the last time the prince came, he obviously had that attitude towards the girl. ”

"Actually, I know what the prince thinks in his heart, after all, I forced him to marry Shi Fenglan, and he was also annoyed with me. But he was actually afraid that he would be too good to me and let Shi Fenglan know that it would be unfavorable to me, so he would do this on purpose. ”

"How did the girl know?" Rong Xiang was puzzled. Obviously she was with the girl all day, why didn't she see it.

Ye Xuemei smiled slightly and said, "The Seven Kings accidentally said something just now. From the time he said five, I knew that he was talking about the prince. Although he later changed his tune, I still heard it. ”

Sometimes, although two people are not together, as long as they have the same heart, they can still feel the affection.

When Rong Xiang heard this, she said gloomily: "But the prince is married after all, and he is getting farther and farther away from the girl." ”

Ye Xuemei stood up and looked at the vast night outside the window, speechless this night.

In the early morning of the next day, Han Jin, the housekeeper of King Mu's Mansion, brought eight thousand taels of silver tickets, which together with the seven thousand taels last night, made up a total of fifteen thousand taels.

Pearl Pavilion is located on East Street, when Ye Xuemei and her party arrived, Pearl Pavilion had not yet opened, but there was already a long queue outside. The people standing in these ranks are all noble sons in brocade clothes.