In the hall of a house in the south of the city that is not very far from Zhou's house, Zhou Zhong sat on a chair and slowly tasted tea, by the way, he looked at the decoration in the hall, compared to the hall that did not even have a chair in his house, this hall was full of luxury, there were several sets of expensive sandalwood tables and chairs on both sides of the hall, and you could smell the faint aroma when sitting on it, which was really pleasant.

In addition, behind the tables and chairs, there are two rows of antique shelves, one by one peculiar shapes of porcelain, jade placed on them, although Zhou Zhong does not know much about these things, but at a glance he knows that the things on it are broken by any of them, and he is afraid that he can only pay for it by selling himself. Behind Zhou Chong, Steward Xu, who was fat, stood there, holding a small wooden box in his hand, and in the box was the manuscript of Journey to the West that Zhou Chong had just written.

This is Xie Lingyun's temporary residence in Songjiang Mansion, although the old house of the Xie family is not in Songjiang Mansion, but in order to facilitate the Xie family's people to come to the city to do business, so a house is also set up in the city of Songjiang Mansion, and Xie Lingyun usually lives here.

Regarding the matter of Steward Xu and Su Niang, although Zhou Chong was very distressed about the money, he finally decided to help him, which was also strongly supported by Aunt Wang and Bang'er, which made Steward Xu grateful, and knelt down on the spot to kowtow to Zhou Chong, but was pulled up by Zhou Chong.

What is decided must be done immediately, this is a good habit that Zhou Chong is learning, so after lunch, Zhou Chong and Steward Xu immediately came to Xie Lingyun with the manuscript. If you want to help Su Niang redeem herself, you must have money in your hands, according to Steward Xu, the outer courtyard asks for a very high price for those women who want to redeem themselves, and they really don't have the confidence to go to the outer courtyard to redeem people if they don't weigh a few hundred or two weeks.

However, Xie Lingyun is a busy person, when Zhou Chong and they came, the other party happened to go out to talk about business, no, Xie Lingyun had already explained to his subordinates, as long as Zhou Chong came to the door, she must be notified immediately, so when Zhou Chong's master and servant reported their names, they immediately received the warm hospitality of the servants of Xie Mansion, and at the same time, someone quickly reported to Xie Lingyun, and he should come back when he calculated the time.

Just when Zhou Chong was thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and then a bright figure walked into the hall, and when he saw Zhou Chong sitting there, he immediately showed an indifferent smile, and Ying Ying saluted: "There is Lao Zhou's son who has been waiting for a long time, and the little woman is here to make amends to the son!" ”

Seeing the beautiful Xie Lingyun in front of him, although Zhou Zhong boasted that he was a man with determination, he couldn't help but feel in a trance, but he didn't lose his temper, he stood up with a smile and said: "Miss Xie is polite, Zhou came here today to complete the agreement of the day, I have brought the manuscript of the whole book of Journey to the West, please Miss check it out!" ”

"The whole book, so fast?" Xie Lingyun showed a rare look of surprise after hearing this, she agreed with Zhou Zhong that at the end of this month, she only needed to hand over the first fifty manuscripts to her, and the rest of the manuscripts could wait until the next year. And even if Zhou Chong was given such a long time, Xie Lingyun was still a little worried that Zhou Chong would not be able to finish the manuscript, but she didn't expect that Zhou Chong would not only complete it, but also at such a fast speed, which was much beyond her expectations.

Seeing Xie Lingyun, who had always been calm and calm, showed a surprised expression, Zhou Zhong was also very proud, the manuscript was already in his mind, he just had to copy it, and the speed was naturally much faster.

At this time, Steward Xu presented the manuscript, and the little maid abacus behind Xie Lingyun stepped forward to take it, and then put it on the table of the main seat, Xie Lingyun walked over and sat down, and then opened it himself and took out the manuscript, skipped the content of the first ten times, and looked at the content of the back hastily.

It took about half an hour like this, and Xie Lingyun put down the manuscript with satisfaction and praised: "Zhou Gongzi is really talented, in less than a month, Journey to the West has been completed, if this news is released, I am afraid that many people will be frightened!" ”

Regarding Xie Lingyun's compliment, Zhou Zhong just smiled politely and did not respond. may be because he suffered at the hands of the other party when they met for the first time, and he has always been wary of this shrewd and city-rich Miss Xie, so if it is not necessary, Zhou Zhong does not want to have too much intersection with the other party.

Seeing Zhou Chong's cold answer, Xie Lingyunsi did not show the slightest abnormality, only to see her then speak: "Zhou Gongzi, you have completed the Journey to the West according to the previous agreement, and I will pay the three hundred taels of remuneration in full, but I don't know if Zhou Gongzi wants a silver ticket or a full amount of silver?" ”

Hearing Xie Lingyun finally mention the focus he was most concerned about, Zhou Chong immediately showed a smile, but then he thought that Steward Xu's annual cost of supporting Su Niang would be forty taels, and if he wanted to help Su Niang redeem herself, three hundred taels might not be enough, right?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but sigh, then looked at Xie Lingyun with some embarrassment, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Miss Xie is really a believer, but Zhou needs a sum of silver to solve his emergency now, and three hundred taels is probably not enough, so Zhou hopes to borrow a sum of silver from Miss Xie!" ”

Xie Lingyun heard that Zhou Chong borrowed money from herself, she was also a little surprised for a while, and couldn't help but look Zhou Chong up and down a few times, in her impression, Zhou Chong is really unscrupulous, but he is full of arrogance, when he stepped forward to talk to him about the manuscript, Zhou Chong would rather keep the manuscript in his hands and rot it, than reduce the half-penny remuneration, this kind of person will also borrow money from others?

"I don't know how much Zhou Gongzi wants to borrow?" Although Xie Lingyun was surprised, she still had a calm expression on the surface, but there was a hint of interest in her eyes, because she really wanted to know what Zhou Zhong borrowed money for?

"Not much, in addition to the remuneration of three hundred taels this time, Zhou wants to borrow another three hundred taels, if Miss Xie is willing to borrow, Zhou will make a note now!" Zhou Zhong immediately spoke. It's just that he didn't notice it at this time, but Steward Xu behind him was secretly wiping his tears, as an old man who watched Zhou Chong grow up, Steward Xu naturally knew that his young master was born arrogant, but now for his own business, he lowered his body and borrowed money from a woman, which really made Steward Xu not know how to repay Zhou Chong's great kindness?

"Three hundred taels?" Xie Lingyun's wonderful eyes showed a thoughtful expression, and finally nodded and said, "I can lend Zhou Gongzi three hundred taels of silver, but Zhou Gongzi must write another good book that is not inferior to Journey to the West, and those three hundred taels will be regarded as the remuneration for this book!" ”

"Still want to write?" Zhou Zhongzhong couldn't help but sigh, writing a book is not only a mental work, writing with a brush is also a personal work, during this time in order to write Journey to the West, he was already tired, he was going to never write again after getting three hundred taels in his hand, but he didn't expect to write now!

"Deal!" Zhou Zhong thought about it for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and agreed. Although I am very reluctant to write a book in my heart, in order to save people, I must persist no matter how hard and tired I am.

"It's really pleasant to talk about business with Zhou Gongzi!" Xie Lingyun saw Zhou Chong's gritted teeth, and for some reason, a different kind of excitement arose in her heart, but she quickly suppressed this excitement, and then turned her head and ordered, "Abazhu, order someone to get a silver ticket of six hundred taels!" ”

"Yes, Miss!" The abacus agreed, walked out of the hall quickly, and after a while, sent six silver tickets of one hundred taels from a tray. At this time, Xie Lingyun had also prepared a new document, which indicated that Zhou Zhong had borrowed three hundred taels of silver from Xie Lingyun and needed to write a novel that was not inferior to Journey to the West. As for how to evaluate the quality of two books? It mainly depends on the comparison of the sales of the two books in the future.

Zhou Chong read the document and felt that there was no problem, so he took the pen and signed on it, and then took the six hundred taels of silver in his hand, but just as Zhou Chong was about to say goodbye, suddenly Xie Lingyun spoke again: "Zhou Gongzi, Sister Bang'er has been doing well recently, the rouge that was given to her last time, Sister Bang'er likes it?" ”

Hearing the other party's words, Zhou Chong turned his head and glared at Xie Lingyun, now he was sure that Xie Lingyun must have deliberately given Bang'er such an expensive rouge, otherwise with the other party's calculations and the city government, how could he not think of Bang'er's difficulties in giving her a return gift?

Xie Lingyun saw Zhou Chong glaring at herself, but she was not at all silent, she was originally a little woman, no matter what she said that day, Zhou Chong was unwilling to reduce the remuneration, it just so happened that she had a box of rouge that had just been sent from the capital, and she had that agreement with Bang'er before, so she took the opportunity to give the rouge to Bang'er, but in fact, it was Zhou Chong, in order to make the 'unstoppable' Zhou Chong break his fortune, so as to take a small revenge.

"Thank you Miss Xie for your concern, she likes that box of rouge very much, and she is preparing a return gift for Miss Xie during this time, saying that she wants to surprise her sister Lingyun!" Zhou Zhong said in a cold voice. Although Xie Lingyun's behavior was harmless, the other party even counted the bracelet together, which made Zhou Zhongzhong a little uncomfortable.

Hearing Zhou Chong's deliberate emphasis on the words 'Sister Lingyun', Xie Lingyun, who was smart in ice and snow, naturally understood that this was Zhou Chong's sarcasm for counting the naïve bracelet, but she didn't show anything unusual when she was very deep in the city, and still smiled calmly: "Sister Bracelet likes it, as for the return gift, you don't have to return the gift or something!" ”

"The number of gifts cannot be wasted, not to mention that Miss Xie also helped Zhou such a big favor today, and in the future, I and the bracelet will definitely give the gift to Miss Xie in person!" After Zhou Zhong finished speaking, he turned around and left, firstly, he didn't want to be hypocritically polite to the other party, and secondly, he also wanted to rush to the other courtyard as soon as possible to rescue Su Niang, who was pregnant with Liujia, from that sea of fire, so that she and Steward Xu could reunite as soon as possible.