Large and small flasks were thrown on the floor of the room, and the door was pushed open, and a glimmer of morning light filtered in. The subordinate watched in horror as Jiang Changgongzi sat on the couch, tilted his head and poured the last drop of wine in the pot, and pressed an IOU under his hand.

"Childe, the casino has been redeemed, do you want to open as usual?" The subordinate asked in a soft voice.

"Open? How many days does it take to open Zhang to be able to afford the money? Jiang Changgongzi sneered loudly and slapped the IOU twice.

Not to mention the extremely high interest rate of Chen Boyan's IOU, it is still counted on a daily basis.

The subordinate did not dare to answer.

"On the day Sanfu Casino was burned, Jiang Qiao won three hundred gold from Jufu Casino, right?" Jiang Changgongzi turned his head to look at the next person, "Why didn't anyone catch her?" ”

She ...... It's already a member of the Crimson Jade Pavilion, so we can't act rashly. ”

The safest thing to do is to send someone to find the owner immediately, and if the owner speaks, he can deal with Jiang Qiao who came to the door. But Jiang Changgongzi was in trouble at that time, and no one dared to touch his moldy head.

"Forget it, there's no point in talking about it." Jiang Changgongzi waved his hand and said, "Tell me to go down and deal with the property under my hand as soon as possible, and those who can exchange it for cash will get silver for it, and those who can get silver tickets will get silver tickets." As long as it's not cheap, sell everything you can, and keep your actions secret, so as not to let the people of the Chen family find out. ”

"Childe?"

"What are you doing? One more day of delay, and my son will have one more point of interest. Jiang Changgongzi said coldly, "At the end of the month, we will go back to Guangling." ”

At that time, it was a helpless move to sign this IOU. If he doesn't sign, Chen Boyan will continue to let Dali Temple exert pressure, and it is difficult to say whether he can get out of the imperial capital alive in the end. Even though he knew that it was a bottomless pit, he could only jump with his eyes closed.

After drinking wine for a day and a night, Jiang Changgongzi decided to break his tail to survive. Get rid of all the industries that you can get rid of, and return the unwarranted loans on the IOU to Chen Boyan. Although it was a little embarrassing to return to Guangling like this, it was better than giving up the entire Jiang family to Chen Boyan.

"Before leaving, leave Jiang Qiao's life behind. Three hundred gold, I will take it as her life money. ”

——

Crimson Pavilion.

Clear sunlight filtered in through the rhombus lattice of the window, and in the beams of light, dust flew. Jiang Qiao sat in front of the makeup, the sunlight was like a nick, falling on the corners of her eyes impartially, bright and dazzling. Jiang Qiao slowly combed his long hair, and used golden hairpins and rouge gouache to decorate himself into a thousand charming oiran.

She didn't get up immediately, but was silent for a long time at the amorous and charming woman in the mirror.

"Miss Jiang, what are you thinking?" Huo Wenbai outside the screen asked.

"I was thinking, I'm only eighteen." Jiang Qiao laughed softly, "It's already like a twenty-eight-year-old woman." ”

"Whether there is a pink hairpin ring or not, Miss Jiang is eighteen years old. The world treats the world harshly with the illusion of flesh and skin, and the girl does not have to be angry. Huo Wenbai said.

Jiang Qiao smiled brighter, and the person in the mirror was so bright that people couldn't take their eyes off it, "No, I'm not unhappy." Second son, you don't understand, for a woman like me who has nothing, a good skin will harm me, and she can help me. Maybe a look back, a smile, can get what I want. The means are disgraceful, but I don't mind. ”

Jiang Qiao thought of his mother, the famous Jiangnan Qiaoji. Qiao Ji once told her that the girls raised in the Qinglou have to look at their faces in the mirror day after day, the most beautiful expressions and angles, and always control every trace of expression on their faces.

Beauty is the only thing these frivolous girls can rely on.

"Do you think it's mean and nasty?" Jiang Qiao didn't know if he was asking Huo Wenbai or the deceased Qiao Ji.

"I just think that such a world can force people to such a point, which is really the sorrow of scholars." Huo Wenbai replied softly.

Jiang Qiao showed a flawless smile to himself in the mirror, lowered his head to arrange his skirt, and did not speak again.

——

The steward of the little workshop was a short and stocky woman, with ten fingers as short as turnips, but her weaving movements were swift and neat. Chu Zhixia stood next to her for a while, and then she finished her work, took the water and drank it all, and greeted Chu Shixia with embarrassment and enthusiasm.

"I'm just coming over and looking, don't be nervous." Chu Shixia said with a smile.

"Hey, the owner has said, miss, you are her owner, the owner of the owner, and naturally the owner. Whatever you do, tell me. Seeing that Chu Zhixia was not holding the money of the eldest lady of the high gate, the woman gradually became less nervous.

"How much does the owner pay you?" Chu Shixia asked casually.

The woman was embarrassed to compare the numbers, twice as many as the weavers outside, and said with a red face, "If there is one who has done more, the proprietor will give him more money!" You can't find a better job than this. ”

Jiang Qiao's money on Liuyun brocade looms and technology, and then counting the generous wages of weavers, with this way of small profits and quick turnover, it is naturally not possible to reverse losses in the short term. However, Jiang Qiao's Liuyun Brocade is lower than that of Jiang's, but the quality is almost the same, and merchants are happy to use it as an inferior Jiang's Liuyun Brocade to sell.

And the high-level Jiang Liuyunjin has caused frequent price increases, which has caused the nobles of the high-ranking families to complain. Those with higher portals naturally looked down on Jiang's eating appearance, and turned to buy other splendid silks; The lower ones have no way to raise this golden brocade.

Jiang's Liuyunjin has been squeezed and has been unsalable for many days.

Chu Zhixia stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of Liuyun Brocade, which was not snow-white, but had a faint pearl gray. Liuyun brocade is like a stack of flowing water held in Chu Zhixia's hand, the folds are smooth and graceful, and it is as light as clouds.

The Jiang family knocked on the door of the imperial capital with Liuyun Jin.

"Recently, let's stop working." Chu Zhixia clapped his hands and said.

The woman was a little worried, "Is something wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, your wages will be paid to you according to the rules of the owner. If there is any more work in the future, I will give priority to you. Chu Zhixia said casually, "It's just a break for a while." ”

The babbling of weaving in the workshop stopped slowly, and the weavers received their wages and walked out in twos and threes. Chu Shixia sent away the account room, carefully locked the door, and sat at the door of the workshop to wait.

The sun is setting.

When Cheng Yuan hurriedly arrived, Chu Zhixia had already woven a row of crickets from slender and long straw, and lined up on the steps in front of the courtyard gate like a formation.

"Miss, my subordinates' henchmen have been deployed in the Scarlet Jade Pavilion." Cheng Yuan arched his hand.

"What about the Jiang family?" Chu Zhixia asked lazily.

"The Jiang family's case in Dali Temple has been closed, and the specific reason has not yet been found out. But the Jiang family's casino did not reopen, and even the little guy did not go back. Cheng Yuan reported 1510.

"He's going to take a salary from the bottom of the kettle and survive with his tail broken." Chu Zhixia used grass to pluck a cricket and said with a smile, "Uncle Chen expected that this eldest son was stupid, so he made it into the current situation. In my opinion, he is just exceptionally naïve and vicious, but not entirely stupid. You see, doesn't he still know how to run? ”

Cheng Yuan was stunned and asked tentatively: "Do you want to disclose this news to Chen Boyan?" ”

"No, this person's life, I want to take it myself."

"There's another chapter tonight."