Jiang Liqiong walked three steps in front of Wei Qing and Cao Lu, pursed her lips as if she had words to say but it was difficult to speak, she hesitated again and again, and said: "I heard that the two of you want to sell their swords to redeem Rui'er's sister, I have more than 20 taels of silver and some jewelry here, if you want to help Weimo, don't be too thin."

Cao Lu secretly pulled the corner of Wei Qing's clothes on the side, Wei Qing understood, nodded to him and replied: "The two of us left late, the city gate was closed and we couldn't get out, and we were shy in our pockets, so we couldn't open a room and stay in the inn, so I had no choice but to rest here in this place, and I didn't mean to sell my sword, I don't know where Miss Jiang heard the news."

Jiang Liqiong suddenly looked embarrassed, she glanced at Zhan Lujian, who was still sticking hay in the scabbard next to Wei Qing, and said: "When you and Sister Rui'er were discussing this matter in the Tiecai Building, they happened to be heard by a passing maid from outside the door, and then told me that these are the dowries I have accumulated privately on weekdays, and I was looking forward to meeting a lover, and I would have a good place to rely on money in the future, but now in order to save Rui'er's sister from trouble, I can't take care of this."

Cao Lu quietly reached out and pulled the hay from the scabbard, and whispered to Wei Qing: "I complain that you speak loudly, now it can be exposed, and the opponent knows our plans."

Wei Qing looked at Jiang Liqiong's expression and said: "Maybe I heard it wrong, I really didn't intend to sell this sword, but it hurt Miss Jiang to run this trip in vain, the night is cold, the girl should go back early."

Jiang Liqiong lowered her head and thought about it again before she made up her mind and raised her head and said: "Actually, you should be defensive against me, but things are not what you think, in fact, Brother Yunfei is forced to ask you to compete again, it is also ...... It's also a last resort."

Jiang Liqiong then described the original situation in detail: it turned out that after Wang Kai was caught and raped by his wife that day, he was angry, so he went around to find out who leaked his whereabouts, and then a maid next to Mrs. Wang couldn't resist his obscenity, and told the story of someone delivering a note, Wang Kai compared the handwriting on the note with the people around him that day, and found that it was Wu Yunfei's hands and feet, saying that he wanted to reprimand him to the southern army to be a nominal deputy head, at that time there was no war in the south for a long time, not to mention that Wu Yunfei was just going to be a low-level officer, and he was only afraid that it would be difficult to get ahead in this life, Wang Kai even said that he would send Jiang Liqiong to the baggage camp in the northern border army as a camp prostituteAt that time, there was a royal family Ding who offered a plan to fight Wang Kai's heart, saying that he would simply force Li Rui to make this competition a lot, which was what happened later.

Jiang Liqiong couldn't cry anymore after speaking, wiped her tears and sobbed: "Actually, these more than 20 taels of silver are all saved by Brother Yun Fei's frugal expenses on weekdays, his salary as a guard is meager, and it is not like an expatriate official who has oil and water money, he was forced to do this, and his heart is indeed extremely sad, after I told him the news of your sword sale, it was inconvenient for him to come forward, so he asked me to come, there is really no evil intention." Wei Qing saw that her face didn't seem to be fake, but he thought that it was necessary to guard against others, so he still forced himself to say: "I don't know where the idea of selling swords came from, but if Miss Jiang has a heart, why don't you go to Miss Li to discuss."

Jiang Liqiong was embarrassed: "Sister Rui'er has always been arrogant and unwilling to accept mercy from others, and after all, Brother Yunfei and I can't live with her in this matter, and she won't accept our money." Cao Lu snorted coldly and said: "It turns out that you also know that you don't live with her, Miss Li still treats you as a sister, if it wasn't for you to solve problems, how could she be involved, and now you sold her for yourself, where is the sister's love, are you still embarrassed to call her 'sister'."

Jiang Liqiong's face turned red when she heard this, and she was speechless, Wei Qing didn't want to see her embarrassed anymore, so she arched her hand and said: "My senior brother is not the main master, and it is not good to accept property on behalf of others, Miss Jiang, please do it", Jiang Liqiong saw that the two of them refused resolutely, so they had to leave in a daze. Wei Qing and Cao Lu talked for a while about how to bargain for selling swords tomorrow, so they also fell asleep with their clothes closed, and recuperated enough to get up early tomorrow to sell swords.

Early the next morning, Wei Qing was woken up by the noisy sound of the traffic rushing to the morning market, and he didn't have time to wash up after waking up Cao Lu, so the two hurriedly put the hay back into the scabbard, and found a place where the flow of people was most complicated and waited for the buyer to ask for the price. Most of the people who come to the market to catch the market are ordinary people, and there is no need to collect or wear swords. Occasionally, a few curious businessmen stepped forward to look at the sword with the mentality of picking up a bargain, but Wei Qing refused to lose a penny because he wanted to save people, so the other party shook his head and walked away after asking the price. It wasn't until noon that a man finally came to dress up as a strong coat and look like a general, he came to the bazaar to buy horses, but after looking at the sword, he was quite excited, and he turned the Zhanlu sword over and over again to look at it, and bargained with Wei Qing Cao Lu for a long time, but in the end he only came out with a price of eighty taels and refused to increase the price, and after Wei Qing said that it was not three hundred taels and would not sell it, he could only leave with regret.

There were far fewer people in the afternoon market than in the morning, and there were even fewer people looking at the sword and asking for the price, but Qin Hui, who had not met for a long time, suddenly came to the market. Qin Hui and Wei Qing Cao Lu casually greeted each other, and then took the initiative to get to the point: "This morning, Brother Xiao Xian asked someone to go to the Yushitai to tell me about you and Wang Kai, and asked me to help think of ideas, so I temporarily gave up my official duties and came to see if there was a place where I could do my best", he said and took out a few silver tickets from Qianzhuang and handed them to Wei Qing," Foolish brother has seventy taels of silver here, of which twenty taels were brought by Brother Xiao Xian, hoping to solve your predicament, but the time is in a hurry, and it is difficult to raise the full amount of three hundred taels in a hurry, if I can delay it for ten days and half a month, when I pawn the antiques and calligraphy and paintings at home, and then find a colleague to borrow some part, I may be able to raise three hundred taels." Wei Qing thought that Xiao Qinchuan would just do it, but this matter had nothing to do with Qin Hui at all, not to mention that Taixue Xiang was a Qingshui Yamen, and Xuezheng's income was not high, how could he work so hard and take out so much money, but Qin Hui insisted that he accept the silver ticket, Wei Qing had no choice but to say: "I heard that the brother of the meeting has been promoted to the position of serving the imperial history in the palace, if he can mobilize the official to impeach Wang Kai, so that he can stop it, it will be more useful than silver."

Qin Hui smiled bitterly: "Brother Xian doesn't know, that Wang Kai has not entered the office, how can there be a reason for the imperial history to impeach a white body to the imperial court, not to mention that although he privately asked the Ministry of Rites for entrustment, but there is no evidence, and the Ministry of Rites issued a document according to the rules from the teaching workshop to the prostitute in the army, which is a common practice, and where should I start with the crime in the notebook." He thought for a while and said: "I'm not afraid of what the royal family is, like Wang Kai's noble sons are really too disrespectful, so, Wang Kai's father Wang Shu is now the Langzhou Observation Envoy, I will immediately go back to his godson for the sin of not being strict, hoping that he can teach his son to be cautious in his words and deeds, but from my last book to impeachment, to His Majesty's imperial pen instructions, and then to the official accountability of the Ministry of Administration, the time required in the middle is not short, I don't know if this far water can save the near fire, alas, in short, I will do my best in this matter." Wei Qing thanked him: "In any case, it is better than the current helpless, in case the Wang family hears the rumors, it will be better to restrain Wang Kai in time, so it depends on the brother of the association."

After bidding farewell to Qin Hui, Cao Lu said to Wei Qing: "This Brother Qin is really a good person, his official position is getting bigger and bigger, and the weight of the imperial history in the palace is not light in the court, but he still has no shelf in front of us as before, and when he heard that we were in trouble, he hurried over to help, and among the officials I have seen, Lord Lu and him are the best." Wei Qingdao: "Brother Hui is anxious for people's difficulties, and he is responsible for his actions, if the officials of the court are like him, how can Wang Kai be allowed to act arbitrarily, I hope that one day if he can rule the government." After the two finished talking, they continued to wait in the bazaar for the customers who bought the sword, but they still couldn't sell it until it was dark.

There was nothing to say that night, and on the second day, Wei Qing and Cao Lu waited for a long time, but it was still difficult to find someone who was willing to pay three hundred taels of silver to buy a sword, and then Cao Lu thought of a way, opened the field and shouted loudly and played a set of swords, and took out the Zhanlu sword to demonstrate blowing hair and broken hair, and it was a demonstration of sharpening iron like clay, and there were many onlookers who applauded, but there was no one who really intended to pay for a sword. The two of them were tired for a day, seeing that the sun was gradually turning westward, knowing that most of the work today was fruitless, they couldn't help but feel extremely depressed, Cao Lu said: "Brother Qing, there is only the last day left tomorrow, what if you still can't sell it", Wei Qing sat on the side of the road with a sad look, put the Zhanlu sword on the ground beside him without returning the sheath, and replied with a little discouragement: "Isn't there another day, how can I know what the result will be until the end."

"The three-foot sword covered in dust is a little difficult to meet. Suddenly a person chanted a poem and reached out to pick up the Zhanlu sword from the ground, dusted off a few weeds attached to the sword, and gently brushed off the dust on it with his sleeve, and with a shake of his wrist, the Zhanlu sword suddenly made a buzzing sound, "It's a pity that such a divine soldier fell into the hands of ordinary people by mistake, and it became a mortal thing to be sold at a price, boy, how much do you want to sell this sword."

Wei Qing sat on the ground and could hear the meaning of loving the sword and wanting to buy it in the words of the person, and his spirit couldn't help but perk, and he quickly stood up and quoted: "As long as three hundred taels of silver, you have to buy ......", but after he saw the face of the person who came, he immediately bowed in surprise and saluted: "Engong, it turned out to be you."

The person who came was slightly stunned, and said in amazement: "Do you know me?" Wei Qing hurriedly replied: "The great kindness of the predecessors is not forgotten for a moment, and it is always remembered in my heart day and night, hoping to have a chance to repay one or two, but I didn't expect to meet the seniors here again."