Jiang Yunxi looked at the few thin pieces of paper on the table and twitched the corners of her mouth. "Master, are these things really useful?"
Seeing her suspicion, Song E was about to take back the talismans. "I've said it. They can only suppress the problem temporarily."
"If the young master doesn't believe me, you may as well find another master. I just don't know how much longer your younger sister can hold on."
"Don't be angry, master. I was just asking casually." Jiang Yunxi complained in her heart that this guy had a terrible temper and would surely starve to death for lack of business one day, but she showed nothing on her face.
"May I ask how much these will cost?"
Song E held out five fingers.
"Five copper coins?" Jiang Yunxi asked tentatively.
Song E shook her head.
"Then five taels of silver?"
Song E still shook her head. "Fifty taels."
"Fifty taels! Why don't you just..." Under Song E's "take it or leave it" look, Jiang Yunxi swallowed the last word.
"The young master is extremely wealthy. You can even bet a mansion casually. This little silver is nothing but a drop in the bucket for you."
Jiang Yunxi gritted her teeth. "I'll buy them! As long as my sister can be cured, I'll spend any amount of money!" With that, she took out her money bag and slapped it on the table. "The rest will be the deposit!"
Song E gently put the talismans into a wooden box and handed it to Jiang Yunxi. "The young master is really generous."
"However, the young master should be more careful today. There may be a bloodshed disaster, but it won't be fatal." Song E had just divined for Jiang Yunxi and couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.
Jiang Yunxi's bad luck had something to do with her close relatives, but Song E couldn't figure out the exact reason.
Jiang Yunxi thought to herself that this sounded quite familiar.
Song E instructed Jiang Yunxi on how to use the talismans and personally sent her out of the door with Fu Shengyan.
Big customers should be well served, of course.
In the carriage, Jiang Yunxi hugged the wooden box, feeling like a complete fool.
Wasn't she here to confirm if Song E was really capable? How did she end up spending fifty taels of silver so muddle - headedly?
Actually, she had a fixed amount of money every month. This money was what she had saved. She always carried it around just to show off...
Jiang Yunxi touched her increasingly empty money bag and sighed.
It seemed that she had to go home and try to persuade her father.
By now, Jiang Yunxi had completely forgotten about the bloodshed disaster.
...
"Is he your real brother?" Back in the shop, Fu Shengyan suddenly asked.
Jiang Zhao took off her mask and glanced at the puzzled Fu Shengyan. "Of course."
"Split it in half with you. Do you want it?" Jiang Zhao waved the silver note in front of Fu Shengyan's face.
Fu Shengyan's eyes immediately lit up. "Of course I do."
"By the way, I've got some clues about what you asked me to investigate last time." After receiving the money, Fu Shengyan became more talkative.
"The monastery is called Prajna Buddhist Monastery. It's on the outskirts, but you need to pay two hundred taels of silver as an admission fee to get in."
"The first person to go to the monastery was the mistress of the Chen family, a wealthy merchant in the south of the city. A few days ago, the mistress of the Chen family seemed to have gone crazy. She actually strangled to death the newborn baby of her concubine."
"I even handled the funeral of the Chen family."
"That's not all. It's said that the mistress dug out the bones of the buried baby and ate them. The eldest son of the Chen family was so scared that he fell ill." Because this incident was so shocking, the Chen family had kept it a strict secret.
The concubine's baby was also buried hastily.
The Chen family, the wealthy merchant in the south of the city, was the family of the son who had made a bet with Jiang Yunxi.
"In that case, it seems I have to pay a visit to the Chen family."
Fu Shengyan asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Make money. Otherwise, where can I get the two hundred taels?" Adding the money from Jiang Yunxi and earning some more from the Chen family, it should be enough.
Both of them were money - grubbers. They decided to act right away. Jiang Zhao turned back to the Marquis's Mansion and went to find Jiang Yunxi.
...
As soon as she entered the door, Jiang Zhao saw Jiang Yunxi's face swollen like a pig's head, with clear palm prints on it.
Jiang Yunxi was struggling to feed porridge into her mouth. Every time she took a bite, she would hiss in pain, and the porridge would drip down the corner of her mouth like saliva.
Jiang Zhao pinched the bridge of her nose and looked away. It was really hard to look at.
When Jiang Yunxi saw Jiang Zhao, she immediately felt that nothing good was going to happen.
On her way back just now, she didn't know which scoundrel had pulled her off the carriage, blindfolded her, and slapped her face repeatedly.
Jiang Yunxi touched her face. Well, Song E's divination was really accurate.
She was really tired and didn't even bother to find out who had beaten her.
Jiang Zhao immediately said, "Fourth brother, can you find a way to invite the young master of the Chen family out?"
"What are you going to do!" Jiang Yunxi was on high alert and looked at Jiang Zhao in disbelief. "Don't tell me you've taken a fancy to Chen Huainan!"
Jiang Yunxi said with a slurred tongue, "I'm warning you. Chen Huainan is not a good person. He has concubines one after another in his mansion even before he gets married. I advise you to give up this idea. He's not worthy of you!"
Jiang Yunxi knew what kind of person Chen Huainan was. Her younger sister was as beautiful as a flower. If she really took a fancy to Chen Huainan, it would be like a flower being stuck in cow dung.
Although she didn't like this younger sister very much, for the sake of Yaoyao, she couldn't just watch her jump into the fire pit!
The daughters of the Jiang family couldn't just marry those scoundrels outside!
She would never allow it!
Jiang Zhao really wanted to open Jiang Yunxi's skull and see if there was paste inside.
She regretted not going to find Jiang Qingrong instead of Jiang Yunxi.
She simply didn't hide it from Jiang Yunxi. "It's Song E. Song E suspects that the thing haunting Yaoyao is related to the Chen family."
"Chen Huainan!" As soon as Jiang Yunxi heard this, she exploded. "I'll kill him!"
"Jiang Yunxi, are you deaf? I've said it's just a suspicion! A suspicion! Do you understand!" Jiang Zhao couldn't bear it anymore and roared. She was afraid that she would really be stupidified by Jiang Yunxi if this continued.
It seemed that there was a reason why the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion was on the verge of decline.
Jiang Yunxi was stunned by the roar and obediently sat down. "Okay, okay. I'll do whatever you say."
Jiang Zhao said, "It's very simple. You just need to find a way to invite the young master of the Chen family out."
"You don't need to worry about the rest." With that, Jiang Zhao ignored Jiang Yunxi and turned to leave.
Jiang Yunxi wasn't really stupid. Although her relationship with Chen Huainan was extremely tense, they had many common friends.
She could just ask them to act as go - betweens and invite the person out.
Jiang Yunxi asked the servant to send a letter to their mutual friend. The friend thought that Jiang Yunxi was going to make peace with Chen Ming.
Thinking this way, the friend acted quickly. In the afternoon, Jiang Yunxi and Jiang Qingrong accompanied Jiang Zhao to the Qianwei Restaurant.
The Qianwei Restaurant was a famous restaurant in the capital. Jiang Yunxi and other rich young masters often gathered here.
The waiter recognized her. Hearing that she was coming, he reserved a private room in advance.
The three of them came to the pre - booked private room. Since Jiang Yunxi's face was swollen like a pig's head and she was inconvenient to meet people, a screen was placed to separate her.