The eldest lady just wants to be a crazy beauty

Chapter 31
Pei Xingheng was dressed like a peacock, standing majestically on the carriage and showing off his power.

Behind him followed a convoy of convoys, with dozens of large boxes on the carriages. They passed through the noisy crowd and walked to the door of Guanglitong Store. He waved his hand, and then said with a big wave: "Ready to redeem the tickets."

After giving the order, the guards took the boxes off the carriage and placed them in order. The lids of the boxes were opened one after another, and they were all full of white silver.

"The Pei family founded Guanglitong Trading Company. Thanks to everyone's trust, they deposited their money in Guanglitong and fully supported the Pei family. The Pei family has been rooted in Puzhou for hundreds of years and has been passed down for hundreds of years. They will never let down the trust of their fellow villagers. Don't worry, everyone today Take the deed to redeem the ticket, and you will not refuse anyone who comes."

Pei Xingheng gave a sonorous and powerful speech, and then whispered a few words to the shopkeeper and accountant of Guanglitong, and the rest was left to the shopkeeper and accountant.

The shopkeeper and accountant used boxes as tables and bricks picked up from the fire as stools. Other guards maintained order and asked all the people to line up in pairs and exchange silver one by one.

Pei Xingheng ordered people to bring in a big square nanmu chair and sat there. Four maids behind him performed their duties, some were responsible for feeding fruits, some were responsible for fanning, some were responsible for rubbing shoulders, and one was responsible for rubbing shoulders. He held an umbrella with a square canopy to protect Pei Xingheng from the sun.

All kinds of dandyism fell into Qin Ruizhi's eyes.

Qin Ruizhi squatted on the street corner. When her legs got tired from squatting, she got up and walked around. When she got tired of looking at it, she went to buy a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts.

By the afternoon, most of the people who originally surrounded the entire street had dispersed, leaving only a few scattered people.

Most of them had already exchanged the money and left with satisfaction.

There were also some people who saw that the Pei family was still rich and powerful and could survive injuries. They felt that the Pei family would not swallow up their money, and the money could still earn interest in Guanglitong, so they decided not to exchange the money, so they respectfully paid tribute to Pei Xingheng. He bowed a few times and left in a hurry.

After the last silver was exchanged, the crowd on the street dispersed, leaving only Qin Ruizhi at the corner.

Sitting there alone, with no other cover, he met Pei Xingheng candidly.

"Isn't this the eldest lady of the Gao family?"

Pei Xingheng was tired of acting like a dandy, so he stopped pretending. He rubbed his sore shoulders, walked towards Qin Ruizhi, sat down next to her, and couldn't help but joked: "Is the eldest lady also here to exchange money?".

Qin Ruizhi held her head high and smiled innocently, "No, I'm here to see the fun."

"Are you satisfied with this show?" Pei Xingheng was very proud, thinking that he had turned the tide and saved the Pei family's decline in one fell swoop.

"Well... how should I put it?" Qin Ruizhi seemed to be really thinking seriously: "I always feel a little regretful that I didn't participate personally."

"I'll give you a chance to participate. While the shopkeeper is still here, go exchange a sum of money."

Pei Xingheng clearly remembered that Qin Ruizhi had a commercial ticket from Guanglitong, which was the 1 taels contributed by the Pei family to Prime Minister Su, and Prime Minister Su gave the 1 taels to Qin Ruizhi.

Although he later cheated and got back 5000 taels, Qin Ruizhi still had at least 5000 taels in banknotes.

The Pei family suffered huge losses and burned down an entire commercial street. The Guangli Tong store was burned down by the fire, with losses as high as 5 taels.

Although 5000 or two is a drop in the bucket, some losses can always be recovered, and it is enough to rebuild the Guangli Tong business.

Gao Jinying took his wife and daughter back to Kyoto to take up a post, but left his niece in Puzhou. The weak girl was isolated and helpless, and the most naive and easy to deceive.

If he could repeat his old trick and defraud her of the other 5000 taels... no, earn it back and use it to rebuild Guanglitong.

At this time, Qin Ruizhi, in Pei Xingheng's eyes, was no longer a busybody, but a delicious delicacy. "No, don't show off your wealth, and don't show off your appearance when you are rich. This is what my uncle taught me. My uncle's family went to Kyoto and left me an orphan. I should protect myself wisely."

Qin Ruizhi stood up and looked at the afterglow that was about to dissipate on the horizon, "Human, it's enough to be stupid once. You can't be fooled one after another. Are you right? Mr. Pei?"

Pei Xingheng was stunned for a moment. The implication was self-evident. He was silent for a moment, then forced a smile on his lips and said, "What the eldest lady said makes sense."

"The truth is the truth, but if you don't understand the truth, it's useless to explain it. It's getting late, I should go back and rest."

Qin Ruizhi left these words and left gracefully. Her thin and thin back was stretched very long and thin under the afterglow of the setting sun, like a weak willow supporting the wind. It disappeared with a gentle blow.

Pei Xingheng looked at Qin Ruizhi's back thoughtfully.

Qin Ruizhi's words were still ringing in her ears, obviously reminding Pei Xingheng that she knew that Pei Xingheng defrauded her of 5000 taels of silver.

But she didn't make any noise and obediently gave her 5000 taels. This behavior was really unreasonable.

She didn't sign the loan deed, but she was willing to pay 5000 taels of silver. What kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?

After thinking about it over and over, Pei Xingheng suddenly had an idea and felt happy, which was soon replaced by disgust that could not be concealed.

"This eldest lady has failed in trying to get Prime Minister Su's grandson. Now she has no hope of returning to Kyoto and has no plans for her life. Could it be that she has taken a liking to this young master? She wants to play hard to get and lure this young master into the game?"

Yes, it must be so.

"Huh? Who do you think I am? When it comes to beauty, I will definitely choose a beauty. If I have to choose between beauty and money, I will choose silver. So, Qin Ruizhi, I want your other 5000 taels of silver. It’s settled. Anyway, it’s originally my Pei family’s money.”

Qin Ruizhi was walking on the corner of the street when she suddenly felt a cool breeze on her back. She yawned a few times, rubbed her nose, and walked back home.

Pei Xingheng was very proud, but he was not in a hurry.

Right now he has more important things to do.

As a favor to Governor Yan, he asked Captain Zhechong to bring in new soldiers to help the Pei family and avoid the risk of the Guangli Tong store being robbed. This favor must be repaid.

The people who exchanged silver dispersed, and the soldiers from Zhechong Mansion also left.

Pei Xingheng ordered people to seal up the commercial street in front of Guangli Tong, and then cleaned up the wreckage of Guangli Tong. He cleaned out the piles of gold and silver from the dark ruins, registered them one by one, and put the silver that happened to be free. Then he transported it to the Pei family mansion and ordered the guards to patrol it day and night.

"There are a lot of people patrolling, so it's hard to take action."

On the roof two streets away from Pei's house, Qin Ruizhi squatted on the roof, gnawing on the chicken legs, shaking his head and sighing, "If I had known that Pei Xingheng would transport all Guanglitong's money back to Pei's house, I should have found an excuse to take Pei Xingheng away." Just cheat him away."

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Since we can't do it in Pei's house, we can change the place.

(End of this chapter)