I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 58 Extra money
  Liu Qi noticed that Shen Zhuang's skinny hands were clenched into fists.

The price of one million taels has exceeded their expectations.

"One million one hundred thousand taels!"

Liu Qi and Shen Zhuang turned their heads at the same time, looking at Cao Cheng in surprise as he stood aside to make a quotation.

"One hundred and fifteen thousand taels!"

"One million two hundred thousand taels!"

The moment Yan Lingyi called out the price, Cao Cheng added another sum on top of it without hesitation.

As soon as the quotation of 1.2 million taels came out, everyone in Tianhong Tower fell silent.

Even the middle-aged man holding the wooden box on the stage changed his previous gloomy attitude, and his eyes showed joy.

On both sides of the middle-aged group, Fu Zhuocheng and Fang Qingluan, who were the guarantors, couldn't help but look at each other, and both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

According to their estimates, the final price of this jade ginseng should be around 800,000 taels, but now it has sold for a high price of 1.2 million taels!

"Chief Cao..." In the private room on the second floor, Shen Zhuang opened and closed his lips slightly and wanted to say something, but Cao Cheng reached out to stop him.

"You two don't have to worry, Cao will bear the extra money!" Cao Cheng said calmly, and then looked across the box to the box where the Golden Horse Chamber of Commerce was located.

"Yan Lingyi brought 1.5 million taels of silver to the capital this time. He also wants to take care of all the officials in the capital. 1.15 million taels is his limit!"

As Cao Cheng said, after he quoted a price of 1.2 million, the Golden Horse Chamber of Commerce fell into silence, and it was obvious that he did not intend to follow him anymore.

"Since no one bids again, this thousand-year-old jade ginseng will belong to Mr. Cao!"

Finally, under the witness of Fang Qingluan and Fu Zhuocheng, Cao Cheng bought this thousand-year-old jade ginseng for 1.2 million taels.

……

A pale arm slowly reached towards Liu Qi's waist. The moment his fingers touched the handle of the knife, he quickly retracted it as if he was electrocuted.

Liu Qi glanced sideways and met the girl's curious eyes.

"Ying'er, don't mess around!" Shen Zhuang scolded the girl in a low voice, then glanced at the saber hanging on Liu Qi's waist, frowned and asked, "This sword seems to have an extraordinary origin!"

Listening to what Shen Zhuang said, Liu Qi couldn't help but think back to the old man from the Huaqing sect who died under his own sword that day. Before he died, he seemed to have recognized the sword and called it "Jingji", and he also misunderstood it because of it. He thought Liu Qi was a remnant of the "Seventh Heaven".

Later, Liu Qidai also looked through some information and made some insinuations about Zhang Cheng, but unfortunately he didn't get any information.

If you want to know the origin of this knife, you probably have to ask Yan Lingcheng, the third son of the Jinma Chamber of Commerce. This knife was one of the goods that he and the Donghe water pirates smuggled, and Liu Qi got it by chance.

When Liu Qi got this sword, it didn't have a matching scabbard. Now this scabbard is a popular style that can be seen everywhere, so Shen Zhuang couldn't tell the reason just by looking at the handle.

Seeing that Liu Qi was silent and had no intention of taking out the sword, Shen Zhuang also stopped thinking and lowered his head to continue teasing his little granddaughter.

After a while, the door opened, and Cao Cheng slowly walked in holding a wooden box.

Suddenly, except for the girl named Ying'er, the eyes of the other two people in the room were attracted to the wooden box.

Cao Cheng just smiled slightly when he saw this, and then put the wooden box on the table.

"Fortunately not humiliated!"

Without any explanation, Liu Qi knew that the wooden box contained the thousand-year-old jade ginseng that she had longed for.

Shen Zhuang on the side stared at the wooden box for a long time, and finally raised his head and asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Cao, this time it cost 1.2 million taels!"

According to their previous agreement, Shen Zhuang each contributed 500,000 taels, and Cao Cheng and Liu Qi each contributed 200,000 taels. But now there is a difference of three hundred thousand taels out of thin air, so the previous agreement...

Cao Cheng turned his head and glanced at the direction of the door. After confirming that no one was eavesdropping outside, Fang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, the previous agreement still stands!"

"This extra three hundred thousand taels belongs to someone like me, Cao!"

When Shen Zhuang heard this, he didn't show much surprise. Instead, his face was as dark as water and he fell into silence.

Upon seeing this, Cao Cheng continued: "Of course, the three hundred thousand taels paid by Cao were not in vain!"

With that said, Cao Cheng took out a piece of paper from his arms, placed it on the table and slowly pushed it in front of Shen Zhuang.

Shen Zhuang picked up the paper and glanced at it before his expression changed slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he sighed slowly, then held the paper tightly in his palm: "When do you want it?"

"in three days!"

"Okay!" Shen Zhuang nodded heavily, "But I have to bake the antidote for Ying'er first."

"As it should be." Cao Cheng agreed, "The place has been prepared for Mr. Shen, and Fang Nuxia is waiting for you downstairs!"

"In that case, I'll take my leave first!" Shen Zhuang pulled Ying'er up and said to Cao Cheng and Liu Qi.

"Three days later, Captain Cao and the girl will give you your elixir together!"

……

"Don't worry, girl. Mr. Shen just went to a safe place to refine the elixir. He will definitely not break his promise in three days." After Shen Zhuang went out with the wooden box containing jade ginseng, Cao Chengfang explained with a smile.

Liu Qi said calmly: "I am still willing to believe what Mr. Cao said."

"But..." Liu Qi changed the subject, and his tone became a bit harsher, "Next, should we talk about what I can do for you, the chief helmsman, to make up for the extra money."

"Hehehe... What I, Cao Cheng, like most is to cooperate with smart people." Cao Cheng chuckled upon hearing this, "There is indeed something I want to ask your help, girl."

"Say."

"Kill someone for me."

Liu Qi heard this and looked sideways at Cao Cheng, who was smiling.

"Girl, please don't tell Cao that you won't commit murder or arson!" Cao Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly and kept the smile on his face. "Although Cao is not good at martial arts, he always has a good eye for seeing people."

"Girl, you have such a murderous aura, I'm afraid there are many souls killed by the sword." After saying that, Cao Cheng's eyes flashed past the knife at Liu Qi's waist.

"Who are you going to kill?"

"Lu Yishan, a little headhunter from the Six Gates."

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, and then she said in a deep voice: "People from the government?"

Cao Cheng shook his head, and his eyes flashed brightly: "That's not the case anymore. Someone will go to the Yamen today to accuse Lu Yishan of taking bribes, perverting the law, and killing people. Then banknotes and evidence will be found in Lu Yishan's home."

"Lu Yishan has always been in contact with Old Black Snake of the Black Snake Gang. He will never sit still and wait for death. He will definitely escape from the capital through Old Black Snake's relationship."

"I don't want him to leave the capital, and I don't want him to fall into the hands of the government."

"So, do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)