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Chapter 44 One hundred taels of silver
  Chu Chuanping glanced at the shop owner with disgust, then smiled and said to the little beggar: "Do you know who I am?"

The little beggar obviously didn't buy it. He still looked fierce and the knife in his hand got closer.

"Then you should take action."

Chu Chuanping smiled jokingly.

"I am the legitimate son of the Chu family. I am the chief agricultural officer of the current dynasty and a third-grade official. The one in your hand is just a commoner. Do you think his life is as valuable as my jade pendant?"

The little beggar was stunned for a moment and quickly realized this problem.

Please, who in the capital doesn’t know the name Chu Chuanping? I randomly robbed a jade pendant on the road, and it actually happened to such a famous person?
  To be precise, as the lowest level of society, she can better understand the viciousness of these powerful people in disregarding human life and their indifference to the lives of the people at the bottom.

Chu Chuanping obviously lost his patience and said, "Give me the jade token and I won't argue with you."

In his opinion, the little beggar stole his jade token and he was very generous by not sending her to the government. The little beggar should have cooperated obediently.

However, the little beggar showed a fierce look on his face, and the dagger actually left the pawnshop owner's neck and put it away. However, she was shrewd and raised the jade card:

"Back up, take another step forward, and I'll drop it."

Chu Chuanping looked ugly. In fact, the symbolic meaning of that jade plaque to him was much higher than its value.

After all, apart from the fact that the piece of jade symbolized his status, it only cost one or two thousand silver. To ordinary people, it might be a huge sum of money, but to a noble like him, it was just a number.

After thinking about it, if the jade medal is really broken, I don't know how those at home will ridicule me, but I am still very afraid of it.

"Okay, I'll step back and you give me the jade token."

Although it is possible to get the jade token back by force, it would be troublesome if the jade token breaks.

What's more, in Chu Chuanping's heart, the little beggar was not worth the price at all.

You know, in today's black market, an intact working-age slave only costs about twenty taels of silver. With a body like a little beggar, he might be given away for free and no one would want him.

"Prepare a hundred taels of silver for me. When you get the silver, I will give you the jade token."

The little beggar spoke again.

Chu Chuanping only found it funny and said, "Why should I spend money to redeem my jade token?"

——Although one hundred taels of silver is indeed not much, it is a waste of money.

"Young master, I stole it based on my ability, so it is naturally mine. Why are you standing there, why don't you quickly collect the money?"

Chu Chuanping seemed to have heard some funny joke.

They are indeed a bunch of rubes, do they still need to scrape together this little money?
  So he smiled and said: "Haha, collect the money? Isn't it just one hundred taels? I'll reward you."

With that said, he took out two silver ingots from his sleeve robe and threw them over.

The little beggar was caught off guard and his head hurt, but he ignored the pain and lowered his head to pick up two silver ingots. Looking at the two "fifty taels" shining brightly on the ingot, he still seemed to be in a dream...

God knows, he has never seen so much money in his life - for ordinary people, the purchasing power of one tael of silver is completely enough for them to live for a year.

This is one hundred taels, enough to last a lifetime.

The little beggar who was so happy from the sky also imitated the appearance of the shopkeepers she usually saw, biting the silver with her teeth - although she didn't know how to distinguish the true from the false, she only tasted a sweet taste.

In fact, the little beggar's vigilance was already very low at this time. If Chu Chuanping suddenly attacked, she would definitely have to catch him without any help.     But Chu Chuanping did not.

He didn't think it was necessary. Whenever the little beggar lion opened his mouth, Chu Chuanping would be deadlocked with her because it was just a jade pendant anyway.

But the little beggar's lion's mouth was only "one hundred taels", which made him feel uninterested, because in his eyes, one hundred taels was no different from a copper plate in the eyes of ordinary people.

There is absolutely no need for him to fall out over a "coin plate".

"Can you return my jade pendant to me now?" Chu Chuanping looked at the pleased little beggar jokingly.

"No." The little beggar finally came out of his excitement, quickly held the silver and jade pendant in his arms, and shook his head vigorously.

Chu Chuanping is angry. Why are you treating me like a monkey?

The little beggar quickly explained: "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet. Think about it, if I hand over the jade pendant to you now, how can you guarantee my safety?"

Perhaps for the sake of the money, the little beggar's tone of voice became much better.

Finally, the little beggar himself felt that he was not kind, so he added an explanation:

"In this case, you come with me to the slums in the north of the city, and I will return the jade token to you at the intersection."

As soon as he reaches the slums, the little beggar is confident that he will be like a fish in water. With the advantage of the terrain, he can definitely get rid of this young man in front of him.

Of course, the jade pendant still needs to be returned. When you come out to hang out, the first thing you need to pay attention to is integrity.

This is definitely not because the little beggar is afraid of completely angering the powerful man in front of him and finally sends troops to clean up the slums directly.

Chu Chuanping was slightly annoyed. I have given you face by cooperating with you in your performance, but in the end, you have to go even further, right?
  Isn’t my time time?
  Seeing this, the little beggar quickly raised the jade pendant again as if to throw it down, and said, "If you don't agree, I will throw this jade pendant away. Anyway, I will earn the money in the end."

Chu Chuanping thought that he had cooperated with her all the way anyway, and he would not suffer any loss if he cooperated with her again. Then he nodded reluctantly and said: "Okay, one last time."

"If you dare to play any tricks again, I will never let you go even if I don't want this jade pendant."

So, the little beggar led the way, followed by Chu Chuanping, and walked towards the slums.

On the way, Chu Chuanping met his retainers again, so he had a few more followers along the way.

At this time, Chu Chuanping's face was extremely ugly.

Regardless of whether he got his jade pendant back this time, he would be embarrassed.

The retainer suggested: "Why don't you go down and grab it directly?"

Chu Chuanping glared at him and cursed: "Idiot, don't you think it's not embarrassing enough?"

——If you really wanted to rob someone openly, you should have done it at the pawn shop, not on the street.

Soon, a group of people "escorted" the little beggar to the entrance of the slum in the north of the city. Chu Chuanping stopped and shouted to the little beggar:
  "Can you return the jade pendant to me now?"

The little beggar ran away, and Chu Chuanping didn't even react for a moment. Fortunately, the more clever minister next to him saw that the situation was not good and quickly chased after him.

Just when he was about to catch up with the little beggar, the little beggar suddenly turned back and smiled at him, and then threw the jade pendant towards his face.

(End of this chapter)