Smuggling Daming

In the hall of a house not far from the Zhou Mansion in the south of the city, Zhou Zhong sat on a chair and slowly sipped tea. By the way, he looked at the decoration in the hall. Compared with the hall in his mansion that didn’t even have chairs, this hall was It looks full of luxury. There are several sets of expensive sandalwood tables and chairs on both sides of the hall. You can smell a faint fragrance when you sit on them, which is extremely pleasant.

In addition, behind the tables and chairs, there are two rows of antique shelves, on which are placed one by one strangely shaped porcelain and jade wares. Although Zhou Zhong doesn't know much about these things, he can tell at a glance that the things on them can break anything. , I am afraid that I can only afford to pay by selling myself.And behind Zhou Zhong, the plump butler Xu stood there, holding a small wooden box in his hand, in which was the manuscript of Journey to the West that Zhou Zhong had just finished writing.

This is Xie Lingyun's temporary residence in Songjiang Mansion. Although the Xie family's old house is not in Songjiang Mansion, but in order to facilitate the Xie family's people to come to the city to do business, a house has also been established in Songjiang Mansion. Xie Lingyun usually lives in it. it's here.

Regarding the matter between Steward Xu and Su Niang, although Zhou Zhong felt sorry for Qian, he finally decided to help him. This was also strongly supported by Aunt Wang and Bracelet, which made Steward Xu very grateful. Zhou Zhong kowtowed, but was pulled up by Zhou Zhong.

What has been decided should be done immediately. This is a good habit that Zhou Zhong is learning, so after lunch, Zhou Zhong and Xu Butler immediately came to Xie Lingyun with the manuscript.If you want to redeem Su Niang, you must have money in your hand. According to Steward Xu, the outer court charges very high prices for those women who want to redeem their bodies.

However, Xie Lingyun is a busy person. When Zhou Zhong and the others came, the other party just went out to discuss business. No, Xie Lingyun had already told her servants that as long as Zhou Zhong came to the door, she must be notified immediately, so Zhou Zhong's master and servant reported. When they put their names on, they immediately received warm hospitality from the servants of the Xie Mansion, and at the same time, someone quickly reported to Xie Lingyun that they should be back by the time.

Just as Zhou Zhong was thinking about something, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the hall, and then a beautiful figure walked into the hall. When he saw Zhou Zhong sitting there, he immediately showed a calm smile and saluted: "Thank you!" Mr. Zhou has been waiting for a long time, and the little girl is here to apologize to him!"

Seeing the beautiful Xie Lingyun in front of him, Zhou Zhong could not help but feel dazed even though he claimed to be a man of determination, but he did not lose his composure, and stood up with a smile to return the courtesy: "Miss Xie, you are welcome. Zhou came here today to fulfill the agreement that day, I have brought the manuscript of the complete Journey to the West, please check it out, miss!"

"The whole book, so fast?" Xie Lingyun showed a rare look of surprise after hearing this. She had agreed with Zhou Zhong that at the end of this month, she only needed to hand over the manuscripts of the first fifty chapters to her. Can wait until next year.And even after Zhou Zhong was given such a long time, Xie Lingyun was still a little worried that Zhou Zhong would not be able to finish the manuscript, but she did not expect that Zhou Zhong would not only complete it, but also at such a fast speed, which greatly exceeded her expectations.

Seeing Xie Lingyun's surprised expression, which has always been calm and calm, Zhou Zhong was also very proud. The manuscript was already in his mind, so he just had to copy it, and the speed would naturally be much faster.

At this time, Steward Xu presented the manuscript, and the little maid Suanzhu behind Xie Lingyun stepped forward to take it, and then put it on the table where the master was seated. However, I took a cursory look at the following content.

It took about half an hour like this before Xie Lingyun put down the manuscript in satisfaction and praised: "Young Master Zhou is really talented. Journey to the West has been completed in less than a month. If this news is released, I am afraid that many people will be frightened." !"

Regarding Xie Lingyun's compliment, Zhou Zhong just smiled politely and did not respond.It may be because he was at a disadvantage in the hands of the other party when they met for the first time. He has always been wary of this shrewd and powerful Miss Xie, so unless it is necessary, Zhou Zhong does not want to have too much interaction with the other party.

Seeing Zhou Zhong's cold answer, Xie Lingyunsi did not show the slightest strangeness, and she continued to say: "Young master Zhou, you have completed Journey to the West according to the previous agreement, and I will also pay the 300 taels of manuscript remuneration. I just don’t know if Mr. Zhou wants a bank note or the full amount of silver?”

Hearing that Xie Lingyun finally mentioned his most concerned point, Zhou Zhong immediately showed a smile, but then he thought that Steward Xu needs 40 taels a year to support Su Niang. If he wants to help Su Niang redeem her body, 300 taels may Not enough?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong couldn't help sighing, then looked at Xie Lingyun with some embarrassment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Miss Xie is indeed a believer, but Zhou needs a sum of money now, and 300 taels may not be enough , so Tong Zhou hopes to borrow a sum of money from Miss Xie!"

Xie Lingyun was a little surprised when she heard that Zhou Zhong borrowed money from her. She couldn't help but look him up and down. In her impression, Zhou Zhong was unscrupulous in doing the facts, but he was full of arrogance. When talking about the manuscript, Zhou Zhong would rather leave the manuscript in his hands to rot than reduce the remuneration for half a manuscript. How could this kind of person borrow money from others?

"I don't know how much Mr. Zhou wants to borrow?" Although Xie Lingyun was surprised, she still had a calm expression on the surface, but there was a trace of interest in her eyes, because she really wanted to know. What is the purpose of re-borrowing money?

"Not much. In addition to the 300 taels for the manuscript this time, Zhou wants to borrow another 300 taels. If Miss Xie is willing to borrow, Zhou will make a written statement now!" Zhou Zhong said immediately.It's just that he didn't notice it at this time, but Steward Xu behind him was secretly wiping tears. As an old man who watched Zhou Zhong grow up, Steward Xu naturally knew that his young master was naturally proud, but now for his own sake, he lowered his The figure borrowed money from a woman, which really made Steward Xu wonder how to repay Zhou Zhong's great kindness?

"300 taels?" Xie Lingyun showed a thoughtful expression in her beautiful eyes, finally nodded and said, "I can lend Mr. Zhou 300 taels of silver, but Mr. Zhou must write another good book that is not inferior to Journey to the West , then 300 taels will be considered as the manuscript remuneration for this book!"

"Write again?" Zhou Zhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Writing a book is not only a mental job, but writing with a brush is also a physical job. During this period of time, he was exhausted to write Journey to the West. He planned to get 300 taels I will never write again, I never thought I would write now!

"Deal!" Zhou Zhong thought for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed.Although my heart is very repulsive to writing books, in order to save others, I have to persevere no matter how hard or tired I am.

"It's really a pleasure to discuss business with Mr. Zhou!" Xie Lingyun saw Zhou Zhong gnashing her teeth. For some reason, she felt a different kind of excitement in her heart, but she quickly suppressed this excitement, and then turned her head and said, " Counting beads, order someone to get the 600 taels of silver notes!"

"Yes, miss!" Suanzhu agreed, and quickly walked out of the hall, and after a while, six 100 taels of silver bills were delivered on a tray.At this time, Xie Lingyun had also drawn up a new document, which stated that Zhou Zhong had borrowed 300 taels of silver from Xie Lingyun and needed to write a novel that was not inferior to Journey to the West.As for how to compare the quality of the two books?The main thing is to look at the sales comparison of the two books in the future.

Zhou Zhong read the document and felt that there was no problem, so he took a pen to sign on it, and then took 600 taels of silver into his hands, but when Zhou Zhong was about to leave, Xie Lingyun suddenly said again: "Mr. Well, the rouge that was given to her last time, does Sister Biao'er like it?"

Hearing what the other party said, Zhou Zhong turned his head and glared at Xie Lingyun. Now he can be sure that Xie Lingyun must have deliberately given such expensive rouge to Bracelet, otherwise, based on the other party's calculations and the city government, how could Bracelet be unexpected in returning the gift to her? the difficulty?

Xie Lingyun saw Zhou Zhong glaring at her, but she didn't change her expression at all. She was a little girl, no matter what she said that day, Zhou Zhong just didn't want to lower the remuneration. It happened that she had a box of rouge just brought from the capital. There was an agreement with Zhuang'er before, so she took the opportunity to give the rouge to Zhuang'er, but in fact it was targeted at Zhou Zhong, in order to make Zhou Zhong, who was "sparing a dime", lose his money, as a small revenge.

"Thank you for your miss. Bracelet, she likes the box of rouge very much. She is preparing a return gift for Miss Xie, saying that she wants to surprise her sister Lingyun!" Zhou Zhong said in a cold voice.Although Xie Lingyun's behavior was harmless, Zhou Zhong felt a little uncomfortable because the other party even counted on Bracelet.

Hearing that Zhou Zhong specially emphasized the words "Sister Lingyun", the clever Xie Lingyun naturally understood that Zhou Zhong was mocking herself for including the naive bracelet, but she, who was very deep in the city, did not reveal it. If there is any abnormality, he still smiled calmly and said: "It's fine if Sister Biao'er likes it, and there's no need to return gifts!"

"Etiquette is undeniable, not to mention that Ms. Xie has done such a great favor to Zhou today, Zhuaner and I will definitely give gifts to Ms. Xie in person in the future!" Zhou Zhong turned around and left after speaking. You are being polite, on the other hand, he also wants to rush to the other courtyard as soon as possible to rescue Su Niang, who is pregnant with Liujia, from the sea of ​​fire, so that she and Butler Xu can also be reunited as soon as possible.

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