Chapter 12 - Chapter 12: 012 Earning money is not easy (1/2)
Chapter 12: 012 Earning money is not easy
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A moment later, Gu Yang had taken the two women to an open area beyond the swamp, setting them down.
With a skeptical look, he gazed at the two women, “Can you really produce thirty thousand taels? If you dare to deceive me, I’ll send you back to the village.”
Zhi Xing hurriedly replied, “How would I dare deceive you, my lord.”
In the moonlight, Su Qingzhen took her first real look at the man who had saved her from the mountain bandits.
He was dressed as a hunter, his hands full of calluses, his face marked by the elements.
But he was far from an ordinary hunter!
Because when he looked at her, there was no hint of fluctuation in his eyes.
Su Qingzhen had encountered men who regarded her beauty as nothing, such as Zheng Renjie just a moment ago.
But such men usually belonged to major families, accustomed to beauty, with grand ambitions, their determination unshakable by feminine wiles.
Or they were experienced, deeply calculating old foxes.
By all rights, a hunter from the mountains shouldn’t behave this way.
Moreover, the fact that he managed to kill the mountain bandit leader demonstrated his formidable strength.
More importantly, he seemed to know that the people who invaded the village were from the Liu family…
Su Qingzhen couldn’t quite figure out the man before her. Her mind churned with thoughts and she finally asked, “How did you know those men were from the Liu family?”
Seeing her confusion and the confrontational attitude, Gu Yang replied impatiently, “They’ll be after us soon, we don’t have much time.”
Upon hearing his discourteous response, Su Qingzhen felt a wave of annoyance – when had she ever been treated so rudely by a man before?
Even in the Liu family, on the surface, they were all courteous to her, never daring to show the slightest disrespect.
Later, when she was captured and brought to the bandit camp, even the uncouth bandit leader had been polite and respectful towards her before tonight.
She also recalled how, a moment ago, he had not hesitated to leave her behind when he realized the Liu family was coming.
Until Zhi Xing mentioned the thirty thousand taels, and he quickly returned.
Greed and boorishness!
In her mind, Su Qingzhen labelled the man with these two descriptors.
“My lady.”
Zhi Xing, knowing her mistress’s disposition, took hold of her sleeve and murmured softly, “If we are caught by the Liu family, we are finished…’
Reminded of the grudge against her parents, Su Qingzhen could only stifle her resentment. She turned around, took a bundle of papers from her clothes, and threw them into Zhi Xing’s hands.
Zhi Xing handed them to Gu Yang, “My lord, here are your thirty thousand taels in banknotes.”
Gu Yang took the banknotes, still warm from Su Qingzhen’s touch. He opened them to see seven or eight notes written on Four Streams Bank paper, ranging from ten thousand to several thousand. Altogether, it was indeed thirty thousand taels.
He tried to open up the system to recharge.
There was no response.
He looked at Su Qingzhen and said, “You’re not trying to fool me with a stack of counterfeit notes, are you?”
Su Qingzhen, seeing that he didn’t even recognize Four Streams Bank notes, disdainfully declined to speak to him.
Zhi Xing quickly explained, “Rest assured, my lord. Four Streams Bank is the largest bank in Great Zhou and has branches in every county. These banknotes were personally handed to the young lady by our master, there is absolutely no way they are counterfeit.”
Seeing her speak with such certainty, Gu Yang could only take her at her word for now and keep the banknotes.
“You can have this thirty thousand taels, but you must take us to Ping County.”
This time it was Su Qingzhen speaking.
That was an unfamiliar name.
Gu Yang asked, “Where is Ping County? And how far is it?”
Zhi Xing explained for her mistress, “My lord, Ba County is to the east of Jiangzhou, and Ping County is to the west. It’s about a thousand li. If we travel by water, we should get there in half a month.”