Chapter 31

PS: The third update is here, so tired! It's the weekend, we need to find a skilled mature woman to serve everyone.

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Evening.

Under the dim moonlight.

Jin Wei carefully walked through a row of low hedges and pearl meadows, making sure not to make any noise.

Rounding a slope, he saw a carriage pulled by two pairs of horses parked at the bottom of the slope, only three or four zhang away from him.

The carriage faced away from him, and the burly driver occasionally waved the long whip in his hand, cracking it idly.

Jin Wei deliberately kicked the snow at his feet, and someone in the carriage immediately spoke.

"Have you come?"

Jin Wei frowned. He hadn't expected that the contact from Shouchun would be this woman.

His face clearly showed his displeasure, and he wanted to leave. Although he had always liked pure and beautiful women and praised their graceful bodies, he didn't like women who dominated him.

"Come in quickly, I've been waiting for you for a long time." The woman said casually, completely disregarding Jin Wei's feelings.

Jin Wei thought for a long time before reluctantly approaching the carriage. The black-faced driver glanced at him and then ignored him.

Jin Wei lifted the thick curtain at the carriage door and stepped in.

The carriage wasn't very warm. Although the charcoal fire was burning brightly, one of the windows was half-open, letting in a constant stream of bone-chilling cold air.

Jin Wei bowed and sat down opposite the woman.

"Mr. Jin, your face is full of spring, your eyes shine like jade. It seems you have good fortune recently!" The woman in the green floral robe, with her ample chest, looked at Jin Wei with fiery eyes, laughing brightly, causing her body to tremble slightly.

Jin Wei instinctively avoided her heaving chest and said angrily, "Seventh Lady, if you're here to mock me, then I'll leave."

"Mr. Jin, don't be angry! I just thought it was too cold here and wanted to warm things up a bit." Shen Qiniang stroked her soft chest and smiled, "The emperor has already read your secret report and has specially allocated one hundred pounds of gold, three million coins, and nearly thirty precious items, totaling about ten thousand gold. They will definitely be delivered by the end of tomorrow."

In this late Han and Jian'an era, one pound of gold was worth about 15,000 coins, so one hundred pounds of gold was 1.5 million coins. However, gold was rare and easy to carry, so many people preferred to be paid in gold, which often had a higher transaction value than an equivalent amount of copper coins.

"In that case, there's still a chance." Jin Wei sighed in relief, secretly impressed by Yuan Shu's generosity. This emperor of the Zhong family was indeed generous.

"Is an ancient seal really worth ten thousand gold?" Shen Qiniang, seeing his cautious tone, was somewhat unconvinced.

Jin Wei said, "That's the golden seal once used by King Yunchang of Yue. Even if it doesn't contain any secrets of the Yue king, just the seal itself could be of great use in the hands of certain forces." After a moment's thought, he asked Shen Qiniang, "But why does the emperor want this seal so badly?"

"How should I know? But the emperor is in a hurry to get it. What can you do?"

"I don't have much confidence," Jin Wei admitted frankly. "After all, most treasures at the Shennong auction are traded through barter. Only when there are no suitable items for exchange do they go for a free auction."

"That's easy to solve. Whoever gets it, we'll buy it at ten times its value."

Jin Wei shook his head inwardly. This was Shen Qiniang trying to boost his morale! But the world is unpredictable, and with so many powerful families and wealthy guests at the auction, no one lacks money, but there is only one treasure. How can we buy it?

Unless...

"If we can capture Shi Huang, there's a good chance."

"Shi Huang?" Shen Qiniang's eyes shifted. "Why?"

"He has the Shennong Hundred Herbs Whip and the Panhu Bell, and perhaps other treasures. Moreover, he is now under the control of the Deng Qianwan couple's poison."

"Where is he now?" Shen Qiniang became interested.

"You'll have to find him yourselves. The auction starts the day after tomorrow, and I believe he must be nearby."

"Um, finding him shouldn't be too difficult." A greedy look flashed in Shen Qiniang's eyes.

Jin Wei was secretly pleased. He took out a bamboo token from his sleeve, which was green and inviting.

"This is the green bamboo token for the auction, a high-level buyer's credential. Before noon the day after tomorrow, you can wait in any of the three towns of Shenmu, Songmu, or Yunmu. A carriage from the auction house will come to pick you up. Before entering the auction, it's best not to contact me to avoid being discovered and ruining the emperor's plans."

"Everything as you say, Mr. Jin!" Shen Qiniang's eyes were full of allure as she reached out to take the token, her delicate fingers lightly brushing against Jin Wei's hand.

Shen Qiniang's originally ambiguous words made Jin Wei's face change abruptly. He immediately remembered the two words "legacy" that Zhang Ren had mentioned. His face turned cold, and he pulled his hand back, the green bamboo token now in Shen Qiniang's grasp.

"Then, I'll leave if there's nothing else." Jin Wei's face turned a deep red with embarrassment.

Shen Qiniang gave him a seductive look and leaned over to the opposite seat. "Mr. Jin, it's so cold in winter. Can't you warm me up a bit before you leave?"

Jin Wei, smelling the fresh fragrance from her, blushed even more and stood up hurriedly. "Seventh Lady, don't tease me!"

"Alright, Mr. Jin. The emperor said you can make any personal request to me." Shen Qiniang put aside her seductive act and spoke seriously, "The emperor's favor is rare, so you should seize this opportunity."

Jin Wei thought for a moment. "I want you to help me kill someone."

Shen Qiniang glanced at Jin Wei, her face showing a hint of resentment.

"Tell me the name, and he will be dead."

Jin Wei lowered his head, took out his sword, and wrote two characters on the carpet without hesitation.

Shen Qiniang looked down.

"Tan Yu?"

"Do you know him?" Jin Wei looked at Shen Qiniang sensitively.

Shen Qiniang shook her head.

"I don't know him. What kind of person is he?"

"Sixteen or seventeen years old, at the peak of the Mingjing realm. He's with Shi Huang now, and I... can't make a move. When the time comes, can you kill him for me?"

"Are you really going to waste the emperor's good opportunity?" Shen Qiniang thought it was a waste, for a mere Mingjing-level ant?

"Just do it, and don't worry about the rest." Jin Wei said, turned around, took two steps in the air, and leaped out of the carriage, running away quickly.

Shen Qiniang watched Jin Wei's somewhat狼狈 (embarrassed) fleeing back, a faint mocking smile on her face.

"Even a strong man in the dark realm and the eldest son of the Jin family in Yiyang is such a coward! I overestimated him. Or maybe he's been alone for too long and can't get it up?" She smirked inwardly, then thought, "Tan Yu... What a strange name. Could he be related to the Tan family of Wuling? A young man at the Mingjing realm that even Jin Wei can't handle must be quite extraordinary!"

"Master, is this guy reliable?" The driver outside the carriage suddenly asked.

"Would you feel confident if I asked you to drive two identical carriages at the same time?" Shen Qiniang asked with a hint of disdain.

"Two?" The black-faced driver thought for a long time, then suddenly understood. "Master, you mean this guy is completely unreliable?"

Shen Qiniang laughed melodiously.

"Exactly, that's how I feel."

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... Actually, I know that the reliable ones are all voting for recommendations!

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