Episode 10: Cui Shijiu suffers heavy losses in jewelry auction

Zhang Jinran was born into a prominent family. He was well-educated and well-read since childhood. He naturally couldn’t stand to see such a scene. Duanwu had lived in an environment of intrigue and the law of the jungle since he was a child, so of course he could see the truth of survival more clearly.

Now there are less than ten days left to present the tribute pearls. Cui Shijiu will of course buy Yan Zijing’s jewelry that is being auctioned at all costs.

Duanwu brings Manager Zhao into the fleet’s secret room, where they see rare treasures everywhere. Manager Zhao understands that he can participate in the official auction after pawning these jewels. Duanwu once heard Yan Zijing instruct her to buy all the pearls and not leave any for the Cui family.

Late at night, Kang Ju reported to Yan Zijing that Duanwu was going to participate in buying jewelry and asked whether he should stop it. Yan Zijing waved his hand. He was very interested in seeing what Duanwu would choose. He would never regret a move. Many things were planned beforehand. Even if Duanwu did not satisfy Yan Zijing, he had the ability to clean up the mess.

At the auction, Duanwu invited Zhuo Baozhai to participate in the auction. Cui Shijiu was also there. All the jewelry being auctioned were sealed, and no one knew what was inside the big box. It was a blind auction. At the beginning, Zhuo Baozhai and Duanwu competed to raise the price. Cui Shijiu’s grandfather was not willing to be left behind.

Cui Shijiu anxiously advised his grandfather to be careful in everything, saying that Yan Zijing was very scheming and was no match for them at all. However, Cui’s father had always looked down on his daughter and did not take her words to heart.

Kang Ju had already figured out that Cui Shijiu had brought 2,600 taels of silver to bid. The price kept rising, and Duanwu kept raising the price to 2,550 taels. Fearing that he would be left behind, Cui’s father finally became a monk according to 26 million taels of silver.

In the end, Cui Shijiu won the bid. The government asked Cui Shijiu to sign the bidding documents, and after signing, they began to open the sealed boxes. When Cui’s father saw that these boxes were filled with worthless things, he suddenly fainted due to anger.

Duanwu was so nervous that his heart was in his throat. Fortunately, Cui won the bid. If he gave up, he would be doomed if he won the bid for these rubbish! At this time, Yan Zijing came out with Wei Sihui in full view of the public. It turned out that Wei Sihui was not dead! Yan Zijing was imprisoned for murder. Now Wei Sihui is safe and sound, and Yan Zijing’s crime has become a fabrication. Cui Shijiu realized that she was fooled again, and this time she lost all the accumulation of Cui!

After the success, Yan Zijing held a celebration banquet on the deck. Duanwu took the initiative to help Manager Zhao to ask for a reward, and Yan Zijing readily agreed. He asked Manager Zhao what reward he wanted, and Manager Zhao frankly said that he was old and wanted to go home to the countryside.

Yan Zijing sympathized with Manager Zhao’s years of hard work in the fleet and tried to turn the tide many times in critical moments. He not only gave him a generous reward, but also donated a shop in Yangzhou. Manager Zhao was very moved. Seeing that the master was so generous, everyone was more willing to work for Yan Zijing.

Cui’s father blamed Cui Jiujiu for the consequences of the auction. Cui Jiujiu, who had never been willing to be inferior to men since she was a child, would not sit still and wait for death. She found out that Xu Nanying had prepared the tribute lotus platform, so she secretly went to see Xu Nanying, hoping that Xu Nanying would give Cui Jiujiu a few more days to deal with it.

As long as they had some breathing time, they would be able to overcome the difficulties. Xu Nanying never did a business that would lose money. When he heard that Cui Jiujiu could help him eliminate Zhang Jinran, he began to relax.

Cui Shijiu found Cui Jia to get rid of Zhang Jinran, but unexpectedly Duanwu was there. Zhang Jinran was about to leave Guangzhou, so he took Duanwu to visit the Hu people’s market before leaving.

Unexpectedly, they were chased. Duanwu saw that the pursuer was Cui Jia, and she was so angry that she picked up a big stick and attacked, but Cui Jia still escaped.