Episode 9: Wei Si will be killed

Duanwu and Wei Sihui took a carriage to buy treasures. It was the first time for Duanwu to ride a carriage, and Duanwu felt very novel. Wei Sihui suddenly said that she had a stomachache and asked Duanwu to go alone to discuss business. She said that the box in her hand was filled with gold bars, enough to buy the other party’s jewelry.

Finally meeting the jewelry dealer, Duanwu proposed to buy all the jewelry, but when she showed the deposit, she found some pebbles in the box. Duanwu was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. His brain was working fast. Duanwu immediately asked for cooperation from the Nhai merchant Shi Nawei. They could make the most gorgeous hairpins.

If they were decorated with the pearls of the Nhai merchant, the price would definitely double. The most important thing for merchants is profit, not to mention that the price of pearl hairpins is much higher than that of raw materials. The Nhai merchant proposed to bring the finished pearl hairpins tomorrow. If he is satisfied, all the pearls will be given to Yan Zijing.

When Duanwu returned to the fleet, Wei Sihui was tied to a wooden pillar and tortured. Yan Zijing had found evidence of his affair with Cui Shijiu in Wei Sihui’s room, and Cui Shijiu gave Wei Sihui a large number of house deeds and land deeds. Yan Zijing announced in public that he would sentence Wei Sihui to death.

Duanwu stood in front of Wei Sihui and tried to plead for him, but Zhang Jinran also came forward to remind Yan Zijing that he should not deal with people privately. Yan Zijing gave Zhang Jinran face and let Wei Sihui be thrown into the sea.

The people around had already dispersed. Duanwu held up the box that contained pebbles during the day and asked Yan Zijing if he had encountered today’s result. Yan Zijing nodded in confirmation. Duanwu’s eyes immediately became red. He had been glad that he had followed the right person, but he didn’t expect that they were also treated as chess pieces.

After being severely tortured, Duanwu’s brother Xiao Xiami had scars all over his back and could not move. Duanwu felt very distressed when he saw the wounds on his brother’s back, but Xiao Xiami comforted Duanwu and told him not to hate Caotou and the others, because the other side was so powerful that they could not defeat them.

The next day, Duanwu brought the pearl hairpin he made to the Nhai merchant. The Nhai merchant was very satisfied and wanted to do business with Yan Zijing. However, Cui Shijiu also brought several styles of jewelry. After all, Cui Shijiu was an official merchant and he also had tributes for the palace. The exquisiteness of his jewelry was much more exquisite than that of Duanwu.

To win these jewels, Cui Shijiu increased the price by 20% and paid 500 gold as a deposit. Yan Zijing could not afford such a high price. Duanwu decisively stopped. Before leaving, she whispered to Cui Shijiu to be careful that he could not sell it at such a high price and would lose all his money.

Late at night, Wei Sihui had just climbed onto the shore when he was stabbed in the neck by the sword in Yan Zijing’s hand. Yan Zijing acted decisively, but was still seen by people in the dark. The next day, Wei Sihui’s body appeared on the boat. Xu Nanying offered a high reward for clues. Someone reported Yan Zijing, and Xu Nanying tied Yan Zijing up and took him away.

The plot twisted too quickly, Duanwu found it unbelievable. Yan Zijing was always careful and meticulous in doing things, so how could he leave evidence behind? And if he was kidnapped by the officials, what would he do next?

Yan Zijing’s confidant Kang Ju called Duanwu to the room, gave her the blood bead, and reminded her that she could leave now. Duanwu was surprised when Yan Zijing was just captured and when he gave the blood bead, and Duanwu had not yet given Yan Zijing the 300 gold that they had agreed on. Kang Ju reminded Duanwu to get the things and leave quickly, and not to get involved in this dispute, but Duanwu was not in a hurry to leave.

The government seized the fleet’s treasures and saw boxes of jewels being taken out. Duanwu came up with a plan and deliberately let Pang Congshi hear that there were some treasures in Yan Zijing’s room.

Late at night, Pang Congshi took Cao Da to steal together, but was caught by Kang Ju. Internal theft was a taboo, so Kang Ju tied the two people to the deck, and Duanwu personally whipped them with a whip. Zhang Jinran saw that the weak-looking Duanwu would actually whip people, and felt that she had become as cold-blooded as Yan Zijing.