Episode 11: Duanwu goes to Shaozhou with the fleet

During the day, Zhang Jinran was being hunted down. At night, Yan Zijing invited him to drink to calm his nerves. The two chatted while drinking. Zhang Jinran had experienced Yan Zijing’s methods. These days, Yan Zijing pressed Cui step by step, the Pearl Tower was destroyed, and Cui Shijiu’s belongings were all stolen at the auction.

There must be a deep hatred. Yan Zijing did not give him an answer, but gave another clue. Cui Shijiu also promised to give another person dozens of taels of tribute pearls every year. It seems that there is someone else involved in this case.

Zhang Jinran once found a parchment scroll in the Pearl Tower, on which were written some things about Ba Niang. Duanwu saw Yan’s red hairpin and a mysterious person named Yu Shi on the parchment scroll. Duanwu guessed that Yu Shi was her father.

In his spare time, Duanwu told Yan Zijing about his doubts. Yan Zijing did not deny the matter of the pearl hairpin, but all the Cui family members in the parchment scroll were dead. As for Yu Shi, Yan Zijing had personally seen Yu Shi being tortured to death, but he did not want to worry Duanwu, so he said that Yu Shi’s whereabouts were unknown.

Since the tribute beads did not arrive in time, Cui’s father naturally had to face the emperor to accept punishment. Cui Shijiu could not bear to see her father being punished, so she took the initiative to ask her father to hand the matter over to her.

Cui’s father was old and naturally knew how to deal with this matter. He frankly said that he didn’t want Cui Shijiu to manage the business on weekdays because she was a girl after all. Cui Shijiu knelt in front of her father.

A few years ago, Prince Tan had a crush on her. As long as she agreed to be Prince Tan’s concubine, this disaster would naturally be solved. Sacrificing a daughter’s happiness could save the entire Cui family, so Cui’s father agreed.

Cui Shijiu was preparing to meet the King of Tan with the lotus platform. On the way, she saw the blooming dandelions beside her and felt that her fate was like grass and she had no control over it. Master Zheng approached her and greeted her.

Cui Shijiu had been engaged to this man before, and Master Zheng had heard about Cui’s affairs this time. He pretended to help Cui Shijiu, and then knocked her unconscious when she was not prepared, and then stole the lotus platform. Now the precious lotus platform was also lost, making Cui Shijiu completely desperate.

The fleet was heading towards Shaozhou. Zhang Jinran thought of investigating the Yue family, so he ordered his men to go to Shaozhou. The fleet had been on the sea for many days and was very bored. Yan Zijing gave an order that whoever won the competition today would get the whole table of venison.

Duanwu heard that Xiao Xiami had never eaten venison, so she took the risk and started to compete. During the competition, she begged Yan Zijing to allow her to divide the meat equally among each slave after she won, and Yan Zijing agreed.

Yan Zijing lived up to everyone’s expectations and won with her agility and wit. Yan Zijing found that she had figured it all out on her own and was particularly good at using the dagger, so she asked her men to give Duanwu a dagger to use.

Duanwu was very excited to get the dagger, thinking it was a kind gift from the other party, and immediately gave him a crossbow that he developed and could be worn on the wrist as a return gift. These days, Duanwu has been thinking about the words on the parchment scroll. Once Yan Zijing said that he knew it, Duanwu took the initiative to ask for advice.