Teng Liu looked at Jing Xunche haughtily, as if he had long seen through Jing Xunche's purpose. Jing Xunche couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth upon hearing this. How could this guy relate everything to money?
"Mr. Teng, do you usually go shopping?" Mu Fengqie asked curiously. She was really wondering what it would be like for such a money - grubbing person to shop.
"Of course I do. And I go shopping every day, buying quite a lot." Teng Liu said proudly.
After hearing this, Mu Fengqie suddenly wanted to see how Teng Liu shopped. She was just purely curious.
"Would you two like to stay at my place for a while?" Teng Liu asked politely. To his surprise, Jing Xunche and Mu Fengqie directly agreed. He was just being polite, but why did they accept?
Now he regretted it. He would have to provide two more sets of bowls and chopsticks. It really pained him. It was all money! Firewood, rice, oil and salt were so expensive these days. He scolded himself for his loose tongue. Now it was good. They weren't leaving.
Jing Xunche looked at Teng Liu's pained expression and curled his lips. It seemed that this Teng Liu was a bit different from what he had heard. But judging from his current state, the people in the Shen Mansion weren't sent by him. If so, then who could it be?
When Teng Liu took them back, he bought a jade pendant on the way. He took a fancy to it at first sight. Mu Fengqie and Jing Xunche looked at Teng Liu, who was bargaining with the shopkeeper, with a strange expression.
"Are we sure we haven't got the wrong person? Is it really him?" Mu Fengqie questioned. How could he be so greedy for money?
"We should be right. Maybe this is his hobby." Jing Xunche was speechless. He had never seen such a money - grubbing person. If such a person became the emperor, there would definitely be no corrupt officials under him.
If anyone dared to take his money, he would probably skin that person alive!
"But now the suspicion on him has been ruled out. Then who could be the one behind the Shen Mansion incident?" Mu Fengqie asked.
"I'm not sure either. But everyone who knows about this can't be ruled out. They seem to be from the Karlshi Kingdom. So someone in the Karlshi Kingdom must have some kind of connection with people in our Qin Dynasty."
They just hadn't found out who that person was yet.
Before long, Teng Liu came back happily. He paid the shopkeeper only half the price. The shopkeeper watched Teng Liu's back as he left, gnashing his teeth in hatred. He had never seen such a good bargainer.
The guy looked like a decent person, but why was he so stingy?
"I said, aren't you afraid that the shopkeeper won't sell things to you anymore?" Jing Xunche asked Teng Liu when he came back.
"Absolutely not. It would be stupid not to do business when customers come." Besides, he didn't always buy things from that one shop. And the shopkeeper didn't lose money. Why wouldn't he sell things to him?
In fact, the shopkeeper sold the jade pendant at the purchase price, making no profit at all. It was all for nothing.
"Have you... gotten married?" Mu Fengqie asked. If a woman were to be with him, how would she live? Would they even have money to buy things?
Mu Fengqie imagined the scene: a woman wanted to go shopping, but Teng Liu tried his best to stop her. She couldn't help shivering. It was really terrifying.
"Not yet. Getting married would only slow down my money - making speed. And after getting married, there would be one more person to share my wealth. So forget it. I don't even have enough money for myself." He'd better forget about getting married. He had never thought about it. It was good to live with money all his life.
Jing Xunche showed an expression as if he had expected this. If this guy met someone he liked, it was really hard to say whether money or his wife would be more important to him. But judging from his current state, he would probably choose money.
"Qie'er, don't worry. All my money is yours." Jing Xunche promised. He would never be such a man. Was money as good as a wife?
Teng Liu looked at Jing Xunche in disappointment. What a hen - pecked husband! He had no backbone. A big man acting like this wasn't afraid of being laughed at.
"Mr. Teng, I'd like to ask who knows about your business with the Qin Dynasty." Mu Fengqie asked. They should be able to find an answer starting from Teng Liu.
"As usual, if you want to get an answer from me, you have to pay. But considering that we're friends, I'll give you a friendly price, eight hundred taels of silver notes." Teng Liu said slowly, holding up two fingers.
"Are you really that obsessed with money?" Mu Fengqie said through gritted teeth. This guy was even more stingy than a scrooge. There was no hope for him.
"Yes. Hurry up. Do you still want to know or not?" Teng Liu urged impatiently.
"Can you give us the answer we want?" Jing Xunche asked. He had plenty of eight hundred taels, but he couldn't just buy useless information.
"Of course. I'll never disappoint my customers. After all, one should be honest." Teng Liu promised. He was very trustworthy.
"Okay, here are eight hundred taels. Speak." Jing Xunche took out the eight - hundred - tael silver note without hesitation.
"Besides me, only one other person knows about my business chain." As he said this, he looked in the direction of the palace. Everything was self - explanatory.
Jing Xunche narrowed his eyes. He didn't expect that the king of the Karlshi Kingdom was also involved. In that case, things would be difficult.
"If you can find a way to dethrone that person, I'll tell you anything you want for free in the future." Teng Liu suddenly said, looking at the two of them.
"Do you have a feud with him?" Jing Xunche joked. In the royal family, it was normal for fathers and sons to have feuds. Teng Liu's reaction was quite normal.
"Not just a feud. He takes a large amount of silver from me every year. I'm so heart - broken." As he said this, sadness showed in his eyes, as if the silver taken away was his own child.
Jing Xunche shook his head. There was really no one like this.
"If he's really involved, I'll never let him go. But aren't you at all worried that I'll lead troops to attack your Karlshi Kingdom?" Jing Xunche asked seriously, looking into Teng Liu's eyes.
"If... you really destroy the Karlshi Kingdom, then I'm willing to give you all my money." Teng Liu's dark eyes made it hard to tell his emotions.
Jing Xunche looked into Teng Liu's eyes, thinking about the truth of his words. "Forget about your money. I can't take it. What if one day you suddenly destroy me?"
"Don't say that. I'm serious. You can consider it." Teng Liu didn't give up trying to persuade Jing Xunche.
Mu Fengqie watched Teng Liu and silently followed him. She was a bit confused about what Teng Liu was up to. What on earth did he want to do?