System: "Let me see. The gold-silver exchange rate here is about 10 taels of silver for 1 tael of gold. Prince Jing gave you 3,000 taels of silver notes, which can be exchanged for about 300 taels of gold. That's enough. That supermarket will buy at the equivalent value of RMB converted from gold, and there will be no markup. This money is enough to buy 10 or 8 small supermarkets."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu felt relieved immediately and called Xiaohua in to get the silver notes to exchange at the money shop. After Xiaohua left, she looked bored at the jade hairpin that was given along with the money. There were two unknown small flowers carved on the hairpin and a flying jade butterfly on the top. The carvings were lifelike, and the transparent jade was shining with a radiant emerald green sheen. It was cool in the hand. It should be considered a top-grade product, right?

Zhu Yu: "System, is this lily hairpin valuable?"

System: "Host, this was bought by Prince Jing at the best jewelry store here for five hundred taels of gold."

Zhu Yu: "It's the best jewelry store. It seems my small shop still has a lot of room for improvement."

Zhu Yu had no time to spare for the rest of the time because she had to go on a long journey. She first finalized the maids and guards to take with her. During that time, she also took the time to meet the secret guards sent to her by the emperor. She asked them some relevant questions and let them take their positions. Then she secretly collected some necessary items and put them in the space to carry with her, so that it would be more convenient to take them out when needed.

Towards evening, after seeing off her father who came to visit her reluctantly again, Zhu Yu always felt something was wrong. Suddenly, a person flashed through her mind: her eldest brother. Her eldest brother, like his father, loved her to the core. Why didn't he show up for such a big thing?

After communicating with the system, Zhu Yu was surprised to find that her elder brother was robbed by bandits in the mountains. The good news was that he was fine and was being locked up in a room safely with no worries about food and drink. The bad news was that the bandit leader was a woman, quite pretty, and she fell in love with her elder brother. The bandit leader tried to coerce and bribe her elder brother but her elder brother refused. The bandit leader was very angry and planned to rape her elder brother with drugs tonight.

After listening to the description of the system, Zhu Yu said: . . . . .

It's explosive enough.

Go back to two days ago.

Zhu Chun met with a few good friends through literature, and they were drinking wine and reciting poems in a restaurant. That day, his talent flowed like a spring, and he came up with many good poems. He was so happy that he drank a few more cups. When he returned home at night, he thought about walking back to sober up. When he passed by an alley, he heard a woman's timid cry for help from inside, and he rushed over with two servants beside him.

When he got closer, he saw a tall woman in red being cornered by two burly men with flesh on their faces. One of them was about to put his hand on the woman's pretty face. The woman was extremely beautiful. Unlike the gentle and beautiful ladies that Zhu Chun had seen, this woman had generous and bright facial features, and a rare heroic spirit in her eyes. Against the backdrop of her red dress, her whole body seemed radiant. Zhu Chun was dazzled by the person in front of him. He did not stop for long. He shouted and rushed up with his servants.

For a while, Zhu Chun led the servants to fight the strong man, and in the end, for some unknown reason, the strong man and the servants were fighting farther and farther away from Zhu Chun. Zhu Chun just felt something strange and wanted to chase him, but he heard the woman behind him screaming in pain. Zhu Chun immediately turned around and ran to the woman squatting on the ground, squatted down, and asked with concern: "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

The girl raised her head with a triumphant smile on her face, and gently swept the handkerchief in her hand across Zhu Chun's face. Zhu Chun had no time to dodge. He only smelled the faint fragrance, then he fainted on the ground.

Seeing Zhu Chun fainted, the girl came up to him and touched his gentle and handsome face, raised her sword-like eyebrows proudly and said: "He looks gentle, but I didn't expect him to be so good at fighting. I don't know how good he is in other aspects of martial arts." Then she stood up and shouted towards the depths of the alley: "Come out, carry the man back to me."

The night wind blew, making her red dress rustle, making her straight figure look even more heroic.

It was almost dawn when Zhu Chun woke up. In a daze, he saw a person sitting at the head of the bed. It took him a while to remember what had happened. He wanted to get up, but found that his hands and feet were tied tightly and he had no strength left. The person at the head of the bed noticed that he was awake and bent down to look at him.

"Awake?" As her voice rang out, a slender hand touched Zhu Chun's face. Zhu Chun subconsciously dodged backwards, but the woman saw through his thoughts and grabbed his collar, making him unable to move.

"Why are you hiding? You're a grown man, will you suffer if I touch you?" The slender hand touched Zhu Chun's face as he wished. Zhu Chun could clearly feel the thin calluses on her hands. Based on the position and touch of the calluses, Zhu Chun judged that this woman should be a martial artist, and the weapon she used should be a whip or something like that.

Zhu Chun said with a stern face: "Why did you tie me up, girl?"

The rebellious hand moved from his face to Zhu Chun's eyebrows and continued to stroke: "My name is Leng Qinghuan, and I am the head of Linshui Village. You can call me Sister Qinghuan."

Zhu Chun secretly calculated in his heart that he should not have offended this village. After all, he was just a small civil servant. It was not his turn to suppress the bandits, nor was it his turn to suggest suppressing the bandits. He tried again: "Miss Leng, do you know who I am?"

Leng Qinghuan raised her sword-like eyebrows slightly, with a mischievous smile flashing in her phoenix eyes: "I know, you are my husband, young man, although this is a mountain stronghold, we have never done anything like burning, killing, or looting. You are the first person to be robbed up the mountain."

Zhu Chun: . . . . .

"Yesterday, I was checking accounts with my brothers in the village at the shop. When I passed by the restaurant, I saw you, my dear, drinking and reciting poems with your friends. I don't know why, but a voice in my mind told me that you are my ideal husband. So, you should marry me. My village's properties are spread all over the capital. If you marry me, we can live a life of luxury here, which is not as good as living in the capital with fear and timidity."

Zhu Chun: . . . . .

He was the son of a prime minister, had family and friends in the capital, and was an official. He lived a prosperous and happy life. Why did he become so depressed as to become a bandit?

Seeing that he was unmoved, Leng Qinghuan lowered her body, put her bright red lips close to Zhu Chun's ear and whispered softly: "Young Master, am I beautiful? As long as you obey me, I will be yours..."

Zhu Chun: “Beautiful…” He was telling the truth. He had seen many girls since he was a child, some gentle, some fierce, some arrogant, but he had never seen such a heroic woman like the one in front of him. She cheerfully invited him to share her village and generously seduced him to have a love affair with her. None of these made him feel disgusted. It was just that as a man, an educated man, he could not have an affair with other women. His wife must be the one who stood by him openly and honestly, and they must be in love with each other.

He looked firmly at Leng Qinghuan who was staring at him and refused, "Miss Leng, I have no romantic feelings for you. From what you said, I think you are not a bad person. Please spare me. Don't worry, I will act as if what happened today never happened after I leave."

Seeing that the man still refused, Leng Qinghuan swung her sleeves, stood up, looked down at Zhu Chun and said, "If you want to leave, it's not that easy. How about this, you serve me for three days, and then you can leave. From now on, there will be no connection between you and me. There is no room for negotiation for other matters."

Zhu Chun was puzzled. Judging from the woman's appearance and personality, as well as her introduction to the village, she didn't look like someone who would force a woman of good character into prostitution.

His expression did not relax, and he still looked unyielding: "A good man should keep himself clean and would never do such a thing to let down my future wife. I refuse."

Hearing this, Leng Qinghuan was a little annoyed. She had already backed down like this, and since she was still rejecting her like this, she also turned cold and said, "Then let's just waste time like this and see who can outlast who!" She turned around and strode away. Zhu Chun was a little stunned for a moment as he looked at the woman's departing back. It seemed that this matter was a little difficult to handle.

After listening to the system's general description, Zhu Yu certainly couldn't just leave Zhu Chun alone. She was thinking in her mind how to best save her elder brother.

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