Being rejected by a scholar? She is so rich, what is she afraid of?

Thinking of the pigeon egg-sized pearl in his private vault, which he had obtained by chance.

He was probably the only one in the world who had such big pearls, and there were seven of them.

If these pearls were sold and word got out, I'm afraid each one could be sold for hundreds of thousands.

But he didn't want to sell it, because it would only bring him silver. What he wanted was not only silver, but also status.

A position that allows him to move freely in the Daqian Dynasty and be respected by others.

If he could present such a precious thing to the most noble person, he thought this wish would basically come true.

So he always wanted to make friends with someone who could help him, but things went against his wishes and he never met the right person.

Either he is not qualified or he cannot control himself.

Until this time when Zhao Junyi passed the imperial examination, many teachers in the academy said that he had the talent to be the top scholar. When he gave a couplet that no one had matched for decades, Mr. Xue became interested.

Maybe this person can help me in the future. If he can really win the first place in the imperial examination, he will be qualified to meet the emperor. If I offer this treasure to him, my family will be close to real success.

But now, "Alas——"

With a long sigh, Zhao Junyi took two steps back, and finally lost his balance and sat down on the ground.

A million taels of silver? And rare treasures worth one or two million taels?

How much money is this?

The Xue family was so wealthy, but now they have nothing?

Just like that?

Just thinking about him made me feel like I was having trouble breathing.

"Uncle, uncle, this, this, could it be..."

"Yes, it's the Seven Stars Tower. We've always said that they are not to be messed with, but this time we've really experienced it. They come and go without a trace. They haven't tried to kill us tonight, but we can't guarantee that they won't come to take our lives tomorrow."

After saying that, he suddenly changed the subject and said, "Let me ask you, are you confident about passing the Autumn and Spring Examinations three years from now?"

Zhao Junyi was a little slow to react. Why did they suddenly ask about the Autumn Examination and the Spring Examination?

However, he was not stupid, and he immediately realized that it was Master Xue who was seeing whether he was still useful.

He said firmly, "I can't say I'm 100% sure, but I'm about 80% to 90% sure."

"Okay, look at this."

As he spoke, Mr. Xue took out two pearls the size of pigeon eggs from his arms, which were still emitting a faint light.

Fortunately, he has a hobby of playing with this thing. He carries two with him every day and touches them to feel at ease.

It is because of this that these two were saved tonight.

At that time, he pressed the two pills under his pillow. It was estimated that the people in Qixing Tower did not know that there was something hidden under the pillow, so they did not touch his pillow.

Yun Xi really didn't look under his pillow at that time, and just took a quick glance at the bed. Seeing that it was Master Xue, she simply ignored him and put all the clothes they could wear in the room into the space.

Zhao Junyi looked at the two big pearls in Mr. Xue's hand, his eyes widened like copper bells.

Seeing his look, Mr. Xue stuffed two more pearls into his arms with satisfaction.

"Three years later, if you can pass the imperial examination and have the qualifications to see the emperor, we will present these two pearls to him. What do you think?"

Zhao Junyi swallowed hard, "I, I think it's great, so great."

"In that case, would you be willing to go with us later?"

Zhao Junyi nodded without even thinking, "Of course I am willing."

Just thinking about the yard where they had just moved in and lived for one night, I felt particularly unwilling.

He said, "Can you please let me deal with the yard? I have put all the money in the house into it. If I leave now, I will be penniless."

"It's too late. Either you come with us alone, or I'll give you a carriage and take your family back with you. But I'll give you half an hour at most. We have to leave the city. No one will be waiting after that."

Zhao Junyi thought that Wang Yuyan was still quite knowledgeable and would be useful in the future, so he gritted his teeth and decided.

"Please give me a carriage and I will go back to pick up my family immediately."

In this way, the Xue and Zhao families fled the city as soon as the city gates opened.

In the morning, Yun Yan handed over the two Xue family guards who were captured at night to the government. After the government interrogated them, when they went to the Xue Mansion to arrest them, only the housekeeper was left in the entire mansion.

Master Xue only took a few servants with him. The others either redeemed themselves with money and regained their status as good citizens, or were sold out by the housekeeper.

It's no wonder that many servants in the Xue Mansion were quite wealthy. In the end, most of them redeemed themselves, with each paying around five or six thousand taels of silver.

When the steward saw the officers coming to arrest someone, he secretly stuffed a hundred taels of silver into the officers' pockets to buy time.

One hundred taels of silver notes were not a small amount, and the monthly salary of an official was only two taels. One could imagine how tempting this hundred taels of silver notes were.

Therefore, when the officials went to Xue's house and failed to catch anyone, they did not go to the Seven Star Tower to inform them, but returned to the county government office and put the matter aside.

But they didn't expect to hit a wall this time. The county magistrate was furious when he learned about this. He apologized carefully and promised to arrest the Xue family and bring them to justice. He also agreed to Yun Xi's request to transfer all the remaining properties of the Xue family to Qixinglou as compensation.

The county magistrate was very efficient in his work. He managed to find out all of the Xue family's assets in just half a day.

It was also thanks to the fact that the steward of the Xue Mansion stayed and he knew all the assets of the Xue Mansion clearly.

After a thorough inventory, in addition to the large courtyard with four entrances in Xue's mansion, there are two farms in the east and south of the city, as well as 18 shops in the county town and several nearby towns, and a total of 6 courtyards of various sizes.

At present, all the shops in the city are empty-handed, as they have been taken away by Master Xue. All the valuable things in the other two courtyards in the city have also been taken away.

However, the recent profits of shops in several other towns have not been taken yet and are still on the books.

Yun Xi looked at the industrial statistics of the Xue Mansion that were personally delivered by the county magistrate, and was full of praise.

The Xue family is involved in all kinds of businesses. No wonder they make so much money. I'm afraid one-fifth of the shops in this county belong to the Xue family.

He is so rich.

Yun Xi screened around and chose the inn on their street, a pawn shop, a jewelry shop, a pen and ink shop near the college, a herbal medicine shop, a rouge shop, a clothing shop and a pastry shop.

Yun Qi and Yun Yan were asked to take care of all the other shops, yards and farms. They could keep the ones they wanted to keep and sell the ones they didn't want to keep.

However, the items in the pawnshop and jewelry shop were gone. She didn't care, mainly because the two shops were in East Street, with a good location and they were not small.

You can keep it and do something else later.

Yun Xi held the freshly-issued title deed happily, with the corners of her mouth raised high.

Wow, I didn’t expect that I would become rich overnight.

If a person wants to be rich, he has to take an unconventional path.