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Xiao Bing snatched the banknotes, leaned back to the low table, and squinted his eyes: "If you want to get rid of me, give me another five hundred taels."

"It's really gone." Zhou Chang was a little discouraged.

"No?" Xiao Bing certainly didn't believe it, and crossed his legs on the low table, "Then don't blame me for not remembering our old friendship. Do the people in the Imperial Music Bureau know that you are not a man? Does the emperor know that you are not a man? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor."

"You..." Zhou Chang was speechless. It was indeed the case, but he still had to struggle. "Last time when I gave you the silver, didn't I already say that as long as you took the silver, you would never mention this matter again? I just gave you another two hundred taels. Don't you think it's not enough?"

"What if I change my mind?" Xiao Bing showed his rascally nature.

"I really have no money." Zhou Chang's mind raced, but he still had no way to deal with the man in front of him.

"No money? You're kidding," Xiao Bing was well prepared. "The emperor has named you a 'national expert', so isn't that a huge reward?"

Zhou Chang could feel Xiao Lan's entire body shaking uncontrollably due to anger, and she just tried to cope with it: "These two hundred taels are the reward from His Majesty and the office. There is really no more."

"No? Then go and find a way. Since you often go in and out of princes' mansions now, you'll be able to get money anywhere?" Xiao Bing took it for granted.

"Why do you do that?" Zhou Chang flicked his sleeves again. Now she could only flick her sleeves and throw a tantrum like an incompetent scholar.

Zhou Chang is not Xiao Lan. If hard tactics don’t work, he will try soft tactics. Procrastination is the best way: “Okay, five hundred taels is five hundred taels, but this is the last time.”

Xiao Bing raised his eyes and readily agreed: "Okay, just for the last time."

"What guarantee do you have?" Zhou Chang naturally couldn't believe it easily.

Xiao Bing leaned over and raised three fingers, saying with no sincerity: "I swear to heaven."

Zhou Chang's eyes were calm and expressionless: "Okay, give me some time."

"Three days." Xiao Bing still pointed at the same three fingers.

Zhou Chang put on a full show: "Three days is too short. Where can I find so much money for you in such a short time?"

"That's your business," Xiao Bing showed his rogue nature, "Steal, rob, borrow or sell, it's all up to you. I just want to see the silver, otherwise... hehe..."

"Are you going to force me to death before you give up?" Zhou Chang raised his sword-like eyebrows, his eyes widened, showing a somewhat miserable look of a gentleman who was forced into a desperate situation.

"I can't wait." Xiao Bing actually told the truth.

Since the fall of the three northern states of Vietnam, he escaped from Maicheng and became a beggar. Later, he worked as a laborer everywhere and suffered a lot.

He made his way south to Jindu. After more than ten years, he finally made some progress, but then he got addicted to gambling and fell into a quagmire, unable to get out.

If he had not lost all the 500 taels of silver he had extorted from Xiao Lan a month ago and owed several hundred taels of gambling debts, and was under great pressure from debt collectors, he would not have been asking around day and night and found Xiao Lan again.

"But you probably won't want to die. Where will you go to play the piano if you die?" Xiao Bing had known Xiao Lan since childhood and knew that she loved the piano as much as her life.

"Okay, I promise you, but you can't come here to find me again," Zhou Chang said calmly, "There are too many people here, if someone finds out, you won't get a penny."

"Okay, then let's go to the same place as last time." Xiao Bing got a satisfactory answer and finally stood up.

Zhou Chang's eyes were cold: "It's a deal."

Afterwards, he personally sent Xiao Bing out through the back door of the Jiaofang Office.

Just returned to the backyard and sat down in the house.

The door was knocked again, and a female disciple brought a message through the door: "Master of Music, there is an order from the palace, summoning the Grand Master of Music and the Master of Music to perform in the Imperial Garden tomorrow."

"Do you know who the music is for?" Zhou Chang was worrying about this just now, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.

The female disciple answered directly: "According to the music master Wang who is beside the Grand Master of Music, it seems that the ladies in the harem would hold a banquet in early spring every year, called the Spring Banquet. At that time, not only the ladies in the harem, but also the ladies with high ranks and imperial decrees from various prefectures would be invited."

"Okay, I understand." Zhou Chang agreed through the door.

The opportunity has come, but...

Zhou Chang's eyes fell on the piano stand by the window.

There was the guqin passed down to Xiao Lan by her adoptive father, covered with a blue silk cloth.

She can't play the piano. I wonder if her skills are still there after she changes her body?

Thinking of this, Zhou Chang stood up, sat by the window, and lifted the silk cloth.

The entire body of the guqin is pitch black, and it is unknown what wood it is made of, but it gives people a feeling of heaviness and depth. The word "Yi Fang" is carved on the far right side.

According to Xiao Lan's adoptive father, this zither was passed down to him by his master, and then passed on to Xiao Lan. It was made by a famous master of the previous dynasty and is very precious. He hopes that Xiao Lan will be able to pass this zither on in the future.

Now, the "One-Sided Guqin" has become the personal symbol of national guqin player Xiao Lan.

"Ding, a customer has placed an order for a guqin." The voice of the viewpoint system sounded.

Zhou Chang ignored him and placed his hands on the strings. Suddenly, a warm current ran through his arms.

Just as I was thinking about plucking the strings like I saw on TV in my previous life, my fingers automatically plucking the strings without any effort.

"Ding ding dong dong..."

The moment they touched the strings, the two arms seemed to be returned to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan's hands played pleasant piano music. As the music played, Zhou Chang's consciousness gradually faded away, as if he had become a bystander.

She even seemed to see herself standing behind Xiao Lan, looking down at Xiao Lan playing the piano.

Xiao Lan's eyes seemed half open and half closed, and her expression was intoxicated, as if she was completely immersed in another world.

Zhou Chang was relieved now. As long as she could still perform in the same state tomorrow, she wouldn't have to worry.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lan's consciousness returned to her body and her hands stopped moving.

"I won't take this order either." Zhou Chang spoke to the air.

The viewpoint system reminded: "The previous pair of golden abacus and two monograms both had high commissions, and you haven't completed them yet. This ancient zither has even higher commissions, worth five thousand taels of commission. I hope you will seriously consider it."

Zhou Chang was not tempted at all and decisively refused: "I will not accept any orders for these. Let the customers in the plane give up on this idea."

The seal and the golden abacus are so important to Yuan Qi.

Zhou Chang had replaced almost all the jade ornaments and four treasures of the study specified in the order, but he had overlooked Yuan Qi's signature and the golden abacus.

Not to mention that those have nothing to do with Feng Shui. As long as she disappears, He Xi will be the first one to be suspected. Even if she can find a reason to make it up, she is determined not to do it.

The ancient zither in front of her now is more precious to Xiao Lan than her life. It has been with her for many years. How could she possibly sell it at a high price just for her own selfish desires?

Impossible.

And during the short playing just now, Zhou Chang's heart was also immersed in the graceful music. Although she had never learned to play a musical instrument in her previous life, she always envied people who could play musical instruments.

Although he was using Xiao Lan's body, he still enjoyed the pleasure of playing. What's more, it was such an elegant guqin, which was once unattainable like the best of the best.

At this point, Wei admired and loved Xiao Lan even more, and would never hold her back. "When you mature, you learn to wait, and wait for problems to disappear on their own."