The Three Spirit Stones

As soon as the sun went down, Ma Sheng sent a visiting card in, saying that someone was looking for him. Cheng Yu opened it and saw that it said, Li Boqing, the manager of Yangzhou Marriott Restaurant,

"You bring him in,"

"yes,"

Ma Sheng went out for a while and brought in a middle-aged man with a square face and wearing a green brocade robe.

As soon as he came in, he bowed to Cheng Yu and said respectfully, "I am Li Boqing, and I pay my respects to you, sir. Thank you for taking the time to meet me."

Cheng Yu held his hands together and said, "Mr. Li, you are too polite. Please take a seat!"

The two men sat down, and the attendant served them tea. Cheng Yu asked, "What do you want to see me for?"

"It's Master Cheng, right?"

"Yes"

"To answer Master Cheng's question, it was my master who asked me to come here,"

"My master's surname is Zhang. The young master bought all the slaves in the human market. My master doesn't know if the young master still needs them. So he specially asked me to come and invite the young master to meet my master."

"It doesn't matter if you don't need me for now. My master mainly wants to get to know you so that he can take care of me when you need me in the future."

oh! I see!

Cheng Yu thought, it's okay to go once, I'll need manpower in the future, these slaves can at least live like human beings after I buy them, then he said, "When you go out, you rely on friends, more friends, more ways. Since your master is so caring, wouldn't it be ungrateful if I don't go and make some friends?"

Li Boqing was overjoyed when he heard this. He had never thought that this noble young man who looked like a fallen immortal would be so easy to talk to. He quickly stood up and saluted and said, "That's great. Mr. Cheng, are you used to riding a horse? Do you need me to arrange a sedan chair for you?"

Li Boqing is very good at talking. He didn't ask Cheng Yu directly if he could ride a horse? If he couldn't ride, it would be embarrassing for him. If he could ride, he would think you looked down on him. You can't even ride a horse?

"I can just ride a horse,"

"Well, please, sir,"

The two men went out and got off the boat. Li Boqing asked his men to give all the horses to Cheng Yu and his men, leaving only one horse for himself to lead the way.

The group rode with him for a while and stopped in front of a magnificent mansion. Li Boqing went forward and knocked on the door. More than a dozen servants came out to greet Cheng Yu and then led the horses for them.

Li Boqing led them into the hanging flower gate, passed the garden corridor, and turned around and around to a luxuriously decorated hall. A middle-aged man wearing a crimson brocade robe, with a ruddy face and a slightly wealthy appearance, was already waiting on the steps.

As soon as he saw Cheng Yu, he immediately bowed and said with a big smile, "Oh! Master Cheng, you are so kind to visit my humble home. I am so lucky!"

Cheng Yu also bowed in return and said with a smile, "Master Zhang, you are too polite. I am honored to meet you!"

"Hahaha!"

"Ha ha!"

The two men walked into the living room hand in hand as if they were old friends who had known each other for decades. The other followers were taken by Li Boqing to the next side hall for entertainment, leaving only Ma Sheng to follow Cheng Yu.

The banquet had already been set up in the hall, and a group of maids stood by. A little further away, a few musicians were playing Yangzhou folk songs, and a singing girl was singing a song.

Cheng Yu couldn't help but look at it a few more times, thinking, I wonder if A Cai likes this kind of song?

Zhang Dangjia took in his expression and smiled knowingly!

During the dinner, the two men toasted each other, and Cheng Yu learned that the head of the Zhang family was named Zhang Shihao. As his name suggests, he was one of the richest men in the area, with a wide range of businesses, including hotels, tea houses, water transport docks, and human trade. He did any business that could make money.

And Zhang Shihao also learned from the conversation that Cheng Yu, at such a young age, was actually a marquis in Bianjing City and served as deputy envoy of the Agricultural Promotion Bureau. He was on this trip to Linping, Hangzhou, on the emperor's order to promote the planting of new crops.

Since ancient times, people will naturally pursue power when they possess countless wealth, and power will naturally protect wealth when it is nourished by wealth!

Although Zhang Shihao was extremely rich, he was not extremely noble. He immediately showed respect to Lord Cheng who came from the power center of Bian Jing, although Lord Cheng Yu was not a big deal in the capital city where royal relatives and nobles were as numerous as dogs.

Upon learning that the Marquis needed manpower to farm in Linping, Zhang Shihao said generously that if the Marquis needed manpower in the future, he could just ask. As long as the quantity was not large, Zhang would not charge a penny. He only hoped that the Marquis could come to his humble home more often to get together in the future.

In fact, Cheng Yu didn't care about the small amount of money for buying slaves, but since the other party was so generous, he had to thank him. Maybe he could use this person in other places in the future.

The two had a pleasant conversation until late at night, and Zhang Shihao invited Cheng Yu to rest in his house.

He personally took him to a luxuriously decorated guest room and then said goodbye. There was already a group of maids waiting to serve him inside. Cheng Yu waved them away, took a nice bath in the bathroom alone, changed into comfortable pajamas and prepared to go to bed to meditate.

During this period, I had to meditate and circulate my Qi every night. Only in this way could I suppress the anxiety and emptiness caused by leaving Ah Cai.

As soon as he walked out of the bathroom, he immediately felt the breath of a stranger. When he looked up, he saw a woman lying on the bed. He was a little unhappy and said coldly, "Who are you? Get out of here."

When the woman heard this, she sat up from the bed naked and knelt on the bed, lowered her head and said in fear, "Please forgive me, sir. I am here to serve you at the order of my master."

Cheng Yu took a closer look and found that it was the singing girl who sang at the banquet. She had creamy skin, an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows, cherry lips, a graceful figure, and was extremely beautiful!

But he was in no mood to appreciate it. He was getting more and more anxious. If he didn't meditate, he might want to kill someone. He said angrily, "Put on your clothes and get out of here right now."

The woman had heard the impatience in his voice, and immediately got out of bed, holding a long gown and left the room.

After she left, Cheng Yu closed the door, set up a Yuanling barrier in the room, and sat on the bed to circulate his true Qi.

Early in the morning, Ma Sheng and other servants were waiting outside the door. When they heard the noise inside, they immediately knocked on the door and brought in water and towels to serve.

After washing up, the servant led Cheng Yu out to the hall, where Zhang Shihao was waiting. When they met, they exchanged greetings warmly, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Zhang Shihao finished breakfast with Cheng Yu. He waved his hand and the servant brought up a box. When he opened it, he found a statue of Guanyin carved from Hetian jade.

This piece of jade is flawless white, of absolutely top-quality quality, without a single splice. Such a large piece of Hetian jade is indeed rare.

Zhang Shihao said, "My Lord, I know that you are a very wealthy man and must have seen a lot of good things. I am just a country boy and I really can't give you anything good. Only this jade Guanyin is worthy of being on the table. Please don't despise it!"

"Oh! Boss, why are you so polite? This jade is so valuable, I, Cheng, can't accept it without any merit!"

"My Lord, if you don't accept it, you are looking down on Zhang."

Cheng Yu briefly declined but then accepted it. The two chatted for a while, exchanged contact information, and were about to leave.

Zhang Shihao personally escorted him out. His men were already waiting outside. When they passed the garden, they actually saw the singing girl from last night kneeling barefoot on the gravel ground in thin clothes.

Cheng Yu asked, "What is she doing?"

Zhang Shihao sneered and said, "This bitch angered the Marquis last night. Let someone sell her to a brothel and let her learn how to serve a man."

When Cheng Yu heard this, he understood. He knew that I was the one who drove her away, but he still made her kneel here on purpose for me to see. Was he trying to test my reaction?

Then he deliberately said, "No, she served very well."

"Oh! Then am I wrong to blame her?"

"Ruoxian, come here,"

He shouted to the singing girl,

The woman raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, like pear blossoms in the rain, and stood up from the ground, walking towards Zhang Shihao, coming in front of the two men, bowing gently, and whispering, "Hello, Master."

"The Marquis said you served him very well last night, why don't you thank him quickly?"

Ruo Xian was very surprised to hear this. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt down and bowed to Cheng Yu.

"Get up!"

Cheng Yu said calmly,

"My Lord, since this girl serves you well, how about...giving her to you as a bed-warming maid?"

Zhang Shihao said,

Sure enough!

Cheng Yu thought to himself, he smiled and said, "Since the master has accepted it, I would be disrespectful to refuse it."

"Hahaha! Good!"

"Someone, dress Ruoxian up nicely,"

"yes,"

Cheng Yu bid farewell to Zhang Shihao and returned to the ship with his entourage, gifts and a woman. Everyone on the ship had been looking forward to it. As soon as he got on board, he immediately ordered the ship to set sail.

Returning to his cabin, Cheng Yu ordered to find another room for Ruoxian to live alone, and ordered his men not to disturb her unless necessary, otherwise they would be punished by military law.

After meditating at night, he began to think about Zhang Shihao.

This person is definitely not a good man. A good person cannot be the leader of a human trafficker. His usual method should be to give money and women to powerful people.

The reason why the gift he gave me was not valuable enough was probably because he had not yet discovered my value to him. As for giving me a woman, it was because he wanted to plant a thread around me.

Humph! Cheng Yu sneered a few times.

Just watch it first!

If you let me know that you have any evil intentions, I will let you know what Rakshasa methods are!

At the same time, Zhang Shihao was also pecking at Cheng Yu. He couldn't quite see through him.

At first, when he heard the manager of the city come back and say that a handsome young nobleman bought all the slaves, but returned the indentures to them and gave them money to let them leave at will, he thought he was some stupid son of a rich family, who was stupid and rich and learned to do good deeds, so he sent the manager Li Boqing to invite him to meet him.

But upon first sight, he discovered that this was not some stupid son of a landlord, but a marquis, an official of the court who was entrusted with the emperor's orders.

He looks young, handsome, respectful and gentle, but in fact he is mature in his actions and never makes a mistake in his words!

At first I thought he had a crush on Ruo Xian, which was normal. Even a hero could not resist the temptation of a beautiful woman. Ruo Xian was one of the women he had spent a lot of money to cultivate. Not only was she as beautiful as a flower, but she was also very good in bed. Sending women as gifts was the most effective way to get to know high-ranking officials.

That night, she asked Ruoxian to accompany him. She thought that he was a young man full of vigor and vitality, so how could he not eat fish? But he refused to eat it, and ruthlessly drove such a charming woman out. So when he left, she tested him again, deliberately letting Ruoxian kneel on the ground in a pitiful manner to see his reaction. He really paid attention.

Later, Zhang Shihao deliberately said that he would give her to him. If he didn't want her, he wouldn't lose anything. If he did, it would be even better, as he could have a connection with this man. But in the end, he actually took her.

He thought that it would be best if Ruo Xian could charm Cheng Yu and then take her as a concubine, so that it would be much easier for him to follow his path in the future.