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Bai Jingtian did not dwell on this issue too much, and asked, "Did you send someone to steal the imperial sword?"

"Commander Bai, to be honest, that brat Gu Chan forced me to beat my daughter half to death. I was so angry that I wanted to use this opportunity to teach him a lesson." Yan Xishan didn't dare to hide it anymore and finally told the truth.

However, he also knew that this matter could not be explained away with a simple sentence, so he tried to avoid the important issues and make the matter as light as possible.

Bai Jingtian sighed helplessly.

Stealing the imperial sword is a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the family. It would be fine if Gu Chan could not find out the truth, but once she finds out the truth and traces it back to Yan Xishan, not only will the Yan family be ruined, but the second prince will also be implicated.

This was the situation he least wanted to see.

Yan Xishan realized the importance of the question and quickly said, "Commander Bai, I wonder what the master thinks about this matter?"

"The master doesn't mean to blame you, but he is naturally extremely angry about this matter. Think about it, the prince and him are fighting each other to the death now. Once Gu Chan finds out that you stole the imperial sword, and then the matter is reported to Kyoto, the prince will definitely use this as an excuse to trap the master, and then we will be in big trouble." Bai Jingtian said seriously.

"What should we do? Now that it's been stolen, we can't just give it back to him!" Yan Xishan said with a stiff face.

Bai Jingtian suddenly asked curiously, "I really want to know who you found to steal his imperial sword, making him think that the master sent us, the imperial guards, to help you."

"I asked my nephew to steal it. He learned martial arts from a famous sword sect in Jiangnan and has pretty good skills. He thought that the master sent the imperial guards to steal it!" Yan Xishan confessed.

Bai Jingtian shook his head speechlessly.

Yan Xishan said, "How about this, I'll give the Imperial Sword to you, Commander Bai, and then you can discuss with the master how to return it to Gu Chan. It would be better for you to handle this matter right now, and it would be best if we can resolve it here."

"Okay, then give it to me, and I'll go discuss it with my master later." Bai Jingtian nodded in agreement.

Yan Xishan seemed to have grasped a straw. He quickly stood up, took the imperial sword, and handed it to Bai Jingtian. Then he left as if he had grasped a life-saving straw and went to raise money.

Bai Jingtian sat alone in the yard, holding the imperial sword in his hand, absent-minded.

Now, how to return the imperial sword and shut Gu Chan's mouth is a big problem.

This is Wanyuanfang.

At this time, Gu Chan was in a private room on the third floor, drinking wine and listening to music, feeling extremely happy.

Wan Peng and Wan Feiyan sat next to her, one poured her wine, the other massaged her shoulders, treating her like a living treasure.

After the girl sitting in the front played a song, Gu Chan took out a silver note of 100 taels as a reward. The girl was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She bowed and thanked him before leaving.

Wan Peng flattered him and said, "Brother Gu, you are really amazing today. You have made another 1 billion taels of silver in one go. If you keep going like this, you will soon be able to raise the 5 billion taels of silver for the border relief!"

"It's not that simple. I was able to get these two sums of money by grasping everyone's pain points. If I want to get them again in the same way, it may not be that easy." Gu Chan shook her head.

"It's okay. With your intelligence, Brother Gu, there will definitely be no problem." Wan Peng said.

Gu Chan chuckled, "Okay, stop flattering me. Just say what you want to say. Be quick."

"It's like this, Brother Gu, you see, we made so much money from selling weapons this time, and my sister and I have contributed a lot! Can our Wan family also benefit from it?" Wan Peng said with a smile.

"We invested so much money before to help you take over all the ironware shops. It's time to get some of our money back now!" Wan Feiyan followed up.

"Okay, I'll give your Wan family 50 million taels of silver." Gu Chan said without even thinking.

The brother and sister paused for a moment and their faces stiffened.

Gu Chan smiled faintly and said, "It's almost done. If it's not sent to the border, and I don't have this imperial order, I will have no problem giving you 30%. You can earn some money now, don't think it's too little."

"Oh! I really hope you can earn 5 billion taels of silver as soon as possible, so that we can earn more too." Wan Peng sighed.

Gu Chan was just about to continue speaking to comfort her when there was a sudden knock on the door from outside.

Then Chang Wei pushed open the door and walked in from outside.

Gu Chan immediately clasped his fists and said, "Brother Chang, how come you have time to come here today?"

"I heard that you blew up Lingjiu Temple during the day. Is it true?" Chang Wei walked over and sat down opposite Gu Chan and asked with a smile.

Gu Chan nodded with a wry smile.

Chang Wei gave Gu Chan a thumbs up and said, "You are amazing! I never thought you could create such an amazing weapon. Now the news of your new weapon has spread throughout Jiangnan City. Everyone says it is amazing and they really want to see it for themselves."

"No rush. Once a hundred cannons are ready in the Jiangnan camp, everyone will be able to see its power." Gu Chan said nonchalantly.

Chang Wei nodded without comment.

Gu Chan turned around and asked, "You came to me today just to ask me this?"

"No, I came to tell you that I have already found the Weiyuan Escort Agency, which is ranked first in Jiangnan, to escort the 1 billion taels of silver you earned from selling the blood of the spirit beast to Wuheng County on the border this afternoon. In order to ensure the safety of the silver, I asked them to send it under the banner of military pay, and also borrowed a team of officers and soldiers from County Magistrate Xu to escort it." Chang Wei explained.

"Okay, now we're safe. Anyone who dares to rob military pay will lose his head ten times." Gu Chan said happily.

Before, she was still worried whether such a large sum of money could be safely delivered to the border, but judging from the current situation, Chang Wei is indeed very smart. His move directly deterred those daring and reckless people in Tiancang Country from taking this amount of money, which really saved her a lot of trouble.

Chang Wei smiled and said, "When will the second payment be sent?"

"Three days later! Anyway, if nothing unexpected happens, another ten billion taels of silver will be delivered to your house during these three days. Then you can do it again and ask Weiyuan Escort Agency to send another team of escorts." Gu Chan said.

Chang Wei nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

In terms of intelligence, he is definitely far superior to Wan Peng, so now he just does what Gu Chan tells him to do and doesn't ask any other questions.

Gu Chan naturally liked his cleverness.

At this moment, she couldn't help but think in her heart that when she went to see the leader of the Beggars' Sect, the Nine-Fingered Old Beggar, he said that she would meet a destined noble man in Jiangnan who would lend her a helping hand and only then could she resolve the life-and-death crisis.

Does that mean that she has already met this noble person, and that person is Chang Wei?