Chapter seven hundred and seventieth careful layout
Zimi looked at the woman intently. When the woman raised her head, Zimi's eyes almost went straight.
The girl in front of me looks to be in her early twenties. She may not be as gorgeous as the girls in the Lingyin Pavilion, but she is much more elegant and otherworldly than those girls.
There is something bookish, quiet, and elegant about her body, and at the same time, there is an air of charm and soul-stirring about her. The two completely different temperaments are perfectly blended together in her body.
Zimi stared blankly at the woman in front of him, unable to regain his consciousness for a long time. This woman was none other than Xi Cheying. She waved her hands with a smile and said, "Mr. Zimi, please sit down."
"Thank you so much, girl." Zimi finally came to his senses, his tongue seemed to be tied up, and he stammered a reply. After sitting down, he looked at Xi Cheying, swallowed his saliva, and asked: "
I wonder if the girl has a proper surname?"
Xi Cheying said with a smile: "You can call me Miss Xi."
"Oh...oh!" Zimi responded, scratched his head and said, "I have never met Miss Xi. I wonder why Miss Xi invited me here to meet you?"
Xi Cheying said cheerfully: "I heard that Mr. Zimi got into trouble in Lingyin Pavilion?"
Zi Mi blushed and explained hurriedly: "I... I just wanted to go in and have a few drinks, but I forgot to bring money when I went out today. The old bustard looked down on others and accused me of wanting to go in and eat for free!"
Xi Cheying smiled slightly and said, "If Mr. Zimi needs money, I have a way."
Zimi was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What is the method Miss Xi said?"
"I heard that Mr. Zimi is the Cangtou in the palace!"
Zimi lowered his head with intention, and responded in a low voice: "Yes!" As a domestic slave, even if he is a servant of the palace, it is not a glorious title, especially when the beautiful lady mentioned it, which made Zimi feel embarrassed.
There is no light above.
Xi Cheying said with a smile: "I have always loved precious jade. If Mr. Zimi can take out one or two pieces from the palace and bring them to my treasure pavilion to sell, I will definitely give Mr. Zimi a good price."
Hearing this, Zimi's face suddenly changed. He subconsciously stood up and asked angrily: "Miss Xi wants me to steal something from the palace?"
Xi Cheying calmly waved her hand to Zimi, signaling him not to be angry, and she said slowly: "Your Majesty has been running Yuyang for many years, and there must be countless beautiful jade in the house. With so many treasures, it would be hard to just throw them in a box.
If you just throw it away, you might as well take it out and exchange it for money. Besides, even if Mr. Zimi takes out one or two things, who can detect it?!"
Zimi shook his head like a rattle, shook his head repeatedly, and said: "No! Absolutely not!"
His words seemed to be rejecting Xi Cheying, but also seemed to be warning him that he must not do such a thing, otherwise, he would become a thief in the family. The king has treated him well over the years!
Xi Cheying shrugged and said: "I have pointed out this clear path to Mr. Zimi. If Mr. Zimi does not agree, I will not force him. In such a huge palace, there are dozens and hundreds of people. After all, there are people
Willing to do so.”
When Zimi heard this, his expression suddenly changed. Just when he was about to reprimand Xi Cheying, the latter continued: "Think about it, it will be even more difficult for Mr. Zimi to enter the Lingyin Pavilion in the future. Mr. Zimi's monthly
The little money I receive, I’m afraid even if I save it for a year, it won’t be enough to go to Lingyin Pavilion once.”
Hearing this, Zi Mi's expression changed again. Xi Cheying said cheerfully: "The king's gold, silver and jewels are countless. In this life, the next life, the next life, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend them all in more than ten lifetimes. And
You, Mr. Zimi, worked so hard for the king, what did you gain?"
"Mr. Zimi, go back and think carefully about what I said!"
Zimi left the Zhenbao Pavilion, with Xi Cheying's words echoing in his mind.
Yes, I have worked hard for the king, and the king has lived a life of fine clothes, fine food, and many wives and concubines, but what about me? It is so difficult to even meet the woman I love, this is unfair, this is so unfair
Got it!
People who are proficient in the art of charm are basically masters of psychological warfare. They are very good at seizing people's psychological weaknesses and then focusing their firepower on them.
Xi Cheying and Zimi didn't meet for long, but her few words successfully aroused the desire in Zimi's heart, and also aroused the dissatisfaction in his heart.
Although Zimi is just a domestic slave, he still has a very high status in the palace. He is a close confidant of Peng Chong and has won Peng Chong's trust. Many places in the palace are taken care of by him. If he wants to hide it privately,
Something that is hard to find.
In the next few days, Zimi suffered from inner torture. He wanted to do as Xi Cheying said and steal a few pieces of jade, but he couldn't get over the hurdle of his own conscience. Several times he stuffed the jade with him.
He put it into his sleeve, but in the end he took it out and put it back in its original place.
If there is no way to make money, even if there will be labor pains, as time goes by, he will gradually stop thinking about the fragrant jade girl who makes him miss him day and night.
But the problem is that Xi Cheying pointed out a way to make money for him, and it was not difficult for him to embark on this way, and there was not much risk in it.
After four full days, Zimi finally could no longer endure the torture and secretly took away a jade Ruyi and a jade bracelet from the palace.
The texture of the jade Ruyi and the jade bracelet are very ordinary, and they cannot be said to be very valuable. They are just dusty objects placed in the palace. Neither Peng Chong nor his wives and concubines would give them a second glance.
Taking away these two things, Zi Mi's psychological burden will be relatively small. After all, to the king, these are useless things.
On this day, he found another opportunity to leave the palace, so he secretly brought Yu Ruyi and the jade bracelet to Xi Cheying's Treasure Pavilion.
Seeing the two pieces of jade that Zimi brought, Xi Cheying didn't even bother to comment on the quality, so he asked the shopkeeper of Zhenbao Pavilion to give Zimi five hundred dollars. Zimi's eyes widened when he heard this, and he shouted loudly
Said: "Only five hundred dollars?"
Xi Cheying smiled calmly and said: "Based on the quality and workmanship of these two jade articles, they are only worth five hundred dollars. If Mr. Zimi feels aggrieved, you can take it back, or you can go to other jade shops to ask and have a look.
Can their asking price exceed 500 yuan?"
Zi Mi thought about it, made up her mind, and finally sold the two pieces of jade to Xi Cheying.
Among the other jade shops in the city, which shopkeeper doesn't know him? When he sees him selling jade, a fool can guess that he stole it from the palace. Once word spreads, he must not be beaten to death by the king?
Relatively speaking, this girl from Xi can still be trusted. I believe that she would not dare to spread the matter. If she leaked the trap, she would not be able to escape the involvement. After all, she was the one who instigated her to do this in the first place.
These days, even in Zimi's dreams, his mind is filled with thoughts of Miss Xiangyu, and he always wants to meet Miss Xiangyu.
Five hundred dollars was enough. It was really just enough for him and Xiangyu to meet once. As for going further, that was of course impossible.
Seeing this face was worse than not seeing him. Afterwards, Zimi suffered from lovesickness.
But he had no money, so his idea naturally turned to the valuable items in the palace again. This time, he stole three jade bowls, three jade cups, and three pairs of jade chopsticks from the palace.
Xi Cheying was quite satisfied with the three sets of tableware and asked the shopkeeper to give Zimi three thousand dollars at once.
At that time, one shi of millet cost two hundred to three hundred yuan, and three thousand yuan was equivalent to ten shi of millet, which could cover a family's living needs for more than two months.
With these three thousand dollars, Zimi suddenly became more confident. When he went to Lingyin Pavilion, he wanted to throw his bulging money bag directly at the madam's face.
The old bustard was also a shameless person. When he saw Zi Mi coming with so much money, he immediately changed his face. The young master was older than the younger one, and he kept making compensation and running back and forth. It was like meeting his relatives.
Return the kiss.
Zimi lived the life of a servant in the palace, being ordered around by his masters, but when he arrived at Lingyin Pavilion, he suddenly became a master, and there was a beautiful woman by his side. That feeling was really disappointing.
People are in a state of ecstasy.
It is absolutely true that a brothel is both a gentle town and a gold-selling cave. Zimi can enjoy an emperor-like life here, but similarly, after one night, there is not much left of the three thousand dollars.
The gentle countryside is intoxicating and addictive, and now Zimi is in this state of being unable to stop.
Gradually, he became bolder, and he no longer looked down on the worthless trinkets in the palace, and began to set his sights on precious jades, jewelry, and even gold and silver jewelry.
The more valuable the things he stole, the more money he got from Zhenbao Pavilion, and the more frequently he went to Lingyin Pavilion.
The more frequently you go, the greater the expenses, and the more and more valuable items you steal, it is a vicious cycle.
What Zimi didn't know was that he had unknowingly fallen into the trap carefully designed for him by Xi Cheying.
The boss behind Lingyin Pavilion is Xi Cheying, and the boss behind Zhenbao Pavilion is also Xi Cheying.
She collected the gold and silver jewelry that Zimi had stolen from the palace, and gave a lot of money to Zimi. Zimi took her money and threw it into the Lingyin Pavilion. The money eventually flowed back.
into Xi Cheying's own pocket.
When Liu Xiugang met Xi Cheying, she was already running a brothel in Chang'an. She used the brothel to make friends with dignitaries in the capital. She was well-informed and well-informed. Over the years, she had never left behind her good business skills.
Now that she's in Yuyang, for her, it's just a different place to do business.
In addition, Hua Feiyan also gave her a lot of inspiration.
Hua Feiyan runs Yunxi Pavilion and uses Yunxi Pavilion to gather information so that she can occupy a place beside the emperor. She also controls abundant resources. Why not make use of them? Why not imitate Hua Feiyan?
Xi Cheying went to Luoyang, which not only announced her return, but also gave her a plan to establish her own intelligence organization to compete with Hua Feiyan's Yunxi Pavilion.
This time she comes to Yuyang is an opportunity to prove her strength.
During this period, Peng Chong was very worried. First of all, the war was very unfavorable. Geng Yan wiped out all his forces outside Yuyang. At present, Peng Chong's forces have all been huddled in Yuyang County, and it is difficult to step out of Yuyang.
Yang step.
It can be said that since his rebellion, all his hard work outside Yuyang has been ruined. Facing the menacing Han army, he has been under increasing pressure. On the other hand, his family is not at peace either.
I don’t know why, but things at home always disappear inexplicably. It’s not like Peng Chong didn’t investigate, but after searching and turning the palace upside down, he found nothing. The missing things seemed to have grown on their own.
The wings seemed to fly away.
The huge pressure from the outside world and the unrest at home made Peng Chong become more and more neurotic.
Under this situation, Zimi also felt the pressure. That evening, he found a rare opportunity to leave the palace. When he arrived at the Zhenbao Pavilion, he met Xi Cheying and handed her several pieces of jewelry he had stolen.
Xi Cheying looked at them one by one, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "The jewelry this time is pretty good, 20,000 yuan."
Zimi's eyes lit up at first, and then dimmed again. He said bitterly: "Miss Xi, I'm afraid the business between us can only end here."