Suo Lun took out a small porcelain bottle from his bosom, pulled out the stopper, and immediately a strange fragrance floated into the air.
Ye Jingyu found it very pleasant and could not help sniffing it with some force. Then her heart inexplicably fluttered. She had travelled far and wide for many years and was very knowledgeable, so she immediately knew what this thing was and secretly spat in disgust.
What was this thing? Of course it was some kind of evil drug.
Suo Lun held his breath and entered the cell. Then he pinched open Gui Qinshao’s small mouth and poured the mysterious liquid into it.
The reaction was indeed very fast. Although Gui Qinshao was still unconscious, her devilish delicate body quickly began to twist instinctively, like a beautiful snake.
Immediately afterwards, a trace of flush appeared on her peerlessly beautiful face, making her already soul stealing beautiful face even more gorgeous.
A moment later, both Suo Lun and Ye Jingyu clearly felt Gui Qinshao’s body temperature rising. Her small mouth, red as fire, opened slightly, and her breathing became more and more rapid.
“Mmm…” Even in her unconscious state, she instinctively let out a moan.
At this moment, Gui Qinshao had truly turned into a temptress who could drive any man in the world crazy, a temptress who could destroy any man’s reason.
In the whole world, it was almost impossible to find another woman as alluring as her. And now, after being drugged, she was completely like a ball of flame that could devour any man.
Ye Jingyu also felt her heart beat faster as she watched. She glanced at Suo Lun and said, “I am leaving, Master. You enjoy yourself slowly.”
Suo Lun said, “How can you leave? If you leave, how can I enjoy it?”
Ye Jingyu was greatly startled. This bastard master, he would not be having some messy idea, like a threesome or something, would he?
If that was the case, even if she was very infatuated with her master right now, she would definitely get angry.
Originally, when her master wanted to deal with Gui Qinshao, although she had said nothing, she felt uncomfortable in her heart. It was not because of jealousy, but because she did not want her master to take advantage of someone in a vulnerable state and steal Gui Qinshao’s chastity.
Of course Gui Qinshao deserved it. Ye Jingyu did not feel the slightest sympathy for her. She just felt that her master should not do this. It was very low class.
However, she did not know how to dissuade him, so she chose to leave directly and not watch what happened next.
Suo Lun stepped forward and pulled her back, saying, “You will do the next part. Strip Gui Qinshao naked, then leave several scratch marks on her body, preferably ones that turn green and purple. If you can leave tooth marks, that would be even better. Finally… I do not care how you do it, with your hands or any tool. In short, destroy her chastity, break her body, and obtain her virgin blood.”
“Ah…” Ye Jingyu was stunned. She… she had not expected that this was her master’s idea.
Suo Lun said, “In short, make it so that when Gui Qinshao wakes up, she finds herself covered in wounds and believes she has been violated.”
Ye Jingyu looked at Suo Lun in disbelief.
Her master was too bad, too evil. However, she seemed faintly very happy and liked it very much.
Ye Jingyu said in a trembling voice, “Master, if you do this, would you not end up not eating the mutton but getting covered in its smell? When Gui Qinshao wakes up, she will definitely think it was you who violated her. At that time she… she will definitely hate you to the bone.”
“That is what makes it interesting.” Suo Lun said, “Besides, she already hates me to the bone.”
“Master… you, you really are a bastard.” Ye Jingyu said angrily, “For this kind of thing, can you not find someone else to do it?”
Suo Lun said, “Besides you, who else can I find?”
Ye Jingyu was stunned. If it really had to be done by a woman, then besides herself there really was no one else. They could not ask Suo Ning Bing to do it.
But… but she was also an innocent and pure girl. How could she do such an evil thing?
“Must it be done this way?” Ye Jingyu asked in a trembling voice.
“It must.” Suo Lun said, “It must be done extremely realistically. She must be covered in wounds, understand?”
“Understood, you bad egg!” Ye Jingyu glared fiercely at Suo Lun and said, “Then are you still going to stay here and watch while giving instructions?”
“Goodbye.” Suo Lun turned and walked away, saying, “Do it well.”
Then he left just like that, leaving this extremely awkward scene to Ye Jingyu.
“Bastard, bastard, bastard Suo Lun. One day I will bite you to death.” Ye Jingyu was extremely annoyed and恨得咬牙切齿.
Then she entered the cell, stripped Gui Qinshao naked, and began to do what Suo Lun had instructed her to do.
At first she could not bring herself to do it, but when she thought that if her master had not arrived in time, Random Stone Island would have been finished and everyone on it would have been killed clean. What kind of tragic fate would she and Miss have suffered if they had fallen into the hands of those men? It was completely imaginable.
If everything had really happened, then she would truly have been better off dead.
And the culprit behind all this was the Gui Qinshao before her eyes. In order to take revenge for a private grudge, she had been so vicious. Moreover, this woman had once brought great humiliation to her master, so she deserved to be tormented like this.
Thus, Ye Jingyu hardened her heart and ruthlessly abused Gui Qinshao’s body.
…
The small castle on Random Stone Island was really too crude. Duke Zhi Ting could not get used to living there, so he still returned to the tower ship to spend the night.
Although the ship rocked back and forth, Duke Zhi Ting was naturally not prone to seasickness and slept steadily and comfortably in the rocking.
Suo Lun and Suo Ning Bing also accompanied Duke Zhi Ting for a meal on the ship.
“Suo Lun, I have calculated it. In the short term it will still be very difficult for you to earn one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins. In fact it is impossible.” Duke Zhi Ting said, “Even if I am willing to help and advance you some gold coins in advance, at most I can only take out thirty thousand gold coins. That is already everything I have.”
Although Duke Zhi Ting had assets worth two or three hundred thousand gold coins, most of them were industries. Using money to generate money was the real way. Hoarding a large pile of gold coins at home was what fools did. Some time ago, his treasury had been robbed and he had lost ninety thousand gold coins. That was the biggest lesson.
So right now he actually did not even have thirty thousand gold coins on hand and still had to divert money from his gold exchange.
His gold exchange was much smaller in scale than Zhi Li’s royal city gold exchange and could not move too much money. Moreover, the money inside the gold exchange was not his own but deposited there by others.
Suo Mu and even Suo Ning Bing had already calculated this more than once.
Even with Duke Zhi Ting’s strong support, transferring all five thousand salt slaves from the other two salt fields to Random Stone Peninsula, in the remaining three months they could at most open up a little over ten thousand mu of salt fields. Added to the existing several thousand mu, the total would be only twenty thousand mu.
Moreover, autumn and winter were coming soon. Although the sunlight conditions here were still very good and the sea wind was still strong, the salt production efficiency was after all not as good as in summer.
So the salt output for the next half year at its limit would be twenty million jin. These salts could be sold for nearly twenty thousand gold coins, and Suo Lun would get half of that, which was ten thousand gold coins.
Although this was already an astronomical profit, there was still a very large gap from the one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins he needed.
Even if Random Stone Island produced all its salt in the first year, it could only sell for about fifty thousand gold coins. To truly reach an output of one or two hundred million jin, they would at least have to wait two or three years until all one hundred thousand mu of salt fields had been opened and they had more than ten thousand salt workers.
So although Suo Lun’s salt drying method was so heaven defying and a revolutionary breakthrough, to earn one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins would still take at least three years.
But Suo Lun needed this sum of gold coins within three months.
However, what Suo Mu and Suo Ning Bing had thought of, Suo Lun had of course already calculated countless times.
He said with full confidence, “Duke, actually salt can be sold in another way.”
Duke Zhi Ting said, “I am all ears.”
“Issue salt vouchers. Not only sell the already produced salt, but even salt that has not yet been produced, or even next year’s and the year after’s salt, can be sold in advance.” Suo Lun said, “We give salt upon presentation of the voucher. One voucher exchanges for one hundred jin of salt. Normally sold to salt merchants it is about twenty copper coins per jin, while our salt vouchers are sold for one thousand eight hundred copper coins each, which means it is only equivalent to eighteen copper coins per jin of salt.”
As soon as these words came out, Duke Zhi Ting’s eyes lit up. He slapped his thigh hard and said, “That’s right. We only sell salt vouchers, then use the vouchers to collect salt. Right now we do not have much salt on hand, but we can issue as many salt vouchers as we want.”
Suo Lun said, “One jin cheaper by two copper coins. Can our salt vouchers be sold?”
“Of course they can.” Duke Zhi Ting said, “Moreover, I can use my industries and gold exchange as collateral to make the value of these salt vouchers rock solid.”
Suo Lun said, “We can also redeem the salt vouchers. Sell them for one thousand eight hundred copper coins per voucher and redeem them for one thousand seven hundred. This way those merchants will have no worries at all.”
“Yes, in that case the salt vouchers will definitely sell.” Duke Zhi Ting said, “Although I am greedy and love money, my reputation is still very good and my signboard is still very strong. There is no time to lose. We should go to the royal city as soon as possible, make these salt vouchers, and then sell them immediately.”
Then Duke Zhi Ting said, “There is still one problem. How to make the salt vouchers anti counterfeit? My gold exchange once issued gold notes, but before long fake gold notes appeared on the market. Even our shopkeepers could not distinguish the real from the fake. I know those fake gold notes were made by that fox brother and sister Zhi Li and Zhi Ning, but my skills were inferior so I could only grit my teeth and swallow the blood. So although Zhi Li and I are mortal enemies, my gold exchange has no choice but to use the gold notes he issues.”
This was truly a complete tragedy. The royal city gold exchange, with the support of all the feudal lords and nobles of the world, plus completely uncrackable anti counterfeit technology, was almost equivalent to the Federal Reserve on Earth.
Suo Lun said, “Do not worry. Leave the anti counterfeit of the salt vouchers to me. I cannot crack the anti counterfeit of the royal city gold exchange, but they also cannot crack the anti counterfeit of the salt vouchers I make. It will be absolutely foolproof.”
At this point Duke Zhi Ting had one hundred percent trust in Suo Lun.
Not to mention mere anti counterfeit technology. Even if Suo Lun said the sun rose from the west, the next morning Duke Zhi Ting would probably instinctively look towards the west.
Because from beginning to end Suo Lun had created too many miracles. The words he said, although they sounded extremely unbelievable and completely impossible to believe at the time, in the end all became reality.
“To us making a fortune.” Duke Zhi Ting raised his wine cup.
“To us making a fortune.” Suo Lun raised his wine cup, and then Suo Ning Bing also raised her cup.
Duke Zhi Ting looked at Suo Ning Bing and said, “It is really thanks to Miss Suo that you can listen to this vulgar person of mine talk about money all evening.”
“Duke, you are the most true to yourself person I have ever met. I really like listening to you speak.” Suo Ning Bing smiled.
“Hahaha…” Duke Zhi Ting said, “Hearing your praise, it feels like this fat on my body has become lighter.”
Then he hesitated slightly and said, “Next, I have a few private words to say to Miss. I wonder if it is convenient for you.”
Suo Ning Bing was stunned and instinctively looked towards Suo Lun.
Although Duke Zhi Ting’s reputation regarding women was still acceptable and nothing had been heard about him forcibly taking women, Suo Ning Bing was still very worried. After all, Duke Zhi Ting was the number one playboy in the world.
However Suo Lun nodded and said, “Sister, go with ease. The Duke really has something to say to you.”
In fact, he even vaguely knew what Duke Zhi Ting wanted to say.
…
In Duke Zhi Ting’s study, the eunuch brewed a cup of tea for Suo Ning Bing and then withdrew.
“Old Bai, do not let anyone approach, and do not listen yourself.” Duke Zhi Ting said to the old eunuch with completely white eyebrows and hair and very high martial arts.
“Yes.” The old eunuch said, then retreated several dozen metres, lightly held the whisk in his hand, completely shielded his own ears with spirit power, and then released his spirit power to monitor everything within several hundred metres. Even if a bird intruded, he would discover it.
Only Suo Ning Bing and Duke Zhi Ting remained in the study, and she immediately felt uneasy again.
“These words are really a bit difficult for me to say.” Duke Zhi Ting said.
Suo Ning Bing said, “Duke, if there is anything, please instruct. If Ning Bing can do it, I will definitely do my utmost.”
Duke Zhi Ting said, “I know that you and your younger brother Suo Lun have a very good relationship. Suo Hanyi has already rebelled, and now the Suo Clan only has you two siblings depending on each other, so it is inevitable that your relationship is close and affectionate. But… but you are after all blood siblings. Once you really cross the line and something happens, then… then Suo Lun will instantly be thrown into hell with no way to turn things around.”
As soon as these words came out, Suo Ning Bing’s peerlessly beautiful face instantly turned deathly pale. Had she and Suo Lun been so obvious? Why had even Duke Zhi Ting seen it?
Duke Zhi Ting said, “Back then, why did Bi Xiao offer his family’s fief? It was because his improper relationship with his younger sister was grasped by the royal family, and then they blackmailed him. He had no choice but to offer the fief to preserve his and his sister’s reputation. Now my relationship with the Suo Clan is like grasshoppers tied to the same rope. I absolutely do not want to see Suo Lun meet with disaster.”
Suo Ning Bing’s face instantly turned red, almost dripping blood. She could not explain at all. She and Suo Lun were not blood siblings, because Suo Lun was fake and was Lan Ling in disguise. This was an even bigger secret that could not be known by anyone.
“I like this child Suo Lun very, very much, and I understand him very well. He is a person who is crazy and extremely obsessive. No one can persuade him.” Duke Zhi Ting said, “So I will not speak to him. I will speak to you. And I will not hide it from you. Suo Lun’s future prospects are something you cannot imagine at all, and his marriage destiny is also something you cannot imagine at all. For him, for the Suo Clan, and also for me, I hope that no matter how much you love him, please hide it and never cross that line. Understand?”
Suo Ning Bing felt so ashamed she wanted to die. She nodded and said, “Yes, Duke. I, I know what to do. The one who deserves ten thousand deaths is me. It is me who could not hold back and had improper thoughts towards him. I will definitely control my heart. Thank you for your warning.”
“It is fine, it is fine…” Duke Zhi Ting said, “You and Suo Lun are both the best children in the world. It is perfectly normal for you to be attracted to and infatuated with each other.”
…
After returning to the castle, Suo Ning Bing cried bitterly in front of Suo Lun and said with alarm, “Little brother, our matter has been seen through by Duke Zhi Ting? What should we do? What should we do?”
Suo Lun gently held her in his arms. Suo Ning Bing struggled slightly, then obediently lay against his chest.
“Do not worry. I did it on purpose.” Suo Lun’s hand instinctively slid down from her slender waist and rested on her full, round, tender and smooth moon, gently caressing it. Then he felt the temperature of the delicate body in his arms rise.
“On purpose? W, why?” Suo Ning Bing asked in a trembling voice.
Suo Lun said, “I have performed too heaven defying. If I do not have a huge handle in Duke Zhi Ting’s hands, how can he dare to cooperate with me with peace of mind? After all this concerns interests of several hundred thousand or even millions of gold coins.”
“But what if he uses this matter to threaten you? What if he tells His Majesty the King about our relationship?” Suo Ning Bing asked worriedly.
“Do not worry. The people who care about our relationship will not know. The people who know will not care.” Suo Lun said, “Our relationship with them is far more entangled than you imagine.”
Suo Ning Bing thought for a while, simply stopped using her brain, and asked in confusion, “Then, then how exactly were we discovered by Duke Zhi Ting just now? Did I reveal some flaw?”
“No, it was when I drank for you. There was your lip print left on the cup, so I drank against that lip print and even licked it with my tongue.” Suo Lun said, “I deliberately made it subtle yet obvious so that Duke Zhi Ting would see it. Then you gave me a fierce white eyed glare. That glance was very charming. Even a blind person could see it.”
“Bad egg, you bad egg. You are really bad to the core.” Suo Ning Bing said angrily. Her pink fist hammered once on his chest.
“Just now it was only a shallow taste and not satisfying. Now I want to taste it again.” Suo Lun said. Then he held her peerlessly beautiful face, domineeringly preventing her from struggling or dodging, and aimed at her small mouth to kiss it fiercely, sucking hard.
Suo Ning Bing trembled as if struck by lightning. Her delicate body could not stand at all and went soft.
“This bastard is teasing me again. Tonight I, I will have to prepare two more pairs of trousers again…” At this moment, this was the only thought in Suo Ning Bing’s heart.
At the same time, Gui Qinshao in the dungeon slowly woke up. Then she discovered that her perfect body was covered in wounds and a certain place burned with unbearable pain.
“Ah… ah…” Immediately she let out waves of tragic and miserable screams.