What the hell? The three senior and junior brothers looked at him in unison, thinking they had misheard.
Yu Qing confirmed, “Several tens of millions?”
Little Uncle said, “Can I still travel by land? By the time I run there, and Second Brother runs all that long way here, your peaches might have already rotted. Naturally this time we need to spend money to take flying birds around, then Second Brother takes flying birds around back. How could this round trip be cheap?”
Yu Qing said with grief and indignation, “That still would not cost several tens of millions. A hundred thousand taels would be enough.”
Little Uncle’s face darkened. “A hundred thousand taels? You are holding over two hundred million in your hands. What is wrong with giving me several tens of millions? Give me fifty million.”
Yu Qing suddenly turned to look at Seventh and Ninth. The two looked away guiltily. Yu Qing turned back to Little Uncle. “You cannot find travel expenses this expensive anywhere in the entire world.”
Little Uncle said indifferently, “One hundred million.”
“…”
Yu Qing was choked speechless. The more they talked the more expensive it got. He estimated if they kept talking, that person could confiscate all his money.
Seventh and Ninth broke out in a slight sweat, feeling somewhat ashamed.
How to put it, with the money in Fifteenth’s hands, even if they could not hold it themselves, they could still have some control. When they really needed to spend money, after all, they could still make Fifteenth pay.
If the money fell into Little Uncle’s hands, that would be a different matter entirely. They would not even have the qualification to complain.
They actually also wanted to ask Little Uncle, is this money for your private use, or kept for public use?
However, neither dared to open their mouths. Little Uncle could ask them like this, but it was not appropriate for them to ask Little Uncle this way.
Little Uncle somehow pulled out a mirror from somewhere, looking at himself in the mirror. After waiting a while with no one speaking, he spoke again. “Fatty Nan, Big Chunk Nine, do you have any objections?”
“Uh…” Seventh and Ninth hemmed and hawed for a while, and finally under Yu Qing’s gaze that wanted to strangle them, they successively uttered three words. “No objections.”
“Mm.” Little Uncle nodded with satisfaction, moved the mirror away, his gaze fixed on Yu Qing. “Stop daydreaming. They have no objections, only you remain. Speak, will you give it or not?”
“I…” Yu Qing bared his teeth, truly almost grinding his teeth to pieces, and finally forced out one word. “Give.”
He had to give it. They all knew too well what this person’s temperament was like. It was still that saying, if he dared not to give, there was a possibility he could not keep any of his money.
He clasped the mirror to his chest. Little Uncle slapped the table. “Good. Worthy of being the Sect Leader, I have no second words, I absolutely support you as Sect Leader. In the future whoever dares oppose you, I will be the first to disagree. Alright, go get the money.”
Hearing these words, Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie both had the impulse to roll their eyes.
Yu Qing turned and left, not forgetting to glare fiercely at his two senior brothers. The latter were guilty and embarrassed.
He did not have that much money on him, he still had to go to the money house to withdraw it.
After watching him leave, Nan Zhu could not help but sigh. “Little Uncle, Fifteenth loves money like his life. Losing so much money at once, I am afraid he will have grievances against us two.”
Little Uncle scoffed. “A big tree must have dead branches, many people must have idiots. Why pay attention to him? Relax, do not lower yourself to his level.”
The two senior and junior brothers were immediately speechless. You say it so easily, anyway you do not have to face him.
Little Uncle, in quite a good mood, stopped chatting nonsense with them, stood up, put away the small bronze mirror, opened his folding fan, and strolled out of the study while fanning himself.
While wandering outside, he unintentionally encountered Tie Miaoqing who had come out to walk around. At this time Tie Miaoqing had already removed her gauze hat, revealing her true appearance.
Both parties were meeting for the first time with true faces.
Little Uncle’s gaze fell on Tie Miaoqing’s face, briefly sized her up, smiled slightly, and nodded in greeting.
He was not surprised by Tie Miaoqing’s beauty, because on the way here he had already heard Chong’er chirping about it many times, saying how beautiful Tie Miaoqing was and so on, almost wearing out his ears. Now seeing her, he could only say she truly lived up to her reputation.
Tie Miaoqing was somewhat surprised. She had not expected that among Yu Qing and the others there would actually be such a handsome and elegant man. Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie’s looks need not be mentioned. The Tanhua scholar’s looks were alright, but his aesthetic sense was hard to compliment, who knew why he kept that small beard.
Little Uncle’s looks could indeed be described with the term handsome man. What surprised Tie Miaoqing even more was that she could not see any desire for her in his eyes. She was all too familiar with the gazes of some men.
Since he had greeted her, she had no choice but to bow slightly in return, then hurriedly moved away.
After watching the beauty disappear, Little Uncle fanned himself and said, “Truly a rare stunning beauty. Is this the proprietress you two like?”
Nan Zhu said, “Appreciation, just appreciation.”
Mu Aotie also nodded. “Just appreciation.”
Little Uncle glanced at the two. “Appreciation? Let me remind you, this kind of woman, the things she wants, you probably do not have any of them. Basically she has no fate with you two, so do not be lovesick. You two have both stumbled over women before, you should understand, good things cannot be begged for, and what is begged for is not sweet.”
The two senior and junior brothers nodded submissively to show they understood. Nan Zhu deliberately changed the subject. “Little Uncle, with your elegance, I am afraid you have quite a few female confidantes?”
Mu Aotie flattered, “Naturally.”
“Female confidantes? Perhaps being like you two is instead a blessing. As for me, when a woman has no secrets left before you, no matter how beautiful, she will make you feel disgusted.” Little Uncle covered his ears with his fan, turned back, and sighed melancholically. “You will never understand.”
The two senior and junior brothers looked at each other, not knowing what this person meant by his cloudy and foggy words.
Not long after, Yu Qing returned from the money house. Nan and Mu voluntarily avoided them.
Inside the study, a stack of large denomination silver notes was placed on the desk. Yu Qing said in a bad mood, “Count it yourself.”
Little Uncle grabbed the silver notes and weighed them, directly stuffing them into his clothes. “No need, do I still not trust you? Alright, I am going back first.” He left after speaking.
But after not taking two steps, he stopped, and tapped the chest of Yu Qing who had followed with his fan. “Between senior and junior brothers, fighting is fighting, but breaking someone’s ribs is a bit excessive.”
Yu Qing said unhappily, “Every single one reaches out to me for money, and as soon as they open their mouths it is one hundred million. Where do I get that much money to give?” There was meaning behind his words, an intention to point at the mulberry and curse the locust.
Little Uncle continued tapping his chest with the fan in his hand. “You are the Sect Leader, you must have breadth of mind. I have heard too much gossip behind people’s backs. In this world, who is without complaints? A general has a sword, he does not cut flies.”
Slap. The fan heavily struck his chest. “Chong’er is entrusted to you. I am leaving, do not move, do not see me off.”
He strode away.
Yu Qing knew the meaning of not seeing him off, fearing it would be too conspicuous, but he still walked to the study door to watch him leave.
Little Uncle returned to the hall to get his cloak and put it back on. Nan Zhu and Mu Aotie who had followed in were also stopped by him. “Do not move, do not see me off.”
The two understood, and could only cup their hands to send him off.
“Before leaving, there is one matter I still need to remind you of. I hope you will think for yourselves. Excluding other circumstances, in the Yuan Mountain ancient tomb and within the Little Cloud Space, without Fifteenth, could you have come out alive? Shut your mouths, do not argue with me, keep it in your hearts and think with your conscience.
You are senior brothers, you are quite a bit older than him. Even if you win it does not count as winning, and if you suffer losses you deserve it for letting him have his way. It is still that saying, I entrusted Fifteenth to you, you must bring him back completely intact. Also Chong’er, take good care of him. Alright, that is it. When Second Brother arrives, keep him under control, do not keep making endless trouble.
Sigh, letting all of you leave the mountain, who knows if it is misfortune or fortune. But leaving these immortal peaches unused would be unreasonable, after all such opportunities are rare.”
Little Uncle left sighing and shaking his head.
The moment this person left, Yu Qing immediately came to block the two senior brothers at the hall door, and asked coldly, “Who told him that I have over two hundred million?”
Nan Zhu firmly denied, “I do not know.”
Mu Aotie also shook his head. “Do not know.”
Yu Qing said fiercely, “Dare to do but not dare to admit?”
Nan Zhu said, “If you insist on framing us, we cannot help it. Do you not know what kind of person Little Uncle is? Nine times out of ten he was using words to trick you, and you actually foolishly fell for it. Who can you blame?”
Bang. Yu Qing punched the door. Without evidence, he could not do anything to the two either.
In the latter half of the night, Chong’er on the bed finally woke up faintly.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a familiar smiling face. It was Yu Qing. He immediately called out, “Young Master.”
Yu Qing was amused, discovering that this fellow still could not change his form of address. So he pinched and twisted his nose, asking, “How do you feel?”
His smile was amiable, but also guilty, after all it was caused by making the person test poison.
A flush of red appeared on Chong’er’s still somewhat pale cheeks. Although his body was still a bit weak, he said by mouth, “I am fine.”
His gaze suddenly discovered the boxes containing immortal peaches stacked against the wall on one side. Looking around again, he discovered he was sleeping on Yu Qing’s bed, and hurriedly struggled to sit up.
“It is fine as long as you are okay. Later choose a room for yourself. The rooms in my courtyard, the rooms in Seventh and Ninth’s courtyards, other rooms are fine too, as long as no one lives there, choose whichever you like. Once chosen, move some immortal peaches to your room. You must seize the time to cultivate with dedication. But remember, immortal peaches can only be eaten secretly, cannot let others know, otherwise there will be big trouble.”
“Even Madam Tie and the others cannot know?”
“Except for our fellow disciples, keep it secret from everyone else for now.”
“Mm, understood.”
Afterwards, Chong’er who had left this room did not even look around, just stood in this courtyard looking around, then pointed at another room in the courtyard. “Young Master, can I live in this one?”
“Yes, I said choose whichever you like.” Yu Qing walked over cheerfully, and casually pulled out a stack of silver notes, handing them to him. “The prices at Horn Port are terribly expensive. This one hundred thousand taels is for you. Whatever you lack, whatever you want to buy, go browse and buy it yourself.”
One hundred thousand taels? Chong’er suddenly felt somewhat alarmed, and hurriedly waved his hands to decline. “No need, I cannot spend that much money.”
Yu Qing said, “Take it, take it, everyone has a share. Seventh and Ninth both have one, I also gave them each one hundred thousand taels. Cannot favor one and discriminate against another. If you do not take it I will not be happy.”
Through a combination of stuffing it into his hands and intimidation, he finally made Chong’er accept it. Then he reached out to hook Chong’er’s neck, putting his arm around his shoulders and pulling him close. “Chong’er, am I good to you?”
Chong’er stiffened his body, not daring to move much, and nodded repeatedly. “Young Master has always been very good to Chong’er.”
Yu Qing said, “Chong’er still understands reason, unlike some people with wolf hearts and dog lungs. You might not know, Seventh and Ninth have some grievances against me.”
Chong’er said, “I know, Master said, you often fought and fell out with each other in the temple.”
Yu Qing said, “Then whose side do you stand on?”
Chong’er was a bit hesitant. He had not expected that as soon as he arrived he would have to face the problem of choosing sides. This made him quite embarrassed. However, after meeting Yu Qing’s gaze, he bit his lip and nodded forcefully. “Chong’er stands on Young Master’s side.”