In the next few days, Chen Ye and Cui Mansion lived a very regular life.
Get up at 9 o'clock every day and stand up, work diligently during the day, and take medicine at night to exercise your body.
Because he was young and clever, in addition to the hard work of wringing water and drinking horses, Cheng Defu also began to feel comfortable letting him go to nearby villages and towns alone to do errands, delivering letters and collecting medicine for Cui Xijun.
As one thing was accomplished, he gradually gained recognition in the yard.
So Chen Ye became Cui Family, and quickly established a firm foothold day by day.
That day, after the usual small gathering with Su Guang and others, Chen Ye returned to the Cui Mansion in the darkness.
In the morning of the next day, he was about to go out to buy some seasonal pastries and fresh fruits for Cui Xijun, but was stopped by a Gatekeeper with his hand.
"Chen Huwei, someone asked me to give you this letter just now."
Chen Ye is a little confused.
Who will write to him?
After receiving the letter, Chen Ye took a look and saw that the sealing paint was intact.
He opened the envelope and took out the letter paper, only to see a few lines of words scrawled on it.
"I know how you got in the Cui Family, let's talk about it tonight Drunken Fortune Restaurant!"
The other party did not leave a name, and the handwriting was sloppy, as if he had written it in a hurry, but the determination between the lines showed that he was not testing, and seemed to have really grasped something.
After Chen Ye read the letter, he slowly folded it and put it back in the envelope, thinking to himself, "Not many people know that he is in the Cui Family, and even fewer people know how he got into the Cui Family. Zuo Dongxi and Su Guang will not say that each of the people they dealt with before, Zuo Dongxi, gave them a sum of money to send them away Capital City. So who could it be?
In any case, this person must be seen.
Only when you meet him will you know who he is and how far things will go."
Chen Ye put the letter away and asked casually, "What does the person who sent the letter look like?"
Gatekeeper thought for a while and said, "Long face, dark complexion, slightly thin. He is about seven feet one inch tall, and he looks to be in his thirties."
Chen Ye went through it in his mind and found that there was no such person around him.
He suppressed the doubts in his heart and walked out the door calmly.
As usual, today I went to buy pastries and fruits, and then went back to my house to finish the rest of the day's chores.
In the evening, Chen Ye went back to his residence, took out the good new knife, put it on his waist, and put on a dark robe to cover the blade before going out.
Drunken Fortune Restaurant is a restaurant in the peripheral industry of the Cui Family.
Chen Ye It was already dark when we arrived, and there was noisy traffic and horses in front of the building.
He asked the shopkeeper for the easternmost private room, ordered a bottle of wine and two plates of cold dishes, sat down with his back against the wall, and waited silently facing the door.
After waiting for about a stick of incense, the door was pushed open.
The visitor was in his early thirties, wearing a half-worn silk robe, with a long, dark, and thin face, and a shrewd look that had seen the world.
But if you look carefully, you can still vaguely see a trace of uneasiness hidden in his eyes.
He had no followers behind him and came alone.
Chen Ye glanced at his waist calmly and found that he did not carry a knife.
Chen Ye didn't stand up, he just raised his chin and motioned for him to sit down.
After the visitor sat down, he didn't rush to speak. Instead, he looked around the private room first, then looked at the wine bottle in front of Chen Ye, confirming that there were only two of them here.
Chen Ye poured him a glass of wine and pushed it in front of him. "What do you call this brother?"
"To avoid being expensive, my surname is Wang, and my given name is expensive."
Chen Ye said straight to the point, "You said you know how I got in the Cui Family, tell me."
Wang Zhigui spoke with a smile, with a hint of pride in his voice. "On May 15th, Third Miss Cui was attacked. You knew about it a long time ago. Young Master Liu's carriage and horses were also stopped by you... am I right?
Hehe... Do you think that if I tell Third Miss Cui about this, will she think that you are deliberately approaching her? Can you still stay at the Cui Family?"
Chen Ye showed no expression on his face. He just asked calmly, "What do you want from Chen?"
"I didn't expect Brother Chen to be a cheerful person. Then Cui Family wants to share some of the incense money with me." Wang Zhigui picked up the wine glass, did not drink it, just twirled the glass, and said with a meaningful smile, "Five hundred taels, not much. If you reach the sky in one step, you should pay some tuition. As long as you give this number, I will rot in my stomach, how about it?"
"Five hundred taels is too much. I can't afford so much silver."
Wang Zhigui smiled and said, "As far as I know, you will only get more than this, never less. If you can't get it, then I have to tell Third Miss Cui what you did that day. Oh, what a pity. It took a lot of effort to gain a firm foothold in the Cui Family. What a pity, what a pity."
This is a naked threat!
But Chen Ye was not as angry as he expected.
Chen Ye picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said slowly, "I got some money, but not as much as you thought. And this is not a small amount, and I have to spend time to raise it. You have to give me some time."
Seeing that Chen Ye was so easy to talk to, Wang Zhigui was overjoyed, and her heart dropped completely.
He calmly poured a glass of wine for Chen Ye and said, "I didn't expect Brother Chen to be so aware of current affairs. Okay. In three days, there will be a Wang Family Warehouse at the dock outside Xuanwu Gate. Just bring the money there."
Chen Ye picked up the glass and drank it all, put it down and asked, "But how can I guarantee that you will not use this excuse to continue to blackmail me later?"
"Don't worry, after I took the money, I won't talk nonsense to you again."
Chen Ye looked into Wang Zhigui's eyes and continued to ask, "Besides you, who else knows about this?"
Wang Zhigui smiled, said nothing, and just poured the wine on his own.
Chen Ye asked again, "You came alone today?"
Wang Zhigui said, "Of course there are some brothers who are following our path, so don't even think about taking action here. If later, the brothers see that I haven't come out, you won't even think about having a foothold in Capital City."
"I heard that my brother's surname is Wang. He is from Wang Family Valley, right?"
Chen Ye's mind was racing with thoughts.
The news couldn't have leaked from their side.
This person's surname is Wang, and it is Wang Family Valley who is most likely to leak the information.
A trace of surprise flashed in Wang Zhigui's eyes, and he said, "I didn't expect that brother is really a smart man. He figured it out so quickly. I am the third master of Green Wolf Gang in Beijing. I learned about little brother Chen by chance, just to make ends meet."
Chen Ye poured himself a drink, his eyes fell on the cup and said, "It turns out that I am a friend of the gang, I am disrespectful. But... are you so sure that you can win me?"
"Haha, of course, otherwise I wouldn't come." Wang Zhigui smiled confidently, "We have already found out the details of little brother Chen. You are only Mortal Shedding's three cultivations. You may be considered a figure outside of Capital City, but to Capital City, with all due respect, you are just a grain of light."
"There are twenty-one brothers in my gang. The main leader and Old Instructor are both serious Mortal Shedding three times Martial Master. The remaining Red Stick are also Mortal Shedding two times. At this time, they are hiding in the alley outside the restaurant. Today, you have to agree if you agree. If you don't agree, we will let you agree. That's all. I hope that little brother Chen, don't give me a toast or eat a fine wine."
Chen Ye nodded, picked up the wine bottle, and filled it for both of them.
Then Chen Ye picked up the wine glass and toasted Wang Zhigui: "It turns out that your gang is so powerful, I'm really a little scared."
"It's good that you know. Don't worry, as long as you pay the money, we will make sure you have no worries."
Wang Zhigui thought he was scared, so he picked up the cup with a smile, raised his head and was about to drink it.
The moment he raised his head, Chen Ye moved.
He thrust his left hand forward and grabbed Wang Zhigui's throat, stuck his thumb under his Adam's apple and pressed hard.
Wang Zhigui's voice was strangled in his throat.
Almost at the same time, he pulled out a long knife from his waist with his right hand. The knife was as bright as a sword and stabbed diagonally from bottom to top, stabbing into the opponent's heart without any sound.
Wang Zhigui's wine glass fell from his hands, hit the table and rolled around twice, spilling the wine all over the table.
"Woooo..."
He stared at Chen Ye with wide eyes and made several short breaths in his throat.
Chen Ye pulled out the knife, held down his shoulders, and suppressed his struggling movements.
Wang Zhigui never thought that Chen Ye would do it right away?
He found that his second Mortal Shedding cultivation was in the hands of Chen Ye, and there was no possibility of resistance at all.
Completely panicked.
Unfortunately it's too late.
Chen Ye said calmly, "I think to be on the safe side, please die first, and I will burn some money for you later! After all, only dead people cannot speak, you are right, Brother Wang."
Wang Zhigui's struggle became weaker and weaker, his pupils gradually became dilated, and finally he lost all movement.
Chen Ye After confirming that the other party made no sound, he slowly let go of his hand, then walked to the window and took a look outside.
Sure enough, there were vague figures moving in the alley in the distance.
Chen Ye took out some money from his pocket and threw it on the table, then held Wang Zhigui's body in both hands.
He turned over and jumped out of the window neatly.
He landed firmly, carried the body, and strode towards the figure swaying in the alley.
The night wind blew by, and the figures deep in the alley didn't seem to realize what was happening.
"He's already here, which saves me the trouble of looking for them one by one."