I can travel a million miles

Chapter 10 Shocked
Wanzhen Building.

Located in the north of Kyoto, in the center of the most noisy and open street, it occupies a wide area, as big as seven or eight facades, and the interior is grand and luxurious.

Outside the door, several strong and powerful attendants cleaned up the snow.

The pieces of glazed jade placed on the counter inside the door, as well as the exquisitely carved playthings, all attract the attention of countless pedestrians passing by, and feel ashamed of their pockets.

Ren Yan walked over.

Then he was stopped by guards at the door.

The guards at the door didn't let him in until he revealed that he was the servant of the son of Xuanguo Mansion and gave out the name of Xuanguo Mansion.

In the Wanzhen building, there are several luxuriously dressed young masters, who are walking slowly, admiring the various objects placed in the building, while there are servants and stewards following them, introducing them one by one with smiles on their faces.

See Ren Yan come in.

A steward greeted him and said, "Which young master of the Xuanguo Mansion, what do you want to buy?"

Seeing the steward coming over, Ren Yan twitched the corners of his mouth. He was a little embarrassed to speak for a while, but finally took out the paper, handed it to the steward, and said:

"My son wants me to find your shopkeeper and give this to him, saying that he wants to exchange it for two hundred gold..."

This statement came out.

The steward was taken aback for a moment.

Wanzhen Building is not an ordinary business house, and the shopkeeper is not something that ordinary people can invite to meet. Most of the things can often be handled by the manager.

Some people nearby also cast curious glances.

After a little hesitation, the steward still took the paper from Ren Yan and read it.

Seeing this, his brows gradually frowned.

Sometimes I was surprised, sometimes I thought about it, sometimes I was amazed, and finally took the paper and walked inside, and at the same time said to Ren Yan: "You wait here."

Ren Yan was already ready to be 'invited' out, but the steward's reaction made him a little stunned for a while.

After the other party read the piece of paper, it seemed that they really couldn't decide!
For a moment, an inexplicable sense of absurdity emerged in Ren Yan's heart.

Over time.

The feeling of absurdity and weirdness in my heart became stronger and stronger.

Until, a luxuriously dressed middle-aged man walked out of Wanzhen Building!
Shopkeeper of Wanzhen Building!
He was holding the paper in his hand, and the paper had been folded squarely at this time, so he walked up to Ren Yan and said kindly: "Your son wants more than two hundred gold, right? Repeat what he said carefully."

Ren Yan stared blankly at the shopkeeper in front of him, stood there for a while, and then responded quickly as if waking up from a dream: "Yes, my second master said..."

……

After a while.

Ren Yan walked out of Wanzhen Tower with a heavy bag full of two hundred gold on his back. For a while, he was still a little dazed, as if he had a dream.

He didn't know anything else, he only knew that Chen Mu really let him meet the shopkeeper of Wanzhen Building with that piece of paper, and got a full two hundred gold!

This is two hundred gold, not two hundred taels of silver!

Even among all the sons and daughters in the entire Xuanguo Mansion, only those sons-in-law can get it out, and the rest of the sons-in-law and daughters-in-law cannot easily come into contact with such a large sum of property!
Gradually recovered from the daze.

Ren Yan immediately held the burden carefully, looked around vigilantly, and quickly returned in the direction of Xuanguo Mansion.

With such a large sum of money in his arms, he didn't dare to have the slightest thought of skimping on it. Even as he walked, his hand holding the burden trembled slightly.

……

study.

Chen Mu took a copy of "The Illustrated Record of Demons and Ghosts" and read it carefully.

Squeak.

The door was pushed open.

"Second Master, it's time to eat."

Xiaomei walked in with the wooden tray expressionless, and put the wooden tray on the tea table next to it, regardless of whether it was a study room.

Chen Mu didn't look up at her, but continued to read the book and took a sip from his teacup.

And just as Xiaomei put down the wooden tray, she was about to leave.

dong dong!

The door was knocked twice.

"come in."

Chen Mu didn't look up either, and spoke flatly.

Ren Yan stomped his feet at the door, dropped all the snow water off his shoes, then walked into the study carefully, and put the bundle on the table in front of Chen Mu.

The baggage is opened,

Inside are rows of gold ingots.

Xiaomei, who was about to walk out of the study, caught a glimpse of this scene, and froze for a moment, half of her foot that had stepped out of the study threshold was also hanging in the air.

There was deep astonishment in her eyes.

In a trance, I heard Chen Mu speak.

"Is it a gold ingot? Yes, there are other things."

"There is another letter."

Ren Yan quickly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu picked up the letter and began to read it carefully.

And Xiaomei at the door walked out of the study in a daze, and when she returned to her room, she was still in a daze and couldn't calm down.

The difference between the fluffy white paper and the heavy gold ingot was so great that she thought it was an illusion in a trance.

A full ten gold ingots.

Two hundred gold!
Even in the Xuanguo Mansion, this is definitely not a small sum of money. Chen Mu said so lightly in the morning, but he really took it back just like that.

With such means, how could he have been unable to achieve military success before, and even had his monthly money deducted by his subordinates, so that even a maid, Xiaofeng, could not be restrained?

When Xiaomei came back to her senses.

found himself back in the house.

She took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and felt some strength. Then she calmed down a little. After her emotions calmed down, she started practicing again.

……

the other side.

After reading the letter, Chen Mu nodded lightly, picked up a pen and wrote his name, and then handed the letter back to Ren Yan who had been standing beside him, saying:
"Send the letter back again, just say so."

"Yes."

Ren Yan responded respectfully.

"correct."

Chen Mu stopped Ren Yan again, picked up the gold ingots on the table, weighed them, and said, "You take two ingots, and send them to the East Courtyard on the way."

"Yes, Second Master."

Ren Yan, who had been standing by the side, responded quickly.

There are many east courtyards in Xuanguo Mansion, but he naturally knew which east courtyard Chen Mu was referring to—the courtyard where Chen Mu's sister-in-law, Ning Shi, was located.

"You want to hand it over to her personally, just say that you have been taken care of for many years, and even when you are sick on weekdays, you are also a doctor hired by your sister-in-law. I always worry about it. I have some income recently, and I have earned a little silver. I will subsidize my sister-in-law's family. Don't need to go too far in the future. Toil and worry."

"The little one wrote it down."

Ren Yan responded politely, and walked away carefully holding two ingots of gold.

Chen Mu picked up the demon ghost catalog that was put aside again.

This book of demons and ghosts can be regarded as a ghost novel, but it is said that many of the stories in it are quoted from real events, and it also records the appearance and abilities of many ghosts.

So Chen Mu looked carefully and added his own experience and insight.

(End of this chapter)