I opened a treasure chest on the road to escape

With the help of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, Chen Chuxue and others rented a small courtyard to stay temporarily.

Then he began to inquire about County Magistrate Chen.

County Magistrate Chen, whose original name was Chen Jingyuan, was a new Jinshi.

If it hadn't been for the fact that he had already married a wife, he would have been captured by the subordinates and became the son-in-law of Qing Yunhou.

Later, after a few years in the Hanlin Academy, he was assigned to serve as a local official. A few years later, because of his good performance evaluation, he was transferred to Nanfeng City.

After that, he served as the county magistrate in Nanfeng City for more than ten years.

Logically speaking, this should be impossible.

After all, local officials are basically evaluated every three years to decide whether to be promoted or transferred.

Even if Chen Jingyuan failed the examination, he would not be able to stay for more than ten years.

Of course, this is just the speculation of ordinary people. In fact, to be an official in the court, you must first have a background.

Chen Jingyuan did not form any cliques or show favor to others, so no one supported him at all.

When you are an official in the court, it is impossible to get promoted if you have no one to support you. No matter how good your political performance is, the emperor will not know about it if there is no one to speak for you in the court.

This is the case for Chen Jingyuan.

However, more than ten years ago, Magistrate Chen was attacked by bandits while out on inspection, and his wife, daughter and his younger brother were killed.

It is said that County Magistrate Chen was severely hit, but fortunately he recovered. A few years later, he married Qingyunhou's daughter and raised a daughter.

This is some basic information that Chen Chuxue found out.

"So, Xiaoxue, what are you going to do?"

Aunt Geng walked in from outside the house, and they also knew the address of Chen's family, so it was easy to go and identify their relatives.

"We have only inquired about some superficial and well-known things. There are still many unknown things that we have not found out..."

Chen Chuxue shook her head, for example, why was she sent away from the Chen family, who was County Magistrate Chen...

Without getting this information clearly, there was no way she would come rashly to identify her relatives.

"In that case, let's spend more time asking!"

"give it to me!"

Uncle Geng stood up, "I'm still good at asking for information."

"Then let's go out to eat!"

Speaking of which, the prosperity of Jiangnan was indeed as they imagined, and even more lively than they imagined.

They had just tidied up the house in the morning and sorted out the information given to them by Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. They didn't even have a good time to relax.

"That's okay." Chen Chuxue nodded and then hugged Xiaoyue and said, "It just so happens that we also need to buy some new clothes!"

The clothes I wore before were all worn in the countryside, so they were naturally inappropriate to wear in the city.

The clothes they are wearing now were found in the town. They belong to the eldest daughter of a certain family.

A few people found a pair of relatively clean and tidy clothes, then took a comfortable hot bath and went out.

The street is very lively, with not only small stalls and vendors, but also many rich men, wealthy ladies, and people coming and going.

There seems to be no rule in this world that prohibits rich ladies from showing off.

This allows Chen Chuxue and others to go shopping with confidence.

"Let's go, there's a place selling clothes there."

Aunt Geng pointed to a relatively large-looking clothing store nearby, and she could vaguely see the gorgeous clothes inside.

"This one is nice..."

Aunt Geng pointed to a light green dress and said, "Xiaoxue, this dress matches you very well."

"This lady has good taste. This is the best piece of clothing newly made in our store..."

"Really?" Chen Chuxue also took a fancy to this dress. It was light green, not bright in appearance, but somewhat elegant.

"This dress needs to be matched with these jewelry..."

The female shopkeeper took out another wooden box, inside which lay a hairpin, an emerald hairpin with exquisite patterns carved on it.

"Not bad." "Then take this one!"

Chen Chuxue's eyes lit up. If this dress is matched with these jewelry, it will really make people's eyes shine.

She had never worn new clothes before, or nice-looking clothes. Now that she could finally wear beautiful clothes, she was naturally a little excited.

"I want this!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Chen Chuxue, interrupting Chen Chuxue's words.

Several people looked back and saw a girl who was a few years younger than Chen Chuxue walking in. The girl was wearing a white dress and her delicate face looked familiar.

The girl wore a jade bracelet on her hand and two priceless earrings on her ears. Even the hairpin on her head seemed expensive.

And behind him were two maids, who were obviously the richest ladies of a certain family in the city.

The girl walked directly past Chen Chuxue and others and came to the female shopkeeper. She raised her head slightly and looked at people through her nostrils.

"Didn't you hear what I said? I want this dress. Wrap it up for me."

"This……"

The female shopkeeper hesitated a little, "Miss Chen, they came first...and they have already said they want..."

"Did they give me any money?" The girl didn't even look at Chen Chuxue. "If you don't give me any money, it's mine."

"Why!"

Geng Xiaoyan was a little dissatisfied, "We were obviously the ones who came first."

"So what?"

"That's right, you don't even look at your status." The maid next to the girl couldn't help but mocked, "These clothes and jewelry will cost at least a few hundred taels. You are not more than five taels in this outfit." , can you afford it?”

"That's right. If you can't get the money by then, it will make people laugh to death."

"Pfft haha!"

The girl couldn't help laughing when she heard what the maid said.

"Okay, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. Wrap up your clothes quickly."

Before the girl finished speaking, she was interrupted by Chen Chuxue, "How much!"

The female shopkeeper looked at Chen Chuxue, then at Miss Chen, "Five hundred taels!"

"hiss!"

Geng Xiaoyan and the others couldn't help but gasp, five hundred taels, just this piece of clothing and a set of jewelry.

This is a money grab!

Chen Chuxue was also a little surprised, but only slightly surprised. She had seen people in big scenes in her previous life.

Let alone five hundred taels, I had five million pieces of clothing in my previous life.

Moreover, the clothes and jewelry are handmade and not made by modern machines.

Luxury goods are almost always so expensive.

"Hahaha!"

The girl and others next to her heard the gasps of air from Geng Xiaoyan and others, and couldn't help laughing.

"Pfft, where did the wild people come from? They were frightened for just five hundred taels. They really have never seen the world."

"Even if you still dare to grab clothes from our ladies, I'm afraid they won't be able to get enough of them. It's just humiliating themselves."

"you……"

Geng Xiaoyan was furious immediately, but luckily Geng held her back, otherwise he would have rushed up and quarreled with them.

At this time, it would be less trouble if it can be less troublesome.

Chen Chuxue was not angry, but looked at the female shopkeeper, "We come first, and we say what we want first. What does the shopkeeper think?"

"This……"

"Tsk!" The girl couldn't help laughing, "Okay, as long as you can come up with five hundred taels, this dress will be yours."

Hahaha.

Others couldn't help laughing, obviously not thinking that Chen Chuxue and others could afford so much money.