bayedsolid Chapter 726 [Under the Brocade 22]
Chapter 726 [Under the Brocade 22]
Lord Zhou looked at the person in front of him, his thoughts gradually drifting back to the past. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he recognized that the person was Lu Yi! Lord Zhou's heart tightened, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead unconsciously.
Then, Mr. Zhou took a deep breath and slowly said, "Yes, I did steal the official silver. But...but I only took 10,000 taels! And I didn't use the 10,000 taels of official silver at all, because some unexpected circumstances happened at that time, causing the silver to remain idle. Later, I thought it was not appropriate, so I put it back to its original place. At that time, the entire 100,000 taels of official silver were still there, who would have thought that it would disappear for no reason now?"
However, Lu Yi and You You were not so easy to believe others' words. They knew that empty words were not enough and everything had to be backed by evidence. So the three of them decided to go to the Yangzhou silver vault together to check it carefully.
After some twists and turns, they finally arrived at the silver vault. When they opened the vault door, the scene inside was shocking - just as Lord Zhou said, the 10,000 taels of official silver were indeed lying there intact. Seeing this, Lu Yi and You You looked at each other and couldn't help but feel a little shaken.
At this moment, a gurgling sound broke the silence. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Yuan Jinxia holding her stomach with an embarrassed look on her face. Her pitiful eyes stared straight at Youyou, like a hungry kitten.
Seeing this, Youyou couldn't help laughing, turned to look at Lu Yi, and said, "Sir, look, it's already noon, let's find a place to eat something to fill our stomachs. Otherwise, if Jin Xia is hungry, she won't have the energy to investigate the case later."
Lu Yi naturally understood that You You's words actually took Jin Xia's feelings into consideration. He smiled slightly and nodded slightly to show his agreement.
So, Lu Yi led the two of them slowly to a roadside stall that looked a bit shabby but quite lively. He found an empty seat and sat down, raised his hand to call the stall owner over, and ordered three bowls of steaming noodles.
Yuan Jinxia looked at the slightly shabby stall and couldn't help but say curiously, "I originally thought that young men and women like you who come from wealthy families would definitely look down on this kind of roadside stall. I never thought that you would actually like to come here to eat!"
Upon hearing this, Youyou smiled sweetly and responded softly, "Actually, sometimes the food made by these roadside stalls tastes really good, with a unique flavor. I often sneak out to eat without telling my family."
Jin Xia blinked after hearing this, and then asked, "Sister Youyou, don't your family members allow you to eat these?"
Youyou sighed softly and explained, "It's not that I'm not allowed to eat it at all. It's just that I've been weak since I was a child and can't adapt to the unclean food outside. So my family is very strict about my diet and forbids me to buy food from these small stalls."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Then Sister Youyou, you can't eat this noodles today." Jin Xia said with regret.
Youyou smiled mischievously and replied nonchalantly: "It shouldn't be a big deal if I eat this once in a while."
As they were talking, the stall owner had already brought the cooked noodles up. Seeing this, Lu Yi picked up a pair of chopsticks, stood up and scooped some clean water from the bucket next to him, carefully rinsed the chopsticks, then turned around and handed them to Youyou, saying gently: "You use this."
Youyou took the chopsticks, nodded with a smile, and replied, "Okay, then thank you, Master Lu."
Yuan Jinxia was so absorbed in the delicious noodles that she was oblivious to the interaction between the two people beside her. She kept moving her chopsticks, quickly putting noodles into her mouth, making a "slurp, slurp" sound. In the blink of an eye, the bowl of noodles was gone.
Then, Yuan Jinxia licked her lips with satisfaction, and called out to the boss loudly: "Boss, another bowl please!"
When Lu Yi, who was sitting next to them, heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, looked at Yuan Jinxia in surprise, and said, "You finished eating so quickly?" As he spoke, he glanced at the two bowls on the table that had almost not been touched with an incredulous look.
Yuan Jinxia noticed the gazes of Lu Yi and Youyou, and her face instantly flushed, looking a little embarrassed. She quickly explained: "I'm just too hungry. Actually, I don't usually eat so much." While speaking, she scratched her head embarrassedly.
Seeing this, Youyou smiled and comforted her, "It's okay, just eat more if you're hungry."
Yuan Jinxia nodded gratefully, and a new bowl of noodles was served. Just as she was about to eat, a breeze blew over, blowing petals off the tree. One of the petals happened to fall towards Yuan Jinxia, and she subconsciously reached out to catch it. On the other side, Lu Yi was quick-witted and raised his hand to steadily catch another petal that was about to fall into Youyou's bowl.
However, the wind did not seem to stop, and the petals continued to fall from the branches. Yuan Jinxia looked at the petals in her hand, then looked at the noodles in front of her, thinking that she couldn't let the noodles get cold and affect the taste, so she simply ignored the petals and concentrated on eating the noodles. Anyway, let these petals float however they want, and fill her stomach first.
Just when Yuan Jinxia was enjoying her meal, Lu Yi suddenly asked, "Jinxia, have you finished eating?"
At this time, Yuan Jinxia's mouth was full of noodles, and she could only answer vaguely: "...No..." At the same time, her hands' movements did not slow down at all.
"Then take your time eating. Youyou and I will be leaving first as we have important things to attend to. Come find us after you finish eating." Lu Yi said this with a smile, casually placed a heavy ingot of silver on the table, then pulled Youyou up without hesitation and turned to leave.
Jin Xia, who was eating at the table with gusto, looked at the two people's backs as they hurried away, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: just now everyone was eating noodles happily together, how come these two people just left in the blink of an eye? However, with delicious food in front of her, she had no time to think about it and continued to eat heartily. She muttered, "This noodles are really delicious! But these two people are too wasteful. They left in a hurry without finishing the noodles. It's true that you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run the household!"
On the other side, Youyou was being pulled forward by Lu Yi. She asked curiously, "Ayi, what happened? Why are you pulling me away in such a hurry?"
Lu Yi replied seriously, "How could you eat at a street stall like this? You didn't even tell me in advance. If I had known this, I would never have brought you here."
Hearing this, Youyou showed a helpless look on her face and said softly: "Ayi, it's actually okay. Besides, it's also a different flavor to try these snacks occasionally. You won't take me away just for this reason, right?"
Lu Yi was unmoved and still insisted on his own opinion: "That's right, and there are still those petals floating around, which makes it look not clean and tidy enough. Forget it, let's go back to the mansion and have dinner."
At this moment, Youyou seemed to suddenly remember something and asked hurriedly, "Then...are we just going to leave Jinxia here alone?"
"As for her, you don't have to worry about her at all! The silver I just gave her is enough for her to have several bowls of delicious noodles. So we don't need to care about her at all." Lu Yi said with a relaxed look on his face, and waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to worry about this matter.
After hearing this, Youyou looked at Lu Yi with a sly look in her eyes, and said softly, "Ayi, are you jealous?"
Lu Yi was slightly stunned, then quickly shook his head to deny it: "No way, don't let your imagination run wild." Although his tone was firm, his eyes were unconsciously evasive.
"Really?" Youyou didn't seem to believe it and asked again with her head tilted.
"Of course not! How could I be jealous?" Lu Yi still refused to admit it and even raised his voice to emphasize his position.
Seeing this, Youyou couldn't help but chuckle and gently covered her mouth with her hand to prevent her from laughing too much. She muttered to herself: She is obviously jealous, but she is still stubborn and refuses to admit it.
At this time, Lu Yi, in order to prove that what he said was true, nodded repeatedly, as if he was going to nod his head off. He kept muttering: "That's it, you must have seen it wrong." However, his slightly flustered expression had already betrayed his true inner thoughts.