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Chapter 154: The Second Prince Ruiyin was assassinated on Miss Ruyi's bed

"One thousand taels." Rui Yin's guard shouted with a slightly trembling voice after seeing Rui Yin's eyes.

Everyone on the first floor looked at the guards and started talking again. The entire Wanhua Pavilion was in chaos again.

"Excuse me, sir, what is your name?" asked the accountant.

"My surname is Qian." The guard replied.

"Mr. Qian offers one thousand taels. Mr. Qian offers one thousand taels." The accountant shouted twice in succession.

The madam smiled happily, "Is there any gentleman who can offer higher than one thousand taels? Ha, ha, ha... You should know that our Miss Ruyi is one in a million. No, she is a stunning beauty! No matter how much taels of silver you offer, it's worth it!"

"One thousand five hundred taels." The Tuoba uncle said fiercely.

The entire Wanhua Pavilion fell silent again. It seemed that this Master Tuoba was determined to win. One thousand five hundred taels of silver was the salary of a first-rank official for four or five years.

"This gentleman must be a member of the royal family of the former Northern Wei Dynasty, otherwise how could he be so rich?" someone whispered.

"I think this gentleman must be a mule and horse trader from outside the Great Wall. Only people like him don't take money seriously. Because they are too rich."

"This guy must be a gangster, the kind of guy who would do anything for a beauty."

Wang Xianzhi didn't expect that someone would offer such a high price. If he hadn't brought a lot of gold leaves, he would have been really unsure.

"Second Prince." Although Wang Xianzhi felt sorry for the money, he thought that if he could go one step further and become the Minister of Works, he would be extremely rich. "Please ask your guards to bid. I will definitely invite Second Prince to enjoy Miss Ruyi tonight!"

Just as people were talking about it, a guard who was sitting with Ruiyin quietly walked up to the guard who was bidding and whispered a few words to him.

"Two hundred taels." After the guard sat back next to Rui Yin, the guard who was bidding raised his hand and shouted.

"Sir." The accountant was about to speak, but the madam spoke first, "This gentleman has already offered 1,500 taels. Could your 200 taels be gold?"

"You are right." The guard nodded.

"What?" The madam was so surprised that her whole face wrinkled. "Sir, did you hear me right? I said two hundred taels of gold, not two hundred taels of silver?"

The guard looked at the madam and raised his hand again, "Two hundred taels of gold."

At that time, one tael of gold could be exchanged for fifteen taels of silver, and two hundred taels of gold could be exchanged for three thousand taels of silver.

There was total silence in the Wanhua Pavilion, and everyone was looking at the guard. Although he pretended to be calm, his heart was actually about to jump out of his chest.

The madam recovered from her surprise and kicked the accountant.

"Two hundred taels... of gold." The accountant stuttered, understanding what was happening, "This... Mr. Qian offers two hundred taels of gold."

Seeing the madam nod, the accountant shouted hoarsely: "Two hundred taels of gold for the first time... Two hundred taels of gold for the second time."

The bearded man stood up angrily, snorted, and turned to walk out of the Wanhua Pavilion.

"Two hundred taels... of gold... for the last time." The accountant shouted. Then he dipped his pen in ink and tremblingly wrote on the sign - the highest price, two hundred taels of gold, the winner - Master Qian.

"Congratulations, Mr. Qian. Congratulations, Mr. Qian!" The old procuress couldn't stop smiling. This was a fortune falling from the sky.

The guard took the Yuanpa from the madam and whispered in her ear, "My master will be here soon."

The madam was stunned. "It seems it's not you, sir? The silver, no, no. It's the gold. When..."

Ruiyin had already walked up the stairs and stood in front of the madam. Wang Xianzhi took out two hundred taels of gold leaves and slowly handed them to the madam.

"Sir, please come in. Sir, please come in." The madam was frightened by Rui Yin's momentum. "Sir, please come in. Please come in."

Ruiyin took the Yuanpa from the guard and smiled at the madam, "Lead the way, you know where to go!"

Led by the madam, the group walked to Miss Ruyi's room. Ruiyin was about to push the door open when a guard stopped him and whispered, "Your Highness, do you want us to go in first?"

Ruiyin nodded and stepped back. Two guards pushed the door open and saw a person wearing a red veil sitting on the edge of the bed.

Another guard looked around the room carefully and found nothing suspicious. They walked to the bedside, and one guard was about to lift the red veil, but was stopped by another guard.

"Let's leave this red veil for His Highness to take off! We don't have the good fortune to do that." Another guard also said, "We don't have two hundred taels of gold either."

Ruiyin walked into Ruyi's room and closed the door gently. He was a little anxious. Ruyi was good, but two hundred taels of gold was not a small amount.

He walked to the bedside and thought: She is covered with a red veil, like a bride getting married, which seems quite ceremonial. Tonight I will enjoy the pleasure brought by these two hundred taels of gold.

Ruiyin grinned and slowly lifted the red veil.

It was already three o'clock in the morning. Two of the four guards stood outside Miss Ruyi's door, and the other two sat aside to rest.

"Brother, should we ask His Highness to return home?" asked a guard.

The guard called Big Brother looked at Miss Ruyi's door. "Although the Second Prince doesn't care about the two hundred taels of gold, but... it is two hundred taels of gold after all! If it were me, I would... I would have to toss and turn until dawn tonight."

"But we can't stay here forever, can we? What if something happens to His Highness?"

The guard standing by the door also whispered, "Brother, why don't you ask His Highness when he will return home, so that we can have an idea."

"Humph!" said the eldest brother, "I won't disturb His Highness's interest. If His Highness doesn't say anything, we will stay here and wait. You can ask whatever you want. Anyway, I won't go."

At noon, the news had spread throughout the capital. The second prince Ruiyin was assassinated in Miss Ruyi's room in Wanhua Pavilion.

There was only a wound on the throat, obviously he was killed by a sword.

Miss Ruyi from Wanhua Pavilion was missing. At noon, a corpse wearing night clothes was found in a deserted forest outside the city, with a feather arrow stuck in the back.

At 3 p.m., Mr. Shen was found dead in his backyard. He was strangled to death on his armchair, and his death was extremely horrific. In his arms, he held a badge for entering and leaving the residence of the third prince Ruiyou.

As it was getting dark, Lu Ran came to the cellar.

Qian Mingduo had just come down from the darkroom, and the cellar was too stuffy.

"Your Highness." Lu Ran took out a silk handkerchief, smiled slightly, and gently wiped the sweat from Qian Mingduo's forehead. "Your Highness is so quick!"

Qian Mingduo grabbed Lu Ran's hand and said, "Ran'er, do you still remember Mr. Shen's information? Think about it."

"Mr. Shen is from Guanzhong, his original name is Shen Congjun. He was once a military general. He was expelled from the army for violating military regulations. He opened the Huwei Escort Agency thirteen years ago." Lu Ran said slowly, "He has a close relationship with the Third Prince."