Chapter 26 The hooked fish is gnashing its teeth
Before Jingwei had to wait any longer, Cheng Jiao came back.

Jingwei was a little confused. She had already learned from Li Wu that Cheng Jiao did not return home last night at Zilanxuan, and she was ready to keep watch there all night.

The current situation seems to be somewhat different from what Li Wu said.

"Jingwei, let's go home. We are so tired."

Cheng Jiao took Jingwei's hand, kissed her on the cheek, and spoke softly.

"Ah."

Cheng Jiao, who got on the carriage, did not notice Jing Wei's slightly red cheeks under her hood. She held the whip tightly, and after shouting "Gee", her mind was already somewhere else.

Cheng Jiao returned to the courtyard, said good night to Li Wu and Jing Wei, then went back to the house and fell asleep. He felt tired after working all night.

Li Wu held Xiao Yan'er and handed her to Jingwei, but the little guy was still unconscious.

Jingwei and Liwu walked into the house together and began to talk in whispers. Liwu's laughter could be heard from time to time.

Different from the tranquility in Cheng Jiao's courtyard, Ji Wuye is still plotting with Feicuihu. They don't trust Cheng Jiao at all and are always ready to push him out as a target for the nobles to vent their anger so that they can reap the benefits.

The next day, Cheng Jiao woke up early in the morning and saw Li Wu practicing sword in the yard.

"Sister Jingwei has already prepared the porridge and is going to buy your favorite soup dumplings."

As soon as Li Wu finished speaking, Jingwei came back with a lunch box.

Cheng Jiao quickly took it.

"Jingwei is still good to me!"

Upon hearing this, Jingwei nervously handed the lunch box to Chengjiao. This was the first time she bought breakfast for someone, and she didn't know how to respond, so she turned and went to the kitchen to prepare porridge to hide her embarrassment.

Li Wu walked over with a sword in hand.

"Sister Jingwei said last night that you are too weak and asked me to teach you the basic skills. From today on, you must practice every day."

Cheng Jiao suddenly felt that the lunch box in his hand no longer tasted delicious.

“Can you give me a few years’ grace?”

"Of course, Sister Jingwei also said that there will be tests every few days. I hope you will be safe! Haha!"

"Wait! I want to practice sword fighting!"

Although Cheng Jiao has a panel, the added attributes and skill experience are all part of his foundation. Without some training and fighting, he will not be able to exert his due strength.

Realm is realm, combat power is combat power. Even if Cheng Jiao maxed out all his attributes, he might not be able to defeat an ordinary innate who has experienced hundreds of battles.

He was born with the ability to comprehend artistic conception, but now he doesn’t even know where the artistic conception is, and he hasn’t mastered the royal swordsmanship yet.

He is what we call a phony talker.

For him, other attributes can be maxed out with attribute points, but gaining experience against enemies cannot be achieved overnight.

So, Cheng Jiao was ravaged by Li Wu for the whole morning.
Cheng Jiao swore that Li Wu must have done this on purpose!
So, after eating the breakfast prepared by Jingwei, he ran away with Ali.

"Sir, where are we going?"

Ali was driving the carriage, wondering why Cheng Jiao was in such a hurry.

As for where to go? Of course, it was to his cheap elder brother Liu Yi, who still had two thousand gold coins to take.

"Good morning, sister-in-law."

When Mrs. Hu heard that Cheng Jiao was coming, she hurried out to greet him. It could be said that she felt like she had missed him for three years after not seeing him for a day. Ever since she learned that Cheng Jiao had seen the same Fire Rain Agate as she had, she felt like the past two days were a year.

"Sir, please come in."

Mrs. Hu, dressed in casual clothes, welcomed Cheng Jiao in. She led the way and wanted to turn around several times to ask Cheng Jiao if he remembered where the Fire Rain Agate he had seen was.

Cheng Jiao, who was standing behind Mrs. Hu, naturally noticed that something was wrong with her. Her graceful gait seemed like she was struggling with something.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Isn't Madam going to the theater tonight? I will tell Madam there."

Cheng Jiao whispered this behind Mrs. Hu and then walked in.

When Liu Yi saw Cheng Jiao coming in, he looked a little hesitant.

Late last night, he was called over by Ji Wuye, who asked him to tell him in detail what Cheng Jiao had said to him that night. From what he could tell from their expressions, both Emerald Tiger and Ji Wuye were very happy, as if something had happened.

"Brother Liu, Cheng Jiao came to visit me in a hurry today, I hope you can forgive me."

Liu Yi came back to his senses and a smile appeared on his fierce face.

"No problem, no problem, I didn't know Chang'an Jun was coming today"

Cheng Jiao said in a clear voice: "Of course I came here for the two thousand gold."

"Could it be that"

"That's right! I have reached a cooperation with General Ji. He will give me 100,000 gold after the deal is done."

Liu Yi opened his mouth slightly. Actually, Cheng Jiao actually managed to do it?

Liu Yi suddenly realized. No wonder Ji Wuye asked him to go there overnight yesterday. It seemed that Ji Wuye and Chang'an Jun had a big plan.

"Haha, you are really capable, brother. I will not cheat you and will load the money onto the carriage in no time."

Cheng Jiao saw the change in Liu Yi's expression and agreed readily, and he knew that Liu Yi and Ji Wuye had met before.

"In that case, I won't bother you any more and will take my leave first."

Liu Yi said anxiously: "Wait, it's still early, why don't you stay a little longer?"

Cheng Jiao pretended to hesitate: "I have something important to discuss with Feicuihu, this..."

When Liu Yi heard this, he knew he couldn't let Cheng Jiao take the money and leave.

"Don't be afraid of me knowing. General Ji asked me to come over last night to ask about your situation. That's when I knew you were extraordinary. There is nothing we can't talk about between brothers."

"That's true. Since the elder brother is so open, Cheng Jiao can't hide it either."

"Brother, please speak quickly."

"Brother, you know I'm short of money."

"Don't worry, brother. I have quite a bit of wealth."

When Cheng Jiao saw this, he knew that Liu Yi had really taken the bait, so he told Liu Yi the situation half-truthfully.

"Brother Liu, we are brothers. You must not tell anyone about this."

Cheng Jiao said seriously.

"Is it really half of the original capital?"

Liu Yi got jealous and didn't care about anything else. He kept the money for a year and got half of the principal. Who could bear it?!
"Brother Liu, how can I cheat you? I am in a hurry to invest these two thousand gold. I am responsible for opening up the channels in Qin State. I can make several times the money by reselling some things casually. The dividend of only half of the principal is actually too little."

Liu Yi murmured, "No wonder Ji Wuye is willing to give me 100,000 gold. With his greed."

Liu Yi quickly shut up, realizing that Cheng Jiao was still there.

Liu Yi rubbed his hands together and said, "Well, brother, I am also short of money. Can I let you help me?"

"This is not so good. After all, we haven't negotiated with Emerald Tiger yet."

"Ha, Tiger and I both work for the general, so he will definitely agree."

"If that's the case, it couldn't be better. I wonder how much you are willing to invest?"

Liu Yi thought about it and stretched out a finger.

"Oh, ten thousand gold. I thought it was a big deal. It's easy to talk about."

Cheng Jiao's tone was somewhat contemptuous and casual, which made Liu Yi feel that things might be bigger than he thought.

Liu Yi's eyes flickered. He still had treasures, but if he took them out, it would definitely attract attention. However, he had been giving gifts and bribes over the years, and half of the treasure had been used up.

He gritted his teeth.

"Brother, there is one thing I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

(End of this chapter)