Zhuo Yibai frowned slightly and said, "A few days ago, Miss Ye Mansion paid a deposit for me to paint for her. Now that the painting has been completed, I have not been paid yet."

He paused, looked at Wei Yu aside and continued: "Brother Yu is my creditor. In two days, the money I owe him will be overdue."

Wei Yu on the side quickly showed a rather eager expression, as if he would not give up until the money was given.

Mrs. Xue raised her eyebrows when she saw this, and a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

"We, Ye Mansion, should pay Zhaoyan's debt for her. Butler Xue, take the two young masters to wait at the door of the accounting room, take the money and send them out."

The old lady said calmly, with a hint of impatience in her words, as if she was chasing away flies.

Hearing this, Wei Yu was stunned for a moment, with a look of helplessness on his face.

This old lady is really powerful. She heard that the two of them were guests who came to collect debts, so she was so indifferent.

Zhaoyan? Ye Zhaoyan?

Zhuo Yibai recited this name in his heart, thinking of the girl's heroic eyebrows, and felt that it matched quite well.

When he came back to his senses, he saw Mrs. Xue's arrogant look, and her lips curved slightly: "It's just that the reward is not small."

He sounded embarrassed and looked innocent.

"How many?"

Mrs. Xue showed a hint of impatience on her face, just like a painting.

The painter in front of me is so young and cannot be a famous artist. How high can the price be?

Her Ye family has a lot of wealth, but she still lacks this?

"Five thousand taels!"

Zhuo Yibai spoke, looking directly at Mrs. Xue with clear and magnanimous eyes.

"What did you say?"

Mrs. Xue was startled, with a look of shock on her face.

Five thousand taels?

Upon hearing this amount, the Xue sisters were shocked and their eyes widened with horror.

They never dreamed that a painting would cost so much!

"How outrageous. You two poor devils actually dare to blackmail my Ye family. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Mrs. Xue became furious, pointed at them and cursed loudly.

Her voice was full of anger and contempt, and she wanted to drive them out immediately.

"Madam, what I said is true. You can confront the eldest lady face to face."

Zhuo Yibai looked at her and said in a calm voice.

"Who do you think you are? I can give you five thousand taels casually?"

Mrs. Xue snorted coldly, her tone full of disdain.

Hearing this, Wei Yu had a look of helplessness on his face, wondering why a wealthy family like Ye Mansion could be so arrogant.

Zhuo Yibai frowned and started thinking.

It seems that I can only continue to lie.

"I am the painter of Shangqing Pavilion, and my painting skills are extraordinary."

He looked at Mrs. Xue calmly, looking confident.

Wei Yu was impressed when she saw the way her young master lied without making a draft.

This Shangqing Pavilion painter is clearly the master who taught the painting skills to the second young master.

As soon as Zhuo Yibai finished speaking, the room fell into silence.

Shangqing Pavilion is a famous studio in Jindu. The quality of the painters is top-notch, and their painting skills are superb. If a noble person wants to get a painting, he will have to spend a lot of effort.

Mrs. Xue was not very proficient in these elegant conversational skills, but the Xue sisters were carefully taught by the Ye family, but they knew them very well.

Xue Zhiyan quietly tugged on Mrs. Xue's sleeve.

"If Mrs. Xue doesn't believe it, I can show you the value of my "Hundred Birds Contesting for Wonders" picture."

Zhuo Yibai said, turning his head and making a gesture to Wei Yu beside him.

Wei Yu understood, walked to the table in the room, opened the paper fan, and slowly unfolded the "Hundred Flowers Struggle for Wonders" painting. For a while, everyone in the room was attracted by this painting.

I saw a strange picture of flowers in bloom and colorful butterflies painted on the fan. It was lifelike, like a living thing. Every petal seemed to be stained with blood. It was bright and dazzling and beautiful.

The Xue sisters' eyes were fixed on the picture, with a burning light shining in their eyes.

Both of them are young ladies from rich families who have been pampered and pampered for many years, so there is no way they don’t know the goods.

Mrs. Xue stared at the painting carefully, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

There was a bit of amazement in her eyes.

This painting is so exquisite.

Not only are the paintings vivid, but every hair on the birds' bodies is also painted lifelike.

She finally believed what the young and handsome painter in front of her said.

He is indeed an extraordinary painter.

Except for people with outstanding painting skills, no one in this world can so skillfully carve such a realistic picture of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix.

But she was determined not to speak out for Ye Zhao about these five thousand taels of silver.

This guy actually dared to blackmail her Ye Mansion because of his reputation.

It simply makes no sense.

Mrs. Xue looked at Zhuo Yibai, "I don't know whether what this young master said is true or false. If I invite Zhaoyan here, will she really pay the five thousand taels?"

There was some doubt in her mind.

After all, five thousand taels is not a small amount of money.

"Of course! As long as Miss Ye comes, she will naturally pay me a reward."

Yibai said seriously.

Seeing his extremely confident look, the Xue sisters couldn't help but believe him.

Mrs. Xue felt a little at ease, and thought that since this was the case, she would just let Zhaoyan come and redeem the painting in person.

She kept this account in mind first.

So, she ordered Xue Youling behind her:

"Go and invite Zhaoyan over!"

At this moment, Ye Zhaoyan was talking to Mr. Qi in the yard.

Qi Lao looked at Ye Zhaoyan's dark eyes and felt a little worried.

When he just entered the house, he saw that the guard at the door was a little unfamiliar, so he kept a cautious eye on him and went to send a message before going back.

As a result, he was stared at as soon as he entered the house. When he tried to go out again, he was stopped.

Now in this Ye Mansion, I am afraid that no one can come in and out at will.

He recounted everything that happened in the past few days, and finally mentioned Qi Duanshu, "Shu'er got help and escaped from custody, but was intercepted by the pursuers and lost his trace..."

"boom!"

The teacup in Ye Zhaoyan's hand shattered, and the tea splashed all over the floor.

"Shu'er is being hunted. I must send someone to rescue her as soon as possible, otherwise..."

There was a flash of worry in his eyes. No one could help him except Ye Zhaoyan now.

However, he was unwilling to let Ye Zhaoyan take this risk.

"Bring another team of people to pick her up." Ye Zhaoyan was silent for a long time before looking up at Mr. Qi. She knew that no matter how indifferent Mr. Qi looked on the surface, he was always very nervous about this daughter in his heart.

Even if the situation was urgent, she could not chill his heart.

When Qi Lao heard this, he did not dare to delay any longer and hurriedly left Ye Zhaoyan's yard.

Ye Zhaoyan looked at the empty yard, feeling an inexplicable sadness in his heart.

She remembered what Mr. Qi had just said, and couldn't help but walk to the wall and look at the sky above.

The blue sky is as clean as washing, and the white clouds are like hanging jade plates.

Such a clean sky hides the dirtiest things in the world.

The wall is high and deep, but it is not insurmountable for Ye Zhaoyan, who possesses Qinggong.

If only I could escape from here!

It's a pity that there are Xue Huaidan's spies and guards on the other side of the wall.

If you rashly dig it out, you will only alert the enemy. If the other party finds a reason to imprison you for this, you will lose more than you gain.

"Sister Zhaoyan, are you okay?"
Chapter completed!