Accidentally dressed as an empress

Chapter 116 Fake Silver

Lu Xuan pulled the tall guard beside him, gave him a silver ingot and said, "Exchange it for some gambling chips."

The tall woman was very puzzled. "Miss, if you still want to gamble, why did you give all the chips to that woman?"

Lu Xuan said nonchalantly, "You're even meddling in my affairs. I can give money to whoever I want."

Yunxiu and Zhong Yi were still at the cockfighting arena when a man hurried past and Zhong Yi's curtain was pulled down.

There were gasps all around. Zhong Yi was dressed in a purple robe, so beautiful that it made people dizzy. Immediately, a group of women gathered around to admire the beauty.

Yunxiu quickly put on his veil, pulled Zhong Yi down, hid in the crowd, and ran to a place with fewer people.

Yun Xiu finally stopped running after being out of breath. Zhong Yi helped Yun Xiu to calm down. "Things are different now. Ah Xiu, please take care of yourself. Let Su Da and Su Er come out from now on."

Yunxiu hugged Zhong Yi's waist and said, "Okay, let's go back first. We'll investigate here tonight. There are only a few dozen guards around, so we shouldn't act rashly."

She had not yet found out where the man would go if he was held hostage, and she was reluctant to let Zhong Yi take the risk alone.

Yunxiu tossed the gambling chips in her hand and said, "Let's go to the exit to exchange them for silver. If a fool gives money to our door, we should not refuse it."

Zhong Yi smiled, and Yun Xiu asked for directions as they headed towards the exit.

On the other side, in the dim cave tunnel, the fainted thin woman was finally discovered by the guards.

Yunxiu walked to the other side of the wide open space and saw several people gathered at the exit, seemingly arguing.

"Why isn't this the silver I gave you before?" Lu Xuan folded his hands over his chest. "All the silver in my family is engraved with the word 'Lu'."

Lu Xuan's eyes flashed with coldness, "The silver was exchanged by you."

At this moment, Yunxiu stood up and shouted, "Their silver is fake!"

The tall female guard exploded and shouted in a powerful voice, "You swindlers, you brought my young lady here to exchange gambling chips, just to use fake silver to swap our real silver!"

"Sir! Don't speak carelessly. You need evidence!"

The system prompts that it is white copper, not silver.

White copper is a copper-nickel alloy, similar in color to silver. The system can test its composition, but how is she going to explain it to the ancients?

By the way, silver turns black when it comes into contact with arsenic.

Ancient people used silver to test for arsenic poison. Arsenic, also known as arsenic trioxide, was produced using poor production technology in ancient times, and its purity was low. The residual sulfur and sulfide in it reacted chemically with silver, forming a black layer of "silver sulfide" on the surface of the silver needle.

Copper and nickel do not react with sulfides.

"I have a way to prove that real silver turns black when exposed to arsenic, but fake silver doesn't!"

Yunxiu took out a bottle of arsenic, took out some silver from her purse, and sprinkled the arsenic on the silver. "My silver has turned black."

"This is the money given by the gambling house."

Yunxiu sprinkled arsenic on the silver he got from the gambling house.

"Hey, why did it change color too?"

"Tsk..." A group of people booed.

Yunxiu was embarrassed. This only proved that although the fake silver was added with white copper, it still contained some silver.

Zhong Yi held Yunxiu's hand, he believed in A Xiu's judgment.

"Sir, we operate with integrity. You have falsely accused us without any reason. Don't think you can get away with it."

Yunxiu suddenly had a quick idea, "Real silver is not afraid of fire. Burn it, and this fake silver will definitely reveal its true form."

As expected, the guard's expression became unnatural and he began to get angry and humiliated. "Are you done yet?!"

Lu Xuan said at this time, "I don't care! You must return all the money of my Lu family!"

Yunxiu stuffed the gambling chips in her hand back to Lu Xuan and said, "That's right, change them for this girl!"

Lu Xuan swung the gambling chips in his hand, his expression becoming more and more arrogant. "My Lu family is one of the best in Yun Country. No one dares to mess with us."

The guard forced a smile and said, "Okay, I'll change it for you right away."

Lu Xuan got his family's silver back as he wished, and Yunxiu and others followed Lu Xuan out of the cave.

The thin woman who had come over clenched her fists as she watched Yunxiu and the others leave. Threats should be nipped in the bud.

The system sounded an alarm, signaling a murderous intent. It also reminded Yunxiu that a fire had previously occurred in Baili City after someone had stayed at an inn.

The night was pitch black, the moonlight was blocked by thick clouds, and Baili City in the dark was inexplicably filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

Yunxiu brought Zhong Yi back to the Zuiyue Inn and called Su Da directly, "Let everyone get up."

Yunxiu ordered, "Move your things to the dilapidated temple next door tonight. We can no longer stay at this Zuiyue Inn. Put some straw on the bed and cover it with the quilt."

Late at night, flames shot up into the sky at Zuiyue Inn.

The fire burned all night long, and the Zuiyue Inn was reduced to ruins. The innkeeper and the waiter did not survive.

Zhou Jing had already drugged them, so there was no way they would wake up.

The next morning, Yunxiu and others walked out of the abandoned temple next to the Zuiyue Inn and found that there were suddenly many beggars on both sides of the street.

They were dressed in rags, had pale faces and thin bodies, and their eyes were full of sadness and sorrow.

They could only be heard whispering, "This is the first time we've seen a foreigner survive a fire."

"He must have some skills."

The beggar looked at her and said, "Stranger, I advise you to leave quickly."

Another beggar said, "Hurry up and leave. This Baili City is a place where people are eaten. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave."

Yunxiu said, "Everyone, you are also victims, right?" Then, Yunxiu invited everyone into the dilapidated temple.

A beggar narrated, "My husband and I came to Baili City to look for our relatives, but we couldn't find them. They moved away long ago, so we planned to settle down in Baili City.

We didn't have much money, so we opened a tofu stall. My husband is good-looking and is particularly good at attracting business.

We made a little money, but it didn't last long. My neighbor said he would take me to a good place, a gambling house.

After several bets, I won twice with small wins. I thought I had good luck in gambling, but then I started betting bigger and bigger. Suddenly, I suffered a big loss and lost all my money.

I refused to give up, even pawning my own tofu stall. I lost again. My only hope was to win back what I'd lost. If I could win just once, I could win back everything I'd lost. So I borrowed from a loan shark. I was completely blinded by greed. It was a high-interest loan, and I couldn't pay it back. The interest was more than the original loan, and the debt snowballed. I was forced to pawn my husband to pay off the debt, and I was reduced to begging.

"My husband still comes to help me from time to time, but I am too ashamed to see him. If we can rescue him from there, we can go back to the village and live our own lives in peace and stability." The beggar said and began to wipe his tears.

Yunxiu lowered her eyes and said, "I will definitely help you rescue him."

The crimes of Baili City are too numerous to list.

They ripped off customers at shady shops, then tricked them into pawning their husbands, gradually luring them into the quagmire of gambling. This combination of tactics left an ordinary passerby penniless and reduced to a beggar.

This Baili City is comparable to northern Myanmar.

What's worse, they even make fake silver.

They could light a spellbinding incense at night, and stealthily replace the merchant's silver with fake silver when no one was paying attention. Or, they could take people to a brothel and replace the gambling chips with fake silver. In short, there were many ways.

Privately minting coins is a crime punishable by genocide.