frightfiction Chapter 186 I want to change my fate!
Chapter 186 I want to change my fate!
As if he was afraid that Cao Rui would destroy the flower, Master Zi quickly ran over to protect the chivalrous woman and asked:
"Mengmeng, weren't you in Jinling City? Why are you here?"
"Don't try to get close to me. I'm nothing but Meng Meng. You can kill me or chop me up as you wish!"
After the heroine finished speaking, she looked at Cao Rui fiercely, feeling very dissatisfied and angry.
"it is good!"
Cao Rui snorted coldly. He admired her chivalrous spirit but was annoyed by her reckless actions. If she continued like this, she would probably fall from grace.
Young Master Zi hurriedly explained:
"You really misunderstood. The two of them insisted on going to Shenjing City to look for someone. The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous. It's a long way to go. What if the two girls encounter something?"
Long Biyun and Wumei, who were tied up tightly and looked very much like victims, had high hopes for the heroine and were afraid that Cao Rui would be hurt.
After just a few breaths of hesitation, the heroine was stepped on by Cao Rui... It was all in vain. I should think of another way.
The two of them spoke one after another to testify.
The female knight was still skeptical. After all, both of them were tied up, so their words could not be trusted.
It was not until Cao Rui withdrew his foot instead of taking her back to his house to rape her that she believed it was a misunderstanding.
She was confident in her beauty. She stood up and straightened her clothes. A look of shame appeared on her face. She clasped her fists and said:
"Sir, I was reckless just now. I apologize for any offense. Please forgive me."
"Girl, you act too impulsively. Don't act so rashly in the future, or you will get into trouble sooner or later."
Yao Yingzi responded repeatedly in embarrassment, saying:
"My Lord, you are right. I will pay attention to this in the future."
Mr. Zi spoke in time to ease the embarrassment:
"Are you really not Meng Meng?"
"My name is Yao Yingzi, this is really not a dream."
"Your last name is also Yao, it can't be..."
Before Master Zi could finish his words, several men who looked like bodyguards suddenly appeared. It was unclear whether they were real or in disguise.
The leading escort leader shouted:
"Junior sister, stop it! Let's finish the business first!"
Yao Yingzi's heart tightened, and she thought:
"We've already fought, and we were beaten badly. Should we confess this embarrassing thing to our brothers?"
The escort leader stepped forward alone and said:
"Sir, my sister is young and hot-tempered. I am sorry for any offense. Please forgive me."
"Brother is right. We still have important things to do and cannot stay here for too long."
Yao Yingzi echoed, her eyes revealing an eagerness to leave this embarrassing place as soon as possible.
Cao Rui waved his hand, indicating that you can go now.
Yao Yingzi clasped his fists again and said:
"Sir, if I have the chance in the future, I will definitely set up two tables to apologize to you."
Then she hurried away with the escorts.
Young Master Zi watched her disappear and exclaimed in amazement:
"They look alike! They look so alike! When I get back to Jinling, I'm going to ask Mengmeng if she has twin sisters."
……
Two and a half days later, the group successfully returned to Jinling City.
But I found that the whole city seemed to be shrouded in a layer of haze, which was indescribably depressing.
People were walking hurriedly on the street, looking a little uneasy.
There were soldiers guarding the intersection, looking as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
Young Master Zi frowned and said:
"Brother Cao, I'll leave them to you. I'll go and ask what's going on."
"it is good!"
After Cao Rui agreed, he drove the carriage back to the Shen Mansion.
After receiving the notification from the servants, Bai Yingxue, the mistress of the Shen residence, immediately brought people out to greet them.
Afterwards, the women in the family received the news one after another. They were all overjoyed. They came from the backyard to the front yard and were quite surprised to see Cao Rui bringing back two young girls.
Cao Rui wanted to introduce the situation of Long Biyun and Wu Mei loudly before his reputation was damaged.
After asking his sister-in-law Bai Yingxue to take good care of him, he walked towards the concubines who were waiting anxiously.
Unexpectedly, Chen Shuozhen suddenly rushed out with an indescribable excitement, and dragged Cao Rui into the secret room, leaving behind countless resentful eyes.
After Chen Shuozhen's explanation, Cao Rui finally understood why the atmosphere in Jinling City was so depressing.
It turned out that the chieftains of Jinchuan and Xiaojinchuan were plotting a rebellion, and the Qing government sent troops to encircle and suppress them, but they suffered heavy casualties in the dangerous terrain and wasted countless money and food.
It was because Emperor Qianlong was so ambitious that the national treasury was severely emptied.
The current Emperor Jiajing had no choice but to pass the pressure to Akzhan, the Lianghuai Salt Administrator, and demand that he collect the salt tax at all costs to cope with the war at the front.
Akzan had no choice but to send out invitations to all the salt merchants in the Lianghuai area to come to Jinling City and host a banquet at Mingyufang.
He was having a lot of fun, but he didn't expect him to suddenly ask for his money in public.
The salt merchants cried out for loss and resisted in every possible way.
Akzhan was furious, so he detained them all in Mingyufang and would let them go home when they donated money to the government treasury.
Cao Rui suddenly realized and asked curiously:
“How much money can Akzan get?”
Chen Shuozhen stretched out a finger.
"Ten million taels?"
"Wrong, there is only one million taels, and Akzhan needs to withstand the pressure from all sides and squeeze the salt merchants dry!"
"That's not right. I heard that salt merchants are all very wealthy!"
"That was in the past. Ever since the Emperor Taishang made his sixth trip to the south of the Yangtze River, many places had already emptied their treasuries in order to welcome him, and they all turned to the salt merchants."
"It was only after I looked at the account books that I realized that those salt merchants who looked so grand were all empty shells. Only a very few of them still had a lot of wealth."
Chen Shuozhen said depressedly: "Originally, I wanted to use the account book to extort three to five million taels of silver from the salt merchants so that I could recruit soldiers and horses."
"Later, seeing that the salt merchants really couldn't afford it, we could only cooperate to sell private salt, which was time-consuming and laborious, but we could only get 300,000 or 500,000 taels."
"That's quite a lot."
Cao Rui comforted.
Just then, there was a rhythmic knock on the door.
Chen Shuozhen immediately shut up and went to open the door. Seeing that it was his wife Bai Yingxue, he knew that it was nothing important and she would not come to disturb him, so he immediately asked:
"what's up?"
"Yue Banwan from the White Lotus Sect, along with Xiao Wenshu, the first wife of Wang Chaozong, the president of the Lianghuai Salt Merchants, came to visit us without any prior notice or invitation."
"Oh, why is she coming to me instead of raising money to save Wang Chaozong?"
Chen Shuozhen frowned, turned around and asked Cao Rui if he wanted to go and take a look together.
Cao Rui nodded. Calculating the time, Xiao Wenshu should have noticed that her period had not come.
She had given birth to a daughter and should have some understanding of the signs of pregnancy. Was she coming here to settle the score with him this time?
Hey!
There was nothing we could do at the time. She was too deeply poisoned, and we could only use that method to help her detoxify.
Cao Rui had a clear conscience. He followed Chen Shuozhen to the main hall. After seeing Xiao Wenshu, he felt that she looked much more haggard. This was not conducive to the fetus!
Xiao Wenshu glanced at Cao Rui, ignored him, lowered her attitude, and said:
"The Wang family is planning to sell some properties for only 70% of the market price. I wonder if Mr. Shen is interested?"
"Last time, you helped me to kill the lecherous monk and rescued many women. I haven't thanked you formally yet, so I'd like to apologize first."
Chen Shuozhen was naturally interested. She could make a fortune by reselling it. There would always be a shortage of money and food whenever there was a rebellion.
He just had a question, he asked: "As far as I know, the Wang family has not yet reached the point where they are penniless and need to sell off their property, right?"
Xiao Wenshu smiled bitterly and said, "If we don't sell our property, how can we show our determination to raise funds?"
Before she finished speaking, she looked at Cao Rui and said lightly: "Master Cao, what I just said also applies to you!"
Cao Rui thought about it for a moment before he understood the hidden meaning in her words and nodded in agreement.