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"Young Master is referring to King Rui?" Without waiting for Zhang Qiling to say anything, the middle-aged man frowned and said, "According to my knowledge, those words are the words of Emperor Zhou. I'm afraid that it would be impossible to change them."

Zhang Qiling's thin lips curved up, revealing a cold smile. "Princess Xuanji is extremely intelligent and brilliant. If she could even support an inconsequential prince, then how could it not be so small?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "No matter how smart Princess Ren Xuanji is, she will still be reduced to a young master …" A chess piece in the old master's palm. "

Zhang Qiling held a black chess piece, which landed in the middle of the defeated white chess players. He completely ended Bai Qi's struggle to survive. "The chess pieces and the player in charge of the chess piece are only separated by a single line!"

As the rain continued to fall, the noise it made on the windowsill rang out, and when the servant placed the black and white pieces of the chess board back into the box, the middle-aged man said softly, "Young master, although North Zhou can only gather two hundred thousand troops, and their military strength is not as strong as the Qi Kingdom, North Zhou is still the number one powerhouse, it is still known as one million soldiers. It will only be a matter of time before they mobilize their troops and supplies, and force the Qi Nation back. Do you want to lend a helping hand to the Qi Empire so that the Northern Zhou can no longer turn its back? "

Zhang Qiling played with a chess piece on his fingertip as he stared at the chessboard that was crisscrossing. He said indifferently, "If it was so easily defeated, it wouldn't be the Northern Zhou that dominated the board for so many years. I can't wait to eat the hot tofu and play slowly. Besides …" "Under the candlelight, his pair of long and narrow eyes were so deep that one could not see the bottom." "I would also like to see just how far she can unleash the « | »

No one had heard or even noticed the conversation going on at the Eight Directions Inn ….

On the morning of the twelfth day of the second month, Dongfang Zhi prepared to go to court as usual. Before he left, he remembered something, called Cai Yuan, took out the silver notes that Mu Qianxue had given him yesterday along with the note bearing the number of Bao Heng Silver, and passed it over, "Here are thirty-seven thousand taels of silver.

Hearing that the silver had been returned, Cai Yuan was finally relieved. He took it with a smile and said, "Yes, I will go now." As he was preparing to leave, he remembered something. "Reporting to the prince, I don't know what happened with the wangfei last night, but she found out that the account room was empty."

Dongfang Qin frowned and said unhappily, "What? Did she go to the office to cause trouble?"

Cai Yuan said with a strange expression, "That's not true. On the contrary, Princess ordered Ah Zi to send twenty thousand taels of silver to the account room. She said it was for the house."

Dongfang Wenshui didn't expect such an answer. He stood there in a daze for a while before he recovered his wits and said indifferently, "Send that silver back to the wangfei. Tell her she doesn't need to do this in the future."

"Yes." When Tao An heard he was going to redeem the goods, he immediately took a stack of land deeds from the house that he had stashed there. After each of them had counted them out, Cai Yuan said his goodbyes and left. After he left, the cuckoo that had been secretly following him all the way entered the silver, and when the shop assistant saw her enter, he quickly greeted her, "This lady, are you here to save the money or to withdraw the money?"

Jiu Zun thought for a moment before laughing, "We have accumulated some silver taels at home. I wanted to come and save them, but I don't know which would be more reliable. That's why I'm here to inquire."

Hearing this, the shop assistant immediately patted his chest and said, "Lady Ji has come the right way. If you say it's reliable, then in this Jin'ling City, our Baoheng will recognize you as number two and not number two. As for the interest, it will definitely be Miss's."

"Don't lie to me, I don't go out much."

"Look at what the girl said, we are all doing serious business, how could we lie to you? Besides, this is such a big store, can we even run away now?"

"That's true." The cuckoo nodded and pretended not to know what was going on. "When I came in just now, I saw someone go out. Is he here to deposit money as well?"

The assistant thought for a while and said, "Miss must be talking about Butler Cai."

Rhododendron feigned ignorance and said: "Housekeeper Cai? Which manor are they from? "

The assistant casually said, "He is from King Rui's Palace. However, he didn't come to save money."

The cuckoo's eyes flashed as he probed: "Since it isn't the deposit of silver, then it must be to withdraw the silver, right?"

The assistant mysteriously replied, "None of them."

"That's strange. Since there's no silver and no silver, what's the point of having a silver horn?"

"This …" This time, the assistant seemed to be hesitating. The cuckoo girl shook his arm and said in a delicate voice, "Tell me about it. I promise I won't tell anyone else."

The cuckoo was quite pretty to begin with, but this act of coquettishness had the shop assistant confused. He said everything, "Actually, I don't know what Manager Cai is here for. The shopkeeper is here himself, but I know they came yesterday."

The cuckoo's ears picked up the question, "They? Is there anyone else who came with Manager Cai? "

Seeing that everyone else was busy with their own things and no one was paying attention to them, he lowered his voice and said: "Yesterday, Prince Rui brought Chief Steward Cai here personally. After the shopkeeper talked to them for a while, he collected a total of thirty thousand silver taels."

"Thirty thousand taels?" The shop assistant was afraid of being overheard, so he quickly covered her mouth and said nervously, "Shh! Hush, the shopkeeper is inside! "

After Cuckoo recovered his wits, he pulled down his hand, "Are all these silver taels for King Rui?"

"I'm pretty sure. After King Rui left, I saw the shopkeeper collect a lot of things. One of them fell off and I helped to pick it up. It was a land deed belonged to King Rui!"

When she heard this, the cuckoo had already figured out some clues, "Are you saying that King Rui has pledged the land deed to you for thirty thousand silver taels?"

"Otherwise, do you have a better explanation?" At this point, the assistant nervously warned, "Don't ever tell anyone about this, otherwise the shopkeeper will beat me to death!"

The cuckoo laughed, pursed her lips and said: "You look so tall and mighty, I didn't expect you to be so timid. Alright, alright, I promise I won't tell anyone, okay?" After the shop assistant nodded, she took a look at the sky and said, "I have to go back now, otherwise my family will be anxious."

The assistant stared at her beautiful face and reluctantly asked, "When will the young lady come to deposit the silver?"

The cuckoo casually replied, "Just for the next two days. I'll come look for you then."

Until the time when the cuckoo had disappeared, the waiter was still staring in a daze. Only when someone hit him on the back of the head did he regain his senses. Tao An, who had been standing next to him, furrowed his brows and asked, "What are you looking at?"