fake prince

Chapter 458 The villain is willing to donate
In a courtyard three miles away from here, a crow just fell from the sky and was standing on the roof. Inside, two men in black came out of the house, and it flew onto the shoulder of one of the men in black, chirping. talking.

The two men in black couldn't help but change their colors.

"Damn it!" The black-robed man had an extremely ugly expression: "This Qi Hongxin must be damned!"

"The gangs we spent years supporting, the gentry we infiltrated, and the officials we bought are all over now."

"Not only those human beings have just received the report, but many of our monster clan died in this government encirclement and suppression operation. It is really hateful that the majestic monster clan has encountered such an end."

"Even if this is the case, we will endure it. After all, the matter of locusts is important now. There is no one to cure the locusts in Qi Hong's new major case. As for those roots, as long as we are here, they can be rebuilt."

"I don't want to lose Qi Hongxin's claim to be upright and clean. He is the biggest corrupt official. He protected all the officials in the county and county at once, and the turmoil will disappear."

"This is really unbearable. Do we have to endure a big loss and let us continue to be arrogant?"

The black-robed man on the opposite side pondered for a long time, did not speak, and sighed after a long time: "Oh, the human race is so talented, it is not the blessing of my monster race."

"The surrounding locusts are gathered, and nine out of ten are already in place. It seems that the locust disaster must be launched in advance, and Qi Hongxin cannot be left to prepare!"

Shun'an Mansion·Yujia Restaurant

This is a well-known restaurant, the business has been very good in the past two days, the shopkeeper and even the waiters are all smiling, busy up and down, very happy.

On the second floor, separated by a screen, there is an elegant seat in the west room. The waiter quickly served eight dishes, and the guests at a table were frowning with fear on their faces, not in the mood to enjoy it.

Reluctantly raising his glass to persuade him to drink, a middle-aged man with fat face jumping, sighed.

"Have you heard what happened in the mansion?"

"The deputy inspector, He Bi, was beheaded on the spot, and more than [-] old servants in the yamen were taken down. Do you think the government will...will they also arrest us?"

"After all, when the Dragon and Tiger Gang was running rampant, they also collected us protection fees every year. Some businesses have dividends, and they also have to give a share. It's really deep. We brothers, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."

The skinny man in silk sitting sideways is also a businessman with some shops and businesses in Shun'an Mansion. He is even worse. Not only is he involved in business with the Dragon and Tiger Gang, but he also had relationships with the two gangs in order to travel by water. Back and forth, at least two or three hundred taels of silver are sent every year for management, and now I also sigh.

"Who says it's not! Brother Sun, I'm also worried about this! I thought we were being oppressed, so we wouldn't encircle and suppress three gangs and come to trouble us suffering masters, right? Officials, they were all hacked, what are we small businessmen?"

"I heard that the homes of those old errands have been raided. You should have heard about the fact that the Shun'an Mansion is short of several 10 taels of silver, right? This is probably true, otherwise the government would not suddenly move Isn’t it because they have mines in their hands and silver in their treasury?”

"You said, if it's really for money, can we people escape? No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it's still meat, isn't it?"

The two people sitting on the opposite side also had ugly faces when they heard this, with restlessness in the corners of their eyes and brows.

"Hey! What's the use of talking about it now? Can we still influence the adults to do things? Even if it is possible to chop off the knife and move the head in the future, at least we have not fallen to that point now, so let's eat and drink first?"

"If you have wine today and get drunk today, everyone, don't be reluctant. Let the staff serve all the special dishes here, and then two jars of daughter's red. Today, we will not return if we are not drunk!"

"Brother Zheng is right. Damn it, you can do whatever you like. Anyway, I'm going to have a good meal now. Drink as much as you want! If you don't get drunk, you won't go home!"

Then I called the buddy, added more food and wine.

Not only that, but through the screen, many people could be heard discussing in private. There were quite a few people who were shocked and panicked. Complaints were launched against the government's approach.

"When we were bullied by the three major gangs, the government didn't care. Now that the three major gangs have wiped out, it is really unreasonable to come to trouble us!"

"Okay, okay! Hiccup! Let's drink here today! I see the sky, it's getting late, it's time, it's time to go back! Let's go, don't go back again, haha, the tigress in our family is afraid Think, think that we were arrested by the government, haha!"

The businessman surnamed Zheng saw that his words got deeper and deeper, belching from alcohol, and stood up unsteadily.

The three of them also took advantage of this drinking to vent some fear and depression in their hearts. After eating and drinking enough, they threw a piece of silver to the waiter without giving change, and went down the restaurant together.

The bullock cart they came in was parked in the open space outside the restaurant, and the driver was waiting in the cart, but before the four of them wobbled past, they were suddenly stopped by several people.

"Damn it, what the hell are you..." At first, he was in a daze and almost bumped his head into the opposite person. A furious businessman was about to raise his head and scold him, but when he blinked, he finally saw the person who blocked him. After who was it, he immediately shivered with fright, and most of the wine sobered up.

It turned out to be two yamen servants, wearing official uniforms and holding iron rulers in their hands, watching coldly.

"Officer, how many do you have, what orders do you have?"

"Stop talking nonsense, my lord wants to see you guys, so come with us." The leader of the yamen said in a voice, the prefect of the county has his own yamen, so naturally he also has his own yamen.

However, the place to go is not the yamen, it is not far away, and it will be there after a few turns.

I felt guilty at first, but I was "invited" to the place where Su Ziji was waiting. As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a young man in a sixth-rank official uniform standing on the steps. The four businessmen were mostly sober, Immediately with a plop, he knelt down in the courtyard.

"This is our Lord Cheng!" Someone reminded the yamen servant who brought them over.

"Master Fu, Fu Cheng, the villain has been wronged!" The businessman surnamed Zheng reacted first, knelt there and shouted: "The villain just said casually just now, and he is not really dissatisfied with the government. Please forgive me The villain's unintentional mistake!"

When he begged, the three people who were trembling with fright also cried out.

"Stop making noise." Su Ziji hurriedly raised his hand to stop him, speechlessly looked at the four people who were dressed in silk, but knelt down at the first sight, feeling emotional in his heart.

It is true that businessmen have money but low status.

After walking a few steps, he said, "I called you here because of the shortfall of the Shun'an Mansion..."

Ben mentioned in the restaurant that these businessmen who have been in contact with gangs are probably the second batch of fat sheep to be targeted by the government. For these four businessmen, it was like hearing the drumbeat of death.

The four of them immediately shook their heads like chaff, bang bang bang, kowtowed again and again, the businessman surnamed Zheng reacted the fastest, shouting: "The villain is willing to donate 300 taels!"

(End of this chapter)