Yan Ruyu couldn't help but laugh and endure the pain. Fortunately, she was still wearing a curtain hat, otherwise it would have been even more uncomfortable.

But Shen Huaixin couldn't bear it.

He didn't need to think about it at all, he knew what it was talking about as soon as he heard it.

It was nothing more than his incompetent father who was blind and lustful, so he forcibly brought Princess Mingzhao back to Youcheng for evil purposes.

It was said to be a "desired plan", but only Princess Mingzhao knew whether the plan was completed or not.

His father had died a long time ago, and he kept saying that he was not alive, but who could verify the identity of Princess Zhao?

There had been a lot of fuss about this matter back then, and his grandfather spent a lot of effort and a long time suppressing the matter, and gradually no one mentioned it anymore.

But I didn't expect that after so many years, someone would still mention it and talk about it so vividly.

Shen Huaixin's face was ashen, his back teeth were almost broken, and a fishy smell overflowed from his throat.

Yan Ruyu was happy to see him like this, but pretended not to know on the surface.

"Sir? Don't you like to listen to this book? Why don't you go down and listen to it? Or call someone up?"

"No!" Shen Huaixin refused in a very bad tone.

Yan Ruyu was silent again, and Shen Huaixin secretly swallowed the blood and reluctantly softened his tone.

"Madam, the food matter is very important. Please give it some thought. For the sake of the border officers, please sell the food to me."

"Madam, the man named Huo I mentioned earlier has no money at all. Madam, there is no need to put your hope in him anymore."

"In Youcheng, apart from me, I am the only one who can swallow so much food as Madam. I know that you want to get rid of you as soon as possible and go back to attend the funeral. Madam, I promise that I will pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. ,how?"

Huo Changhe heard the word "going to funeral" from the side and raised his eyebrows.

Yan Ruyu thought for a moment, and finally nodded slowly: "That's fine, I trust you, sir."

Shen Huaixin was overjoyed and felt relieved that it finally became a thing.

"Thank you madam, when can madam trade?" Shen Huaixin was really afraid of long nights and many dreams.

"I can do it at any time. The sooner the better. When is it convenient for you, sir?"

Shen Huaixin also nodded: "I also hope that the sooner the better. In this way, I will go back to prepare the money first, and later on, I will send someone to the Madam's residence with the time and place of the transaction. How about that?"

"it is good."

Shen Huaixin didn't stay any longer. After everything was settled, he said goodbye in a hurry, with anger all over his body, and headed straight to the library on the first floor.

As soon as he left, Yan Ruyu chuckled, lifted the curtain and asked Huo Changhe: "Have they all taken away the silver ingots?"

Huo Changhe took a step forward and gently pinched her chin with his fingers: "Going to the funeral?"

Yan Ruyu: "..." Prince, please listen to my explanation.

Shen Huaixin rushed to the bookstore on the first floor angrily. The storyteller had already left for a long time. He had been searching for a long time to no avail. He couldn't get angry at other people. In that case, who knew what would be said tomorrow.

Full of anger and nowhere to vent his anger, Shen Huaixin got into the carriage and ordered the driver to drive slowly to find out which bookstore still sold this kind of book.

It's really weird. I've heard strange book titles when I came here. Wherever he goes, the storyteller has just finished and left.

His carriage was walking in front, and Yin Ding and the others were laughing behind him.

Returning home with a breath of fire all over his body, Shen Huaixin is a walking explosive barrel.

I wanted to go to the study, but when I got to the yard I remembered that the study had been burned down and the warehouse was empty.

By the way, he still has to raise money.

Taking a deep breath, he turned around and went to a small abandoned courtyard in the mansion.

This courtyard was originally occupied by one of his father's concubines. After his father died, several of his concubines also died or escaped. One of them hanged himself here. Later, it was gradually abandoned and no one came back.

This was convenient for Shen Huaixin.

He looked around and saw that there was no one around. He entered through the dilapidated wing and pushed a floor tile away with his toes.

It was quiet outside, with dead branches reflected in the torn window panes. From time to time, birds flew by, flapping their wings to knock off a bit of snow on the trees.

This was such a common thing that Shen Huaixin didn't pay attention at all.

He didn't even notice that there was a black myna on the treetop, its small eyes were wide open, and it was looking at him seriously, noticing all his movements.

Shen Huaixin went down to the basement and came up with the banknotes. The floor tiles were restored to their original positions. Before he could leave the house, the mynahs on the treetops had already flown away.

Shen Huaixin returned to the front hall. Before he could sit down, someone came in covered with dust.

"grown ups!"

When Shen Huaixin saw this person, a smile immediately appeared on his face: "Shuyi, you are back, how was your trip?"

Cheng Shuyi smiled slightly and took out a stack of banknotes from the bag at his waist.

"This is the money for this time. Sir, please take a look at it. The account book is still in the queue behind. I will come back first and you can check the account later."

Shen Huaixin took the banknote and patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work. You came at the right time."

Cheng Shuyi heard what he said and asked, "What? What happened?"

Shen Huaixin smiled bitterly: "There's more than one, I don't know where to start."

"Let's start with the most important thing," Cheng Shuyi turned around and sat down.

He was very casual, but Shen Huaixin didn't mind his rudeness at all. Instead, he immediately ordered people to serve tea and snacks.

Cheng Shuyi took a sip of hot tea and sighed happily: "Finally we can drink our own tea. I don't know, but I have been drinking some salty tea from them these days. It's really unpalatable."

Shen Huaixin smiled slightly: "Then you have to drink less, and I will help you catch the wind and wash away the dust at night."

Cheng Shuyi smiled and did not answer the question, and asked, "Sir, tell me, what happened?"

"Let's talk about the most important thing first. The army's rations have been lost. I was about to purchase a batch and I almost couldn't get the money. You came back at the right time."

Cheng Shuyi paused and said in disbelief: "Lost? Was it lost, or was it burned?"

When the two armies are at war, both sides always try to destroy each other's food and grass, and burn what they can't take away.

But just now, Shen Huaixin said "lost". There was no war at the moment and the military rations were in the military camp. How could they be lost?

Shen Huaixin repeated: "It was lost, not burned. The meaning of the book is that this matter is extremely strange."

Cheng Shuyi was his most trusted military advisor. He was a man of strategy, good at poisoning, and had a business acumen. Shen Huaixin spent a lot of money and was always fastidious, so his salary alone was simply not enough.

Thanks to Cheng Shuyi, he made suggestions for him when he had military affairs and took care of business when he had nothing to do.

Therefore, he had no reservations about Cheng Shuyi.

Cheng Shuyi frowned: "Sir, please elaborate."

Shen Huaixin told everything about the loss of military rations and the matter of buying rations from Yan Ruyu this time.

After Cheng Shu listened, he put the tea cup down heavily.

"My lord, this is absolutely unusual."

"First, how could the army rations disappear for no reason? If they were burned, I would understand, but disappear out of thin air? This is not what ordinary people would do."

"Secondly, this grain merchant came by chance."

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