I went to the temple after traveling through time, and he turned out to be a monk!

"Don't your Lin family's industries rely on Princess Qingping's power in Beijing?" The prince said with a scary smile.

"Your Highness, what you said is so funny. If the Zhuo family hadn't monopolized Chenjing's industry, why would the Lin family have relied on Princess Qingping?" Lin Chong's tone was filled with anger.

"I don't want to talk to you about this, so just tell me what you should do. No matter what, your father and your mother are husband and wife, and the Zhuo family and the Lin family are grasshoppers on the same rope. They both prosper and suffer."

"You were able to achieve today's glory because of the Zhuo family's glory. Now if you want to quit, there is no way! Don't think about the sky is high and the sea is vast, and you can change your life in another place!"

Lin Chong held his forehead, and then let out a long sigh, "How much does His Highness the Crown Prince want?"

Prince: "One hundred thousand taels of gold every year."

Lin Chong: "Why doesn't His Royal Highness grab it? Besides, what good will this do to me?"

Prince: "I can guarantee that you and your Lin family will live well, otherwise we will all die!"

……

After the two negotiated, not only Lin Chong was speechless, but Bai Zhi also took a breath.

What on earth is the prince doing?

Bai Zhi had to make a bold guess. Are the cults in Quzhou, the medicine slaves of the Southern Barbarians, and the large amounts of money that disappeared, are these related?

Money supports the cult, and the cult creates medicine slaves, and the medicine slaves come from the southern barbarians. But what can the prince gain by doing this? He is already a prince, with a distinguished status and great power.

Although I can generally relate to it, there are many things I can't figure out when I think about it more carefully. This matter might have something to do with the prince's investigation. She had to talk to him about these things.

When the two of them finished talking, the prince looked at Wei Liang's paintings with great interest.

"What a great painting! Wen Yu, this painting will be given to me! Is it possible?" The prince asked Lin Chong for the painting shamelessly.

After the negotiation just now, Lin Chong's face became disgusting, but he had to say, "Your Highness, you can do it yourself."

The prince waved his sleeves and left. Zhuo Yao stood straight downstairs. When he saw someone coming down, he said coldly, "Why did we talk for so long?"

The prince chuckled, "Do you want to listen to the talk about Fengyue?"

"No need." Zhuo Yao said disdainfully.

"Brother Yao, this place has a nice view and is extremely cool. We will stay here tonight! Arrange some guards." The prince stretched and ordered.

Although Zhuo Yao was reluctant, he had to accept it since he was at work after all.

"One more thing, a beauty and two ugly painters will come out of this building soon. Tonight, you and Fei Ying, one of you will invite the beauty, and the other will shut up the two painters. Make your own choice! "

The prince made a gesture of wiping his neck. It was obvious that the two painters had heard the prince's secret and he wanted to silence them.

"Where's your shadow? This is not my responsibility." Zhuo Yao didn't want to do it. It was usually not his turn to do these dirty things.

The prince also frowned when he heard this, "I don't know! The security of this ghost place seems to be tighter than I thought!"

Zhuo Yao had a headache. He had been suspicious of the prince since the last assassination incident of Zhuo Hong, but he became more and more afraid of the prince's cruelty and disowned his relatives.

He would not choose to help the prince to invite a woman, because he knew very well what the prince meant by "please". After "please", he still had to listen to howling at his door all night, and sometimes he had to add the task of "collecting the corpse" .

So Zhuo Yao simply chose to kill the painter. Black Eagle, the personal guard opposite, had no objections and mechanically accepted the task of "recruiting a beauty".

After this negotiation, Bai Zhi decided to stay put for now. She had to discuss it with Meng Ying. Otherwise, even if she got Lin Chong's help and leveraged Chenjing's business structure and aroused the prince's suspicion, it would not be a matter of a competition for the King of Kitchens. Son.

When Bai Zhi and Wei Liang left Pipa Tower, Zhuo Yao sent someone to follow them.

Wei Liang was poor, so when he heard that Bai Zhi wanted to invite him to dinner, of course he was very spineless and followed him, euphemistically calling it a discussion about paintings.

Just after returning to the courtyard, news came from You Qing's people, saying that the money sent last night was useful and that all the people sent to compete today were promoted. This made Bai Zhi breathe a sigh of relief.

Bai Zhi remembered that Meng Ying said that she would have a banquet in the suburbs today and would not go home.

Ever since the prince became an official, this kind of thing has happened all the time. Occasionally, Bai Zhi would think that their men would always be accompanied by beautiful women when socializing, but the prince has some obstacles in that regard, so there should be no need to worry...

Every time she thought about it like this, she convinced herself that there should be trust between husband and wife! Be trustworthy! Be trustworthy!

So she doesn't need to go back to the palace tonight. Even if she goes back to the palace, she won't be able to see the prince. If you are eager to see him, you can first wait for him on Meng Ying's way to court, and second, send the message to the people in the Shadow Pavilion through Seventeen.

Bai Zhi didn't want to wait until tomorrow, so she wrote a short letter and asked Qi Qi to pass it on to Meng Ying.

Shi Qi placed the letter at the pick-up location, marked it, and went back to eat.

As for herself, she was sorting out what she heard and saw today and planning everything that might happen in the future.

Wei Liang has probably sorted out everything that happened today. While enjoying the food provided by Bai Zhi, he started to analyze, "You are not an ordinary businessman, are you? Do you seem to know the prince?"

When Bai Zhi heard this, she came to her senses and said, "You are not an ordinary painter either!"

"I'm really just a painter, but I'm just too talented!" Wei Liang said confidently.

Bai Zhi couldn't figure out his details, so she was a little wary of him for no reason.

"Why did you suddenly stop going to see Lin Chong?" Wei Liang asked curiously.

Bai Zhi frowned, "It has nothing to do with you, so don't ask any more questions! Otherwise, you won't get to eat this meal!"

"Okay, let me ask another question! You seem to know the prince very well, and I have heard something about the prince's character. Sister, do you think we came out too relaxed! Do you know what we have heard today? ?" Wei Liang stuffed rice into his mouth and spoke in a relaxed tone.

Bai Zhi also suddenly understood the meaning of his words. The prince would come to silence him. This premonition suddenly came to her heart, and she couldn't control it. She slammed the case and stood up, "Seventeen! Let's go!"

Wei Liang heard this and said, "Hey! Take me with you!"

"So you came here to have a meal after seeing through this?" Bai Zhi asked.

"So what! We are all grasshoppers on the same rope." Wei Liang looked calm.

Seventeen inspected the situation outside the door, his face turned pale, "We are surrounded!"

"How many people are outside, and how are their skills? Can they escape?" Bai Zhi asked hurriedly.

"I can count eighteen soldiers. I don't know how many there are further away. Do you want to force your way in?" Shiqi said.

"No, no, no, you can't force your way in!" Bai Zhi and Wei Liang said in unison.

"If you try hard, you will die! The prince has brought many people, didn't you see them today?" Wei Liang analyzed.

"How about that, Wei Liang, you are familiar with this courtyard. Is there any other way?"

Wei Liang thought about it and said, "Your yard is the only one that is not adjacent to water. It is surrounded by dry land. How difficult it is!"

Bai Zhi: "..."

……

Several people were anxiously discussing how to ask for help, how to deliver messages, and how to escape. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside the small courtyard, dong dong dong...

who……

The three of them looked at each other and didn't dare to express their anger for a moment.