Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

When she went to the Imperial Master's Mansion to treat her injuries before, she had heard Master Tiancan mention this religion.

However, in the mouth of Master Tiancan, this sect is not a good sect, but a very vicious sect.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan couldn't help but ask, "Is the Five Elements Sect doing evil in the Jiangnan area now?"

"That's not the case." Cheng Hao spread his hands and said.

"He didn't do anything wrong, so why are you worried about him?" Gu Chan said unhappily.

Cheng Hao said helplessly, "Master, you don't know that although the Five Elements Sect does not do bad things in the Jiangnan area, it has developed rapidly and has hundreds of thousands of followers. If there is any rule issued by the City Lord's Mansion that does not meet their wishes, they will gather together to cause trouble."

"The most important thing is that most of the believers are ordinary people. We can't just send troops to suppress them! And it's useless to just reason with them. There's really nothing we can do about them!"

"Why don't we let Wei Xing talk to their leader?" Gu Chan said.

"That's the problem. This sect suddenly emerged, and until now we still don't know who its leader is. It's hard to find out. Don't you think it's a headache?" Cheng Hao said with a bitter face.

Gu Chan nodded in relief. Only then did she understand how serious the trouble was in the Jiangnan area.

If the person in charge of the Five Elements Sect could be found and discussed with him, then everything would be easy to deal with. The key is that this person is elusive and no one knows where he is or who he is.

In this situation, thinking about talking to him is simply a fantasy.

Most of the common people in the Jiangnan area also went with the flow, thinking that this religion was for the people, so they followed suit and believed in it, without caring whether the government would accept it or not.

After understanding all these situations, Gu Chan said with a sly smile, "Come, I'll give you a plan. Go back and tell Wei Xing to publish a notice to the public, sincerely inviting the leader of the Five Elements Sect to attend a banquet at the City Lord's Mansion. If he doesn't go, then let him find a suitable person to pretend to be the leader."

"Master, do you want to use this opportunity to make the leader appear realistically?" Cheng Hao said in surprise.

"That's right. If the real leader is still unwilling to show up, then our fake leader will just take his place. If he shows up, then let Wei Xing accuse the fake leader of impersonation, put him in jail, and then quietly release him and that's it." Gu Chan said shrewdly.

Cheng Hao immediately gave her a thumbs-up and praised her, "Master is really smart! It seems that you really came to the right place this time, otherwise we don't know how long we will be in trouble."

"You are just too stubborn and too rigid in doing things. Whenever you encounter something that you can't handle, you must learn to be flexible. There is no need to insist on it." Gu Chan said with a wry smile.

Cheng Hao nodded affirmatively.

Gu Chan turned around and said, "By the way, the tea you brought me this time is the best tea in the Jiangnan area?"

"Don't worry, sir. The tea I brought is the top-grade Overlord Tea in the Jiangnan area. This tea is not only extremely fragrant, but drinking a pot of it can make people energetic for the whole day. It is definitely the best tea." Cheng Hao said, patting his chest.

"How much is this tea per pound?" Gu Chan asked.

Cheng Hao said seriously, "Master, this tea cannot be sold by kilogram. There is not much top-quality tea like this in Jiangnan. It can only be sold by ounce. For example, I only brought five ounces of Bawang tea this time, and each ounce cost one thousand ounces of silver. It really hurts us."

"Damn! One thousand taels of silver for one tael? This must be such good tea!" Gu Chan said in surprise.

She really didn't expect that this kind of top-grade tea from the Jiangnan area would be so expensive.

But this could also put her mind at ease. At least, this kind of top-grade tea could be presented to the King of Qin as a gift, which would be absolutely worthy of being presented.

Cheng Hao asked in doubt, "By the way, Master, didn't you dislike drinking tea before? How come you like drinking tea now after just coming to Kyoto? You even asked us to get you such good tea from Jiangnan?"

"Oh! Don't mention it. I'm giving this to the King of Qin as a filial honor. I can't afford such expensive tea." Gu Chan sighed.

"Okay then! Master, I've delivered this bag of tea to you. Now I have to hurry back to Jiangnan City to discuss your clever idea with Wei Xing." Cheng Hao said anxiously.

After saying that, he immediately reached into his sleeve, took out a pack of Ba Wang Tea wrapped in expensive yellow silk, and handed it to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan looked at the small bag of five taels of tea in her hand, which was actually worth five thousand taels of silver. Her heart was bleeding and she said, "I have to work hard to earn these five thousand taels of silver in Kyoto. This money is really painful for me."

"Wei Xing said, just consider it as our filial piety to you, master. You don't have to spend any money." Cheng Hao said.

"No, that won't work. How can I let you spend money? This money should be spent by me." Gu Chan waved her hand and refused.

Then she ordered Zuo Xin, who was waiting outside the door, to go to the accounting office to withdraw five thousand taels of silver and put it into Cheng Hao's hands.

Cheng Hao refused to accept it, so Gu Chan pretended to be angry and said, "You have to accept it if I ask you to, unless you don't regard me as your master and don't listen to me."

"Master, I dare not disobey you. Since you insist on giving it to me, I will accept it." Cheng Hao responded hurriedly and quickly put away the banknote.

Gu Chan then smiled and happily escorted him out of Prince Chan's Palace.

After sending Cheng Hao away, Gu Chan said to Zuo Xin, "Go and prepare thirty jars of maozi, and come with me to the Qin Palace."

"Thirty jars? Do you want so many from the King of Qin?" Zuo Xin said in surprise.

"Not only do you send him there, you just need to make preparations. When we get to Prince Qin's mansion, you need to follow my instructions and we need to work together. No matter what I say this time, I will get the order of the Ministry of Personnel back." Gu Chan said with a smirk.

Zuo Xin nodded obediently and immediately went to tell the servants to prepare two carts, and then put thirty jars of wine. After that, she and Gu Chan, led two servants, pulled the two carts of fine wine out of Prince Chan's Mansion and went to Prince Qin's Mansion.

In the afternoon, the two of them arrived at the Prince of Qin's Mansion at a leisurely pace.

When King Qin learned that Gu Chan was here to bring him good tea, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He warmly welcomed the two of them into the lobby in the front yard and asked his servants to prepare a sumptuous banquet for them.

Gu Chan was not in a hurry to pick up her chopsticks, but smiled and said, "Prince Qin, how can such a sumptuous banquet be enjoyed by just the two of us? Why don't you send someone to invite Prince Cheng and my father-in-law to come over so that we can have a good chat together? What do you think?"

"What do you want to do, kid? You come to my house to give gifts, and you even want me to invite King Cheng and your father-in-law?" King Qin frowned and asked.

He was not a fool. Seeing Gu Chan smiling so cunningly, he could tell at a glance that this kid was definitely up to no good!