Zhao Cheng kicked him and roared, "When the old man comes back, I'll have him replace you with Zhao Si! Or Zhao Liu!"

Zhao Wu studied hard, sometimes like a crab, sometimes like a flea.

Is this correct?

How about this?

As Zhao Wu retreated, he suddenly bumped into someone's chest. He quickly turned around and, upon seeing it was Xu An, immediately drew his sword!

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Zhao Cheng and Xu An said in unison.

Zhao Wu said, "I...I saw it was Xu An, so..."

Xu An interjected, "Are you afraid I won't admit it and will kill you to silence you?"

"Um……"

"What the hell!" Xu An said irritably, "With so many people watching, I'd have to slaughter the entire city of Yanchuan to believe it!"

"Cough cough!!!" Zhao Cheng coughed heavily a few times and said softly, "There are quite a few secret agents from the Western Capital in Yanchuan..."

Xu An's expression changed drastically. He slapped himself, bowed to the west, and shouted, "Another day of loving life and being grateful to His Majesty!"

Zhao Cheng: "..."

"Long live His Majesty! Long live... long live..."

Zhao Cheng was disgusted and pulled Xu An, who was still pretending, aside, and whispered, "Take it easy, any more is annoying."

"Young Prime Minister, you're truly my good brother!" Xu An's attitude towards Zhao Cheng was completely different from last night. He said, "Since you were willing to help me just now, you'll definitely help me later, right?"

"No," Zhao Cheng replied decisively.

Xu An pleaded, "Don't be so heartless."

"No way, no way. We don't get along, we're not on the same page." Zhao Cheng spread his hands: "Hurry up and give me the land deed!"

"The land deed...is missing!"

"Hey! You're already sticking around?"

“I really didn’t mean to renege on my debt! No, I didn’t intend to renege on my debt, I came to discuss something with you…” Xu An looked around, then glanced behind him, waved to his attendants to keep them at a distance, and whispered to Zhao Cheng, “The Marquis’s land deed… I really can’t get it…”

"It's not that we can't get it, it's that we can't even find where it is!"

Xu An leaned close to Zhao Cheng's ear and said, "You know my father took a concubine a few years ago, and he dotes on her terribly. She's also incredibly skilled in martial arts..."

Zhao Cheng pulled away and said, "You sprayed spit in my face, stay away from me."

Xu An said anxiously, "In short, the land deed is with her, but she's hidden it!!"

"Then go ask her for it!"

"How could I dare? My dad would beat me to death if he found out!"

"Then go ahead and beat him to death, what does that have to do with me?"

“I told you I wouldn’t renege on my promise!” Xu An took out another land deed from his pocket and said, “This is my manor in northern Sichuan. You’ve been there before. The location isn’t as good as the Marquis’s manor, but the area is just as big! Of course, the value is definitely different. I’ll give you gold and silver to make up the difference! If you agree, then you should take the initiative to talk to them for me and say that… out of consideration for the relationship between the Zhao and Xu families’ fathers, we won’t disturb the people at the Marquis’s manor. It was you who changed your mind and didn’t want the Marquis’s manor anymore.”

"How much do you want to make up?" Zhao Cheng asked directly.

Xu An extended five fingers.

Zhao Cheng asked, "Fifty thousand taels of gold?"

Xu An said, "Silver."

Zhao Cheng turned and left, saying, "Zhao Wu, go back and grind some ink for me. I need to think about how to write the letter to the Marquis."

"Young Prime Minister!" Xu An caught up and hugged Zhao Cheng's leg, his lower body dragging on the ground as he almost knelt down. He said, "My father wrote home, saying that he is now an official in Xidu, walking on thin ice, and he has already suffered enough. I can't add to his troubles! Young Prime Minister, Brother Zhao Cheng, we have known each other for many years..."

“Just five years,” Zhao Cheng interrupted him.

“Five years!” Xu An continued, “How many five-year periods does one have in a lifetime? We have a solid five-year friendship, so please help me this once!!”

"Helping you is no problem, but the compensation is too little."

"Even including what I won from you last night, I can only scrape together a few tens of thousands of taels of silver at most. I... I can only come up with a maximum of two hundred thousand taels!!"

"All right!"

"You agreed?" Xu An jumped up.

"Three hundred thousand is the lowest I can go, and you have to agree to one condition."

"What?"

Zhao Cheng patted the spot on his clothes where Xu An had grabbed him and said, "I'll ask you for another person. If you're willing to give them, then this matter is settled. If you're not willing, I won't take any amount of money."

"Who is so fortunate? Thank you for your trouble, Young Prime Minister!"

"I heard that you spent a lot of money to buy a maid a few days ago?"

Xu An's face turned pale instantly.